NEFA DISCussion

Here are the minutes from the BoD meeting last night, let us know if you have any questions:

NEFA Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
December 6, 2017 7:30pm


Attendance:

Matthew DeAngelis: President <mattdeangm@gmail.com>
Thomas Bentley: Vice President <thomaswbentley@gmail.com>
Rick Williams: Treasurer <frisbeerick@gmail.com>
Bill Bertera: Secretary <towelie@gmail.com>

Steven Dakai: CT Rep <stooly66@aol.com>
James Sicard: MA Rep <jsicard@gmail.com>
Justin Duncan: NH Rep <justin.duncan@gmail.com>
Jeff Wiechowski: NY/NJ Rep <jeffwiechowski@nycap.rr.com>
Mike Laterreur: ME Rep <latermike.mobile@gmail.com>
Chris Calmeiro : RI Rep <ccalmeiro93@gmail.com>
Chris Young VT Rep

Sandy Redd: Points Series <bigredd69@mac.com>
Steve Hartwell: Database Manager <shartwell5@verizon.net>
Andrew McManus: PR/Blogger <amcmanus@mashpeema.gov>
Julie Ferdella: Women’s Rep <juli11528@gmail.com>

Bob Kulchuk Points Series

Agenda: agenda in black, minutes in red.

2017 Finances and Membership recap

NEFA Membership report
• 361 current members in 2017 - significantly down from previous years
• 2016 = 428, 2015 = 473, 2014 = 442, 2013 = 458

• 308 will expire at the end of 2017
• 190 did not renew from 2016, 183 did not renew from 2015

• Distribution of 361 current members
• MA = 224, CT = 38, NH = 29, NY = 29, VT = 16, RI = 12, NJ = 6, ME = 3, Other = 4 (GA, IL, MD, TX)

• Gold membership = 172
• 3 new in 2017, 9 new in 2016, 11 new in 2015

2017 Income: $11,200
EXpenses: $15,600
-$4400
Balance: $16,000

Outstanding:
rec/juniors trophies: $44.40 due to Matt
Steve Ditters to cash checks - Bagtags
Need to balance NEDGC finances with Chris

2018 Points Charter review & approval


Changes accepted. Discussing if and where to accept checks. Remove option to pay by check/mail - only accepting paypal. Welcome to 2005.

Discussion on requiring $/player in advance, not brought up to vote.
No changes to regional


NEDGC 22/23

2018 BoD and election
Matt has setup form
Several open spots

2 for 1 membership

No opposed. Matt will setup and post.

2018 NEDGC - Bridgeport/2Roads

2Roads and Bridgeport DG club willing and eager to host. No opposed.

Club Representatives:
Jason Koczeniak
Adam Goodman
Drew Mullen

2018 PDGA Worlds in VT.
NEFA should consider putting money forward to assist. We have a budgeted amount for ‘overall worlds’

Website
Design issues with pictures and text
Content needs to be updated
Evan Moreau

significantly down from previous years

well the excuse that certain people on the forums drive potential members away can't be used anymore.

so does the BOD have a why or a how to fix that problem

with the boom of disc golf and every other DG org growing at insane rates it raises some serious concerns

I suggested a Nefa marketing and sponsorship position years ago as this was predictable and just a matter of time. Maybe its time to revisit that idea instead of throwing money at a worlds event that will gain nefa less then 3 new members.

politically correct nefa sucks great job SJ warriors you did well

Titan for VP 2018!

Matt DeAngelis wrote:Titan for VP 2018!

it would give him a legit shot to implement all his ideas....

Write in. Solbo/Titan 2018!

nefa vp is not a legit shot at implementing ideas.
there is to much BS to "change" anything when in all reality its a needed evolution, when species that are on the decline don't evolve they go extinct

there needs to be a complete over haul of the thought process and amuch needed step back from the NERD and all the competitive BS that dgers can get from well ya know the pdga

toooo much time goes into the day to day of nefa for any real change to occur imo anyways.

the earl cup kill it ME 3 members or require you play earl cup sign the F up for nefa
nerd kill it


I could go on and on guess what though don'tmean shart and never will.
So carry on withthe dumb BS and watch an org that should have continued to be a rising force for DG decline to a level similar to a 45 year old QB


I would not waste my time having my time wasted

the earl cup kill it ME 3 members or require you play earl cup sign the F up for nefa
nerd kill it

Huh? Love you Titan, but you make cents snot.

yeah time of post might have to do with that ha

the point for years nefa has invested energy in items that IMO were not good investments

the earl cup takes energy and time and really what's the point. the state of maine has an unreal amount of players and well only 3 of them are nefa members seems like a bad investment

the nerd is geared for IMO serious competitive DG'ers. the recent boom does not include this type rather amore relaxed have fun with friends crowd at courses.

dg is considered a niche sport by many not myself just what it is. so why be a niche within a niche the guise of being open to all of flying disc and blah blah mission statement is kinda BS

nefa to execute mission statement needs members and resources that said why not broaden the cause by investing in other things dg related

roll the dice put the "bread and butter" of nefa aside maybe and look for other sources to gain membership or at least not all the attention to the "series" as it limits the scalability of membership

nothing is a dig at anyone or efforts more just a deductive reasoning observation and a suggestion as I don't think anyone who has been a member for years can say the state of nefa seems well limited

I will also add the trend of putting all of nefas current content exchange on another platform Faceyingling is not a wise idea when people come tothis site and see crickets...FB should be a way to draw people to it's own content and nothing more

Titan was my write in vote for VP even before I saw this thread.