iSpinz
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LOL fail. But yeah, I would expect Chicago to have alot of cubers.
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Chicago Open?
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jms_gears1
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oh hahah someone told me at some point that it was a bad idea
fanwuq
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I might come. It all depends on what the University of Chicago says on December 15th...
iSpinz
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nevermind
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iSpinz
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Nevermind....
Cyrus C.
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Haha. I would go with the 200 capacity room. Your going to have about 20-30 competitors, but they will probably bring people with them. So your talking about 60-120, and even if only 80 people show up an overcrowded room isn't very comfortable
iSpinz
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And its not like every table is going to have 4 people lol
KevinK
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I'm a bit reluctant at spending $75. I might be able to gt the cafeteria at my school for free; that would probably result in a very low if any entrance fee. Would anyone rather pay more for the library or would you all be fine with the cafeteria if I can get it?
Bryan
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Except for this January, it has 5, so there's actually 9. Double fail!
iSpinz
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I don't think its necessary. If you can get 20 people at $10 per person and +1 per event, it is ok.
anythingtwisty
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I would guess there would be more than 20 people, past midwest comps are about 40-50. $10 per person +1$ per event seems a little high.
KevinK
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I just e-mailed my school principal to see if I could use the cafeteria. I think that planning the competition would be easier if it was at my school rather than the library because I'm at school more often than I'm at the library. As for the date of the competition, I could hold it on January 2, January 9, January 30, February 6, or February 20. I'm not free any other Saturdays in January or February. If that conflicts with the upcoming Indiana Open, then I could move it back into March, but it would have to be the end of March during spring break. I have a very busy schedule...
anythingtwisty
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The 9th would be nice, PM me if you need any help organizing.
ShadenSmith
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If you're not willing to put down a little money in advance you shouldn't be organizing a tournament. That being said, charging $5 to compete would easily reimburse you for the room. Make sure you double check with your library about charging though. Some don't like non-free events.
You'll have KOII's support if you throw this. We've been looking for a Chicago tournament for quite some time. Contact us via our website (link in my signature) if you'd like our help.
KevinK
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I was looking at the library's use of meeting room policy, and it says that "the Library welcomes the use of its meeting rooms for
civic, cultural, educational and public information meetings of groups based in Arlington Heights, or groups which have a significant number of Arlington Heights participants." I wouldn't exactly say that the WCA has a significant number of Arlington Heights participants. I e-mailed my school principal yesterday to ask if we could have the cafeteria for the tournament. He replied saying that we could work something out to have a registration fee to be used to pay someone from the school to supervise the event to make sure that everything gets cleaned up, set-up goes smoothly, no one goes around the school to trash random rooms, etc. He said that he would be happy to have the competition at school. I think that it would also be easier to organize if it was at my school, too.
JBCM627
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A registration fee could also go towards prizes, supplies, etc.
At least some of the Chattahoochee competitions were in a cafeteria, and as far as I know/remember, that worked out pretty well. So no objections to a cafeteria being a venue
There are at least 15 or so in the area registered on CubingUSA... http://cubingusa.com/cubers.php And I bet we could get Toby to come.
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You need lots of room. A room that holds 200 people will probably be really tight - it would be better if you can get bigger. I say that because the most recent Indiana Open had 49 competitors, and that room was supposed to hold more than 200 people, and it was cramped until we opened the side room up. And you might beat that in Chicago - it seems like there's real pent-up demand for a competition there.
A cafeteria would be great - I loved Chattahoochee!
I still need to go over possible dates for Indiana with the KOII team, and run it by Tyson. It will be sometime next week before I can tell you what dates we're looking at, but we are currently thinking January or February.
A cafeteria would be great - I loved Chattahoochee!
I still need to go over possible dates for Indiana with the KOII team, and run it by Tyson. It will be sometime next week before I can tell you what dates we're looking at, but we are currently thinking January or February.
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