From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Dec 8 15:47:02 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA07281 for britdisc-outgoing; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:45:43 GMT Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA07268 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:45:41 GMT Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA08730 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:45:40 GMT Received: from ultimatum.demon.co.uk ([158.152.203.174]) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11vjHf-0001lY-0C for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:45:40 +0000 Subject: RE: Conducting a Census Date: Wed, 8 Dec 99 15:47:00 +0000 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: <E11vjHf-0001lY-0C@finch-post-12.mail.demon.net> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Yes, rosters... Very good point Nance. I did suggest a while ago that maybe someone could do a count from the rosters from indoor regionals, seeing as this is probably the best attended rostered event we do (lots of beginner students take part, bumping the numbers up). This would at least give us some kind of quotable figure for the number of players in the country (the fundamental statistic we need - can't believe we still don't know). It wouldn't be *correct* of course (leaves out the "shmindoors" players) but then you just estimate that, who knows, say 1 in 5 players doesn't play in regionals, so add 25% to get estimated number of players in the country. Paul --------------------------------- Paul Hurt Editor, Ultimatum paul@ultimatum.demon.co.uk http://www.ultimatum.demon.co.uk