Lake Jackson Soccer Club

Lake Jackson Soccer Club January 2009 Meeting Minutes Thursday January 8, 2009 Jasmine Hall

Attendees: Noel Contardi, Cheryl Cooley, Larry Foley, Kathy Krupp, Mark Kuettel, Matt Turk, Dan White Guests: Amber Krenek

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by LJSC President Dan White.

Spring Soccer: The Spring Soccer description was reviewed. The spring season fee would be $25 for players who are already registered with BYSA. A $25 registration fee will be charged for spring registration. Registration should be completed on-line with paper registration by exception. The spring season fee will include referee payments. The fee structure assumes there are 10 players per team. There were 25 new referees certified and 15 recertified during the recent clinic. We would like to use the spring season as training for new referees. The referee fees should be $20 for the head ref and $10 for each AR.

LJSC would advertise Spring Soccer using Affinity, in the newspaper, and on the BYSA and LJSC web sites. Matt and Kim will also send home a school flyer. We need to have Division Managers recruit coaches if there are many individual registrations.

Dan will need to work with the BYSA registrar to gain access to the appropriate information to schedule spring soccer. Last year, teams from Clute, Richwood, Angleton and Bay City played in the spring season.

Registration for Spring Soccer will be Feb 1 through Feb 14. We will accept late registrations when possible. February 21 will be a bracketing meeting. Player and coach needs will be addressed during the interim week. Matt can run a report of registered players on Feb 15 and send it to the coaches. We will accommodate as many teams as possible. Matt will roster teams so that player cards are not needed. Players will still be able to play on a different team if needed. The strategy is to open the season to additional players.

Dan will ask Wally to schedule a U6/U8 module coaches clinic prior to the spring season. Dan will send a note to the Division managers to forward to coaches with a copy to BYSA officers.

Dan and Larry will help Eric Ripplinger coordinate the spring season. The bracketing meeting will also address issues with Division II teams if necessary.

Officer Reports:

A voting quorum was achieved at 7:35 pm.

President’s Report (Dan White): There were some issues with the STYSA organization of the tournament, otherwise it went smoothly. All the Division II teams went to District playoffs, 3 went to State and the U12 Boys team won State. Dan will build a trophy room on the LJSC web site for the results. Two Rec teams play in the Eastern District playoffs so they will now play Division II. STYSA Cup play information for Spring 2009 is on the web site for U-11 and older. Matt will send a note to request roster changes by a date prior to the start of Division II Spring play.

Kathy Krupp Page 1 of 3 4/28/2018 The referee clinic held in late December was successful. All 29 Participants in the Entry level course passed. All 15 participants in the Recertification course passed. LJSC provided snacks, lunch, and drinks.

Board Member Positions:  Larry Foley will continue one more year and would like to train his successor. The position was approved by Board vote.  Noel Contardi will continue as the Boys VP. Eric Ripplinger will continue as the Girls VP.  Kathy Krupp will continue as the Secretary.  Dan White will continue as the President.

Marvin Bowler has resigned as the Referee Assignor, and will be replaced by Paul Gillis. So U7/U8 Boys General Manager position is now open. The Equipment Manager position is still vacant. Volunteers are badly needed to fill BYSA Positions.

Field Manager’s Report (Mark Kuettel): Mark talked with Trugreen about fertilizer cost estimates. The estimate for MaClean fertilizer application is $6800 for five applications. Two applications of weed control is $2500, spread initially in May/June and then again later. The estimate for fire ant control is prohibitively expensive. The estimate for the Hospital fields in $11,185. We need an estimate by field for the Hospital Fields. Permission must granted by the City and Rasco Middle School. Mark will contact the City for approval to use Trugreen for fertilizer and weed control applications. We could pay the fee upfront and save 10%. Mark will get a finalized contract.

Matt and Mark will pull the goals on MC3 together at the center of the field to prevent practice on the field so the grass can recover.

Boy’s VP (Noel Contardi): Noel needs to fill the U7/U8 and U9/U10 Division Manger roles. Matt will send a list of younger coaches to Noel for selection

Girl’s VP (Eric Ripplinger): No report.

Equipment Manager’s Report: Still need an equipment manager. Dan will make a follow-up phone call to a potential candidate.

Treasurers Report (Larry Foley): The balance in the operating account is $22000 with $34,822 in the CD and $30,409 in the money market account.

Registrar’s Report (Matt Turk): Nothing in addition to the discussion about registration for Spring Soccer.

Past President’s Report (Kevin Romero): none

LJSC Referee Mentor Proposal: A motion was made by Noel Contardi with a second from Larry Foley to offer Gran Betts a referee mentor contract for the spring season on a trial basis. The motion carried. The cost will be $500 for the 8 week-ends plus addition meeting compensation. Gran will teach game management and proper referee procedures. He will work to build the confidence of the newer referees.

Director of Coaching (DOC): None

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New Business: None

The minutes of the December 2008 meeting were unanimously approved following a motion by Noel Contardi and a second by Cheryl Cooley. The 2009 meeting dates are confirmed and are posted on the LJSC web site. The agenda for March will include LJSC By-law modifications.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm based on a motion from Noel Contardi and a second from Larry Foley, which carried unanimously.

Respectfully submitted, Kathy Krupp Secretary

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