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MINUTES OF THE MVSRA MEETING ON 11/14/04

 

CALLED TO ORDER: 3:45 pm at Sportplx in Utica NY

 

Attendance: Rich Abel, Bill Brooks, Art Durando, John Elnicky, Chip Hadity, Jon Harter, Kit Hutchinson, Patrick Inserra, Peter Inserra, Ed Kobos, Byron May, Rick Mitchelson, Eric Ventura, Jason Waters, Kevin Waters, Patrick Woods, Jim Wright, Boris Lazzari, Howard Rubenstein and Jose Vargas.

 

1)      Minutes of the last meeting: the minutes of the last meeting were accepted as posted on our website. First Art Durando, Second Kit Hutchinson.

 

2)      Correspondence: CNYSSL is the second largest league in Eastern NY

 

3)      Presidents report: assessors course and instructors course will be given early next year let Ed know if interested

 

4)      Vice-Presidents report: we need new members. We have lost 1 already and probably more. If possible we might try the local colleges.

 

5)      Treasurer’s report: 2004 dues are overdue and 2005 will be coming up soon. We have over $1600 in our account but we have some expenses coming up.

 

6)      Secretary’s report: any changes to the roster let me know ASAP. There will be an updated roster available at the February meeting.

 

7)      Assignor’s report: checks for some canceled games were distributed. If you didn’t get paid for a game over the summer contact Kevin right away.

 

8)      Training committee: we are attempting to persuade NYS to hold their 4-hour state instruction clinic here in Utica.

 

9)      Old business: Eric and Art will handle Referee of the year balloting. Rookie of the year will be handled by Peter Inserra

 

10)  New business: election of officers was held. The secretary cast one vote for all officers to retain their posts with the exception of the treasurer. Jim Wright ran for the treasurers’ position and defeated John Story 10-2 with 1 abstention.

 

11)  The tentative meeting schedule for next year is: February, April, May, June, July, August (fitness test only) and November (election of officers). A motion was made by Eric, seconded by Kevin that there are too many meetings and we should reduce the total to 5. There was some discussion and it was determined that it was a Board of Directors issue and will be brought up at the next Executive Board meeting.

 

12)  A motion was made by Art, seconded by Jason that the amount of meetings attended be reduced to 4 for 2004 in order to qualify for the $5.00 dues rebate (passed unanimously). A list of the 8 members that qualify were given to the treasurer-elect by the secretary.

 

13)  A brick at the Soccer Hall of Fame costing $150 will be purchased by the Association (first Kevin, second Peter).

 

14)  Peter was appointed to the audit committee and will be auditing the books before the end of the year.

 

15)  For the good of the game: Eric spoke out about fellow referees bad mouthing other referees at games and Art discussed possibly putting together a code of ethics.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 pm