Minutes of November 28, 2001 LISC BOARD MEETING

Present: Jon Foreman, Seamus Reilly, Robert Baird, Joe Seeley, Trey Bradberry, Mike Wingo and Jan Weyhenmeyer

Absent; Kent Williamson and Terry Hinds

Seamus gave a coaching report.  The club needs coaches since Julie Schuller is leaving and some coaches had more than one team in the fall.  Karl Newman will coach a U10 team and Phillip Holt will coach a team but the U13 Girl’s team does not have a coach.  Seamus is going to work with the rosters and try to place players on teams.  There are three girls on the U16 team that cannot play High School soccer because of their age.  There are 75 or 76 High School boys interested in club soccer.  The club will try to have a U16 team and 2 U17 teams.  Seamus may contact Mahomet and suggest combining teams. 

Trey, Mike and Seamus will organize space at Parkland for next year and will develop lesson plans.  The IYSA offers a Youth Module Course but it will be given only if at least 12 coaches register.  Seamus is going to take the course and then teach it to our coaches. 

There was a discussion of Jon’s fundraising draft.  Note there was an error in the November 7 minutes.  Teams can raise money if the Vice President for Facilities approves their request.  Kent Williamson is currently the Vice President of Facilities.  The Executive Committee approved the draft but recommended changing the second sentence because of the ambiguity of the words team and individuals. 

The election for the 2002 Board of Directors will be Wednesday March 26, 2002 at Parkland.  Seamus will reserve a room and notify the current board of its location.  Mike will solicit nominations from parent reps for an election committee and will also accept at large nominations.  A Newsletter will be sent to parents with this information. 

The Director for the Fall Cup 2002 needs to be identified prior to the elections.  The preparation for the Fall Cup should start at the beginning of 2002. 

The board hopes to plan a club wide gathering before the elections.  Seamus is going to research the use of the Parkland Planetarium. 

Winter training was discussed.  Every year this is an issue for the club because of our lack of an indoor facility.  Robert Baird discussed use of a large warehouse.  It might be possible to buy old Memorial Stadium turf, which could be placed on the floor of the warehouse.  Robert is going to pursue the possibility of using the warehouse. 

Other possibilities include use of the indoor facility in Decatur and conditioning at the University Armory.  The Armory in Urbana is not available this year.  There may be some gym space at Parkland but it would be hard to get a regular schedule.  Winter training will begin in January if space can be found and times coordinated. 

Robert suggested developing Mission and Vision statements and putting them on the website.  This suggestion will be discussed at a future meeting. 

Next meeting January 9, 2002 at 7:30 at Mike Wing’s house.