[POOL] The situation with the table.

[John Valdes]

I'm fine with the plan.  Out of curiosity, what do the other teams do?
Also, what are the league's practice and X-Cue-Ses table used for?

John

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 03:14:23PM -0500, Brian R. Toonen wrote:
> I think we have other options if this falls through.  I suspect that if we
> talk with the owner, we can work out a flat rate or a charge per person.  We
> could also offer to give up our free drink ticket in exchange for a
> discount.  That would benefit them twice since they wouldn't be giving us
> free drinks and we would be purchasing more expensive drinks in their place.
> 
> --brian
> 
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: owner-mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov] On
> |Behalf Of Roger Sersted
> |Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 15:05
> |To: mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov
> |Subject: Re: [POOL] The situation with the table.
> |
> |
> |It sounds like a good idea.  But, I think the overflow table has helped
> |enough to be worth it.  Typically, the latest I've stayed was around
> |10:30-11pm.  Before the overflow table, leaving at 11:30-midnight was
> |not that unusual, IIRC.  They've also been using the league practice
> |table on occassion.
> |
> |I guess what you're saying is this, "If the league doesn't give-up the
> |overflow table, we end-up paying a full rate for our table."  Is that
> |correct?
> |
> |Roger S.
> |
> |Craig Stacey wrote:
> |> Spoke to Kevin last week about our getting a practice table at league
> |> rate ($15/week) some more.  Here's the deal:
> |>
> |> - The pool hall wants to keep two tables open.  The league gets 7
> |> tables (of 9) right now.  4 Match tables, one practice table, 1 table
> |> for X-Cue-Ses, and one table used for overflow matches.
> |> - The overflow table hasn't appreciably changed the problem it was
> |> designed to fix.
> |>
> |> So Kevin will be putting a questionnaire in the envelopes tonight  about
> |> what to do about the table.  Namely keep it for the purpose it  has, or
> |> free up $15/week for prizes and stop using it as an  overflow.  If the
> |> second option is what people choose, the table will  be ours for
> |> $15/week under the following conditions:
> |>
> |> 1. We're committed to renting it every night.  Whether we use it or not.
> |> 2. If a night is particularly bad, we have to give it up for  matches.
> |> We will not pay on those nights.
> |>
> |> Sounds fair to me.
> |>
>