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           U L T I M A T E   H A P P E N I N G S
                 Issue 272 - August 28, 2003

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      OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!
            (328 teams and 3800 members in 2002)

                    http://www.ocua.ca/

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is 
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - 
the pig was 'committed'." 

- unknown

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CONTENTS:

- Call for Candidates (Part II...)
- Spirit 2003 Charity Ultimate Tournament
- BoD Challenges OCUA members...Spirit 2003 event 
- The Ultimate Card
- OCUA Volunteer Opportunities
- Rental Accommodations
- Lost And Found
- Calendar Of Events

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 CALL FOR CANDIDATES (PART II...) 
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The Summer season is over, but the Elections are just 
beginning !

For those who were not aware, the Election process has 
changed and deadlines were extended.

The Call for Candidates is Open until Midnight, Sunday (Aug 
31st).

Voting will take place electronically via e-mail from Sept 
15th to 29th.


======== New Process ============

New this year will be the nomination of two candidates put 
forward by the OCUA Nominations Committee.

The purpose of this committee is to find people who will 
best benefit the needs of OCUA. Nominees "may" be chosen 
from outside the OCUA membership, but will consist of 
community leaders who will help promote OCUA's presence in 
both political and business circles as well as within the 
greater Ottawa Community.

Candidates put forward by the nomination committee will be 
announced on Monday Sept 1, and will need to be ratified 
(ie. accepted) by the OCUA membership via YES/NO vote.

The remaining two OCUA Directorship positions will be open 
for General Elections as in previous years.

Anyone wishing to run for one of the two Open directorship 
position should contact Stephan Suys at s_suys@hotmail as 
soon as possible.

The deadline is 3 days away... (Midnight, Aug 31st)

Thanks, Stephan Suys Elections Officer

s_suys@hotmail.com


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SPIRIT 2003 CHARITY ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT

I would like to call your attention to a great event for you 
and your team to participate in this fall. It is the Spirit 
2003 Charity Ultimate Tournament. The Spirit 2003 Ultimate 
Charity Tournament was created to raise funds for five local 
mental health charities and to increase awareness and 
sensitization about mental health conditions and the people 
they affect. It is an all day event being held on September 
13, 2003 at the Nepean Equestrian Park. There are some great 
bonuses as well...free lunch, great entertainment, 3 to 4 
games, a beer tent etc. There are even prizes for teams with 
the most pledges and other incentive prizes up for grabs. 
This is the first year of this event which has been 
organized to become what the HOPE beach volleyball event has 
become for beach volleyball but for ultimate instead. OCUA 
has been working hard over the past year with this 
organizing committee as the event's community partner and we 
hope that you will encourage your teams to sign up and show 
your support for this worthwhile event.

All the information you need can be found online at:
-  www.catchthespirit.ca

Come on out and enjoy the fun!

Thanks in advance for your support,
Robin Kealey
OCUA Director
communications@ocua.ca

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BOD CHALLENGES OCUA MEMBERS...SPIRIT 2003 EVENT

Come and try to kick our butts at the Spirit 2003 Charity 
Ultimate Tournament! We, your hardworking representatives on 
the BoD are challenging OUCA teams to enter a team in this 
outstanding event. Just go ahead and try to raise as much 
cash as we will! The OCUA team that raises the most cash 
will receive an OCUA gift pack of a disc and one of the hot, 
new OCUA shirts for each member of the team. By the way, we 
plan to take the title at the tournament too. Wait until you 
see our swill...opps I mean expert throws! Ah...at least we 
can slag like experts! Looking forward to seeing you on the 
field! 

Robin (aka scoober) Kealey 
(on behalf of the OCUA BoD - Spirit 2003 team)

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THE ULTIMATE CARD

Want to help support Canadian Ultimate?

Sign up for The Ultimate Card.

Both types of cards, platinum and preferred, carry no annual 
fee, but when an Ultimate player signs up, and is accepted 
for the card, a portion of their net purchase amount will be 
sent back to their respective League's administration. Their 
League will then decide, we hope with their members input, 
how that money will be used.

The result: cardholders will be helping to build, and to 
support, the Ultimate community. What better way to increase 
revenues for your League than to use The Ultimate card not 
only on regular, everyday purchases, but also on purchases 
from Ultimate related companies and others.

We hope that you will explore this exciting fund-raising 
program. For more information, as well as an online 
application, please visit
www.theultimatecard.ca

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OCUA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

OCUA is run by volunteers. Without the time put in by many
people, this league wouldn't exist. A couple hours of your
time, could make a huge difference. The following is a list
of current volunteer openings. Please refer to
http://www.ocua.ca/ocua/volunteer.html for details about
volunteer openings.

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

- Social Events Coordinator 
- Field Cell Volunteers

Please email volunteer@ocua.ca if you have any questions, or
if you are interested in helping out.

Thanks,
Julie Thompson
OCUA Volunteer Coordinator

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RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS

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Large bright two bedroom apartment on second floor of two 
storey 4 plex; Very large private deck. Two storage lockers. 
Hardwood floors. New appliances; Sun room off master 
bedroom. Free laundry.  Quiet street near intersection of 
Vanier Parkway and Montreal Road; Easy, quick access to 
major bus line, Rideau River trails. Available for October, 
but may move in earlier without charge; $995/month includes 
heat (cast iron radiators); Parking available at $30/month

Contact John Yazbeck (241-8111) 
yazbeck7@homail.com


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LOST & FOUND

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I lost the left shoe of a pair of leather Columbia women's 
size 10 or 10.5 sandals at field 3 or 11 on Aug 17. 

Anna 

annavdk@sympatico.ca

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Sep. 13     : SPIRIT 2003 Ultimate Tournament (Ottawa)
Sep. 27     : Ottawa Plaid Jacket Open DG Tourney (JCPark)
Oct.  4     : Layout For Life

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