Appendix A: Budget
See Appendix C for location of the spreadsheet. Here we explain the meaning of the entries.
| INCOME | COMMENT |
|---|---|
| Nippon Club | Contact Kiyohko Tanaka. |
| New Year's Eve Tab | Drinks money contributed by players. Unsold items are returned to the bar for a refund. |
| Entries | The zero items are placeholders for accounts. |
| EXPENSE | COMMENT |
|---|---|
| ISH | Hire fee is allocated to Theatre by ISH in their invoice. |
| Internet port | Ethernet connection in Portland. ISH provide cables and hub. |
| Levy | BGA levy with 50% concession. |
| Entry forms | Distributed at EGC. Packaged for distribution in Europe at local events after EGC. 10 posted to Kiyo Tanaka. |
| Art | Artwork by Jiri Keller for entry forms and web pages. |
| Postage | Some fliers to British players going to US Go congress; letters of invitation to non-EC nationals. |
| Phone-Fax-email | Includes international calls or fax for managing invitations. |
| General Stationary | Hard copy of each entry by email. Includes printing of notices. |
| Printer cartridge | For BGA printer. |
| Phone topup | BGA phone and may need topping up. |
| Game recording | Includes travel expenses for non-playing recorders and refreshments for all recorders. |
| ISH parking | All day parking for equipment delivery on the first or last day. Includes bookshop parking in the past. |
| ISH safe | Storage of trophies and petty cash during the tournament. |
| New Year's Eve Tab | Actual cost of the drinks purchased from ISH bar. |
| Sponsors lunch | Entertaining the sponsor during pack up. |
| PRO | Paid in €. |
| Prizes | Prizes are distributed in £ for any local sponsorship. |
| Trophies | 5 top, remainder for 5 or more wins out of 7. |
| Certificates | Awarded for 4 wins and produced on stiffer paper. |
PRIZE ESTIMATION
Suppose we had 2 rounds and N players. At the end of two rounds then, we have this distribution of results:
| wins | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| population | N/4 | 2 \times N/4 | N/4 |
Luckily there is a spreadsheet for doing these calculations (see Appendix D). It shows the number of wins for a population ranging from 120 to 150 players for 6, 7, and 8 round tournaments. This calculation does not take the fine details of the draw into account and tries to cut players into fractional pieces -- so it is rough!
Once you have a good idea of your actual entry, say a week before the tournament, you can run a simulation using GoDraw. This has a feature whereby results can be plausibly predicted from player's grades and you do get a fair assessment of the number of wins after 7 rounds.
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