Minutes of the Meeting October 1, 2007 held at the State Office.

Present: Mike Gove; Bill Fuller; Wim Roset; John Kukitz; Dave Edgecombe; Damon Nolan; Joe Dizio Dallas DiFiore; Frank Olszewski; Bob McDade; Jim Kuntz; Ned Levi; Cindy Field; Donna Outt; Kim DiFiore; Tom Dougherty; Charlotte Moran.

Motion made to accept meeting minutes from May, June, and August with corrections. All approved.

Reports
Executive Vice-President: Frank mentioned a fundraiser to support the scholarship fund. The possibility of a golf tournament was discussed.

Vice President Travel: Jim reported that overall the number of children for ODP tryouts was very good. U-13 girls had about 200 and U-13 boys had about 180 kids. Callbacks will be starting in a couple of weeks. Indoor Cup applications are now online. Outdoor cup rule change proposed by Jim Kuntz for “Forfeit fee to go up to $500 from $250 and no home games the first two rounds of the following year for National Championship Series. $500 forfeit fee and no advancement for the Fast Fixin’s Challenge Cup. Seconded by Wim. All approved. Outdoor cup start date April 5th & 6th.

Vice President Recreation: Kohl’s Cup October 20th and 21st, cancelled due to lack of participation. A total of 15 teams registered, but there were not enough teams in any one age group. There was a lengthy discussion as to what possible time of year we could hold a similar tournament. District reps were asked to bring feedback from their leagues to the next meeting; possible weekend would be the first week in December 2008.

Treasurer: Net income is up along with the revenue. Expenses are down approximately $200,000. Ned said he hoped to have a trial balance in November.

Registrar: Fall 2007 registration fees due today. Donna was named Region 1 Registrar as of 10/01/07.

SYRA: The new supplies are in and Jeff is trying to get all of the classes rescheduled. An instructional youth module will be up and running at the Nov. clinic. The last clinic for 2008 is this Sat & Sun in Danville. Registration nights will be beginning soon. All registering referees will be filling out risk management forms to mirror what EPYSA does. The Referee Association is taking names for the ODP tournament in June and will be accepting nominees for Youth Referee of the Year ages 19 & below.

Exec. Director’s Report: Youth Soccer Month was in September. Governor Rendell declared this for the State of Pa. and we have received proclamations from 13 counties. The workshop will be held Feb 2nd at USTC. AGM will be held March 9th. October edition of the Touchline will be online. The ODP list of the players who made the National Pool will be available on the website.

District Report:
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6. They had 16 High School kids complete a referee course. 500 kids registered for Soccer Start in Allentown.
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8. Kohl’s Cup in Solanco was a success. Lanco League is up and running. Hempfield Fall Classic is Nov. 17th, 530 teams are registered to date.
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14. Southern Chester County starting up a program for Hispanics in the area. The borough of West Chester United is starting up an after school program in the borough with corporate sponsorship.
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17. Merger meeting talks continue with four major clubs to form a premier club. E-course coming up and we are trying to put together a D-course.

President’s Report: We have some new risk management issues to deal with. Because the clubs are now able to request us to run E7 background checks on any or all of the their members, we will need to have a policy on what exactly we will handle and the club themselves will handle. We need to have a resolution for this before the next meeting and we need to get this out to every league and club so they will know how to handle issues regarding background checks. Also, we have a lot of new policies and we need to put them in one place.

New Business: October 14th is the deadline for tournament applications.

Good of the Game: Mike Gove was wondering if we could put the Alfred Kleinatis report on how to deal with severe weather on our website, especially to help referee’s and tournament officials dealing with lightning and storms.

Motion to adjourn. Seconded

Respectfully submitted,

Kim DiFiore