Minutes of the TUA Meeting, 11 November 2004
LGAT Building, North Hobart

Present: Stew, Shavawn, Asher, Jemery, Mike, Tim, Felix, Dave

Apologies: Joe, Jeff, Ashleigh

Last Minutes: accepted

Correspondence: none

Business from last minutes: 
1. Winter League
- Big thanks to Jeff for organising and running

2.  Tassie Discs
- Jem: have arrived
- Approx. half of the money out-layed has been re-couped
- Selling for $15 in Tasmania, $20 on the mainland
- Joe given free disc in recognition of help designing disc

3. Two-Hat VI
- Jem: went well, possibility of small financial loss
- Shavawn: financial work on Two-Hat almost complete

4. Come & Try
- Thanks to Joe & Mike for running
- Structured sessions worked well
- Come & Try for Summer League?  Possibly for 1 night, 10th January

5. Spring League
- Thanks to Asher for organising the six teams (most ever for a league)
- Asher: going well
- Jeff & Tim to take over as league commissioners while Asher is away
- Possibility of getting a locker for equipment at Sandown: Tim to investigate

6. Mixed Nationals
- Shavawn: went well, maintained initial seeding of 14th

7. Sport & Recreation grant
- Jem: still waiting on result

8. Women's Development
- Shavawn: nothing to report here at present, mainland has a few events planned over the next few months

9. Tas Uni
- Shavawn: nothing to report
- Aim to have a Uni team for next year's competition

10. CSIRO-Uni Challenge
- Waiting for CSIRO challenge

11. TUC
- Next game this coming weekend
- Aim to have one more game before end of the year (11th Dec)
- Start up again on 9th Jan
- Jeff & Shavawn to organise teams

12. AFDA Coaching Course
- Problem with Ashleigh going
- Some money for attendees has been paid to Piers at Mixed Nats
- Location yet to be confirmed, but will probably be Melbourne Uni
- Textbooks to be sent by Piers in the next week

13. AFDA Business
- Shavawn: some new policies to be voted on, listed on the AFDA website

14. Financial Report
- Motion to accept last financial report: moved Shavawn; seconded Stew
- Expenditure to approve: moved Shavawn; seconded Tim
$180 Winter League courts
$50 Polish Club: Two Hat party venue
$2236.63 Tassie Discs: Discraft
$300 Winter League courts
$687 Two Hat shirts
$155 Sandown key deposit
$36.15 Winter League prizes
$28.30 Wentworth Park key deposit
$174.85 Two Hat drinks & chocolate
$396 Two Hat shirt printing
$229.50 Pizzas for Two-Hat party
$72.23 Snacks for Two-Hat party
$343.82 Two Hat lunches
$1264 AFDA & coaching course fees
$ 279.65 DHL customs cost
$192 Mercury Ad
$45 Al's refund
$134.19 Two Hat prizes
$524 Coaching course flights to Melbourne
$354.75 Sandown field hire (spring + summer leagues)
$249.70 Wentworth Park field hire
Up to $300 spring league BBQ + prizes

Other Business
15. Summer League
- Commissioners to be Tim and/or Stew
- Starting 10th Jan (come & try) and running until March 21st
- Plan for next year: if more than 6 teams commissioner will look at the possibility of move to Cornelian Bay fields
- Sandown Park booked for Summer League

16. Taste of Tasmania
- Shavawn: have been asked to play 3 demo games at the Taste of Tasmania (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jan)
- 2 x 1/2hr and 1 x 1hr demo games
- Need enough volunteers for 4-on-4 game, 6 per team, plus 4 others for info (16 total)
- Tanzanians vs. Tiggers
- Need spare brochures to hand out
- Tassie Discs: possible conflict with Hazel Bros. printed discs

17. Strategic Plan
- Tim: Survey of Tasmanian players aimed at where they would like to see Ultimate taken in Tasmania.  What do people want to get out of it and put into it?
- Disc draw for survey return (2 discs?) or other prizes

18. Sponsorship
- Jem: Hazel Bros. - no official or direct contact
- Do we want to accept sponsorship (what are our ethical criteria?)
- Option of team vs. TUA sponsorship (i.e. Sponsor for individual teams rather than for entire TUA)
- Everyone at meeting to come up with 5 Tasmanian companies we would consider being sponsored by
- Target companies with letter for initial contact

19. Salamanca Market Stall
- Tim: aim to sell Tassie discs at market
- $39 for stall
- Sell discs for $20, have up to 50 discs for sale
- Option to also sell spare Two-Hat shirts

20. Two Hat VII
- Tentative date: 8th October, 2005
- Jem to possibly be TD again
- Dave interested in playing greater organisational role (possibly TD?)
- Look into a March mini-tournament

21. Launceston group
- Tim: move towards state-wide participation
- Interest from a Launceston resident
- Possibility of playing a demo game in Launceston early next year (Feb-March?)

22. Nationals 2005
- Mike: host Perth
- Yet to look at forming team, but will be a close thing with numbers again
- We will probably need to qualify through a regional tournament in Melbourne in March
- Will ask for initial interest in playing at Spring League final

23. Mixed Nationals 2005
- Shavawn: host Adelaide

24. National League
- Mike: doesn't really concern Tasmania at present

25. HCC venue inspection
- Jem: needs to be completed before each night of league
- Concern over liability

Meeting closed at 8:19pm

Next Meeting
Thursday January 20th 2005, 5pm, Shippies