North Sound Youth Lacrosse League General Board Meeting Minutes:
December 2, 2014
Present: Chad Johanson (Monroe), Joe Hoppis (Bellingham), Maureen Rowland (Skagit), Ben Hagglund (Stanwood), Tom Fridge (Edmonds), Chris Ames (Snohomish), Brooke Hartly (North County), Nate Morris (Providence); call in Dave Fosth (Mukilteo).
Absent: Everett Representative
Meeting call to order 7:06
Meeting minutes approved: Motion to approve, Chris Ames, second Joe Hoppis. Passed
Budget Report: $5481.00 Nate was asked to bring a print out of the budget for the January board meeting.
Anticipated 2015 expenses: Referees, Scheduler, Web fee, Insurance for board and Arbiter
Estimated Cost:
Referees: $13,500.00
Scheduler: $2000.00
Arbiter: Brooke will double check on fee
Insurance: $375.00
Website: $$450.00
Honor of the Game stickers will now be the responsibility of each club. Brooke will send out the graphic for the stickers.
Old Business:
WALOA Contract:
WALOA will attend our January board meeting.
There was discussion of the Refs Bench Program and possibly implementing it this season throughout the clubs. It could increase the cost of the refs during the season, but we could take it from our own funds. Everyone was inagreement that it is something we should look into and the pros would be extremely beneficial to all of the clubs in the league.
On February 28th there will be field training for the referees. Brooke asked if all the clubs would be interested in hosting a small jamboree to train more referees. . Each club representative will follow up with their boards and respond back in the next few weeks to start to plan this event. Chris Ames is looking into field rentals for this event so the NSLY can host a small jamboree. Interested 5/6 and 7/8 teams from each program would be invited to attend
Handbook of Polices and Rules (Rosters)- Finalize Revisions:
Revision to 7.4.3: 2 time outs per ½
Pre-Season Coach’s Education Night – January 29th, 7 p.m.:
Maureen secured the Burlington Library for January 29th to host the annual Pre- Season Coach’s Education Night. Brooke asked each representative to think about topics for the meeting. Maureen will contact a Physical Therapist or Orthopedic Surgeon to give a presentation on injury prevention. Ben will email out old agenda from last years meeting to help with ideas.
New Business:
2015 Budget:
See Budget Report
Program Overviews:
Each club representative gave ashort overview of their program. Some details included: boundaries, fundraising, 501c3, quality of play, structure of board and organization, internal and external help, history, volunteers, levels of play offered within the organization, rental equipment, fees, coaches pay and overall structure and function of program.
Other Rules and Revisions:
Coaching Criteria:
Discussion was had on what each program requires of their coaches before they are allowed to start the season. After discussing the pros and cons of the WA State Patrol Background Check vs. the National Background Check (which most of the clubs use) a motion was made by Ben to change the rule to require each coach to get a National Background Check instead of a WA State Patrol Background Check. Motion to approve; Joe Hoppis, second Brook Hartley. Passed
There was also discussion of the lack of level 1 physical training coaching opportunities in the state that were close by and on a regular basis. Ben offered to host training for boys and girls coaches if it was available. Brooke said that she would look into it.
Capping Team/Sideline Numbers:
Table this item until our February meeting.
Other:
Edmonds Lacrosse Club submitted their application for membership into the NSYL. Dave Fosth motioned to approve them into the league; Ben Hagglund second. Passed
Friday Harbor still has not submitted their application. Brooke has tried to communicate with them, but there has been no response. She will continue to try. If they do not submit their packet it was mutually agreed upon that teams would try to play games against their club to give them a partial season.
An email was reviewed and discussed of a situation about an unapproved team in the SSL region, and the reasoning behind it’s denial into that league.
Current NOCSAE Helmet Policy and how it is affecting clubs. Each club is going to have to decide how to handle the situation at this point in time until Cascade or Warrior discloses immediate risk factors of the two helmets.
Meeting adjourned 9:00 pm
Next meeting: 7:00-9:00 pm Tuesday, January 6th @ the Stanwood Library