Tuesday, March 18, 2014 In attendance: President Beth Hayes Director of In-House Marty Hayes Vice President Tammi Graf Boys Travel Steve Reyes Treasurer Heather Holland Girls Travel John Daniels Secretary Regina Peterson Director of Public Relations Kevin Graf Director of Schedules & Referees Pete Meckes Ambassador of Tournaments Tom Hatfield Gail Hatfield Director of Tournaments Ken Janosek and John Loftus Registrar Mike Rollins Director of Fields Matt Steinmetz Meeting was brought to order by Mike Rollins at 8:05 p.m. Closed Action Items from February meeting: Approval of March meeting notes Open Action Items: Fall 2014 Uniforms for Travel teams Announcements: Important Dates: NOSO Travel Games to start April 13, 2014 Decisions: Vote for Fall 2014 Uniforms by May 2014 Board Meeting 2014 Schedule of Events Dates NOSO Cup Meeting 4/8/2014 NOSO Travel begins 4/13/2014 Challenger foot skills training 4/14/2014 5/19/2014 NOSO Soccer Camp 6/9/2014 6/13/2014 Challenger Soccer Camp 7/21/2014 Page 1 of 5
2014 Newsletter Schedule Notional Important Websites: NOSO: www.nososoccer.org; Ohio North: www.oysan.org Beth Hayes, President: Fields being requested by Kicker, Excalibur, Concordia Olmsted Falls asked to use fields for 11 vs. 11 game Westlake to use fields for Memorial Day Tournament Apparel ordered Listed on NOSO website o $24.00 for hoodies o $10.00 for shorts Ordered In-House jerseys Multiple sizes Tammi Graf, Vice President: Fundraiser for NOSO Cup only Heather Holland, Treasurer: Financials are done and up to date o P & L with expenses by detail Challenger camp o 28 registrations o Trainer to be set up next to registrations for NOSO at NORC to talk about camp o Challenger to send email to all contacts o Go to community to set up posters o 5000 posters to be passed out o 1 scholarship for a participant raffle scholarship Registrations on Saturday Drawing in May for all participates Add to website Regina Peterson, Secretary: Confirm Travel teams to know about mandatory uniforms o Black shorts o Black socks or orange/black tiger socks February minute notes to be updated and forward to Kevin Page 2 of 5
Kevin Graf, Director of Public Relations: NOSO website has several updates Registrations online available for In-House Shirts, hoodies, shorts posted on website Was working with boy scout to work on Coca-Cola trailer o Boy scout no longer available o Trailer moveable? o Approach North Olmsted city about moving trailer Unable to assist o Contact companies to fix trailer o Fix before paint Challenger to come on Mondays o 4 hours to use per night o Start April 14 th May 18 th / May 19 th Could start as early as April 7 th o $200 a night up to 4 hours for at least 5 weeks o Rain days could reschedule with another coach o How should groups be scheduled? 5:30 6:00 Pre K 1 st 6:00 7:00 2 nd 4 th 7:00 8:00 11 years and up John Loftus and Ken Janosek, NOSO Cup: Registration for NOSO Cup has 10 teams Email blast to be sent out again Price change April 1 st Heather reviewing for sponsorship Need help with advertisement o Contact prior advertisement to see if they would like to advertise again Contacting Business of Commerce o Email blast to all local businesses for possible sponsorship Coaches reception to be handled by John Volunteers for registration night o Need an organizer o Beth to help with organizing Field Marshals o Collect game cards o Check-in o Balls are received o Call in scores o Referees are at fields Page 3 of 5
o One main field marshal plus additional volunteers to work in shifts o Spot checks for player cards, children on rosters o Instructions will be provided to field marshals Teams o Flyers to be given to travel directors to pass out to teams o Steve to forward to all travel directors around local cities o Handing out to travel teams NOSO plays against Next NOSO Cup meeting April 8th Matt Steinmetz Director of Fields: May have to order dirt o Will call and bill to NOSO North Olmsted City states will update bathrooms o NOSO to paint flooring or miracle stone flooring New signs on field o Numbers and possibly sponsors for advertisement Tammi to call North Olmsted to determine sign requirements 5 weeks of paint left o Paint may need to be ordered for remaining season o Will order in bulk, which the company will store and deliver when needed Bay teams to join NOSO Cup Tournament / NOSO to join Bay Cup Tournament Mike Rollins, Registrar: Registration dates are set up Online registration will not be set up for Spring 2014 session o Ohio North has advised not to add new players o PDF registration form can be emailed NOSO registration set up at NORC NOSO In-House REC league will have one night game Forms need to be sent to school and NORC Flyers for school will be sent on Thursday o Steve to talk to Athletic Director of NOHS to get flyers to school quicker Steve Reyes, Boys Travel Director: Saturday, February 22 nd deadline for schedule changes o Boys Travel Contact Pete for field scheduling Page 4 of 5
John Daniels, Girls Travel Director: Attended AASL bracket meeting o Finalized bracket and initial game times Game change request have begun moving smoothly First travel games 4/13/14 Pete Meckes, Director of Referees & Schedules: Travel schedule plotted Rearrange fields for In-House but schedules set Referee class set up at NORC Marty Hayes, Director of In-house Coaches: No Report. Tom and Gail Hatfield: June 9 th June 13 th for NOSO soccer camp Motion to close Mike Rollins, 2 nd Heather Holland With no more business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm. Page 5 of 5