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Dynamo Soccer Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 30, 2006 LeVasseur School
Attendance:
Vernette Karnes
,
Bob Laskey
,
Jeff Gindy
, Greg Mattson,
Deb Laskey
,
Mark Goldfain
, William Smierciak, Ben Smith, Kurt Karnes, Mary Kyrouac, Ed Smith, Brent
Mallek, and Mike Patterson
Visitors:
Paul Fawbert and Neal Zimmon from Challenger sports.
Ed called the meeting to order
at 7:01
Ed questioned if there were any
corrections to the meeting. We need
to change thank to thanked. Mark
motioned to accept the minutes. Mike
seconded. Passed.
Paul and Zeal offered two
services. They have regional offices
in Naperville.
Paul provided catalogue of
uniforms. Almost all uniforms have
18 colors. They offer 15% discount.
They offer online order and Dynamo can track where the order is.
If Dynamo would sign for 2 years the discount would be 20%.
Soccer Camp- Challenger has
coached 61000 kids. All of the
coaches are from the UK. They are
either UEFA or FA qualified. They do
complete background checks and the minimum age is 21.
Coach to child ratio is 1 to 12 for ages 6 and up.
They utilize many drills. They
have brochures. Last year they had
67 camps in IL and IN. A coaching
clinic can also be held the same week as the clinic.
There is no minimum for participation.
Complete online registration. They
have a million dollar liability insurance. For
ages 6 and up they offer 2 sessions. Dynamo
would choose they type of clinic they would like to offer.
For half day – 3 hours the charge is $96.00 a week.
For a full day - 6 hours the
charge is $140.00 for the week. The
price includes a ball and t-shirt. The
coordinator’s family would be free. Each
coach would need a host family during the clinic.
Each host family would receive $80.00.
Officer Reports:
A.
President-
Nothing to
report.
B.
Vice
President- Nothing
to report.
C.
Secretary-
Vernette needs to know who needs a new note book of the returning
board members. All new board members
will receive a new notebook and returning board members will receive new inserts
for those that need to be replaced. Mark
needs a new notebook. Vernette also
requested that anyone who has any suggestions on anything for the notebook to
contact her.
D.
Treasurer-
The ComEd bill continues to be high. Brent
will contact ComEd. Mark also
suggested that for the upcoming season that we receive a receipt for every
delivery so that Dynamo can balance it with the end of the year bill.
Bill,
Ed, Mark, Greg, and Deb will participate in the budget committee.
E.
Parent
Representative- Nothing to report.
Committee Reports:
A.
Fields
and Grounds-
Nothing to report.
B.
Sponsors-
Mike will be sending sponsor letters.
C.
Fundraising-
Mary, Kim, and Vernette looked online for other options for fundraising.
They found that they were all very similar.
Imperial Crown does offer different fliers.
Mary will see if they can provide other examples to choose from.
Brent motioned to use Imperial Crown for the 2006 season.
Bob Seconded passed.
D.
Concessions-
Dynamo has only had applicant for the concession manager.
Kim has her food service license. She
also is an assistant manager at Taco Johns.
Jeff motioned to hire Kim for the upcoming season.
Bob seconded. Ben and Ed
abstained. Passed.
E.
Equipment-
Bill sent 10 bids for uniforms.
F.
Coaching-
Nothing to report.
G.
Schedules-
Nothing to report.
H.
Pictures-
nothing to report.
I.
Building-
Nothing to report.
J.
Draft-.
Deb purchased the new program
and thinks that it will be very useful. The
company is very helpful with any questions that she has had.
K.
Publicity-
Jeff emailed SAY to get a list of
deadlines. Bill will check on TV
advertising. Jeff will also check on
the cost of more ads but smaller adds for the newspaper.
L.
Referee
in Chief- Nothing to report.
M.
Risk
Management- Nothing to report
N.
Special
Projects- Ben suggested looking into a silent Saturday.
One Saturday of games would be no noise other than the referees.
Ben will bring more details to the next meeting.
Tickler File Update
None
Old Business
Vernette will need anything for agenda by 10:00
AM Sunday before the meeting. She
will also send reminder of the attendance policy with the minutes.
New Business
Mike
suggested looking into the feasibility of fields at LeVasseur.
Mike also suggested looking into other tournament opportunities.
There will be a tournament committee of Vernette, Scott, Ben, Bob, and
Mike. To participate in a tournament
Dynamo would need permission from SAY.
Next meeting 7:00, February 20,
7:00 LeVasseur School
Mark motioned to adjourn,
Vernette seconded. Meeting adjourned
at 9:35.
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