Santa Cruz Ultimate Organizing Meeting Notes - Oct 5
Blake Redding
Planning Meeting - 10/5
Agenda
Follow up on previous items
New Topics
Announcements
Action Steps from last meeting:
Facilitator / Coordinator role
Blake willing to continue initiating communication, meetings, etc.
Aric stepping back due to travel/work schedule
Communications
Website
Blake submitted web content to BADA -- awaiting reply
Online learning resources for new players -- for FB and web
Rules, skills, strategy, spirit of the game, etc.
Passively enhance knowledge and skills of new players
Blake posted learning resources to FB “about section” -- already received feedback from new folks that it was useful
Communications lead volunteer needed (managing web content etc)
Ulitmate field locator website not updated since 2013?
Blake will work on this
Frost needs to add blake as google group administrator
Pickup, Skills Clinics -- Community Days
Skills clinics
Coordinator & Schedule
Schedule - set through January (Derek, Blake, Frost discussed)
“Community Days” last Sunday of the month
Skills clinic instructors needed -- schedule and volunteer signup coming soon.
Blake will set up volunteer sign-up
Ethan coordinating advanced skills station for next community day
Seeking volunteer to lead
Discussion of first skills clinic -- what did we learn?
People will show up!
People might want discs
Some new people were experienced, some were brand new or novice
Need for different stations for people to opt in to
Advertising to outside groups
City parks and rec?
Pros and cons with permits etc vs. publicity with SC
BADA advice
Promotion to youth, high schools, colleges and clubs
Advertising in other pickup groups / meetups /
Ulitmate field locator website not updated
Frost needs to add blake as google group administrator
How and who do we choose to lead?
Frost will not be grilling at the next one!
More word of mouth for the week before
Talk about spirit of the game and teaching new people the rules
Possible need for two fields or round robin
Need pinnies
Sideline disc games or skills stations for those on sidelines
Previous meeting topics
Women’s clinics - funding and promotion available
Coordinator needed
Pescadero pickup / skills clinics
Hope Swank interested in hosting skills clinic in the Pescadero area
Tournaments
Need updates from Jason, Brock, Sharon, Ben, Aric
Brock mentioned no longer exploring halloween beach tournament for SC due to conflict with SF tournament
Club Team Organizing
Captains needed to choose tournaments and put in bids for Santa Cruz teams
League
FROST is gonna contact parks and rec to look into field space for spring league - minimum 4 teams, 8 weeks
Blake willing to be league coordinator - assistance will be needed
Youth
Syda has some updates
Steve Ruckman has expressed interest
Santa Cruz HS interest - according to Eric Cooper
Jim: Need for school teams -- outreach regarding coaches
Unclear how to communicate with schools (who do we contact?)
Ben Nissan has connection with Santa Cruz High Athletics Dept
Next meeting
When should we meet next?
Blake will arrange meeting for November
New Topics
Brainstorms
Purchasing a bunch of discs
fundraiser opportunity
Logo for discs
Other community events - birthdays, trips to pro games, meetups
Carpools for events
Table flags or discs for locating
Frost organizing Abbott square social hangout in two weeks
Ethan coordinating advanced skills station for next skill day
Announcements
None!
Jim Velzy
Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
UCSC Greenhouse Director
Mailstop:MCD Biology
University of California
Santa Cruz CA 95064
jhv...@ucsc.edu
831-459-2454
http://greenhouse.ucsc.edu