May 2, 2005

Present: Tony D'Ambrosia; Monica Chrisanthon; Barry Rose; Brian Talerico; Kevin Heayn; Wim Roset; Mark Yocum; Dave Edgecomb; Susan Shanaman: Phil Frederick; Laura Baranko; Marty O'Donnell; Russ Ferri; Bill Carmalt; Joseph Dizio; 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 the April meeting with corrections. Motion to approve minutes. All approved.

Reports

Executive Vice-President: Frank is still working with clubs that want potential day camps.

Vice President Travel: No report.

Vice President Recreation: The Rec. Festival will be held Saturday May 7th at three locations. Thanks to everyone who helped out with that event.

Treasurer: Ned stated that they just finished categorizing all of the entries and that half way through the year are income is less than that of last year. The main item that we are missing is the ticket sale money which everyone knows about.

Registrar: On April 16th Donna met with the travel league registrars and they had an excellent meeting. From that meeting, Donna said the registrars were concerned about the new changes regarding the number of age pure players on the roster, especially for the nine and ten year olds. Based on their concerns, Donna made a motion that we re-send the motion made last month that states all under twelve and younger travel teams playing in EPYSA playing 8 v 8 must maintain a minimum of 7 age pure players at all times during the seasonal year. Second by Wim. Discussion followed. Motion carried. It was decided after much discussion that the board needs more time to come up with a proper decision. Jim Kuntz volunteered to
research this matter.

SYRA: The referees are having their second women's clinic on June 18th it will be a six-hour course. Information is on the website. Monica asked if they completed the assignors course, could they get a list of the referees names. Cindy stated that they must be affiliated with a league before they can get a copy of the list...Cindy said she would ask if the people taking the course to be assignors for the indoor facilities could get a copy of it.

President's Report: Two banks will be submitting proposals to us this week and a decision will be made by the next board meeting as to which one we will chose to be our bank. The Boys ODP 1987 team will be honored May 10th at the State House. Tom introduced Susan Shanaman the new District 9 Commissioner and thanked her for all her hard work in putting things together for the 1987 Boys. Sue noted that they would be honored in the House and also in the Senate Chamber. Tommy asked that when we vote on issues at the board meeting, to please make sure you have the facts correct before you pass it along to the public. Apparently, some incorrect information got out about the release of our mailing list that was voted on in the April meeting.

Exec. Director's Report: The Union League luncheon will be held this week and all the boys and girls that were at the AGM will be there to apply for there $1,000 scholarships. Outdoor cups are rolling along, and the finals will be held at Phila Soccer Club. Outdoor cup applications were due on May 1st for the older age groups. Scholarship applications are in, we have 13 girls and 20 boys applications to choose from. The committee will be making their selections soon to award the four $1,000 scholarships. Charlotte handed out copies of the semi-final schedules for both cups.

District Reports:
1. IGSL is meeting 5/10 and the Dept. of Rec. is meeting 5/26 to make a decision about the club passes.
2. No report.
3. Barry is in the process of communicating with all the clubs.
4. YMS is holding their Epic tournament.
5. Upper Bucks Soccer Academy is hosting a clinic for about 300 of their players.
6. No report.
7. 184 people showed up for the blood drive for Laura Fink. They are trying to get an answer on the club pass situation. Also, Tom and Frank were present at there last meeting to discuss the U-9 & U-10 age groups.
8. No report.
9. There will be a dedication in honor of Joe Marehfka for his years of service 1992-2001 as Tournament Director for the Hampton Girls Festival /
10. Not here.
11. No report.
12. Not here.
13. Not here.
14. Nothing.
15. Not here.
16. They have received negative feedback on the new PS1's, they prefer to have the signatures on the forms. Discussion followed.
17. No report.
18. No report.

Old Business: Donna is collecting information from each league regarding their decision on club passes. The deadline to get your information in is by June. A motion was made by Rick to offer, through the computer, extended rosters for U-15 and above to be implemented by the computer.
All approved. Motion carried.

At this point, Tom turned the meeting over to Bob McDade who was in charge of the conflict of interest implementation. Rick established the procedures for us, which were, to take information from any of the people that were present. Next, according to the policy that we adopted, the issue itself will be brought up. Third, anyone can say his or her peace, and last, we will have a vote. People who are subject to any conflicts do not have a vote.

Bob proceeded to tell us that he looked at all the disclosure statements that came in. After reviewing them, he developed a list of people with potential conflicts of interest. He presented the list of recommendations to us in the form of three letters that he sent to those individuals. He read each of the following letters, attached to these minutes. The three people listed were Dick Burke, Monica Chrisanthon and Sue Hackett. The information, which led him to write those letters, was there
involvement with Leagues United and their affiliation with US Club Soccer. Monica is the President of Delco, and also on the board of Leagues United. She is a representative and board member for EPYSA. Bob continued to explain how much Leagues United has created a huge income, and player loss in EPYSA. Monica is the point person in the state of PA. and in the regional area for there state qualifying cups. Dick Burke is also the point person for the Burke Cups, which is the equivalent to our state cups. It is Bob's submission to this board that Monica's involvement in the direct competition of EPYSA with Leagues United and US Club Soccer is certainly a breach of her fiduciary obligation as a board of director with this organization. The vote that needs to be considered by this board is the removal of Monica as a district commissioner.

Monica explained how she originally got involved in Leagues United and how they were originally formed. She explained the concerns that came to her from the Delco Soccer League, and stated that they voted on whether or not they wanted to be members of Leagues United or EPYSA, and that she was only there to provide them information. Monica feels that from both sides she is there to represent her league, and that she feels a loyalty to both EPYSA and Leagues United.

Rick than polled each District Commisioner and Officer of the board and asked if they had any questions or comments. A written vote was taken and the votes were tallied by three board members to show a vote of 18 in favor of removal, and 3 against.

The next person with a conflict of interest was Dick burke, who got the exact same letter as Monica, wit6h the same verbiage. Dick sits as the vice-president of all competition at Delco and is a member of the Leagues united board. Mr. Burke has had the same degree of involvement as Monica, and also has the Burke Cup named in honor of him. Based on this information, Bob recommended that we vote on his removal as alternate district commissioner. For the record, Rick asked if anyone would like to have Bob repeat the impact that Leagues United has had on EPYSA. The same procedure followed, and Rick asked each board member if they had any questions or comments. A written vote was taken and
the votes were again counted by three board members to show a vote of 19 to remove and 2 against.

The last person to receive a letter said basically the same thing. Sue is not a member for Leagues United or US Club Soccer. In a letter received by her, she states that she will continue to be an active volunteer for US Club Soccer and will act as a US Club representative as public functions. Because of Sue's statement, it shows that she is going to publicly compete with EPYSA, however he did not feel competent enough to make a recommendation to the board for her removal.,but asked for the board to vote first to see if Sue does have a conflict. Rick read Sue's letter to the board and again asked each board member if they had any questions or comments. A ballot was given to each member to vote yes or no for a conflict. 14 votes said yes, and 7 no. It did not need to be two-thirds, just a majority, so that motion carries.

Bob than recommended that we vote for the removal of Sue from the board. Rick asked each district rep. and executive board member for their comments. The votes were taken and 15 were in favor of removal, and 6 against.

Motion to adjourn, seconded. Approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Kim DiFiore