Seattle U Game Vouchers - FREE TICKETS

Seattle University Men's Basketball has provided CYO Athletics Vouchers for the games this week at Key Arena, which CYO community members can take the to Key Arena Ticket Office on game day and exchange for a ticket to the game. Tomorrow, Tuesday December 15th, Seattle U plays UC Irvine at 7:10pm and on Thursday December 17th, they play Oakland University at 7:10pm.

Please E-mail Scott Bailey, at scott.bailey@seattlearch.org if you would like to receive this Voucher for tickets. This is a great way for CYO Basketball teams to go see a Division I basketball game, in the Key Arena, and it's FREE.

We also have the Voucher available for the Jan. 2nd game vs. Harvard at 2:10pm.

Backcourt Press in 7th and 8th AA

The question came up a lot this week: Can AA teams backcourt press all game?

The answer is "yes"

AA and AAA are both Varsity divisions in basketball this year, and moving forward. Both play by the Varsity rules of CYO Athletics, including backcourt pressing.

North Sector User Group Meeting Dec. 2009 Agenda

North Sector User Group Meeting December 2009 - AGENDA

Date: December 15, 2009 - Tuesday, 2 hours between 7:00pm & 9:00pm

Location: 100 Dexter Building (Parks Headquarters) across from Elephant Car Wash on Denny Ave. ADDRESS: 100 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Meeting Atmosphere: Open transparent communication.

For time consideration we are requesting User Group participants submit questions prior to meeting, giving us a chance to quantify questions, considering the majority of the questions will probably be similar.

Example of possible questions;
How will the department handle field scheduling with the increase in population & emerging sports?

Questions sent prior to meeting will help the Department run an organized and fair session for all participants to be involved.

We are considering opening the meeting 1/2 hr earlier for anyone who might need to leave early, view any information (Photo's, Presentations, pamphlets), enjoy coffee and snacks, etc., or get questions answered.

TOPICS:

2009 User Group Successes or Concerns

DPR Projects and Upgrades

• Reservoir Capping Projects
• 2009-2010 Athletic Minor Capital Improvement Fund
• Synthetic Field Striping Configurations (Colors - X number of lines per field)

Citywide Athletics 2010 Overview

• Athletic Field Fee increases?
• Healthy Parks Initiative
• Technology, Information sharing (website, etc.), Timely dissemination (Delivery) (CLASS software program) - "Melanie Chin"
• Scheduling - "John Bates"
• Levy (Opportunity Fund)
• Immigrant & Underserved Communities
• Diversity within Recruiting
• Mandated City of Seattle Furlough's for staff (Budget Cuts)

DPR Maintenance & Volunteer Program (Crew Chief) to improve playing conditions of fields:

• MOA - Memorandum of Understanding
• Training
• Standards & Expectations
• Turf (natural grass) Mgt Plan? Details about how often fields get fertilized and aerated, resting the grass/scheduling, etc.
• Synthetic Field Maintenance

Question and Answer Segment:

North Sector User Group Meeting Dec. 2009

The Agenda for this meeting will be posted tomorrow, we were unable to add the Word Document to the Blog today.