Minutes
Tasmanian
Ultimate Association
Thursday,
16 January, 2003
Present:
Shavawn, Madeleine, Jemery, Jeff, Dan, Leslie, David
Apologies:
Cookie, Mamoru, Stan
The
Committee accepted that the previous minutes were a true and accurate account
of the meeting.
Spring
league budget tabled by Jeff via email and accepted by the committee. It was
reported that the league will have made a $130 profit after he is paid $270 for
field hire and possibly some more money for the timer, provided he finds it.
Three hip hurrays were given to Jeff for a successful league.
However,
half the cones are missing at present, after the demo game at Geilston Bay
High. Phil from Tequila Bats probably has them and will hopefully return them
at the beginning of summer league. Otherwise, the TUA will have to charge
someone for the loss and get replacements.
League starts
Monday, 20th January and there will be 4 pre-made teams. Numbers of
players will be a bit variable at first as people are still away on summer
vacations. League finals will be restructured and the format revealed once it
is sorted out. Most likely, the format will be one longer game per evening
closer to the end of the league and will incorporate the standings from the
round robin in deciding the finals.
Once
again, the importance of the role of captains as team manager will be
emphasised. Leslie to bring the ”captains” handbook. Teams will be required to
nominate a vice-captain to assist the captain. The league will trial getting a
field set-up roster organised for teams to set-up fields on a rotating basis.
This will take a bit of pressure off the League Organiser (LO) in having to do
everything. One team per evening will be responsible for setting up and taking
down the fields. Cones will be either left in the change rooms or Leslie will
bring them every time. Teams will be penalised 2 spirit points if they do not
get the fields set up when it’s their turn. Basically, if the LO has to think
about field set-up then the team loses points.
Captains
are responsible for returning game scores and spirit scores to LO, rather than
the LO chasing around for them.
Jeff
will process results unless Leslie figures out how to use the program.
Shavawn’s
team, because of large number of women playing will be required to field a
reverse gender ratio ie. 4/1 or 5/2 women to men.
Dan
moves to hip hurray Jemery for his webmastering of the TUA site. Committee
seconds motion. Jem to change league rego page in future to make it bit less
confusing, make the link to the AFDA member page clearer and put an option on
the submitted page to return to the main page.
Kids
in the league will be allowed provided they can meet a minimum skill
requirement (ie throw certain distance, catch…) and it is agreed upon by both
team captains. This issue will be dealt with as it arises.
There
will be 2 public holidays during summer league –27 Jan and 10 Feb. League
carries on as usual.
The first women’s
frisbee skills session is being held on Sunday, 19th January at
Sandown fields in Lower Sandy Bay. A message notifying of the event was posted
to Tas-Ultimate and to the CSIRO digest. There will be a 1 ½-2 hour skills
session focusing on throwing and catching skills and learning the game,
followed by a social BBQ that everyone is invited too.
Another
skills session will be organised in March and promoted more widely, after Uni
starts.
Because
Joe’s not around, Shavawn has volunteered to be TD for the beach tourni. A
potential location is Adventure Bay on Bruny Island because it’s a nice beach
and there is camping nearby. Potential dates are March 1-2 or an equinox
tourni. Shavawn to report back at next TUA meeting.
Still
the question of who is playing. AFDA is considering changing format of Nats to
make it more competitive so might be last chance to send a Tassie team for a
while.
There
is strong resistance to having training on Sunday mornings. Other suggested
times are Mondays 4-6pm (before league), Sundays 6-8pm or another weekday
morning time. People who would like to play Nats will be meeting to discuss
what they want to do about leadership, training and other issues.
Several
people who won’t be playing Nats have expressed interest in participating in
the training too. Will help fill numbers in order to make 2 lines and play
games.
IGM
& CONSTITUTION
Constitution
discussion is finished. IGM will be held on the 17th March after
league finals. More planning to come for TUA closer to IGM.
TUC
The
TUC ended in December. There may possibly be a revival prior to Nats to help
with training.
The
TUC was a highly successful activity that was enjoyed by everyone who
participated.
AUTUMN
LEAGUE
The
Committee debated whether to organise an autumn league. It was decided to have
a break for a few months and have an extended winter indoor league beginning in
June until August.
TASSIE
DISCS
The
Committee agreed that getting some Tassie discs printed would be a good idea.
It was mentioned that having “Australia” somewhere in the design would help it
sell to overseas players. The order could be piggy-backed onto another state’s
order. Would probably get 144 discs (2 boxes) and sell to Taswegians and other
states. Possibly hold a contest to get a design.
The
next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 19th February,
8.00pm at Shavawn’s (4 Rowan Court,
Taroona).
Appendix
1.
Final
accounts for TUA Spring League 2002
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Credits
(Fees)
~~~~~~~ $
$20
x 18
360
$15
x 13
195
$10
x 5
50
$5 x
3 15
$2 x
5 10
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Total 630
Expenses
~~~~~~~~
Receipt
book 5.50
Note
book 5.00
Ground 270.00
Discs 40.00
Ian's
disc 20.00
BBQ 65.50
Prizes 22.00
Plaques 13.20
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Total 441.20
Other
disbursements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TUA 50.00
Dion
fees 15.00 (forward to Summer league)
Mamoru
fees 20.00 (forward to Summer league)
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Total 526.20
Initial League Profit: $103.80
General
League Expenses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Plaques
(Winter) 13.20
Timer
& Whistle 20.00
Ice
pack 7.00
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40.20
Nett
Profit: $ 63.60
Unresolved
Expenses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Replace
lost cone(s) ??
Unresolved
credits
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cookie
unpaid 10.00 ?
Cari
unpaid 10.00 ?
NOTE:
The ground fees for Summer have been paid by Jeff, so the TUA/Summer
League
owes Jeff $270.
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BALANCE:
Jeff
owes TUA: Profit & TUA Fee $113.60
Brought
forward fees to Summer: $
35.00
Ground
fees already paid: $270.00
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Summer
owes Jeff $235.00
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League
Assets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
16
cones? (7 in hand, the rest with Phil Exton?)
Timer
Whistle
Receipt
book
Note
book
---
Discs
2
game discs purchased before Spring league
1
game disc lost
2
borrowed from uni?
1
purchased and given to Ian Graham
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3
remaining (2 of which actually belong
to the uni kit, I think.)
Jeff Dunn 20th January
2003