USA Board Meeting Agenda – January 8, 2017
A. Call Meeting to Order: 12:14pm EST
a. Present: Kenny Cason, Mark Atkinson, Jill Cohan, Danielle Millett, Mike Schatz, David Panofsky, Wendy Grzych, Aaron Kinsella-Johnson
B. Old Business
- NAUCC 2017
- Status report and discussion. Any help needed?
- Kickoff meeting today 5pm PST
- Reservations for gym done
- Locations in mind for all events
- Web site is currently being set up with Robin Dunlop
- SVUC as a club is highly involved
- Events run July 16th-23rd, the 15th is for travel
- Hospitality/Lodging TBD, Issaquah & Snoqualmie Pass are options. A new hotel being built in North Bend, may be ready in time.
- Marathon: pushing for using the Iron Horse Trail, Boston marathon qualifying trail. Alternative suggestions welcome.
- Need historic costs to set registration pricing. Typical top costs are medals and venues. Past budget are available
- USA equipment inventory and location tracker
- Track starter poles, extension cords, signage, canopies are already in Washington.
- Need printer, clipboards, hand timing watches
- RTUC and TCUC have watches, but need to be reminded to bring them
- Each event Point Of Contact will know what is required
- Flagging & barriers for cyclo-cross needed. Typically borrowed from a local organization.USA equipment inventory and location tracker
- Status report and discussion. Any help needed?
- USA Programs
- Coaching Program. Feedback on interest from both coaches and clubs?
- Rapid City, SD this weekend
- Timber Lake, SD on the 20th
- Budget is available for more coaching opportunities if requested
- STEP (Start-up Equipment Program). Need new committee head to lead this initiative.
- Still looking for nominations.
- Focused on brand new clubs
- Could be expanded to different disciplines
- Mike may be interested in heading
- Coaching Program. Feedback on interest from both coaches and clubs?
- Membership Initiative
- Progress on non USA club outreach
- Two new clubs are in process
- “How to start a club” – posted to web site by Wendy
- Wendy fields 5-6 new club related questions each year
- Mike is interested in working with Wendy to find/contact more new clubs
- A group in Alberta, Canada inquired. Wendy pointed them to a good contact. Not much we can do since USA insurance does not cover them.
- Danielle will contact a bike shop 50 minutes from her location who is interested (Thick Bikes?). They are a UDC dealer.
- Flyer for UDC shipments – status and feedback?
- Sent flyers to Amy at UDC. Need to confirm.
- Jill will follow up with Amy
- Progress on non USA club outreach
- OOW/Facebook
- As we enter riding season need regular, relevant posts – all/any welcome!
- Please post any news or events as you become aware.
- OOW still without a chairperson. Any nominations?
- Our charter says we need to publish OOW. But is it no longer relevant in the current world of social media?
- Perhaps we can publish online (Facebook, etc) and satisfy our charter. Jill will ask Amy about getting a link or two on UDC’s web site, both USA and NAUCC.
- An email periodically from the USA president sounds like a great idea!
- As we enter riding season need regular, relevant posts – all/any welcome!
- IUF Rulebook Committees
- Have all invitations for participation have been sent out? Are all committees up and running?
- Up and running, very busy with discussions
- Last vote for proposals is mid January
- “Age Group” committee is a little awkwardly organized, not sure what is happening there
- If the new IUF rulebook is ready four months before NAUCC then USA will adopt it for this year. This is not a proposal, but just a reminder.
- Scott Wilton says a draft of the new IUF rulebook should be ready by February 1st.
- Scott volunteered to be the USA rulebook chairman.
C. New Business and 90-day look ahead (USA annual calendar of events)
- NAUCC 2018
- Wendy proposes RTUC (near Livonia), seconded by Mark
- Voting: universal approval
- Wendy will create a document to formalize the proposal
- Wendy proposes RTUC (near Livonia), seconded by Mark
- Skype Level Tester meeting – February?
- Haven’t heard anything. Mark will check with Patricia
- Scholarship Committee – kickoff in March
- Amanda couldn’t make it
- Wants to do some outreach to get people on board
- Deadline is 90 days prior to NAUCC
- National Unicycle Week
- Encourage people to unicycle
- Retail/Publicity opportunity to pivot on
- Fourth week in May?
- Chase’s Calendar of Events: TBD
- National Day Calendar: application is in
- Perhaps pick a week and publish, seek forgiveness later if there is a conflict. Need a framework and send out a press release to retailers, manufacturers, press
- Will put a web page together.
- Jill will talk with Amy at UDC
- Advertising USA and NAUCC on UDC web site?
- Why not! Jill will talk with Amy.
D. Current Board Members’ and Chairpersons’ Reports
- Mark Atkinson, President
- Danielle Millett, Vice President
- Not getting vice president emails. Will check.
- Kenny Cason, Secretary
- Mike Schatz, Treasurer
- 769 members, pretty typical, healthy
- Financials look normal. New item for Coaching Program.
- Some clubs have requested individual members NOT renew on their own. They are currently set up this way. Causes confusion in some cases where someone joins USA then joins a club. Your mileage may vary.
- Reminder: once a member joins USA and is a member of a club they are covered by insurance, regardless about how they paid USA.
- Google Grants for Non-Profits: Gilby says they will give advertising grants based on certain criteria. Will look into it, add to New Business.
- Jill Cohan, Director
- Amanda Breum Laursen is coming to Madison for four months and helping with freestyle, etc
- Could Amanda be a USA Certified Coach even though she is a foreign rider?
- UNICON 19 in South Korea: should USA hire a translator?
- Will smart phone translators be sufficient?
- Cultural liaison may be required as well?
- Perhaps the UNICON organization committee has a recommendation
- Jill will talk with Patricia, our IUF liaison
- Mark will look into adding something about how to fly with unicycles to the USA web site. David will help do research.
- Wendy Grzych, Director
- David Panofsky, Director
- Patricia Wilton, Director & USA Level Tester
- ???, OOW
- Mark Atkinson & Mike Schatz, Webmasters
- Wendy Grzych, Affiliate Club & Insurance Coordinator
- Amanda Grzych, Scholarship Committee Chair
E. Announcements
- Upcoming Events
- MONDO XXVIII – February 10-12, St. Paul, Minnesota
- LAUCC (Latin American Unicycle Convention and Championship) –July 16-23, Mexico City
- Madison Muni Weekend in early April
- Southwest Muni Weekend in March, Moab?
- Anything else?