Minutes from LISC Board Meeting

January 20. 2003

7:30 – 9:00

 

Present: Charles Tabb, Amy Hall, Trey Bradberry, Joe Seeley, Mike Wingo, and Jan Weyhenmeyer

 

Absent: Robert Baird and Jon Foreman

 

  1. All meetings will be 1˝ hours and usually held from 7:30 – 9:00. Meetings will continue to be held at Mike Wingo’s house. Agenda items should be forwarded to Jan at least one week prior to a regularly scheduled meeting.

 

  1. Amy Hall will be Director of the 2003 Fall Cup. She reported on the 2002 Fall Cup and plans for the 2003 tournament.
    1. Six area hotels still owe money from 2002.
    2. Amy has sent letters requesting rooms to be reserved for the 2003 tournament weekend. She is hoping to increase the number of reserved rooms for the 2003 tournament.
    3. While people liked the t-shirt vendor, the club did not make that much money from the sales. Our contract with the vendor has expired so other options will be explored.
    4. A post office box will be opened exclusively for the Fall Cup. The director will have the key and make daily trips during the summer and the fall.
    5. The tournament director needs help recruiting high caliber teams. She requested help from the Director of Coaching and from the club coaches.
    6. Parent reps and Fall Cup reps are needed now to volunteer to help plan and recruit others for the 2003 tournament. Job descriptions have been written for the chairperson of each committee.
    7. Walkie-talkies will be used instead of phones if we are able to find a supplier who will lend them to us.  The phones did not work well and it is harder to find a lender.
    8. The application for 2003 Fall Cup is online.
    9. We had many problems with David Gire during the last three tournaments at least. Therefore, a new assignor is being recruited. 

 

  1. Trey reported that the USSF is changing how youth soccer is organized. The changes will take place 09-01-03 but current players will not be affected. Six year olds will now play 3 x 3, 7-8 year olds will play 4 x 4, 9-10 year olds will play 6 x 6, and 11-12 year olds will play 8 x 8. This new structure will allow more players to play without the stigma of premier and classic labels.

 

  1. Five and six year olds will practice and scrimmage on Saturday mornings.

 

  1. Coaches are needed. Some coaches are coaching more than one team again. The Girls U14 team needs a coach. Del Armstrong will do goalkeeping training. John Herriott did a good job and the club will pay him a $1000.00 again.

 

  1. Charles is still researching and exploring options for land acquisition. He will meet with the subcommittee. He also needs official approval for some of the ideas he is exploring.

 

  1. Delinquent dues were briefly discussed. The club needs a registrar to keep better track of players.  It was suggested that sign-up nights be used to register players and collect dues. The baseball organizations use this method with success.

 

  1. Elections will be help in April.

 

  1. The next meeting will be February 10, 2003 from 7:30 –9:00 at Mike Wingo’s house.