Category Archives: Meetings

12/3/14 Board Meeting

Hatgiving2014Here’s what we covered at the last Valley Ultimate Board meeting:

In attendance: Tiina Booth, Jim Pistrang, Dan Kaplan, Jo Sleigh, Erica Kane, Terry Plotkin, and Lee Feldscher

We spent the first part of the meeting discussing Hatgiving 2014. We were all really happy with the event! We went over the event feedback solicited from participants and discussed ways to improve the event in the future. We are very excited about the momentum built by the event, and for Hatgiving 2015!

We next discussed our plans for the winter which include pulling together a broadcast email list from all of our various sources. We’ll use this list to communicate with anyone connected with the organization. Note that this is different from our discussion list, which anyone can join and post to, which is online right here (Google Group).

We also discussed hosting a Level 1 USAU Coaching Clinic. We’re aiming to run this clinic in February.

Valley Ultimate is going to take over hosting the Western MA HS Ultimate Scheduling meeting, historically run by Jim Pistrang. The meeting date and location will be set and announced ASAP.

Valley Ultimate is going to continue to run a BUDA YCC league location and not spin off and run it’s own stand-along program. We are excited to build on the BUDA YCC Summer Youth Club league that started last summer.

We’ll be working to fully populate the Valley Ultimate Events Calendar.

We also talked about running a summer hat tournament as well as how to support Fall Youth Club play.

The next Valley Ultimate Board meeting will take place on Thursday, January, 29th from 8-9pm at the Northampton Brewery. Anyone with any interest in helping grow Ultimate in the Valley is welcome to attend.

 

 

Next Board Meetings

The next two Valley Ultimate Board meetings will happen on:

Wednesday, December 3rd from 7-8pm
Thursday, January 29th, 8-9pm

Both meetings will take place at the Northampton Brewery.

Anyone interested in contributing to the growth of Valley Ultimate is welcome to attend.

11/11/14 Board Meeting

Screen Shot 2014-11-13 at 7.14.31 PMHere’s what was covered at the last Valley Ultimate Board meeting:

In attendance: Terry Plotkin, Josh Seamon, Dan Kaplan, Tiina Booth, Jo Sleigh, and Joe Costello

We spent most of the meeting discussing the upcoming Hatgiving tournament, ironing out logistics and planning promotion. The entire Board was very happy with the momentum the event has generated. We feel as though it’ll be fun, competitive, and a great way to spread the word about Valley Ultimate.

As of right now, 90 people have registered for the event from over 30 towns! We’re hoping to be able to close registration on the night of the 18th when we reach our event cap of 180.

We also talked financials and as a Board came to the consensus that we’d like to aim for one day becoming a non-profit. We also discussed ways in which Valley Ultimate could further one of its goals of acting as a clearinghouse of Ultimate information.

Info regarding the date and time for the next Board meeting will be posted on this site as soon as it’s known.

10/23 Steering Committee Meeting Recap

Here’s a summary of what went down at the latest meeting of the Valley Ultimate Steering Committee.

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The group decided to transition from a Steering Committee to a Board of Directors. The 2014-2015 Valley Ultimate Board members are: Jo Sleigh, Joe Costello, Dan Kaplan, Terry Plotkin, and Josh Seamon with emeritus contributions coming from Tiina Booth and Jim Pistrang.

The Board can be reached via email at board@valleyultimate.org.

The Board decided to run a Hat tournament on Saturday, 11/22 in Amherst. The event will be open to all players and ages and capped at 12 teams of 15. The Board is aiming to release complete event and registration details by 11/1.

The Board also discussed options for the further development of Youth play opportunities in the summer.

The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, 11/11 from 7 to 8pm at the Northampton Brewery. Anyone with any interest in contributing to the growth of Ultimate in the Valley is welcome to attend.

First Fall Meeting

The next meeting of the Valley Ultimate Steering Committee will be on Thursday, 10/23 from 7-8pm at the Northampton Brewery. Anyone with any interest in helping propel Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley is highly encouraged to attend.

At the meeting we will discuss:
– Organizational governance
– Winter play opportunities
– Spring events
– Lots more!

If you’d like to contribute to these or any other Valley Ultimate efforts, please email josh@valleyultimate.org.

5/27 Steering Committee Meeting

The Valley Ultimate Steering Committee met last week. Over some fantastic appetizers we discussed YCCs, the summer hat tournament, the website, and how to best move forward over the summer.

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The main points we covered were:

YCCs/U-19 Summer Youth League: Dan and Tim are working hard to pull all the details together. Kids can learn more about how to register right here. As always, fields are an issue, but Dan and Tim are working on it.

Summer Hat Tournament: Cory will be sending out an update soon.

Valley Ultimate Disc: Megan will be continuing her work to digitize the logo she came up with. We’d love to print at least 50 Valley Ultimate discs this summer.

Website: Lex is going to start helping update the website. Also, the Where Can I Play? page is now open to editing by anyone.

If you’d like to contribute to these or any other Valley Ultimate efforts, please email josh@valleyultimate.org.

The next Valley Ultimate Steering Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, 7/1 from 7 to 8pm at the Northampton Brewery. Anyone with any interest in helping propel Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley is highly encouraged to attend.

3/26 Steering Committee Meeting

The Valley Ultimate Steering Committee met last night. We talked about topics ranging from a mission statement, to short term goals, to the long-term vision of the organization.

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The main take-aways from the meeting were:

Jim: Polishing up the mission statement
Cory: Spear-heading the launch of a summer hat tournament
Josh: Finding someone to help with web updates
Terry: Helping collect more info on playing opportunities
Megan: Pulling together ideas for a logo

The next Valley Ultimate Steering Committee meeting will be on Monday, 4/21 from 7 to 8pm at the Northampton Brewery. Anyone with any interest in helping propel Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley is highly encouraged to attend.

2/26 General Meeting

The first general meeting of Valley Ultimate has come and gone.

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Here is where we stand:

1) The Valley Ultimate email group has been created. Everyone who submitted their addresses at the 2/26 meeting has been added. Anyone is welcome to join the list by visiting the Valley Ultimate Google Groups page.

2) Notes from the 2/26 meeting can be down right here (PDF).

3) During the meeting the following group was voted on to serve as the Steering Committee. This group will plot the initial course of the organization which will include determining an Executive Committee. The members of the Steering Committee are: David Delorenzo, Corry Keeler, Amy Bradshaw, Dan Kaplan, Terry Plotkin, Jo Sleigh, Jim Pistrang, Josh Seamon, Liam Halloway-Bidwell, and Megan Owens.

4) We dot-voted on priorities for the organization and the final tally came to:
15 – Maintain clearing house of info, contacts, events
13 – Strengthen/support summer town leagues
8 – Support adult club
7 – Strengthen middle school programs
7 – Aim for 501(c)3 status
6 – Support winter play opportunities
6 – Charitable support

5) The first Steering Committee meeting will be on Wednesday, March 26th from 7 to 8pm at the Amherst Brewing Company, located at 10 University Drive in Amherst, MA. Anyone who has any interest in helping out with Valley Ultimate is encouraged to attend the meeting.

First General Meeting

It’s time for there to be a unifying Ultimate organization in the Valley where Ultimate was born.

If you’re interested in helping chart the course of Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley, please attend the first annual Valley Ultimate General Meeting.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 26th from 7-9pm at Northampton High School located at 380 Elm St, Northampton, MA. Anyone with ANY interest in helping out or having a voice in Valley Ultimate is highly encouraged to attend. It doesn’t matter your age or experience level — we want you to attend.

At the meeting we will:
1) Discuss ideas for what the organization will do
2) Electing a board of directors
3) Vote on priorities
4) Lots more

If you are a student, a coach, an athletic director, a casual player, a club player, a parent of an Ultimate player…basically if you are connected in ANY way with Ultimate…we want you at this meeting!