2015 Preseason Captain’s Meeting minutes

1.       Attendance(HIGHLIGHTED TEAMS REPRESENTED AT MEETING)

·         7C=5(TMI, DUC Hunters,  Blue steel, Ninja squirrels, Lost in the Woods)

·         5C=7 (Backhanded Compliment,  Highland Huckers, Landsharks,  Mighty Hucks, Rigor Mortis, Slings of David, Sugar Drifts)

·         5R = 12 (Bad Mutha Huckers, Disc N Roses, Fit Discs, Flick and Hammered, Hammer Heads, I’d flick that, KABOOM, Pic N Flic, Redisculus, U Can’t Touch Disc, Weapons of Mass DISCtruction, Unknown Marcottes)

·         7R = 10 (Bulging Discs, Game of Throws, Indiscribable, Netflicks, Shark Bait, Sonic Youth, Huck’n Hustlers, Top Gun, Ultimate for Dummies, Pain in the Grass) Gotta Dump?,?, Projectile Discfunction?, Sofa King Ultimate?,

1. Introductions – Kevin MacLeod, Jodi Gorham and Bryce Zimny
2. Divisions –Last teams to enter may be asked to switch divisions. These teams are bolded above. Both the competitive divisions have an odd number of teams. Byes might be scheduled. 
3. Memberships $33.90 Adult and new for this year $16.95 for under 18
4. Rosters –
1. Captains must make sure that their players emails are correct.
2. Players must be on roster 24 hours prior to game.
3. Players will not appear on the Public Roster until they have purchased a membership. Membership must be payed online. If players have Paypal fears or troubles captains can accept cash from players and then use their own credit card to sign up the player. The league Community bank account does not allow email transfers.
4. In order to play in playoffs players must have been on the team roster prior to July 15^th. Kevin will lock the rosters on July 16^th to prevent further changes. If teams need players after this time they must email Kevin to request that a certain player be added.
5. If there are new captains email Kevin to make switch and give new captain the powers
5. Playoffs – once again at the end of the season.to allow teams to play a couple extra league games.
   Saturday August 22, 5 pm teams will play and Sunday August 23, 7 pm teams will play
   7 pm Competitive – Top 4 teams advance to semis. One team eliminated

       5 pm Competitive – TBD.

7 pm and 7 pm Recreational – tournament style with only the top 2 teams advancing to the final

The final game for each division playoffs will be held during the week following ideally August 25 at the civic but it will depend on which days we can get fields. Game times for the finals will be 7 pm or 9 pm. Will continue to try and get observers/linespeople for finals.

6. Prizes: All league divison winners and playoff winners to receive gold discs.
7. Insurance – Now with Ontario Ultimate. No longer need to sign up with ODSA for Insurance – When players buy their memberships they will check off box having said they agree with waiver..
8. Start Date – Long weekend Monday May 20^th  (5 pm teams @ 1 pm, 7 pm teams @ 3 pm) (Times still need to confirmed). Captains must explain to their team that this is the only Monday we play on and that all other games will be on Sundays.
9. HolidRules – discussion about how to address rules in rec leave. Reviewed some foul calls and  vertical space.
1. For Competitive Divisions the full UPA rules will govern play. Major change is that foot blocks are in and so is gender matching. If the receiving team plays 4 girls and 3 guys the pulling team must match. 
2. Recreational leagues will still play with no foot blocks and a standard 4 male, 3 female ratio. (voted in by captains)
3. All captains should read the rules. (download App for I-phone)
4. The rule about  no more than 8 players from 7 pm comp team can play on a 5 pm comp team was voted out.
5. DUC awards 3 points for a win, 2 for a tie, 1 for a loss and 0 for a defaulted game.
6. Home team maintains team jerseys in case of colour conflict. Captains should add their colours to the website.
10. Discs – 18 per team and captain is responsible for giving them out.
11. League Party August 28th. Put it on your calendar. EP Taylors at Durham College. Party planning Coordinators are still needed. 
12. Beach Tournament – Probably August 8
13. Score boards/Cones – Cones and scoreboards will be provided to new teams.  Also, there are good apps on smartphones that can easily keep track of scores.
14. Spirit – continuing to use the  new spirit scoring system where 2 is the default, a 3 should be given to teams that were above average and a 4 for a team that was over the top.   Reviewed how to use it and to recognize teams above and beyond.  \Discussion around whether we are still singing? Playing games?  \Still recommended doing something after each game, Always celebrate player of games. 
15. Youth League – Still room for more players between the ages of 9 and 16.
16. Junior Team – Tryouts start tonight and run the next 4 Thursdays. All information on the website. We hope to take both a boys and girls teams to a couple tournaments including regionals.
17. Use the forum to communicate
18. Sublist, must be a member on the list and not on an individual team roster
19. Charity tournament, join individual, link to someone, or as a team
20. Watchout for player development on the forum..
21. Talked about teams who can use individuals.
22. Talked about growing the league, possibly setting  a deadline or sign up date