Minutes of the Green Country Soccer Association

MINUTES OF THE GREEN COUNTRY SOCCER ASSOCIATION

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OCTOBER 30,2001

CLUBS REPRESENTED: Broken Arrow, Catoosa, Claremore, Jenks, Northeast Tulsa, Premier, Tulsa United, Union, and Washington County

BOARD OFFICERS PRESENT: Steve Juett, President; Paul Taylor, 1st Vice President; Stan Rickner, 2nd Vice President; Travis Detter, 3rd Vice President; Cindy Patterson, Registrar; and Bob Easterly, Secretary-Treasurer

The general membership meeting was held October 30th, 2001 at Liberty Church, 7501 South Garnett, Broken Arrow, OK. Steve Juett, President, called the meeting to order at 8:23 p.m. The meeting started late due to lack of a quorum. President Juett noted in his introductory remarks that the October meeting was originally scheduled for October 25, 2001, but it was not called to order because a sufficient number of clubs were not present to constitute a quorum. The meeting was rescheduled for October 30th.

A motion was made by Broken Arrow to approve the minutes of the last general membership meeting without correction. The motion was seconded by Catoosa. The motion was approved unanimously.

Bob Easterly, Secretary-Treasurer, submitted a written report with no further comments.

Cindy Patterson provided members with a memo on registration check-in that corrects the registration dates, which conflicted with the OSA Workshop scheduled for January 25, 2002. Registrations may be turned in at the next General Membership meeting, to be held January 24, 2002 at 7:30 p.m., or during that day at the GCSA office. The recreational registrars workshop will be held Saturday, January 5, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at a location yet to be determined. GCSA areawide registration will be held January 12, 2002.

Travis Detter, 3rd Vice President; Stan Rickner, 2nd Vice President; and Paul Taylor, 1st Vice President; had no report.

President Steve Juett apologized to the membership for the delay in getting future tournaments approved. GCSA was only recently notified that it was required to grant approval for tournaments before OSA would approve them.

The President also reported that GCSA would be moving to the new OSA office in December or January of next year. NEOASA will also be sharing space in the offices with GCSA and OSA. Steve also reported that restructuring of the OSA bylaws might also require GCSA to incorporate NEOASA into its organization. Martin Dozier, with OSA, is reviewing the 501-C3 non-profit rules as they apply to Oklahoma soccer clubs.

Steve reported that Mike Nauman, President of Lakes Area SC, continues to work on scheduling issues as part of a sub-committee on scheduling.

There were no reports from Scheduling or Appeals Committee Chairmen.

Bob Easterly, acting in the capacity as Rules Committee Chairman, had submitted four proposed changes to GCSA bylaws at the August General Membership meeting. These proposals were presented for a vote in the following order:

Proposal 1 - “All references to ‘Standing Resolutions’ in the bylaws and rules of the Green Country Soccer association be amended to ‘Standing Rules.”

A motion was made by Northeast Tulsa Soccer Club and seconded by Broken Arrow to accept the proposal. The proposal was approved by a unanimous vote.

Proposal 2 - Article VIII. “Affiliation”

‘The Green Country Soccer Association is a member of the Oklahoma Soccer Association, and is affiliated with the United States Youth Soccer Association and the United States Soccer Association and agrees to abide by the rules, policies, and procedures established by these organizations as they pertain to youth soccer; unless otherwise amended by Standing Resolutions or Standing Rules passed by a majority vote of the membership of the GCSA.’

A motion was made by Northeast Tulsa Soccer Club and seconded by Broken Arrow to accept the proposal. The proposal was approved by a unanimous vote.

Proposal 3 - To amend Article IV, Section 3 of the bylaws, which reads:

“Section 3. No officer shall hold more than one GCSA office at a time, no officer shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office, nor concurrently serve as Member President and/or OSA officer.” To

“Section 3. No officer shall hold more than one GCSA office at a time and no officer shall be eligible to concurrently serve as Member President and/or OSA officer.”

A motion was made by Northeast Tulsa Soccer Club and seconded by Catoosa to accept the proposal. The proposal was approved by a unanimous vote. Proposal 4 - Proposal to amend Article II, Section 5

“Section 5. The membership of any Member may be terminated at a special meeting called for that purpose by the concurrence of two-thirds of the eligible votes of GCSA.” To

“Section 5. The membership of any member may be terminated by a majority vote of the Executive Board or by a the concurrence of two-thirds of the eligible votes of the GCSA.”

This proposal failed due to a lack of a motion.

After the vote on changes to the bylaws, a request to revise Section III of Standing Rules was also submitted in writing. The proposed change is given below:

“This proposal presents a change of Section 3, Paragraph A.1. of the Standing Resolutions which currently reads:

SECTION III. TEAMS

In order to assure fair and equal competition and the maximum opportunity for each individual to play, recreational teams shall be limited as follows:

A. Size

1. Under 10 (8v8) teams shall be formed with a minimum of 8 players and a normal maximum of 12. The Club may elect to extend the maximum number of players to 14 per team.

2. Recreational teams (U12 - U19) shall be formed with a minimum of 10 players and a normal maximum of 15. The Club may elect to extend the maximum number of players to 18 per team.

The proposed change reads:

SECTION III. TEAMS

In order to assure fair and equal competition and the maximum opportunity for each individual to play, recreational teams shall be limited as follows:

A. Size 1. Under 10 (8v8) teams shall be formed with a minimum of 7 players and a normal maximum of 12. The Club may elect to extend the maximum number of players to 14 per team.

2. Recreational teams (U12 - U19) shall be formed with a minimum of 10 players and a normal maximum of 15. The Club may elect to extend the maximum number of players to 18 per team.”

A motion was made by Northeast Tulsa Soccer Club and seconded by Tulsa United to accept the revision to the Standing Rules, as written. The proposal was approved by a unanimous vote.

New Business:

President Juett reported that Dale Watts, from OSA, was here to discuss “myteam.com” at the regularly scheduled meeting on October 25th. Steve reminded club presidents to contact OSA for their clubs’ password. He discussed the new site with those present.

Steve Juett also reminded the membership that, at this time, the GCSA office will be closed from December 10th until the beginning of 2002. Steve told the membership that the office was now open on Fridays, and requested feedback as to whether this was beneficial to the clubs.

A motion was made by Northeast Tulsa Soccer Club to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Union. The motion was approved unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Bob Easterly