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Re: Tournament coordination



On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Ede Warner wrote:

> 
> I think this is the perfect place for a joint CEDA/NDT subcomittee who
> could propose a "master calender"...Survey current and interested
> tournament directors and propose a schedule that makes sense...If everyone
> is committed to compromise (which may mean a lot of things), then it can
> happen...
> 
> On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Cori Dauber wrote:
> 
> > Now would be a good time to decide if we want a master calender.
> > Announcing were taking the weekends we always take wont get at the
> > fundamental issues of coherent travel schedules, that just gives a
> > heads-up to others who may want to avoid running on top of you. Thats not
> > a small thing but it isnt some of us have been suggesting re rethinking
> > travel schedules. Who wants what constituency from what geographical area?
> > It may well make a lot of sense for some tournaments to run intentionally
> > on top of one another if they agree they are going after different market
> > share. What time of year do folks want to be driving vs flying (admittedly
> > rough since every tournament gets some of both)? how do we want schedules
> > spaced? How long should teh season be -- and how far apart should NDT and
> > CEDA nats be? Thes are meta issues that need to be decided BEFORE we all
> > start taking weekends, unless we make a specific decision as a community
> > to continue to ad hoc it.
> > 
> > On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Arnie Madsen wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Just to start the process rolling on coordination of tournament dates
> > > for 1997-1998...
> > >
> > > UNI is, at present, planning on having our tournament on our traditional
> > > next-to-last weekend in September weekend.  That would put us on Sept
> > > 20-22 for 1997.
> > > --
> > > Arnie Madsen           UNI Director of Forensics and NDT Committee Chair
> > >
> > > email:  arnie.madsen@uni.edu       NDT Home Page: http://www.uni.edu/ndt
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > 
> 
> Ede Warner Jr., Director of Debate
> Strickler 308E, Department of Communication
> University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
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> 


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