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Subject: Re: Amalgamation - further thoughts

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Ali

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Date Posted: 14:27:50 05/20/03 Tue
In reply to: Tim 's message, "Re: Amalgamtion - further thoughts" on 13:32:59 05/20/03 Tue

>As far as possible, teams should be amalgamated with
>other teams as geographically proximate to their own
>as possible.

Full-team amalgamation still suffers from the problem of 1-and 2- couple teams. What if two 3-couple unis amalgamate? There is then a 2-couple team. The amalgamation solved nothing! There will still be two couples with scant chance of progressing, and for their dancing to actually count for anything.

What about a 13-couple uni? They are too big to amalgamate, but still have a leftover 1-couple team, who mught as well not bother entering for all the good it will do.

Of the 20ish unis who enter, only about 6 are big enough to enter 4 complete teams. Therefore there are 14 unis who can have odd couples. Do we really want them all to try and amalgamate with someone? Some are too big, some too good - and yet there will still be couples dancing on their own, for no real purpose, *even* from teams who have amalgamated already! The only way of solving this is the odds team. Sure, allow full-team amalgamation as well, if people want it, but we need the odds team rule as well to clear up the leftover couples.

>That would create a degree of cohesion that a simple,
>'odds and sods' team wouldn't have. They should then
>be named after that region.

It would be nice in theory, but I really don't think it is practical.

> Organising on the day is not
>sensible as there is clearly no way that the standing
>committee can make informed and sensible decisions on
>the day.

It would take ten minutes at most. I don't think the SC are so busy they can't manage that!

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Amalgamation - further thoughts	Alice	14:37:39 05/20/03 Tue
Re: Amalgamation - further thoughts -- Ali, 14:47:03 05/20/03 Tue Re: Amalgamation - further thoughts -- Tim, 15:45:54 05/20/03 Tue Re: Amalgamation - further thoughts -- Ali, 16:01:51 05/20/03 Tue