[Neultimate] UCPC 2008: Call for HS Panelists

[Josh Seamon]

 UCPC 2008  <http://vyul.org/images/2008/UCPC2008.jpg>In the 10+ years I
have spent entrenched in High School Ultimate many things have changed.
There used to be around 15-20 teams in all of New England, now there are
hundreds. Teams used to dream about 'going varsity', and now many teams have
achieved that status. There used to be under 300 UPA youth members. Now
there are just under 6,000. Teams used to have only 2-3 tournament options
per season. Now they have far, far more than that. Tournaments used to be
just about the only time lots of Ultimate players got together. Now we have
things like the Ultimate Players and Coaches Conference.

On Saturday January 26th at Newton South High School in Newton MA, Tiina
Booth and George Cooke will be hosting the second annual UCPC, an annual
conference "dedicated to the promotion, teaching, and growth of Ultimate."
The conference is composed of presentations on a wide variety of topics,
along with an Ultimate Expo and panel discussions. The theme of this year's
conference is "Preparation and Performance for the Sport of Ultimate." Here
are some of the questions that the conference will address: "How do you
prepare mentally and physically for a competition? How can you and your team
perform well throughout an entire tournament? How can coaches and captains
create a team environment which is healthy, focused, and competitive?"

The list of presenters is online right
here<http://buda.org/ucpc/Presenters.html>,
and it's one heck of a list! There really is something on that list for
everyone. All throughout the day there will be an 'Ultimate Expo', which is
sort of a fair for anything and everything Ultimate. There will be tables
for various college and high school Ultimate programs, vendor booths, and
various other Ultimate entities. In addition to the presentations and Expo,
there will be four panel discussions that will cover High School Ultimate,
The State of Women's Ultimate, Starting an Ultimate Business, and
Professional Behavior in the Sport of Ultimate. Each of the panels will be
made up of 4-5 experts from the field and they will answer a series of
questions about their topic as well as talk amongst themselves and take
questions from the audience.

So, who wants to be on the High School Ultimate panel? Here's are the
requirements to be on the panel:
1) You have to be a current high school student.
2) You have to be able to get yourself to and from the conference. There
will be no conference fee for panelists.
3) You have to like to talk in front of lots of people.
4) You have to email me at jseamon at gmail dot com with your contact
information and some information on why you think you'd make a good
panelist.

All panelist submissions need to be emailed in to me by midnight on Friday,
December 14th. Chosen panelists will be notified by noon on Monday, December
17th.

The UCPC 2008 website is online right here <http://buda.org/ucpc/Home.html>.
Registration information is not currently online but it will be soon. If you
have questions about the event, send them to ucpc at buda dot org.

Last year 250 people attended the first ever UCPC. This year it would be
safe to bet there will be lots, lots more people in attendance. For me
that's the best part of the conference -- The sheer number of Ultimate
people in one place, excited and energized to talk about Ultimate. I usually
have to travel thousands and thousands of miles to connect with all of the
people I interact with in one day at the UCPC. On top of that I get to
attend classes on ULTIMATE!

It's amazing what happens in 10 years.



- Josh
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