[POOL] The situation with the table.

[Strons, Philip S.]

Give up a free beer?  I don't know about that.  For me, it would depend
on whether the discount was enough to still save me money after buying
an extra beer.  I don't think the free LaBatt's is all that bad. 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov] On
Behalf Of Brian R. Toonen
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:14 PM
To: mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: RE: [POOL] The situation with the table.

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.
|>