Present: Pam McCutcheon, Carson Taylor, Jen Gummer, Bill Locke, Tim Owen, Phil Rotherham, Rick Sojda; Tim Guenzler; Dane Gamble, Dick Prugh
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.
Moved, Seconded and Passed (MSP) - Approval of minutes of June 4
Bill circulated notes from discussions involving Tim Guenzler, Pam, Jen, and Bill. We proceeded to discuss these and other issues relating to the Head Coach position:
Tim G. foresees the following changes from the present Club:
Dick asked if each Club team had to play at the "A" level. The answer is "no", it is largely a semantic issue. During the scheduling meeting all teams in a certain age group typically play others in that group regardless of level; the AA/A split only really applies to the choice of in which season-ending tournament to play. Dane asked how many years would be represented in each Elite team - the answer won't be known until tryouts. Dick commented that one advantage to the elite teams is that there is no ceiling for accomplishments of strong players. Dane asked if out-of-town players would be recruited - Tim G. responded that he hoped not! [It didn't work well for the U19B team last season.] Another advantage to the Elite/Club team formulation is that all teams could be composed almost entirely of local players. Rick asked about coaches - Tim G. responded that it looks better than last year because a couple of additional qualified people have been identified.
Phil stated that the State Champion U16G team, lacking competition in-state, was already booked into several showcase tournaments and had asked Ric Plante to coach at them; everyone agreed that that was within the scope and intent of Tim G.'s plans. This did not imply that Tim would assign Ric to that team full-time for the next season, as he has already coached them for several years and as Tim is intending rotating coaches for ALL teams.
Bill stated that a budget had not yet been finalized, which seemed like an important issue for the new Head Coach.
Phil introduced a discussion of Workman's Compensation (which we in the past had required coaches to waive) based on the recent State Supreme Court decision. We agreed that we needed more information, both from MYSA and an attorney specializing in situations similar to ours. Bill volunteered to contact a local specialist in labor law.
Dick Prugh was nominated and seconded as a replacement board member; there being no other nominations, he was unanimously approved - Welcome, Dick!
Carson listed the policy issues for consideration this summer, no additions were suggested.
Tim O. volunteered to recruit individuals to work with the Club, especially among "underrepresented groups" (girls teams and younger teams).
We discussed a new slate of officers. No candidates surfaced for the positions of President and Vice-President. Bill offered to serve as Secretary (in addition to Treasurer and Webmeister) - MSP (unanimous).
Rick moved acceptance of the notes as a concept and requested a Position Description and a contract for Tim G. MSP (unanimous.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:04.