Unicycle Club help

You can mention the enormous health benefits of unicycling. As an
activity that helps one's balance, it can't be beat.
Mention that in Japan, unicycling is a requirement in school, for
reasons of physical fitness.
Tell him that at the end of the year, the club can perform a
demonstration of unicycle skills. Most people would be very intrigued
and impressed.
Good luck!

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What you need is a mission statement.

Concise, positive, descriptive paragraphs are standard procedure in
the corporate world (both for profit and nonprofit), and for good
reason. It is easy to come up with justifications for a unicycling
club. Put yours in a paragraph that you can submit, and your
activities director will have to be a serious stick in the mud to turn
you down.

Here's an example of what I mean. Add your own purpose, agenda, and
values to get your statement.

<insert name here> High Unicycle Club
Mission Statement

The <insert name here> High Unicycle Club is an extracurricular
student organization promoting all aspects of unicycling, making a
positive difference in the lives of its members through fitness and
camaraderie, sharing the dedication needed to succeed at difficult
tasks. The Unicycle Club encourages the participation of all students
regardless of ability and experience at regularly scheduled meetings
and special events, helps to develop confidence and self esteem, and
presents unicycling as a positive pursuit to the greater community.

If he doesn't reply on this thread, you should PM Unibrier, who is
director of a club in the Seattle area. I have to believe he has these
talking points in his sleep. And he can tell you first hand the positive
effect that riding has had on the many kids he's mentored.

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Sorry if this is slighlty off-thread, but I was thinking of starting a
unicycle club at my school (I'm the head/principal).

Now although I don't have to appease a hard-a*s activities director, I
am slightly worried about the risk of injury even with tons of armour.

In a climate where some British schools have banned conkers for fear of
litigation by the parents of children who got bruised fingers, has
anyone else covered the H&S aspects? I mean, let's face it - at least
one of them is going to fall off!

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healthy for body and mind. unicycling helps to strengthen upper legs
and provides a ton of self-confidence.

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s7ev0 said:

* has anyone else covered the H&S aspects? I mean, let's face it - at
least one of them is going to fall off! *

You could always send them over to the football team

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Shouldn't it just fall into your insurance for other sprting activities?
(asuming you have any) if you haven't got any, then I can't see the
difference between a unicycling club and any other sporting club...

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Ken Cline said:

*Here's an example of what I mean.*

wow
impressive example
where can i join?
😉

if u can find the activities director's 'hot buttons', u can futher
customise your mission statement in such a way that it really appeals to
him
try n figure out, from his decisions in the past and from what u know
about his conduct in his role,
-if he's a fitness-freak?
-is he forever talking about the benefits of team work?
-is he always on about personal growth and self improvement?
-does he want unique things for the school to impress his boss (and
counterparts at other schools)?

if u want to take it a step futher, figure out if he's a visual, audio
or tactile 'based' person
-does he say 'look at this', 'watch me' or 'do u see what i mean?'
-does he say 'listen to this', can u hear what i'm trying to say?',
'does this sound like a good idea?'
-does he say 'i don't have a good feeling about this', 'i'm not
comfortable with this'
once u have an idea of his 'internal' (if u will) language, it'll be
easier to write your mission statement in a way that will really
resonate with him

if the most beautifull woman in the world, oh no, wait, she's my
girlfriend, ok, sorry, if the second most beautifull woman in the world
came to u and offered u a night of passion but she said it in Norwegian
(insert any lanuage u don't speak), chances are u would lose out on some
action
and so would she

make sure this activities director doesn't miss out on a stunning
opportunity (to have a unicycle club at the school! pay attention now.
she was just here for the example!!) just because u didn't speak his
'language'

or bribe him

😉

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dogbowl said:

*Mention that in Japan, unicycling is a requirement in school, for
reasons of physical fitness.*

I don't know that unicycling is a *required* activity in any Japanese
schools. Nor was it ever required at St. Helens School in Ohio, the one
where all the kids used to ride. But you can still use Japan as an
example. The vast majority of all schools in Japan have unicycles there.
Your club would promote unicycling for the same reasons.

Aside from the obvious fitness benefits, the challenge part is perhaps
the most educationally valuable aspect of unicycling. It's very hard to
learn, but having done it, the rider can appreciate that hard things are
worth working at. The confidence-building benefits are lifelong.

Unicycling also appeals to students who may not otherwise be physically
active. Like me. One of the reasons I decided to stick with it, after
learning during my high school years, was because I knew it would be a
healthy activity. It has helped hold back the hands of time on my
body.

Your school's existing insurance coverage should cover any form of
indoor riding on standard unicycles. Where you start running into
questions of coverage is when students start getting elevated more than
a few feet off the ground. Giraffes may be a problem. But if your school
does football and other traditional sports, remind them they are much
more likely to have claims there than they will be with people riding
unicycles.

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"It's good to find something that makes boys into men and men into boys,
my opinion is that unicycling fits the bill." -- Lloyd Johnson

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The new Vice President of the Unicycling Society of America, Inc. would
be an invaluable resource to you. Alan Tepper has run a very successful
after school unicycling program at North Bend (WA) elementary School for
almost 20 years. Send me an e-mail and I will send you Alan's contact
information.

Tom Daniels
President, Unicycling Society of America, Inc.

tadaniels AT usa DOT net

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Thanks for the many replies. I will contact unibrier and Alan Tepper
hopefully soon and then make my write-up/mission statement and reply
back as to how things went. Goodluck to myself. THanks again all.

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