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December 13, 2023 Minutes

Idaho Esports Association, Inc

50 Jeffres Lane

Sandpoint Idaho 83864

Location: Virtual meet.google.com/kke-etew-tmy

Time: December 13, 2023 4:30 PM Mountain/3:30 PM Pacific

Recording: YouTube

Call to Order

Attendance

  • Nate
  • Gericke
  • Mitchell
  • Dalton
  • Guests:
    • David Palmer

Approvals

Reports

  • Middle School League Update (GP, LB)
  • West Ada (Nate)
  • Boise (Nate)
  • Website updates (Dalton)

New Business

  • Opening of board meetings to public view
    • Specifically for our schools we support
    • Increased transparency
  • Separation for Timber League and Potato League based on school size
    • Initial follow up survey results and league split doc - NATE
      • Probably moving to just Mountain and Pacific times
      • Same School for the week/game?
      • Match Schedule - Nate
  • Pro players
    • Definition: Any player who has won over $1,000 in officially sanctioned tournaments in the past year in a specific game or is signed with a tier B? (level below major orgs) team
    • Restrictions: Not allowed to compete in that specific game or another game in the same series (example: CS:GO and CS:2), they are allowed to compete in a game they are not considered a pro
    • Allowance: teams may appeal to IEA
  • Tech connections.
    • ITC - Gericke
      • Out of Boise - HP group
    • Spectrum Industries - Nate?
  • Sponsorship and stuff
  • IETA possibility? VEL and GenE trying to get in
    • Bytespeed offer to have us on their literature. Nebraska example
      • Currently no sponsor agreement
    • Shirts?
    • Handouts if we have a spot?
  • Bye Blue Light
  • Welcome back info session for schools
    • Date: January 17th
    • Time: 4:30 pm
    • Content to cover
      • What is IEA
        • Directors
          • How we’re changing (slightly)
      • Change log
        • New games
        • New game times
        • New ‘leagues’
        • New rules
        • New website
        • New platform
          • Socials (YouTube, Twitch, X, Facebook)
        • Designated Q&A (if you’re good, you can leave at this point)
      • “What to expect” pamphlet - Nate
        • What to expect when you’re expecting (a new esports team)
  • Invoicing
    • How do we want to handle?
      • Platform
        • Stripe
        • PayPal - maybe more schools
        • Square? - maybe more schools have this
      • When do we invoice
        • Get team registration numbers 2 weeks before can change up to
          • Send out the week of week 1
          • Due date last day of week 3
  • Starting the licensing process

Old Business

  • Bank account (Mitch - next Thursday 12/21)

Public Comment

David Palmer:

  • LeagueOS mixmatch on website
  • Unified Esports ability during events to have a non-count round, Smash Bros (request), Mario Kart (done before), Rocket League. Throw out to the teams.

Executive Session

Adjournment