for those of you voting to draft on the 17th

[Fan.At]

I would be sad to miss the draft since it is the highlight of the entire HFNHL calendar.

 

[Ville Isopaa]

As the first poll was created and I think most had voted before the Father's Day question came up, how about a new multi-choise poll open for 48 or 72 hours?
The poll would have the option to mark every starting time possible during the two days? The timeframe would be from the morning of Saturday(EST) to late evening Australian time on Sunday with 2 hour intervals. The time getting most votes would be the one that the draft is held on.

 

[HFNHL Red Wings]

As the first poll was created and I think most had voted before the Father's Day question came up, how about a new multi-choise poll open for 48 or 72 hours?
The poll would have the option to mark every starting time possible during the two days? The timeframe would be from the morning of Saturday(EST) to late evening Australian time on Sunday with 2 hour intervals. The time getting most votes would be the one that the draft is held on.

I have no problem with posting a revised poll but we need better participation. Half of the GM's did not even vote so the result of the first one scares me as it stands only 12 out of 30 teams have officially confirmed that the 17th works for them.

The other challenge is that we have several 'away' notices atm so a couple of GM's that previously voted will not be able to do so again.

Where are the rest of you?

Sometimes what should be a simple thing becomes so overly complicated it's frustrating

 

[SPG]

As the first poll was created and I think most had voted before the Father's Day question came up, how about a new multi-choise poll open for 48 or 72 hours?
The poll would have the option to mark every starting time possible during the two days? The timeframe would be from the morning of Saturday(EST) to late evening Australian time on Sunday with 2 hour intervals. The time getting most votes would be the one that the draft is held on.

Im afraid that if we do that and have several choices to pick from, each category would only end up with 0-3 votes because the opinion would be so spread out. If we have a poll like that, we ought to give the voters the capability to select several choices - i.e. check all times that would work for them instead of one selection that works best.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Since I have to mail in my list, it makes no difference to me.

 

[Ville Isopaa]

Im afraid that if we do that and have several choices to pick from, each category would only end up with 0-3 votes because the opinion would be so spread out. If we have a poll like that, we ought to give the voters the capability to select several choices - i.e. check all times that would work for them instead of one selection that works best.

If you read my post again, you might notice that is exactly the type of poll I was talking about:

Originally Posted by Ville Isopää
As the first poll was created and I think most had voted before the Father's Day question came up, how about a new multi-choise poll open for 48 or 72 hours?

The poll would have the option to mark every starting time possible during the two days? The timeframe would be from the morning of Saturday(EST) to late evening Australian time on Sunday with 2 hour intervals. The time getting most votes would be the one that the draft is held on.

 

[SPG]

If you read my post again, you might notice that is exactly the type of poll I was talking about:

Originally Posted by Ville Isopää
As the first poll was created and I think most had voted before the Father's Day question came up, how about a new multi-choise poll open for 48 or 72 hours?

The poll would have the option to mark every starting time possible during the two days? The timeframe would be from the morning of Saturday(EST) to late evening Australian time on Sunday with 2 hour intervals. The time getting most votes would be the one that the draft is held on.

My apologies... didn't read carefully enough I guess. Regardless, this is something we should resolve ASAP. Our draft is only about 2 weeks away and we're wasting a lot of time. I personally think we should just go with the results of our first poll and go with the standard 10:00AM EDT starting time as we always have. How many polls do we need to figure out when we're going to draft? Just because we do another poll doesn't guarantee that there will be better participation (especially if it is only a 2 or 3 day window to vote). We should just go with the idea that the people who didn't respond don't care when it is because they can't make either day or don't have any picks in the first three rounds anyway.

 

[Default101]

2pm would be very bad for me, lol night shifts at my work start at 5, if it's at night i should have a decent time getting a night shift off... or if it's a day shift i wouldn't be done in time unless it was after 5, so if i get one or the other i'm screwed out of the draft... if it is after 5 i should be able to make it, but 2pm is pretty much impossible for me unless i don't get booked on either shift which is very unlikely.

 

[Brent Burns Beard]

guys,

just checked in real quick.

i started the thread but only as a communication. i say we go with the results of the poll and thats that. no time will work for everyone no matter what.

besides, i dont want matt to have the draft stolen from him over my post.

just my two cents, now I am back to the ****** beer and stinking hot weather.

good bye from Guangzhou!

 

[HFNHL Commish]

I'll put an end to this. It's not my personal preference, but we'll move forward with holding the draft on the 17th at 10 AM EST (GMT -5:00).

 

[Fan.At]

I'll put an end to this. It's not my personal preference, but we'll move forward with holding the draft on the 17th at 10 AM EST (GMT -5:00).

i guess a decision (regardless which one) was what everyone was waiting for

 

[MatthewFlames]

guys,

just checked in real quick.

i started the thread but only as a communication. i say we go with the results of the poll and thats that. no time will work for everyone no matter what.

besides, i dont want matt to have the draft stolen from him over my post.

just my two cents, now I am back to the ****** beer and stinking hot weather.

good bye from Guangzhou!

Thanks Robb! Hope all is good in China. Any good young goalies over there for me to draft? You might have ****** beer, but at least you are missing the frigging flooding in Calgary today... ugh.

 

[Brock]

I'm not to sure that 2pm on Saturday time would work well for me as I've just found out that I have got a baseball tournament that weekend now. The Sunday would be fine still for me because I don't expect us to make it to playing on the Sunday anyway. I should get the tournament schedule soon to figure it out fully. But I'd prefer to stick with the Sunday the 17th.

Well I've got the schedule now. And by schedule I mean that the tournament has been cancelled because only 7 of the 12 or so teams in our league have entered into it. Participation just wasn't there. So that makes me available for whatever day or time we hold the draft.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I'll put an end to this. It's not my personal preference, but we'll move forward with holding the draft on the 17th at 10 AM EST (GMT -5:00).

Cool! Then it's possible I can participate for a while! I will still send my list in, but I do believe there's a chance I can "go live"

 

[Fan.At]

I will very likely not be there for the start of the draft, so everyone who wants to participate better gets his password for the chat... the sooner the better...

 

[Tampa GM]

I will very likely not be there for the start of the draft, so everyone who wants to participate better gets his password for the chat... the sooner the better...

I dont remember if I have created a password, can you help me Tony?

10AM EST? That would be 1600 Swedish and Austrian time right?

 

[Ohio Jones]

10AM EST? That would be 1600 Swedish and Austrian time right?

That's right, Martin. See the revised meeting timer:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...ur=14&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=256&p3=259&p4=240

 

[SPG]

I dont remember if I have created a password, can you help me Tony?

10AM EST? That would be 1600 Swedish and Austrian time right?

It will be 10:00AM Eastern Daylight Time, which I believe would be 16:00 Swedish time.

 

[Fan.At]

I dont remember if I have created a password, can you help me Tony?

No password mailed to the following teams yet:
Penguins
Bruins
Sabres
Canadiens
Senators
Hurricanes (obviously)
Panthers
Lightning
Capitals
Blackhawks
Stars
Kings
Sharks
Oilers (obviously)
Wild
Canucks

 

[SPG]

No password mailed to the following teams yet:
Penguins
Bruins
Sabres
Canadiens
Senators
Hurricanes (obviously)
Panthers
Lightning
Capitals
Blackhawks
Stars
Kings
Sharks
Oilers (obviously)
Wild
Canucks

 

[Brock]

No password mailed to the following teams yet:
Penguins
Bruins
Sabres
Canadiens
Senators
Hurricanes (obviously)
Panthers
Lightning
Capitals
Blackhawks
Stars
Kings
Sharks
Oilers (obviously)
Wild
Canucks

Panthers have theres now. Mild brain fart, forgot to send Tony the email. Also the Canucks won't be applying for one because Sean is away and I'm drafting for him.

 

[Fan.At]

No password mailed to the following teams yet:
Penguins
Bruins
Sabres
Canadiens
Senators
Hurricanes (obviously)
Capitals
Blackhawks
Stars
Kings
Sharks (obviously)
Oilers
Canucks

updated

 

[Ohio Jones]

Just curious - why is Edmonton obvious? Are Matt and Andrew in teh same area these days?

Also, do we know the status of San Jose? Last I heard, Dave was stepping down, but I don't know if a replacement has been identified. Was Dave going to run the draft as a swan song? (Or better yet, stick around?)

It's also an issue for Free Agency, since Dave has at least two major pending UFAs, and an incoming GM might want the chance to lock them up before July 1...

 

[SPG]

Just curious - why is Edmonton obvious? Are Matt and Andrew in teh same area these days?

Also, do we know the status of San Jose? Last I heard, Dave was stepping down, but I don't know if a replacement has been identified. Was Dave going to run the draft as a swan song? (Or better yet, stick around?)

It's also an issue for Free Agency, since Dave has at least two major pending UFAs, and an incoming GM might want the chance to lock them up before July 1...

I think Tony may have been thinking about the Sharks, but I could be wrong.

 

[Fan.At]

I think Tony may have been thinking about the Sharks, but I could be wrong.

thats right. fixed.