WISCONSIN YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT APRIL 16, 2007 6:30 PM Poyry Engineering 2323 East Capitol Drive. Appleton, WI

Members present: Michael O Connell Appleton Soccer David Hyska Ashwaubenon Absent DePere Select Dale Antoine Electric City-Kaukauna Brenda Verhagen FC Magic-Appleton Teri Ternes FC Green Bay/Assistant Registrar Mark Kelderman Flyway-Brownsville/Secretary Michael Kobilic Fond du Lac Linda Radtke Fox Valley Unified Absent Foxx-Wrightstown Lynn Parent G.B. Lightning Mike Herman Howard Hurricanes Nancy Petzold Kiel Wayne Stoflet Kimberly David Merten Manitowoc Goalgetters Brian Engelbrecht Manitowoc Lutheran Absent Menasha Soccer Greg Freiherr New Holstein Renee Sullivan New London/Coach Comm. Christine Nelson Oshkosh Absent Paper Valley-Neenah Sarah Nelson United of Allouez Absent Water Cities

Members absent: DePere Select Foxx-Wrightstown Menasha Paper Valley Water Cities

East Central Board: Carl Micke President Mark Kelderman Secretary Renee’ Sullivan Coach Comm. Wayne Stoflet TOP Comm./Scheduling Teri Ternes Assistant Registrar Ann Girard State Board Rep Sue Ann Evers Administrative Assistant

Meeting was called to order by Carl Micke at 6:30.

Roll call was taken by sign in.

Secretary’s Report: No problems with the minutes and the March minutes were approved.

Treasurers Report: (Financial Budget is available by individual request) • It was noted that final registration fees will be due by June 15th. Please refer to the forms section on the East Central Web Site for the Player Registration Payment Worksheet. Each club must use the League Organizer Registration Report to fill out this worksheet. The current budget from August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2007 was presented to the Board.

Commissioner’s Report:

TOPS - (See bookmarked report) • Wayne reported that TOPS is in its' eighth year and growing. ARC has expressed an interest in getting involved. The spring session continues on April 21, 28, and May 5th. May 5th is the last session until September. At the May meeting Wayne will have a schedule for the fall of 2007. For questions call Wayne at 920-788-5840.

Scheduling - (See bookmarked report) • Wayne called attention to scheduling problems for the U-19 teams playing on the same nights as U-8 players, but after some discussion it was decided to keep the schedule as it stands. • Wayne reminded people that club presidents can make changes to the schedule on the website with a password that they must get from Sue Ann. Changes can be made for home games only and should include a notice to opposing coaches.

Registrar - (See bookmarked report) • There was a discussion about player pass cards having the proper division identification on them. It was noted that there are a handful of teams that may switch divisions at the pre- scheduling meeting. If a team moves to a different division and their roster and player pass cards have already been made, the team must have their cards remade.

It was moved by Renee and seconded that beginning in 2007-2008; teams must change their player pass cards to reflect the division they are playing in. The motion carried.

• Tourney players can club pass play into a premier league game only. They cannot be on a roster for that league. • Discussion about simplifying the coding league scheduling took place. We will need to determine what information WYSA uses before simplifying any of the coding. Carl will ask Jerry to speak to the State about their needs, so we can revisit the issue for next year.

Referee - (No report) • Any information requested about your referees, should go through Jim Rader before responding to individuals outside of East Central District. • Referee Rates for the Adult league will be similar to the U19

The following referee fee schedule is now in effect.

U-12 Classic & Rec 2x30 $25.00 $15.00 U-14 Classic & Rec 2x35 $30.00 $20.00 U-16 Coed Rec 2x35 $30.00 $20.00 U-16 Classic 2x40 $40.00 $25.00 U-17/19 Rec 2x35 $40.00 $25.00 U-17/19 Classic 2x45 $50.00 $30.00

Coaches – (See bookmarked report) • Renee said the March 2nd "D" license clinic was a success.

Games - (No report) • There were a few red cards suspensions from last season that would need to served. Teams involved will be notified before the start of the season.

State Rep's Report - (See bookmarked report)

Committee Updates

The Website Committee (No Report) • Committee did not meet since last report. Future activities include: membership survey, research web site providers, establish options to present to EC Board, and establish budget for options to present to EC Board.

Business Issues/Updates

Adult League: (See bookmarked scheduling guidelines) Games schedule will be posted on the East Central website and will be scheduled to start at 4:00, 5:30, and 7:00pm on Sundays. All requested information is to be sent to [email protected]. A total of 8 games will be scheduled on June 3, 10, 17, 24 and July 8. 15, 22, and 29th. Team codes, fields of play and coach/manager information are due from club registrars in League Organizer format by May 13, 2007. On May 14 games will be scheduled and returned to the participating clubs president, registrar, or other specified person for review or modification. On May 17th all modifications are to be returned to Wayne by 8:00AM. A final schedule will be returned to clubs for referee scheduling and data will be sent to the website for posting. Wayne expects the schedules to be posted by the week-end. It appears that we may have six teams. Driver’s licenses will be used for player passes.

ODP- Robbie Ward is the program administrator and can be reached at 10201 West Lincoln Avenue Suite 207, West Allis, WI 53227. The phone number is 1-888-328-WYSA. For more info go to http://wiyouthsoccer.net/ODPWebsite/newsrelease.asp?What=News&ID=134

Upcoming Events: Board Meetings at Marathon Engineering (Now Poyry Engineering) May 14, June 11, and July 9, 2007. New meeting time 8:00-9:30 p.m.

At 7:30 a motion to dismiss was made and approved.

Respectfully submitted by Mark Kelderman, East Central Soccer District Secretary.

Date: April 9, 2007 Area: TOPS Commissioner: Wayne Stoflet E-Mail: [email protected]

Report:

TOPS is half way through our spring session.

The spring session continues on April 21, 28 & May 5. May 5th is the last session until the fall (September). At the May meeting I will have a schedule for the fall of 2007. As always, questions may be directed to Wayne Stoflet 920-788-5840.

Future Activities’:

Decisions Required:

Date: April 9, 2007 Area: Scheduling Commissioner: Wayne Stoflet E-Mail: [email protected]

Report: The summer schedule was posted on March 30, 2007. Currently we’re working through minor problems relating to coding. Fields, times, team names can be changes by the clubs. Anything else that requires changing should be referred to Wayne Stoflet. Common courtesy would tell us to ask or notify the opposing coach when fields and times are changed. Changes can be made to home games only.

Future Activities’:

Decisions Required:

Date: 04/15/2007 Area: Registration Commissioner: Jerry Crossman E-Mail: [email protected]

Report: Many teams are registering from different clubs for spring season. Not aware of any issues. Registration has been going smoothly. Would like to have discussion from the clubs in the following;

1. Fall league: Changing level of play from fall to spring seasons; re-do of passes Drop/add of players - is the fall team meant to remain as the spring/summer team?

2. Tourney Only teams: Coding/identification and rules & regs; double roster/club pass Tourney Only vs. Tournament team (not sure this even exists?) 3. Coding Wayne uses only DIVISION coding for league scheduling (example: 067C11CA - this tells it all: season, girl/coed, age, league, level), Why do we need all the #s and acronyms in the rest of the fields? We should consider simplification and understandability by listing: "EC Rec League", "EC Classic League", "Wis State League"; team "unique" number. We seem to duplicate so much and if one digit is missed/typo/etc the cards/rosters are incorrect.

Decisions Required:

Coaching

Date: May 7, 2007 Area: Coaching Commissioner Commissioner: Renee’ Sullivan E-Mail: [email protected]

Report: Currently we are working on dates for 2008 Soccer Season.

Future Activities’:

Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association

3/17/07 AGM

1. Quorum 2. Moment of Silence 3. Introduction of Head Table 4. Introduction of Staff 5. Approval of 2006 Meeting Minutes a. Richard Williams asked for a copy of the amended 2005 Meeting Minutes b. 2006 Meeting minutes approved with amendment that the Rhinelander Club was present at the Meeting 6. Policy and bylaw changes a. District representatives to go from two to one rep per district i. Approved b. WYSA Executive Director will be a non voting member i. Approved c. State WYSA Youth Referee administrator and the ODP chair to be a voting board member – will be only appointed board members by the President i. Approved d. Executive Director will be a sitting member of the executive committee He/She will be a non-voting member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors i. Approved e. Removes director of leagues – redundant to league directors i. Approved 7. Election of President – Peter Mariahazy by acclimation 8. Election of Secretary – Toby Whipple by acclimation 9. Election of WSA Reps – Three nominated for two positions a. Carl Micke b. Kurt Sonnetag c. John Janasik i. Carl Micke & Kurt Sonnetag elected 10. Peter Wilt – Major League Soccer a. MLS has made great moves forward b. Demand and Popularity are driving up league fees c. Four new television Contracts d. New Toronto team has sold 14,000 season tickets and have stopped sale of season tickets – 20,000 seat stadium e. Other new stadiums i. Chicago Fire – Toyota Park ii. Colorado Rapids – Dicks Sporting Goods Park

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iii. Real Salt Lake - 2008 iv. Red Bull – 2008 -2009 f. San Jose – almost a lock for expansion team in 2009 g. St. Louis looking good for an expansion team h. DC United recently sold for $33,000,000 (originally purchased for $5,000,000) i. Designated player rule (exempt from salary cap) i. David Beckum ii. Claudio Reyna j. Wisconsin Effort i. Lost a year in process – wanted 2008 but no longer ii. Difficulty in finding a site iii. Lost about 4 sites iv. Now located two sites 1. option on one, negotiating on the other 2. Downtown Site 3. Site in Western part of Area v. Will focus on 2009 vi. Couple of months to go public vii. Need to finalize deal by mid July viii. If does not happen by Mid July the deal is likely done ix. 13 teams now and want to have 16 teams by 2010 1. St. Louis would be a competitor in that they are going after one of the open slots and is a Midwest Team 11. Budget Discussion a. 2006-2007 budget year now b. Requesting approval of 2007-2008 Budget i. Player fees to go down 20 cents due to self funding the first $20,000 of claim ii. Motion made to have 20 cents not rebated iii. Questions on Board Retreat, iv. Budget approved 12. Map of Districts presented a. Committed Executive committee to come to each district once per year for one of their meetings i. Need to know when these meetings are 13. State of State – Peter Mariahazy a. Consistency in what we offer i. Coaching checks ii. Work with other groups to bring them into the organization b. Task force to look at online registration c. Member portal for programs on web site

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i. Every person to have a password to get into the site ii. Impact to be one item iii. What can be others d. Telephone conferencing i. State has worked with a company called Roll Call – 7 cents per minute per person e. Employees of clubs – can these persons be able to obtain insurance plan through the state f. Region 2 Meeting i. Valuable experience ii. State may look at transportation again for next year in g. Ken Voight is chairman of the appeals committee i. Identify pool of people in districts that can be in pool for appeals ii. Training iii. Contact Dale with possible people – Discuss at East Central Meeting 1. About 3 hours of time to be involved. 14. East Bay Presentation a. Partnership between East Bay and WYSA i. Official and Exclusive Supplier b. Located in Wausau WI c. Worlds largest direct to consumer footwear and apparel company d. What can East Bay do for Us i. Partner with clubs ii. Premier Pricing iii. East Bay Brand – quality & price iv. 3 state reps throughout state 15. Impact – Concussion Diagnostic and Care – Dr. Mark Hallett a. WYSA to be a pilot program for states b. impacttest.com is the website c. MLS has signed agreement with Impact d. Goals i. To improve the care of concussions in Wisconsin Youth soccer Association participants ii. To serve as a model for improving concussion care for to the state organizations with US youth Soccer and other sports in Wisconsin e. What is Impact – WYSA to be a pilot program for states i. Computer software program ii. 20-25 minutes online test iii. Measures verbal memory, visual memory processing speed, reaction time and symptoms’ of concussions iv. Allows comparison of athlete’s post injury to after injury

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v. 10% of those who have a concussion loose consciousness vi. Like an EKG for the brain vii. Estimate 1.3 to 1.8 concussions in the US per year 1. 40% in one week are recovered 2. 60% in two weeks 3. 80% in three weeks 4. 90% in four weeks 5. 95% in five weeks viii. Summary 1. Education – increased awareness 2. Baseline testing – through the WYSA website, for athletes 10 & older to be subsidized by corporate sponsors 3. In event of injury - website will have a list of trained sports concussion experts 4. Sports concussion MDs/PhD’s will have access to only the baseline Impact reports of athletes who have chosen them. 5. Post Injury follow up 16. James Laudner – Coaching Clinics a. 32 coaches received C license this year b. 90 coaches received D license this year c. 378 coaches received an “E” certificate this year 17. ODP Presentation – Beth Perrigo a. 94% of US under 20 team were ODP players b. www.wiyouthsoccer.net/odp c. Developed relationship with Wave – 4 current players d. U-14 member of national team e. U-17 player invited to residency f. 3 players on U-20 national team 18. Referee’s – Sue Walters a. Referee clinics finishing up b. 3,200 – 3,500 referees c. FIFA referee in Wisconsin – Marge d. Level 9 Referee – Policy – only allowed to referred recreational and below e. State Cup i. Premier top level referees ii. Start with level seven and higher iii. Planned to have assessors in Appleton to help f. Who is referee assigners for each club – seems to be a challenge i. 90 certified assigners in state g. Training programs for young referees being set up h. ODP camp sent four referees last year i. Arbiter Program

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i. Tried to tell us how good it is 19. Terry Donini a. Need for a U-19 women’s team for regionals in Des Moines, contact Terry for more info.

20. Youth meeting broke for lunch and Adult meeting to follow.

WSA Meeting

Meeting called to order at 1:35 PM

1. Quorum present 2. No meeting minutes to review a. March 4, 2006 – Adults no quorum present b. September 10, 2006 – Youth no quorum present 3. Executive Report a. Bill Sandoval reporting (Jon Jansik not present) b. Bill stated reviewing the constitution to insure we are in line with 501 - C3 corporation c. Treasurer’s Report i. No report at this time ii. Working on a budget for this year iii. New accountant created problems 1. Now receiving a monthly report iv. Close to budget, but must meet with the board to review v. Savings total 1. 2001 – $100,000 2. 2003 – $146,000 3. 2005 – $176,000 4. 2006 – $90,000 5. As of January 31 is $93,242 d. Adult Report – Richard Williams i. Written report ii. Developing Interstate competition iii. Youth clubs have put out U-23 and associated with Adult league? iv. Working to put Adult coaching license in place this year e. Youth Report – Peter Mariahazy i. Concussion Treatment ii. Milwaukee Professional Soccer iii. East Bay Soccer

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iv. Chamber Health Insurance Plan f. Referee Report – Mike Wurtz i. FIFA Referee – Margaret Domka ii. Referee’s respected throughout the country g. Coaches Report – Terry Donini i. Greg Winkler is president ii. 190 coaches in the organization iii. Work with High school coaches for the all star game and polling h. TOP Soccer i. John Janacek not at the meeting ii. TOP soccer continues to grow iii. Looking for funds to help grow the program 4. Old Business a. None 5. New Business a. Bylaws and constitutional proposal by Richard Williams i. Motion made to table the motions indefinitely made and passed. b. Request to see audit made – will send out an e-mail of the audit c. Members Resolution to allow WASA and WYSA to incorporate separately. i. Peter gave a great speech ii. Much Discussion. iii. Scott Engraff resigned as WSA Secretary iv. Vote taken v. Vote received a majority, however the chair ruled the vote required a two thirds majority.

Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association (Reconvened) Peter Mariahazy asked for a closed door meeting to ask the membership for direction as we move forward.

• Various strategies were discussed as a result of the vote at the WSA meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 PM

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The game schedule and team information will be posted on the East Central Website using the following schedule of events. Games will be scheduled to start 4:00, 5:30, 7:00 PM on Sundays. ALL REQUESTED INFORMATION IS TO BE SENT TO: [email protected]

A total of 8 games will be scheduled; June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 8, 15, 22, 29

May 13, 2007 - Teams, codes, fields of play and coach/manager etc due from club registrars in the League Organizer format.

May 14, 2007 - Games will be scheduled and returned to the participating clubs president, registrar or other specified person for review or modification.

May 17, 2007 – Modifications are to be returned to Wayne by 8 AM this day. A final schedule will be returned to clubs for referee scheduling and data will be sent to the website for posting. I would expect that the schedule will be posted by the week-end.

Wayne