Minutes of FC Bozeman Board
Meeting - March 3, 2004
Present: Sue Manfredi, Jen Gummer, Bill Locke, Rick
Sojda, Russ Walker, Bill Robinson, Kerry Hatcher
Also present:
The meeting was called to order at
8:10 pm.
It was moved, seconded and passed unanimously that the
February 4, 2004 minutes and the February 18, 2004 minutes be approved as
written.
Micro Report:
oApplications have been distributed to the normal locations
throughout Bozeman and Belgrade.
oMSU field space needs to be reserved for May 26 – June 9th.
oA referee clinic will need to be held.
oThere have been some rule modifications made.
oLisa Prugh had ordered 2 sets of pop-up goals at $120/set.
oMike Rivas and/or
oUniforms may be ordered through the Blitzz organization or
the soccer shop.
oLisa Prugh and Jenny Martin will continue to run the Micro
program this year.
oA young man will be hired to manage the fields on Wednesday
and Sundays.
oThe lining and setting up of fields will be done by a
different committee.
oNo agreement has been reached with the City of Bozeman
regarding the Bronken Fields yet.
oNo budget has been created for the Micro program yet.
Web Page Report:
oThe Web page has been turned over to EDSC. The new managers are Lisa Boden, Mark Arneson
and Bernie Green.
oThere will be details provided as to how information should
be sent to the website.
oManagers should continue to send their game results to Webmeister@bozemansoccer.org.
Registrars Report:
oJen Gummer reported that all registrations have been
completed and she is waiting to get back the card and other information from
the state.
oJen and
Head Coach Report:
oThe report was given by
oThe club is still looking to hire 2 coaches.
oErika Hinton has been retained as a mentor for the U12
Girls coaches.
oTim would like to see FC Bozeman host an indoor tournament
next winter.
oThere may not be enough money in the coaching budget to
provide warm-ups for the coaching staff this year.
oTim hopes to provide inspirational leadership with a focus
on excellence in athletics and raising the bar to the highest possible level.
oTim felt that the Zero Tolerance sessions should not be
mandatory for coaches and players. took
out the word "making"
Committee Reports:
A.Budget Development:
There was
discussion about the unstated expectation that the Micro program budget was
included in the original coaching budget given to the head coach. Including the Micro budget in the total
coaching budget does not leave enough money for the club to purchase warm-ups
for all the coaching staff. The Board
authorized any additional funds necessary to complete the purchase of warm ups
for all head coaches.
B.Facilities and
Equipment: No report.
C.Head Coach Supervision and Development:
oChris Johnson opted not to take the coaching position he
was offered.
oCoaches will be required to sign an independent contractor
contract. Some of the coaching staff was
not in agreement with this arrangement.
The committee would continue to work on this issue.
oThe committee would like to set up meeting with Tim G. to discuss ongoing issues and be more
proactive in their assistance and support of Tim G.
D.Referee Liaison:
oAnother Grade 9 referee clinic should be offered before the
start of the micro season.
oThere will be an additional Grade 8 referee clinic if the club can come up with enough
committed parents willing to attend.
oMuch discussion centered on the Zero Tolerance clinics
being mandatory for all players, parents and coaches. MYSA had mandated that all players and
coaches attend and that non-attendance should result in player cards being
confiscated. However, there are no
consequences if clubs do not follow this mandate. The
board approved that Zero Tolerance Training be mandatory for all players and
coaches. Consequences for
non-attendance would be discussed after the sessions had concluded.
E.Team Manager Coordinator: no
report.
F.Scholarships: no
report
G.Player
Recognition/Promotion/PR: no report
H.Fundraising: Brenda
Kitto has volunteered to coordinate the Bronken Fields concession stand.
I.Risk
Management: no report
J.Policy: no
report
Unfinished Business:
oNegotiations were ongoing with the Utah Blitzz. The board agreed that a draft contract needed
to be presented before any affiliation would be made. The board concurred that a contract would
need to include the following; at least one tangible benefit like an intra club
tournament, potential for Bozeman players to try out for the Blitzz Super Y
Team; a Blitzz exhibition game played here in Bozeman as a fundraising
opportunity. The board is hoping to see
a contract from the Blitzz as soon as possible.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40
pm.