FWSRA October 17th Meeting Minutes

 

Meeting called to order at 5:37 pm by President M. Franco.

There were 7 of the 12 voting members present.  

(Mike, Maize, Scott, Michael, Kreig, Judy and Kevin), Justin, Lorenzo, Kerry, and Debbie joined in later.

The minutes from the previous meeting March, May, August and September were presented and approved.  July minutes were read and also approved.  April minutes were not available at this time.

 

Officer’s reports:

  • President: Mike reported that he had met with Perry and Jessie from FWU in regards to the charge for game changes.  Currently FWSRA is not charging FWU for making changes to their schedule in regards to referee support, but will monitor changes as they are done over the course of the season. As a result, FWSRA hopes to get the game schedules at a much earlier date in order to post game and times on website.  There was also a concern on the data Sandy (fwu fields scheduler) was receiving her information. Both Sharon and Sandy are field schedulers for FWU and Mod soccer but the format in which they receive their information is totally different.  Sandy gets her information from the “D3” and “WSYSA” schedulers and has to format it accordingly to fit into the FWU web format.  Even though it is a “cut” and “paste”, there are still problems associated with it. So the outcome is to try to help Sandy in some way so that she can help us (FWSRA) get the schedules early.

 

  • Vice President: Krieg- Saved his report for new business.

 

  • Treasurer: Maize reported that “K&K” refunded the check from FWSRA due to the inability to provide insurance for the club.  2006 taxes were submitted and the tax preparer’s fee was paid. There also has been no response from “Cathy” in regards for money owed to the club for referee payment (MOD).

 

  • Secretary: The minutes taken at the April board meeting were not available as reported in the start of this meeting.  The minutes from the July meeting were read by President Mike F. and approved by the board.

 

Directors report:

  • Director of Assigning U11-U19: Debbie F. -no report.-Note- An email went out to all the coaches. They now have the ability to check the FWSRA website to see if they have a “crew” to cover their game.
  • Director of Assigning U7-U10: Judy- Referee’s now can get paid for mod games if they do over half of the game.  There was a situation where a referee was only able to do half of the game and requested payment. He was denied, so as a result the board decided that a referee must do more than half of a game  in order for payment (this is if they were not assigned to the game)

Tracy Whitney tournament will not have referee support for U6 due to it is a “learning” age and       coaches are usually on the field. There was also discussion in regards to an incentive for the referee’s who do the Tracey Whitney games: One was to distribute “coupons” which would entitle the ref to obtain a monetary amount of an item or items from the concession stand.  The amount could rage from $2-$3 dollars.   No decision was made at this date.

  • Director of Instruction: Lorenzo – Mentioned that there was a large turnout for the class presumably due to the stipulation of parents having to take the class if their son or daughter did not meet the minimum age requirement for taking the class set by FWSRA.  There is also a possibility of either moving the May clinic to January, or have an additional clinic due to the new start for the older girls teams. Ideas are needed for recertification, such as having additional recert dates (like other clubs have).  Also some needs to contact Bob, and or Ernie B., to come and be present for the clubs recert date.  Person was not named.
  • Director of Mentoring: Judy mentioned that her replacement (or she) should attend the Tracy Whitney tournament to mentor the new and younger referee’s.  There should also be a “clinic” for the Tracey Whitney games as well, primarily focusing on the U7, and U8 teams.
  • Director of Assessment: Scott reported that there are several tournaments that he has attended looking for possible candidates for “Semi-Final” camp and possible upgrades as well.
  • Directors at Large: Kerry reported that there are several game that should have a full crew especially when we have a referee shortage.  This is due to several “rivalry”. teams playing each other  and things happening behind the center’s back.  This was duly noted, especially for the “Reign purple”, and “Storm green” teams.
  • Youth Directors at Large: No report from either Justin, or Michael..

 

New Business:

  • Table the duties and responsibilities list due to time running out for board meeting.
  • Discussion in regards to the U11-U19 Assignor (Debbie) receiving payment for partial work in uploading some games for the U11 PDL group. Since it required more time to perform the task The President (Mike F.) and Vice President (Kreig E) decided no compensation was to be given for that effort. Deviation from policy regarding payment adjustment.
  • Second week in November will be recertification testing.
  • Need to identify individuals who would like to do High School games.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 6:58 pm.