Board Meetings are open to all club members and you are encouraged to attend. The meeting agenda and meeting minutes will be posted here on the website. Meetings are generally held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month.
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If you would like to have an item considered on the agenda, please email a board member 1 week prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Next Board Meeting:
Mon. Feb. 22nd at 6pm - Located to be determined. Please email president@westonkasoccerclub.org if interested in attending to get correct location.
Minutes from Last Meeting
WESTONKA SOCCER CLUB
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, Feb. 10th, 7:00pm
Fitzco, Spring Park, MN
As recorded by WSC Secretary Melissa Murphy
Board Members Present: Todd Fitz, Ian Maloney, Sera Maloney, Melissa Murphy, Colin Mather, Matt Hermanson, Kristi Luehmann, Mark Finney
Others Present: Jim Murphy
U16/U17 Boys Tournament team- Jim Murphy requested to be able to roster a Rec-Plus Tournament only team thru WSC. Can roster up to 22 boys. Use JV/Varsity uniforms if possible to keep costs down. Will plan to play in 2-3 tournaments over the summer. Jim will followup with the Varsity Coach and Ian to contact Joel to make sure it’s ok with them. The tournament team was approved by the board. Todd 1st motion, Ian 2nd motion.
Registration update/team formation- As of Feb. 10th, 109 registered so far. Estimated team formation for boys is two U9 teams, one U10/U11 team, one U12-U14 team and for girls is one U9, one U10 (short), one U11, one U12, one U13/U14 team, one U15 team and one U16/U17 team. (Post meeting update- As of 2/19 there are 130 registered)
Indoor Training to begin after Spring Break. It was recommended that we reserve Mon.-Thurs. from 6-9pm.
Coaches contract/meeting- Contract is being reworked by Robert. Coaches/Managers meeting to be setup by Matt and Colin. It was agreed that the paid coach could be compensated 3 times per year (May, June and July). The coaches meeting will cover board expectations, strategy/coaching philosophy, skills to achieve at each level, decorum with kids, etc. Background checks must be complete before taking the field. (Post meeting update- Coaches/Managers meeting set for Sun. Feb. 21st, 5pm at Dailey’s Pub)
Uniforms/Equipment- Deadline for players to order is Feb. 19th. Order form is on our website and has drop downs to help with sizing. Kristi will offer other try-on times if people need them. Sera working on credit card processing options. No uniform will be delivered to anyone without payment. We will wait to offer bag orders. Possibly have an apparel store on the website. Will purchase coaches shirts with stipend from Adidas. Game balls and goalie jerseys also needed to purchase.
Scholarship/discounts- no discounts offered for board members. No one will be turned away from playing soccer. They can choose to sell more Mega Cards or can work out payment plans. Policy should be posted on the website. Will consider offering a multi-player discount for next year. Also will possibly offer a discount for signing up in fall.
Mega Card Blitz- set Blitz date as May 1st. Send email to club members to see if anyone will step forward to coordinate it. Team photos will be taken at a later time. Recommended signing a one year contract. Will investigate trying out a smaller local discount card at the U11 tournament to determine interest.
Background checks for all board members, coaches and managers need to be done ASAP. Go to www.mcdowellagency.com User id: MYSWTK, Password: MYSWTK
Grace Holmen issue- The U15 team still wants Grace to play up on their team. She is currently registered on the U14 team. Board agreed that this is an issue between the player, her parents and the involved coaches. Melissa to contact Howard Holmen to see what the family wants to do. (Post meeting update- Melissa spoke to Howard on 2/14 and Grace does not want to play on the U15 team. She would possibly be willing to fill in on a game-by-game basis but does not want to be a permanent part of that team. She wants to play with her classmates.)
Y Coaches training- Todd has had no luck getting this scheduled yet. If we can’t agree on a date with MYSA we will offer our own coaches training outdoors. Community Ed Rec soccer begins in April. Talk to Joel about running the Community Ed coaches training day in early April and do it again in the fall.
U of M clinic- Offer another one outdoors once it’s nicer. Offer goalie training and other position training (forward, midfield, etc.)
Website- Sera is working on enhancements to the website using Google Apps. The 2010 handbook is updated and online. New logo is online. Uniform orders online.
Taxes- Cullen has copies of the 2007 taxes that he will get to Melissa or Todd. Sera will work on the 2008 and 2009 taxes.
The next WSC meeting is on Mon. Feb. 22nd at 6pm at Fitzco in SpringPark.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Secretary Melissa Murphy.
