• The president, currently PJ, is responsible for making sure everything on the team is running. The president communicates with the UMBC Sports Club Council and submits forms as required by the SCC. The president will manage the officers and run team meetings. The president will pick-up other responsibilities as needed.
• The vice president, currently Thomas, is responsible for intra-team activities and for communicating administrative actions with the players. The vice president organizes fundraising events in collaboration with the treasurer and organizes volunteer events.
• The treasurer, currently Dan, is responsible for all things monetary. The treasurer is responsible for ordering merchandise including but not limited to clothing, discs, and team paraphernalia. The treasurer will distribute money to partially cover transportation costs as incurred during tournaments and other events. The treasurer will coordinate volunteer efforts with the vice president.
• The secretary, currently Oliver, is responsible for assisting the president, vice president and captains in keeping track of players and preparing for tournaments. The secretary will maintain the team's USAU roster. The secretary will help the captains with registering the team for tournaments.
• The captains, currently Will and Lorenzo, are responsible for all things related to field operations including practices, tournaments, and conditioning. 

Complete Team Roster

Thomas collected information from each player. For players who missed the GBM, please contact Thomas or Oliver to have your information added to the team roster. Information on the roster includes the player name, USAU ID #, email address, phone number, practice availability and more.

Communication

PJ reiterated Information in the http://my.umbc.edu/groups/ultimate/news/16842 News post about team communication.

Tournaments

PJ relayed basic information about tournaments and the procedure for signing up for a tournament.

• To indicate your interest in attending a tournament, sign up for the tournament on the event under the Events tab on this myUMBC group.
• Tournaments that are close enough to allow us to return to UMBC each day will have an event object for each day of the tournament. Players should sign up for the day(s) that they are available. Some tournaments may require a commitment to spend both days in the tournament locale.
• Players must sign up for a tournament at least a week before the tournament takes place. This allows time for the captains to create a roster and for appropriate forms to be submitted to the SCC.
• Tournament rosters will be selected on the basis of a player's practice attendance, conditioning attendance, team meeting (GBMs, etc.) attendance, attitude and intensity on the field, and satisfaction of Covenant requirements.

Covenant

Thomas presented something new for this season: a covenant will be made between each player and the team. The player will agree to support the team by making contributions in various ways as described below.

Each player must:

• attend at least 2 fundraising events per semester. Ideally, there will be around 5 fundraisers per semester including 1 big fundraiser that all players are expected to attend.
• attend each volunteer event. There will be approximately 1 volunteer event per semester at which each player is expected to help out. Player contribution at volunteer events may be in the form of helping to organize the event, coordinating volunteers for the event, or volunteering at the event.
• attend all practices, conditioning, and tournaments per the player's availability. All effort should be made on the player's part to prioritize attendance at team events. Homework or studying is not a legitimate excuse as each player is expected to manage their time accordingly.

Field Operations

Captains Will and Lorenzo presented information related to field operations. 

• They discussed the expectation for all players to attend all events as academically possible.
• Goals for the semester were presented. During the fall semester, the basis of all players' skills will be developed in order to have a developed, conditioned team in the spring.
• The spring break tournament High Tide was discussed as a super fun tournament. Players will be invited near the end of the fall semester to join the team in Georgia for the tournament. Due to the significant monetary investment in organizing the tournament, players must make a firm commitment to travel with the team.
• Winter practice and skill maintenance opportunities were discussed. Opportunities include local indoor leagues. Several players will continue to live in the 9 month housing in the apartments and will be available to continue practicing skills with other players.

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