Minutes of the Meeting August 7, 2006

Present: Barry Rose; Kevin Heayn;Wim Roset;Dave Edgecombe;Susan Shanaman;Dele Olaewe;Jerry McDonald;Laura Baranko;Damon Nolan;Marty O'Donnell; Joe Dizio;Tom Dougherty;Frank Olszewski; Jim Kuntz;Ned Levi;Donna Outt;Cindy Field; Kim DiFiore;Charlotte Moran.

Motion made to accept the meeting minutes for June with corrections, all approved.

Reports

Executive Vice-President: Frank attended the USYSA meeting in Des Moines, Iowa.

Vice President Travel: Jim reported on the West Chester Delacy State Cup Finals for the U-18 & 19 boys and the U-15 & up girls. Jim also attended the Regional Finals in Virginia Beach over 4th of July weekend. EPYSA had a record number of teams make it to the semi-finals. Six teams won in their age group and 5 teams made it to the Nationals.

Vice President Recreation: Charlotte reported for Bob. Youth Soccer Month is September. There are a number of events scheduled:
Aug. 19th Myerstown, Kohl's festival; August 26th Governor Mifflin, Kohl's festival; Aug. 27th Twin Valley; Sept. 9th & 10th Wyoming Valley; Sept. 16th Buckingham, TopSoccer; Sept. 17th Plymouth; Sept 23 Danville; Sept. 24th Roslyn, Kohl's Festival; October 7th West Chester, Kohl's Festival; October 21st Fox Chase, Kohl's Festival. We are trying to contact the mayors to get proclamations for Youth Soccer Month.

Treasurer: Aggregated all of our free cash, and working on finding the highest yield investment that is safe.

Registrar: No report

SYRA: ODP and Regionals went very well for the officials again this year. We had 30 officials and four assessors attend the ODP tournament, and 13 officials and 3 assessors attend the regional tournament. Both tournaments were a success for EPA officials. John Barr and Ross Kleinstuber did well, and were chosen to work a final. There are two more intermediate clinics. They will be held on Nov. 4th in Wilkes Barre and Nov. 5th in Williamsport. Five intermediate clinics have been completed as well as the state clinic held at Morgantown. Mike Zdradinski was selected as EPA male youth of the year. Mike was also chosen as the male referee of the year for Region 1. Cindy was invited to attend the 1st Annual Lititz Soccer Tournament for Breast Cancer Awareness. She said it was very nicely run. Discussion followed about the referee assignors and whether or not they should be using a mandatory form to give to all the officials to use at cup games. It was agreed that all referees should use the form now provided online.

Exec. Director's Report: Please volunteer to help with the Rec. Festivals when they are in your area. Charlotte handed out a list of players that made the Region 1 ODP pool. She also reported on the EPYSA scholarship winners. Dan Evans, Lanco United, attending East Stroudsburg; Kaitlyn Horinko, Towamensing; Penn State; Ashton Paul, York United; Univ. of Miami; Brooks Tomazin; Annville-Cleona, Millersville. Resident camp went very well this year, with over 300 campers and a good staff. We were invited to participate in Macy's "Shop for a Cause". We get $5.00 for every 20% off coupon we sell.

President's Report: The National Youth finals will be televised Friday, August 11, on FOX at 8:00p.m. The girl's U-14 team lost in overtime, and the Delco U-19's captain had a great talk with his team after the game, and they were awarded the Fair Play Award.

District Report:
1. Not present.
2. Not present.
3. Several clubs are being squeezed off their fields. The townships are overreacting to one person calling in and complaining, and they are charging the youth programs for field maintenance.
4. Not present.
5. Upper Bucks losing girls teams to PAGS. Valley Soccer High School Festival Day will be played in one day. Deep Run purchased a tract of land. Valley Soccer Club is working with Upper Perk to develop land.
6. No report.
7. No report
8. Registering teams for fall, hoping to have a U-16 boy's age group to play in the fall.
Lititz Soccer Summer Showcase had 88 teams and college coaches were available for the older age groups. They have decided to continue it again for next year. New Referee Assignor, Darrell Bohannon. The Hass Attack 3v 3 tournament is being held at Lebanon Valley College for the John Hassinger Scholarship fund. John is paralyzed from the chest down from a recent diving accident this summer.
9. They appreciate having try-outs at Hampden.
10. No report.
11. Lost six fields from all the rain, the damage is significant. Whitewater Classic looking for fields. NE Travel is re-organizing. Back Mountain picked up teams from the Pocono's.
12. Not here
13. Not here.
14. West Chester United opened up tournament play. Spirit United girls and boys tournaments coming up.
15. Inter County finished team registration.
16. Not here.
17. Thursday night is the fall coaches meeting.

New Business: Because of the rising costs of referee fees and charges from the indoor facilities, a motion was made by Ned, to increase the Indoor State Cup Fee, from $235 to $250. Seconded by Marty. All approved. The Exec. Board had a meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, and EPYSA is hosting the 2008 Regional Meeting.

Old Business: None

Good of the game: Meeting minutes from the July USYSA meeting in Des Moines are on the website. Larry Monaco from VA was elected President. There was a newspaper article about Mike Barr in the Phila.Inquirer about coaches and sideline behavior.

Motion to adjourn. Seconded

Respectfully submitted,

Kim DiFiore