Called to order:
Attendance: Ed Kobos, Art Durando, Jim Wright, Kevin Waters, Peter Inserra, Kit Hutchinson, Rich Abel, John Elnicky, Chip Hadity, Jon Harter, Patrick Inserra, Ray Pitcher, Paul Rogers, Joe Stanco, David Toach, Andy Totman, Eric Ventura, Patrick Woods (18 members did not attend).
I. Correspondence:
a.
b. Klaus Kleinstauber (National Assessor) broke his hip in an accident a get-well card will be sent by the secretary on behalf of the club as soon as an address is provided.
c. Rich Ceonzo has requested all associations notify him of refresher courses are to make a master list for the web site.
d. The secretary received a letter from President Salter about photo ID’s informing him to contact the president of ENYSASA. The secretary on behalf of the association will send a letter to him.
II. Officers Reports
a. President
i. Badges and books for 2007 were passed out to members attending the meeting
ii. 10 members of those that attended still have not received photo ID’s
iii. The re-certification test will be August 12 and the fitness test August 11.
b. Vice-President
i. The executive board approved the association paying $192.00 for new software that will make assigning games for the CNYSSL and CNYJSL more efficient.
c. Treasurer
i. The financial statements for 2006 had not been audited as of the start of the meeting (they were audited after the meeting).
d. Secretary
i. The roster is being sent out soon and any updated information from last year needs to be sent to the secretary right away.
ii. If you have a cell phone number please send it to the secretary for the roster to make communication quicker and easier.
e. Assignor
i. The availability schedule for summer leagues will be posted soon on our website. Due to the new software the availability will be redundant.
ii. Games will be available as soon as April (Region 1).
iii.
Tournaments for the year are
iv. The new software will make availability, acceptance and declination physical and will send out emails as reminders.
III. Committee Reports
a. Membership
i.
The course for new referees will be the last 2 weekends
in April
b. Training
i. There will be on-field training in the near future.
IV. Old Business
a. Dues are now due for 2007 and the secretary will be emailing amounts due soon. If you owe for 2006 you need to send the payment to the treasurer immediately or you will not be assigned games.
b. If you desire to upgrade contact Ed right away so that he can plan the assessment. Be sure you have the proper game count as well as all other paperwork required.
c. We submitted a fee increase to $130 per game to the CNYSSL at their last meeting. They did not seem happy and said they would get back to us.
d. Ed will fill out a form to send to the Hall of Fame for a brick that was approved as expenditure.
e. Ed will purchase new coins for the association (approved by the executive board) with the word tails on the back.
V. New Business
a. Dues will be $25 minus $1.00 per meeting attended in 2006. The secretary will send notices to all members
b. Meeting attendance is still low and the secretary only received responses from 22 of 36 members. As a result the secretary will be sending certified letters to members (at cost to the club) who do not respond to an email.
c. Fines for missing meetings and assignments will be submitted to the executive board by the ethics committee before the next meeting.
d. Rising Stars’ new facility will be open in Westmoreland next fall for the indoor season. They will be USSF sanctioned which means we will be responsible for assigning and refereeing. They will have nets and not walls like Sportplx.
e. Oneonta had a beginner’s course and only 5 people attended.
f. The College Cup finals might be held in this area and Ed gave them info to help them out.
g. The ENY website is enysoccer.com
h. Tournaments
i. Contact Ed for ODP, Region 1 or the State Cup
ii.
Contact Kevin for
i. Kevin suggested the club reimburse referees for travel to tournaments. The motion was tabled for discussion by the executive board.
j. A new policy was passed at the meeting that the center referee call or email his assistants at least 2 days in advance of a game. The assistants are to contact the center referee if they have not heard from him by the night before the game. If there is still no response the assistants are to contact Kevin.
VI. Items for the good of the game
a. Peter Inserra announced his wife is pregnant with their first child and it will be a boy.
b. The
next meeting will be April 15 at
The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully Submitted
Peter Inserra, Secretary
MVSRA
