Minutes of the Danvers Youth Soccer October Board Meeting
October 2, 2002
Attending: Chip Moore, Tom Guidi, Mike Gilbert, Larry Davis, Neal Hovey, Bruce Ocko, Ed Wisniewski, Brett Amico, Tom Conway, David Tye, Frank Pellino, Bob Gabel.
12 people attended the meeting.
Secretary's Report
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"DYS Intro" will be put on website shortly. Quorum not present to approve Sept. minutes.
Treasurer's Report
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September activity reported.
Quorum not present to approve Treasurer's report.
VP Admin's Report
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From notes provided by VP admin (not present) and read by Tom Conway:
Program with Topsfield U10's working well. Positive feedback from both towns.
Jeff Chambers will be at gates 12:30 Sunday to give coaches keys and make sure they can set up nets.
Topsfield has decided to close Landfill fields for the rest of the season on the remote chance that the 4 kids
reporting rashes were in fact caused by something at the site. They have opened 2 new fields at the Emerson School.
U7 boys reformed to 8 teams of 8 from 6 teams due to late registrations.
U8 Girls now rostered at 15 per team. Permission was give to move to 7v7 format because of roster size. Parents objected to reforming from 4 teams to 6. U8 girls teams will be reformed for the Spring Season.
Feedback requested from the BOD with regard to post-fall coaches meetings and re-rating kids/reforming teams as well as forming an "Intramural Committee" comprised of VP Admin, Registrar and at least the age-group coordinators. This committee would assist in team formation, etc. Comments may be sent to Jeff Chambers by email. [Secretary: The drift of the discussion was that the Intramural Committee is an excellent idea and should be implemented. Many board members were skeptical about re-rating kids and reforming teams over the winter, given the difficulty DYS has in getting even one good set of ratings per year.]
Thanks to everyone who responded regarding desired positions for the next BOD. Ballots still open, people are encouraged to email Jeff Chambers if interested. The most glaring need is Treasurer.
Travel Director's Report
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From notes provided by Travel Director (not present) and read by Tom Conway:
2 October was the last night to make roster changes, we ended up with 1 U14 girl and 5 U14 boys we could not place on teams.
ECYSA is looking for a treasurer. They may not want another Danvers resident on the board.
Registrar's Report
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1 new registration in the past week, so it looks like the tidal wave of registrations is over. Total of 120 late registrations since mid-August. Suggestion was made to send flyers to the various schools and to improve the communication in general so this year's scramble will not be repeated.
VP Operations
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6 kickbacks (practice goals) were ordered.
A pickup truck is needed to move equipment from the old garage to Plains Park, contact Larry Davis if you have one the league can borrow for a few hours.
The goals at John George should be moved around for practices (not always placed in the same location) so the goal mouths can be rested.
Committees: Pictures
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From notes by John Barrows read by Tom Conway:
According to Captive images the number of kids doing pictures this year was in line with last year. A few complaints were heard regarding conflicts with Sunday AM pictures and CCD. Most of the teams that had problems were rescheduled.
Committes: Touchline
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Not yet back from the printer. Will go out in the next few days and be posted on the Web.
Committes: Intramural Tournament Committee
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No problems to report.
Next meeting is Nov 21, 7:30 pm at the Maple St. Church. It will be a combined board meeting and AGM
Meeting adjourned 9:30 pm.
Minutes taken by David Tye.