Bozeman Blitzz Futbol Club Board Meeting Minutes
Offices of Prugh and Lenon
December 7th, 2005

Present: Dick Prugh, Russ Walker, Dave McGlynn, Jeff McGuire, Chris Beausoleil, Bruce Cole, Bill Locke, Dawn Sturman, Jen Gummer

• Meeting called to order at 7:15pm
• November minutes were approved with no changes.
• Committee Reports:
  • Referee Liaison:
    • There was a clinic held in November, with 15 referees becoming recertified.
    • There will be another recert clinic held on Dec. 20th at the library. Referees have been notified of this clinic by email.
    • Jeff and Jack are willing to come to team meetings (parents), if any of the teams would like to talk to a referee. They will schedule at least one full certification class, but would need to have a minimum number of people (15?) to hold the class. They will take care of the fees and reserving the room.
  • Micro: Report was distributed
  • Admin/Registrar: Report was distributed
  • Head Coach:
    • Chris has been going to team meetings, hoping to let the parents know about his vision for the club: smaller teams so that there is more playing time, age group coaches, coaching curriculum, seasonal plan for the club.
    • At this time, three teams need coaches: 2 U12 girls’ teams, and 1 U12 boy’s team.
    • Chris will make tournament recommendations to each team.
    • Chris would like this club to host a tournament this summer.
  • Budget/Treasurer: No Report
  • Facilities and Equipment:
    • AYSO used permanent paint at Bronken this fall.
    • New painter needed, Russ was instructed to order one.
    • Russ suggested that one person be responsible for goals and handling the coaching equipment.
  • Team Manager:
    • Most teams have managers in place. There will be a manager meeting in January. New team manager manual is in place.
  • Risk Management:
    • There is a new Risk Management policy in place, in addition to written policies regarding goals and lightning.
  • Election of officers:
    • As a result of the election conducted in November, the following new board members were elected (in order of votes) Mark Clawson, Bill Locke, Dave McGlynn, Andy Hansen, and Bruce Cole.
    • Bill stated that he would like to exercise his right to choose the length of service, and asked that he have one of the 1-year terms.
    • Motion to elect Bill Locke as President passed unanimously.
    • Motion to elect Dick Prugh as Vice President passed unanimously.
    • Mark, Dave and Andy will have 3-year terms on the board. Bill and Bruce will finish the 1-year terms of past board members (Russ and Sue).
• Adam Bronken:
  • Dick suggested that we schedule a work day (or days) to clean up Adam Bronken in the spring.
  • Interior work on the building should be completed soon.
• State Cup Tournament: Committee will have meeting in early January.

Meeting adjourned at 9:25pm.