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           U L T I M A T E   H A P P E N I N G S
                 Issue 270 - August 18, 2003

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      OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!
            (328 teams and 3800 members in 2002)

                    http://www.ocua.ca/

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human 
stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. " 
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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CONTENTS:

- Dangerous Play, ETC
- OCUA Volunteer Opportunities
- Rental Accommodations
- Lost And Found
- Car For Sale
- Calendar Of Events

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DANGEROUS PLAY, ETC.

Recently I have had a number of incidents reported to me 
that all seem to follow a similar, and to me at least, quite 
disturbing trend. If I might paraphrase what I am being told: 
"We played this team last night and they were all really 
nice and played carefully, and all knew the rules, except 
for this one (or two) player(s). They were rude, dangerous, 
careless, unknowledgeable about the rules, etc. Other than 
this one (or two) player(s) everything was OK so we gave 
them a 9 for spirit, but wanted you to know that there was a 
problem."

If this sounds like the sort of logic your team has been 
employing to decide SOTG, or if you have such a player on a 
team you play for, and you are not doing anything about it, 
then you are part of the whole 'Dangerous Play' problem OCUA 
is trying to solve. Why should the fact that 95% of the team 
is fine diminish the effects of a 'bad apple'. It is the 
responsibility of an entire team to ensure that each and 
everyone of their team mates plays to the same high 
standard. If they knowingly play with a team mate that is 
prone to dangerous/reckless play, then they deserve to share 
in the low SOTG that player should be generating.

Face it, members of the Association are being hurt by these 
individuals, and not being attacked by entire teams. So to 
use the argument that "the rest of the team was great!" is 
really not a valid one for giving high SOTG ratings. How 
does the Captain of the team with the dangerous player deal 
with them when that player can point to the fact that things 
couldn't have been that bad because a good SOTG was given?

The course of action that should be occurring if you have 
concerns about a player, is approach the other team's 
Captain, ask them to speak to the player in question.  If 
they are unwilling or unable to effect any change, and the 
dangerous play continues, approach them once more and ask 
that the player be spoken to once again. Indicate that if 
the dangerousness continues you want the player benched or 
your team will call the game.

The safety of your players comes before all else; you don't 
have to wait for an injury to act, any more than a player 
has to be hit to call dangerous play. Until teams get 
serious about using SOTG and the complaint process to 'weed 
out' these 'bad apples', there is little that OCUA can do.

Nick.



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OCUA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

OCUA is run by volunteers. Without the time put in by many
people, this league wouldn't exist. A couple hours of your
time, could make a huge difference. The following is a list
of current volunteer openings. Please refer to
http://www.ocua.ca/ocua/volunteer.html for details about
volunteer openings.

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

- Social Events Coordinator 
- Field Cell Volunteers

Please email volunteer@ocua.ca if you have any questions, or
if you are interested in helping out.

Thanks,
Julie Thompson
OCUA Volunteer Coordinator

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RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS

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Luxury 1 bedroom apartment for rent, 800 sq ft,  quiet.  
Downtown, 100 Bronson Ave. (The Juliana) @ Queen.  Huge 
balcony, sunroom, living room/dining room.  Windows across 
one side facing west, view of sunsets, Ottawa River, 
Gatineau Hills, Lebreton Flats.  Air conditioning, laundry, 
rooftop party room and sundeck, parking.  $1400/mth includes 
utilities.  A must see!  Available Sept 1st.  

Call 230-0786. 

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Wanted : Housemate to share house with two others - 
available immediately.  Choice of bedroom upstairs (650) or 
2 year old basement apartment (850).  New carpeting, paint, 
hardwood floor throughout entire house.  Central air, close 
to transitway, screened in porch, large yard, parking, 
laundry.  Located near Costco off of Innes.  Email 
DFL7766@hotmail.com or call 262-1215 for more information!

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Shared Accommodation - Kanata New home Super clean, non-
smoking environment Utilities, Hydro, Cable, Phone, Internet 
and Parking included 

$430/month all in. 

Call 794-7355, ask for Nick 


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LOST AND FOUND

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Found; a single umbro women's ( I believe) cleat at UPI 
parking lot on Monday night.  

Contact Jeff Belanger 
home 230-1474 
work 613-592-2122 ext 4525  


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CAR FOR SALE

- 1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon 
- Mint, perfect body...not one spec of rust 
- Mint, interior 
- Power windows, locks, automatic 
- Plus brand new navy blue paint job 
- 190,000km 
- sound, great working order 
- $3,000 firm 
- Contact Dave at 860-8687 

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Aug. 23-24  : Mon/Tue Night Finals
Sep. 13     : SPIRIT 2003 Ultimate Tournament (Ottawa)
Sep. 27     : Ottawa Plaid Jacket Open DG Tourney (JCPark)

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