Board of Directors Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting December 4, 2006, held in York, Pa.

Present: Mark Yocum; Dave Edgecombe; Dele Olaewe; Damon Nolan; Jerry McDonald; Joe Dizio;Dallas DiFiore;Jim Kuntz;Bob McDade; Donna Outt; Kim DiFiore;Tom Dougherty; Charlotte Moran. Also attending some guests from District 8 & District 17.

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


Reports
Executive Vice-President: Not present.

Vice President Travel: Jim reported that the players from the ODP try-outs have been picked and put into pools. Indoor training for ODP starts Dec. 10th.

Vice President Recreation: They are trying to develop a tournament for the older age groups, hopefully toward the end of the fall.

Treasurer: Not Present.

Registrar: Every league and club has paid their registrations.

SYRA: Not present.

Exec. Director’s Report: Congratulations to Greg Wilson the Asst. Coach at the University of California Santa Barbara, on his Division I Men’s National Championship. Greg was a former Exec. Director and Coach for EPYSA. The Civility Patch Contest has had only one patch entry. Charlotte is still looking for a couple of teams in Indoor State Cups to round out the groups. Outdoor Cup applications are online. AGM for March 11th is at 10:00 instead of 9:00. By-law changes need to be in 45 days in advance. The workshop will be held Feb. 3rd at USTC. Jeff Tipping, Jay Hoffman, Steve Swanson, and John Gregg, were asked to be the guest clinicians. There will be a session on Risk Management. Please respond if you plan on taking the assignor’s course.

President’s Report: The Region I boys ODP coach has resigned, and Jay Hoffman was appointed to that position. USYSA is going to start a National Soccer League beginning with the U-16 and U-17 boys and girls. February is the USYSA Workshop..

District Report:
1. Not present.
2. Not present.
3. Not present.
4. Not present
5. Not present.
6. No present.
7. They are planning to have a referee course in the Meyerstown area starting Feb. 26th. They have a team that played travel in the fall and wants to play rec. in the spring. They were told to pull their player passes.
8. Hempfield Fall Classic went well. They ran into some issues with the fields because of the rain, the local school districts were able to help out.
9. Not present.
10. No report.
11. Not present.
12. Not present.
13. Not present.
14. Delco winter soccer league kicked off with 22 teams.
15. Not present.
16. Not present,
17. Coaching E-Course in the process.

Old Business: None

New Business: None
Good of the Game: None
Motion to adjourn. Seconded

The meeting was than opened up for discussion.

Respectfully submitted,

Kim DiFiore