In Attendance: Mark Anderson, Bernie Barbero,
Gene Batter, Anusheh Chavez, Jack Coyne, Peter
Frankel, Eric Haas, Keith Jobe, Tracy McSheery, Dan
Nelson, Rand Potter, Karin Wolfson, Ursula Wong,
Donna Young
Meeting Notes:
WELCOME
Gene Batter welcomed everyone and thanked them for
volunteering.
A
correction was made to the August minutes in that Barbara Black was in
attendance. Bernie made a motion to
approve the minutes,
League
Commissioner’s Reports:
Regional
Commissioner, Gene Batter spoke about issues that arose at the Area
Meeting. One of those was that the
U16/U19 red cards have increased.
Second, there will be ¾ play at the Area
Tournament for U10/U12/U14. Also, Gene
received an e-mail from Michael Lindberg regarding a Spring League and asked
that Board members not distribute throughout the AYSO League.
Girls
League Commissioner, Eric Hass has nothing to report at this time.
Chief
Coach, Doug Brown has nothing to report at this time.
Regional
Referee Administrator, Brian Kersten stated that
everything is going well with minimal complaints.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Rand Potter handed out a cash flow report to Board
members. He stated that there is a
little over $105,000 in checking and savings.
VIP League
Update:
Jack
Coyne updated the Board on the VIP League.
He stated that they currently have 7 registered players and they are
playing every Saturday. Scores donated
uniforms to the program and Jack is continuing to recruit for more players.
Season
Update:
Gene
gave the Board a season update and spoke about the following:
*Los
Prados field will be closed during the winter season
to repair the conditions of the field.
*A
situation came up in which a referee was not allowing children to take water
breaks. Brian Kersten
sent out an e-mail to the referees informing them that this is not only ok, but
recommended that they let the players have water breaks. Should you have issues with referees, please
refer those to Brian and he will follow up.
*The
Clothes for Kids program is progressing nicely and there have been great
responses.
Picture
Day/Yearbook Update:
Gene
and Board Members congratulated Karin Wolfson on a
most successful picture day! The day
went very smooth and pictures were taken on time. Good job Karen!
Ratings
Committee Update:
The
committee will meet on September 25th from 7-9:30pm.
Coaches/Participants
Surveys:
Tracy
asked all Board members to let him know if you’d like anything added to the
Coach’s Survey.
Hillsdale
High School Field Situation:
Gene
advised the Board that for the 2004 season, we may loose the practice fields at
Hillsdale. He also asked the Board to
remind that the Hillsdale fields are school property and that everyone needs to
help in picking up garbage and keeping the fields clean.
Tournament
2003 Schedule:
Gene
passed out a proposal for the U10 Tournament Schedule. Board members reviewed it and agreed that
there should be two (2), 5 minute overtime periods before a shoot out.
Mark
discussed the possibility of changing the registration form to include the
following question – Do you have any other soccer experience (include CY and/or
AYSO)?
Eric
made a motion to adjourn, Rand seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm.
NEXT
BOARD MEETING – October 28th at 7pm, Hope Lutheran Church