<div dir="ltr">Thumbs up from me, thanks for the great summary</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Larry Holdren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larryholdren@comcast.net" target="_blank">larryholdren@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, good plan. (Good review of the situation and statement of the proposal.)<br>
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Larry<br>
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> On May 12, 2017, at 11:03 AM, John <<a href="mailto:judgejohn@msn.com">judgejohn@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Sounds like the right decision.<br>
> Congratulations to Tim and the committee for their thorough and prompt efforts to research and reach a recommendation to the rest of us.<br>
> I support a definite and final decision to go ahead as recommended.<br>
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> John W.<br>
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> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 10:40 AM<br>
> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <<a href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">sbuboard@mailman.celestial.<wbr>com</a>><br>
> Subject: [SBU Board] Fall NLM Proposal<br>
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> The board's Tournament Sites Committee -- Larry, Patti, David, Ann and Tim -- has been giving priority to nailing down the plan for the 2017 fall NLM sectional. Rather than delaying to our June 25 board meeting, we would like to now bring forward to the full board our proposal for this event.<br>
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> Over recent months we explored and considered various sites (old and new) for this tournament. And, with D19 plans for the 2017 Whistler regional and 2017 NAP Finals recently firming up, we were able to focus in on dates for the NLM. Another element in our consideration was the experience of the NLM sectional at SBC this past weekend. The post mortem of this event assessed it as quite successful (not least due to excellent attendance), but with a couple issues to address going forward -- marking of some parking areas that are shared with adjacent businesses and seeking accommodation of a few additional tables' capacity. Means to resolve these issues have been identified. We also sought and received Nick's view. He was quite positive, but noted he received some negative feedback about cancellation of the SBC Saturday open pairs game and he would prefer the NLM not be held on a weekend adjacent to his first Friday evening of the month Swiss game (as it was in this case<br>
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> Nick is willing to host again in the fall.<br>
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> Our Committee judged candidate sites for the fall NLM using established suitability, availability and affordability criteria. We found SBC to be the clear choice for the fall NLM. It worked very well this past weekend, is available, and offers substantially lower cost than the alternatives. We narrowed candidate dates to one weekend each in September, October and November. Patti selected October 14 & 15 based on her view of what would work best for players. Matt has confirmed he will support sanctioning of the NLM on these dates.<br>
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> While we plan to continue to explore means to realize the goal of alternating NLMs between sites in north and south areas of the unit, there is not presently a viable southerly site. In the interim and beyond, SBC appears to be an ideal site. We would like to think in terms of establishing a partnership with SBC for future NLMs.<br>
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> This time we paid Nick $750 in rent and $60 for use of dealing machine for pre-dupe'ing boards. Given that (1) alternative sites would cost the unit several-to-many hundreds of dollars more and entail a more strenuous set up and tear down effort, (2) Nick is leaning forward to the unit's benefit in sacrificing SBC's Saturday open pairs game (something EBC has not been willing to do), and (3) establishing a partnership with SBC for future NLMs would be of substantial value to the Unit, the Committee seeks the board's authorization to propose to Nick a rate of $1000 for hosting the fall NLM on Oct 14 &15. The proposed arrangement would include the facility, SBC pre-dupe'ing the boards, furnishing additional equipment necessary to accommodate 32 sets of tables & chairs, and consumable supplies -- entry forms, convention cards, score sheets, pencils, etc. It would not include hospitality.<br>
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> Please advise no later than this Tuesday, May 16, if you are NOT OK with this plan, as the Committee would like to proceed with Nick, thereby enabling sanctioning and marketing of the fall NLM.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> Tim<br>
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