CAA BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date of Meeting:April 11, 2016
Time:7:00 p.m.
Location:Chanhassen Rec Center
Attendees:Brian Benkstein, Ted Ellefson, Terre Kemble,Troy Renner, Beth Adams and Kari Swalinkavich
Additional Attendees:Beginning at 8PM, Jim and Mary Valentine attended
The meeting was called to order at 7PM.
Baseball/Softball Budget Review:
Dale Kenny presented the baseball/softball budget for 2016. He reviewed high-level numbers of where the organization stands, as well as discussed that although the number of kids participating in the program has decreased over the past 5 years, they are still in line with expectations.
Special note was made that there is about $10K of field expenses baked in the budget.
Troy motioned to approve the review, with a second by Beth.
All in favor: All
Opposed: None
The next scheduled review is in February 2017.
Boundaries:
Troy summarized the new boundary meeting held at both Chanhassen High School and Chaska High School, as he was able to attend. Biggest update in the vast majority of Carver will be gong to Chaska High School instead of Chanhassen High School. These changes would go into effect in the fall of 2017.
We also briefly discussed that sports teams can and do have different draw areas which the board feels are OK. More discussion to come has more information is available.
Scholarships:
Beth gave an update re the status of the scholarships. The group decided that Bill and Beth could make the call as to what scholarships will be awarded and provide information to Terre by April 25.
NOTE: This was completed on April 19.
Background Checks:
Discussion was had re the background check process using NCSI. Overall, this is working very well, and is easy to use. A potential issue was discussed re a parent finding out some information on a potential person to be involved in the baseball program, yet the background check came up clear.
Kari was going to help Ted through this process, as we need to be careful re the fine line differences between convicted of a crime, or accused.
The group also agreed that the NCSI charges should be allocated of each sport.
Handbook Review:
Brian reviewed the big-ticket items, based on feedback from all of us. Intent is for the next meeting in May, to review all changes and bring close to completion.
Private matter:
A private matter was discussed.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:40PM. A motion was made by Brian, and seconded by Troy.
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