EC Retreat | Aug 2024

August 21st & 22nd, 2024

WORKING

  • Conference
  • Fun
  • Knowledge Share
  • Local Collaboration
  • Networking
  • Community

 

NOT WORKING

  • Revenue
  • Direction for the Industry
  • Roles/Delegating & Executing
  • Expansion/Growth and Building up others
  • Joint/Shared Program and Non-Conference Programming
  • Cost saving

 

DIRECTION (3-5 YRS)

EC to prioritize by 9/5 call, assign to EC members, become a 90-day initiative

  • Revenue Growth
  • Partner Programming
    • HR
  • New Members (large/aligned)
  • Knowledge Share/Trust/Collaboration
  • National Event
  • Categories/Expansion
    • E-tertainment (play & party, i.e. rec dec, chicken n pickle)
    • Running Clubs
    • Fitness & Group
    • Events (Pubrew, Natian)

 

GOALS

  • Marketing calls
  • Seminar Workshop Zoom (Karen/Ashton)…bring to seminar?
  • Conference seminar speakers: send a QR code to include in slide deck

PARKING LOT

  • Gravity Follow-up
  • Insurance 24-25 $7k difference
  • Member Model
    • Survey (data on Participants, Revenue, Employees)
    • SFIA
  • Conference Registrations for non-Members
  • Conference Sponsorship Plan
  • Gold Tier of Industry Sponsorship Tier
  • Sponsorship Committee to follow up clubs on SMA membership
  • SMA (Paula) report
    • Zoom webinar pre-conference
    • General session
    • 90-minute workshop seminar
    • Pricing tool
  • Sponsorship communication policy/procedure
    • Document with somsorship committee
    • Data share and proactive outreach
  • Formal review of SSIA staff: Chris Giebner & Galen Beers

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

Every other month calls: 9/18

Goal: Follow up with clubs on activating SMA membership

Run through SMA report on SSIA Sponsorship data (and opportunities)

 

SSA

Continuing on with SSIA? Need to re-evaluate

VOLO national seller convo tabled (Wasserman conflict)

 

DEI COMMITTEE

Every 1st Tuesday at 2pm ET / 11am PT 3-2-1

Tech letter to send about gender/pronoun inclusion

 

MARKETING COMMITTEE

Every 3rd Thursday at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT

Share staff for marketing initiatives, club “collaboration”

 

EVENTS COMMITTEE (Conference)

Every month – next one is 9/11, first Wed of every month starting in October

Every two weeks starting in January Formalize the conference planning process

 

CONFERENCE

Gift cards for lunch options? Keynote or no?

2026: Dreams Natura in Cancun

2027: National Tourney (BVB, PB, KB) then Conference in Scottsdale Giebner to check on prices for moving to the following week

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SARAH SPAIN

Sarah Spain – What is the topic? Unanimous consent from Events Committee to determine yay/nay

SMA SCHOLARSHIPS

Chicago October 2nd-5th, 2024

Group will present at the SSIA Conference

 

Motion – Nash Hartel: Budget for $4,000 for SMA Conference Scholarships, 10x $400 for attendees with a priority to new participants

2nd: Justin Jacobs Assent – 11

Dissent – 0

Abstain – 0

Result: PASSED

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER BUDGET

Motion – Chris Hastings: Have a keynote speaker at the 2025 SSIA Conference, $10,000 plus travel and room

2nd: Kevin Cregan Assent – 10

Dissent – 1

Abstain – 0

Result: PASSED

 

 

EOS COMMITTEE

2023 = 7 clubs (8 people)

Sal to continue as cohort meeting host

 

Motion – Sal Farruggia: Budget $3,000 only activated for matching funding from participating SSIA clubs for EOS Workshops from October 2024 – February 2025 with a priority to new participants

2nd: Ian Elston Assent – 9

Dissent – 1

Abstain – 1

Result: PASSED

PART-TIME ROLE

Proactive role

$1,500/month = $18,000/year = $25/hr (15 hrs/week) Virtual assistant (Bill, Milwaukee) for a fraction of the cost Search committee needed

 

Motion – Chris Hastings: Budget of up to $15,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year for a part-time support staff for the SSIA with the role to be determined by the Executive Committee

2nd: Nash Hartel Assent – 10

Dissent – 1

Abstain – 0

Result: PASSED