Duke City Soccer League
August 15, 2007 Minutes
Call to Order by Ron Espinosa at 7:35 pm at the Duke City Soccer League Office.
Attendees:
Ron Espinosa (Pres), Chuck Harmon (V Pres), Kevin Malone (Treas), Dave
Seidel (Coach Admin), Bill Nordin (Ex Dir), Kathi Tero (Ops/Reg), Mike Stone (AUFC), Russ Zeigler
(AUFC), Jorge Beraun (Classic), Sam Maes (Classic), Greg Heileman (NMR), Corey Cruz (NMR), Jason
Moran (RVFC), Woody Woodhouse (RVFC)
Guests:
Gary Bauerschmidt (Sandia Cup), David Earhart (AYSO)
Approval of Minutes: Motion to accept by Mike Stone, seconded by Greg Heileman, motion passed.
Introductions: None
Reports
President: Ron Espinosa – None
Vice President: Chuck Harmon- None
Tournaments:
Gaylord Sheppard: None
Sandia Cup: Gary Bauerschmidt reviewed the 2007 Budget. Gary explained the decrease in
teams for past several years in the U-10 through U-12 teams due to small sided. ODP teams have already
committed to participate in 2008. Web site will be updated soon. Sandia Cup would like to see a dual
track of 8v8 and 11v11 in the U-12 age group. Jorge Beraun motioned to give Sandia Cup permission
to offer a dual track at the U-12 level based on data attained from other NM Tournaments, Russ
Zeigler seconded, motion passed.
Management Report: Bill Nordin
 Special Ranking Meeting results were explained dealing with the teams that moved up and down
in age groups.
o Mike Stone had concerns on affect of moving of some teams up or down in age groups
have on other teams in the schedule (added teams to U-13 bracket will hurt the U-14
schedule).
o Dave Seidel wants to have set criteria for the ranking of teams.
o Greg Heileman doesn’t see teams getting better games unless they move up in age group.
o Jorge Beraun would like to see coach’s schedule more scrimmages if they want better
games.
Bill will put together a meeting in October to establish criteria for teams to play up in age group.
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October 20, 2007 at 4PM is the Women’s National team game at UNM.
Discussion on reduction of DCSL fee for teams that want to participate in the Metro Schedule and
FWRL. Corey Cruz motioned the fee for teams participating in FWRL and four games in
the Metro Schedule be reduced to $45.00 per player, seconded by Woody Woodhouse,
motion passed.
Duke City has been asked to host Far West Regional League games in spring 2008. Greg
Heileman motioned to apply to host the FWRL, Russ Zeigler seconded, motion passed.
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Deadline for Newsletter is August 20, 2007.
Farmers Insurance Complex has a broken pump.
ADO goals are up. Dirt is available at ADO for filling holes.
BFP will be used by PSA in November and December.
Rule Changes for 2007-2008. Offside will be called for U-9 and U-10’s. U-18’s will now be
allowed to register to 22 players and roster 18 to play a game.
Kathi Tero and Bill Nordin to explore online registration front-end systems. Jorge Beraun wants
teams to go through DCSL and not NMYSA to register.
Treasurer:
Kevin Malone
2006 – 2007 Year end Financials were reviewed.
2007 – 2008 Budget was presented, Corey Cruz motioned to approve the budget,
seconded by Dave Seidel, motion approved.
Coach Admin: Dave Seidel - None
Referee Admin: Jerry Garcia (not present) – None
District Commissioner Report: Jorge Beraun
 Jorge needs a mission statement, vision and strategic plan from NMYSA and would like DCSL
do the same.
 NMYSA wants sponsorships, grants and 5v5 tournaments to increase revenue.
 Role of District Commissioners was discussed at length at the APM. District Commissioners
have requested that clubs do not go directly to NMYSA with concerns and NMYSA supports that
decision.
 Club registration directly to NMYSA was discussed at the APM. NWRGL and DCSL do not
want direct registration because of economic impact to Leagues. NMYSA proposed a new
League that would register directly with NMYSA so they could have their own State-wide
Schedule.
 NMYSA will provide more communication through their web page.
 Matrix for Risk Management was formalized at the APM.
NWRGL: Not present-None
New Business:
 Mike Stone would like to increase the entry fee for Gaylord Sheppard due to the increase in
referee pay.
Motion to adjourn at 9:05 by Corey Cruz, seconded by Dave Seidel, motion passed.
Next meeting October 17, 2007, 7:30PM