Attending the meeting were:

Tom Conway opened the meeting by introducing Sandy Lewis. Sandy provided some background information on the Smith School Playground Project and made a request for a donation from DYS. After Sandy left, the board approved a donation to the project given the relationship between the Smith School facilities and the DYS Intramural program over the years.

The April minutes were approved.

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The March and April Treasurer’s reports were approved.

Final registration numbers for the U7-U10 Spring intramural season were announced. There are 697 intramural players, which when added to the travel program of 548, means there are 1245 players in DYS !

Registration will be held at Danvers High School (either Room 101 or the high school cafeteria) between 6:30 and 8:30pm on the following nights:

Tuesday, May 29

Thursday, May 31

Tuesday, June 12

Thursday, June 14

Labels have been produced for the Salem State Soccer camp and those will be mailed to households by Salem State.

Ed Wisniewski and David Tye have graciously stepped up to become co-directors for the Travel Directors position. Jeff Chambers will be transitioning his duties to Ed and Dave during this spring season.

DYS will be holding tryouts to form select U12 and U14 travel teams for the fall 2001/Spring 2002 seasons. Tryouts will be held at Gates Field, RAIN OR SHINE.

Girls: Sunday, June 3 and Monday, June 4

Boys: Sunday, June 10 and Monday, June 11

U12: 6:30 to 8:00 PM

U14: 5:00 to 6:30 PM

There will be a travel committee meeting prior to June 3^rd to discuss the process and communication to be used this year. This meeting will be coordinated by Jeff, Ed and Dave.

Thus far the Spring Essex County season is off to a good start for Danvers teams.

VP of Operations Report:

The DYS intramural season started without any major issues.

The DYS intramural season started without any major issues.

Phil Sullivan brought the board up to date on the player development plan being used.

Game evaluations by a professional coach

Team Clinic the night after the game

A general clinic to be organized for identified areas requiring improvement

By May 5^th, 12 teams will be covered

Possible areas for a general clinic : possession, confidence on the ball, communication and closing down a game

Looking into hosting a Renegades game @ Deering Stadium, Danvers. Possible date will be June 7^th. Keep your eyes out for more information on this.

 

All DYS families should have received the Spring Edition of the Touchline this past month. Thanks to Tom Guidi for a great job - again !

We welcome as many DYS parents as possible to volunteer. If interested in helping out contact Janet Gargan or send an email to dys@theglobe.com

This years tournament will be the BIGGEST and BEST yet !

Participating teams have been finalized

Registration for the tournament on Friday evening (May 25^th) will be at the Middle School Cafeteria, 5:00 - 8:00 PM

Scheduling is almost done and will be on the DIT official website May 18^th (http://www.tecsolutions.cncdsl.com/dit2001.html)

Volunteers will be called shortly

Hartnett's Car Wash will be sponsoring this years Sportsmen Award.

Scheduled DIT Committee Meetings are Wednesday, May 9th; Tuesday May 15th and Wednesday May 23rd. All meetings will be at the Danvers Plaza Super Stop and Shop conference room at 7:30pm.

 

As mentioned earlier, Ed Wisniewski and David Tye have graciously stepped up to become co-directors for the Travel Directors position. To accommodate this, and possible other co-Directors, the bylaws of DYS need to be changed. Tom Guidi, Esq. and Dave Clarkson will review and propose changes at the next board meeting in anticipation of formally voting in Ed and Dave.

Minutes taken by Al DeBenedictis - Meeting ended at 9:50 PM