Sorry for forwarding this to so many lists, but the more feedback we have,
the better our chances of having the tour meet our needs next year. This
year, the tour season was split so that all 3 mixed tours followed by mixed
nationals occurred first, then we had the open season. This was a change
from previous years when we had alternated between open and mixed tours.

Personally speaking, I didn't like the split from a juniors perspective
because we had always used Tour 1 & 2 for GB Junior selection and training,
but they were too late this year for that because of the split. Tour 2
happened while GB U17s, GB2 and GBJW were all in Latvia, Tour 3 was after
that international tournament and with Nationals this weekend, it looks like
we will have to decline our place because so many of GB Juniors are still in
Boston. The timings just haven't worked for us this year. There have been
benefits with the split season, most notably with how hard University teams
have worked to keep attract and keep female players so they can compete in
the split season. These are just my personal views, but please feedback your
own today if you can (UKUA board meet on Monday evening to discuss feedback
and make final decision on next year which will be to continue with split as
this year, split but reverse order so open season occurs first, or return to
previous integrated seasons)

Kevin

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> All
>
>
> This is a quick email to remind you that a survey has been set-up at the
> following link where you can register your opinion on Tour Structure (and
> specifically the "split vs integrated" question.)
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=612102489026. The survey takes just
> seconds to complete, and will be a useful source of data for the UKUA
Board
> to refer to when further discussing Tour 2007. I would urge you to
register
> your view if you feel strongly in either direction.
>
> The amount of general discussion that has occurred regarding the season
> format makes it likely that it will the subject of further debate at the
> next Board meeting. Please note however that there is time pressure on
this
> decision from the perspective of finalising tournaments bids for 2007,
which
> was the prime motivation for pushing to make a decision as quickly as
> possible at the last meeting.
>
> May I also ask that a team-contact from each team fill in the same survey,
> but under the "Your Team" section, please write "Team Contact for [insert
> your team's name]". It is hoped that each team-contact will consult with
> their teammates/committee before filling in the survey on their team's
> behalf. The goal of this approach is to try to give a voice both to
> individuals and to teams.
>
>
> Please email me if you have any questions regarding this survey.
> The deadline for filling in this survey is 5pm Wednesday August 30.
>
>
>
> I would like to thank the volunteers that jumped forwards to find a way to
> collect this information, and to others that also volunteered to help in
> some way or other. So now seems like a good opportunity to say that if
> there are any areas where you feel strongly or feel you could help the
UKUA
> in some way please don't hesitate to contact me. I will get back to you -
> promise - even if it isn't quite the same day!
>
>
>
> We also plan to send this information/email to members and team contacts
> through other means (no disrespect to Britdisc of course) - but please
feel
> free to forward this to other members of your team, etc, etc.
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Si
>
>
> Simon Hill, UKUA Administrator
>
>
>
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