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11/17 Board Meeting

The Valley Ultimate Board met last night at the Bluebonnet Diner and covered lots of ground!

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  1. Hatgiving 2015: Everything is set for an incredible event this Saturday.
  2. We wrapped up our discussion of the U19 Fall Youth League.
  3. We talked about various winter programs we’re about to launch.
  4. We continued working on plans for our Middle School outreach program.

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You can also sign up to become a Valley Ultimate volunteer right here!

September 2015 Board Meeting

The Valley Ultimate Board plus 3 all-star guests met tonight to discuss and plan out the future of Valley Ultimate. There was over 230 years of Ultimate around the table. Whoa.

Here’s what we talked about:

  1. Board logistics: It turns out there’s a decent amount of paperwork involved.
  2. Valley Ultimate Fall League: It’s going super well! Everyone is excited for the upcoming scrimmages against the BUDA all-stars on Saturday, the rest of the league games, and the Sharon tournament coming up in a few weeks!
  3. USAU Affiliate status: We are quite happy with the relationship. So far we have received great logistics support as well as $2,500 in grants. We will be pursuing further grant opportunities through the program as we expand.
  4. Hatgiving 2015: The event is coming up on Saturday, 11/21. Registration will launch soon!
  5. Future projects: We have several in the works, all of which are very exciting! Come on out to a future Board meeting to get a sneak peak at what we’re up to!

Come to a Board meeting!

Hatgiving2014The next Valley Ultimate Board meeting will take place on Tuesday, 9/29 from 6-7pm at the Bluebonnet Diner in Northampton, MA.

Anyone with any interest in helping grow Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley is welcome to attend!

Come on out and help us chart the future of the organization. While you’re at it, why not fill out the volunteer signup survey?

The Facebook event for the meeting is online right here. Help spread the word!

We’re a 501(c)3!

Hatgiving2014Valley Ultimate is proud to announce that we have been granted 501(c)3 status! We are very excited by this development and look forward to many more years of huge growth!

Here’s what else we covered at the 8/31/15 Board Meeting:

  • Registration is going well for the Fall Youth League. We are well on track to have at least 60 participants.
  • We are working to lock in a date for Hatgiving 2016, our annual Thanksgiving hat Ultimate tournament. We will post the date as soon as it’s locked in.
  • We are working on a plan to promote Ultimate in schools that currently have no Ultimate presence.
  • We’re going to continue to run a Western, MA BUDA YCC summer league location during the summer of 2016.
  • We will be ordered Valley Ultimate discs
  • We discussed ways to bring more people in to help out with Valley Ultimate.
  • We’d love to be able to pull in more volunteers! (Use this form to sign up to help out!)

Fall Youth League!

Jumping GirlWant to play in a high-level, coached U-19 Ultimate Frisbee league this fall?

VUFL will run six Sundays, 1-4pm beginning September 13, at Groff Park in Amherst.

All high school students (grades 9 through 12) are eligible to play.

Details and registration forms are online here.

You can learn more about the coaches right here.

In addition to the 6 week league, three ‘Cut & Run’ All Star teams will be selected to play in local all-star games on Saturday October 3 and in the Sharon SOTG tournament on Sunday October 25.

The first 90 players to register will be accepted into the league. To see who is rostered already check here.

Any questions? contact Jim Pistrang:
jim@valleyultimate.org
413-237-5710

We’re a USA Ultimate Affiliate!

USAUAffiliateLogoCOLOR-jpgValley Ultimate became the newest USA Ultimate (USAU) affiliate on July 10th 2015.

Our goals of promoting and expanding the sport of Ultimate, to more people in more places around the Valley, are well aligned with USAU’s goals, and we’re happy to have their support. Valley Ultimate also wants to make it easy for players to find out details about all of the Ultimate activities taking place in Western Massachusetts by consolidating information on our website (valleyultimate.org) and being a one-stop clearinghouse for all things Ultimate.

As an affiliate, Valley Ultimate will receive national support and resources as well as financial support from USAU. We’ll also be part of a network of similar regional organizations around the country working towards a common goal. We’ll work in partnership with USAU and other regional affiliates to provide programs and services locally in the Valley, and at the same time we’ll maintain our own unique identity. We elect our own board members, create our own bylaws and decide on our own agendas and priorities.

Since both Valley Ultimate and USAU (USAUltimate.org) are working to create quality programs and playing options for community members, and both are committed to the grow of the sport of Ultimate, it is a natural partnership, that clearly serves both organizations. Valley Ultimate looks forward to the support from USAU to help achieve our goals, both in the near future as well as years from now. Together we’ll spread the word, spread the fun and grow the sport we all love.

You can learn more about the USA Ultimate affiliate program right here.

June 2015 Board Meeting

The Valley Ultimate Board just had a very productive meeting!

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The major topics we covered include:

1) Becoming a non-profit: We’re officially filing with the IRS tomorrow!

2) U19 Fall League: It’ll be launched soon!

3) Summer Solstice: Coming up this Saturday and shaping up to be an incredibly awesome event! Can you spot the super slick tourney hat? Registration just closed a little while ago with 111 registrants! Joe will be emailing out competition details very soon!

4) Becoming a USAU affiliate: We’re moving forward with the process!

5) The U19 Summer League: It’s going well!