August 2024 Meeting Minutes

CMSA Board of Directors 

8/27/2024

5:30 PM via Google Meet

 

Participants

Ed, Christina, Kevin, Ron, Matt, Koplan

 

Minutes:

 

Previous Business

  • Approve July Minutes
    • Approved
  • Approve Agenda
    • Approved
  • Treasurer’s Report
    • Annual Draft Budget is created and will be sent out before next meeting
    • There’s a CD for softball players that exists because of a donation in someone’s will
  • Park District/Conduct swap for Koplan and Ron
    • Ron = Park District
    • Koplann  = Koplan
  • Website Update Comments/Questions/Concerns
    • Widgets
    • Favicon
    • Content changes
    • No discrete membership option (make private) to hide from the “sports” page
    • Commissioner corner Committee Formation
      • Ed to talk with  Matt on updates
  • Logos
    • AI, PNG, SVG for all versions
      • Matt will get separate logos (vertical and horizontal)
    • Sport versions
      • Matt working on brand standards

 

New Business

  • Appointed Board Members
    • Candidates 
      • Greg Marquis
      • Rodney LaBauex
      • Ben Sauceda – Appointed
      • Shay Wilkerson – Appointed
      • Melissa Weaver
      • Phillip “Flip” Mundine
      • Kendall Boone
      • Bill Barrett – Appointed
      • Geoff Robinson – Appointed
      • Chris MacKoul – Appointed
      • Ladimir Geake – Appointed
    • Discuss Interviews
    • Discuss priorities of elected board members
    • Vote
      • Ed will message 
        • Cc Matt, Executive Board
        • Deadline to accept 48 hours
  • Global incident submission form (Add to conduct committee projects) 
    • Track sports level to make sure incidents are being handled properly
    •  Work with Conduct committee
    • Examples
      • Injuries reported to commissioner based on poor conduct were not dealt with
      • Will continue discussion next meeting.
  • 2025 Member Price
    • 2024 = $31.80 
    • 2025 = $31.80 
  • League apps registration / CMSA Membership
    • Register as just a member, not with a sport
      • How we include coaches or team managers who may desire membership but aren’t or don’t want to play. 
      • Ed to find a way to do this better with leagueapps. 
    • Less questions on intake forms
      • Matt to review with commissioners documentations 
    • No PII data on Program forms
      • Matt to review with commissioners documentations
    • Waiver in Spanish
      • Matt will get translation
  • Add leagues for the upcoming seasons, find commissioners
    • Matt will research Golf with a potential commissioner
    • Koplan/Matt research Mini Golf
    • Commissioners will add leagues at will
  • Renaming Folders in Google Drive
    • Lots of stuff is in BOD folder, but it’s for sport
    • Have sports use common folder in CMSA rather than their own google account
    • Removing numbers from folders in drive. 
      • Ed to talk with Matt
  • Out in the Park 2025 Sponsorship Opportunity
    • Out in the Park (Six Flags) is looking for $3,600 sponsorship fee
    • Money is returned if all tickets are sold out.
    • Wants CMSA to be the main sponsor
    • Matt to figure out what logo to use for the sponsorship
    • Board Approves
  • Northwestern Marketing and CMSA involvement class (Matt and Ron)
    • Getting help from Northwestern
  • Sign making contract
    • Ed and Matt to discuss
  • Volleyball Season/Tournament Debrief
    • Alcohol complaint for beach
    • Volunteers
    • Alleged Underage player complaint
    • Team forfeit from Roster Check
    • Complaints about brackets
      • Ed will address next year if he is commissioner again
    • Complaints about BBQ
      • Ed will address next year if he is commissioner again
    • Complaints about Scoresheets
      • Ed will address next year if he is commissioner again
  • Any concerns/open issues with Luis
    • Luis is none of our concern anymore
  • Storage Locker
    • Volleyball is moved into locker
    • Matt will address Sport cleanliness with commissioners
  • Managing directors notes
    • Matt and Ron to discuss park district management
    • Recommends creating sponsorship committee
      • For entirety of CMSA 
      • Christina to head Sponsorship committee
      • Ed, Ron on sponsorship committee
  • Adjourned 7:57 PM

 

Moved to next meeting

 

  • Member Party Planning (March/April 2025)