2019 Summer Public Meeting

1. 2019 Summer Public Meeting

2. Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association MUFA is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicate to promoting the sport of ultimate in the Greater Madison area. MUFA was officially founded on June 1, 1993 and operated as the local organizing committee for Worlds.

3. Today’s Meeting MUFA is working to build a strategic plan for the coming years There will be no official votes or actions today; today is about receiving feedback and sharing concerns and ideas Comment form available, please submit regarding topics you would like addressed

4. Meeting Schedule • Introduction to the Board of Directors • New Organization Structure • Financial Report • Capital Projects • IT Committee Report • Youth Report • Leagues/Policy Report • Open Session

5. MUFA Board of Directors There are currently six members of the MUFA Board. • Pete Schramm – President • Nathan Kleinhans – Vice-President • Sue De Cicco – Secretary • Amy Payne – Treasurer • Sara Lazenby – Youth Chair • Robyn Fennig – Women’s Chair

6. New MUFA Organization Structure

7. Financial Report Basic Breakdown of Revenue/Expenses for the 2018 Season.

8. Burr Jones Capital Project

9. Further Projects w/ Madison Parks • Further lit fields (Olin Park) • Restroom facilities at Major Parks (North Star) • Turf Facilities • Other Proposals

10. Committee Reports Website/IT Committee – Sue Youth Committee – Sara Policy Committee - Robyn

11. Website/IT Committee History • Before Sandlot: PAPER! • Matt Merrill created Sandlot 15+ Years ago • Matt has retired from the Board – Donating Algorithms to MUFA Website 2020 and Beyond • Ultimate Central (Website host) • Benefits: Tech Support, Ultimate Experience • Drawbacks: Cost (5-10k/year), Not MUFA-specific (Swiss, shirts) Solutions • Short Term: Create a Supplemental System that grabs/posts data from UC • Long Term Potential Solution: Create Sandlot 2.0

12. Youth Updates

13. Accomplishments in 2019 • First MUFA Middle School League • More Collaboration With Other Organizations • Wisconsin Ultimate, Madison Radicals, MSCR • 140 Players at YCC Combine • Four Madison Teams at Youth Club Championships • Highest Finish Ever for U20 Mixed TCC Team (Tied for 3rd)

14. Next Steps • Elementary School Curriculum Kits • Fall Middle School League • Fall High School Hat League (with Wisconsin Ultimate) • Plans for 2020 Elementary School Skills/Scrimmage

15. Opportunities/Discussion Topics Need Coaches! • MUFA Leagues • MSCR Spring School-Based League • Spring HS League • YCC Equity Considerations • How to recruit and retain more youth female-matching players • Focus on teaching players how to be equitable on-field and off-field • Youth Ultimate should look similar in representation to the composition of our schools. How do we do that? What organizations should we build connections with?

16. Robyn’s Report Robyn Fennig, Women’s Chair and Head of Policy Committee MUFA 2019 Open Meeting

17. Robyn’s Outline • Women’s league offerings • Existing policies/procedures • Transgender policy • Ringer rule • Rules • Complaints • Summer league… • Equity policy and committee

18. How Women Play MUFA • Spring league • Summer league • Fall league • Other affiliated offerings • Indoor Goalty • Indoor Pickup

19. Spring League • Single gender leagues start 2012 • Increase in registrant numbers • Women’s coached league • Intermediate and Advanced player offerings

20. These are VERY raw numbers and have not been corrected

24. Spring League: Data Needed • Survey Coached league participants • Flexibility or team cohesion?

25. Sunday Night Women’s League

26. Existing policies and procedures Did you know we had some?

27. MUFA Rules

28. MUFA Rules • Current: 11th edition rules of USA Ultimate • Future: 2020 Edition of USA Ultimate Rules • EXCEPT: FOULS (aligns with current WFDF) • Imbedded policies: • Ringer Rule and roster limits • Summer league “official sub” policy • Complaints policy

29. Ringer Rule • Ringer" is defined as a person who is under 35 as of January 1 of the current year and have played at college or club nationals, or have a professional roster • You are a ringer if you are currently on a professional roster.

30. FOULS / CONTACT • 5.1. Player control - it is the responsibility of every player to play under control. If a player cannot make a play without causing contact, EVEN IF THE PLAYER HITS THE DISC FIRST, then the play is not allowed and is considered a foul. A player can be removed from a game or the league for dangerous play. Contact does not need to be made for an action to be considered dangerous. Note that this is a MUFA-specific rule, and differs from USAU. • 5.2. Fouls – a foul does not need to be intentional to be a foul.

31. Clarifications for 2020 • What leagues count as “professional?” • AUDL / MLU • PUL? • Does it start before or after college season? • Youth superstars on national teams?

32. Transgender Policy MUFA is an inclusive community. Players play as corresponds to their gender identity. In terms of rules, usual MUFA rules about gender would apply based on the individual’s gender identity

33. Summer League and Equity Why did we change the gender ratio? Where are all the non-male players?

34. Summer league registration by the numbers…# of teams

35. Summer league registration by the numbers…# Players

36. Where did this gender ratio thing come from? • MUFA didn’t make it up (it’s from WFDF!) The options: • Status quo: “Offense decides” • Team who starts on offense decides 4:3 or 3:4 • WFDF Ratio B (“Gend-zone decides”) • Gender ratio decision alternates • Team in a specific endzone decides 4:3 or 3:4 • WFDF Ratio A (“every two points”) • Gender ratio automatically alternates after every two points

37. Why did we change to Rule A? • Produces equal* play time for men and women • More play time for women = more likely to touch the disc • Speeds up game (don’t have to wait to signal) • Used in leagues in Australia and Canada • Rewards play that includes ALL players on the field • Teams can no longer “guilt” a team into playing 4:3 if they don’t have enough women • Teams don’t have to be losing to play with 4 women

39. Summer participation • Registration trends roughly mirror between genders • Membership trends: • Membership for adults (ages 28+) is growing • Membership for teenagers (18 and under) is VERY SMALL • Ages 18-27 = most volatile and steadily decreasing enrollment since 2014

40. Where are all the women? We are actually retaining more women now…

41. We need to re-frame the discussion

42. We need some help collecting data. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

43. Some questions I ponder… • College-aged non-male participation: how do we grow our numbers? • How do we improve the experience of existing players? • Is it better to recruit new womxn or to reach out to the ones we didn’t retain?

44. Outreach for 2020 • Captain quiz • Rules awareness for registration • Returning player discounts? • Captain development resources • Attendance spreadsheet templates • Soft skills development • Equity / Inclusion committee