Hi all,

Here are the board minutes for the last Spikes Board meeting. The next meeting will be April 16 at Tony Moscoso's place at 7pm. Message him for the address.

--Michael Levy
Secretary, cuz nobody else wanted to be

Board minutes (March 12, 2014)
Board members present:
F. Cruz
J. Lopez
J. Cartwright
C Wollin
T. Moscoso
T. Allen
M. Levy

Board members not present
D. Melton

Minutes from February 12

• Motion to approve board minutes by Jose; seconded Flacco
• Minutes approved

Castro Street Fair

• Jose has link for application

SF Pride

• Form filled out and filed, still need to send 501 (c)3 status

Indoor 3rd season

• 48 players signed up; 23 paid
• 2 games per night and skills training

Equipment Acquisition

• Joseph requested funds for equipment (~$300)
• balls
• pinnies
• pop-up goal
• Motion to approve expenditures (Tony); seconded by Jose; approved

Club/Team Dues

• low on collection; need to determine messaging to collect dues. Jose will send an email to club members

Outdoor Practice

• budget item of $2700 to Mission High School

• starts second Tuesday in April
• Michael will add to Team Cowboy
• Team 1 on Tuesday; Team 2 & 3 on Thursday

Team 2 & 3 final selection

• March 16 final tryout
• season starts May 4

Fundraising

• Eagle: no Sundays available, but has Saturday and Wednesday nights (looking Easter)
• Reviewing Lookout, Hi Tops (Sundays), and other bars and schedules available
• Looking to schedule June 1, July 20, August 24, November 2, November 16, Miss Spikes

Gay Games

• 22 expressed yes; 12 are maybes
• will contact Bear, Tony, and Ed to see who will go
• early registration deadline $195 / $90 person

Spirit of Football

• event was successful; several Spikes in attendance
• first LGBT team to host Spirit of Football

Player retention / new players

• discussion of inequality of opportunity between beginning and experienced/advanced players
• differences in playing time cited in indoor league for some players, while others felt that certain captains provided equitable treatment to players
• fewer outdoor opportunities for novice players
• home tournaments: fewer novice players played in tournaments
• travel tournaments: fewer opportunities
• social events open to all players
• solutions offered by Joseph on how to build skills, etc.
• better retention with indoor

Atmosqueer

• April 12th, Saturday 12:30 pm- 5:30 pm.
• Trey is searching for Spikes who want to get to know other players better and share their experiences about the club. To participate contact trey.e.allen@gmail.com or (415) 424-8362

Indoor tournament report

• 5th Annual Indoor Tourney
• 42 players (5 teams)
• 2014 payment of ($960?) paid for 2 refs and 2 courts- suitable for 60-80 players- players dissappointed that no shirts were given out

Folsom Tournament

• Dan will reserve very soon

Miss Spikes Universe

• perhaps schedule an afternoon show
• may need to look for another venue
• Jose will ask Bob about taking charge

Next meeting: 7pm, April 16 @ Tony Moscoso’s