[POOL] Bad news / good news

[William Allcock]

I don't drink, so anything with the words NO DRINKS works for me :-).

Btw, I wont be able to play tomorrow since I will be in Rochester,  
MN, but I have no other currently known conflicts between now and SC.

Bill
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William (Bill) E. Allcock
allcock at alcf.anl.gov
Office B-139, Bldg 221
9700 S. Cass Ave
Argonne, IL 60490
Office: 630-252-7573
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On Sep 17, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Roger Sersted wrote:

>
> I like the idea of keeping the price at $6/match and NO drinks.   
> That extra year-end prize money sounds pretty good to me.
>
> Roger S.
>
> Craig Stacey wrote:
>>  From Kevin:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Late on Friday night I got a phone call from Q.  The manager  
>>> said  that they will no longer be able to provide us with free  
>>> drink  vouchers.  Apparently doing so violates some part of their  
>>> liquor  license.  This was pointed out to them by some  
>>> representative of  law enforcement.  As such, they cannot give us  
>>> the free drinks for  fear of losing their license.  (How this  
>>> came about I HAVE NO  IDEA.  So, don't blame the messenger!!!)
>>>
>>> So, that is the bad news.  Here is the news that I am hoping  
>>> will  counter the effects of it.  Q Billiards has agreed to rent  
>>> us five  9' tables for $25/night.  We used to pay $16.50/table.   
>>> Now, we  will be paying $5/table.  This is a reduction in cost by  
>>> about 70%.
>>>
>>> What does this mean?
>>>
>>> If we continue to pay $6/match and buy ourselves our own drinks,   
>>> that puts an additional $1400 per year into the prize fund.
>>>
>>> Or, we could continue to pay $6/match and start a bar tab in  
>>> which  teams order drinks (one per player) and I pay Q for the  
>>> drinks at  the end of the evening.  If the tab is less than $50,  
>>> the extra  money would go into the prize fund.  If it is more  
>>> than $50, ...   we will have to figure out a way so that it is  
>>> NOT more than $50.
>>>
>>> Or, we could reduce the cost to $4/match and forget about drinks   
>>> altogether.
>>>
>>> Please pass this information along to your teammates  
>>> accordingly.   We should decide on something quickly to make the  
>>> transition smoother.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>
>>> Kevin
>> I vote for $4 per match and forget the drinks.
>> -- 
>> Craig
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