Sam, UCLA has a bunch of varsity programs. Maybe you can go to the athletic department and get leftover shirts from previous seasons. I know when I coached at Boston College we received leftover football jerseys and they looked Great!
Rob --- Sam Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand the benefit of this new requirement, > but this isn't > really a valid way to look at how to run a smaller > club team. Our > sailors are our primary source of income, paying for > practically all > of our expenses. Our school gives us next to > nothing, and > fundraising is difficult when we all also need to > put in time fixing > boats, training new recruits, and of course > practicing. Passing > another cost on to the individuals is not really an > option. > > Yes, this sport could be more spectator-friendly, > and efforts to > raise our profile is a good idea. But one of the > largest barriers we > face is cost. We lose members every year due to > inability to pay > even decreased dues, and we're not even in the worst > shape. Our team > has recently been in contact with some new and > smaller teams, > including CSUN, LMU, and CSU Channel Islands. If > you want to build > up the sport, the way to do it is through teams like > them. And the > way to help these teams is not to increase the costs > they need to > pay. In my opinion, if large, high-budget teams > took the money they > were spending on pinnies and used it to buy cheap > sails or other > necessities for teams that don't have them, it would > do a lot more > good for the sport as a whole. If you guys would > prefer to raise > your visibility, I respect that decision, go ahead > and buy pinnies, > but it doesn't seem necessary to require us to spend > our money that > way too, when we have other pressing needs that we > can barely meet. > > Sam Wheeler > Captain > UCLA Sailing Team > > > > On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > We ordered 40 "Large Bibs" from Reliable Racing, > Amy, 800-223-4448 > > and with > > artwork and freight, the total cost was less than > $11.50 per shirt. > > We are very > > satisfied. Our supply will probably last three > years but we are > > charging the > > sailors $20 each, and $40 if someone loses a shirt > and must > > purchase another > > one. One suggestion, have them numbered. We didn't > and it was an > > oversight. > > > > Joe Sullivan > > Coach > > Fordham University Sailing Team > > ________________________________________________ > > icsa mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa > > ________________________________________________ > icsa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
