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Tanya
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Date Posted: 15:43:23 05/22/03 Thu
In reply to:
Tim
's message, "Re: Venues" on 15:11:00 05/22/03 Thu
>What is the appropriate centre to consider. Suppose
>that what we want to do is to minimse travel costs for
>the majority of people. Then the best place to hold
>the competition is nowhere near the centre of the
>country, and certainly not in the North, where Stoke
>is.
Stoke is in the Midlands - not exactly north!
Why? Because there is a high concentration of
>larger universities in the South, whilst there are a
>small number of small universities in the North.
>Oxford, IC, Cambridge, Bristol, London, Southampton
>are all in the south. Of the larger teams, only
>Sheffield are in the South. Taking a total number of
>teams, most are in the South, and a lot are in the
>South East. Southampton and Cambridge are both large
>teams, where York and Hull are not.
>Taking a demongraphically weighted centre for the
>country, IVDC would be held somewhere around,
>ironically, Oxford.
So, lets see, we keep the venue close to the big university teams, and forget about the smaller teams - who then have to fork out much higher travel expenses and leave at 4 or 5 am to make it on time. There is no large team backing them and thus helping spread some of the financial burden. Wouldn't this actually push out some of the smaller teams - doing the opposite of what the constitution states:
he aim of the Inter-Varsity Dance Association (IVDA) is to promote ballroom dancing within universities, and organise an annual ball incorporating an Inter-Varsity Dancing Competition (IVDC).
>You also have to remember that the total travel cost
>difference per person is unlikely to be more than a
>couple of pounds anyway. That's one pint, for goodness
>sake, and you are all rich students, with next to no
>liabilities or expenses, leaching off the states and
>the taxes of honest, hard-working people like myself.
I don't know how it is for the larger teams, but a few extra pounds (actually 2 or 3 pints up here!) can put people off coming. The smaller teams don't expect to do all that well, so often feel that the extra long day and the extra cash is not worth it!
Tanya
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