10.7.09
I regret to inform you that we will
be cancelling the IUP Alumni vs. Club tournament that we were supposed to be hosting this weekend. Unfortunately, many alumni
wrote back saying they couldn't make it this year.
We will be holding regular practice
on Sunday night from 8:00pm to 10:00pm in Zink Hall Gym B. We realize that many alumni were looking forward to fencing again
with us, and so, we'd like to invite you to attend our practice this Sunday (October 11th) to get a chance to fence with us.
Our equipment is available for you to borrow free of charge should you need it.
We hope we'll have better luck planning
for next year's Alumni vs. Club tournament. As soon as next year's officers have agreed on a date they will send out an invitation
to you.
Sorry for any inconvenience this
might have caused. Best of luck throughout the year and if you plan to come fence with us on Sunday, we'll see you then!!
Jenni DeAngelis
IUP Fencing
*President*
9.24.09
Hey all,
Just wanted to remind everyone that
if you are a veteran fencer or a rookie (that means you were at the first open house on September 10th), tonight is
the last night that you can turn in dues. Your email will be removed from the email list tomorrow evening if you
do not respond and say, "HEY!! Don't remove me please!!!"
There are a few vets that have
NOT paid dues. You are NOT exempt. If you don't remember if you paid or not, then check out our website: http://iupfencing.tripod.com and look for the tab that says "club roster." If your name is there, then
you paid dues or have at least discussed a payment plan with Andy. If your name is NOT there, then you need to pay dues tonight.
If we do not get money from you, you will no longer be allowed to use our equipment (which means, vets, you are no
longer allowed to bout).
If for some reason you have discussed
a plan with Andy, paid Andy, or you think your name should appear on the website and it isn't there, please talk to me/Andy
about it.
If you need some more time, we can
gladly grant you a small extension. But you need to talk to us and let us know otherwise, we can't help you out.
For those of you Newbies, (who joined
us on September 22nd), you have until October 13th
to pay dues. So feel free to continue to come to practice and use our equipment for free until the 13th!
See you all tonight!!!!
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
9.15.09
Hey all,
I sincerely apologize
for this change. Apparantely, the intramural sports teams ALWAYS have the auxiliary gym reserved even when they don't. Which
was something the intramural sports teams neglected to mention to our athletic director so he could keep the aux gym open.
So, starting
September 22nd, we will be fencing in Zink Gym B. Same time. Just a different place.
Zink Hall is
right next to the field house. If you walk out of the aux gym doors that lead to the parking lot and look straight ahead,
that building in front of you is Zink. Just go the loading dock doors and walk in. If you followed the directions in this
email correctly then Gym B is the first gym on your right across from the pool (just take a whiff and you'll know you're at
the right spot just don't follow your nose to the pool, we don't fence in the pool).
If you're not sure you'll know
where to go, you can wait for us at our equipment closet in the field house across from the racquetball courts (you need to
be there before 7:50 or you'll miss us). OR you can just stand outside the aux gym in the parking lot and look hopelessly
lost. Someone will come find you. ;-)
If you get totally and completely lost (which will probably be my doing), just
give me a call. My number is: 610-737-3273
VETS: Just a reminder, the closet CLOSES at 7:50pm. Just like last
year. I generally try to open the closet around 7:35 or 7:40.
Again, sorry for any inconvenience.
Jenni
IUP
Fencing
*President*
9.14.09
Hey everyone! I just wanted
to let you all know the definite location of IUP Day. I know I was kind of wishy washy about it before so I wanted to make
sure everyone was clear about where it is.
IUP Day is September
19th from 1-6pm in the courtyard area of the Suites on Maple and the Suites on Grant. (Note: the rain location is the HUB).
I
assume that organizations will need to be there early to set up, but I haven't heard any definite info about when set up will
be starting. SO I'll send an email on Friday with that info AND my cell number so that you can call me to find out where our
table is.
NOTE: We still need vets to sign up.....PLEASE! We need demonstrators!! :-\
Rookies, you are obviously
welcome to come help out at the table if you like, but since you don't have enough experience fencing, you can't exactly do
that yet unless you have previous experience fencing (if you do, speak up! You can demonstrate if you want!).
VETS:
We just set up a date to demonstrate at Homer City High School. If you'd like to be involved email me. We don't need a whole
lot of people....somewhere between 3 and 5 or so. So first come, first served.
Also, for those of you veteran fencers
who are USFA memebers or who wish to be USFA members: The Allegheny Open will be October 25th. Epee starts at 9:15
and foil starts at 1:00. The cost is $25 per event. Here is the Ask Fred page with info and the link to pre-register:
http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=8898
Hope to see you all at practice tonight!!
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
9.12.09
Hey everyone!!
I just wanted
to remind you all of three things:
1. Just as in past years: dues are $30 a semester and $50 for a whole year.
I'm not sure we ever mentioned WHEN they are due: We will be collecting dues on September 29th. Once the 29th hits and you don't pay, you will be removed from the email list.
If
you are in a pickle (so to speak) as far as money is concerned, don't be embarrassed (cuz we all are). Please speak to Andy.
Some kind of plan can be worked out so you can pay in installments. Please don't hesitate to ask for help. We can't help you
if you don't say something to us. Your name will NOT be revealed to other fencers. It will stay confidential between you and
the officers (or you and andy if you so choose). Andy's email is: a.lichtenfels@iup.edu
I don't want to give you the
wrong idea. Unlike, the help you would get for the USFA membership, this would NOT be a "we pay it for you" plan. It is a
"YOU pay US in smaller incremints" plan.
2. Our next practice is this Sunday!!
One thing
we ask is that we all continue to participate in warming up and stretching. We're all going to be stretching and warming up
together to be safe and smart and prevent injuries. We understand that sometimes you may not make it exactly at 8:00, so,
if you end up missing warm-ups, just take a few minutes to stretch and warm up on your own before jumping into the other activities.
3.
We DID have a vet night tonight. Sorry if you missed it, but we did announce it at practice. Don't forget about vet nights.
These nights are YOUR chance to have some more rigorous training, learn some more advanced moves or just bout all night. Hopefully,
as people get back into the swing of practicing again, our turnout improves a bit. Besdies, we always do fun, random, social
things afterward! Why would you want to miss that?!?!
That about wraps things up! Have a great weekend and see you
on Sunday!!! :-D
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
9.1.09
Hello fencers!!
Welcome
back to, what I hope, will be a wonderful year here at IUP! I apologize in advance, this one is definitely going to be a very,
Jenni-sized email...bear with me...please don't skip anything seeing as this is your club too so if you miss information about
an important election you may miss the opportunity to vote for something you wanted.
1. RECRUITMENT:
First of
all, there's been a lot of confusion about the first pracitce. The first few practices are for veteran fencers only (that
means experienced fencers). We are not teaching any new people yet. They are more than welcome to drop by, but they will just
be watching.
We are having an Open House on September 10th and a second open house on September 22nd.
We will be doing three demonstrations (one for each weapon). If you'd like to demonstrate foil or sabre (we have two volunteers
for epee already), please email me. First come first serve. We will also spend about twenty minutes teaching the new fencers
and you vets will need to do your best to help out when you can. Then, vets will get to just fence the rest of the night and
the rookies can hang out and watch.
We will be doing IUP day on September 19th. We will definitely need volunteers
to work the booth. If you'd like to help out email our PR officer as soon as we elect one.
2. NEW POSITIONS
So
that brings us to the topic of new positions. We have four non-authoritative positions that are going to be up for grabs,
so to speak.
-Score keeper: This person will keep track of score at practices and will also keep them updated
our on website.
-PR Officer (Public Relations): this is a publicity position. All of our recruitment will be
done by this person. Then, once the semester starts and we start holding tournaments this person will be in charge of publicizing
those tournaments
-Social Chair: This person will come up with social events for our club members.
-Equipment
Manager: This person is in charge of our equipment...throughout the year, if something is broken they need to report that
to the officers. They also need to keep an inventory of what is in our closet.
Once the club has elected the new people
to hold these positions, the officers will discuss in more detail what we need them to do.
If you've already held these
positions and you want to run again, please email me also. I will NOT assume that you still want them.
These positions
are voluntary, so only self-nominations will be taken, please don't nominate someone else. You can suggest someone else, but
they need to email me personally to be in the running. SO between now and next Monday, you need to decide if you want to nominate
yourself for one of these positions. Just email me and I'll keep a list of everyone that's running. We will vote next Tuesday
at practice.
3. ELECTION
So aside from voting for our new non-authoritative positions, we will also be voting
on a new admendment to our club's constitution. The old IUP Fencing club used to allow non-IUP students to participate. We'd
like to start doing that again, but this change requires a two thirds vote from the club. The new amendment will say something
like this:
--> The IUP Fencing club is open to students and staff at IUP. In addition, non-IUP students and other
members of the community are welcome to join. No student under the age of 13 will be admitted. All students under 18 need
parent permission and all students under the age of 16 will need parents present at practices.
--> The only other
stipulation is that these students attend five separate Introduction to fencing workshops set up by the club before attending
club practices. Anyone who has already taken Erik Blank's Intro to Foil class does not need to take this class again. Dues
will be reduced for non-IUP members of the club that have taken Erik's class.
--> Also, all social events will be
restricted to IUP students only for obvious legal reasons. There may be one event at the end of the year that will include
IUP students, non-IUP club members and their parents.
On Tuesday, we will vote on this new clause to our constitution.
Along
with this, we are hoping to be allowed to hold some demonstrations at the local high schools in order to increase awareness
of this new club "feature."
4. CHALKING
On Thursday September 3rd, we will meet outside the HUB at 6:30 to put
chalk adverstisements on the sidewalks for our first open house. It goes a lot quicker if we have a very large group of chalkers.
Just show up at 6:30 and we'll give you some chalk and tell you what to write. Do as many chalkings as you can and then meet
us at the closet at 7:45 to fence!!! :-D
5. EQUIPMENT
The new equipment manager whoever he or she is, will need
to do an inventory asap. So if you borrowed anything from the club over the summer, you will need to return it at Thursdays
practice. Remember that you signed an agreement that it will be returned or you will pay the money for it. So I hope we all
remember to return it!
6. HELP FROM CLUB
The last day to ask for the club's help to purchase a membership to
the USFA is Thursday at the end of practice. Please email Nate if you'd like to take advantage of this opportunity. Remember,
we'd love to help out anyway we can, but we can't help you if you don't ask for it. We will not release your name or any other
information to the club, so please don't be shy!
7. SUNDAY'S PRACTICE
There will be no practice this Sunday
since it is Labor Day weekend. So just go home and enjoy your four day weekend! Don't be too sad, we'll be back in tip top
fencing shape for Tuesday!! :-D
Just to recap what's going on for Thursday: Meet at the HUB at 6:30pm to do some chalkings.
We will also be collecting borrowed equipment so make sure to bring that to the close at 7:45.
Thanks for bearing with
me on that one!! If anything was too confusing all those dates will be on our website: http://iupfencing.tripod.com
See you Thursday!!
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
8.28.09
Hey all!
The officers have discussed and voted!
The first practice will be on Thursday September 3rd, 2009! :-D
See you then!!!
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
8.27.09
WE GOT IT!!! :-D
Our practice
schedule is as such:
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
8-10pm
Memorial Field House Auxiliary Gym
No
fuss. It's all the same every night!!
I think, as officers, we liked the idea of a vet night. So once we get new members
we'll decide which night is best for everyone. The website will say Fridays, but it's always up for discussion if enough people
would be interested in another date.
I'll send out an email with the date of our first practice once the officers get
a chance to meet. We'll see you then!!! :-D
Jenni
IUP Fencing
*President*
7.20.09
Hello all!!!
I hope
all of you are having an excellent summer!
I just wanted to let you know that I have not heard back from the Athletic
director about our practice schedule. I will definitely send you an email once I know for sure AND I will update the website
as well.
Also, we have been recently approved to host a USFA sanctioned tournament called the "IUP Spooktacular!" It
will be occurring on November 1st, 2009 (the day after Halloween...get it? Spooktacular...). Right now, everything is pretty
much up in the air about times and the location, but it is all posted on ask fred anyway. So if you want to check it out,
here is the URL: http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=8973
I suggest bookmarking the page since pre-registration is not open
yet. I will open it on September first or when we get a venue...whichever happens first. There is also an event posted on
facebook.
Finally, for those of you who do not plan to return to the club, please just ignore my emails. Once the fall
semester starts, we will make a new contact list and remove your name then.
See you all in a little more than a month!!!
:-D
Jenni
IUP Fencing Club
*President*
