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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Really cool spreadsheet,
although I think there was a slight error. Fri Afternoon 0-200 was 7.5
tables not 12. There were also a few cells getting added incorrectly for
Saturday.<br>
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I pulled it into sheets and fixed the things that I saw, link to shared
version here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10JK-j_0S2VBRFyaVpSsYaAN-t4zYePPPEAFQb60-ESU/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10JK-j_0S2VBRFyaVpSsYaAN-t4zYePPPEAFQb60-ESU/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
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I really liked how you put it together which made it easier to see how
the last 3 years compare which makes it easier to see trends related to
Vasa and related to Fri vs Sat vs Sun and see how they are going. It
was a much better approach than my method as well which was less
accurate.<br>
<br>
Given the fact that tournament attendance has started dropping
significantly across the ACBL for everything except destination
regionals, I think it might make sense to budget with that in mind. The
Portland regional was down 13% from last year. The Lynnwood regional was
down 8.4% from the year previous. The Halloween and Sweetheart
sectional have been down. I don't think this is an issue that is
specific to the PNW. Vegas was down 9% last year and isn't even
happening this year. Atlanta was down 12.5% last year. Even Gatlinburg
was down 5% last year.<br>
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Not sure what good solutions are. That's probably a subject for a longer
email. However, (given the budgeting discussions in other threads) I do
think it might be appropriate to budget for an assumption of a 10%
decline in attendance this year at our tournaments. If it ends up being
higher then we can be pleasantly surprised.<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
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<span>Monty Gray wrote:</span><br>
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<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
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style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:easieg@gmail.com">Eric Sieg</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday,
February 24, 2018 10:26 AM<br><b>To: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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
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