From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Apr 29 13:14:37 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA09790 for britdisc-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:04:06 +0100 (BST) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-30.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA09783 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:04:03 +0100 (BST) Received: from ([158.152.203.174]) [158.152.203.174] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0yUVak-0002sH-00; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:04:03 +0100 Subject: LUS - staff crisis Date: Wed, 29 Apr 98 13:11:52 +0100 x-sender: ultimatum@pop3.demon.co.uk x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0, March 15, 1997 From: Paul Hurt <paul@ultimatum.demon.co.uk> To: "BritDisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-Id: <E0yUVak-0002sH-00@post.mail.demon.net> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi all ---------------------------------------------------------- LONDON ULTIMATE SESSION. This message is specifically for players intending to participate regularly at the London Ultimate Session. Sorry everyone else. ---------------------------------------------------------- BRIEF UPDATE Things are going well, if slowly with Lambeth Council. I heard from them yesterday to say that we can have the pitches, and they will even mark them for a small fee (which I think is essential). I don't know exactly where they will be on the Common yet - they've written to me to explain everything (they won't discuss it on the 'phone), I'm just waiting for the letter to arrive. I then have to confirm the exact dates we want the pitches for, and then deal with money. Oh, it looks almost certain to be Thursday nights. Though Wednesday might be a possibility. HELP NEEDED!!! I have a problem here. I need a few capable, willing volunteers to help shoulder the organisation of LUS. At the moment I'm doing EVERYTHING for LUS (publicity materials, web site, communications, negotiating with councils, thinking about coaching...). And most of Ultimatum (editing, web site [nearly there now], newsletter, production, distribution...). Something is going to give here, very soon. I repeat, "help" shoulder the responsibility. I'm not trying to rope anyone into taking over lock stock and barrel. It'll only survive if we can share the workload between several people. After all, there were easily thirty to forty players showing up each week last year. There must be four or five willing to help a bit. Let's put it this way. If I have to do the whole thing myself (again) THEN I'M NOT DOING IT AT ALL. I simply can't, or my life will totally disintegrate (and Ultimatum will sink without trace once again). Sorry to get heavy about it, but these are the facts. I don't really care who does what. As long as the "division of labour" actually works, and makes sense. I need to be able to actually hand over *responsibility* for different aspects of LUS to various people, if I'm to be able to concentrate on anything else. If someone agrees to look after the league aspect, I don't want to have to spend time worrying whether people know what team they're on, etc. Defeats the whole point of "delegating". I think the LUS concept is worth perservering with. It'd just be nice if some of those taking part could find the time to put something back into it. Otherwise, it folds. 'Scuse me for cracking up a bit. Offers of assistance happily accepted. Or you could just bring a few beers round to my house - that'd probably help short-term :-) Thanks. Paul P.S. Neil, Roger, thanks for the offers already. Need to discuss what you think it would be practical for you to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Hurt Editor, Ultimatum Magazine, London, England editor@ultimatum.demon.co.uk Visit Ultimatum Online... http://www.ultimatum.demon.co.uk