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Ultimate Happenings: Issue 84 - Feb 15 1999

OCUA Web site: http://www.ocua.ca

"How does a thermos know when to keep something hot, hot
 and when to keep something cold, cold?"

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REMINDER:

 Deadline for the OCUA Membership Survey is
 MARCH 1, 1999. Please take time to fill it out at
 http://www.ocua.ca/admin/Survey/survey.html

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CONTENTS:

- Gender Blender 1999
- OCUA Membership Survey Update
- OCUA Logo Design Contest - Clarification's
- Stickers For Sale
- Looking For Ultimate Action In Germany:
- Looking For A New Job - Help OCUA At The Same Time

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GENDER BLENDER 1999:

BIDS: 24 spots available for this 4/3 Co-ed Tournament.
 23 open bids and 1 reserved for the hat-team (loners &
 drifters).

WHERE: Fergus, Ontario -- that's near Toronto, but closer to Guelph.

WHEN: June 5-6, 1999

TEAM DEPOSITS: CDN $200 deposits (US $150) are due March 31st.

To secure a bid, send your cheques to:
 Mark Evans
 Gender Blender Money-Guy
 51 Palmerston Gardens,
 Toronto, Ontario M6G 1V8
 Canada

No deposit, no bid. Spots will fill quickly, so don't wait
until the last minute. All inquiries regarding deposits should
be made through Mark Evans .

Individuals without teams who are interested in the hat-team
should contact Dan Berman .

The fees will be the same structure as last year -- it's a
per person fee and a team minimum. We do this because Gender
Blender is an all-inclusive tournament, you show up, pay us,
and pretty much everything all weekend long is taken care of
for you. The detailed explanation is on the website:
 www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dberman/gb/

I will be updating the website with 1999 information and new
graphics shortly. If you have any questions please drop me a
line .

We're looking forward to another shaggadelic summer (yes, the
rumours are true, Austin Powers is coming back this spring).

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OCUA MEMBERSHIP SURVEY UPDATE:

Thanks to all those who have filled out the survey - as of
Friday, we had already had over 100 responses. We want to hear
from as many people as possible though, so if you haven't
filled it out yet, don't delay! :) In the meantime, we've
already started looking at some of the results, most notably
the comments, which have been very informative. There have
been a couple of questions raised though these comments, two
of which I'd like to address immediately, since I think they
are valuable for all:

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Q: Will you be publishing the results on the website?

A: To be honest, this hadn't really occurred to me (or the rest
of the board, I don't think), but it sounds like a good idea.
Our number 1 priority, of course, is to evaluate the data in
as soon as possible in hopes of bringing about some changes
for this season. Once that is completed, however, I think
publishing at least some summarised results would be a good
plan, and we will see what we can do in that area.

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Q: What about those members without Internet access?

A: When we developed the survey and decided to put it on the
web, we realised that we would not be reaching a significant
portion of our members. About the only possible way to conduct
a survey with them would be by mail, however, and due to budget
and time constraints, we have no plans to carry out such a
project at this time. We realise that this is not entirely
satisfactory, however we were of the opinion that feedback
from *some* of our members was better than no feedback at all.

My only suggestion would be to contact people without Internet
access who you feel would want to voice their concerns, and
either: help them find a way to get on the net for a few hours
to fill out the survey, or print out the survey and have them
fill in a hard copy, which they could then mail to me:

Ken Lange
52B Chesterton Drive
Nepean, ON K2E 5S9

I much prefer the former of those two options, as receiving
the data via the form makes compilation and analysis much
easier, but we want to make sure everyone has a vehicle for
providing their input, so I will certainly accept any hard
copies of the survey that I receive.

There have also been lots of comments with respect to the
survey layout and it's format, all of which are appreciated.
Given that this is a first time thing with us, we are learning
a lot as we go, and your comments in this area have been
extremely valuable. Changes will not be made to the current
survey due to logistics and to keep data consistent, but
your advice will help make future surveys better, so keep it
coming!

Cheers!

Ken Lange
 e: kblange@nortelnetworks.com

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OCUA LOGO DESIGN CONTEST - CLARIFICATIONS:

Since the last Ultimate happenings, I've received some inquiries
regarding the contest that have indicated to me that there has
been some confusion as to what exactly is required. So, here
are some clarification's regarding the contest:

1. We are looking for TWO separate designs - a corporate logo
for OCUA, and a design for this year's OCUA discs. You can
submit designs for one or the other, or both - that's your
choice.

2. The "Design Checklist" and "Types of Paper" sections in
last week's announcement in Ultimate Happenings are guidelines
which Discraft issues for disc designs. As such, these guidelines
apply only to the disc design, and NOT the corporate logo.

3. COLOURS: The disc design should be 2 colours, while the
Corporate Logo design has no colour restrictions.

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me.

Ken Lange
 e: kblange@nortelnetworks.com

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STICKERS FOR SALE:

WE are selling Ultimate stickers for 50 cents each, provided
you order at least 40. This includes shipping. (Editor's
Note: prices may be different for a Canadian Order, contact
Tiina)

The three styles we have are:

1) PLAY ULTIMATE LAY OUT: rectangular in gold, black and white
   with little flying guy and a disc.

2) I'D RATHER BE PLAYING ULTIMATE: rectangular in kelly green
   and white with same guy.

3) PLAY ULTIMATE SPORT OF THE MILLENNIUM: circular in clear,
   black and purple with same guy. This kind goes on the inside
   of a window We don't have many of these kind left.

You can have a mix of these designs in your batch of 40 or
more. Send a check made out to ARHS Ultimate to

Tiina Booth
100 Cowls Rd.
Amherst, MA 01002

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thanks

Tiina
 e: tbooth@k12.oit.umass.edu

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LOOKING FOR ULTIMATE ACTION IN GERMANY:

Homesick Canadian Ultimate boy, looking for some "action"
while in Germany. If anyone has any contact for any Ultimate
in Frankfurt Germany, please contact me at the e-mail address
below.

(PS. The Web unfortunately doesn't provide much info about
Ultimate in Frankfurt)

Thanks,
 e: forceflick@hotmail.com

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LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB - HELP OCUA AT THE SAME TIME:

LEAVE THE GOVERNMENT. Become an AMB employee. Contract to
wherever you want.

Our best benefit is the AMB RPTA -- the ability to transfer
over Government pension at a great premium
(see http://www.amb.ca/pension).

Our other benefits may include:
- low mark-up of 5% to 20%!
- very flexible hours
- some work at home
- employee software purchase plan (e.g., Microsoft products)
- possible tax write-offs for home office and car (if you use it)
- lucrative pension (better than the Government)
- flexible pension (when you leave, you can transfer everything
  to your RRSP, yes, even the employer contributions!)
- flexibility to leave employ on relatively short notice, and
  getting access to your pension or cash in lieu

If you have 10 or more years experience in the Canadian Federal
Government and are considering leaving before 7 May 1999,
please view http://www.amb.ca/pension and fill out the on-line
questionnaire / application.

Some jobs are posted at http://www.amb.ca/divisions/hr. If
you don't see a job for you there, don't despair, give us a
call.

With the hiring of each new Ultimate employee (or their parents
or friends or neighbour or ...), AMB Inc. will support the Ottawa
Carleton Ultimate Association by purchasing shares of the new
land development.
- When we hire the FIRST person, AMB will buy 1 share.
- When we hire the SECOND person, AMB will buy ANOTHER TWO shares.
- When we hire the THIRD person, AMB will buy ANOTHER THREE shares.
- etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
- When we hire the TENTH person, AMB will buy ANOTHER TEN
  shares (so by this time, will have bought 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 +
  6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 55 shares and the Ottawa Carleton
  Ultimate Association will have been closer to the financing
  of the land by $11k).

Michal Zeithammel
AMB Inc. Human Resources
 e: hr@amb.ca
 w: (613) 860-7878 x11
 u: http://www.amb.ca

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