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CUC Roster Clarification
July 20, 2004
Dear Captain,
Thank you for participating in the 2004 Canadian
Ultimate Summer Series (CUSS). Through your hard work, dedication
and cooperation with CUPA, we have been able to implement an on-line
registration system designed to improve competitive Ultimate in
Canada.
Kudos go out to those captains who submitted an
online roster on time. Although we are still working on the overall
database structure, we’ve managed to lay down the administrative
framework for the future. A big thank you also goes out to your
Regional Coordinators (RC), who were instrumental in implementing
the new procedure.
Ideally, the 2004 roster procedure was as follows:
- Submit roster by June 30th; no changes to roster
allowed before regionals.
- Participate in regional or seeding tournament
either the weekend of July 10th/11th or July 17th/18th
- After regional or seeding tournaments have
taken place, changes to submitted rosters allowed (to a maximum
of 3 player additions by Aug 5th )
I apologize for not having updated the Tournament
Manual to reflect the implementation of CUSS 2004. We will now make
clarifications to the roster issues via this email and it will be
posted on the CUC and CUPA web sites.
Addendum to “The Road to Nationals”
as of July 20th, 2004:
- Teams rosters will be “un-frozen”
as of July 20th, 2004.
- Captains will have up till July 31st, 2004
to make changes to their rosters.
- After July 31st, rosters will be frozen.
- Between July 31st and Aug 5th, any changes
in submitted rosters (i.e. The addition of up to 3 players or
the removal of players due to an injury or other circumstance)
must be made prior to 11:59pm PDT on Aug 5th, 2004. We are no
longer accepting changes to rosters on the night before Nationals
start. There are no refunds on CUPA fees. (revision of rule 15.3.1)
- All CUPA fees, balance of player fees, official
team rosters due on August 5th, 2004. (25% late penalty)
- These changes, via email (in writing), must
be communicated to your respective RC, who will in turn submit
your roster change to the CUPA registrar.
- Only those listed on your roster, who should
be paid current members of CUPA, can participate in Nationals
Please bear in mind the recommended changes for 2005:
- Open, Mixed and Women’s divisions
reduced from 16 to 12 teams each (not set in stone, to be determined).
- Wildcards will be determined by growth (based
on division-specific regional registration and will correspond
to CUC of the same year) and strength (similar to the current
wildcard allocation based on the previous year’s CUC results)
- June 30th deadline to submit roster for 2005
CUSS; no changes allowed between that date and the date of regional
or seeding tournament
- Regional or seeding tournament to be held either
the 2nd or 3rd weekend in July
- After regional or seeding tournament has taken
place, only a maximum of 3 additions can be made to the CUSS roster
two weeks before Nationals; changes are communicated via the RC
- CUPA will oversee all logistical aspects of
CUC
- the results of the 2005 CUC will be most likely
used (to be confirmed) for qualification to the 2006 WUCC in Perth,
Australia
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Together we’ve made many steps to reform the competitive Ultimate
scene in Canada for the better.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do
not hesitate to contact myself or Kieran McConnell, the Championship
Series Director, at  .
Good luck at Regionals and Nationals. See you in Vancouver!
Shiellah Quintos
CUPA Executive Director
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