Martin
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Posted: 9 March 2012, 3:14 PM
I like your thinking Michael, why don't we just hijack the AGM? Formalities take 10min, there is a venue and the majority of active orienteers are in the same city. It would be perfect setup for a workshop to share information and answer some of those very questions that you have posed.
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Michael
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Posted: 10 March 2012, 4:17 AM
Perhaps not Easter where the focus is on competition. Specially for the topic of high performance! It might fit better into QB or Labour Weekend. Or a separate weekend, the Aussies have theirs in December.
Funding is a red herring. Missionaries who want to spread "the one true way" and those with a desire to learn will pay their own way. Enlightened clubs will reimburse them.
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nick
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Posted: 19 March 2012, 3:37 PM
Great thread so far.
I recently listened to SportNZ's CEO present his annual 'state of the nation' speech. For the second year in a row, he named-checked Orienteering as an area of surprising growth. I also heard another SportNZ rep at a conference say "there must be someone clever in their national body because they're really surging forward".
Rather than burst his bubble, I stayed quiet. I think the more likely explanation for the bulge in their data is more organic. Tireless volunteers like Geoff M whose years of work are beginning to pay dividends beyond Hawkes Bay. Clubs having grabbed the Kiwisport opportunity to get the sport into schools. I know NWOC and AOC both have contracts, and my guess is others do too. Getting O accredited with College Sport (in Akl anyway) and running an attractive and accessible series of events. Add these various grass-roots efforts together and we've got something going here.
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nick
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Posted: 19 March 2012, 3:50 PM
The opportunity is there for NZOF to speak with SportNZ. Now is a good time to start a dialogue, because they'll be wondering whats going on in our sport.
We don't have a shit show of getting on the targeted sport list, or getting a line in their HP budget... but I'm positive they can support us in other ways. For example, they have experience/expertise in governance that I believe could be extremely valuable to NZOF.
Harking back to Ross & Duncan's posts, the overarching theme across the years seems to be 'stasis'. It would be great if NZOF were able to lead us out of this towards the 'brighter future'.
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nick
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Posted: 19 March 2012, 4:02 PM
@ Ross - re holding trials later.
Agree. It makes sense to me. I also see that you may see larger fields
and a higher fitness/skill level, as elites build through Summer/Autumn events towards trials.
@Tom - re timing events around personal circumstances
Its a dilemma for a small sport; you want as many quality athletes as you can get. But sooner or later a code has to make the jump, to say, "we're big enough and serious enough to target international success, and we'll plan accordingly"
@Ross & Tom - re high performance vs community sport
Neither can be healthy without the other. At least, not here.
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nick
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Posted: 19 March 2012, 4:02 PM
@ Ross - re holding trials later.
Agree. It makes sense to me. I also see that you may see larger fields
and a higher fitness/skill level, as elites build through Summer/Autumn events towards trials.
@Tom - re timing events around personal circumstances
Its a dilemma for a small sport; you want as many quality athletes as you can get. But sooner or later a code has to make the jump, to say, "we're big enough and serious enough to target international success, and we'll plan accordingly"
@Ross & Tom - re high performance vs community sport
Neither can be healthy without the other. At least, not here.
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