May 18, 2004

 

Call to Order:  Dan K. called the meeting to order at 6:10

Roll Call :  Present – Dan Kumetat, Sophia Meyer, Dan Vielhauer, Steve Schaffer, Steve Langley, Hosea Bostic, Cathy Ivazes

Acceptance of Minutes:  Steve S moved to accept, Steve L 2nd.  Approved. 

Committee Reports:

Treasurer: Monthly report.  Hosea, Sophia & Dan K will meet to develop a new chart of accounts that will make it easier to publish financials at the AGM.

District Meeting:  No district report.

Class I:  Only 1 team, winter U15.    

Metro:  13 teams.  Will start training in June.  On our tournament, we have 16 teams registered already.

Registration:  We need to download the new WinReg program for this year.  Dan V will buy popup tents, that we can use for other events also.  Recipients of scholarships will need to sign up to do volunteer work.    

Referee:  We have a possible referee coordinator, John Burnside.  Dan will set up a meeting with him. 

Coaching:  The E clinic was a success, although 1 coach cancelled, 2 didn’t show, and 2 got temporary licenses. 

Fields:  Hennessey’s last bill was for $10/hr for the camp.  Steve S to see why this went up.  Can we put a storage box at Sierra College, to at least put the flags and some paint into?  Steve S to look into.

Uniforms: Two Options:  1) Go to an MLS uniform since Hi 5 might not be a good long term alternative.  2)Go with the Hi 5 uniform.  Have  Samba purchase the uniforms thru MLS.  We can get the points then to use for equipment/etc. and will enable us to keep the uniform at the same price.

Dan V moved to go with option 2 and look at option 1 for 2005.  Steve L 2nd.  Open discussion:  Since Hi 5 is not a good long term alternative, we have to start moving toward something else.  Dan V modified his proposal to start with option 2 with the U6 teams this year, and phase this in over the next 3 years based on the success of the process.  Approved.

Club Uniform:  Dan V moved to adopt the Liverpool as the home jersey and the Madrid International as the away jersey.  Steve L 2nd.  Approved. 

Girls Program: Does Auburn have a U16 league?  We have a team interested. 

MLS:  Date July 12-16 & 19-23.  For 10+ players, the fee is $1200.  We’ll be able to get the online curriculum for our coaches to use. 

Meeting adjourned.

Minutes Submitted by Sophia Meyer