AYSO Board Meeting:   September 23, 2003

 

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.

 

MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 2003

A correction was made to the August minutes in that Barbara Black was in attendance.  Bernie made a motion to approve the minutes, Rand seconded.  The minutes from August 2003 were unanimously approved.

 

LEAGUE REPORTS

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.

 

OLD BUSINESS

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.

 

NEW BUSINESS

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. 

 

OPEN BUSINESS

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.

 

Respectfully submitted by Anusheh Chavez

NEXT BOARD MEETING – October 28th at 7pm, Hope Lutheran Church