The other big question this year for Bump is scheduling. Since we have access to the building all day Saturday, when should we start?
I have thought of possibly offering housing to the furthest schools on Friday and then starting at the crack of dawn on Saturday, but the c.o.d. realistically wouldn’t be all that dawnish, given the couple of hours it takes for unhoused folks to travel from what I would consider the unnether regions on Saturday morning. And given that we also have all day Sunday, in a manner of speaking, it would be more hassle than the reward would warrant. So, a later start on Saturday. I’m figuring four rounds.
8:00 PM
5:00 PM
2:30 PM
12:00 PM
Registration 11-12.
That’s Saturday, working backwards from housing at 10:00 PM.
Then Sunday, there’s two rounds (this is VLD only, of course, from this point on). I’m still contemplating the concept of these last two, rds 5 and 6, being bracketed at rd 5, i.e., lagging round 6. This is not to gain any time, but as we’ve discussed earlier, to even the burden of the aff/neg split in the last two rounds. If the presumption is that in any well-matched good-debater round, the neg has an advantage, then intuitively it makes sense that the same pool of well-matched good debaters debate one another on both sides at the end in the fight for the top spots. I know that some folks have pooh-poohed this because of the taint of bad tabbing that goes with lag pairing, but I’m keeping my options open.
In any case, we should get to breaks by 1:00. If I keep the Yes Virginia 7:30 round, which I might to ameliorate travel home for long distancers, make that 12:30. Lag it and it’s 12:00, but let’s stick to worst case because we could have a bunch of folks heading to 8:00 mass next door (requiring flight B placing in round 5). Breaks start at 1:00. 3:30 Octs if we have to flight doubles, 5:00 quarters, 6:00 semis. Not terrible, but even with the whole two days, it wouldn’t look promising for a potential final because it is, after all, Sunday night.
Sunday dinner at India House at 8:00. That’s not bad.
If anyone has comments about any of this, I’d appreciate them. None of it is etched in the proverbial stone.
2 comments:
If the thirty minutes isn't going to bring up your building cost significantly, I strongly encourage you to discard the Yes Virginia round as you adopt a Saturday/Sunday schedule. :o)
For one New England school....
The schedule ironically might mean a little less sleep for schools from regions far far driving distance away, but I don't think that can be helped, you're not starting earlier Saturday even with Friday hosting.
Given that it is Sunday and people will be wanting to get back at some earlier hour for school on Monday, I would you to keep the Yes Virginia round however, especially given the less sleep two days before factor.
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