CYSA District II April 22,1998 Minutes Attendance Home Board Information Tournaments Newsletter Feedback Jeff Stanga, Commissioner Dave Mann, Assistant Commissioner Mel Dutra, Registrar Ed Erginsoy, Treasurer Dave Mann, Coaching (Acting) Adrian Rodriguez, Recreation Valerie Todd, Tournaments Dave Morton, Referees Dick Mussallem, Morgan Hill Complex Steve Wincor, Communications Ana Kielbasa, District Cup Chair Jack Salvemini, ODP Calendar Sites Leagues Rich Suess, Mt. Hamilton YSL Bruce Ball, C3PL Dale Deg, South San Jose YSL Tom Quirk, Central Valley YSL Jim Domke, Sunnyvale Alliance YSL (V.P) Paul Vargas, West Valley YSL (New Pres.) Craig van Keulen, Orchard Valley YSL Merijane Lee, District Spring Soccer Dan Perera, Santa Cruz YSL Luis Mora, Central Coast YSL Bruce Renati, Redwood City YSL Dean Adams, Los Gatos YSL Tim Timon, Santa Clara YSL Paul Gallegos, North Valley YSL Bob Joyce, De Anza YSL Guests Terry Pipp, District II Spring Coordinator G U15-U19 - Half Moon Bay United I. II. III. IV. V. Mike Farant, DeAnza Registrar\ Meeting called to order at 7:35 p.m. Guests introduced themselves. Lucy not in attendance. Steve Wincor taking meeting minutes. Quorum established. Ed Erginosy presented Jeff with a District II gavel. It was noted that it was very effective in keeping the meeting in order. Minutes of March meeting were reviewed. The corrections were made to the web-based minutes. Rick Nelson received the Volunteer Award, Bob Joyce the Merit Award. North Valley phone number for Paul Gallegos is 254-0318. Minutes approved with the above changes. Registrar Report 1. Rejection forms were handed out for leagues that were present. The forms need to be corrected ("Red Lined") in the next two weeks. The forms need to be returned to the D2 Registrar. A floppy of the corrections can also be supplied to the Registrar in conjunction with the hard copy forms. 2. The above task must be completed in order to close out the year. 3. A new Kreg program is required for '98 - '99 season it is version 3.8. Mel will be handing these out to those successfully closing out their year. 4. Mel has brought with him Single Event Player Forms, Player Passes, and Parent Pamphlets for those requiring them. Please see Mel following the meeting. 5. Total registered players for D2 is 19,860. This number is not accurate since Almaden is missing over 1,000 of their players due to technical glitches. Once all figures are tallied Mel figures the total should be around 22,000. 6. An order has to be placed for Team Manuals and Game Cards. Mel will figure this amount out and verify with Jeff. Tournament Director Report 1. The Tournament Calendar is now released. It should be available on the D2 web site this coming weekend. Corrections to the D2 schedule will also be listed on the web site. These mistakes have been clarified and notification to the CYSA-N office has been made. 2. Kellog Cup is a sanctioned event, but the normal procedure of notifying the D2 Tournament Coordinator has not been followed. Terry Pipp will notify Justin as to the problem. 3. Applications for the '98-'99 season should not be mailed any earlier then the date listed on the form. 4. A copy of the rules for Kellog Cup are required to be delivered to the D2 Tournament Coordinator. VI. Morgan Hill Complex Report 1. This weekends cup games have been relocated by Bob Askof to the Sacramento Cherry Island Complex. The reasoning had to do with lodging concerns. Jeff responding to many phone calls on this issue. 2. A contract/agreement has been made with the San Jose Clash soccer team for use of the Morgan Hill Complex for practice. Two and half fields will be utilized Monday thru Friday by the Clash. The Clash will paying an unstipulated amount for the use of the fields. 3. Schedules for the Complex were handed out. VII. ODP Director Report 1. ODP Registration forms have been received and will be distributed by next week. Due to registration problems several Leagues players will not be notified of the tryout dates. All League Presidents are encouraged to contact their coaches/players to remind them of these tryouts. Extra copies of the form will be available form Jack. 2. Dates 5/30-31 and 6/13-14 please refer to handouts VIII. Premier League Report 1. Five girls teams have applied. Four teams will be selected. 2. No boys teams have been received as of this date. Jeff advised to beat the bushes for candidates. IX. Referee Director Report 1. It was noted that the State Cup Referees have not been paid as of this date. All forms have been filled out and submitted. Several raised the concern about non-payment for services of the referee. Contact is to be made with Steve Dippert to resolve this matter. 2. Payment to non-registered referees was discussed. Under the US rules it states that non-registered referees who are called upon by the officiating team to assist during times of "unforeseen circumstances" can be utilized as officials. Therefore it assumed since they are providing this service that they should be paid. Much discussion followed. 3. MOTION: Unregistered Referees who are requested, by officiating staff, to referee games will be paid for their services. Dan Perrara, S.C. YSL Motion, Bob Joyce Seconded. DISCUSSION: Possibly add "unforeseen circumstances". CALL FOR QUESTION: The MOTION, as originally stated, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 4. Question regarding Referee badges. Please contact Bill Highline in Half Moon Bay. X. Treasurer's Report 1. Current bank balance is $54,713.56. 2. Checkbook has been balanced and verified to date. XI. Guest Presentation from Jones Chocolate Fund Distributors 1. Carrier pack has 40 $1.00 bags of chocolate 2. Packs and boxes of unused items can be returned for credit 3. Around 40%+ of funds can go potentially to the League for fundraising 4. Account is set-up for 30 days 5. Other candies and packages available 6. Great America ticket incentives are available XII. Coaching Director Report 1. The current coaching books were handed out 2. Santa Clara E/D Class has been scheduled for a 5/22 Start Date 3. State "D" class has been scheduled for Sacremento 7/29-8/2 4. Mount Hamilton "F" class 8/8 and "E" class 8/15 5. Coaching licenses can be taken roughly every 9 months (or once per year) 6. "D" license now required completion of a Referee License 7. Dave Mann has applications for sessions XIII. Recreation Director Report 1. All Leagues should have received a questionaire from the CYSA-N Office. Please copy the Recreation Director once you have completed the form. Please mail back as soon as possible. Jeff encouraged filling out this form. XIV. Class Three Playing League Report 1. The C3PL Web Page has been reviewed and updated - Please take a look and submit your comments 2. Looking for suggestions on a League Name (instead of C3PL) 3. Looking at possible use of Participation Trophies/Awards instead of current system 4. Some teams have dominated other teams to the point of large "blowouts". It will be recommended that these teams be moved to Select. XV. Spring Soccer Report 1. Displaying Spring Soccer scores has been enabled for input of the web site. Only a few team have placed scores on the site. It's still early in the season. 2. A spring soccer registration comparison chart was handed out. Some of the decrease could be attributed to PAL and competing Spring Soccer Leagues. XVI. Communication's Director Report 1. The D2 web site has been updated to reflect the D2 background and information pages that Jeff and Steve have been working on. In addition, tournament information should be up on the site by this weekend. It will point to the CYSA-N Tournament page. D2 Tournament corrections will be listed on this page as well. 2. Lucy will be mailing out a list of Zip Codes. Please place the responsible League next to each Zip code. Mail to Steve Wincor as soon as possible. This will facilitate a lookup system on our web site. Looking for League Name, Contact Phone Number, Point of Contact, Web Address (URL), Address, E-Mail, Other? 3. We will continue to update the D2 site. Please let us know of any news. XVII. Commissioner's Report 1. Bill Kocher has retired from the Board. Dave Mann has replaced Bill. This opens a Coaching Director position. Jeff has requested that Leagues forward potential people for this slot to him as soon as possible. In addition, there is also a position for a Risk Management Director. 2. Outreach Funding is still available. There was much discussion regarding past requests for funding that were never responded to. Jeff said that he will look into this, he encouraged new submissions for the new year. Jeff stated, that he will get the D2 Treasurer, Ed, to write the checks and that D2 will get reimbursed. XVIII. Old Business 1. The issue of what to do about Red Cards was discussed. Should they be coordinated from all Playing Leagues to a coordinator who would log the information and resend out to the Leagues? A committee will review what options are available - Dave Mann P&A, Bruce Ball C3PL. Possibility of punches in the Player Pass. 2. State of Red Cards in State Cup. 56 Cards issued this year. The suspension will be served during the State Cup or the very next State Cup. In addition, Jeff is talking about adding an additional penalty to be served in the upcoming season. As an example, 4 game suspension at State Cup and 4 games in regular season. XIX. New Business 1. Question raised on Background Checks of Coaches. Several of the Leagues are utilizing the Megan's Law CD, available from Police Stations. Fingerprint and a more in depth BI is more costly $25-30 per person. Jeff stated, that the new Risk Management Director will be responsible for this area XX. Good of the Game 1. Bruce Renati stated - Most of the Red Cards that are received by players is directly attributed to the Coaches that are teaching the players. Most red cards would probably not occur if the coaches were not involved at all. Meeting adjouned 9:45PM GOTO: [Home] [Info] [Calendar] [Tournaments] [Feedback] [Sites] [News] PAGE LAST MODIFIED: 24 Apr 98, by Web Administrator