The South Dakota State Soccer board met on Saturday, November 18th. The following members were present Steve Kehm, Frank Gurnick, Denise Auske, Sean Mallett, Rex Rolfing, Tony Harrison, Mike Fairchild, Tim Umfleet, Jason Wear, Dale Weiler, Jami Albrecht, Chris Pollreisz, and Tom Hilsendeger.

Sean moved to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Frank seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.

Chris Moore gave a presentation to the board.

Dale reported that he has been working on several things. They are all in his report. He just wanted to touch on that he feels communication is very important and building good relationships with associations he is still working on communicating with all associations.

Tony just wanted to add to his report that Dale and Jason have been a huge help and has done exceptional with working with him on the Risk Management procedure.

Dale reported that they have purchased a new vehicle from Billion Motors. The van has 1200 miles. They are looking for a wrap for it but still working on design and finding the right place to do it. In the new budget they are budgeting for the purchase of a future vehicle. They may be looking at a 2nd vehicle in the future. They are also looking at purchasing a 100,000 mile warranty as the time gets closer.

Tony gave some background in regards to the risk management procedure. The state has 4 to 6 thousand coaches and they would like to check a third of those coaches. The old way only a handful would be checked. They went with Sportngyn for the company to perform the background checks. To do a full check it costs $27.89. The state will be charging $10.59 per individual checked. The goal is to do at least 1700 this year. The long term goal is to check everyone each year. At this time the goal is to have a rotation to do a third over the next three years and then to do half the coaches and all new coaches until we are able to do everyone each year. The areas that will be checked are South Dakota, Wyoming, North Dakota and Iowa. If a coach is moving in from another area that state maybe checked as well. The changes to the procedure are in red and green Sean moved to approve the changes and Tony seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously so the procedure moved on to the AGM.

Dale presented a change to the performance bond. Currently it is $100. The change would be if a team drops 14 days before the event the team would be fined $500 per game. Tony moved to approve the changes and Tim seconded the motion. Motion carried and the change moved to the AGM.

There was some discussion in regards to competitive player participation. They are wanting to get player loyalty and prevent players from jumping from club to club within USYS clubs. There was lots of questions in regards to this so Dale will be working with the competitive committee in regards to this.

Dale presented to the board a possible name change. We are currently South Dakota State Soccer Association and the change would be to South Dakota Youth Soccer Association. He feels this would add to our message that we are here for the youth. Tony moved to approve the change and Frank seconded the motion. Motions passed unanimously.

The calendar was presented and Dale pointed out the date for the next board meeting.

Dale is looking at moving forward in regards to coaching education with the changes coming but he is waiting for some clarification.

Dale will be sending out RFPs for the 2018 Target United Cup and all 2019 tournaments.

Dale has been accepted to the A license coaching course. He will need a team to work with to complete the course. This would be a 1 time situation. DASC would be the logical club to provide a team for Dale to complete the course. Sean moved to approve and Tim seconded the motion. Motion passed with Frank sustaining from voting.

Tim went over the proposed the budget. He explained that they cleaned up general ledger items and made a budget for every event so it will be easier to track.

The board went into a short executive session.

Rex presented the board with the costs for the regional tournament that was in Sioux Falls this past summer. The tournament committee overspent by $3,043.09. Options were presented but the decision was made to have the local organizing committee pay the state for the amount over spent. Tony moved to approve and Sean seconded the motion. Motion passedunanimously.

Meeting was adjourned.