I'm sorry my e-mail was a bit too strong. Porbably writing in a big bold font wasn't the best choice. What I meant with my stupid rant was that although your efforts, the managing of the team this year has been really bad.

I know that you're doing a really heavy and difficult degree that takes a lot of time off everything else you want to do, but you should have known it last year, and not have candidated as club captain as a consequence.

What a club captain has to do isn't just turning up at sunday practices giving coaching advices (which I found really useful, and thank you a lot about them. I'm sure they've helped a lot of us to improve our ultimate). A club captain has the most important role in the team, which is the one of motivating people to play and to turn up to practices. And to do this you have to be there most of the time: on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays trainings.

That's one of the many reasons why the team has been so poor this year. Why have the 4 beginners we had at the beginning of the year dropped out after two weeks, and why there doesnt seem to be anyone interested in playing outdoors??

This is the whole commitee's fault. Since november, outdoor practices have been organized by JakeH and MattG (none of them actually have a position inside the team), with an average tournout of 6 people, which include Luke, Pete, Ben and Myself. If there is no one more closely involved in the team who pushes everyone to turn up to practices, why should be people motivated in going?

As a club captain you should have told everyone you were going to leave, call an AGM, and then given up your place to someone else. You cant suddenly leave with just telling it to a few people, and leave your team without anyone at the head of it. And same thing should have been done by Paul about 4 months ago (giving up his place as a treasurer), when he realized he couldnt be arsed to play ultimate anymore!

For what I am concerned, I know I havent done almost anything as a social secretary, but on the other hand I've done a lot of stuff that wasn't my duty to do as a social secretary. I've been getting in touch with other teams for tournaments, sending cheques, getting in touch for the outdoor regionals and so on... So I don't feel particularly guilty of not having sorted many socials out this year.

 

Best of luck in your exam tomorrow, and have a great time in the states. Sorry again for the tone of my previous e-mail, but something needed to be said!

 

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>-- Original Message --
>To: <jestersultimate@yahoogroups.com>
>From: "Tanner, J.R." <jrt11@...>
>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:05:46 -0000
>Subject: RE: [jestersultimate] Sunday training
>Reply-To: jestersultimate@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Firstly - i informed all of you many times that i would not be here for
midlands
>outdoors,  Many times, throughout the year.
>SECONDLY I HAVE MISSED 1 SUNDAY PRACTICE SINCE THE START OF THE ACADEMIC
>YEAR and seen as nobody plays outdoors and i am ALWAYS at hospital on WEDNESDAY
>that means nothing.
>
>If anyone has had 100% attendance this year they may say something - but
>i know that is no-one.
>3rdly i have battled throughout the year with poor attendances at practice,
>people dropping out for tournaments, people playing one day and shafting
>the rest of teams for the other.  I have driven people around to practices
>and tournaments all year.
>I have done my best to coach people to play ultimate and had not one thank
>you at all.
>So Adriano - either do what i did for the whole of the year - and bite
your
>tongue - or come and speak to me personally.
>
>For what it's worth the one practice i missed is because i have my most
important
>exam this wednesday - it's called ICE and it's rather F&*king important.
>
>
>No-body seems to be sendling emails as to the lack of socials we have had
>this year.
>James.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scarampi, A. [mailto:as191@...]
>Sent: 01 March 2004 11:21
>To: jestersultimate@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [jestersultimate] Sunday training
>
>
>Two things:
>
>1) Jesters are not going to the Regionals. The only people interested seemed
>to be Pete and I, and as far as I k now, you can't really have a team of
>2 players!
>Bah, whatever...
>
>2) TANNER?!?!?! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU????? What kind of captain are you??
>You didn't tell anyone that you were going to leave untill the end of the
>year! I thought it was your responsibility to be in charge of the team!!
>
>
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