<div dir="ltr">I expect we can all do the draw and prize-list by hand if our computer collapses in the middle of a round (I did, for London's prizes last year) but it's not *completely* unreasonable to say that when we know our venues and our technology, we can expect to use it. Otherwise what are we doing using GoDraw at all, Geoff?<div><br></div><div>That said, a simple reminder from GoDraw to download the latest player list would be fine by me.</div><div><br></div><div>In broad principle I agree with the ideas in both Geoff's original post and Matt's response, but as Matt's suggestions look as if they'd solve most of the problems in a very simple way, I like them best; I believe in solving problems the easiest ways.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jenny</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 10:34, Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org <<a href="mailto:tournament-org@lists.britgo.org">tournament-org@lists.britgo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">My issue is not which program you use. By relying on things like wifi, <br>
and mobiles the, DrawMaster becomes increasing ill prepared for the task <br>
ahead.<br>
<br>
When doing the draw you should be completely self sufficient!<br>
<br>
Geoff<br>
<br>
33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582<br>
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On 17/06/2019 10:20, Gerry Gavigan wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> On 17 June 2019 at 10:05 Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:tournament-org@lists.britgo.org" target="_blank">tournament-org@lists.britgo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tournament-org@lists.britgo.org" target="_blank">tournament-org@lists.britgo.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for your thoughts Gerry.<br>
>><br>
>> By that other program - you presumably mean Open Gotha. There is also<br>
>> the original European program MacMahon (sic) which has been converted to<br>
>> JAVA.<br>
>><br>
>> Some tournaments are run in community halls or churches where there is<br>
>> unlikely to be an ethernet connection or wifi. Also wifi is not<br>
>> necessarily 100% reliable. I regard doing the draw as mission critical<br>
>> and everything possible should be done to minimise disruptions.<br>
>><br>
>> For this reason GoDraw does not know about the internet.<br>
> <br>
> I'm not fighting the use of GoDraw (mostly I leave it all to Richard...)<br>
> however, everyone has got a mobile phone and can hot spot their laptop as<br>
> necessary, (even in Barmouth, though you might need a EE SIM).<br>
> <br>
>><br>
>> PS. You can run GoDarw in Linux under Wine!<br>
> <br>
> Yes, I remember you producing that. It makes it much easier for me to be<br>
> Geoff-compliant should I ever be required to run the draw.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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