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To potential tournament directors for a non-USCF Elementary tournament February 21 on the west side of Houston:
West University Elementary has started a Chess Club (see last e-mail below) and scheduled a tournament, unfortunately, the same day as the Houston Area Regional Scholastic Championship in Baytown. Every scholastic Tournament Director we can find is either working that tournament or bringing his school team. I am not familiar with the non-scholastic directors in Houston, and unsure of which of our "graduates" might be interested. Since this is not a USCF tournament, certification is not mandatory. But the Director should know what he's doing, and be familiar with Primary/beginner types of situations. This is a paid position.
If you know of someone else who might be interested, please pass this on.
If you are interested, contact Mrs. Bray at nabrays@...
Thanks
Jim Liptrap
----- Original Message -----From: N BrayTo: Jim LiptrapSent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:31 PMSubject: Re: ChessJim, Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly! The regional scholastic tournament is a real conflict! Unfortunately, we are stuck with the February 21st date as the date has already been communicated and the school has committed the space/custodians etc.We will go ahead and order WinTD, thanks so much for that feedback. Re what we would pay a director, we most likely can afford whatever the director thinks is a reasonable rate as we are charging a fee to register and we have funds available from the PTO.And finally, any other tips you have re good websites or instructional material to get this club more focused and 'educated' would be much appreciated.Thank you again SO MUCH Jim! NancyRegarding what we are paying
Jim Liptrap <jliptrap@...> wrote:Hi,
Glad to hear you're started on a club.
Yes, WinTD is my choice. Read the instructions. Run a "sample" tournament
for practice first.
Yes, an experienced director would be a good idea. The timing is
unfortunate.
February 21 is the Regional Scholastic Championship. Our directors will be
there.
February 29 is the Houston Open Tournament. Most of our directors will be
playing in that one.
March 6. I am out of town, but some of the other directors may be
available.
I will inquire of some who might be interested. What payment are you
offering?
Jim Liptrap
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> Hi there Mr. Liptrap. A friend of mine and I started a chess club at West
University Elementary School in Houston this year. We have 100 members from
K thru 5th grade. We are NO where near as organized as you are and our kids
by-in-large are beginners. We are running a tournament at the school at the
end of February for the members of our club to get them used to tournaments.
An outside experienced coach who had originally agreed to run the tournament
is no longer available. We have started to look into purchasing software to
run the tournament ourselves (WinTD Chess Estima software has been
recommended by the TH Rogers coach). Our questions to you are, 1) do you
know anyone else who might be available to help us run the tournament and 2)
do you have any suggestions on tournament software.
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> Thanks for your time Mr. Liptrap. Both of our kids have attended the
fabulously well run tournaments at you school, and we know your input would
be quite valuable. Nancy Bray
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> Email: nabrays@...
> Name: Nancy Bray
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