Minutes of the TUA Committee Meeting
14th April 2005, Shipwright’s Arms Hotel, Battery Point

Meeting open: 5:14pm

Present: Jem, Shavawn, Joe, Mike

Apologies: Tim P, Jeff, Stew, Dave

Confirmation of last minutes: Shavawn, seconded Joe

Correspondence:  none

Business arising from the minutes:

1. League Organisers Manual
Jem: draft should be supplied by Stew by Sunday
2. Wednesday beginners coaching
Shavawn: no beginners coming to training at the moment
3. Autumn League
Joe: will send out email about deadline for discount fees.
4. Winter League
Joe: still looking at potential venues
5. Summer League – Final report + financials
Shavawn: submitted TUA financial report for 1/1/05-14/4/05 and 'Almost was not' tournament. Still waiting on final Summer League financial report from Stew and Tim.
6. April tournament
Shavawn: went well with 4 teams, 22 players
7. Monday night pickup in April
Joe/Shavawn: Appears to be running well
8. OSR grant
Shavawn: looking to transfer funds from TUA account to Tas Uni account ($3465)
9. Strategic Plan
No report
10. Launceston/Burnie group
No report
11. Sponsorship
Mike: have applied for Sportscover sponsorship for Tig-gers
12. Tassie Discs
Shavawn: yet to order new discs
13. AFDA coaching program
Mike: still acquiring coaching hours for Tim, Shavawn and Ashleigh
14. TUC Report
Shavawn: next game this Sunday
15. AFDA business
Shavawn: no news
16. Two-Hat VII
Jem: no news
17. Nats 2005
Mike: punching bags game set for this Wednesday night. Nationals next weekend in Perth.
18. Mixed Nats 2005
Shavawn: date set for Mixed Nats in Adelaide: 23rd-25th October.
19. NUFL
Mike: Southside won women’s division, congrats to Shavawn and Ashleigh. Chilly (Melbourne) won men’s division.
20. Women’s development
Shavawn: no news
21. Tas Uni report
Shavawn: no news
22. CSIRO/Uni Challenge
No decision made on new name
Next game possibly sometime in May
23. Tasmanian Individual Championships
Joe: no news
24. Grant opportunities
See item 11
25. Southern Regional Championships 2006
Discussed possibility of hosting regionals in Hobart next year. May not be essential if southern region has 5 spots available to it.

Financial Report including expenditure to approve

* Sheet attached
* Other expenditure:
o $85 – field hire (‘Almost not’ tournament)
o $80 – food (‘Almost not’ tournament)
o $45.60 – Business Affairs Branch
o $50 – shipping of discs

Other Business

No other business

Next Meeting: 26th May 2005, Shippies

Meeting closed: 5:59pm