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</head><body><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 17 June 2019 at 15:08 Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org <<a href="mailto:tournament-org@lists.britgo.org">tournament-org@lists.britgo.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><br>Thanks Jenny.<br><br>I am not sure I understand your first question. I am not against using <br>technology and much of it actually does work most of the time. What I am <br>concerned about is TD's becoming over confident and not adequately <br>preparing for the draw before the tournament starts.</blockquote><p>you cannot do other people's thinking for them, there could be seventy things a poorly organised TD doesn't do, and your decisions affect all the other TD's <br></p><blockquote type="cite"><br>I also believe in solving problems in the simplest way possible.</blockquote><p>is there anyone that disagrees with that?<br></p><blockquote type="cite"> But the solutions proposed rely on TD's being prepared to update their files <br>shortly before the tournament starts. Not all do.</blockquote><p>Is this evidence or prejudice based analysis?<br></p><blockquote type="cite"><br>Example:<br>TD arrives at venue 9am to open up for a Tournament to start at 10:15, <br>and knows latest player list with up to date grades can be downloaded <br>from BGA site. Tries to download file but internet connection is down. <br>Checks provider status which says we are currently in maintenance and <br>will be up and running at 11:30 - sorry for the inconvenience!</blockquote><p>straw man - we can all make these up and here's mine<br></p><p>They will just have to hotspot with their mobile phone or use the month old file on GoDraw <br></p><p class="default-style"><br></p></body></html>