NGFFL Minutes June 2012

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NGFFL Minutes: 12 June 20127.30-9:00pm Eastern

Attendees: Thurman Williams (DC), Patrick McIntyre (DC), Shane Kinkennon (DEN), LanceBurage (ATL), Sam Lehman (NYC), Phil Clawson (BOS), Chris Cormier (DC), Jared Garduno (PHX)

Absent: Shawn Albritton (CHI)

7.34: Meeting Commences (Shane)

Shane read mission and vision

7.40: Treasurer's Report (Sam)

Everyone has paid other than Seattle and Dallas

Couple of expenditures: fee to the bank, and Hall of Fame trophies Sam would like to put a budget together for 2013; asked board members to anticipate

expenses moving forward

Shane: New bylaws require us to have an operating budget in place every year by a

specific date. We didnt do it this year because we still dont have a sense of what weshould be spending money on. We need to do it next

Sam: Typically, leagues like ours take care of things inside the lines at the tournament;

host cities take care of things outside the lines Jared: It would be good to have an emergency reserve fund; current balance could go

towards that

Shane: Lets start thinking about how we want to organize and designate our resourcesmoving forward

7.44: Gay Bowl XII Update (Thurman)

Early registration deadline is 30 June | $600 flat fee | After 30 June, $600 for 15 + $40 per

person above 15 Team deadline: 15 August

Individual deadline: 30 August

Jared: Whats the fee for guests? Thurman: $25 per guest

Jared: Team fee in DC was $400. Now its $600. Should the Board weigh in on someparameters here? Its getting pretty pricey.

Shane: Maybe we should revise our RFP on this issue.

Thurman: Parameters make sense, but theres a tension with convincing cities to actuallyhost. We should be thankful that theyre actually taking on the task

Jared: Moving forward, perhaps host city should have a conversation with the Board toweigh the pros and cons

7.51: Second Teams (Thurman) Were up to 20 cities who have paid dues

Now were looking at any potential new cities; there dont appear to be any at the moment

At current count, Boston and LA make the cut for second teams (plus DEN, DC, SD, PHX,NYC, and CHI)

Chris: There is movement in Dallas about a Gay Bowl team formed around their new localleague. Lubbock has not been responsive of late a disappointment but understandable

Shane: Can we possible extend this?

Thurman: We already have, and we need to be fair about the cities that are waiting

PMc: Could we award BOS and LA, and potential expand to 30 if Dallas can do it (andopen up another slot for a current city)?

Lance: Thinks we should award now. It would not require additional officials for a 30-team field, nor would it take additional fields

Phil: We really should work to support Dallas given MillerCoors investment; Chris agrees;

Shane wants to leverage this to help start a league there


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Shane: Lets award when we say we would (two days), and continue to work Dallas. Wecan expand appropriately if needs be

8.10: Waiver Wire (Thurman)

If there are players that want to be released, those emails have to go back and forth

between city leaders by the end of this month Thurman referenced the bylaws

Waiver Wire: Player in question will be available to B teams only, lowest seed to thehighest seed

Jared: This is the worst-case scenario. We really want city leaders to work it out amongstthemselves

Thurman: Waiver Wire is designed as a solution of last resort

PMc: Do we have a mechanism to link individuals to teams in need of players outside anycontentious issues?

Thurman: Weve handled that informally and ad hoc. Unlike volleyball, this is about citycompetition, not individual facilitation

Thurman will supply a draft email to PMc for city leader distribution

8.21: Task Force Changes (Thurman)

Virtually every city has been contacted. Feedback has been great. Great excitement.There are some isolated concerns (straight-line seeding), but that was from only one city.Thurman put it out for discussion: Board does not think we should revisit our unanimous

vote

Educating the Player Community: Shane put together a one-pager/flyer. Thurman: Makessense to put something in the 2MD, as well have a conference call or two to explain thechanges

Thurman will supply quotes from city leaders to PMc concerning the merits of the plan forthe 2MD story

8.29: GBXIII Hosts (Thurman) No luck yet in finding a host

Jared has been reaching out to some folks about it. PHX might be looking into it

Jared: What about the Womens Division? Thurman: Task Force took it up. Does not feelit can support the additional population moving forward. Happy to support the women ifthey step up and own their division moving forward, but the Task Force does not feelequipped to lead this outside of Denver moving forward

Phil is harassing Boston about it. Also asked about Columbus/Cleveland in 2014. Shane ismeant to speak to Cleveland about that soon

We might explore getting volunteers to with non-member cities to host as well

8.40: Rules (Lance) All changes passed but the three-point try

Shane would like share the spreadsheet created by Lance

8.42: Hall of Fame (Jared) We should have a call associated with Gay Bowl info in the near future

Joe is planning to have enshrinement at closing ceremonies

PMc created a new page onwww.ngffl.comto honor those enshrined

8.44: Member-City Bylaws (Shane) Our bylaws demand that we collect specific bylaws from members cities

Shane wants to start this process early

Jared: This requirement is spurring member cities to move in the right direction, i.e. SoFla,

Michigan, and Cleveland are working on theirs. Stated that cities are understanding theneed for accountability
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Shane does not want this work to stack up to the end of the year or get hoisted on a newboard

8.49: MillerCoors (Phil)

Relevant cities are tournaments are being contacted; most have responded and are

excited about the partnership; Phil is still waiting to hear back from a couple of cities PMc: We should get started on drafting formal announcements. Phil: Phil and Shane have

worked on some text

8.54: Corporate Contacts Spreadsheet (Phil) Phil sent a working sheet around

Orphans will be divvied up amongst Board members who dont have personal contactsthemselves

Thurman: Should we post something on facebook asking for contacts? PMc: Great idea

Shane: This could be the single most impactful thing we can do. Think of the money weraised from MillerCoors to start a league in Dallas. That can happen elsewhere

PMc: Wished he had the skill-set to create a pitchbook, but it would be really helpful tohave that to present to people as we have these conversations and calls to action

Thurman: Should we pull together a fundraising task force? All were in favor

9.04: New Cities (Chris)

Shane: Anything other than Dallas and Lubbock?

Chris: Looked into non-member city list on the web site; not much luck keeping contactsfresh there; Charlotte is a potential lead. How else can we identify new potential cities?

PMc: Denver will collect home cities from individual registration

Jared: We should have Houstons registration list somewhere. Jared has PHXs individualregistration list and will share with Chris

9.10: Philanthropy (PMc) Scholarship idea

Point and Trevor are the first places to start

Phil: Should we consider things current like an anti-bullying campaign that has a broader

audience? Thurman: Should we use facebook to ask our community about this?

Jared: What task forces are we thinking of convening? Shane: Fundraising andPhilanthropy/Community Involvement are options

PMc: Has had to be facebook bad cop to keep some individual solicitations off thefacebook page, even though they were for very good causes. The Board supported hisactions as theyre in alignment with the facebook policy. We need to reserve the space for

NGFFL fundraising efforts

9.28: Adjourn

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