Re: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Adam Batchelor
Yes. Adam - Original Message - From: "Rebecca Forth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: [BD] Worrying trend Dear anyone still interested in the debate: I'd just like to throw into the debate: The price of tours. I am really beginni

RE: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Chris Rowlands
an open team...) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 11:49:17 +0100 (BST) From: hannah easter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [BD] Worrying trend To: "Statham, Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, britdisc@near.me.uk Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=i

[BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Ed Blockley
n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [BD] Worrying trend > To: britdisc@near.me.uk > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On the 'do it yourself' point > > My experience of running nationals 2 years

RE: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Stu Greer
et of tournament equipment (therefore it can be of high standard), etc. Practical? not for me to say... Stu Steal #02 >From: "Rebecca Forth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: britdisc@near.me.uk >Subject: [BD] Worrying trend >Date:

Re: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Christian Nistri
>If it is true that the profit margins are so small then I retract my comments. >As my points are only relevant on a profit to effort/services ratio. perhaps next time you could contact each TD and find out the details before writing ill thoughtout emails. And people wonder why there are so few T

RE: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread hannah easter
of being a tad ungrateful. AND - we do show the UKU our costs and profits. Go on - you put on a Tour next year, charge £50 a team or something, find out how much effort it is and then decide if you want to do it again the next year for that amount of return. -Original Message----- From: [EM

Re: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Rebecca Forth
If it is true that the profit margins are so small then I retract my comments. As my points are only relevant on a profit to effort/services ratio. Maybe the first thing that needs to happen is that profits are published or the UKU pledge that profits are capped at a certain limit, under £1500 f

Re: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Jolyon Thompson
On the 'do it yourself' point My experience of running nationals 2 years ago (In London for those who can't remember) it is not always a possibility for most of us. Putting on a tourney generally involves going somewhere you either live near now or did do for a long time (eg parents etc) rarely

Re: [BD] Worrying trend; Prices

2005-05-20 Thread Tom Howard
all, i've resisted this long, but... --- Rebecca Forth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear anyone still interested in the debate: > > I'd just like to throw into the debate: The price of > tours. see, i hate to disagree but... although i wouldn't like to see prices go up much more if at all

Re: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread ALASTAIR FINDLAY
agree. The reason for this is that we only have a relativley small number of venues and (more importantly I think) td's. That means there is no real competiton for Tour bids and so the people that do bid for them can charge what they like (not in any way a dig at people that run Tour's, I'd d

RE: [BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Statham, Simon
Go on - you put on a Tour next year, charge £50 a team or something, find out how much effort it is and then decide if you want to do it again the next year for that amount of return. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rebecca Forth Sent: 20 Ma

[BD] Worrying trend

2005-05-20 Thread Rebecca Forth
Dear anyone still interested in the debate: I'd just like to throw into the debate: The price of tours. I am really beginning to feel tournament directors are charging far too much and each year they escalate. With 50+ teams attending. The level of profit is ridiculous and over and above for the