HELLO & WELCOME ALL ODSA 2009 AGM

1. HELLO & WELCOME ALL ODSA2009 AGM

2. 2008 The Year of the Grants In 2008 we received an OTF grant to look within our organization and plan for the future by clearly defining our Vision, Values & Mission. The Board worked with a Sport Consultant to plan for the near future by creating 3 year Strategic, Operational and Revenue Generation plans. We embraced member clubs to define the playing field to understand the Canadian and Ontario sports scene and how we were going to fit into it and what we needed to do in order to secure base funding. ODSA was able to conduct significant outreach programming across the province, while building its membership base, ranking among the largest disc communities in the world. Through significant efforts, we are now well into our plan, with a slate of deliverables that will excite our Board & Full-time Executive Director. Some big advancements are ahead of us!

3. Vision – Values – Mission Vision: Every Ontarian knows disc sports; every Ontarian has the opportunity to play disc sports; all disc sports players work and play together to achieve a healthy lifestyle in the Spirit of Fair Play. Values: As the provincial sport governing body for disc sports, we believe in decision-making and leadership that:  Is democratic, inclusive and engaged, open and transparent  Reaches out to support and partner with leagues, clubs and other organizations  Embodies integrity, accountability and respect for our partners and their concerns  Reflects commitment; those who agree to do something, are reliable, responsive and follow through. Mission: ODSA promotes, enhances and develops disc sports in Ontario by adhering to the Spirit of Fair Play, and delivering programs and services to leaders, volunteers and to all levels of participants (both recreational and competitive).

4. Strategic Plan ODSA’s Strategic Goals 2008-2011 1. Support participant development and achievement of high performance through development and delivery of programs and services 2. Expand the number and enhance the capacity of member clubs through development support 3. Increase the number of individual members who are participating in the delivery of programs and governance of their clubs by expanding the volunteer base 4. Develop and support good governance within the provincial association and in member clubs

5. Operational Plan An outline of an operational plan was developed when the Board and senior staff considered what tasks could be undertaken to lead to the achievement of each of the strategic goals. Listed in upcoming slides are the tasks that were identified under each strategic goal. The plan was approved in September at the 2008 AGM and thus Year 1 would be September 2008 – August 2009; Year 2 would be September 2009 – August 2010; & Year 3 would be September 2010 – August 2011.

6. Revenue Generation Plan The Board developed an outline of a revenue generation plan to support the tasks outlined in the operational plan. The Board specifically did not address revenue generation from membership fees or from grant applications as it was assumed that any changes to the former would take place at the annually and applications for the latter would be decided upon once the ODSA’s application for base funding from the Ministry of Health Promotion had been resolved. Listed on some slides to follow is an outline of some of the proposed sources of revenue, and the expected amount to be generated from each source, Revenue Generation concept Expected

12. Revenue Generation

13. A Busy Year • We are sports “on the move”. In addition to our slate of deliverables, we were asked by our larger clubs to elevate our presence in their community through additional initiatives, which included teaching clinics, hosting juniors camps, developing juniors bursaries and to make financial contributions to juniors’ team uniforms. The larger clubs encouraged ODSA to develop an action plan to elevate Spirit of the Game, a platform that ODSA fully supports. While our posted forums did not generate the feedback we had hoped, this is absolutely a platform that we intend to fully move forward. We commit to our larger clubs and the membership at large that we will progress this with a dedicated committee, led by a Board Member. We were also asked to create a proposal for field conversion projects and to look into seeking grants for field improvements. While research shows that ODSA cannot be an applicant to develop specific field improvements on behalf of a member club, without severely tying our hands to pursue broader objectives, consistent with our mandate, we are prepared to engage on this topic and work with member clubs to point them to available funding resources. We are unable to advance this without feedback from member clubs. Unfortunately, although a forum to seek input was established, along with consistent requests for input through ODSA’s disKRAZE newsletter, no feed back to date has been received. We were also asked to survey the Ultimate community to seek input on misinterpreted rules and to create videos to address. We attempted several times to contact Ultivillage, with no response. Once again, while forums were posted, zero feedback was received. Our goal for 2010 is to keep these deliverables on the front burner and we will seek more direct communication with member clubs in order to advance. • What is it that we have planned for 2010, you ask?

14. 2010 Game Planfocusing on Coaching and Juniors • Seek new funding opportunities with OTF and MHP SPF geared towards Coaching and Juniors Development • Take the RADD TOUR across the province during the summer, offering mini 3 day Ultimate Juniors Camps and 2 day Disc Golf Camps offered from late June through to early September available to participants for free if grants are available or at a minimal cost if not. • Continue to offer financial contributions to Juniors teams uniforms and offer a Juniors Bursary used to help under write costs of attending Nationals • Devise the master plan for embracing the Ultimate Canada NCCP deliverables in creating and certifying Master Learning Facilitators to train and certify Learning Facilitators' that will start to certify the interested individuals that are seeking this accreditation. Through our website we have already identified 240 people that have an interest, which is representative of 10% of the people signed up on our website. So we imagine that if 10% of our total membership is interested then we could see about 1000 people seeking certification in the years to come. This will be a huge program to administer and facilitate in all regions of the province.

15. 2010 Organizational Plan Work within the confines of the website to expand the involvement of the members in steering and modeling the organization and the Strategic and Operational deliverables outstanding from year 1 and slated for year 2 Arrange a 2nd Leadership Conference for the new year to meet and address and seek input for deliverables and to asses members clubs needs Expand the membership and member clubs and good governance and risk management practices Continue with a successful Disc Golf Point Series Work towards creating a Provincial Ultimate Championship Expand the sponsorship and program partnering opportunities

16. Other 2010 Deliverables • Work on a public relations strategy for both disc sports. Encompass the Spirit of the Game strategy championed by member clubs as part of the overall Ultimate PR deliverable • Attend OPHEA, CIRA and OFSAA conferences • Start to plan youth focused conferences and championships that are possibly built around past Canadian Junior Championships • Start the ground work to engage OUA and OCAA (preliminary discussions have already taken place with both associations in 2009) • Plan two in person Board Meetings • Focus on the revenue generation items for year 2 revenue streams

17. Thank You