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feedback. Some comments:<br>
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1) Jenni seemed to think bracketed wasn't popular, but that didn't match
the informal polling I did. The B and C players I asked seem to like
bracketed and the ones who didn't just played the open (and enjoyed
that). Would be curious if others heard opinions or could ask B/C
players they know.<br>
2) On the switch on Sunday to two sessions, I heard mixed comments. Some
A players didn't like it, but then again most of the A players
complaining were in the KO to the end so it didn't matter anyway. Others
seemed to like it. I'd be curious how many people who played in the KOs
then joined the evening pairs vs how many just went home. Polly/Sandy
mentioned they really liked the ability to play 1 session and then go
home instead of having to play two, so having single session events
might exacerbate the evening drop off: more people willing to play in
the afternoon but people are more likely to just leave instead of
playing in the evening.<br>
3) Heard some comments on start times, but also some in the other
direction. One thing I hadn't considered was that with the nice weather
it can be really nice to have afternoon/evening because it lets people
enjoy the weather in the morning rather than being stuck indoors for the
entire thing. For example, I was able to play tennis Sunday for a while
before playing bridge which was nice.<br>
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Overall, complaints/etc seemed low and it seemed to flow smoothly from
start to finish.<br>
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Eric<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Jenni commented to me that we should add 0-200 events
on Saturday and Sunday based on how well they were attended on Friday. <br></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Ann Romeo <span
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Funny--I heard a
complaint that it was too COLD on Friday, esp in the evening...from
Barbara Nist!</div><div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I, too, heard lots
of comments about our start time, especially from out of towners who
came to play in the tournament (Karen Rise, for one). They preferred a
much earlier start time.</div><div class="gmail_default"
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">In general, I felt
the whole thing went very smoothly. Our preplanning and hard work
paid off. 10 tables up is excellent, given the nice weather and general
downward trend in attendance here and elsewhere.</div><div
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class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">We need to have a
refreshed restaurant guide, in a poster and in handouts for the crowd.</div><div
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">One thought--none
of us acknowledged Memorial Day--why we have that holiday. I think on
Monday we need to recognize the vets in the crowd. (I totally spaced on
this), and I'd recommend we put that in the to dos for next year.</div><div
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, May 29, 2018
at 10:34 AM, Tim White <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>></span>
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class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Tournament chairs normally
lead on the tournament post mortem. As we will not have a board meeting
in June, I'd like to get the ball rolling. Please add your
observations and comments.<div><br></div><div>We have a great
relationship with Bev Colgrove of IUOE Local 302 (and it’s important to
maintain it). She went out of her way to be extra helpful this time –
perhaps because we had been proactive to work with her on setting aside
windows of time during the weekend when the union could meet in the
classrooms if they needed to do so. She set the latch on the janitorial
door to “unlocked” and taped it over with strapping tape to keep it
that way. She put an extra note up for the IUOE’s weekend cleaning crew
to keep the door unlocked. She showed me how to shut off the flush
valve of the toilets in the event one continued to run (as apparently
they have recently). We were able to introduce Monty to Bev.</div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">When we checked in a the front desk Friday morning to
pay rental fees, pick up keys, and ask for the microphone, we also
asked Bev if there was a kitchen cart we could use to help in our
hospitality effort. She opened the kitchen and got a cart out for us.
When the tournament concludes, we leave it in the hallway down toward
the janitorial closet.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The team did a fine job
with setting up, running the sessions, and tearing down. Mike and I
stayed well coordinated on custody of the facility key and the lead role
on “last one out” at night and locking up. </p><p class="MsoNormal">I
heard many complements about the facility and tournament. There was a
comment that is was too warm Saturday evening. I checked the thermostat
and the temperature was 75 degrees. The thermostat was set at 85
degrees and in cooling mode – i.e. their was no air conditioning
running. Someone had fiddled with the settings. Our ability to set the
mode and temperature on the thermostat was one of our “secrets.”
Apparently the secret is out, so this is something we’ll have to keep an
eye on going forward.</p><p class="MsoNormal">By far the greatest
amount of feedback I got was on session start times – lots folks said
they wanted morning and afternoon. Evening sessions were even more
poorly attended at this tournament than in the past. Afternoon/evening
session table counts: Friday 51.5/28.0, Saturday 68.5/41.5, Sunday
38.5/21.0. Discussed with Ann the idea of running another unit survey
on session start times – and this time to also ask about which of our
four tournaments would be most favored to have daylight sessions vs.
afternoon & evening.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike, Ray, Eric and Tim
caucused briefly with Jenni Sunday evening about how to set up the
Monday Swiss events. Discussed bracketed vs partially bracketed vs not
bracketed and number of rounds and boards per round. Actual set ups of
course depend on number of teams entering, but it seems like each
tournament we end sorting out the general set up approach in real time –
something to address in a future board meeting. </p><p
class="MsoNormal">ACBL Live was down overnight Saturday night and again
Monday night. Directors were instructed to send game files to HQ for
posting and generation of emails with links. As I write this Tuesday AM
it is still down.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike and I (and Jenni) took a
lot of pics of winners and sent them to David W. Not all winners
wanted their pics taken.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Table count and
masterpoint list are not yet posted on ACBL website. Preliminary
numbers from Jenni on table count showed 331.0 tables vs. 321.0 last
year.</p><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tim</div></div></div><br></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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