Committee Meeting September 23, 2018
Attending: President Gaixo/Nate, Vice President Tojurub/Torsten, Tournament Director Purplegoo/Phil, Treasurer Geggster/Paul, Membership Director Rolex/Massimo, League Director Smilzo/Tommaso
Meeting started at 21:00 CET
1. League Director Report (LD)
– Welcome to Tommaso.
– He has had issues getting started in his new role, mainly due to the transfer of permissions. Other committee members appreciate that it is a difficult situation and advise Tommaso should be put in conditions to fully operate as soon as possible.
2. Membership Director Report (MD)
– Trophies – 100 of the old style trophies have been manufactured. 40 will be sent to Massimo, 60 to Torsten.
– Brainstorming for new trophy design to take place on NAF site. Crazy ideas welcome – for example “Mount NAFMore” with busts of Lanier, Lycos, Beppe, Davies.
– Next year’s gift – Design is still being pinned down. Accompanying dice are ready.
-Website issue – There is a broken link somewhere; it’s not yet know whether the issue is with Paypal or us. Manual activations have been required as it seems no online registrations or renewals are going through. Jose was going to check our site but hasn’t gotten back to us. Paul is anxious over those who don’t contact us. This is a top priority issue. Any member who does not receive an activation email within an hour of making payment are advised to contact@thenaf.net with their Paypal receipt attached so that the membership team can manually activate their account.
3. Tournament Director Report (TD)
– August brought 66 tournament submissions. 11 of these were Sevens, 3 were Dungeonbowl, 3 were Dungeon Sevens, 1 was Deathbowl.
– Staff changes: In Andalusia/Central Spain, RTO Txlanhualpec is replaced by Ivan_Landwehr. In Denmark, MrNuffle is replaced by Jaqra, In SE UK Yogi is to be temporarily replaced by Joemanji. (Later in the meeting, Massimo mentions he is no longer NTO, which met with surprise. We are to replace him with matte83 on staff org chart.)
– Glicko – Automation of functions is ongoing with Jose and an Australian developer in charge of the technical aspects.
– Chaos Cup broke the North American attendance record (previously 98) with 108. Organization of the event was handed off from RowdyKatie to Jeffro. Blocksfam collections at the event were a success.
– Rules Review: Details forthcoming.
4. Treasurer report (Tr)
– Eurobowl paid us back – now have 11,000 GBP in account. WC4 still owes loan. Torsten advises that WC4 doesn’t require any more at the moment.
5. World Cup report (VP)
– Registration page is being tested and is almost ready. Hopefully set by the end of the coming week. Financial baselining due. App development is aiming for November so that it can be tested at the UK Team Challenge. Excel integration is working fine.
– Feedback suggests attendance might exceed expectations.
– Miniatures beginning mass production. Base rings as well.
6. Any other business (all)
– Harassment – Member has gotten in touch regarding online harassment by another member. If evidence of harassment exists, member can be banned. Even so, TOs will struggle to control who attends tournaments.
7. Next meeting (all)
November 4, 2018, 21:00 CET
Meeting ends at 00:15 CET/23:15 UK time/ 6:15 p.m. ET
Minutes taken by Gaixo.