Backgammon Tournament

Hello everyone!

Question: What is November a perfect month for in Pittsburgh?

Answer: Indoor activities.

That's why the PSO and Persian Panthers will be hosting their fourth backgammon tournament next Saturday. We're experimenting with a slightly different setup this time; here are the details:

Tournament:
Date: Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Gates-Hillman Center, room 4405 (on the CMU campus)
Admission: $3 to play, $0 to watch
Food: Tea and cookies available
Prizes: As always, first through third place win gift cards

Aaaannnnddd ... (drum roll) ...

Lunch:
Food: ghorme-sabzi (with rice, salad and drinks)
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Price: $10 a plate

So instead of the usual pizza, we have the option of having Rose Catering (who catered the wonderful meal for our Cultural Festival last month) serve Iranian food there. The only issue is that there would have to be enough interest to make it worthwhile, so we need to know beforehand how many people would like to buy a nice Iranian meal to go with their game. If not enough people are interested, we might revert back to the old format.

So, please send an e-mail to pso@andrew.cmu.edu by next Monday night (November 8th) and let us know if you will be playing in the tournament, buying lunch or both.

See you Saturday,
The PSO team

P.S. There will also be a chess set or two, cards and poker accessories available for those who want to hang around without participating in the tournament.

P.P.S. Since we have to start playing on time to finish at a reasonable hour, anyone not there by 1:00 PM might not be included in the original seeding.