USA Board Meeting Agenda– November 19, 2017
A. Call Meeting to Order 10:05am EST
In attendance: Mary Koehler, Wendy Grzych, Amanda Grzych, Dale Grzych, Danielle Millett, Aaron Johnson
B. Old Business
- NAUCC 2018
- Status report and discussion. Help needed?
- Dates are set, venues set, budget set up, almost all directors filled.
- Status report and discussion. Help needed?
- Discussion points raised by members at Annual Meeting
- Request for chart showing membership, revenue and expense – Any response to email from Jim Sowers? If not, consider this closed.
- No, consider it closed.
- Request for chart showing membership, revenue and expense – Any response to email from Jim Sowers? If not, consider this closed.
- Reduced membership rates for kids in the free/reduced school lunch program
- Mike to share proposed free membership application process
- Board to define qualifying criteria for free membership
- Formal vote to allow free membership
- Tabling until next meeting, need input from Patricia and Mike.
- Proposal to investigate renaming NAUCC
- Not for discussion – will be included with next Rulebook Committee
- Freestyle Level Tester Meeting
- Can we get a certification meeting via Skype in the calendar between now and Christmas?
- Danielle will contact Patricia and try to get something scheduled.
- Can we get a certification meeting via Skype in the calendar between now and Christmas?
- USA Programs
- Coaching Program. Any coaching trips being planned?
- Aaron is filling out the coaching program to get Dale to Seattle. He will send the form to Patricia. No other interest.
- Coaching Program. Any coaching trips being planned?
- Membership Initiative
- Non-USA club outreach
- Request to add all/any clubs here
- UDC have been restocked. Time to work on a new design? How about postcards for NAUCC 2018?
- Yes! Amanda is adding information including location and dates for NAUCC on postcards then handing it over to Jill. Expected around January.
- USA club outreach
- USA hosted inter-club meetings.
- When will next inter-club meeting be scheduled?
- January? Get information out in December.
- When will next inter-club meeting be scheduled?
- Several USA-affiliated clubs STILL with no current USA members.
- Gym Dandies, Sebring and Supercyclers need to be removed as affiliated clubs.
- We will be sending out emails to expired members about NAUCC as well!
- USA hosted inter-club meetings.
- Non-USA club outreach
- Facebook/Website/Media
- Facebook following growing steadily. Instagram account set up just before NAUCC. Posting activity has understandably slowed.
- Pass around the 2017 Facebook NAUCC page/group every year?
- @uniUSAInc is a Twitter account set up in 2014. Anyone know who has the login details?
- Amanda has the information for the twitter and can pass it along.
- Facebook following growing steadily. Instagram account set up just before NAUCC. Posting activity has understandably slowed.
- New USA Levels
- Plan to start work on this after Christmas with a call for committee participants.
- Unicon 20 – IUF looking for applications to host. Proposals requested by end 2017.
C. New Business and 90-day look ahead (USA annual calendar of events)
- NAUCC 2019
- Any interest from clubs to host other than Jay Shaeffer in Colorado?
- Mary will contact Jay to confirm that he would like to host 2019
D. Current Board Members’ and Chairpersons’ Reports
- Mark Atkinson, President
- Danielle Millett, Vice President
- Dale Grzych, Secretary
- Mary Koehler, Treasurer
- Jill Cohan, Director
- NAUCC questions. Hotels, travel time, food. Need specifics from organizers.
- Wendy Grzych, Director
- Aaron Johnson, Director
- Patricia Wilton, Director & USA Level Tester
- Mark Atkinson & Mike Schatz, Webmasters
- Wendy Grzych, Affiliate Club & Insurance Coordinator
- Amanda Grzych, Scholarship Committee Chair
E. Upcoming Events
- Moab Muni 2018 – March 30- April 1 (link)
- LAUCC (Latin American Unicycle Convention and Championship) – April, Ecuador (link)
- ‘Ride a unicycle day’ – May 20
- National Unicycle Week – May 20-26
- NAUCC 2018- July 9-14, Livonia, Michigan
- Unicon 19 – July 29- Aug 10 2019 Seoul, South Korea (link)
- Aaron said that no one from Washington was going, and Mary said there was concern. Possibly because of political climate or simply how far away/expensive it is.
F. Anything else?
- Next meeting will most likely be in January.
G. Meeting Adjourned