[BD] FW: Tour 0 - assorted

[IndoorsDOC]

Just my opinion, from my experience of soliciting bids...

At 14:01 15/02/2007, Admin wrote:

>Thanks to all the people that bid for UKUA events - which incidentally was
>less than the number of tournaments.


Lots of people out there are loath to put in the effort of getting a 
bid together when they don't think they'll get the tournament. This 
applies particularly to folk in out of the way places like Scotland, 
and to those who haven't hosted tours before. After I'd already found 
a venue for one of this year's indoor tournaments, a desperate 
request for bids was accidentally included in the Member Update. All 
of a sudden, because people felt that there was less competition, I 
received a hatful of expressions of interest within a few hours. 
Perhaps a wee page on the website detailing which venues had put a 
bid in for which tourney would allow people to see whether it was 
worth the effort of putting a bid together.

And at the simplest level, if something went out on BD every single 
week saying, 'We still have no bids, please help,' then I'm pretty 
sure someone would get off their behind and do something about it. 
There is a definite feeling amongst some of the younger potential TDs 
that these tourneys always go to the same folk. This is in fact 
because they're the only ones bidding, but we perhaps need to 
emphasise to people that they've a fair chance if they put a good bid in.

This isn't in any way a dig at Si or Hannah who are working hard on 
things; just a suggestion that a bit of cajoling can shake loose some 
bids that otherwise might not appear.

B