From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Nov 24 10:54:20 1998 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA05442 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:34:28 GMT Received: from otto.crispgroup.co.uk (crispgroup.demon.co.uk [158.152.87.155]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA05428 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:34:26 GMT Received: from [129.1.1.241] by otto.crispgroup.co.uk (NTMail 3.03.0017/1.aia2) with ESMTP id za044121 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:30:43 +0000 Received: from [129.1.11.120] by homer.crispgroup.co.uk (NTMail 3.03.0012/1.aia2) with ESMTP id va039151 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:30:46 +0000 Received: by raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk with Microsoft Mail id <01BE1796.89DABE60@raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk>; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:38:13 -0000 Message-ID: <01BE1796.89DABE60@raviben810.crispgroup.co.uk> From: Ben Ravilious <Ben.Ravilious@crispgroup.co.uk> To: "'britdisc'" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Growth & Publicity Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:38:12 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Info: Crisp Computing Mail Server Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk id KAA05436 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk This is more like it. At this stage in our evolution we need to concentrate solidly on recruitment. We only have around 1000 players dammit! There are more and more teams forming so local tournaments/leagues which Simon is suggesting are becoming more of a possibility. I would add that even more worthwhile than running tournaments is starting your own team. People who do this deserve medals! Publicity is another issue. Its an embarrasing fact that even in Leicester where we've had plenty of coverage, I still meet people who have never heard of Ultimate. I have been toying with the idea of running a "Britains most publicised team" competition. Now seems as good a time as any to float the idea. Whaddaythink? Ben -----Original Message----- From: Simon Hill [SMTP:simon.hill@actix.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 9:04 AM To: 'britdisc' Subject: BUSA, Sports Council, suggestion As has been noted by Si Weeks, this kind of thing is for the moment, pretty much dead in the water. (Which is a real pain after the work put in by the likes of Sammy over recent years.) I have a suggestion tho'... Anyone who thought they might be interested in seeing what they could do to help ultimate's case along these (or other) lines... here's what you have to do. **************************** Try to run a tournament (even an indoor one if you must- admittedly slightly easier than outdoor). **************************** And if I can be even more bossy: run a small one, and work on the teams and players that LIVE near the venue. YES - run a small, local tourney. This is the path to recognition as far as I can see. It has the bonus of resulting in more people playing ultimate more often. Got to go Si (22)