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Subject: LUS - staff crisis
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Hi all

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LONDON ULTIMATE SESSION.
This message is specifically for players intending to participate 
regularly at the London Ultimate Session. Sorry everyone else.
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BRIEF UPDATE

Things are going well, if slowly with Lambeth Council. I heard from them 
yesterday to say that we can have the pitches, and they will even mark 
them for a small fee (which I think is essential). I don't know exactly 
where they will be on the Common yet - they've written to me to explain 
everything (they won't discuss it on the 'phone), I'm just waiting for 
the letter to arrive. I then have to confirm the exact dates we want the 
pitches for, and then deal with money.

Oh, it looks almost certain to be Thursday nights. Though Wednesday might 
be a possibility. 


HELP NEEDED!!!

I have a problem here. I need a few capable, willing volunteers to help 
shoulder the organisation of LUS. At the moment I'm doing EVERYTHING for 
LUS (publicity materials, web site, communications, negotiating with 
councils, thinking about coaching...). And most of Ultimatum (editing, 
web site [nearly there now], newsletter, production, distribution...). 
Something is going to give here, very soon.

I repeat, "help" shoulder the responsibility. I'm not trying to rope 
anyone into taking over lock stock and barrel. It'll only survive if we 
can share the workload between several people. After all, there were 
easily thirty to forty players showing up each week last year. There must 
be four or five willing to help a bit.

Let's put it this way. If I have to do the whole thing myself (again) 
THEN I'M NOT DOING IT AT ALL. I simply can't, or my life will totally 
disintegrate (and Ultimatum will sink without trace once again). Sorry to 
get heavy about it, but these are the facts.

I don't really care who does what. As long as the "division of labour" 
actually works, and makes sense. I need to be able to actually hand over 
*responsibility* for different aspects of LUS to various people, if I'm 
to be able to concentrate on anything else. If someone agrees to look 
after the league aspect, I don't want to have to spend time worrying 
whether people know what team they're on, etc. Defeats the whole point of 
"delegating".

I think the LUS concept is worth perservering with. It'd just be nice if 
some of those taking part could find the time to put something back into 
it. Otherwise, it folds.

'Scuse me for cracking up a bit. Offers of assistance happily accepted. 
Or you could just bring a few beers round to my house - that'd probably 
help short-term :-)

Thanks.

Paul

P.S. Neil, Roger, thanks for the offers already. Need to discuss what you 
think it would be practical for you to do.


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Paul Hurt
Editor, Ultimatum Magazine, London, England
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