Minutes

FC Bozeman Board Meeting – February 5, 2003

Board Members Present:  Jen Gummer, Jeff Pearce, Jack Dockery, Bill Locke, Rick Sojda, Phil Rotherham, Carson Taylor, Tim Owen

Others in Attendance:  Pam Smith, Steve Birrell, Jeff McGuire, Dede Taylor, Pam McCutcheon

Meeting called to order at 8:50 p.m.

NOTE:   MSP – Motion, Seconded, Passed

MSP – Unanimously approve January 8 minutes

MSP – January 30 Special Meeting Minutes approved

• Micro – Lisa not present

• Web – Nothing to report

• Registrar – About 280 registered to date

• Heads of Coaches – Rick and Tim not present – Rick is out of town and Tim is attending a team meeting

• Budget Committee – Nothing to report

• Annual Calendar – Group has not met

• Heads of Coaches Supervision & Development –

• Heads of Coaches were supposed to submit written reports of their budgets to the Board by February 1.  Tim Guenzler has submitted his report.  Have not received one from Ric.

• Referees –

• Referee Fee Proposal was submitted as part of the record.  Should report be reviewed for next meeting or approved tonight?  Tim O. – At the State Meeting it was suggested that we stick with the state schedule.  Discussion was deferred to next meeting.

• Club is still looking for an assigner.  Looking for a MSU student who will be here for a while to work with Jack Dockery this year and then take over next year.  With Jack doing the assigning, he will really need to find someone to help with the fields.

• Team Manager Coordination –

• Jen and Phil had a Team Managers’ Meeting.  They explained how they did things and answered questions from the team managers.  Jen had a packet prepared for each team manager.  A good meeting and a pretty good turn-out for a very snowy evening.

• Scholarships –

• Committee did not meet this month.  There have been requests for discussion – need to have deadlines in place.  Policy committee should discuss and set up scholarship deadline.

• Player Recognition –

• Pictures and write-ups needed on club players who are now playing college.  Robin Owen will work on this.

• Fundraising – Nothing to report

• Risk Management – Martie resigned from the Board.  Carson was helping Martie.  Martie has said that she would continue to help Carson.  Someone from the board needs to take this on.

• Policy – Nothing to report.

New Business –

1. U15B status - There is a team.  Adam Olson is the coach.
2. 17-18B status – Mike Skaggs will be the new coach.
3. Coaching Line-up - Klay Carroll will be coaching the U11 girls.  There are 22 girls signed up.  Brendan Dore will be assisting Klay.  There will be a second assistant also.  The 11s will be playing 8v8.  The state has promised that for this year the U11’s will be scheduled in one town per weekend.
4. “Where They Are Now” idea for the web – Robin Owen has volunteered to do this.

Rick Sojda reported that Tim G. has signed coaches’ contracts – Tim G., Mike Rivas, Chris Beausoliel, and Jacobus Hollewijn

 

MSP – Adam Olson be approved as U15B coach replacing Colin Hardwick, approve Jacobus Hollewijn for the U11B coach, and approve Mike Rivas as the U17-18B coach.

5. Winter Practice Schedule – There are some teams practicing.  On the boy’s side only Chris B. has asked for time.  All girls’ teams are scheduled except for Roc P’s.  There’s weekend time, but he’s away most weekends.  There will be some weeknight time later in February and March – late evening times open.

F.  Uniforms - On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Tim and Ric had numerous phone calls with Rick Obbink, the Puma rep.  Dependability of delivering, especially Puma jerseys was not there – products that would keep us in the price range already established for the club.  Marta had to get club order in.  Per Carson’s motion from last month’s special meeting, if hw had to make a decision before tonight’s meeting, then we would stay with the original decision of December 1.  By an email vote (6 for and 2 against) the club colors are black, white and red.  A lengthy discussion followed on club colors and when and where the third color could be worn.  Current uniforms are the club colors of black and white.  Uniforms are Adidas. 

MSP – (5 for, 3 against) - For alternate jerseys, any purchases subsequent to this date, the third color will be red in the same style as the current dark uniform.  We will temporarily suspend out policy that we do not change policy in the middle of the year.

The U19 team will not be allowed to wear their red jerseys at in-state games.

Discussion on a transition to red/white uniform as club uniform and allow people to wear their blacks.

Not Passed – Motion to change the club colors to red and white this year and allow teams to wear their blacks.

U15 Girls’ Uniforms – Steve Birrell and Jeff McGuire presented request for U15 girls.  Team wants to wear their old Kelme uniforms this year.  In what we just voted on, this would be an exception.  Official club uniform is Adidas.

Not Passed – Motion to allow U15 girls to wear Kelme uniforms this year.

Dede Taylor presented a request for the U17-18 team.

MSP – U17-18 team will be allowed to wear team colors, but they may buy less expensive t-shirts.  They will look at purchasing Adidas.

6. Resignation of Martie Stewart from the board.  Her letter of resignation was submitted as part of the record.  Tim O. asked that Bill L. put this on the web. That this will be an agenda item for the next board meeting.  Anyone interested should come to the meeting and be prepared to make a short presentation.
7. Discussion of adding Pam McCutcheon as Team Administrator.  Pam has also asked to be considered for the board.

MSP – Motion to create Club Administrator position and accept Pam McCutcheon as Administrator.  There is no job description for this position at this time.

Bronken Fields –

There is no longer a Bronken Committee.  The city will not allow us to play on these fields until the parking lot is done.  Brian is working toward this goal.  Brian needs help – Phil would like to donate his time to help Brian with this.  Let’s do it right!  Tim O. will talk to Brian.

Good of the Game –

Tim O. requested that someone else needs to take over the next meeting.  Phil Rotherham will do this.

I can’t remember what time the meeting adjourned – something like 11:30 pm!!!