Minutes of Bozeman Blitzz FC Board meeting,
PRESENT: Bill Locke, Bill Robinson, Dave McGlynn, Mark Clawson, Andy Hansen, Bruce Cole
ALSO: Terri Murphy and (late) Chris Beausoleil, Jen Gummer
The meeting was called to order at
We discussed the issue of a group of U11B players who did not register with the Blitzz but would like to play as a group, scrimmage the Blitzz team, and possibly attend tournaments as a Blitzz team. We could not see any way to accomplish all of those goals given the State rules and Club philosophy regarding 8v8 developmental play of evenly balanced teams at that level.
We moved (Dave)
seconded (Bill R.) and passed approval of the minutes of January 4.
While Jen and Chris were at a team meeting, the Board discussed the President’s Report, which included a plea for more coach recruitment, a plea for more effort to find land in the valley for fields, a warning of street construction (again) near fields (Durston, this time), and a summary of changes in rules of competition from the recent MYSA meeting. The major changes involve the nature of U11/12 play (entirely developmental) and rules intended to increase the quality of competition through State Cup and Regionals.
In the Administrator’s Report, stresses on the teams and Club from players who resign after team formation were discussed. A policy will be formulated this summer to reduce that behavior. All teams have had meetings, all managers seem outstanding, and communication with teams and members appears to be at its best point in recent years.
Chris also emphasized the efforts (ads, coach contacts, parents) being made to fill the final 3 or 4 spots on our coaching roster. He discussed contingency plans for the near and distant future in the event that we cannot fill those slots. Practices will be scheduled using senior coaches in the near future, and some coaches may have to be spread thinner during the season as well.
Committee Reports:
Finance: The new QuickBooks is up and running, and most data entry has been completed. A comparison to the budget will be available next month.
Facilities: All goals have finally been removed. We will ensure that we have a new painter and a full complement of coach bags in the next month.
Coaching: (see above)
Tournament: We have committed to using CJMS and MSU fields for the state tournament. It will cost more than the state budget, but teams have agreed to find corporate sponsors for the fields to cover the additional cost. Team assignments to hotels have gone well so far.
Micro: No report, but registration has begun!
Referee Liaison: No report but recert and new certification clinics are scheduled for mid-February and early March, respectively.
Policy: The need to reduce withdrawals after team formation will be addressed next summer. The need for a policy (short- and long-term) for team sponsorships was discussed and preliminary investigations are underway. It was suggested that we require the Blitzz logo on all player uniforms in the future. The reasons for the present (team-by-team) policy were discussed and anecdotal information that neither the embroidery nor the patches were uncomfortable to players last year was shared.
We moved (Bill R.)
seconded (Mark) and passed that the Blitzz Board meetings be moved to the
fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 PM (starting this month), with the place to
be decided later.
The meeting was adjourned at