[tournament-org] TournamentEntryGrades

[Geoff Kaniuk]

Thanks Jenny.

I am not sure I understand your first question. I am not against using 
technology and much of it actually does work most of the time. What I am 
concerned about is TD's becoming over confident and not adequately 
preparing for the draw before the tournament starts.

I also believe in solving problems in the simplest way possible. But the 
solutions proposed rely on TD's being prepared to update their files 
shortly before the tournament starts. Not all do.

Example:
TD arrives at venue 9am to open up for a Tournament to start at 10:15, 
and knows latest player list with up to date grades can be downloaded 
from BGA site. Tries to download file but internet connection is down. 
Checks provider status which says we are currently in maintenance and 
will be up and running at 11:30 - sorry for the inconvenience!

Geoff

33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582

On 17/06/2019 10:44, Jenny Rofe-Radcliffe via tournament-org wrote:
> 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?
> 
> That said, a simple reminder from GoDraw to download the latest player list
> would be fine by me.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jenny
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 10:34, Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org <
> tournament-org at lists.britgo.org> wrote:
>