Jr Pacers — Control Center

🔒 Internal — Chris only · strategy notes · updated July 13, 2026

Private thinking behind the Aspire ↔ Jr Pacers arrangement. None of this is said to the board — the board only sees the high-level items on the agenda. This is the record of why.

Aspire ↔ Jr Pacers — the decision

• No money moves, either direction. Aspire donates all digital assets in-kind; in exchange, sponsor recognition at the 🏅 Playoffs level ($1,000 value) in lieu of paying cash. This is the cleanest structure — it sidesteps self-dealing entirely. Chris is not charging the club and no money flows to Chris (that's the exact "shady" optics he wants to avoid).
• Chris stays on the board — not resigning. Resigning would make it worse: it loses the value of his seat and converts an insider donating time into an arm's-length vendor, which invites more scrutiny, not less. The right posture is stay + disclose + recuse + minute.
• Tax: do not try to deduct donated hours. Services aren't deductible and forgone profit never is (the baker deducts the flour, not the loaf). Deductible = hard costs (domains, hosting, software) + treating the exposure as a marketing expense. Confirm the mechanics with the CPA. Do not bill the club.
• Asset framing: jrpacers.org is a community youth-sports hub provided by Aspire Digital — not an Aspire commercial property. Aspire's commercial home stays madebyaspire.com. Any future paid/commercial elements (ads, paid listings) live on the madebyaspire.com side; jrpacers.org stays community + sponsor acknowledgments only.
• Ownership is not stated publicly. Chris owns jrpacers.org (the club never bought it; it reimbursed the ~$10 jrpacersfootball.com a couple of years, not recently). He gets to set the hub direction because he owns it, but he informs the board rather than asserting authority out loud.
• Hub direction: points outward to the community's programs; featured content rotates by season; football/cheer are not permanently front-and-center.
• Cheer domain: jrpacersCheer.com is confirmed available. Chris pays out of pocket only if Kali sees cheer growing into its own program beyond football; otherwise cheer stays on the main site.
• Trademark: dead. Not pursuing "Jr Pacers" — it's the shared Delaware Pacers district identity, multiple clubs use it. Dismissed, recorded in the 6/22 minutes, no follow-up. Do not raise again.
• Dittmer: on hold (Chris, 7/13). Comfortable with Aria advising + Chris deciding for this class of item; revisit engaging Dittmer later if something grows real legal/tax teeth.

Carry items NOT on Natasha's agenda — your call whether to raise

Natasha's official agenda supersedes ours. These were on our version and she didn't include them. I kept the board agenda aligned to hers, and moved these here for you to decide: raise under Open Floor tonight, or defer.

• ⚠️ Sadler insurance renewal (due 7/30) — I re-added this one to the board agenda as a safety-net flag. Season-critical: no coverage = no season. Pull it if you'd rather handle it with Tylor offline.
• Bylaws reconciliation / re-engage Dittmer — TJ takes office Jan 2027; clean docs matter. (On hold per above.)
• Ohio AG charitable registration — portal flags out of compliance; follow-up sent, awaiting reply.
• 2027 leadership / nominations — VP + Secretary seats open; start a real process.
• FY2027 budget — waiting on Kevin's FY2026 bank statements.
• Policies first read — CoI / SafeSport / document-retention drafts.