AYSO Board Meeting
6 November 2014
Attendees: Ursula Grove, Simon King, Lisa Sheffield, Susan Rossetti, Patrick Streeter, Tom Mason, Crista Green, Jim Green, Jeff Fisher, Michael Gravel, Allison Callahan (Area 5C Auditor), Patrick Willis, Mike Hannan
Coaches: Steve Benko, Steve Benson, plus a few more.
Called to order at 6:31
- Treasurer
- Balance - $141,847.14
- Regional Commissioner
- We are hosting the State Tournament
- November 15 – 16
- Art Hundiak had a heart attack at the Area Tournament
- Bob Bradley did CPR and the doctors have said he did save is life
- Challenger Trainers
- Do we want them for Spring and/or Fall
- Ursula Grove Comments
- Doesn’t like their business practices
- Questionable use of AYSO addresses
- Questionable ad
- Summer Challenger shouldn’t be in competition with AYSO summer camps
- We also shouldn’t be responsible for advertising for them
- Doesn’t think they should be taking over coaching teams almost entirely
- Would like us to consider bidding out spots for other companies
- Tabled for Old Business
- Section Conference in Knoxville Feb 6-8
- Let Susan know by end of year if anyone is interested in attending
- Tournament Director
- Went well for the most part
- Two Red Cards
- Refereeing had a lot more last minute sign ups
- The main complaint was the referee assignment and ref point systems
- Coach Admin
- Vote for interim coach admin
- Steve Benson
- Jeff Fisher
- Simon King
- Steve Benson has been selected
- Team Ratings
- Jeff presented an example of how out of balance a division was
- How to rate players is not being taught to the coaches in training
- Tabled
- Ref Admin
- Registrar
- Indoor fees
- $30
- $20 additional if they didn’t play in the fall
- Spring fees
- $35
- $20 additional if they haven’t played fall or indoor
- Spring will be mail in only, no walk ins
- Scheduler
- Has initial schedule
- Still tentative since we don’t know exact number of areas/teams coming
- Indoor Coordinator
- James Clemens
- No response from administration
- Field would just be tape, which works well
- Liberty
- Suggested starting date is 17 January
- Same rules as last year
- Simon proposes artificial turf for 5 – 10 year old courts (at Liberty)
- Price is high
- Schools might not be able to charge
- Simon worries we’ll lose a political battle if we get access for free
- CVPA
- All are registered as of now
- Indoor will need a resource assessment
- Equipment
- Need to bring in goals
- Safety
- Thanks for turning in incident forms
- Select
- U10G – Joe Mullins
- U10B – Pete Woods
- U12G – Doug Rossetti
- U12B -- Simon King
- U14G – TBD
- U14B – Kevin Worcester
- U16G – TBD
- U16B – Brent Grove
- U19G – TBD
- U19B – TBD
- Issues on the Floor
- Steve Benko
- Player Evaluation System
- High lack of data on players
- Proposes doing a trial tryout session within 3 divisions (the ones his kids are in)
- Volunteer Incentive System
- VIP
- Stevie-B’s has offered to have a VIP night for AYSO
- Everyone who says they’re here for AYSO that night, 20% of their proceeds go to the region
- Date is TBD
- Section wants every region to donate a basket for an auction to benefit the VIP players
Motion to Adjourn:Susan, second Simon by 8:16