BBFC Board Meeting Minutes November 2, 2005
Present: Mark Clawson, Bill Locke, Russ Walker, Kerry Hatcher, Dick Prugh, and Jen Gummer
Also Present: Chris Beausoleil, Jeff McGuire, Andy Hansen, and Sue Manfredi
Meeting called to order at 7:05pm.
October 5 minutes were approved.
Micro:
Report was submitted by Sue, with multiple suggestions for changes involving team formation, uniforms, volunteers, name of program, and referee training.
Board voted unanimous support of changes.
Discussion of Micro affiliation change from MYSA to SAY (www.saysoccer.org). There are several advantages to SAY, including significant financial savings (~$4000) on insurance and more coaching training.
Unanimous vote to change from MYSA to SAY insurance for the recreation program only. Competitive program will remain with MYSA.
Admin/Registrar:
Report submitted by Jen listed registrations (300) and possible team numbers (18 to 22). Discussion of allowing younger players to register as long as possible, as long as there are openings available on teams (no change in policy from past).
President:
Bill reported that he attended a Chamber of Commerce Tournament Committee meeting, and did not feel that the Chamber would be of much help with the state tournament. Suggestion was made that perhaps the Chamber could help identifying businesses that would be willing to contribute to advertising for the tournament. Bill agreed that he would pursue this with the Chamber.
Head Coach:
U13 and below evaluations are done. Chris was excited about the skill levels of these players, and stated that they are a great bunch of kids.
Chris presented an outline of how he sees the coach compensation to be distributed. Coaching salaries will vary between $1000 and $3000 depending on license, experience, and performance. At the same time, he presented an early draft of coaching assignments. Lengthy discussion ensued regarding club policies on coaches placed with teams, especially regarding coaches who have been with teams for two years or more. Discussion was tabled until a later date, but will be followed up on as soon as possible.
Ref Liaison:
Jeff, Ryan and Jack will schedule 4 classes-two full certification and two recertification. Especially for the full cert classes, they will only do the classes if they have 15 people or more in them; they will be scheduled on weeknights rather than weekends to try to increase accessibility. A “bridge course” will be held to upgrade from Grade 9 (recreational) to Grade 8, and no more grade 9 courses will be taught. We have a significant pool of grade 9 referees from past Micro training.
Jeff pointed out, that we will have issues with older groups and not having referees for them, in the near future. He suggested that teams not be scheduled if they do not have two referees available at all games. Jeff also made the suggestion that each team have a higher minimum requirement for number of referees, which is currently at two.
Team Manager: no report
Fundraising: no report
Risk Management: no report
Policy: no report
Adam Bronken:
Concerns voiced about the conditions of the fields. Bill Locke said that he would talk to the parks department about this.
State Tournament:
There is a committee in place, to oversee the state tournament issues. Next meeting is November 16th. Dick is taking care of the logo, which the design for is due Dec. 1.
Board openings:
There have been seven people who have expresses and interest for the five open positions. Jen will contact all of them for a brief statement. Once these have been received, ballots will be sent out to the members. Jen asked for help with addressing envelopes, etc. for the mailing.
Board Meeting adjourned at 9:10pm
Executive Committee called to order at 9:15pm for discussion of Disciplinary Action.
Meeting adjourned at