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changes to schedules (and this seems like a good time to have that sort
of discussion), some other suggested discussion points/possible vote
topics<br>
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1) Considering changing the pair event on Sunday of the KO sectional to
be single session. Currently anyone who makes the finals of any of the
bracketed KOs or loses the semifinal of the open KO has no good event to
play in that evening. They can play a single session of the 2 session
pairs, but the rewards are dismal.<br>
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2) Can we move the grass roots day of the KO sectional to a different
day? If so, maybe Friday or Monday? Currently on Saturday it has no
impact on the payout of the KOs so anyone who plays the feature event of
the sectional misses out on any grassroots possibility.<br>
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3) Is 10:30 and 3:30 the right time for a daylight schedule? What about
10 and 2:30 or 10:30 and 3? Looking at other sectionals, 4.5 hours
between start times seems a lot more common with 10 and 2:30 appearing
to be the most common start times. Some places are even doing 4.25
hours. For example, Knoxville went 10 and 2:15.<br>
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As one data point: a LOT of sectionals seem to run 3 events on Saturday
but I haven't seen many on Friday. It could an interesting experiment,
but might be worth considering trying proposal 1 + 2 on only 1 sectional
the first year to see how it goes (if the voting goes that way). Or
maybe we try it in February and make a decision on July after that.<br>
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Eric<br>
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<span>JC Chupack wrote:</span><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>One of the
agenda items for our upcoming Sept board meeting is regarding proposals
that came up at the August meeting to consider modifying our "daylight"
tournament schedules. There were two separate proposals that I'll
summarize below, both of which had some discussion at the last meeting.<br><br>If
you won't be at the September meeting and have thoughts to share,
please send them over in advance so that we can consider before
potentially taking a vote at the Sept board meeting. Otherwise, this is
mainly to ensure we're all on the same page for the next meeting.<br><br></div><b>Proposal
1 - Change the Friday schedule for our "daylight" tournaments
(Sweetheart & Suntan) to also be on daylight hours (10:30 & 3:30
session starts)<br></b></div><ul><li>Why make this change: trying to
turn over the venue from a late evening session to early morning
Saturday is challenging for all involved as well as for player
attendance. Creates consistency for these tournaments.<br></li><li>Some
arguments against: eliminates "working" players ability to attend
Friday, setup on Friday morning would start very early</li><li>To be
discussed: would we keep IMP pairs and BAM teams on the Friday 2nd
session schedule if we made this change?<br></li></ul></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Proposal
2 - For our "daylight" tournaments (Sweetheart & Suntan), change
the Friday evening event(s) to Fast Pairs only.</b> (If proposal 1 is
accepted, this would be a third session on Friday only. If proposal 1
is not accepted, the goal would be to alleviate the turnover issue
without shifting the 1pm session start time.)<br><ul><li>Why make this
change: If proposal 1 is accepted, this would allow us to accommodate
working players with a session while getting folks out early enough for a
10:30 Saturday start to be feasible. Even if proposal 1 is not
accepted, this would help alleviate the turnover issue for these
sectionals.<br></li><li>Some arguments against if Proposal 1 is
accepted: adding a third session increases directorial complexity and
noise in venue during the last few rounds of the 3:30 session. Also, we
would expect this to be low attendance. Is it worth the effort?<br></li><li>To
be discussed: fast pairs may be too challenging for limited event
players. So, if we did this, would we eliminate limited events for this
session? If we don't, the benefit goes away. <br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>JC<br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div
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