CMUA February Board Meeting – Thursday February 25h 2016
Board Members
Present: Adi, Donald, Daniel, Jon, Mike, Shannon, Warren, Zara
Apologies: Bridey
Meeting Opened – Jon
Review of proposals and league structures. Approved elements below.
Monday League
- Rebrand to Advanced Mixed League – Approved
- Work towards true mixed 4:3/3:4 as much as possible
- Minimum # of teams 12
- Minimum 7 women per team
Open League
- Re-brand as men’s league
- Toad to reach out to PUDA
- Target small cliques to boost attendance
Women’s League
- 6:30 Development League
- 9:00 Advanced Women’s League
WNL
- Do away with large cliques (4 player per clique)
- Rebrand as developmental league
Proposals
- Moving M to W: Voted down unanimously
- Saturday League: Voted down unanimously
- 7 women (minimum) with availability: Voted in unanimously (or would it be “voted up”?)
- 4:3 ratio under the condition of 8 women per team. Captain’s discretion in the event of uneven numbers Captain training on the issue.: Voted in unanimously
- Wednesday Night Developmental League: Voted in unanimously
- Limit Wednesday Night Baggage/Clique (TBD 4 or 5): Voted in
- Rec 5v5 Women’s and Advanced: Yes
- 4v4 Wildwood League: Yes (Promote in June)
- Monday Night Rebrand to Advanced: Yes
- Player Feedback on Captains: Yes – how to TBD
- Publicize Registration Dates at least 2 weeks in advance: Yes
- Pre-registration for captains + league team + board members (Volunteers), then open registration
- Incentivize Waitlist by giving preferential treatment in 2017
- Captains will be selected – Yes
- Captains announcement, opportunity to apply
- Headed by Adi and Zara and Jon
- Things taken into consideration: experience captaining, feedback received from previous years, commitment to the mission
- Board has final approval of captains (simple majority)
- Prioritize Mixed Gender Captain Teams
- Discount for Women –
- No for Monday
- Bundle women’s and developmental
Captains
- Selected from volunteers who respond to emails social, and website notices
- Draft scheduled in advance
MailChimp
- Replace current newsletter system to make it easier to administer and sign people up
Discs
- Jon to ask Quinne to get logo ready to use on merchandise and discs
Spring League
- Need to identify commissioner
- 6 weeks starting in April
- Night depends on field availability
Call for Board Nominations:
- Shannon & Shrek to co-ordinate
Meeting Closed: