Melbourne Autumn Tournament

I agree $50.

What is the justification of $50. Sure, people may pay it, but will usually ask to what the money is going.

I think $50 is a lot of money. However, im interested to see how much court time the bench format means players are guaranteed. If it is reasonable, then $50 is probably fair. One of the sucky things about the regular tournament format is that less experienced teams pay the same but get knocked out early. The bench format helps rectify this a bit I guess?

How about paying the refs?

I have mapped a range of possible schedule scenarios using the spreadsheet and summarised them in this document: http://goo.gl/JzaoL4 It outlines game time per team etc. (The answer is pretty clear when you look at the options side by side.)

I personally think one hour is too long for a bench game, I would prefer to see 40 minute games. After the interstate bench it was almost universally commented upon that the games were too long, they became boring for spectators and players alike. 40 minutes is enough to see which is the better team.

I also don't think there is much chance of us getting ten teams to play at this tourney, but wanted to cap it at that, because it could be done at a stretch, and it will mean nobody misses out.

How about we make it $50 rego, and $35 for concession (anyone under 18 or over 65 [polo isn't a young sport any more people], any full-time students, any people with Centrelink concession)?

I'm also super pleased to see discussion and voting happening on Loomio!

Also, Adrian suggested calling the tournament Benched As Bro, with the "Beached As Bro" whale as inspiration. I think this is a pretty great name for the tourney.

That's an hour blocked out for each game, so once you put in some time for a change over, plus a break in the middle, it'll be closer to 40 mins of actual game time.

What andy said, I agree with name, but would prefer 8 teams.

8 team cap sounds good; also agree on $50/35, paying refs and 1 hour blocks with 40mins actual play time.

The committee met last night to approve members and talk about Autumn tourney. Our recommendations for the tourney are as follows:
- One court at Flagstaff with full height boards
- $40 rego fee
- Bench teams of 5 or 6 players
- Rego to be capped at 10 teams, though we think it is unlikely we will get more than 8 given the late notice for interstaters
- Round robin is preferable for the first day, but will depend on the number of teams that register, would prefer to pre-schedule all games for this day
- Single elim for second day
- "Benched As" to be the name of the tournament, t-shirts to be sold @ $30
- Polo cafe to run with profits going towards purchasing public liability insurance for the club
- Payment for refs in the form of food from the polo cafe