Karate will be there on Saturday to help run concessions/t-shirt sales as always. I'll try to recruit some other people too, if I can! Rachel ________________________________________ From: UT Martial Arts Club [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Mike Takata [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [UTMACLUB] IMPORTANT: Missing Martial Arts Club Mats/Tournament 11/16-17 The mats have been located by club sports and they assure me that they will be available for our setup on Friday . Thanks for your help, everyone! We REALLY need volunteers for Friday evening (11/16) 5:30-8pm set up and Saturday (11/17) all day. As of yesterday, Angela had no volunteers outside of judo contact her to help out. While the event is a judo tournament, the fundraising aspect of this event heavily impacts the Martial Arts Club funding for ALL of the arts. Please consider volunteering some time and even asking some friends to help out in support of the club. If anyone can help out with timekeeping or bracket keeping for the tournament, we will be having a mock tournament/training session Thursday. We've worked very hard over the years to keep the Martial Arts Club in tact so that as a club we could support each other through the ebbs and flows of participation. Our event has only been successful over the years because of the contributions of all of the groups and I hope that we can count on some support from you all this year as well. Thanks! Mike Takata -----Original Message----- From: UT Martial Arts Club [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Takata Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 5:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [UTMACLUB] IMPORTANT: Missing Martial Arts Club Mats/Tournament 11/16-17 At some point in the last two weeks, the large orange 2mx12m roll up mats were removed from the storage closet in HPER. To this point, club sports has been unable to determine where they are. They will be filing a police report and opening an official investigation. Hopefully it will lead to recovery of the mats and possibly felony grand theft charges if they are not voluntarily returned, since the value of these mats is in the thousands of dollars. If anyone has information about these mats or where they have gone, please contact me immediately, or if you prefer, Carrie in the club sports office or the UT Police. These mats are a critical part of the setup for our annual tournament, which is the martial arts club's primary fund raising activity. If we cannot locate them by next week, we are going to have to drive to Charlotte or Atlanta on Friday to load and truck mats back for our tournament Saturday, and spend Sunday driving them back to the point of origin. Also, as always, we really would appreciate any and all volunteers for setup on Friday the 16th from 5:30-8pm (or when we finish) and tournament workers and breakdown volunteers for Saturday the 17th, approximately 9am-7pm. Even if you can only make it for partial hours, we would really appreciate the help. Historically, this tournament has been a great success for all of us and we've relied heavily on the participation of all of the disciplines to make that happen. Please contact Angela Dautartas <[log in to unmask]> to let her know if/when you can volunteer. Instructors, I would appreciate it greatly if you could gather support for our event in your respective classes. Thanks for your help, Mike Takata