Strategy: Advocate and Provide Tools to Improve Field Access Around the Country

Throughout the Strategic Planning process it has become very clear that one of the major barriers to increased participation in Ultimate revolves around issues of field space.  There are a number of issues which are at play here; two of the more prominent include increased competition for field use and declining number and or quality of usable field sites.

Tactic: Create online field catalog. A module will be installed on the UPA web site which supports cataloging of field data including the ability to set permissions for access to data, searching and browsing.

Tactic: Create series of documents designed to assist UPA members in finding, securing and retaining fields. Content will include best practices for finding and retaining fields, Ultimate promotional and marketing materials (targeting field owners). Documents will be made available to local organizers for use in obtaining fields.