P a g e 1 Monroe Soccer Club Meeting Minutes February 28 th, 2011 I. Call to order Janice Duffy called to order the regular meeting of the Monroe Soccer Club at 7:30 p.m. on February 28 th, 2011 in the Jockey Hollow Cafeteria. II. Roll call The following persons were present: Name: Team/Function: Name: Team/Function: Janice Duffy President Luke Nugent (rep) U-9 B Thunder VP Mike Moniz (m) U-9 G Explosion Corey Schneider Treasurer Pru Murray (m) U-10 B United (2 teams) Lya Schulz Secretary Vince Scott (rep) U-10 G Stingrays Jim O Brien Coaching Director Donna Konkol (m) U-11 B Warriors Communication Dir. Matt Young (rep) U-11 G Wildcats Ron Hooker Equipment Coordinator Lana Quincy (m) U-12 B Storm Lana Quincy Field Coordinator JoAnn Bisesi (m) U-12 G Tigers Scott Quincy Field Maintenance Dir. K. Mokakry (rep) U-13 B Hurricanes Anthony Esposito Rec Plus U-13 G Larry Matthews Referee Coord. absent Rob Williams (m) U-14 B Fury Aaron Bahamande Boys Registrar Donna Konkol (rep) U-14 G Xtreme Anita McCarter Girls Registrar Ron Grabowski (m) U-15 B Lightning Brian Purdy AYSO Rep - absent Donna Konkol (rep) U-15/16 G Flames U-16/17 B Celtic Reminder, teams not represented at MSC meetings will be penalized as per the existing guidelines in the MSC By-Laws III. Secretary s Report: Submitted by Lya Schulz The following motion was made by Pru Murray and seconded by Mike Moniz. Approve the Minutes of the Monroe Soccer Club January, 24th Meeting as presented. The motion passed by a show of hands. 1
P a g e 2 IV. President s Report: a) Spring Team Proposals and Team Meetings Team proposals for the Spring season were due today. Aaron and Anita have submitted documentation for all teams. All team managers should plan and hold team meetings as soon as possible. Lya Schulz will send an e-mail with reminders for all managers. Team meetings should cover current volunteer openings on the MSC board, review of the Power Savings of CT fundraiser, and practice times/ days for the Spring season, which will begin April 10, 2011. b) Candidates for open Positions No candidates for the Treasurer Position, Vice President, or the Communication Director have been identified. Janice Duffy has officially placed her name for consideration as President. All other positions will be re-posted on the website, and voting for President will take place under New Business. c) Meeting Attendance Janice reinforced that attendance at monthly meetings is mandatory. Each team must be represented by their manager, or a representative sent by the manager. This is done to ensure that teams are aware of the current activities/obligations of the club and the teams, and to make sure that the concerns of all families in MSC are represented at the meetings. Per the by-laws of MSC, teams must attend at least 70% of the meetings (7 meetings) per year. Any team in violation of this rule will be fined per the fee schedule adopted in October, 2010 (attached) V. Treasurer s Report: a) Spring Fees Janice reminded all managers that Spring fees are due no later than April 15 th. The fee schedule remains as adopted in October 2010. b) Auditor Janice asked the board to consider that as we are ready to seat a new Treasurer, and we have a new Secretary and President, that we have an independent auditor review the bookkeeping records for the past year. The idea was discussed, and it was decided that we would ask the former treasurer if he is willing to act in this role. Further discussion will be tabled until his answer is received. VI. Coaching Director s Report: a) Coaches Meeting 2
P a g e 3 Jim reminded all managers that the coaches meeting will be held March 10, from 8-9PM at the Sports Zone. All coaches and managers are required to attend. b) Player Evaluations Jim will conduct player evaluations for all teams recruiting new players. All evals will be done on March 10 th. Evals will be held for the U-9 Girls, U-11 Girls, and U-14 Boys. VII. Referee Coordinator s and Advisor s Reports: No Report VIII. Communication Director s Report: No Report IX. Field Coordinator s Report: a) Indoor Skill training Lana reported that all is well with the indoor training sessions, except that there was no heat last week at the Sports Zone. She also reported that we may be able to secure for future seasons, training space at the indoor facility in Stratford, and may be able to hold a skills clinic there. She will continue to look into it. b) Field Lining The U-9 and U-10 teams will be responsible to line the same fields as the fall season. Chalk Hill will be lined as a double field, with one full field, and a small field perpendicular to the large one. The large field there will be used as last resort, mostly for Rec Plus games. c) Practice day/time requests All requests for practice days/times are due immediately. If you have not already done so, submit your requests ASAP. X. Maintenance Director s Report: a) Field and goal conditions Lana reported for Scott, that the fields are thawing and draining well. The sprinkler company will be contacted in the next weeks to inspect the sprinkler systems. 3
P a g e 4 XI. Rec Plus Report a) Miscellaneous Anthony reported that registration for Rec Plus will be held on Friday, March 18 th, 2011 at Monroe Elementary cafeteria with AYSO. The fee schedule is as approved. We are looking forward to being able to field several teams, and have added 4 th grade to our young co-ed team. We are hoping to be able to field a more competitive team, and get more kids involved. XII. Old Business: a) PO Box Janice suggested that we are in need of a new PO Box. Lya Schulz will look into details. b) Summer Try-outs We will need to implement a system for try-outs for the Fall season. Jim and Janice will seek input from the coaches at the coaches meeting on March 10 th, 2011. c) President Vote XIII. New Business: The following motion was made by Ron Grabowski, and seconded by Ron Hooker: Approve Janice Duffy as the new President of the Monroe Soccer Club. The motion was approved by a show of hands. b) a) Patches Ron Hooker has requested to order more club patches for tournaments, as well as American Flag patches for Uniforms. Rob Williams made the following motion, seconded by Pru Murray: Allow Ron Hooker to investigate pricing and purchase both club patches and American Flag patches. The motion was passed by a show of hands. b) Pinnies Anthony Esposito has requested pinnies for Rec Plus teams. Ron Hooker will look into what pinnies are available or purchase as necessary. Pinnies are also stocked in the JoBoxes. Scott Weiss has keys, but these boxes are controlled by AYSO, not MSC. 4
P a g e 5 c) CPR CPR classes will be held by Heather Lawrence in the Spring. The cost of the class will be $5 per person. MSC will cover the cost for one person per team. This person can be the manager, or another parent. Anyone else wanting to take the class will pay for themselves. d) CT Cup All teams must register for CT cup themselves. Registrations are due no later than April 1 st. Rosters are not required for team submission, but will need to be submitted as noted on the CJSA site. XIV. Adjourn: Janice Duffy adjourned the meeting, based on a motion from Pru Murray which was seconded by Mike Moniz. Minutes submitted by: Lya Schulz 5