July

s, 1990

33 Legislative council Bill #4
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
STUDENT UNION

Sponsored by:

Representative-at-Large

Scott Whitaker

Authored by:

Representative-at-Large

Scott Whitaker

A BILL.
BILL HISTORY
The CU Wadokai Karate Club would like to send its first team ever
-- to represent -CU at ~ the world championships. The World Wadokai
Championships are like the Olympics in a sense in that they are
held approximately every four years to promote international
sportsmanship and cultural exchange. And because the Wadokai style
is the most popular form of traditional karate within Japan and
one of the most widely practiced traditional karate styles
·throughout the world, the world championships are also like the
Olympics in that they draw people from basically everywhere.
For the students in the CU karate club, we see this as a once in
a life-time opportunity.
Firstly, this year's championships are
held in the country of karate's origin, Japan, and we desire to
learn something more about this art in the context of Japanese
culture. Secondly, because we ·are students, we will be allowed to
stay in training halls so our living expenses will be at a minimum.
And finally, many of us, especially those of us that are graduate
students, will not be as physically ready four years from now as
'we are today. So it is now or never.
The cost of sending a team of five students to the world
championships is $10, 000.
Approximately $5, 000 of this is air
fare, and the remaining amount is for accommodations and living
expenses for a two week period that includes the championship
itself and a series of special karate classes. Japan is apparently
very expensive.
But being students and poor, we are doing
everything we can think of to raise money.
We are holding a
special karate training clinic of our own from which we will
receive donations, a garage sale auction with stuff donated from
families associated with the club, and yes, a bakesalejpicnic
banquet. The balance the team will divide up evenly and obtain by
taking out personal bank loans.
BILL SUMMARY
This bill would allocate an amount not to exceed $1,952.00 + GAR
for 2 round-trip airline tickets to send the CU Wadokai Karate team
to Tokyo, Japan in the summer of 1990.
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative council of the University of
Colorado student Union, THAT:

33 Legislative council Bill #4 - page 2
SECTION 1:

An amount not to exceed $750 + GAR will be
allocated from Central Reserve for 2 round-trip
tickets to Tokyo, Japan

SECTION 2:

A written report will be submitted pursuant to
24 ECB #4.

SECTION 3:

This bill shall take effect upon passage.

7/5/90 - PASSES - Legislative council - 1st Reading - Accl.
7/19/90- PASSES- Legislative council- 2nd Reading · - Accl.

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