Subject: FCA WEEKLY UPDATE November
20, 1998
Greetings/Bonjour:
1. Request:
I have been asked by a gentleman who is
working on the history of archery in
Linda Kazienko
Lucille Lemay
Roger Lemay
Dave Mann
Vi Muir
Don Warden
2. FITA - "Constituion et Reglements" Livre
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J'ai reçu aujord'hui le noveau texte de tir sure cibles en salle. Si vous voulez une copie, enoyez @5$ au bureau national.
3. Smiles/Souris
Oh to celebrate our differences!!!
In a recent interview on American television John Cleese gave three differences between the English and Americans:
1."We speak English"
2."When we hold a world championship we invite other countries to compete"
3."You only have to go down on one knee when you visit our head of state"
And, in honour of all of us involved with administration, here's a little story from Al Wills:
"Bureaucracy In Action"
1. Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the Banana.
2. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water. After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result--all the apes are sprayed with cold water.
3. Turn off the cold water. If, later, another ape tries to climb the stairs, the other apes will try to prevent it even though no water sprays them.
4. Now, remove one ape from the cage and replace it with a new one. The New ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his horror, all of the other apes attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
5. Next, remove another of the original five apes and replace it with a New one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous Newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.
6. Again, replace a third original ape with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well. Two of the four apes that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest ape.
7. After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all the apes which have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced.
Nevertheless, no ape ever again approaches the stairs. Why not?
"BECAUSE that's the way it's always been done around here."
4. Letters of congratulations
One of the initiatives Allan Dean took on as President was congratulations letters to all of our internationally-successful archers this summer. It was quite the list: 17 in all. Thanks to Allan, and Alain Gravel our resident "translate everything person", we are sending out the last ones today. It has been an honour working on this little project. Felicitations à tous!
5. FCA.Information
Thanks for all the positive feedback about
my weekly rantings and ravings from the caverns in downtown
Remember, even though YOU might not get anything out of it, download it and post it in your club or meeting place. Just like the days when we used to have Jude go to all that work to put together the "Canadian Archer", if the magazine or the e-mail only sits in one office or on one person's desk, FCA is just not getting information out to all of its members. So, please, take the time to disseminate information to those who are not fortunate enough to be plugged into the cyber world of the 90's.
Je regrette que
souvent mes messages ne sont pas bilingue. Mais, s'il vous plaît, publiez les
informations bilingues. Merci