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<DIV>Does the RR program have to follow the calendar year? Why not form
the teams during the summer, play matches September through March or April,
playoffs April-May or May-June?</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=easieg@gmail.com
href="mailto:easieg@gmail.com">Eric Sieg</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 19, 2018 10:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit Board</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SBU Board] Fwd:Form Submission - Contact The Unit
Board - Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament
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<DIV dir=ltr>While I think John is leaping to assumptions (I haven't talked to
the other team yet to see what can and can't happen), the suggestion to change
the schedule has been a common one. Trying to schedule matches in late November
and then in December is really tough. Similarly, summertime is tough for a lot
of teams. I know Vancouver BC starts it a lot earlier. It does seem like a
bummer that the months where there are the fewest travel/vacation conflicts
(Jan/Feb/March) are not utilized for the round robin.
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<DIV>Has it always started in April? Is it worth exploring trying to shift
it?</DIV>
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<DIV>This is something I was curious about but didn't have a strong opinion
about myself.</DIV>
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<DIV>Eric</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:29 PM JC Chupack <<A
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<DIV id=m_-2849945261715177495content><BR>============ Forwarded Message
============<BR>From : <A href="mailto:no-reply@squarespace.info"
target=_blank>no-reply@squarespace.info</A><BR>To : <A
href="mailto:pubcomms@bridgeinseattle.org"
target=_blank>pubcomms@bridgeinseattle.org</A><BR>Date : Mon, 19 Nov 2018
22:05:05 -0800<BR>Subject : Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning
masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs<BR><BR><BR>
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<P><B>Name:</B> <SPAN>John McCaslin</SPAN> </P>
<P><B>ACBL Number:</B> <SPAN>8688389</SPAN> </P>
<P><B>Email Address:</B> <SPAN><A href="mailto:mccaslins@mail.com"
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<P><B>Subject:</B> <SPAN>Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin
tournament playoffs</SPAN> </P>
<P><B>Message:</B> <SPAN>We have had almost impossible problems scheduling
this year's Bracket B Round Robin playoff matches due to very heavy holiday
travel commitments by all teams. That, plus the requirement for ALL team
members of a 5- or 6-member team to play in BOTH playoff matches to qualify
for 1st- or 2nd-place masterpoints, is onerous and conflicts with the
regular-season requirement for each player to play in HALF of the matches
(and by extension, only one of the two playoff matches) to qualify. As a
result of this rule and the scheduling, we must now dis-enfranchise one of
our top players.<BR><BR>Please:<BR><BR>-1: Schedule the Round Robin regular
season to start and end a half-month earlier: March 15 to Sept 30, giving
three full months for the playoffs to accommodate heavy holiday travel
schedules.<BR><BR>-2 : If possible within the Conditions of Contest, award
playoff masterpoints to ALL team members based on the team's final results
during the playoffs, even if a player played in only one of the two playoff
matches.</SPAN> </P>
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