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but I don't think scheduling such that people can't play afternoon and
evening if they want to was part of the vote. In fact, I seem to
remember that being a specific concern of Ray's and why we weren't going
to do a 3:30 afternoon leading into a 7 PM evening.<br>
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FWIW I did some research on start times and board. Atlanta has the
tightest start times of 10 and 2 and runs 24 boards. Other sectionals w/
4.5 hour gaps seem to be fine running 27 boards. Something to discuss
tonight might be 10:30, 3, and 7:30 vs 10, 2:30 and 7 giving a
consistent 4.5 hour gap in between each. Given the fast pairs aspect,
7:30 might still be fine. Another thing to balance: set up being very
early if we start at 10 vs people who don't want to drive at night
getting out at 6 vs 6:30.<br>
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Eric<br>
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When the board voted at our last meeting to do three sessions Friday, I
believe it understood there would be a very challenging line to walk to
accommodate setup, traffic, breaks between sessions, director coverage
and other constraints. There might even have been an assumption on some
folks' part that no one (or very few) who plays the afternoon session
would also play the evening session.
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<div>We will be making compromises this evening. In doing so, I'd
like us to do our best to minimize the number of unintended
consequences.</div>
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<div>Tim <br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct
9, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Patti <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pattimcbridge@gmail.com">pattimcbridge@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote
type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:
space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div
style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If we cut the
boards to less than 24 we will have a riot.</div></div></div></blockquote><br><blockquote
type="cite"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:
space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr"><hr><span
style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight:
bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">Tim White</a></span><br><span
style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight:
bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;">10/9/2017 10:20 AM</span><br><span
style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight:
bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit Board</a></span><br><span
style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight:
bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;">[SBU Board] Fwd: MP Awards Question Please</span><br><br></div><div>As
we wrestle with start times for the three sessions of the Friday of the
Sweetheart sectional, Matt has pointed out that we might need to limit
the number of boards played in some events, especially for limited
events where the pace of play can be slower. We should try to
understand whether MP award reductions might kick in if our events do
not meet a specified minimum number of boards played. The ACBL
Masterpoint Awards regs, link below, specifies 18 boards minimum for
certain types of clubs games, but appears to be silent on minimum awards
for sectional or other tournament events. I have an email request in
to Russ Jones, D10 Director and I believe a member of the ACBL
Masterpoint Committee, on this question, see below.</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div><div><a
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href="http://web2.acbl.org/codification/MPBOOK.pdf">http://web2.acbl.org/codification/MPBOOK.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><br><div><br><div>Begin
forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote
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Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>From: </b></span><span
style="font-family: "Helvetica"; font-size: medium;">Tim White
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div
style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size:
medium; "><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:
"Helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><b>MP Awards Question Please</b><br></span></div><div
style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size:
medium; "><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:
"Helvetica"; font-size: medium;">October 9, 2017 9:40:14 AM
PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>To: </b></span><span
style="font-family: "Helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:District10Director@acbl.org">District10Director@acbl.org</a><br></span></div><br><div>Hi
Russ,<br><br>(I would normally ask this question of Matt Koltnow, but
he is wrapping up the Seaside, OR regional and I need an answer
quickly.) I'm U446 (Seattle) President. We have our monthly board
meeting this evening and must finalize session times for our Feb
sectional so we can get flyers completed and printed to put out at our
Oct sectional. I understand you are the expert on MP awards provisions.
<br><br>In our Feb sectional, for the first time we will be having 3
sessions on Fri. Allowing for set up time Fri AM, and breaks between
sessions, this puts the squeeze on session start times. It might be
that some sessions (and particularly limited-MP events) might have to be
limited to 24 or fewer boards to fit it all in. Is there a minimum
number of boards required in open and/or limited-MP events of sectionals
in order to avoid a reduction in MP awards?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Tim White<br>Seattle
U446<br>cell: 206-979-9041</div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Sbuboard
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