AYSO Board
Meeting: March 26, 2002
In Attendance: Alvaro Agorio, Bernie Barbero, Gene Batter, Doug
Brown, Anusheh Chavez, Jack Coyne, Peter Frankel, Eric Haas, Bill Hastings,
Mark Hoffmann, Keith Jobe, Brian Kersten, Tracy McSheery, Rand Potter, Ross
Weir, Kelly Winterbottom, Scott Worthge
Meeting Notes:
WELCOME
Gene Batter welcomed all those present and thanked
everyone for volunteering.
Minutes from February 2002 were unanimously
approved.
League Commissioner’s Reports:
Regional Commissioner, Gene Batter reported that
he has new picture vendors and would like to get together with Tracey to review
them.
Eric Haas, reporting for the Girls League, stated that he has a new Assistant Division
Coordinator for the Girls U10.
Coach and Referee Administration Report:
Chief Coach, Doug Brown, reported that they went
through the first Coach’s Clinic and stated that there are three more Clinics
coming up. The dates of the upcoming
Clinics are April 13th, April 20th and May 4th,
and anybody interested in helping with those Clinics, please inform Doug. Additionally, in June and July there will be
a Youth Clinic for children who are new to soccer and who would like to learn
about all the skills. Doug also stated
the Area is holding Intermediate Clinics which will be held in Foster City and
San Carlos. Doug will send out the dates
of the Clinic to the Board so they can pass that information along to their
Coaches. Gene Batter also added that at
the Area Meeting, they announced that they are making an effort to try and hold
some of these intermediate and upper level training classes for everyone so
that other Regions can ban together to get more attendance. Once Gene received information on that, he
will forward it onto Eric, so that it can get forwarded onto the Division
Coordinators immediately and let them inform everyone.
Gene stated that at the Area Meeting they have
made a decision to change some things in the way U19 and U16 are running
their games. They are adopting the fans
on one side and players/coaches on the other side. They are also working on finalizing neutral
referees in all U19 and U16 games. Each Region is going to be asked have a
traveling team of referees.
Brian Kersten reported that the Area has a website
www.ayso2n.org and Brian suggested that we link
to that website. Brian also commented on
the early registration for Referees and that a notice was sent out regarding
the refresher classes and AR classes.
The Area class and the Assistant Referee classes are set. Gene stated that Area did set dates for both
May and August for anyone interested in upgrading to Area.
Rand Potter handed out a copy of the Treasury
Report. He reported that the checking and
savings totals $24,000 and reported that he moved $20,000 out to cover expense
for the first part of the year prior to registration and for the 2001 yearbook
costs. He reported that there would be
about $3000 in expenses for the Section Meeting and about $1500 for Gene to
travel to the National Meeting. Eric
Haas reported that he did some research and that the cost of the Coach’s
Manuals costs $400, not $4000 that was originally stated. A motion was made to approve the treasurer’s
report, and it was unanimously approved.
Calendar Changes/Updates:
Gene stated that one registration date was moved
due to lack of space. Gene stated that
in the future, better planning needs to take place with regards to registration
and dates have to planned in advance because it is getting more difficult to
find a location. The registration date
was originally scheduled for Wednesday, May 15th and has now been
moved to Thursday, May 16th at Bayside Middle School. Gene also stated that everyone’s help in
needed to manage the first registration date, May 11th, at Fiesta
Gardens. Gene will be e-mailing out a
final 2002 Calendar this week.
Coaching Clinics Updates:
Gene stated that the first Coaching Clinic was
held on March 23rd and went very well. Doug stated that since there was a low turn
out for the first Clinic, more in attendance is expected at future clinics and
if you are interested in helping, let him know.
Eric informed everyone that the PCA clinic was well accepted by all in
attendance and the surveys that were returned were very positive. Eric will note the comments and send out to
everyone. Gene stated that registration
is still open to referees and no one will be turned away for late registration.
Bay Meadows Update:
Gene reported that Bay Meadows probably will keep
the racetrack open for another year.
Section Meeting Awards:
Gene reported that our AREA won a gold award and our REGION won a
platinum award.
Section Meeting Update:
Gene stated that our reps for the Section Meeting
in Portland, OR on March 8th were well behaved and that the meeting
went well.
Kids
Zone:
Eric Haas gave a presentation of the implementation proposal of Kids Zone and asked that each Board Member take the information that was handed out and review it. The proposal will be discussed at the next Board Meeting.
New
Computer System:
Gene
Batter talked about how things are changing and how AYSO’s Business Computer
System is going live. When he gets more
information, he will inform the Board.
Camps and Training:
Gene stated that our Region has had many
invitations for Soccer Camps and talked about how he will be meeting with the
rep from the MLS camp. He will report
back at the next Board Meeting.
Solicitations at AYSO Functions:
Jack Coyne talked about how it has been AYSO’s
practice to establish a table at registration where vendors can come and drop
off their information. With this, there
aren’t any solicitors hanging around at registration and the families have the
option of picking and choosing what information they would like to have.
There was in depth conversation about recognition for volunteers who don’t have children in the program. It was suggested that a page in the Yearbook be allocated to recognize those volunteers who donate their time, but have no children in the program. This topic will be discussed at the next Board Meeting.
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, April 23rd, 7pm at Scores Restaurant in San Mateo