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Tommy Proulx
I’m currently completing my first term on the board, serving on the Executive Committee for all three years and as Treasurer for the past two. Over the past three years I have been instrumental in many positive developments within the UPA, most notably the development of our youth program and our commitment to increasing our communication with local leagues to name just a few. At my first annual meeting, I helped spearhead the allocation of funds to hire a full time youth director and provide significant funding to develop the youth program to what it is today. During this period our youth membership has more than doubled every year. Recently, I presented a proposal to create a National League Conference taking place this November (I am the chair of its steering committee) that will provide a forum for local organizers and the UPA to share ideas in order to improve the quantity and quality of ultimate and accelerate its growth.
If elected, I will continue to develop strong mutually beneficial relationships with the local leagues throughout the country. I will pursue additional emphasis on the college community by way of developing intramural programs and improving support to college teams. I’m an advocate of improving sectional and regional tournament experiences for our club players since most do not get to experience the quality of Nationals. In addition, we must continue to improve our technological infrastructure in order to better support our current membership base and the tremendous growth that we are and will continue to experience in the coming years. Our members deserve the infrastructure to easily renew their membership, register their team for UPA series and sanctioned events, and receive quality communication and timely information from our organization. I will continue to be an advocate for these and many other initiatives. I have, and will continue to be, been a strong proponent of investing a portion of our reserves into new programs and initiatives that have the potential to grow the organization and the sport as a whole.
I've been playing ultimate for fifteen years. I’ve played college and club Ultimate along with playing, organizing, and coaching local Ultimate in the greater Boston area. I’m an organizer for BUDA, a local Ultimate organization in Boston with over 3,000 players. For much of the past nine years I have been their administrator, running day-to-day operations on a volunteer basis. I am also the coach of the Andover High School boys and girls teams. I am the tournament director for sanctioned events like the Boston Invitational/Easterns, Mixed/Masters Easterns, and Northeast Regionals. I was the tournament director of the 2001 UPA College Nationals and have provided my assistance at almost all of our Nationals events the past three years.
As administrator for a local non-profit Ultimate organization, I know firsthand of many of the issues affecting the local recreational player. I feel like I can offer an important viewpoint to the board and the UPA. I am more than able to represent all the players (club, college, youth, and recreational) as I have experience and relationships with all these segments of Ultimate. I am always willing to receive input, good and bad, and take great care to understand the concerns of all Ultimate players. In the end, I am your advocate and voice and will do my utmost to represent you. Finally, as you would expect of all interested candidates, I bring a very strong passion and drive to all that I am involved with and this has and will continue to be no exception.
Committees Serving On in 2005:
Executive Committee
Leagues/Outreach
Finance Committee (chair)
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