Get together to discuss the future of disc golf in Seattle: 1/6/10 7:00 PM

[cefire]

I know of about 10 who said either in email or in person that they will be there. Other than that, you probably know as well as I do...

We'll find out in an hour or so

[sillybizz]

Yeah we know how that goes sometimes, hehe. Sounds good though, at least something is happening.

[JR Stengele]

Totally slipped my mind until I just read this post. I am sorry I missed the meeting but will make sure I make it next time. Maybe I can carpool with Toby or Thomas. Glad it is happening and am excited to hear where we go next!

[killa]

That was the first time I've been in a room full (overflowing, really) with people talking about what can/should/will be done to improve our local disc golf scene... and it felt GREAT! Sure, at first there were a lot of "yeah, but..." type comments, and at times it felt like a boisterous town hall meeting, but by the end of it some really good info and ideas were put on the table, and most importantly initiative was taken to continue this constructive conversation where we left off tonight.

It was generally agreed that the central location for all club news & goings on will be Andrew's www.seattlediscgolf.com which has been in his signature for a few months now. Of course news about future meetings will still be posted in this thread, and this will continue to serve as the main online discussion forum for the club, but we want to move toward treating NWDGN as just one of several veins to lead people to the club website for an official and complete source for club info.

As I understand it, there is a committee formed to look at the existing club bylaws and see what needs to be updated or modified to establish some real organization as far as what our priorities are, and how the club and future meetings will be run. See you all at the next meeting, time and venue TBA.

[sillybizz]

Originally Posted by killa

That was the first time I've been in a room full (overflowing, really) with people talking about what can/should/will be done to improve our local disc golf scene... and it felt GREAT! Sure, at first there were a lot of "yeah, but..." type comments, and at times it felt like a boisterous town hall meeting, but by the end of it some really good info and ideas were put on the table, and most importantly initiative was taken to continue this constructive conversation where we left off tonight.

It was generally agreed that the central location for all club news & goings on will be Andrew's www.seattlediscgolf.com which has been in his signature for a few months now. Of course news about future meetings will still be posted in this thread, and this will continue to serve as the main online discussion forum for the club, but we want to move toward treating NWDGN as just one of several veins to lead people to the club website for an official and complete source for club info.

As I understand it, there is a committee formed to look at the existing club bylaws and see what needs to be updated or modified to establish some real organization as far as what our priorities are, and how the club and future meetings will be run. See you all at the next meeting, time and venue TBA.

I feel really good about that meeting, everything is all out in the open and I think we are all on the same page and working together for the same goals. I am excited about the future of Seattle Disc Golf, I have to apologize for some of my comments as of late but my frustration level had almost reached it's critical mass I hope you can all forgive me. A lot more people showed up then I expected and the meeting was much more positive then I expected and I want to thank all of you who showed up. A lot of people were saying "Who's Sillybizz?" I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, lol but now you all know. One of my favorite parts was the Parks Department guy (I apologize I forgot his name) saying that there is a ton of land and money waiting for us and it doesn't even have to be in King County.

Originally Posted by JR Stengele

Totally slipped my mind until I just read this post. I am sorry I missed the meeting but will make sure I make it next time. Maybe I can carpool with Toby or Thomas. Glad it is happening and am excited to hear where we go next!

I'll give you a call or something next time buddy and we can carpool for sure.

[Adam Schneider]

Originally Posted by killa

It was generally agreed that the central location for all club news & goings on will be Andrew's www.seattlediscgolf.com which has been in his signature for a few months now. Of course news about future meetings will still be posted in this thread, and this will continue to serve as the main online discussion forum for the club...

Do you want us to create a separate section on NWDGN for Seattle Disc Golf Club discussion?

[Ken Smith]

Adam, I think that would be a good thing to do. It would be strange to arbitrarily pick one of several possible locations, possibly making some people feel that this is being territorial.

I counted 28 people (27 put their e-mails on the sign in sheet). I shot out an e-mail with everybody on it to get that e-mail "thread" started. For some reason Curt's and Nathan Bell's came back after I re-sent it twice to them. Not sure if it's on your end guys, or mine?

Thanks to all that showed. My office was really swallowed up by everybody, so sorry about that.

The man from King County is TJ Davis. Many thanks to TJ for that great information!!

Wow. Let's keep this going. The hard work is yet to come. Ken

[cefire]

I'd like to echo the comments about the really positive nature of the meeting. I know I learned a lot about what is possible for the road ahead and it was great to see soo many people come out to the meeting.

I'm going to work on the website a bit tomorrow and upload a short description of the meeting (not minutes though) and what the action steps that came out of it were.

[killa]

That's great, Andrew. I agree that minutes are not the most important thing to be recorded from that meeting. Perhaps later when the conversation is more structured. Thanks again for doing your part in getting things rolling. You should also be commended for keeping things focused enough during the meeting to cover most everything from your agenda... and for being so darned positive and level headed. Three cheers for Andrew!

[JR Stengele]

Originally Posted by sillybizz

One of my favorite parts was the Parks Department guy (I apologize I forgot his name) saying that there is a ton of land and money waiting for us and it doesn't even have to be in King County.

How about Everett??!!??@!@

[sillybizz]

Originally Posted by JR Stengele

How about Everett??!!??@!@

What I got out of what T.J. said was that if we find a suitable spot outside of King County we can still use the money towards putting in a course if we have the club set up and the bodies to help put in and maintain the course.