[POOL] Bad news / good news

[William Allcock]

Also, do I need to re-handycap, or can I just pick up where I left off?

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
Fax: 630-252-1997
Cell: 630-854-2842


On Sep 17, 2007, at 12:02 PM, William Allcock wrote:

> 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
> Fax: 630-252-1997
> Cell: 630-854-2842
>
>
> 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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