AYSO Board Meeting:      July 23, 2002

 

In Attendance:  Gene Batter, Susie Batter, Blair Brown, Anusheh Chavez, Bill Hastings, Keith Jobe, Brian Kersten, Kevin McAuliffe, Dan Nelson, Sandy Walker, Ross Weir, Kelly Winterbottom

 

Meeting Notes:

            WELCOME

Gene Batter welcomed all those present and thanked Susie for joining us at this meeting.

 

MINUTES FROM JUNE MEETING

Keith made a motion to approve the minutes, Kelly seconded.  Minutes from

June 2002 were unanimously approved.

 

LEAGUE REPORTS

 

League Commissioner’s Reports:

Regional Commissioner, Gene Batter thanked the Division Coordinators for a terrific job on the roosters and a special thank you to Ken Outzen to working diligently to get everyone off the waiting list.  Packets are almost ready for hand out.  Gene also announced a reoccurring issue recruiting coaches for U14 and U16 divisions.  He asked the Board to come up with ideas on how to maintain coaches for these two divisions.

 

Coach and Referee Administration Report:

Doug Brown reported that he conducted a very successful youth clinic, with 10 graduates.

 

Brian Kersten reported that all the team parent classes have been scheduled.  Brian has sent a list of all the classes to Gene Batter.  Gene created a flyer to hand out to all parents for the need for referees.  Brian stated that he has set the two practices games for refereers and he has also set the referee b-bque.

 

Ross Weir reporting for the U16/U19, thanked Gene and Eric for the administrative help during registration.  He stated that there is a record number of kids in the upper division for boys and girls.  The boy’s area is full. There is 1 U19 team and 2 U16 teams.  The girls U19 is full with 1 teams and there are a couple of openings in the U16, which is 4 teams.

 

TREASURER REPORT

Rand Potter handed out a copy of the Treasury Report.  He reported that there is about $94,000 in the checking account.  We will have expenses this month of MLS Coaching Books and uniforms.  He stated that we are right about on track from last year.  A new account will show up named “Tournament Uniforms.”

OLD BUSINESS

 

Registration & Team Formation Update:

Gene handed out a 2002 Team Update and stated that last year we had 1960 registered kids, this year we have approximately 2100.  Gene stated that in Boys Under 12 and Boys Under 10 a decision was made to approve 10 on the field, 13 on each team to maintain the ¾ play.  Keith made a motion to approve 10 players on the field with 13 on each team in both BU12 & BU10, the motion was unanimously approved.

 

Kids Zone:

Kelly made a motion to give authorization to Eric Haas to spend up to $1400 on “A” frames posters.  Keith seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.

 

Picture Day Update:

Picture Day is scheduled and is all set for September 8th, 2002.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Rules Clarification:

Gene talked about offsides and it was agreed that in U10 offsides would be called from the first game on.  He also talked about the issue of wearing bandanas and it was discussed and decided that a bandana is not appropriate to wear for soccer.

 

Yearbook:

Gene discussed yearbook choices.  Brian made a motion to approve 1 yearbook with a black and white cover, Keith seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.

 

Coach’s T-Shirts:

There was a discussion on whether we should get T-shirts made for the coaches this year as we have done the past 2 years. The bill for these is around $2500 if we use last years design, it is approximately $3000 if we switch to a new design. Blair made a motion to get t-shirts for coaches with a new design, Kelly seconded and it was unanimously approved.

 

OPEN DISCUSSION

            None

 

 

Meeting was adjourned at 9:30pm

 

 

Respectfully submitted by Anusheh Chavez

NEXT MEETING:  Tuesday, August 27th, 7pm at Scores Restaurant in San Mateo