PINELANDS SOCCER ASSOCIATION

MINUTES FROM JANUARY 6, 2004 MEETING

Members in attendance: 

Bill O’Connell                       Tony Gravan                         Joe Pomponio

Kelly Schnepp                     Steve Kohler                         Geroge Kesheneff

Vicki Landolf                         Bill McGuire                          Bob Buono

Mike Angelus                        Cathy Errico                          George Rithianos

Meeting called to order @ 7:35PM by Bill O’Connell

Meeting Minutes from November 4, 2003.

Minutes approved on a motion from Cathy Errico and seconded by Bill McGuire.

Meeting Minutes from December 2, 2003.

Minutes approved on a motion from George Rithianos and seconded by Joe Pomponio.

Treasurer’s Report:

Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report for November and December made by Joe Pomponio and seconded by Christine Papernik.  We have the same account as last year, however we have new signers for the account.  The 2004 signers are:  Kelly, Bill, and Vicki.  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.  The issuing of checks will follow the same procedure.  You need to let us know if you need a check a few days in advance.  Our goal for this year is to have all the accounts cleaned up by the spring.  We will take care of the Yellow Jacket account, Screaming Eagles account, and the Falcons account.

Vice President Traveling:

We need to have a solid representation at all MOSA and Jersey Coast Meetings.  We were fined $120 for missed meetings.  This is unacceptable.  If you are a representative, you need to contact Mike the day after so he can prepare for our next meeting.  You also will be expected to report any information from the meeting to us. You also need to make sure that someone is at every meeting!

After a great deal of discussion on the floor, Joe Pomponio made a motion that if a traveling team is not represented by either the head coach or the assistant coach, their traveling team account will be fined $20 for each missed PSA meeting.  Cathy Errico seconded the motion.  So carried. 

We need to discuss possible ways to encourage the Recreation coaches to attend every monthly meeting.  If you have any suggestions, please contact a Board Member.  TABLED

All traveling teams registrations are due on or before March 2, 2004.  Failure to have complete registrations by this date will stop any and all checks to be distributed to that traveling team.  NO EXCEPTIONS!

Vice President of Recreation:

Spring Registration is scheduled for the following dates:

Friday, January 23^rd from 6 PM to 9 PM at Tip Seaman Park Pavilion.

Saturday, January 24^th from 11 AM to 2 PM at the LEH Library.

Friday, February 6^th from 6:30 PM to 9 PM at Tip Seaman Park Pavilion.

Saturday, February 7^th from 11 AM to 2 PM at the LEH Library.

Flyers will go out the week of January 13^th to the school districts.  The flyers will also advertise the need for players for an 11 year old girls’ traveling team, an 8 year old girls’ traveling team, and a 7 year old boys’ traveling team.

We are going to look at changing the format for Division One.  We are looking to create smaller teams and play 8 V 8 with fold up goals.  The fold up goals are approx. $50 a piece.  We will use the pop up goals for practice.  All recreation coaches will be called to collect any equipment that was not returned.  We will also look at last season’s numbers to see if we should lower the cut off date for Division 3.

Quartermaster:

We have two new quartermasters for the 2004 year.  Steve and Tony will take over all the ordering for equipment, trophies, shirts, etc.  We are going to do all of our ordering through MLS.  All coaches and parents who would like to purchase any type of equipment, please see Steve or Tony.  This will help us to bank money for the club (See more information under Old Business).  They also will be in charge of handing out and collecting all equipment from the coaches.  We need to set a date in February to do a complete inventory of all equipment between the quartermasters, Bill and Vicki.

Old Business:

F license course is set for Friday, February 20^th and Saturday, February 21^st.  It will be held at the PRMS gym.  The cost is $30 payable to NJ Youth Soccer.  The club will reimburse you for your payment if you receive the certificate and continue to coach with us.  If you are interested, please leave your name, phone number on the hotline and a Board member will get back to you.

We signed an agreement with MLS.  We are also involved with the exchange program.  For every dollar we spend, it accumulates in our account to get free training for our club.  It will be a one stop shopping deal.  With our past purchases, we have earned 5 free weeks with a second PDO trainer for the spring.  The PDO will also identify possible recreational players that have the potential to move on to a traveling team.

New Business:

We need to find someone who would be interested in housing the PDO’s for the spring season.  If anyone is interested, please contact a Board member.

A motion was made by Bob Buono to show our appreciation to the Weickhorst family for their generosity in housing our PDO this past fall.  We will give them $200 for helping our club.  Cathy Errico seconded the motion.  So carried.    MLS camps have been phased out.  They now have merged with the Metro Stars.

Motion made by Bill McGuire to adjourn the meeting @ 9:30 PM and seconded by Bob Buono.

Respectfully submitted by:

Vicki Landolf, PSA Secretary                   

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