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Quincy United Soccer Club, Inc.

Board Meeting Minutes

  July 12, 2006

 

Board Members/Officers/Team Representatives Present:  Dan Brink, President; Russ Meyer, Vice President; Lois Jacobson, Treasurer; Jim Murphy, Secretary; Terry Bower, Director of Operations; Pete Little, U11 Boys Representative, Director at Large; Mike Plant, U13 Boys Representative, Director at Large; Jane McNay, U11 Girls Representative, Director at Large; Tony Reis, U11 Boys Coach;  Kathy Ginster, U10 Girls Representative; Steve Venvertloh, U15 Boys Coach; Kent Watson, U9 Boys Representative; Nancy Dreyer, U14 Girls Team Representative; Peggy Senior, U15 Boys Team Representative;; Mark Hayes, BU-8 Team Rep; Doug Greenwell, U17/U18 Boys Representative

 

Other club members present:   Jim Curran, U9 Boys Asst. Coach;

 

Officers/Board Members unable to attend:  Greg Reis, Boys Coordinator; Matt Longo, Girls Coordinator; Mario Camacho, Director of Coaching; Dave Keck, U12 Boys Representative, Director at Large; Tammy Fiss, U13 Girls Representative;  Chris Niemann, U14 Boys Representative; Gail Grawe, U12 Girls Representative;  Bea Cliatt, U10 Boys Team Representative

 

 

Call To Order

 

President Dan Brink called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.  The meeting took place at the Knights of Columbus.

 

Secretary’s Report

 

The minutes of the June 14, 2006 meeting were presented for approval.  Russ moved that the minutes be approved; Lois seconded; the motion carried.

 

Treasurer’s Report

 

The Treasurer’s Report, prepared by Lois, was presented for review. Jim moved that the report be approved; Mike seconded; the motion carried.

 

Committee Reports

 

Competition:  No Report

 

Finance:  No report

 

Fundraising:   Tony stated that we should work on getting out this year’s sponsorship package as soon as possible.

 

Rules and Bylaws:   No report

 

 

Activities:   Dan reported on the World Cup event.   He stated that everyone had a good time and we had a pretty good turn out.

 

 

Equipment:    Dan stated that Dave Keck has stated looking at the uniforms for this year.   Dan asked about getting a two year commitment from the major sponsors.

 

 

Outdoor Tournament:  No report

 

 

Website:     No Report

 

  

Vice-President’s Report:      No report

 

 

Director of Operations Report   Terry discussed the information for this year’s tryouts.  Terry also gave Lois a check from the Columbia soccer club.   They gave us a club discount for bring so many teams to the tournament.

 

Director of Coaching Report     No report

 

 

President’s Report   Dan stated that he thought the club finished the year strong.   He discussed the letter sent to QSL.   Dan went on to state his thoughts on how the QUSC could help QSL build better soccer players and coaches for the community.

 

 

Old Business     None

 

 

New Business

 

 

Elections:    

    Vice President -  Russ Meyer was the only candidate.   A voice vote was taken and Russ was

                                unanimously elected Vice Pres.

    Treasurer – Jim Murphy was the only candidate.   A voice vote was taken and Jim was

                                unanimously elected Treasurer.

 

Jim discussed the weekend tryout schedule, Handout Letter, coaches and newspaper ad.

Jim also stated that after tryouts, every team needed to meet sometime in August and invite Terry Bower to the meeting.  If Terry is not available, he will send another Executive Board member

 

Tony presented an idea about doing a full developmental league in the fall and not having our players participate in QSL.   This idea was to be reviewed at the next few board meetings.

 

Terry stated that Pete is considering handling the Director duties for the outdoor tournament.

Pete stated that he would be the Director for this year’s outdoor tournament.

 

Pete asked about the elections for the at-large directors.   He thought maybe we should review having the directors elected at the last yearly board meeting (July) instead of holding elections in either September or October.     This was to be review by the board for next year.

 

Mark Hayes asked about holding a team mangers meeting to discuss fall, winter and spring leagues and tournaments and also to explain the overall role of a team manger.

 

Discussion was brought up concerning this years player’s fee.   The fee will again be $250.00.

These fee’s are based on the teams playing in the central league.   If teams choose to play in another league, their fees could be higher.

 

Also, the payment schedule was discussed.   Jim made a motion to have half of the players fees due on October 1st and the second half due on November 15th.     Also, no player shall receive their uniform until they have paid their player dues.   This motion was seconded by Lois.

The motion was approved.

 

 

Next Meeting

 

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the K of C.

 

Adjournment

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:58.