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<p class="MsoNormal">I recognize Ray’s preferences as a player; but I especially applaud his ability to distinguish between those interests and his recognition of his responsibility as a board member, and his willingness to defer to the latter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Idea: might we run a BAM as a Unit event – perhaps two sessions on a Sunday?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Given its “draw” last weekend, it would fit comfortably into Nick’s space in North Seattle.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+judgejohn=msn.com@mailman.celestial.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Raymond Miller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 01, 2017 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> jenni.carmichael@acbl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SBU Board] KO Sectional Post Mortem<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am one of the passionate small core group that loves the BAM. However , as a board member, it is not my job to support an event that is clearly losing interest. Those attendance figures tell a big story, and I can only see them dropping
further after this weekend. I have talked with many players, some of whom did not attend the event on Monday, specifically because it was board-a-match. The general consensus I have been hearing, is "we would have played Swiss". <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So I conclude that this event has run its course. I can't think of any good reasons to continue it for now. I will support retiring the event and putting the Swiss back in place. To quote one member of the unit "A tournament without
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<p class="MsoNormal">As for Fast Pairs, as an alternative for people who don't want to play Swiss, maybe. but can we really support to events? As a replacement for Swiss, I think this would be highly unpopular. The 2 session Swiss is an event that many expect
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:06 AM, LARRY HOLDREN <<a href="mailto:larryholdren@comcast.net" target="_blank">larryholdren@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I have little to add beyond what Ann, Tim and Eric have already noted. I heard many of the same questions and complaints, and I am sorry my injury and family emergency made me unable to help with
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I guess I missed the start times for Saturday and Sunday during any review; I should have raised a question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The real hero of the event, as often occurs, was Ann.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Later in the day Monday I was kicking myself for not making welcome remarks including noting the significance of the Holliday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="trkwhite@gmail.com">Tim White</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 1:56 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [SBU Board] KO Sectional Post Mortem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Looking to the co-chairs (in this case David and Larry) to lead the post mortem. Grist for the mill from my standpoint…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Heard many negative comments about the 1:30 and 7:00 Saturday & Sunday session start times. In 2015 and 2016 these sessions started
at 1:00 and 6:30. I don’t recall that the board addressed changing to the later start times nor was this picked up on during flyer review. Perhaps it was a copy & paste artifact that none of us noticed. Mary Wondra said the later times caused her to miss
the last ferry of the evening back home to the San Juan Islands. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday afternoon this year a 0-750 pairs game was held (drew 16.0 tables) in lieu of the 0-200 game that had been held in this slot
in prior years. Several negative comments about dropping the 0-200 game and apparently some 0-200 pairs left the site without playing when they learned the 199er game they were hopeful of playing in was not taking place. Looking back at data on the ACBL
website, the 2015 Saturday afternoon 0-200 event apparently drew 9.0 tables. The 2016 Saturday afternoon 0-200 pairs game drew 14.0 tables. It’s never good when people come to play and leave disappointed when the event they’d hoped to play isn’t offered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">BAM Teams. There’s a lot to address with this one. A small core group is passionate about this event. Some players entering the BAM
tried to recruit players entering the Swiss to move over to play in the BAM – I don’t know if any actually switched to the BAM. BAM is a relatively complex movement – the attempt to recruit Swiss players to switch might have been motivated by improving the
BAM movement (though I don’t know that 12 versus 11 teams would have helped or hurt with this) or perhaps it was motivated simply to increase BAM attendance. BAM attendance has steadily and substantially declined in recent years: 11 teams in 2017; 15 teams
in 2016; 16 teams in 2015; 19 teams in 2014; 19 teams in 2013; 21 teams in 2012. Apparently there was controversy over the number of boards played in the BAM event. With ten rounds, the decision was made to play 3 boards a round (30 boards total) in the
morning session and then there was the possibility of either 2 or 3 boards a round (either 20 or 30 boards) in the second session. The tournament chair and DiC made a reasoned decision to have 20 boards in the second session (50 boards total for the event).
Apparently someone or some number of players vehemently objected to 50 boards total and as a result the second session was changed to 30 boards for a 60-board event. Typically, the BAM ran 45 or so minutes longer than the Swiss and it again caused a significant
delay in tear down, as well as an additional tear down burden on Swiss players and non-playing volunteers who were waiting in the wings for the completion of an extended, lightly-attended event. I understand at least two BAM teams said they will not play
the event again if there is the possibility it could run to 60 boards. I also heard there were players with >2500 points including at least one very experienced and high level player (ineligible for the Swiss) who would have far preferred to play Swiss than
BAM. I heard suggestions that it’s well past time to try a different complimentary event to the Swiss teams at the KO sectional and that Fast Pairs would be a fun and appropriate format to give a try. Fast pairs would also offer the benefits of allowing
players who have a ferry to catch (or a lengthy drive) to depart earlier and accelerating tear down rather than delaying it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Portable sound system. Again, suggestions were made that the unit purchase a portable sound system so beginning-of-session and other
announcements can be better heard by all. For reference, Forest Ridge has a microphone and speaker system; Bothell has a speaker system but more often than not it is non-functional. Renae and I will try to gather some info on some potential systems; if others
have experience or ideas on this please being them forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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