ACTUA update

Howdy Ya'll,

ACTUA had a pretty informal meeting last Tuesday. We were missing a bunch of members to other commitments and overseas travel but we needed to get together to sort out our request for field allocations for the summer 08-09 booking period. It looks very much at this stage like we won't be allowed to wear cleats at Dickson so it seems the long-awaited time when we have to split our leagues may have finally arrived. The current plan is to run divisions 2 and 3 at Dickson on Tuesday nights and division 1 at O'Connor (which has newly upgraded and very swanky lights) on Wednesdays. The change in daylight savings (which now starts at the beginning of October, rather than the end) means we can also add in training fields for league teams to use without needing to raise league fees. Nice, eh?

Now we need coaches. We aim to offer league teams training fields and coaches each week for individual players or their teams to use to improve their games. If you're out there and you're interested then get in touch with me at "who dot is dot the schmooze at gmail dot com". We should even be able to offer you some kind of token payment for helping out.

We also need league organisers. Anthony "I do all the work" Perry will be away for some of Spring league and we're looking for a replacement to run divisions 2 and 3. Again, email me if you're at all interested, you'll get plenty of help and support form ACTUA. We pay people a modest honorarium for that too.

There is also a possibility that divisions two and three might be run in different time slots to free up field space for the leagues to expand. Expect (if you're a div 2 captain) to receive an email from me or Anthony asking about some of the possible details. That's definitely not guaranteed at this stage, it'll depend on how captains feel and how much demand we get for places in those divisions.

In less exciting news we only got two allocations for mixed nationals, and we were hoping for three. We might get a third one if another region can't find enough teams to fill their desired number of spots, but that's not particularly likely. If we can get enough keen players we'll try to send a development team to NSW mixed championships in early September, but it would be great to get that team to Mixed Nationals instead.

I'm going to be on the hunt for organiser types to run four club teams in division 1. These clubs are expected to run perpetually and are a necessary step in the development of high level ultimate in Canberra. There will be two drafted teams as well for those players looking for the traditional mixed bag experience. If you're hankering a secret ambition to run a strong ultimate team in a dynamic and competitive competition this might be your big chance. Again, email me.

We look forward to improving the ultimate on offer in the ACT. Let us know (via an email or leave a comment) if there are any projects you think would improve the ACT scene or if you're interested in helping out in any way. We're always on the look out for new ideas, especially if those ideas come with keen volunteers.

ACTUA Meeting 2/6/08 minutes

Because John has been such a fattie, I have decided I will write these minutes up:


ACTUA Meeting 2/6/08

Attendees: Tom Watson, Tom Walcott, Mica Hartley, John Horan, Anthony Perry, Brett Ringland, Sonia

Absentees: Pete Hemphill, James Ley

Meeting opened at 7:18pm

Agenda:
-Admin issues: Signatories, email lists/communications
-Winter League
-General Business
-Our glorious future


Admin issues
*Current signatories are Anthony Perry, Karl Adamson, Adam Mortimer, the executive of several years ago. Move to change signatories to current executive, Anthony Perry, Thomas Watson and John Horan.
ACTION: Anthony to chase up forms for transfer

*Disc - ACTUAlly list requires updating, particularly with new commitee members Sonia, Pete, James and Mica
ACTION: John to forward details on to the four new members

*The new Canberra Ultimate blog (canberrautlimate.blogspot.com) wants to cover the leagues in more detail and get the league results asap in the future.
ACTION: John to arrange with Craig how to get the results to him and covered by the CUB

Winter League
*3 Courts available for most weeks on wednesday nights @ 7:30 from 18/6 to the 10/10. Not available on the 30/7 or 6/8. Should get six teams. The chance of more time slots if league population is too high

*Winter Outdoor League as suggested by John and Mica sounds good. John wishes to establish training for league teams and will talk to teams about this option.

General Business
*Suggestion to search for a Division Two team to buff up and go to Mixed Nationals. Also, qualification process for Mixed Nationals must be determined by the 31/7. Three spots are likely for the ACT region and we should ensure all are taken.

*Brett indicated that Adam will soon apply for a grant for the Mundis players in the ACT and were hoping for $150-$200

*With 9 Worlds players in the ACT and given the importance and cost of the tournament, the meeting generally were okay with around $200 per player that asked for it.

*Switching of the Mixed and Single sex seasons in the AFDA calender. After some discussion, the ACTUA commitee decided that we supported the move. Unfortunately such a decision was about 3 months too late and AFDA announced the day after that the seasons would not be changed.

The Glorious Future
These are some of the suggestions for future agenda items that will improve the development and growth of ultimate in Canberra.

Tom Watson
- Div 3 and 2 at different times of the night on tuesday. This allows both to grow.
-The development of a Canberran Mixed team for World Clubs in 2010

Mica
Development camps/clinics in OCT/NOV suitable for Div 2/3 players


Brett
Juniors Development
Ultimate in the inter-college sports program

Anthony
Options for division one
Find League organisers for Spring league (Huge priority)

DJ (via email)
rehab equipment for loan to ACTUA members
Bulk tape supplies for purchase at cost for ACTUA members

John
Clubs in Division 1
Money prize for winning league

Meeting closed at 8:45pm



Thats the long and the short of it. Remember, all ACT frisbee players are welcome to come along to the meetings and vote, suggest, talk or just listen. The next meeting will likely be on the 30th of June at the House of Twits.

-Twats