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From: Ruth Taylor <ruth11@totalise.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: New Association and the coed tour
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>From what I remember of the work Ben did on this proposal, it was completed 
before the Mixed Tour was introduced.

One way around the new player issue would be to make the Mixed Tours available 
to non-members but if they want to compete at Mixed Nationals then they would 
have to become a member.
Brand new players can't play at Mixed Nationals anyway because they have to 
have played for their chosen team in a Mixed Tour event in order to qualify.

Ruth
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>===== Original Message From Jonathan Harris <jjwh3@hermes.cam.ac.uk> =====
>The proposal for the new association did not make it clear whether
>non-members would be able to play in the coed tour.  It seems to me that
>a requirement of membership for participation in the coed tour would be
>problematic, for two reasons.  First, one of the stated aims of the coed
>tour is to introduce new players, especially women, to ultimate; second,
>if the coed tour becomes members-only there are very few tournaments left
>on the calendar (and fewer affordable ones!) in which non-members would
>have the opportunity to play.  On the other hand, the coed tour (or
>nationals at any rate) are used to select teams for major tournaments such
>as worlds or Europeans, and from that perspective it seems like all
>members should belong to the players association.  Any comments?
>
>Jonathan Harris (strange blue)