Updates and availability of Club policies

The "boring", but vital, framework documents that outline acceptable behaviour for Club members is currently being revised and made available online.

These are very important statements of your obligations and rights as Members and especially when you train. In particular you need to take note of the General Code of Conduct, which has links to the University Harassment Policy and Procedures that we are governed by.

The Club only exists as the collective experience of its members. We strive for as supportive, inclusive and harmonious environment as we can create. However, from time to time, conflict will flare up. These policies are designed to ensure that there is clarity regarding the expectations we should all have of ourselves and our fellow members.

Please remember that if you have a concern, you can contact either Sian or Michael in their respective roles as an Harassment Contact Officer of the University (and for the Club) and as President of the Club. Your concern will be treated confidentially, expediently and thoroughly so that we can quickly resolve any issues.

The Club's preference is for mediation/remediation (as is the University's). However, under the USQ policy there are a range of staged responses that can be taken. Just as good fences make good neighbours, clear policies appropriately applied make for happy members!

Annual General Meeting for 2014

Just a reminder that the Club's AGM will be held on Friday. We have decided to have it at the Refectory so that the maximum number of people can come along. We will kick off at 6 pm.

Please let Sian Carlyon know if you are an apology for the meeting as we can allocate your proxy vote/presence.

Welcome Kyokushin Karate to the MEAC

Tuesday evening will be a trial for fitting in the Kyokushin Karate class into the MEAC.

Karate usually training up at Mt Lofty campus of Toowoomba State High School, but we are seeing if we can get all of the Club's disciplines to fit onto the one campus to take advantages to the economies of scale that it would produce. We have already had a successful start with Taewkondo on Mondays, so I'm looking forward to seeing if we can grow the MEAC family!

So Welcome Dave and all the Kyokushinkai-ka!

As a side note, I'd like everyone to join in the congratulations for Dave's confirmation (finally) that his San Dan grading was successful!

No training Thursday evening

Toowoomba Show Holiday is on this Thursday, and as a result we will be taking a break from training Thursday night. Any of you that might be interested in getting an extra training session for jujutsu in this week would be most welcome to come along to the Taste Tester session on Wednesday to help out!

Taste Tester Commences this Wednesday 26 March

If you have been wanting to give martial arts a try but don't know where to start, you have an opportunity to enroll in the first BBRD Taste Tester for the year. We will be kicking things off at 6.30pm  at the Mort Estate Activity Centre with Jujutsu. Cost is $60 for students/concession, $80 for the general public. With that you get BBRD membership for the year too!.

You can pay and sign up by going to the Club's Pro Store and selecting the Taste Tester option.

As always I'm looking forward to seeing some new faces on the mat.

Welcome to the new look BBRD website.

Welcome everyone to the new look and feel for the Club's website. It has been a long time coming, but I am looking forward to it providing a functional and informative interface for the Club's members and supporters.

More functionality will be added in coming weeks, including options to pay for membership and training online. Keep watching this space!

I'd like to express a big thank you to Sian Carlyon who has spent many an hour working behind the scenes to get the site up, running and visible to the world. Once again my gratitude goes to her and everyone who puts in the hours to provide the excellent services that the Club provides!

I look forward to getting your feedback on the new site. Do let us know what is great, what needs improvement and what might need to be added to this work in progress.