Britdisc,
Would it not be possible for student teams to take membership as a group
in the same way that is proposed for youth teams? Perhaps a fee of �30
for the indoor season and �60 for the outdoor/Tour season (roughly
equivalent to 2 and 4 events worth of BUF tax) and perhaps a discounted
rate for both. That way student teams playing only student events would
no require membership. Student teams playing in "Open" BUA events would
require team membership. The membership would cover university members
playing for their university team. Any non-university members picking up
with the student team would have to be individual members of the BUA as
would student players who wish to play with a team other than their
university team. In that way student teams would still be encouraged to
play at open events and the cost would be no different from the cost
currently being paid through BUF tax.
Cheers
Jon Palmer
(soon to be OW! again)
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: Students and the New Association
Just a query following the last point. I know that I could go away and
reread the proposal but -
I understood that the membership fee applied to only BUF organised
events
- ie the tour, nationals, coed nationals(?)
What I thought wasn't an issue was Student indoors and Student nationals
which would continue to be run as a student basis (hopefully encouraged
by
BUF or BUA or UKUA, but not sanctioned by BUF). The issue as I
understood
it was more whether student teams competing in offical UKUA events (such
as open regionals would be forced to pay the student membership fees
before they could enter). If this is the case then we have only to
worry
whether the jump from student only events to national events will
discourage too many or not - which is a good discusion. ... .. .
What I hope isn't an issue is requirment for wider student membership.
Could some one, better read than me, confirm that 'student' only events
+
beginner events will remain outside the requirment for BUA/UKUA
membership. I think that clarification would be useful.
cheers
Ben
matha and the mootones
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Ed Brooke wrote:
>
> Dear Britdisc
>
> To add to the student voice on these matters, here's my two cents:
>
> I agree with Manchester and Stange Blue that student players who are
> unsubsidised do end up paying a lot (for students) to play ultimate
> throughout the year. It will be pretty difficult to get people to pay
club
> subscriptions (to allow the club to run and assist with tournament
fees
> etc.) and have to cough up for the new association. This obviously
isn't a
> problem for the new players, but I would not be surprised to see a
marked
> drop in applications from 2nd and 3rd teams for Student Indoor
regionals and
> Outdoor Nationals. The proposal is unclear about whether all student
> competitions will require membership.
>
> But having a much more organised association is something that we
> *definitely* want and if we have to pay a bit then so be it. I would
much
> rather know when the student tournaments will be more than a month in
> advance! It will do an enormous amount for the game when this
proposal has
> gone through and we're all for it.
>
> A final point for thought, but one which doesn't require an immediate
> answer: I have just received word from my student sports body that all
> coaches (anyone acting in a 'coaching' role, official or not) must be
> affiliated to the national body for that sport, have had adequate
training,
> follow official guidelines and have the appropriate legal insurance.
This
> is after a club was sued for a substantial amount after an injury
during
> training. This could be a problem when we have previously had great
help
> from non-student players around Oxford. I believe more and more
sports
> bodies are requiring this sort of cover. Maybe something that will
have to
> be thought about by the new association in the future?
>
> Bring on the Freshers!!
>
> Ed Brooke
>
> OW!
>
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