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$3.00 VOLUME 10 • NUMBER 1
JANUARY • 1990
FILL OUT & MAIL YOUR YEARLY QUESTIO A PROPOSAL FOR THE QUESTION BE A PART OF DUES INCREASE
OF INSURANCE
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by R-obert L.
by Robert L. Rauch
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he Coordinating Committee, at its fall meeting October 26th in in Washington, D.C., unanimously agreed to propose a significant dues increase for the 1990 season. Membership input is invited at this tilne as a final decision will be made early this year. Be sure to fill out the questionnaire.
ne of the major reasons for the proposed dues increase is to finance the purchase of a comprehensive insurcrnce package for the UPA membership. OtU' discussions with several lawyers and a number of other sports associations have led us to believe that it is imperative that this be done as soon as practical. Proposed Coverage
We are currently preparing to approach several insurance companies to obtain competitive quotes on coverage along the following lines: 1. Group Field Liability 2. Catastr-ophic Medical COverage There are three principal reasons to provide group field liability coverage. First1 we want to obtain a policy that can be used to satisfy the liability insurance requirements of
The Proposal The Coordinating Committee proposed the following dues structure: ~e~nbership
Old Dues
New Due8 ....
1) Regular
$ 10.00
$ 2&.011
2) Student
s 10.00
$ 15 00
3) Assoeiate
$ 10.00
$ 15.00
4) .ForE>ign (lnd.)
s 15.00
$20.00
5) f.b reign (Club}
$20.00
s 25.00
$200.00
$400.00
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tournament site owners. Such
Clas8
Lifetim~
Comments 1) Open and Womens Di\tisions
coverage is stipulated increasingly and can cost $500-$800 per weekend. Second, such a policy should also be available to individual teams for their use in obtaining practice fields. As unincorporated entities, this coverage is typically not available otherwise. Last, we wish to insure tournament directors and UPA officials from the potentjaJly disastrous liabilities that might ensue if players were to suslain serious injuries at a tournament. If there were to be a significant lawsuit, our sport a.s we know it could be shut down virtually overnight. Our plan for medical coverage is that it would be a secondary source of coverage For those players currently covered by insurance, it would only be used to cover any shortfalls in your primary coverage. However. for those without any coverage, such insurance would serve as the primary polity. Given the extraordinary
2) College and High School Divisions 3) Non-playing affiliates, Newsletter only 4) Non-U.S. members 5} Non-U.S. clubs
6) Lifetime membership
Purpose
The sport of Ultimate and the UPA are in a \\ratershed period of their development. The sport is continuing to grow and is becoming increasingly accepted into the school systems across the U.S. which bodes wen for future growth. Media attention has expanded considerably. The level of play continues to improve and the quality of tournament organization has reached a near professional leveJ. Along with these changes, whieh most (albeit not all) players consider ,. to be progress1 the level of player expectations has dramatically increased. As players we have now Continued on page 5
C()'J'ttinued on page 5 .
Preserving the Historv• of ffitimate ~ge
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NEW RULES
PLAY 'EM AS SOON AS YOU GET 'EM.
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FILL OUT YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE Irs IMPORTANT
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