September 2024 Meeting Minutes
CMSA Board of Directors
9/26/2024
5:30 PM CT via Google Meet
Minutes:
Previous Business
- Approve August Minutes Minutes – 8-27-2024 – Approved
- Approve Agenda – Approved
- Treasurer’s Report Treasurer’s Report 2024-09-26
New Business
- Welcome new BoD members & quick introductions
- Proposed Budget Review: CMSA General Budget FY 2025 – Draft
- Onboarding code of conduct (Bill and Shay to support)
- Add code of conduct to be added to the resources website – Ed to-do
- Conduct Committee (Koplan, Ron, Ben, Bill, Chris – default: Christina)
- Open cases or updates in resolutions
- CJ suspended for the fall 2024 season
- Kerry from softball
- Spectator case coming soon?
- Transparency for player incidents across leagues
- LeagueApps – Restrict account by email ID
- Global incident submission form (updates)
- Open cases or updates in resolutions
- Liaison comms with Commissioners
- Fall
- Are there any sports that still need to go -live with registration?
- Softball (W+ and Open) – Christina, Shay
- Kickball (open) –
- Soccer (open outdoor) – Koplan, Ben
- Pool (open)
- Are there any sports that still need to go -live with registration?
- Winter sports prioritization
- Basketball
- Open
- Permits are in motion
- Women’s+ (looking for commissioner)
- Open
- Dodgeball – Bill & Ed
- Soccer – Koplan & Ben
- Badminton – NA
- Volleyball – Koplan
- Pickleball –
- Basketball
- Add leagues for the upcoming seasons, find commissioners
- Commissioners will add leagues at will (who added this?)
- Board of directors and managing directors are the only people to create leagues
- @chicagomsa.org email access only
- Fall
- Marketing committee (Matt, Lad, Ron, Christina)
- Northwestern Project (Bill only)
- Sponsorship committee (Christina, Ron, Ed, Kevin, Shay)
- Event committee (Ron, Chris, Shay)
- Managing director updates
- Center on Halsted Training for all board members and commissioners
- Nov. 12 (6-7 or 7-8 p.m.)
- Consideration for a new Women’s+ division name
- BSA & CoH working on
- $2k – $2.5k for focus groups
- Christina to introduce Mallory from NGFFL about their survey findings
- BSA & CoH working on
- Call for volunteers (consultant members)
- Additional committees:
- Expansion for new sports/leagues
- Philanthropy (Ron)
- Rookie (player) onboarding
- Sponsorship (new)
- Need to determine scope so folks know what they are signing up for
- Additional committees:
- Center on Halsted Training for all board members and commissioners
- Committee default to include president: Christina & managing director: Matt S.
Special Business
- Brand Guidelines
- Ad hoc requests
- Ad hoc requests
- Pride Bowl excess funds to Flag Football Travel Funds APPROVED
Adjourned @ 7:32 pm
Moved to next meeting
- League apps registration / CMSA Membership
- Register as just a member, not with a sport
- Less questions on intake forms
- Policy Committee Updates
- Clause to board member’s ability to participate in managing or creating a competing league in the same market
- Membership Appreciation Party Budget and Planning