<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi JC,<div><br></div><div>Please read the email string below. Two players in the NLM on Sunday were disappointed with the awards for the single session Swiss, unaware that the event does not award overalls. We'll need to respond to them. In doing so we should consider whether and what to say about the destiny of this event going forward, and/or whether clarification on the flyer is enough. Perhaps your experience/knowledge from the events committee would be helpful in this consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tim</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Jennifer Carmichael <<a href="mailto:jenni.carmichael@acbl.org">jenni.carmichael@acbl.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Fwd: Re: Fwd: NLLM Spring Sectional</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 9, 2017 7:50:00 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: NLLM Spring Sectional<br>
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To: Ann Romeo<br>
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Cc: Jennifer Carmichael<br>
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We can not do a single session swiss again. They were very unhappy.<br>
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Monday, 08 May 2017, 09:46AM -07:00 from Ann Romeo <<a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com">annromeo@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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I think we need a clean, clear explanation for these gentlemen. I understand what they don't get....the ranking doesn't hold unless it holds throughout the 6 round event. Playing single session Swiss does not award you the results of a full session swiss.
They did win something, for winning a round, but not the total match awards--they did not play the total match.<br>
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We needed to be clear about why they shouldn't have played single session swiss, and really, probably not offer that in the future.
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From: <b>Rodney Waldbaum</b> <<a href="mailto:rwaldbaum@lesourd.com">rwaldbaum@lesourd.com</a>><br>
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Date: Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:33 PM<br>
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Subject: RE: NLLM Spring Sectional<br>
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To: Ted Klastorin <<a href="mailto:tedkuw@gmail.com">tedkuw@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com">
annromeo@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:pattimcbridge@gmail.com">pattimcbridge@gmail.com</a><br>
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Cc: Steve & Anya Levy-Smith <<a href="mailto:stevenlevy@hotmail.com">stevenlevy@hotmail.com</a>>, Carl Berkenwald <<a href="mailto:berkenwald@comcast.net">berkenwald@comcast.net</a>><br>
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Ann and Patti,<br>
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I agree with Ted, we do appreciate all of your efforts.<br>
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Our team played 24 boards in an 11 table Swiss team event. For the morning session, we were first in C, tied for first in B, and tied for second in A. We should receive master points based on that. Those that ply both sessions are eligible for greater
points because they are being scored based on 48 boards. If that is not the case, it should be clear before our team invests our time, effort and $40 registration fee.<br>
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<b>Rodney J. Waldbaum</b><br>
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<b>From:</b> Ted Klastorin [mailto:<a href="mailto:tedkuw@gmail.com">tedkuw@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 7, 2017 9:57 PM<br>
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com">annromeo@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:pattimcbridge@gmail.com">
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<b>Cc:</b> Steve & Anya Levy-Smith <<a href="mailto:stevenlevy@hotmail.com">stevenlevy@hotmail.com</a>>; Rodney J. Waldbaum <<a href="mailto:rwaldbaum@lesourd.com">rwaldbaum@lesourd.com</a>>; Carl Berkenwald <<a href="mailto:berkenwald@comcast.net">berkenwald@comcast.net</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> NLLM Spring Sectional<br>
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Thanks for co-chairing the NLM Spring Sectional this weekend at the Seattle Bridge Center. I know that these tournaments take a lot of work and those of us who play greatly appreciate your efforts. <br>
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However, I have to protest one item. The Swiss pairs today were advertised as either a single session or a double session (see attached).. But the scoring was done only for the double session; it appears that our score was calculated as a zero for the second
session (we could not play the second session). If that is true, please make this clear in future flyers; if we had been aware of this scoring, we would have simply played pairs. At least, please indicate in the final scoring the teams that only played one
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