CMSA Board of Directors Meeting – January 29th, 2026 7:00 PM

Present

• Ed Hayes (Board Member)
• Bill Barrett (Board Member)
• Rosie Glaser (Board Member)
• Ladimir Geake (Board Member)
• Kevin Dietz (Board Member)
• Monika Wasshausen (Board Member)
• Koplan Nwabuoku (Board Member)
• Matt Switzer (Managing Director)
• Two other members were present during portions of the meeting.

Minutes

1. Call To Order: 7:04 PM
2. Trolley Idea presented by Michael Miller
   1. Bar crawl/trolley event
   2. Sign up Online
   3. Marketed to all CMSA Members
   4. Trolly would be free for members, shuttling members between Boystown and Andersonville venues
   5. Passport to get stamps at bars
   6. Event to support Sponsors
   7. Mike is willing to coordinate everything
   8. Mike to check if bars are willing to sponsor/contribute to event
   9. Looking for what CMSA’s involvement would be
      1. Financial Support
      2. Email Marketing
   10. A discussion occurred about concerns for the event
   11. Discussion concluded and Mike left the board meeting.
3. Board entered an Executive Session
4. Treasurers Report
   1. The audit is complete, not reported on yet though.
   2. Credit Card program will move forward with an alternate vendor, corpay, due to bank customer service issues
   3. QuickBooks chart of accounts will be changed to reduce number of accounts (from 50,000)
5. Board discussed trolley event
   1. It was approved to move forward with the idea
   2. Koplan to email Mike with Approval, and board members should send ideas to Mike.
   3. Mike will send final details for budget approval. 
6. Approved previous meeting minutes
   1. October 2nd 2025 Minutes (Approved)
   2. October 29th 2025 Minutes (Approved)
   3. December 22nd 2025 Minutes (Approved)
7. Commissioner Meeting
   1. Location Booked (Center on Halsted)
   2. Commissioner Gift (Bags) Ready for pickup
   3. Ed will order food/drinks
      1. Build your own tacos (Mixteco)
   4. 13 attendees are expected.
   5. Agenda
      1. Treasurer stuff (Bill)
      2. Park District/Venue Adjustment Discussion (Breakout)
      3. Conduct / Advice discussion (Katrina)
      4. Demosphere (Ottosport) discussion
   6. Matt can supply project or screen if needed
8. Demosphere/Ottosport
   1. Additional demonstration will be scheduled
9. Park District
   1. Contract Renewal discussion starting in February (2027 permit year and beyond)
   2. Previous contract will cover 2026 sports
   3. Matt will check status of Volleyball Permit
10. Katrina has been keeping up on conduct complaints. No outstanding issues.
11. Katrina is proposed updates for election policy in the Policy Manual
    1. Some changes will be made and put up for approval at the next meeting.
12. Events
    1. Add to newsletter volunteers are welcome to join committees
    2. Monika will lead Member Party initial planning discussions
    3. Hall of Fame 2025 venue is Nobodies Darling, Feb 28, 5-7
13. Member Shirts events will be planned, Lad will plan for visiting other sports
14. Michael Miller is resigning for Soccer travel, and is running elections
15. Koplan to send email about open member at large position to board members
16. Planned Future Meetings
    1. February 26th 7:00 PM
    2. March 19th 7:00 PM
    3. April 23rd 7:00 PM
17. Meeting Adjourned: 8:42 PM

Submitted by Ed Hayes in Colleen’s Absence