All, Personally i would say having a paid position is a great idea, and needn't be a member of the UKUA. Having been to national events with the RYA and UKBSA (uk board sailing assoc.), paid event organisers were the norm. And because of this events were all the same price because the cost for all events were spread across the three/four national events. In addition if you wanted tostump up the cash for all events you got a small discount. Both associations had great youth schemes, often being able to fully sponsor individuals that had potential to break on to the international scene. By having better control of members money the association gave themselves better direction and were far more effective when competing abroad.
Until we go down this road those who decide to bid (and win) get the money, tough love, but someone got to organise stuff! V (paying for love of our sport!!) ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 14 February, 2007 7:29:58 PM Subject: [BD] A UKUA central TD person/committee? > From: JAMES TRAVERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Previously it has been suggested that UKU events are > organised either centrally or contracted out to 1 TD - > this would not only bring down the costs due to a > reduction in duplicating work, but it would allow > profits to be ploughed back into the development of the > sport, greater buying power to the TD, a greater > consistency in product, easier scheduling - both in > terms of dates & on the day, more sponsorship draw, > easier team management and improved cash flow for all. > Perhaps its time to re-look at that option? If memory serves... - there was a serious proposal from an individual who was interested in organising ALL the events over a stipulated time period (multiple years) and prepared to put in the necessary investment and work to make this happen. If my understanding is correct, this was to be a this individuals private business venture, and profits would not be returned to UKUA; - it was felt that we (the UKUA players) might be stuck for a replacement and/or future events if/when this individual decided that they no longer wished to fill the role; - it was felt unworkable to assemble a committee of people to organise/host events on behalf of UKUA* Sure, it may be time to revisit this option, so I guess that the Board could discuss making this an Agenda item for the next Conference - whih will require attendees to be properly useful. * This was _possibly_ because of the perceived lack of financial incentive for doing so. e.g. I have options of: a) being a freelance TD, personally reaping the whole profit from an event, or; b) being a part of the "UKUA Tournament Group" {for instance} and getting a token thankyou (possibly financial!) for my efforts Personally, as an experienced TD, a little power-crazy, educated in a capitalist society and aware that the more profit I make, the more cash I have to spend, I'm opting for a), most every time. I suspect that the majority of the current freelance TDs came to the same conclusion! Wayne ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of unwanted email? Get leading protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
