Present: Jen Gummer, Bill Locke, Mary Anne McGuire, Bill Robinson, Kerry Hatcher, Tim Guenzler, Dick Prugh, Dawn Sturman, Sue Manfredi
I.Call to order:7:08p.m
II.Approval of January 12, 2005 Minutes was unanimous
III.Micro Report
·Sue informed the Board of her discussion with Amy regarding expectations and duties of the Micro administrator. Amy made it clear to Sue that she would not be in charge of goals and field lining for Micro. Amy also won’t be the administrator unless she gets the pay that she asked for. The Board discussed different options of how to go about having the Micro program be administrated so that we knew all duties would be covered. The salary split between the administrator and Micro Head of Coaches, Suzanne Kaplin-Jones, was also discussed. The split of pay has to stay within the total budgeted administration/coaching budget of $3000. Sue Manfredi is willing to organize Micro at this point, making sure duties are covered by finding volunteers to help. She and the Micro committed will decide on the pay for Suzanne as Head of Coaches. Discussion of what to pay Sue or someone else as administrator will be decided by the Micro Committee. The Micro Committee will also write job descriptions for the Head of Coaches and the Administrator of Micro.
·Tim G. reported that Micro season runs from 3rd week in April to the 1st week in June.
·Micro applications are online, at the Bozeman Swim Center, Universal Athletics, and The Soccer Shop.
·Micro teams will be available for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.
·Suzanne has scheduled coaching clinics for micro. The clinic dates and times are on the applications.
IV.Administrator/Registrar/President’s Report
·Jen G. reported: 26 coaches at the E clinic – 18 were from the FC Blitzz
·Bill Locke is still waiting impatiently to schedule Bronken field usage for spring 2005
·Bill Locke submitted a proposal to the City Parkland Improvement Fund for $55,000 to match $30, 000 of fundraising and $25,000 of at cost and labor donations to finish the building and the parking area at Adam Bronken memorial complex.
·Bill L. hopes the next proposal will be a LWCTF proposal to develop fields toward Belgrade.
·Bill L. stated that risk management was the theme at the semiannual State meeting. He is having the Board review a list of Do’s and Don’ts. Bill feels that we need to establish the idea that everyone in our club is responsible even though bad things sometimes happen.
V.Head Coach Report: Tim Guenzler
·Thanked Bill R. and Jen for their help so far this season in hiring coaches and organization.
·All but 3 coaches are licensed. By the time the season starts all will be licensed.
·Ric Plante did a great job teaching the E clinic.
·Erica Izard, goalkeeper coach, also did a fantastic job
·We have a very coachable group of coaches this year.
·Tied for most coaches in the state.
·It’s an honor for our club to be able to have Billy McNichol (LA Galaxies) and Chris Agnello (Blitzz) from MLS teams help us.
·Should be a great season
·Over the next 4-5 years our U11-U12 teams will develop into very good teams.
VI.Committee Reports
A. Budget Development/Treasurer Report: Kerry Hatcher and Terri Murphy
·Terri M. is concerned about the fact that 1099s were due by Jan. 31st but she has not sent them out because she still has no idea what was coaching fees and what expenses were above and beyond coaching, such as hotels.
·Terri stated that this year she will only give contract pay on the 1099
·Terri will inform managers so that next year will be easier.
·Kerry H. talked about fundraising. He met with JD at Universal and they will have equipment/apparel on the web and at the concessions for fundraising purchases. Andrea Pierce and Julie Rodriquez will also help with this fundraising.
·Provided the school district will allow, we will also have concessions at Babcock this spring.
B. Facilities & Equipment: Bill Robinson
·Game balls have been ordered for all teams using part of the $5000 stipend from PUMA.
·Jen Gummer stated that she has 4 volunteers to set up goals this spring
C. Head Coach Supervision & Development
·Warm-up jackets, polos, shirts and turf shoes will be ordered for coaches out of the $5000 stipend received from PUMA.
·Coaches will be informed that Bozeman Blitzz FC supports ODP and players should not be penalized at practices for attending ODP events/practices during pre-season or when ODP events were scheduled prior to a club event.
D. Referee Liaison: Jen Gummer
·Re-certification
scheduled for February 19th
·Full
referee certification is March 5th and 6th
·Jeff McGuire will be Referee Liason since Mary Anne decided not to.
E. Policy: Sue Manfredi
·The issue of players quitting post tryout will be discussed in policy during the summer of 2005
VII.New Business
·Bill R. suggested that the Board discuss a name change for the Bozeman Blitzz with Chris A. since the affiliation is changing to the Real. Many Board members like the Blitzz name and don’t see a need for a name change at this point.
VIII.Unfinished Business
·Bill L. is trying to get access to one field per day at Adam Bronken for practices this spring. With so many teams, we are short practice space.
·Dick Prugh presented the “Parent Code of Conduct” contract. Kerry motioned approval of the contract and Mary Anne seconded the motion, with unanimous approval. The contract will be given out at the Zero Tolerance meetings.
·Bill R. wants to have “Player Commitment” contracts at Zero Tolerance also.
IX. Good of the Game
·No news
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m