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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Here’s a spreadsheet comparing this year’s participation with that from the three prior years. By far the majority of the fall-off, particularly compared with previous years at Vasa Park, was on Sunday. I don’t have a clue why that might have been. Lots of ice dancing fans?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As far as the Friday schedule is concerned, my sense was that those present were about equally divided between those liking morning/afternoon and those preferring afternoon/evening scheduling, with few if any that I spoke to feeling particularly strongly about it. Of course that was a biased sample, as I didn’t hear from those who couldn’t take the full day off from work. I do agree that the time allowed for lunch (on both Friday and Saturday) was too short, given the absence of restaurants in the vicinity.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For me, Sunday Swiss makes for a really long day. I’d prefer playing 48 or 49 boards, not 56. I realize that others may feel differently, but I thought I’d raise the issue for consideration.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monty Gray</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:easieg@gmail.com">Eric Sieg</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, February 24, 2018 10:26 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit Board</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[SBU Board] Sweetheart Post Mortem</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just throwing out some feedback from the tournament before I forget it.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) Friday time change: Some people (working crowd) were very unhappy </p><p class=MsoNormal>with the time change. Others liked it. Hard to determine #s without a </p><p class=MsoNormal>survey. Definitely a mixed bag.</p><p class=MsoNormal>2) I received a ton of negative feedback about the fast pairs execution </p><p class=MsoNormal>on Friday. Both that night and then later on. Roughly 8 people mentioned </p><p class=MsoNormal>how upset they were that the fast pairs weren't actually fast. I didn't </p><p class=MsoNormal>realize it until a group of players were muttering and asked me what was </p><p class=MsoNormal>going on after round 6. Instead of the 5.5 minutes per round that are </p><p class=MsoNormal>normal, it was instead done at 19 minutes a round (3 boards) which made </p><p class=MsoNormal>the event 24+ minutes longer than it should have been. One player </p><p class=MsoNormal>mentioned that they were planning to write the board about it. My </p><p class=MsoNormal>general thought here is that we should do whatever we can to have Nick </p><p class=MsoNormal>run these as he does a good job. Or make sure that in the future we </p><p class=MsoNormal>communicate that fast pairs should be run at national fast pairs speed, </p><p class=MsoNormal>not "slightly faster". Overall, feedback about the event seemed pretty </p><p class=MsoNormal>lukewarm with several participants mentioning that they would probably </p><p class=MsoNormal>skip it next year.</p><p class=MsoNormal>3) Feedback about Saturday afternoon that 10:30 and 3:30 would have been </p><p class=MsoNormal>better since there was no rush to cram in a 3rd session. This is </p><p class=MsoNormal>especially true given the awards ceremony at the start.</p><p class=MsoNormal>4) Negative feedback about only 24 boards per session on Saturday, </p><p class=MsoNormal>although it sounds like this was a result of the # of pairs that </p><p class=MsoNormal>participated in the open event.</p><p class=MsoNormal>5) Directing quality Friday night seemed poor.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some quick #s to cast light on the Friday issue:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Total attendance drop off:</p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday (w/o fast pairs): -9.7%</p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday (w/ fast pairs): +1.2%</p><p class=MsoNormal>Saturday: -22%</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sunday: -36.6%</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BELOW ARE JUST NOTES I MADE WHEN CALCULATING ATTENDANCE CHANGES, FEEL </p><p class=MsoNormal>FREE TO STOP READING NOW:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Those #s are just what I threw together looking at the results, here are </p><p class=MsoNormal>the # I noted down while coming up with those figures. Jenni can </p><p class=MsoNormal>probably provide a more accurate summary:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2017</p><p class=MsoNormal>Post Mortem Tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>48.5 + 34 Friday = 82.5</p><p class=MsoNormal>119(ish) Tables Saturday</p><p class=MsoNormal>52(x2 = 104ish) tables Sunday</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat AM 750 14 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat AM 200 18 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat Aft 200 10 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat Aft 750 13 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat 2session open pairs 20 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat 2session 2500 12/11 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Total Saturday: 119</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2018</p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday</p><p class=MsoNormal>Fast Pairs 9</p><p class=MsoNormal>AM 40.5</p><p class=MsoNormal>Afternoon 34</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri Open 18.5/17</p><p class=MsoNormal>750 10/9.5</p><p class=MsoNormal>200 12/7</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saturday</p><p class=MsoNormal>AM 750 16 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>AM 200 13 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>aft 200 8 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>aft 750 13 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 session Open 17 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal>2 session 2500 9 tables</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Total Saturday: 93</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sunday 33 tables (17/8/5/3)</p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sbuboard mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>