2011 Championships--Atlanta, AAU-Atlanta Bid

[Willy.Leparulo]

The 2011 Championships bid from Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, GA:
http://www.nctta.org/champs/2011/bids/2011...gia_AAU_Bid.pdf

[Willy.Leparulo]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Willy Leparulo <president@nctta.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Subject: Question for all of you
To: chuddleston@bakerdonelson.com, RAMPRESLEY@aol.com, "Larsen, John" <jlarsen@rochsports.com>, "Boldt, Ben" <bboldt@rochsports.com>, Jay Grider <jgrider@nashvillesports.com>, Jason Ryan <JRyan@experiencegr.com>, Dawn Whitcomb <dawn@battlecreekvisitors.org>


I figure I can start with the questions. Please reply to me vs. reply to all and note that your replies will be placed on our public forum for all to read.

1) Will we be sharing the facility with any other activity at any point during the 4 day period Thursday through Sunday?


2) Do you all know when we could begin with the set up process should we choose your bid?


3) At the Banquet would there be a veggie option available?



4) Is the host organizer ok with NCTTA's standard agreement of a loss is split at 50/50 and if the champs makes money (profit) at 50/50 split?



5) Would you all have any objections to NCTTA bringing in their own Competition Manager and Tournament Referee?



--
Willy Leparulo
President
National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA)

[Willy.Leparulo]

1) Will we be sharing the facility with any other activity at any point during the 4 day period Thursday through Sunday?

Answer-We have the whole facility for the complete 4 day period.


2) Do you all know when we could begin with the set up process should we choose your bid?

Answer-We can begin set up at 8:00am



3) At the Banquet would there be a veggie option available?

AnswerWe will have a main menue with a veggie plate option.




4) Is the host organizer ok with NCTTA's standard agreement of a loss is split at 50/50 and if the champs makes money (profit) at 50/50 split?

Answer-Yes. the host organization is OK with the 50/50 AGREEMENT.



5) Would you all have any objections to NCTTA bringing in their own Competition Manager and Tournament Referee?

Answer-We welcome you bringing your own competition Manager and Tournament Referee.

Thank you

Coach Presley

[Willy.Leparulo]

----Original Message-----
From: Willy Leparulo <president@nctta.org>
To: RAMPRESLEY@aol.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:09 pm
Subject: more questions

Coach,

Some questions for you.

Athlete/Staff lunch:

How do you envision the Athlete/Staff lunches being set up for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday times for lunch?


ANSWER-Times for lunch Friday,Saturday and Sunday will be in the banquet room located on the 2nd floor. The competition will be on the 1st areana.


How will it be dispensed to athletes/staff during the competition?

ANSWER-It will be dispensed to the in the Banquet room on the 2nd floor.


Transportation/Banquet:

It seems that the Banquet will be at the playing venue itself and you having been to our championships know how little time we have between the end time on Saturday and the start of the banquet. Will table tennis tables have to be cleared out and eating tables placed on the playing venue floor or is there a separate banquet area within the facility?


ANSWER-The playing areana and the Banquet room are separate. The playing areana is on the 1st floor. The Banquet room is on the 2nd floor. No ping pong tables will have to be taking down to set up for the Banquet.


Also transportation is going to get "funny". Saturday's Men's/Women's singles final ends at 6pm, Banquet starts at 8pm, do you forsee bussing 250 people back and forth between hotel and banquet to be practical?


ANSWER- Transportation is very practical. The banquet room rental is only $140.00 + plus $400.00 for tables and chairs. Catering per plate is only $8.95 per plate. Transportation time from the hotel to the venue is 10 minutes. If all players booked the host, we should be able to transport less than 45 minutes.


Did you ever look at the possibility of procuring a hotel with banquet facilities?


ANSWER-Yes, we did. Two reasons we did not procure the host hotel are; 1. The baquet room at the host hotel was no large enough for 250 patrons. 2. They host hotel cost for the banquet does
allow outside catering. We chose the hotel because of the (a) Room rate for the Atlanta Area,
( Location to Airport, © Free transportaion to and from airport, (d) Easy access to Marta's public transportation cost to ride is just $2.00 and (e) free parking at the hotel and venue.

PS
When you look at the key factors, (a) budget, ( cost to the NCTTA, © cost to the students and universities, (d) Atlanta a major metropolitan, (e) April is spring time weather, NO SNOW AND COLD WEATHER.

ATLANTA IS THE BEST CHOICE.
YOU SHOULD CHOSE ATLANTA.
CHOSE ATLANTA TO HOST THE NATIONALS.