Minutes from Summer League 2002 Meeting

January 13, 2002

 

We held our first meeting for AAUSL, 2002 last night. The following are the results of that meeting, or at least most of them. If you disagree with any of the decisions, please let me know ASAP.

 

  1. We are definitely going to try and secure Scarlet Mitchell fields again this year. Several people in the end of year survey mentioned that they didn’t like that we were forced to play at various locations, although they understood why we had to do it.
  2. Along these lines, we are going to investigate doing some sort of pre-league field maintenance to improve the quality of the field. If this is okay with Larry Dishman (Tim is going to handle field issues again this year) then Jim will investigate how much this might cost.
  3. Note – field cost is expected to go up 50% this year. Tim will verify this.
  4. We discussed again, and the survey backed up, that good captains really make the difference between good and bad league experiences. We are going to investigate bonuses, discounts, and other incentives for captains. Dave is going to recruit more strongly through advertising and captain nominations. Please give the names of anyone you think might be a good captain to Dave.
  5. We made the decision to go with a competitive league. Following are the decisions about that:
    1. Tuesday will be the competitive night; Monday and Thursday will be our standard format.
    2. We are going to be more hard-nosed about rules in the comp league, including gender issues if enough women sign up. For example, if we have enough women to give each team 5, then we will state that the maximum number of men allowed on the field for each team is 5 at any time. Teams would play short if they don’t bring enough women. We would be tougher on other rules, too.
    3. Brian will write up an explanation of the two leagues that will be used on the registration form. I will submit this to the junta after I complete it.
    4. We are going to have a draft for the comp league. Everyone signs up as an individual, no baggage groups for this night. The comp league closes when we get to 12 teams worth of people, and we will provide captains with the list of players prior to the draft. Captains will pick their own team through the draft. Details of this are still tbd. Nate will investigate with friends in the Minnesota league. We will also ask John C and Janine if they could provide any insight on how to do this.

                                                              i.      Note – Tim was concerned about players intentionally lowering their score, need a way around this.

                                                            ii.      Dave registered a concern with the draft idea

                                                          iii.      Gabrielle wants to see women and men in the same draft, as this would throw another strategic element into the draft

  1. We are going to do shirts and sponsors basically like last year. Gabrielle and Nate will lead this effort.
  2. Brian will handle Insurance again.
  3. Sarah and Brian are going to do advertising.
  4. Dave will do discs again.
  5. Brian will handle budget and league money again.
  6. Jarvis will lead online registration again, but he would like someone to work with him, since he may get a job and actually leave Ann Arbor at some point. (just kidding, Mike, I’m sure you’ll get a job J ) If you’re interested in helping Mike, let him know.
  7. We will do 2 hat tournaments in lieu of a spring league. We were concerned that spring league might wreck the field. The dates of the hat tournaments are April 20 and May 18. Dave and Nate will lead these, with help from the rest of us.
  8. Tim is planning to go to a couple of city council meetings on the larger field issue. We may make a presentation on this subject. Tim will provide more details on this soon.
  9. Next meeting – we will discuss the subject of pickups, among other issues. Next meeting will be in a month. Exact date tbd.