Post by schlager7 on May 16, 2006 15:34:33 GMT -6
One of the things I have picked up from years of following discussions on Fencing Net is that different divisions operate differently. Also the same division may operate differently at different time periods.
Since nothing is pressing I thought I'd throw this one out to those who frequent this forum. Since I know of folks from every division in the SW Section, plus our colleagues in the Plains Texas Division (Rocky Mountain Section) visit, it seems eclectic enough.
Currently the model for scheduling tournaments within the Gulf Coast Division runs something like this:
Wait for the National Schedule to get posted. (About 6 NACs, JOs and Nationals = 9 weekends)
Wait for the SSCC Schedule to get posted. (5 events, 6 if Louisiana participates, 7 the year Border TX decides to hold one).
Lets say 9 weekends for Nationals & 5 for SSCC =14
(Hopefully we are not already into October by this point).
A meeting is held with a representative of each USFA fencing club in the Gulf Coast Division.
AVOIDING the National and SSCC dates as best we can, find enough open dates to satisfy the 12-17 fencing clubs that are USFA members at the time we hold the meeting.
Each member club is allowed one guaranteed, no-competing tournament date for the season (some choose to pass). After the initial round of 1-date/1-club, the negotiations begin.
Bear in mind, a few clubs opt to hold NO tournaments and for others, ONE is sufficient.
Now, however, the various clubs opt in, opt out, make deals, etc, to fill up the calendar.
We have previously tried various systems to "share" some weekends (one club does youth another an senior tournament... or one does epee on Saturday while the second does foil on Saturday and they both reverse on Sunday).
I know in a few divisions, the division itself hosts the tournaments and simply rents out venues from the clubs or does a profit split. From what I can tell it seems the Gulf Coast Division used this model in the 1950s.
I know a lot of divisions don't have as many clubs as we have and the issue may not come up.
I'm just curious to learn how it is done elsewhere...
Since nothing is pressing I thought I'd throw this one out to those who frequent this forum. Since I know of folks from every division in the SW Section, plus our colleagues in the Plains Texas Division (Rocky Mountain Section) visit, it seems eclectic enough.
Currently the model for scheduling tournaments within the Gulf Coast Division runs something like this:
Wait for the National Schedule to get posted. (About 6 NACs, JOs and Nationals = 9 weekends)
Wait for the SSCC Schedule to get posted. (5 events, 6 if Louisiana participates, 7 the year Border TX decides to hold one).
Lets say 9 weekends for Nationals & 5 for SSCC =14
(Hopefully we are not already into October by this point).
A meeting is held with a representative of each USFA fencing club in the Gulf Coast Division.
AVOIDING the National and SSCC dates as best we can, find enough open dates to satisfy the 12-17 fencing clubs that are USFA members at the time we hold the meeting.
Each member club is allowed one guaranteed, no-competing tournament date for the season (some choose to pass). After the initial round of 1-date/1-club, the negotiations begin.
Bear in mind, a few clubs opt to hold NO tournaments and for others, ONE is sufficient.
Now, however, the various clubs opt in, opt out, make deals, etc, to fill up the calendar.
We have previously tried various systems to "share" some weekends (one club does youth another an senior tournament... or one does epee on Saturday while the second does foil on Saturday and they both reverse on Sunday).
I know in a few divisions, the division itself hosts the tournaments and simply rents out venues from the clubs or does a profit split. From what I can tell it seems the Gulf Coast Division used this model in the 1950s.
I know a lot of divisions don't have as many clubs as we have and the issue may not come up.
I'm just curious to learn how it is done elsewhere...