<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This suggests clubs should be holding more limited games. If they did, that might result in more interest in sectionals.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Larry <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 13, 2017, at 2:28 PM, John <<a href="mailto:judgejohn@msn.com">judgejohn@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can’t account for the diff.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But the key message is the same: over half of our unit members have less than 140 master points!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are the people all 12 of us represent.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We must be attentive to their desires and needs, as well as to those of people who have more MPs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John W.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sbuboard [<a href="mailto:sbuboard-bounces+judgejohn=msn.com@mailman.celestial.com">mailto:sbuboard-bounces+judgejohn=msn.com@mailman.celestial.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim White<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 13, 2017 1:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Seattle ACBL Unit Board <<a href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SBU Board] Interesting data tidbit - average masterpoints<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, a better data source. The last unit roster I downloaded was in Feb. The total count was 1467 members and the 734th (median value) was 138 pts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 13, 2017, at 11:19 AM, "Michael J Ring" <<a href="mailto:michaelring304@comcast.net">michaelring304@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I checked the last member roster I have (dated December 31, 2016) and at that time, the U446 median was 144 MPs. I can't imagine that it would have changed significantly in five
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#E4E4E4"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" title="trkwhite@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tim
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sent:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday,
May 13, 2017 8:17 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Subject:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Re:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Indeed, helpful insight. Thanks JC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This link takes one to an ACBL percentile table that suggests the median masterpoint holding for all ACBL members is less than 175 points:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The table here, combined with the understanding that there are presently about 1460 U446 members, suggests a median masterpoint holding in our unit of around 80 (seems low):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">However we view these data, they reinforce idea of the huge untapped market (for tournament participation) of Strat C players. It also suggests it would be appropriate to
encourage Strat C / NLM unit members to run for the board. Toward this idea, Ray mentioned in Victoria that Pam Gibson had at one point indicated she might run. I ran into Pam at the table a couple of weeks ago and asked her. She said she would consider
this, but not until after her retirement. Let's give thought to Strat C players who would be good candidates for the board and encourage them to run -- now is the right timing for this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Very interesting, JC – and helpful for us in keeping perspective as to who our “constituency” is.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am surprised that the “average” master point total in our unit is as high as 710.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 09, 2017 10:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seattle ACBL Unit Board <<a href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The average masterpoint total (per member) for our unit board as of last month's reckoning is 2325. (Admittedly, there's one masterful player on our board who is an outlier :D ...if we kick that certain someone
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The average masterpoint total per member for our district is 676.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I can't as easily get to the average masterpoint total per member for the ACBL as a whole, but I'm assured it's lower than our district's. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Just some food for thought! (I was playing with the data for our Build the Unit committee and figured I'd check this at the same time for fun. Yes, this is what I do for fun. Don't judge me! :D )<o:p></o:p></p>
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