I stand corrected. The document does exist. I have no idea how you found it though (but I often have to use the "search" tab to find most things on that website).
- Alena the not technologically-gifted Canadian > Subject: RE: [BD] RE: I refer the honourable gentlemen to the points I made > last year.and the year before. > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:50:24 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Like this one? > http://www.ukultimate.com/files/How_to_run_a_UKUA_tour_5.pdf > > Found here: > http://www.ukultimate.com/about_the_ukua/tournament_standards_and_guidel > ines > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of alena Papayanis > Sent: 13 May 2008 12:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BD] RE: I refer the honourable gentlemen to the points I made > last year...and the year before... > > > I think that part of the reason that more people/teams don't step up and > organize a tournament is that they have no idea how to and of all the > things that are involved in running one. After all these years of > running tournaments, there should be a "guidelines to running a tour" > document up on the UKUA website that lists what's required beyond just > the standard bid information. Otherwise, every time someone new steps up > to organize one (like a few of us GB ladies who organized tour 0 went > through this year) they're starting from scratch. Just another thought > on how things can be improved. Not difficult to achieve either. > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:26:46 +0100 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [BD] I refer the honourable gentlemen to the points I made > > last year...and the year before... > > > > Oh goody, another re-hash of this old beauty (no pun intended Haman!) > > of a topic. > > > > > > > > In summary...plentiful water = desirable, a multitude of travel > options > > = desirable, a schedule planned years in advance = desirable, a player > > > on your team who can land the pull in that miniscule 100x40m area = > > desirable, crowd for the final = who gives a...etc. > > > > > > > > Things could be better no doubt, but what hasn't changed in recent > > years is the lack of people willing to step up and organise Tour > > events (in fact it has probably reduced since I started playing). The > > position of having an event, or a Tour rather than no event, or no > > Tour, surely cannot be disputed, or maybe it can... > > > > > > > > What we as a community don't seem to realise is that part of being a > > community (and in several respects the best community I am part of) > > requires each individual to contribute to that, or at least a > > significant minority to do so for a period of time. You can apply all > > the pressure you like on the UKUA or TDs but from the UKUA point of > > view we NEED multiple options for every Tour event before we can truly > > > apply pressure and DEMAND this wish list. > > > > > > Given that it seems a majority of the community aren't willing to put > > the effort to tidy up their rubbish, I can't see that they'd be > > willing to organise an event. Similarly if no one outside of the > > community has heard of the silly 'sport' you play they're unlikely to > > organise an event for you. So there you have it...we're screwed (and > not > > in the environmentally damaging way that produces babies), but maybe > I'm getting cynical in my old age. > > > > Jaimie > > > > > > PS I once ran a hop-scotch tournament at a local girls school where > > all the money was put into a fund for the orphaned chicks whose mum > > was used to provide suitable nutrition for the girls during the > > tournament to avoid any health and safety issues. I've already got a > > medal, but thanks for offering... > > __________________________________________________ > > BritDisc mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate > crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! > http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > ____________________________________________________________ > Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business > systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses > _________________________________________________________________ If you like crossword puzzles, then you'll love Flexicon, a game which combines four overlapping crossword puzzles into one! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/208 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
