[TFDA] Hat League - your input requested (correction!)

bj.x.witkin at gsk.com bj.x.witkin at gsk.com
Sat Jun 7 09:47:48 EDT 2008


Tim's email address didn't make it to the cc line, so please just send 
replies to me and I'll take care of it. Sorry for the extra email.

Thanks again, 

Beej

> Hello everyone,
> 
> Short version: should Hat League be Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays? If 

> you choose Tuesdays, are you willing to step up and run it? Please 
respond 
> to me and Tim Woods (cc'd on this) ONLY (not to the list!) with your 
> choice and other suggestions.
> 
> Long version: As you may have noticed, Hat League at Crabtree has been a 

> little chaotic this summer. In response to the many questions we've been 

> asked about what day Hat League will happen and why we changed to 
Mondays, 
> Tim and I would like to explain what's going on and then ask for your 
> input.
> 
> Hat League has been a Tuesday night staple of Triangle Ultimate for 
years. 
> Last year I turned over Hat to Tim Woods and a few other folks because I 

> couldn't make Tuesday nights anymore. This year I still have a Tuesday 
> conflict, Tim is going to be out of town for several weeks, and we 
weren't 
> sure what kind of commitment we'd get from other folks to run the game. 
In 
> addition we learned that there was another Tuesday night pickup game in 
> Raleigh that pulled many of the HL regulars. As a result Tim and I 
decided 
> to move the game. Originally we considered doing Wednesday nights but 
both 
> Ring and women's games were using the fields, so we chose Mondays 
instead. 
> We got rained out for several weeks, but the weeks we have run the game 
> turnout hasn't been great. 
> 
> Now that Ring isn't using the fields anymore on Wednesdays, we're 
looking 
> at 3 options:
> 
> 1. Keep the game on Mondays. Advantages: no conflict with the Tuesday 
> Raleigh pickup game, and Monday is the only night when there's no 
Ultimate 
> in the Triangle currently (as far as we know). Disadvantage: Tough to 
get 
> the word out over the weekend (it seems many folks get TFDA emails at 
> work).
> 
> 2. Move to Tuesdays. Advantages: it's the day most folks associate with 
> Hat League. Disadvantage: we need people who can commit to running the 
> game on Tuesdays since Tim and I can't do it every week, and it 
conflicts 
> with the other Tuesday pickup.
> 
> 3. Move to Wednesdays: Advantages: Tim and I can run this game. 
> Disadvantages: conflicts with Zen and isn't the night most folks 
associate 
> with Hat.
> 
> Here's what we'd like from you. If you plan (or would like) to play Hat 
> this summer, please respond to ME AND TIM ONLY (Tim's address is in the 
cc 
> line) telling us:
> 
> 1. What night(s) you prefer (and if it's Tuesday, can you commit to 
> running it?).
> 
> 2. An estimate of how many weeks you think you'd play this summer.
> 
> Tim and I will weigh the responses and choose a night that should give 
us 
> the best turnout.
> 
> Thank you all for your patience with us while we try to accommodate as 
> many people as possible.
> 
> Beej
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