Minutes
Board of Directors
February 7. 2001 

• Present: Kate Beck, Dave Bowen, Steve Birrell, Tom Simkins, Jacobus Hollewijn, Ray Dore, Gordy, Tim Owen, Myles Watts

• Ex Officio: Jeff McGuire, Anita Palmer, Mark Bryan, and Rob Mauws

• Guests: Carson Taylor, Jenny Schmeiding and other parent and player

• Call to Order: Dave called the meeting to order  at 7:05pm

• Agenda: An agenda was not prepared

• Minutes: Minutes were mailed or E-mailed (attachment #1) to board members.

• Treasurer’s Report: Jeff  distributed the Balance Sheet 2/6/01 (attachment #2).

• President’s Report:

  • Dave reported the date of the annual meeting has been changed to 3/21/01 7-9:30 pm at CJMS cafeteria. Members will be notified by mail, and the date will be put on the web site.

  • First games are 3/31/01.

• Coaching Administrator Report: Steve distributed “Notes from the MYSA State Council Meeting-January 27^th”(attachment #3) and reviewed the  tournament dates. Steve also distributed “Poll of Teams” ( attachment #4) which documents  regionally bound teams.

• Referee: Referees needed for games and tournaments were discussed. Forms are due April 24 for state. Dave suggested Jacobus and Rob try to recruit referees who would like to participate. Rob reported 4 new referees were certified. FC needs about 27 referees - the next clinic date should be in the newsletter. He is continuing to work on a candidate for his replacement.

• Micro Report: Lisa distributed Micro Soccer 2001 Proposal (attachment #5). A motion was M/S/P to have Lisa be the micro director. Lisa reviewed the proposal. Discussion followed about expanding to “mini micro” for  6-7 year olds. Requiring micro parents to be referees for the 6-7 year olds was suggested. Lisa plans on using MSU fields. The fee is $60. Dave requested a budget for micro for the next meeting.

• Team Formation: 

  • Anita reviewed registration of each age level. Discussion followed about the best way to divide teams in the older age groups U16, 17, 18, 19. Discussion was tabled and will be continued after the meeting adjourned. There may be some U16 who haven’t registered.  A motion was made seconded and passed to have Chad Bailey(?) and Keri Werner coach U18 girls.

  • Discussion continued about playing up. A motion was made to have open tryouts for U16,17, 18 and make a U17 and 18 team requiring all U16, 17, 18 player to try out for this team. Dave reported players cannot be required to play up. The club allows an option to play up but cannot require a player to play up. He reported he cannot have a motion that is in conflict with club policy. A motion M/S/P to form a U17 and U18 boys teams to the state, this would allow more time up until tryouts for U16 and U17 to elect to play up.

  • Scholarship Committee Report: Gordy reported the committee recommends approval of 2 scholarships $200 each out of the Labert fund. A motion was M/S/P to accept the recommendation.

• Equipment Purchase: A motion was M/S/P to authorized Gordy to spend up to $500 to purchase equipment per his discretion.

• Software:  A motion was M/S/P to pay $119 for the software Anita needed.

• Next Meeting: The next meeting of the Board will be held Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. in Willson School Room 120.

• Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.