[ED] DGC 2018 - Registration closing!

Morning from Dublin. What a lovely day it is too. All this chatter about GAs is exciting isn't it? Well, so is Dublin - come play our tournament ;) Last chance to sign up is this week. Registration closes at midnight on Wednesday. We promise all of the following: - Mixed Ultimate - Grass fields

Re: [ED] Keep self-refereed Ultimate and SOTG alive !

Hello Europe, I agree with Olivier. Self-Officiating and SOTG are the unique basis of our beloved sports. Game Advisors are a small step into the direction of an officiated sport. Therefore I have been against the introduction of Advisors ever since. Now advisors have arrived. Problem of

Re: [ED] Tournament Partnership with Game Advisors

Hi Nick For the sake of full disclosure I should say that UK Ultimate is currently working on the details for setting up the Terms of Reference for a GA committee to work on this area. We held discussions about GAs at our AGM/conference in 2015 and 2016 after the two World Championships in the

Re: [ED] Keep self-refereed Ultimate and SOTG alive !

hi everybody,what you guys are doing here, is a little exclusive.Not everybody has access to this mailing list and not everybody is able to read or write in english.Let alone express her or his thoughts on this crucial matter.If you're really interested in peoples opinion you should translate the

Re: [ED] Tournament Partnership with Game Advisors

> On 26 Feb 2018, at 11:38, Robert Jablko wrote: > > It seems there are a lot of emotions concerning the advisor topic, and that > should be discussed, here or somewhere else, but I strongy feel that neither > Liam or anybody else in ultimate deserves any kind of

Re: [ED] Tournament Partnership with Game Advisors

Hi! Really interesting and thoughtful discussion! A few people have mentioned emotional regulation. I think this is the core skill need that GAs, observers, referees, etc all attempt to address in ultimate (and all sports? :). I think this is why the call so often starts with having the 3rd

Re: [ED] Tournament Partnership with Game Advisors

I think if any National or International organisation wants to introduce Game Advisors then they should be prepared to answer peoples' objections and questions in whatever forum they're posed. I don't think there's any call to insult anyone around the issue, irrelevant of how contentious it may

Re: [ED] Tournament Partnership with Game Advisors

Hello, Apologies if I'm repeating someone else's comments, I only get the daily digest of the mailing list so may be behind. I have also taken a few days to write this in an attempt to explain myself clearly. I am an ultimate player and game adviser, having attended WU23 2015 and WUGC 2016. I