Seconded, and by no means did I mean to leave out all the SSC
folks who worked so hard. It was a nice job in very trying
conditions. Well done!
--jeffp

* Bob Bailey (kskbailey@...) [070502 10:52]:
> We shouldn't forget the other saviours of the boardwalk, all of the people
> trying to run in under difficult circumstances. I have been involved in
> every boardwalk since its inception and none have been more difficult than
> this one. So let me add my thanks to Paul for being the diplomat, organizer
> and goodwill ambassador, to Sarah for manning the desk at the most difficult
> time and losing her voice in the process and probably her energy for the
> foil the next day, to Mary, John, and Andrew for throwing themselves in to
> the fires of directing some not to pleasant fencers and Amanda for both
> directing and helping with registration and last but not least to Geoff and
> Johann for coming up with the lights , generator and other equipment to keep
> us going. This one was a team effort. If I have left anyone out please
> forgive and blame it on mad cow disease, also called old age.
> Bob
>
>
> >From: "Mary Keane" <mary.keane@...>
> >Reply-To: santacruzfencing@yahoogroups.com
> >To: "'Jeff Powell'" <jeffp@...>, "'SDC
> >Fencers'" <fencers@...>
> >CC: <santacruzfencing@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: [santacruzfencing] RE: Salle DeCesare and the Boardwalk Open
> >Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 20:52:11 -0700
> >
> >And a hearty thank you from Salle Santa Cruz!!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff Powell [mailto:jeffp@...]
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:09 PM
> >To: SDC Fencers
> >Cc: Mary Keane
> >Subject: Salle DeCesare and the Boardwalk Open
> >
> >Hey Gang,
> >
> >I need to tell you a story. It is titled:
> >
> >How Salle DeCesare Helped Save The Boardwalk Open
> >
> >On Saturday, the Boardwalk Open was in full swing in
> >the UCSC campus when the unexpected happened: the power
> >went out. Apparently the entire campus went dark.
> >
> >I wasn't there, but the good folks from Salle Santa
> >Cruz that were hosting the tournament realized that
> >all of SDC's scoring machines could be run on batteries,
> >and moved what they could over to those machines.
> >
> >Alas, it wasn't enough, and power wasn't restored quickly.
> >They had to stop the open epee at the round of 16.
> >Basically, the fencing was called due to darkness.
> >
> >On Sunday morning I was called by Mary Keane asking
> >what they could do to run their other scoring machines
> >on batteries, as they had the foil half of the entire
> >event to run, the power still wasn't back, and 4 strips
> >wasn't enough.
> >
> >We talked a while and figured out a plan. Mary has a
> >generator and I have a big UPS. That combination would
> >drive their scoring machines just fine. Ambient light was
> >enough for the morning and afternoon, so we hoped things
> >would go fast. And they did, for a while. They had 8
> >strips in use as often as they could, but eventually
> >things slowed down as fencers were directing, they ran
> >out of directors, breaks were needed, and what-not.
> >
> >And darkness set in, again. As it always does.
> >
> >But Sunday we had more time to plan. We got some halogen
> >lights (thanks to Mary's SO) and put them on the generator.
> >Then we finished the open foil events using SDC's battery
> >operated strips. It was an odd sight, fencing by halogen
> >work light on two strips in that big gym, but it worked.
> >We finished cleaning up at about 9:15pm, I think. Well
> >after dark.
> >
> >It was an interesting and eventful tournament, but it
> >never would have finished up without SDCs equipment.
> >So on behalf of Salle Santa Cruz I need to thank the
> >good people of SDC for the equipment loan. Though it was
> >never planned that way, it saved the day. Thank you!
> >
> >The UCSC people say the problem is the main underground
> >power cable to the west fieldhouse is bad and must be
> >replaced. They weren't going to work on that until
> >Monday to save money. Imagine that. :)
> >
> >Anyway, thanks again. You really came through!
> >
> >--jeffp
> >
>
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