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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Joe=20Graves?= <zesinho_duf@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: The whole lack of student funding and Tour stuff
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I have been thinking about the issues raised over the
whole student costs thing.  It 'seems' well agreed
that students, only the whole, do not have the money
to travel the length and breadth of the country.  Also
due to us actually being 'students' and the Tour dates
being during the exam times, it makes it very
difficult for even the 'Serious' teams to put in a
serious bid to make the Nationals.  Also taking what
Ben said in his previous mail, would it be a sensible
suggestion to give an automatic place to the winners
of the Students outdoors?  People may not agree, and I
understand why, but I thought that it might be worth
suggesting at least.  And maybe something to consider
at the next AGM.

Please do not clog up Britdisc with your opinions too
much, as it may be better to send ideas to me (or
Ben), and I will be happy to paraphrase what peoples
thoughts are.  As I said there are lots of problems
with this, but if we are to change the Tour set-up and
thus the qualifying for the nationals, then could this
be considered.

If we want to avoid being mad at the powers-that-be,
we need to discuss and communicate with them.

Joe
AKA Sox, Northern Lights (who will never get anywhere
near the top Uni teams, and so I am not trying to
promote our own cause)

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