April 4, 2005
Present: Sue Hackett; Tony D’Ambrosia;
Monica Chrisanthon; Barry Rose; Brian Talerico; Kevin
Heayn; Gene Noce; Wim Roset; Mark Yocum; Dave Edgecomb;
Kathy Helm; Marty O’Donnell; Tom Dougherty; Frank
Olszewski; Jim Kuntz; Bob McDade; Ned Levi; Donna Outt;
Kim DiFiore: Cindy field; Charlotte Moran; Rick Tompkins.
A motion was made to approve the minutes from February
meeting with corrections. Motion to approve minutes.
All approved.
Reports
Executive Vice-President: Frank asked for the
assistance of everyone to help expand the day camps
again. An E-mail will go out to all the affiliates that
show interest in day camps, and Frank would like for
us to help to get the word out to the clubs in our area.
Frank is also working on the five-year plan.
Vice President Travel: No report.
Vice President Recreation: The Rec. Festival
will be held Saturday May 7th at three locations. Information
and application are on the website. US Youth Soccer
has dedicated three events that weekend and ours is
one of them. They are giving us lots of stuff for the
kids, and it is important that we make this a success.
We especially need teams from the Harrisburg area. Bob
is working with US Youth to have Kohl’s sponsor
another event for us later this year. Only a select
group of states will be chosen for this. Bob has set
a goal to meet with every district in the next twelve
months.
Treasurer: Ned said they are working on the
second quarter budget right now. Charlotte and Ned are
looking at possibly changing from Commerce Bank, and
will report back to us if they decide to do this.
Registrar: Donna reported that the workshop
was a success with about 143 people attending the registrars
meeting. There is a mandatory Travel League Registrars
Workshop on Sat., April 16, 2005 at ITT Tech in Mechanisburg.
All Travel League Registrars have been notified. Octorora
SC has changed its contact address from Chester County
to Lancaster County and will now be listed as a District
8 affiliate
SYRA: Christine Sullivan out of Phila. is the
female referee of the year, and Mike Everhart out of
Lancaster is the male referee of the year. They are
selecting 30 people to go the ODP tournament, 15 for
the whole weekend, and 15 for just Sat. They are also
in the process of choosing the assessors that are going
to that same tournament. Cindy stated that 28 people
showed up for the assignors meeting.
President’s Report: Tom announced that
we will be having our board meetings at three different
locations. The first will be in the Morgantown area
in June, the Lewisburg area in October and the Allentown
area in February. We will let everyone know as soon
as we have exact locations appointed The clubs in that
area will be invited to attend the meeting. There have
been some changes in committees, on the Arbitration
committee, Bob McDade is going to be chairman, and Rick
will stay on as Vice-Chairman. Jim Kuntz, Sharon Bolognese,
and Laura Baranko have been added to the cup committee.
For the conflict of interest policy any questions should
be directed to Bob McDade. Frank is going to bring back
the five-year plan with the exception of the small-sided
games, and non-competitive play. Tom stated that the
100% affiliation rule means that you must be affiliated
with 100% with the federation not the state. Much discussion
followed. Tom stated that if a club was not affiliating
all of their teams and got reported to the federation,
they would not be able to participate in cups. Tommy
reported on information from the AGM in Orlando. The
federation is working on a code of conduct for the referee
assignors that will be presented next year. They are
working on the portion that has to do with giving out
the referees’ list of names. Tommy asked for a
motion to sell our mailing list in order to generate
more revenue for the State. Motion to sell our players
and coach’s mailing list to a bonding house with
the office having the final decision on the approval
of the mailing piece. Sue First, Monica Second. Motion
carried.
Exec. Director’s Report: Outdoor cups start
this weekend, and the rosters are now frozen. Charlotte
asked for a change in the fees for the coaching License.
Discussion followed. A motion was made by Rick to raise
the C License to $75.00 with no refund, the D License
$50.00 and the Youth Module $20.00 and $25.00 with the
video. Second Ned. Motion Carried. A question was asked
as to when the Rec. video would be in and how they could
purchase them. Rick said they were hoping to receive
some shortly and stated we would notify everyone when
they would be available to order.
District Reports:
1. Registration forms being accepted for the Phila Youth
Soccer Classic 5/28-5/30. Info on the
website
2. They are hosting an NSCAA goalkeeping clinic this
weekend. There will be another Level 1
clinic on May 14th and a Level 2 on May 15th. Thank
you to EPYSA for setting it up.
3. No report.
4. No report.
5. No report.
6. Wim reported that the Allentown Youth Soccer Club
just received a $15,000 grant from the
US Soccer Federation.
7. No report.
8. April 29th to May 1st is the Red Rose Classic with
136 teams. There is a 3v3 tournament May
21st.
9. Not here.
10. Not here.
11. Not here.
12.
13. Not here.
14. Not here.
15. Nothing.
16. Not here.
17. York Cup classic is the weekend of May 21st with
138 teams.
Old Business: None
New Business: Donna noted that the Rec. system
would be going live this week. There is a
presentation online that will take you through step
by step. Also, the Travel registration will go live
on
April 20th. Donna brought up the fact that there was
no rule regarding how many age pure players were allowed
on an 8v8 roster. Discussion followed. Donna made a
motion that: All under 12 and younger travel teams in
EPYSA playing 8 v 8 must maintain a minimum of 7 age
pure players at all times during the seasonal year.
Seconded by Rick. Motion Carried. The rules from National
have changed. U-17 and older teams may roster up to
22 players. A maximum of 18/22 may be rostered on game
day. Game day roster is the Line-up form. Donna handed
out lists on how other states are handling expanded
rosters and club passes for different age groups. Discussion
followed; at which time we decided to take this information
back to the leagues and ask there opinion on what would
be important to them. It will be open for discussion
at the May meeting.
Bob McDade stated that letters were going out to the
individuals showing potential conflicts of interest
according to our policy. These potential conflicts will
be addressed at the next meeting in front of the entire
board.
Good of the Game: Kathy Helm reported that the
1987 Boys ODP team won the National
Championships, congratulations to them. There will be
a celebration in their honor on April 22nd.
Motion to adjourn, seconded. Approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Kim DiFiore
