From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Mar 13 12:41:37 2001 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id f2DCeVE05514 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:40:31 GMT Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2DC0hM15782 for <britdisc-real@pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:00:43 GMT Received: from mail.totalise.co.uk (mail.totalise.co.uk [212.1.157.18]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2DC0aL19402 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:00:37 GMT X-WM-Posted-At: mail.totalise.co.uk; Tue, 13 Mar 01 12:00:25 +0000 X-WebMail-UserID: ruth11 Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:00:25 +0000 From: Ruth Taylor <ruth11@totalise.co.uk> To: Tim Rogers <trogers@srv1.mech.ed.ac.uk> Cc: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk X-EXP32-SerialNo: 50000112 Subject: RE: Stop the threat to our beautiful game Message-ID: <3AD9DD28@mail.totalise.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: InterChange (Hydra) SMTP v3.61.08 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk With respect to people finding teams near them, have you checked out the BUF web site recently? I think you'll find there is such a mechanism on there and has been for a long while. On the subject of a register of players, there is no quick and easy way to achieve this. As a player interested in the organisation of our sport, I would have expected you to have done this already, but may I suggest that you read the BUA proposal where this has been addressed in full. Ruth >===== Original Message From Tim Rogers <trogers@srv1.mech.ed.ac.uk> ===== >Yeah, your funny - but addressing the half that was not in jest. > >I am not saying anything against "improved organisation and increased >public awareness". However, the easiest way to grow the sport is not >through mass media, but from within the sport. Increasing the number of >growth centres by supporting the fledgling teams, producing a record of >players so that players without a team can find one (lots are lost after >leaving university), keeping the cost down, continuing to make the sport >attractive for those who play. If we do this then ultimate growth >should be exponential, as its growth will depend largely on its existing >population. > >Incidently, I mentioned some of these growth issues last year and we >still haven't got a register for players, the cost of ultimate is about >to go up, and I haven't seen Stirling or Strathclyde at any tournaments >this year. So where is the "improved organisation". > >Tim >Ro Sham Bo ----------------------- InterMutual Healthcare from Totalise. Peace of mind at an affordable price. Visit http://www.intermutual.com/health/