BADGER REGION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
June 6, 2014
Milwaukee Marriott Downtown (Mayor’s Room)
Board Members in Attendance: Julie Voeck, Nancy Paulson, BJ Bryant, Anne Slattery, Jim Momsen, Kelly Lehman, Kim Wudi, Paul Schlomer, Pati Rolf
Ex-Officio Members: Jennifer Armson-Dyer, Terry Paulson, Colleen Houk, Deb Stadick
Absent: BJ Leroy, Scott Blackmon, Tom Gulak, Anne Denkert
AGENDA
“Everyone has had a chance to review the agenda. Does anyone have a conflict of interest with anything we plan to discuss? Let the minutes reflect…”
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
- Board Meeting - Call To Order
-Voeck calls meeting to order at 6:20 pm
-Introductions of all board members and staff
- Administrative
a)Approval of Past Meeting Minutes
-Motion #1: Move to approve past meeting minutes
-Motion moved by Lehman, Second by Schlomer
-Vote: Motion Passed (Unanimously)
Note: Request that completed minutes be sent out sooner
b)USA Volleyball Hall of Fame Recognition
-Badger has been recognized by the USAV Hall of Fame
-A certificate has been received
- Badger Region Website
a)Discussion begins on how to improve
-Stadick explains what goes on exactly with the website and working with Wordpress
-There is one level of navigation
-The site will be redesigned by current designer
-There will be no additional charge
b) New Navigation ideas
-Multi Levels
-Jump Links
-Driving links are needed to certain pages
-Contact Us—staff/board—communications
-Live Chat?
-Single Pictures would be better than rolling pics
*Rolling pics are too slow to load for many people
-Forms Page Changes
-Duplicate link within special section (JCD, etc)
-Massive landing page with all content from the forms page
*Can also link from other pages/navigation
c) Other Ideas
-1st page should be shorter
-Every week—So you know email
-Weekly email with “What You Need To Know”
-Bullet Points with critical information
-E-newsletter like in content
-Library could be kept by individuals
-AES: What you need to know
-First Tournament: What you need to know
-Drive back to the website, tournament handbooks, etc.
-Format for a smaller screen
-Everything should be three clicks away
-Pictures
*Audience comes for info not for pictures
*Facebook is more for pictures
-Historical tournament dates should be somewhere
-Results—need to state the last date that they were updated
-Auto-filter option
-Trumpet our Successes
*Highlight what we do well
*High Performance
-AES—Can they help us to get to certain events quicker
*It takes too long to find events by a certain club
*Could a link be created to funnel to a certain host?
-Imported information should not be archived
-Keep it visible
-The board requests to see a navigation flow chart/site map
-Excel of site map should be sent to board for feedback
-Colors should be changed
*Most Prefer-dark writing on light background
- 2014-2015 Budget Process
a)Armson-Dyer & Slattery will be become more involved with WIPFLI
-How far do we want to dig?
*Time is allocated for digging
b)The region should have access 24-7 to our own data at WIPFLI
-Cost: $55/month
-To be decided at a later date
The question is asked “What is a comfortable amount to have in our accounts?”
-Discussion
- Coaches Education
a)CAP III for Badger Clinician
-A Region CAP Cadre could then be offered every 2 years
-This clinician would need to commit to a specific amount of time with the region
b) Are clinicians under paid?
-Pay them for the work and if they want to donate back to the region they can
-Additional monies should be allocated for scorekeeper monitors, etc.
c) Should a coach’s clinic be offered every year?
-CAP and then a Gold Medal Square clinic?
*Every other year CAP makes money
*Would a clinic every year still make money?
- High Performance
a)Numbers have changed—it is in flux
b)Promotion budget should be revisited
- Administration
a)The office needs a new IT person to be at our disposal
-Paulson’s have a contact—will give info to office
- Dale Event
a)More support with region dollars
- Adjourn
-Motion #2: Move to Adjourn
-Motion moved by Momsen, Second by Wudi
-Adjourned at 9:20 PM
Motions
**Motion #1: Move to approve past meeting minutes
Motion moved by Lehman, Second by Schlomer
**Motion #2: Move to Adjourn
Motion moved by Momsen, Second by Wudi
Action Items
Website-The site will be redesigned by current designer
AES—help us to get to certain events quicker
Armson-Dyer & Slattery will be become more involved with WIPFLI
The office will look to hire a new IT person