WELCOME ALL to the 2008

GREETINGS

ODSA Executive & Board

•Executive Director – Christopher Lowcock (former President)

•President – Michael Sullivan (former Vice President)

•Secretary – Karen McQuade•Treasurer – Thomas Meyer (former TUC President & Board Member)

•Board Member – Joanne Gallagher (TUC Member)

•Board Member – Don Lane (ODGC Secretary – Manager PDGA Canada)

•Board Member – Dusan Nedelko (SRDGC President)

Board Member – Michael Yuhasz (WODS Member Not in Attendance)

Board Member – Nathalie Muller (OCUA Board – Not in Attendance)

Board Member – Brandon Fleming (BCDGC Board – Not in Attendance)

Funding Partners

Conference Sponsors

Involvement

ULTIMATE GROUPS

BUL – Barrie Ultimate League – Talena Krus (Board Member)

DUC – Durham Ultimate Club – Kevin MacLeod (League Administrator)

*GBU – Georgian Bay Ultimate – Joel Zavitz (President)

GUPA – Guelph Ultimate Players Assoc. – Dave Lubrick (Board Member)

HUC – Hamilton Ultimate Club – Steve Robinson (President)

KU – Kingston Ultimate – Joel Yearsley (President)

OCUA – Ottawa Carleton Ultimate Assoc. – Marcia Morris (ED)

SUPA – Sault Ultimate Players Assoc. – Curtis Vanderloo (Member)

SUC – Sudbury Ultimate Club – Dave Hunt – (President)

*TBU – Thunder Bay Ultimate – Thomas Newman (Founding Member)

TUC – Toronto Ultimate Club – Ethan Milberg (Vice President)

*UE – Ultimate Experience – Kurtis McLellan (President & TUC Vice Chair)

WODS – Waterloo Org. Of Disc Sports – Jeanette Bacic (Board Member)

WU – Windsor Ultimate – Paul Medved (Board Member) *NON MEMBERS

DISC GOLF GROUPSBRDGC – Brantford Disc Golf Club – Melissa Lancaster (Board Member)DISC FUNCTIONAL – Bill Tweedie (Owner)*GDGC – Guelph Disc Golf Club – Mike Pay (Board Member)ODGC – Ottawa Disc Golf Club – Don Lane (Secretary)SRDGC – South River Disc Golf Club – Dusan Nedelko (President)STDSC – St. Thomas Disc Sports Club – Branden Dobson (President)*TIDGC – Toronto Island Disc Golf Club

– Kim Scott-Wood (Board Member)WSDGC – Woodstock Disc Golf Collective – Brandon Sparks (Board Member) *NON MEMBERS

Why A PSO Was Created

Creating the Organization

•To provide affordable insurance

•To facilitate growth at the local level

•To help disseminate information and resources

•Assist in start-up offering web space and registration services

•Provide an opportunity to build grass roots programming

The Road

• On January 31st, 2006 - DISCANADA - Disc Involvement Society of Canada Ontario made application to the Ministry of Health Promotion to secure, for the first time, official disc sports recognition and funding to support growth by becoming a PSO (Provincial Sports Organization).

A MAJOR ADVANCEMENT FOR OUR SPORT

• At that time the current board and executive were pleased to report that we‘d met all the criteria and received full recognition as of February 27th, 2006. THIS WAS A MAJOR ADVANCEMENT FOR OUR SPORT. From that point onward, a strategic plan to grow the disciplines at the grass root level, while providing a heightened level of support for existing clubs and leagues, was put into play.

WHO WE ARE – Today?

ONTARIO DISC SPORTS ASSOCIATION

(After a name change in 2007)

ODSA is a Provincial Sports Organization, with a mandate to increase the number of

participants in disc sports, namely Ultimate and Disc Golf, by providing hands on

instruction, dissemination of information and promotion of disc sports throughout the

province of Ontario.

TODAYS LANDSCAPEULTIMATE CLUBS

• BUL – Barrie Ultimate Club• DUC – Durham Ultimate Club• HUC – Hamilton Ultimate Club• GUPA – Guelph Ultimate Players Assoc.• KU – Kingston Ultimate• MRSC – Mississauga Rec. Sports Club• NUPA – North Bay Ultimate Players Assoc.• OCUA – Ottawa Carleton Ultimate Assoc.• PUL – Peterborough Ultimate League• SU – Sarnia Ultimate• SUC – Sudbury Ultimate Club• SUPA – Sault Ultimate Players Assoc.• TUC – Toronto Ultimate Club• WODS – Waterloo Org. of Disc Sports• WU – Windsor Ultimate

DISC GOLF CLUBS

• BCDGC – Bronte Creek Disc Golf Club• BADGE - Brampton Area Disc Golf Enthusiasts• BDGC – Brantford Disc Golf Club• DF – Disc Functional• EDGE – Etobicoke Disc Golf Experience• ODGC – Ottawa Disc Golf Club• NBDGC – North Bay Disc Golf Club• SRDGC – South River Disc Golf Club• STDSC – St. Thomas Disc Sports Club• WSDGC – Woodstock Disc Golf Collective

NORTHEASTSOUTH

ODSA Member Club Breakdowns

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

North Ultimate

East Ultimate

South Ultimate

North Disc Golf

East Disc Golf

South Disc Golf

Total

Congratulations

Today, in just over 3 years, we are the 3rd largest disc organization in the world, after

the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) and the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). Two US organizations that have been around for over 20 years and have

memberships that extend around the world.

ODSA Member Breakdowns

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2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

North

East

South

Total

Provincial Sport Organization

PSO recognition is not just a straight forward application and away you go.

There are many varying criteria's in which to meet, and an organization must be

strong and functional, following proper corporate governance and prudent risk management principals as a standard of excellence in which to operate under.

Sport Organization Standards• Have a minimum of 200 members with a minimum representation of 25

members in Northern Ontario and 50 members in Southern Ontario and 50 members in Eastern Ontario. [1]

• Be affiliated with the National Sport Organization (NSO) that is generally regarded as the national governing body for the amateur version of the sport.

• Be able to demonstrate how it provides opportunities for all citizens of Ontario.

• Be the provincial leader in its sport - the Ministry supports the concept of a single provincial umbrella organization in each sport, providing services to all disciplines. Whenever possible, new sports will be amalgamated into existing recognized PSO’s with similar activities.

• [1] Sport & Recreation Branch staff will work with currently recognized Provincial Sport Organizations to assist them in achieving long term compliance.

Governance Standards

• Governance Standards required of a PSO:• Volunteer based and incorporated as a not-for-profit;• Governed by an elected Board of Directors;• Provide a plan outlining the organization’s objectives

and how they will be achieved (i.e. Operational Plan, Business Plan, Strategic Plan)

• Has a constitution and bylaws;• Holds an annual general meeting;• Approved annual budget and year-end financial

statements;• Has approved operational policies and agrees to

implement policies as required by the Ministry.

What can being recognized by MHP do for member clubs.

• Heightens awareness of disc sports• Makes us a stronger voice• Able to come to the table with the other

sports with a more serious involvement• Legitimizes the sport and games• Helps in promotion and capacity building• Able to tap into government funding and

community grants

Education and Grass Roots

• Over the course of the last few years we have received $80,000 from the Ministry of Health Promotion and taught 20,000 students at over 200 schools through hands on play across the province exposing grades 7 through to grades10 student to disc sports, and left thousands of dollars worth of apparatus and educational materials.

• We’ve also distributed rulebooks and DVD’s to thousands of our own members

Excellence and Capacity

• In 2008 we received $100,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation as part of a two year grant for $189,000. An investment in improving the ODSA through a number of initiatives to help in Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Strategic, Operational and Revenue Generation Plans and to help and teach our member clubs about best practices

• We also received and additional grant from MHP for $50,000 this year to build upon our educational process of excellence to embrace member clubs to operate under these directives in order to build capacity and mitigate risk.

What is the purpose of a PSO?