Minutes of the TUA Meeting, 12 August 2004
Shipwright Arms Public House, Battery Point

Present: Jeff, Shavawn, Asher, Jemery, Mike, Joe, Dave

Apologies: Craig

Last Minutes: accepted

Correspondence: 1. HCC informing of carols-by-candlelight at Sandown in December

Business from last minutes: 1. Jeff - reports small profit made on Autumn League, and player numbers dropping off in current winter league

1. Spring/Summer League
- Discussion on starting dates: Spring League to start on 18 Oct, and finish on 13 Dec; summer league to start on 10 Jan
- 2 come-and-try nights to be held on the Mondays immediately preceding league, starting on 4 Oct
- Jem shows chart of league player numbers since beginning of leagues in Hobart
- Discussion on publicity for league (at uni - Daily Bull + posters & challenge game)

2.  TUC
- Postponed again until 22 Aug due to weather
- Call for changing venue to uni rugby field

3. Tassie Discs
- Design agreed upon, sub-committee to make final decision on colours + number (Jem, Shavawn & Joe) at sub-committee meting next week
- Aim to have discs in time for Two-Hat/Mixed Nationals (October)

4. Tassie 2 Hat
- Jem: Registration has opened & field booking confirmed for 9 Oct
- Design/shirts almost finalised
- Party venue booked (Tim to run)
- Stan to do lunches again
- Player numbers to be capped at 48
- Player fees almost unchanged from last year: $40 (inclusive of $2.50 AFDA fees); late fee as high as $60
- Disc golf: possibility of playing 18 holes, including Princes Park

5. OSR grant application
- Shavawn: submitted, will find out result in October

6. Women's Development
- Shavawn: nothing to report

7. Tas Uni Report
- Sports council meetings: apparently we have missed the last 2!  However we have not been informed of the meetings by the sports council
- Discussed sending out email when pick-up looks unlikely to happen (due to weather); people at uni to make the call?

8. Uni games (AUG)
- Mike: no-one interested in going

9. CSIRO vs. Uni
- Aim to play next game in late September, possibly 1 Oct

10. Coaching report
- Mike: coaching courses in Syd & Mel in November, haven't decided which one to attend yet

11. Mixed Nationals
- Discussion on team numbers and make-up, transport & accommodation
- Plan to fly into Sydney and hire a van to drive to Newcastle

12. AFDA report
- Shavawn: nothing to report

13. Finance Report
Expenditure
- $180 & $300: court hire to Hobart College (moved Shavawn, seconded Jem)
Income
- $65.20: Autumn League
- Finance report approval: moved Shavawn, seconded Jem

14. Connect Credit Union signatories
- updated

15. Other Business
- no other business

Next Meeting
Thursday September 9th 2004, 5pm, Shippies

Meeting closed at 6:45pm