ROCK SPRINGS SOCCER ASSOCIATION

MINUTES FOR:

October 18,1999

Members present: Dave Gray, Jody Leal, Teresa Richards, Tammie Henderson, Joe Arambel, Rick Fredricksen, and Dennis Nussbaum, Shari Moran and Sandy Berry. Visitors present: Jenifer Buller

Call to Order: 7:35

Approval of Minutes: Rick motioned, Dennis seconded-approved

Treasurer’s report: 17,782.48 Dennis motioned, Teresa seconded-approved. A remaining balance of 2,500 is owed to M.L.S. for Rob Kerr’s services. Sheila will take care of this immediately.

Reports:

• Vice President: One injury was reported. The injury consisted of a broken wrist and in discussion of the accident, a back injury was added. Dave is in the process of having the accident reports filled out and signed by those involved.
• Secretary: no report
• Referee: Rick will turn information to Sheila in order to get payment to the referees for this season. Rick would like us to consider bonuses for two referees that went above the call of duty. No further discussion was made concerning this. The referee clinic is tentatively set for November 19-21 at the Rock Springs Family Rec. Center. Times for the clinic are currently 6-9 p.m. Fri, 8-4 Sat. and 8-12 a.m. Sun. A refresher course will be held 8-12 on Sat. These times may change.
• Fields: Dennis brought pictures of damage to goals that he sent in as proof to Kwikgoal. A suggestion was made to buy a set of permanent goals for the U-8 fields. The cost of the goals would be $1400.00 and a set of nets for $130.00 = shipping and handling. Rick made the original motion for goals alone and Teresa seconded. The motion was amended to include nets. Rick motioned Sheila seconded-approved. Rick added that he would like the coaches to be again reminded that if they are the lasts to play on a field, they are responsible for putting away the equipment. A concern for the availability of First aid kits for all coaches was made. Dave will check into pricing.
• Registrar: requested payment for this season-she was paid $585.00
• Coaching: not present. Sent word by Shari that she is working on the coaches’ clinic.
• Funding: open
• Risk Management: need board members to sign forms.
• State Delegate: Rick and Joe attended the meeting held Oct. 17. Next year the state cup will be divided as such: America’s Cup- memorial day and Snickers Cup- labor day. The tournaments will be held in Casper for the next two years and then are up for bid. There is a proposed C licensing program set tentatively for July 29-Aug.6 or Aug. 5-13. These are not official dates. Marie requested a copy of our by-laws and Rick mailed them. The girls ODP is resigning effective Jan. 1. The boys ODP program currently has 106 players not necessarily the best Wyoming soccer has to offer. Wyoming league was discussed and a proposal was requested from us. Joe and Rick will take care of this. There was a huge debate concerning risk management. John Kolesar has taken over the position. From here on out, disclosure forms will be required every year instead of every 2.Non-compliance by an organization will result in a non-favorable standing with the state. We were advised that if a coach or anyone involved in RSSA soccer is questionable for any reason that we must report and deal with the situation immediately. The division of family services in Casper has agreed to check any complaint we may have. We must have everything documented in writing as far as contacts, reports, etc. We discussed making cards for coaches, assistant coaches, referees, board members, or anyone else that might be alone with RSSA children. Rick has some cards and Teresa will find out more information about lanyards and pictures to complete the I.D. cards. Sheila will talk to G. Grubb about background checks.
• Telephone: no report
• Indoor Soccer: still no volunteers for the position.
• Uniforms: not present

• Pepsi Cup: unsure of date. We will check into having it in September.
• Publicity: needs pictures.

• Fun night: went well, great comments from all sides. The numbers show approximately 140 kids.
• Dennis turned unclaimed lost and found over to Tammie to take to the thrift store.
• It was decided to change the U-5 time to begin at 10:00
• Rick made a motion for Rob Kerr to return in the fall for coaching clinics and MLS clinics to be held in the spring. Shari seconded- approved.

New Business:

• Jenifer Buller is interested in joining the board in the capacity of Funding. Tammie nominated, Teresa seconded-approved. Her phone number is 362-7248.
• Dennis is resigning his position this coming spring due to work hours.
• Dennis brought drafts of a proposal of new soccer space adjoining century. All were enthused and Rick will draft the grant to start the process.

The next meeting will be held November 8, 1999 at 7:30 p.m.

Adjournment was at 9:25p.m.