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Quincy United Soccer
Club, Inc.
Board
Meeting Minutes
November 14, 2006
Board
Members/Officers/Team
Representatives Present:
Dan Brink, President;
Jim Murphy, Treasurer;
Nancy Dreyer, Secretary;
Michael Plant, U14 Boys
Team Representative;
Jane McNay, Director at
Large and U12 Girls
Representative; Steve
Venvertloh, Coach U16
Boys; Greg Reis, Coach
U13 Boys and Boys
Coordinator; Sarah
Mueller, Coach U14
Girls; Kathy Ginster,
U11 Girls Team
Representative; Matt
Longo, Coach U12 Boys,
Director of Coaching.
Officers, Board
Members unable to attend:
Call to order
President Dan
Brink called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM. The
meeting took place at the Knights of Columbus.
Secretary’s Report
The minutes for
the October 11, 2006 meeting were presented for
approval. Russ Meyer moved that the minutes be
approved; Steve Venvertloh seconded; the motion
carried.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s
Report, prepared by Jim Murphy, was presented for
review. Jim reported there was not much action.
Discussion was held regarding movement of the cd’s from
the banks where they are currently held.
Committee Reports…
Competition:
Russ reported
that the competition committee met and selected the
tournaments for the spring 2007 season. Jefferson City
(03/10 & 11); Columbia (04/21 & 22); Indianapolis (06/08
thru 10); Mossville (04/23 & 29); Gem City Shootout
(05/18 thru 20). Teams will attend the Shootout and are
to select two of the recommended tournaments, and may
select one more of their choice.
Jefferson City
and Indianapolis are noted as “large” tournaments.
SISL, CIYSL,
SLYSA & SCCSYA leagues were discussed. The committee
recommends the SLYSA league for the Club. If a league
fee is higher than our $250 fee, Russ stated the Club
will pay those extra fees. Teams can choose the SLYSA
Complex or Park fields…..prices for those fields are
different. Russ Meyer motioned to approve the Spring
Tournaments; Sarah Mueller seconded; motion carried.
Russ Meyer motioned to approve spring league play; Kathy
Ginster seconded; motion carried.
Finance: No
report.
Fundraising:
Jim reported
that he and Tony Reis are resigning from the committee.
He stated they will help with fundraising, but will no
loner chair the committee.
Discussion was
held regarding the hiring of a “Marketing/Fundraising”
person. Greg Reis proposed paying this position $750
for raising $10,000; an extra $500 will be paid if
$15,000 is raised. Maximum payout for this position
would be $1250. This same position would be paid $10
for every team brought in to play our Indoor and Outdoor
Tournaments. Thirty indoor teams and up to 80 outdoor
teams could be brought in. Russ Meyer and Kathy Ginster
agreeded. Anyone interested in this position can email
the website. Executive board will meet with applicants.
Matt recommends
making contact with coaches at tournaments to get names
and phone numbers of contact people for their teams.
This information can be used when inviting teams to our
outdoor tournament.
Jim Murphy
motioned to approved Greg Reis’ suggestion for payment
for the marketing position, and that prorating may need
to be done if the expected amount is not reached, but is
very close. The board will discuss and decided. Russ
Meyer seconded; motioned carried.
Rules and Bylaws:
No report.
Activities:
No report.
Equipment:
Tim Tappe will
have sample uniforms for every team member to try on for
sizing before placing our order. Pricing and
availability of backpacks and balls for new team members
and those needing replacement bags will be requested of
Tim.
Indoor Tournament:
Terry
Bower is reviewing the contract with K & L Arena. Dan
does not foresee any problems. Indoor tournament fees
went up from $150 to $175 for the large field, and $75
for the small field. Quincy United players only pay $10
per player. Jim Murphy motioned for approval; Greg Reis
seconded; motion carried.
Outdoor Tournament:
It was
recommended and approved that the Gem City Shootout
tournament fees be raised to $375 for U-11 and below and
$400 for U-12 and older.
Website: Jim
Murphy reported he didn’t get the Nike and Adidas
sponsorship. He is still working on revising the
website.
Vice-President’s
Report
No report.
Director of
Operations Report
No report
Director of Coaching
Report
Matt Longo
reported that he will pick a reasonable date for try
outs for the U-15-16 and U17-18 boy’s age groups.
U-14 Girls have
14 or 15 on their team; U-12 girls have three extra
girls she’d like to add. They can pay the $10 fee and
be added to the roster, if no one else was cut at the
previous tryout. Two girls emailed Jim Murphy about
getting on a team. Jim recommends cleaning up the
bylaws to make tryouts more definitive, not so gray.
President’s Report
Dan discussed
the attendance at our board meetings. He assumes/hopes
everyone is comfortable with what the Club is doing. He
believes we need to get more people to attend monthly
board meetings.
Regarding QSL
contract, Dan will be in contact with the Executive
committee soon.
Old Business
Regarding
reimbursement for board officers, Dan wants a decision
to be voted on when a large group attends a board
meeting. Kathy Ginster suggested that there are many
other positions that work very hard for the Club, and
they should also be considered for reimbursement.
New Business
Directors at
large were discussed; four are needed. Nominations were
recommended….Pete Little, Steve Venvertloh, Jane McNay,
Mike Plant, and Dave Keck. Steve Venvertloh, declined
the position. The remaining nominees were approved for
another year.
U-8 group fees
will not be due by November 15, 2006. QUSC board will
discuss Dave White’s salary and other items (fees,
uniforms, etc.). Jim Murphy will send an email telling
parents about the fees and deadlines.
Discussion:
Dan Brink
requested that more discussion/recommendations should
take place at committee meetings so less time is taken
up at the board meeting.
Next Meeting
The next meeting
will be held Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 7:00 PM at
the Knights of Columbus.
Adjournment
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:11 PM. Pete Little motioned; Nancy
Dreyer seconded.
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