{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/dfaed659091242a89ca20d97660a1323\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":1440,"width":1920,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":1440,"thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/dfaed659091242a89ca20d97660a1323-a3bbd77430030f19.gif","duration":5591.377,"title":"Women's Division Town Hall","description":"Meeting focused on structuring a dedicated women's division after takeover of SensPlex league operations, addressing pricing, scheduling, parity and governance. Captains strongly favored a consistent single weekly night (Wednesdays) with a small number of Sundays (roughly 3–5) to preserve player availability; organizers agreed to remove surcharges tied to maintaining a guaranteed night and to present a single unified package. Next steps: organizers will send a follow-up poll/email by Wednesday with revised package options, collect registration confirmations/deposits, and form a captain-led advisory group to finalize format, playoff eligibility and parity rules.\n\n### Economic realities and pricing transparency 4:22\n\n- Organizer explained changed economic relationship with SensPlex resulted in higher base pricing compared to prior in-house SensPlex league.\n- Apology issued for unclear prior messaging; organizer committed to transparency and removing surcharge where the women's division requests a guaranteed night.\n- Organizer emphasized cause-and-effect: package design, ice inventory and location guarantees affect price and scheduling flexibility.\n- Organizer requested community help for sponsorships and stated any sponsorship dollars earned for the women's division will be reinvested into reducing package costs or prizing pools.\n\n### Day-of-week guarantee options and immediate policy stance 6:00\n\n- Organizer offered to honor a women's-division preference for a single guaranteed night (example: Wednesdays) without an additional surcharge.\n- Discussed trade-offs: single-night guarantee concentrates ice demand which can increase late starts and reduce schedule flexibility (omit dates, midweek alternates).\n- Organizer proposed collecting formal input via poll/survey and building packages (number of games, playoff format) around group decisions.\n- Commitment: if format choices change from original pre-registration, teams will not be charged for previously selected guarantees if they convert to the new package.\n\n### Captains and players explain availability and preference for wednesdays 9:11\n\n- Multiple captains (Alexandra, Misha, Caroline, Kathryn, Jess) reported that a consistent Wednesday night enables players with shift work, service industry schedules, and childcare responsibilities (including single parents) to secure predictable time off and arrange childcare.\n- Many teams experienced poorer attendance on Sundays and increased need for spares when Sunday games were used more frequently.\n- Teams described negative impacts when schedules shifted to more Sundays (e.g., three-game stretches in eight days, midweek-Sunday-midweek blocks) and consequences for playoff eligibility for part-time players.\n- Consensus emerging that the majority prefer Wednesdays only with a limited number of Sundays (captains suggested roughly 3–5 per season).\n\n### Scheduling constraints and start-time distribution 13:50\n\n- Organizer reviewed historical ice inventory: prior season had 22 Wednesdays (regular season span from late Sept to early March with holiday breaks).\n- Data from last winter: of ~421 women’s games, roughly 10% were 11:00pm or later and additional slots at 10:30/10:45; combined late starts comprised about a quarter of slots when counted broadly.\n- Organizer committed to balanced distribution of late starts across teams (targeting variance control such as +/-10% of mean start-time distribution) and asked captains for preferences to define what qualifies as a \"late\" start.\n- Teams highlighted issues with 10:30/10:45 starts being effectively equivalent to 11:00pm for impacts on players and expressed desire to limit very late starts.\n\n### Parity, region (east/west) divisions and location flexibility 17:27\n\n- Organizer explained parity trade-offs when segmenting by day-of-week and region: smaller divisions reduce mixing and can impact competitive balance.\n- Captains broadly favored maintaining East/West regional guarantees to avoid long travel (teams reported potential loss of many players if required to travel across city regularly).\n- Organizer suggested options: keep region guarantees with some teams volunteering limited cross-region games for incentives or small discounts; collect team-level data on willingness to travel to inform scheduling.\n- Participants discussed division counts (2 vs 3 divisions) and noted historical feasibility of three divisions in past seasons; organizer acknowledged decisions depend on total team registrations and agreed to collect data to determine division structure.\n\n### Governance, captains' advisory committee and on-ice rules 37:42\n\n- Organizer proposed empowering a captain-led advisory committee to decide division-specific rules (playoff eligibility, exemptions, run-time vs stop-time, eligibility enforcement) rather than having the operator unilaterally set these.\n- Discussion covered policing ringers, ID checks for playoffs, consistent eligibility thresholds (e.g., games played to qualify), and how to handle exemptions to those thresholds to avoid perceived bias.\n- Participants supported delegating many format and discipline decisions to captains while operations team handles referees, timekeepers, standings and tech support.\n- Organizer recommended enshrining decision mechanisms (how committee members are selected, dispute processes) to protect the division’s experience.\n\n### Next steps, timeline for revised package and registration mechanics 58:51\n\n- Organizer committed to sending a revised package and poll/email by Wednesday that reflects the group's consensus (Wednesdays with up to three Sundays, regional guarantees) and to present unified pricing based on chosen format.\n- Registration flow: teams will get a magic link tied to original pre-registration showing updated options; teams can confirm or change selections and then pay a deposit (e-transfer preferred to avoid card fees); credit-card payments planned to be accepted soon.\n- Organizer will collect willingness-to-travel data, continue sponsorship outreach, reinvest sponsorship funds into lowering costs or prizing, and form a leadership group for ongoing governance.\n- Operational commitments: provide clearer stats on start-time distribution, aim for balanced late-start allocation, offer captain tools (fee assignment, waivers, bench apps) to reduce administrative burden, and circulate meeting recording and follow-up materials."}