January 2025 Meeting Minutes

CMSA Board of Directors 

January 14th 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT 2025
Google Meet

 

Participants

  • Matt
  • Ben
  • Chris
  • Bill
  • Christina
  • Koplan
  • Ron
  • Shay
  • Ed
  • Geoff

Call to Order

8:04 PM

 

Minutes:

  • Approve Agenda – Approved
  • Approve December Minutes  – Approved
  • Treasurer’s Report 
    • Convert Saving to High Yield Savings for better interest
    • Kevin Not on call, will email.
  • Committee Updates
    • Conduct
      • Ed Hayes will reach out to esports and discuss if following code of conduct, and what they believe their relationship is with CMSA. Better understand the relationship with CMSA.
    • Travel
      • No major updates
      • Many teams going to Sin City
    • Marketing
      • Social Media Consolidation on Meta for Business – Prioritize
      • Ed Hayes and Matt Switzer will work on this
      • Will discuss swag (year round)
    • Park District
      • Matt Switzer is working on getting permits for next year
      • Investigating alternative venues for some sports
      • Meeting with CPD on Friday
    • Sponsorship
      • Shay to provide list of fields to fill out
      • Executive board members to Confirm Sponsors for sports
    • Events
      • Member Party Venues 
        • COH
        • City Hall/Recess (not affiliated with the government)
        • The Promontory
          • Apr 5, 2025
          • May 31, 2025
    • Policy
      • No Updates
    • Expansion Committee
      • Christina is meeting with Adam for Soccer for South/West side expansion
      • Spring VB
      • Bowling
      • Non-Current Leagues
        • Chess League / Table Top
        • Badminton (Not since 2022)
  • Spending Reserves
  • Managing Director Report
    • January Newsletter to include call for new sports
    • Matt suggested Volleyball webpage be split on webpage
    • Adding new committees – Approved
    • Suggested updating mission and values statements
  • LeagueApps
    • Translations – Not available; use google
  • Next steps in Division Renaming focus groups
    • Waiting on COH and Bravespace
  • Shared Equipment
    • Send reminder to commissioners about being courteous
  • USA House passing Trans Athlete Ban bill
    • Matt working on press release
    • Approve spending <= $500 for news wire release

 

Adjourned

9:54 pm 

 

Moved to next meeting

  • Membership webpage Changes
  • Deeper dive into Northwestern research results
  • How to handle eSports overall
  • Expense Report Process and Timeline
    • Create protocol for this
    • Add details on intake form

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