New year message from the FRA

oh and ed....

I think you need to find another regional rep :)

Simple solution to your problem... move to nottingham and have trevor as your rep... hes ace :)

To me this seems like a lot of discussion over not a lot.

Every sport needs a governing body, simple (hell darts has two!).

We need to pay to support that governing body, simple.

If you dont like something that the governing body does then get involved and do something to change it, simple.

If you dont like a particular member of the governing body or the politics involved in such a body then I am sorry to say, but grow up. We all have to get along with people we dont like in life and we all have to deal with politics in life whether you like it or not, simple.

Sorry if Im a bit slow on the uptake (studying for exams right now so my brains a bit frazzled!) but when you say that every person attending an FRA endorsed event must be a member, do you mean that each person of a team must be a member, or is it still the same situation as before where one FRA membership will cover all the members of one team?

Ill get my membership sent once I get hold of my dads chequebook (must get one for myself) - as long as I can still take my robot to events and have a fun weekend fighting and socialising, then Im happy

A single membership will cover the whole team however each member can have their own membership if they wish.

You may join as a team or as an individual. If you have a team include them on your membership. Then all of your team would be covered. It still only costs £10.

Same idea at the same time, there Kane.:blush:

Lol, yeah it appears you both did :)

Thanks for clarifying though - I thought it was still a case of a whole team can be covered under one membership, but it was just the way I re-read one of the posts that confused me slightly.

Cheers

Just remember this folks:
- only as a member can you have a say in the policies of the FRA.
- if you are unhappy with the current Board and Committee (the politics), and are a member, what is keeping you from running for the next elections ?

I have done my share (as a regional rep mind you) but due to health and time constraints can no more run for an UK-based body (living in Belgium). I just dont have the money for the regular travels either. Which is why I resigned as rep back then. I felt I couldnt keep up with the FRA meetings and my responsabilities towards the inhabitants of my region. But I still feel that I should have my say about things and thus I throw myself into discussions from time to time. Being whacked on the nose during such discussions is painful, being shut up is even worse. Sorry, but this forum is no longer the free-speech environment it once was and in my opinion should be. That event organisers who dont agree with the politics of the FRA have no other way to get their events known than the grapevine rankles my freedom-loving spirit. I thought it said in the statutes of the FRA that it should promote the sport ? Dont I, when I have the chance to pay my membership or through my teamcaptains memebership, have a right to that ?

who is the midlands rep i dont think ive met him and how is it you become a rep (not that i want to be 1) as i live in birmingham i would like to keep in contact on whats happening at the meetings as ed said

You can find out who your rep is http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/regionalmap.htmhere.