Well, there already is date-checking going on, plus there are several gray areas when it comes to overlapping regions. For example, Iowa and Oklahoma are in different regions yet are close enough to have some field overlap. The free market system we have works. Jason Mueller --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, cesartomas <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > So we've had two scheduling problems in the past month or so (IO v CUT > and Rt. 66 v. TTGT11). I will therefore propose the following > imperfect potential solution. > > Let's use the message board calendar utility here. Whenever a > tournament is announced place it on the Calendar as well and preface > it with the region as well. This would allow TD's to quickly check if > there is a regional tourney already scheduled w/o checking all the posts. > > I propose the following regions (open to comment): > Northeast > Central East > South East > Upper Midwest > Lower Midwest > West > > For example: > The Illinios Open currently on the Calendar would appear as "Upper > Midwest - Illinois Open 2004". This would allow other TDs to look at > the Novemeber calendar and see that there already is an Upper Midwest > tourney for that day. > > Yes this means more work for TDs (about 5 minutes) but that is much > smaller than the hassle of rescheduling a tourney and changing > reservations. This will also help new teams who are unfamilliar with > all the named tournaments determine which ones are close by. > > This is merely the babblings of my own brain, take or leave whatever > you wish, but as QB evolves we will need to improve tourney scheduling > somehow. > > Respectully submitted to the group, > > Tom Phillips > Illinois
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