Minutes of the
Attending: David Tye, Diane
MacInnis, Jeff MacInnis, Maureen Merritt, Sharon Pollock, Tracy Smith, Jeff
Chambers, Megan Chambers, Melissa Gray, Loren Rocker, Al Gianetta, John Barrows,
Brian Harrison, George Delacouras, Sharon Pollock, Frank Missett, Rich
Sterchele, Bob Gabel, Tom McNulty, Brian Armand, Neal Hovey, Andrea Costa,
Keith Nichols, Mark Grenier
23 people
attended the meeting.
The meeting
was called to order by President David Tye at
President’s
Report - Dave Tye
Dave
congratulated Loren Rocker on a job well done with the new travel uniforms. Several board members commented that the
uniforms look great.
Secretary’s Report - Maureen Merritt
We need to
vote on May, 2008 BOD minutes and June, 2008 tonight because we did not meet
the quorum to hold votes at the June, 2008 meeting. There was a motion to accept May and June
2008 meeting minutes; the motion was seconded; the motion passed.
Two email
votes were held since our last meeting.
The first was to approve a motion to donate $1,000 to Tom Conway’s
fundraising efforts for the North Shore Cancer Walk. The second was to vote in Meghan Chambers as
a corporate member for a vacant position.
Both motions passed without opposition.
Registrar’s Report- Jeff MacInnis for Dianne
MacInnis
There are 613 players registered for the fall. The U6 program numbers are low: 33 girls and 21 boys, compared to usual averages
of 50 and 50, respectively. Jeff
MacInnis made a motion to purchase the Sports Pilot online registration; Brian
Harrison seconded. There was some discussion. Someone asked if we would have a contractual
obligation. The answer was no. The estimated cost of $5 per registration
(which is the discounted MYSA rate) could actually go down based on how many
MYSA members join Sports Pilot. The
vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
Parent -
A parent asked the board to
consider that his daughter was wrongly placed on the travel team. He felt that she should be placed in a higher
division. The board will refer the
matter to the Travel Director (and Travel Committee) who was not present.
Treasurer’s Report – Sharon Pollock
The combined June, July and August, 2008
Treasurer’s reports were presented. Jeff Chambers made a motion to
accept the July - August, 2008
Treasurer’s Reports; motion seconded by Tom McNulty; motion passed unanimously. Jeff Chambers made a motion to accept May,
2008 treasurer’s report as presented at the June 4th meeting; seconded by Frank Missett; motion passed
without opposition.
VP Operations Report – Frank Missett
Dick’s
donated coaches’ equipment bags again.
Some new balls were purchased to replace the ones that were warped. Frank thanked Brian Harrison and Brian Armand
for putting together the equipment bags.
Brian Harrison reported on field improvements that have been completed
and final costs. A board member will have a conversation with
Jack Schmigdall regarding the $2,000 donation that we had pledged to Danvers
High Athletic Dept. for the past 3 years, totaling $6,000.
VP Administration Report – Jeff MacInnis
DYS hosted a G course and an F Course in August at the YMCA. There were 18 DYS coaches and 15 coaches,
respectively at the courses. Jeff is looking
to schedule an E course in the spring.
The YMCA is asking for a donation for the use of their gym. Jeff MacInnis made a motion to donate $500 to
the YMCA; Jeff Chambers seconded the motion.
Discussion ensued. The vote was
taken and passed without opposition. Jeff
commended Manny Lopes for recruiting U8 coaches. The Intramural coaches’ meeting was held last
Thursday. It was well attended. Jeff commended all division coordinators for
their efforts in forming teams, etc. There
will be a DYS night at a DHS high school game.
U8 boys and girls will play at half-time. MPS clinics were not scheduled for this
fall. Attendance was low at the spring
clinics. We need someone to step up to
coordinate the Intramural Tournament Committee (ITC) team formations.
Travel Director’s Report– Dave Kamens
Not
present.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Uniforms– Loren Rocker-no report
Scholarships- Janet Gargan-no report
DSSSFestival
-Jeff Chambers-no
report
Social– Sharon Pollock
Meetings
are being held on Tuesdays at
Pictures- Maureen Merritt
Sportography will be doing soccer pictures
this year. Unlike in the past, order
forms will not be given out in advance.
Instead, Sportography is offering Online Picture Registration to be done
in advance of picture day. Paper forms
will also be available the day of the pictures for those who fail to do the
online registration. Sportography has requested our entire email list for all
the players and will sign a confidentiality agreement if the board requires it.
Touchline– Bob Gilmore-no report
New Business:
DYS
Ombudsman
Dave Tye revisited the idea of creating this
board position to act as an advocate for parents who have problems with DYS. The general sentiment of the board was that
this would be a hard position to fill and instead we need a written policy in
place to deal with conflicts and grievances from parents. And the word ombudsman is really hard to say.
New
Business
Motion to
adjourn by Jeff MacInnis; seconded by David Tye. Meeting adjourned at
Minutes
taken by Secretary, Maureen Merritt