AYSO Board Meeting:   November 25, 2003

 

In Attendance:  Bernie Barbero, Gene Batter, Anusheh Chavez, Jack Coyne,

Kimberly Fitch, Bob Ford, Terri Garnick, Eric Haas, Keith Jobe, Brian Kersten, Mike Loy, Kevin McAuliffe, Tracy McSheery, Lisa Smoot, Kelly Winterbottom, Karin Wolfsohn, Ursula Wong

 

Meeting Notes:

 

WELCOME

Gene Batter welcomed everyone and thanked them for volunteering.

 

MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 2003

Eric made a motion to accept the October 2003 meeting minutes, Kimberly seconded.  The minutes were unanimously approved.

 

LEAGUE REPORTS

League Commissioner’s Reports:

Regional Commissioner, Gene Batter, reported that the U16 Boys team coached by Dave Goss won the League Tournament, went onto the Section Tournament and won that as well.  Frank Thayer’s team won the Sportsmanship Award.  Gene also reported that he attended a meeting regarding fields and stated that the City of San Mateo would still be permitting fields and our Region can expect to budget in approximately an additional $10,000 for fields next season.

 

Girls League Commissioner, Eric Hass thanked everyone who helped volunteer for tournaments.  Every thing went very smoothly.

 

Chief Coach, Doug Brown not present at meeting.

 

Regional Referee Administrator, Brian Kersten reported that he will need to work on volunteers for next year and he is in need of a U10 Referee Coordinator.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

Rand Potter was not present at the meeting, but Gene handed out and went over the Rand’s treasury report and Gene stated that we came in way under budget.

 

OLD BUSINESS

Season Review:

Gene stated that during the 8th week and parent had an altercation with a Referee.  Other than that, the season went very smoothly.

 

Section Meeting:

Gene asked Board Members to inform him as soon as possible if they plan on attending the Section Meeting in February 2004.

 

San Mateo Youth Sports Foundation:

Gene discussed with the Board SMYSF’s, John Shield request for a letter of support from AYSO Region 36.  Tracy made a motion to authorize Gene Batter to write a letter of support to SMYSF, Rob seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

Players Rating Review:

Gene commented on the players rating forms and said that he has received positive feedback from coaches.

 

OPEN

Parent Surveys:

Eric volunteered to collect the girl’s and Gene will collect the boy’s.

 

Safe Haven:

Eric and Keith discussed the possibility of providing Safe Haven on-line in the future.

 

 

Eric made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Brian seconded.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:25pm.

 

Respectfully submitted by Anusheh Chavez