November 3rd, 2007. 72 spots. 2 rounds at Maple Hill. Complete details and list of players here:

http://www.msdgc.com/register/proddetail.asp?prod=071103_unitysummit

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The goal of this event is to improve the dialog between the PDGA and NEFA. Hopefully we can work together and grow the sport.

If you are Rick Williams or someone else that wants to register via mail, send $25 and your name / division info to:

Steve Dodge
100 Marshall St.
Leicester, MA 01524

Results: Notes: Int, AM Women and Rec played the Elements twice - everyone else played Elements then Airplanes. Hurricane Noel visited us during the event.

MPO
1 Pete Johnson 9009 57 72 129 $75.00
2 Greg Wintrob 23857 56 74 130 $50.00
3 Jerel Davis 14527 63 68 131 $40.00
3 Jason Southwick 5893 57 75 132 $20.00
5 Daniel Marcus 2439 57 78 135
6 Steve Dodge 22042 61 76 137
6 Billy Dunne TBD 57 86 143
8 Shane Peters 32358 60 87 147
9 Vinnie Steele 62 86 148

Advanced
1 Josh Zielinski 29244 60 81 141 $50.00
2 Pat Barnett 31866 63 80 143 $40.00
3 David Frothingham 27112 65 83 148 $30.00
4 Allen Smith 33805 66 86 152 $10.00
4 Pete Tolvanen 31270 67 85 152 $10.00
6 Jack Gabby 70 83 153
7 Corey Driscoll 20668 75 85 160

Intermediate
1 Tushar Patel 73 71 144 $43.00
2 Paul Sullivan 73 74 147 $33.00
3 Renzo Dos Santos 77 74 151 $12.00
3 Justin Anderson 32444 76 75 151 $12.00
5 Jon Gerry 75 79 154

AM Women
1 Anne Lewis 31787 71 75 146 $40.00
2 Heather Eng 30351 71 79 150 $30.00
3 Leslie Charles TBD 74 78 152 $20.00
4 Charis Egland-Smith 33806 81 90 171

Recreational
1 Claudio Osorio 33669 72 78 150 $30.00
2 Paul Rashaw 82 100 182 $10.00

AM Masters
1 Bill Dunne TBD 68 78 146 $40.00
2 John Fissel 30373 68 94 162 $20.00
3 Mike Saimond 5480 76 97 173 $0.00

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Quick minutes

1. better communication needed (eg. opt mag is $10 and folks need to know, new divisional structure not understood)

2. What benefits does a TD get? was asked
insurance, ratings, archival, on PDGA schedule, very handy excel sheet which figures out payout, helps with finances, and makes reporting easy

next year, hopefully free online registration with auto population of the pre-reg list and member / non-member auto checking. (stress hopefully)

3. what is the mission statement?
I was unable to answer this as it is currently being debated. I gave my opinion which is nice and simple, grow the sport, create an environment where competitive disc golf can thrive, make it fun.

4. Is there a dress code at A-tiers?
I did not think so, but will have to look this up. This perhaps kind of links to #1 above.

5. The PDGA should hype the big events more.
I told of the new NT Clinics program where NTs will have top pros give teaching clinics and hand out tickets to the NT event. There is also talk of creating an NT press kit to help NTs get local media coverage.

6. Can the PDGA develop a PDGA Rep for local town meetings when folks are trying to get courses put into public parks. When a PDGA Rep, wearing a PDGA polo walks in the room and says, "I'm from the PDGA" that alone would give the sport significant credibility. If they had some documentation on demographics and environmental impact, that would be awesome.
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I think Brian Graham is developing this.

7. With the new $10 per non-member fee, there was a strong desire to see some value added to that as opposed to the players being fleeced 10 bucks so they can play.
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I agreed. The board will be discussing this exact issue on Wednesday night at the teleconference.

8. Financial disclosure. If I wanted to know how the march of dimes spends their money, or at least what percentage goes to research, and they told me they would not tell me, I would not donate money. Why can't the PDGA at least tell us where the money goes?
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I had no good answer, but I agreed that we should.

Those were the highlights. Thanks to all who attended. In a couple of days, I expect to be able to walk again.

Steve.

PS. Heather, I hope your branch story turns out to be incredibly boring!

<font color="purple"> note: that was the coldest and hurricane-eist tourny ever.

i'm really new to NEFA but i've already seen that you all have a great group of folks. it will be neat to see how the "no tax" tournament idea turns out. in the coming years, i will proudly support both the PDGA &amp; NEFA and also rich and bill's Flying Disc Magazine.

there's a lot of "what's in it for me" going around and it will be awesome when that turns in to "what's in it for the sport."

thanks for holding the unity tournament and i hope the summit was productive (and warm and dry). you rock!

p.s. the branch hit the ground... not me. yawn. </font>