Minutes of FSA Board Meeting

Minutes of FSA Board Meeting
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Present: Tammy Anderson, Bab Palmquist, Brendan Cox, Tina Stadler, Missy Plante, Ann Weinkoff, Troy Temple, Pat Dudley
Absent: Doug Zahn

Guests: Julie Langeslag, Jason Johannsen

There was no meeting held in December.

Minutes from 11/9/2008 meeting were approved.

Treasurer’s report was approved.  Ann will verify fee for tax services from Tom Hanson before continuing his services.

Artistic Photography gave FSA a proposal for doing Traveling Soccer league pictures.  He continues to do pictures for Little Feat.  He'd like our business back.  He showed what he had to offer plus prices.  They do give 10% of the sales back to the association.  AP has shown extreme flexibility in the past to get all teams done in a timely manner and the turnaround time to get pictures has been acceptable.  It was passed to give the account to Artistic Photography for 2009.

Little Feat Update:
Would like to also stay with Artistic Photography for their pictures.
Due to feedback and cost there will be no mini camp from Shattuck.  Would rather do a coaches clinic for parent volunteers instead.
Fee should be able to stay at $75/player.  This would include shirts, shorts, socks, balls and water bottles.  Shirts are paid for from the Rotary, money used for Shattuck camp would pay for shorts and socks, and same fee for water bottles and balls.  Set up fee is already paid for from Treadway-so no initial set up fees for printing.
Will use Roosevelt fields again.
On-line registration for Little Feat will be available-Tammy will get set up.  Under comments section of registration sizes will need to be noted for uniforms.
Discussed having a soccer session for 4 year olds.  Parents would need to help with this.
Also discussed the possibility of having a small traveling team compiled from the Little Feat teams.  Possibly 3-4 from each team would get together and have some games outside of the Little Feat program.  This would allow players to get a feeling of what the traveling team is all about.  This would be by invite only and possibly coed.
If it would be decided to have a traveling team from Little Feat-MYSA roster and level of play would need to be submitted.  Deadlines for this will be checked into-Tammy.
End of March will be registration for Little Feat if people do not register online.  Date has not yet been set.

Flyers for schools on registration:
Tammy to do flyers and get to schools for distribution.
Jason will write an article for the sports section of the news paper or have something put in the Lives and times section on registration to help promote FSA.

Registration Update:
Tammy and Troy will work on the wording on the online registration so as to capture if uniforms need to be ordered and the sizes needed.

Weekly updates of registration status will be e-mailed to coaches/managers to see how each returning team is progressing.  Tammy/Troy will send out updates.  Coaches/managers may need to do some recruiting if team is not filling up.
If not registering online, you may attend a registration meeting on Jan 25th.
Deadline for online registration is Feb. 8th.
Teams need to be registered with MYSA by early March.

Coaches/Managers for possible teams:
Boys:
U10-Hoffstead/Stoneman
U11-Stadlers
U12-Brown
U14-Palmquist/Dudley
U15-Zahn/Johannsen/Kletchka
U17-Benson/Kittlesen/Plante
Girls:
U12-Temple
U14-Wayland/Langeslag/Bokman
U16-Eimer-needs help on recruiting

Uniforms Update:
Troy will check on deadline to order uniforms from Eurosport. 
FSA will purchase some extras to help bridge those that may register late.
Online registration needs a spot yes/no for ordering or needing a uniform.-Troy and Tammy will take care of.
Coaches/managers no longer involved with uniforms-Tina and Tammy will handle it all.

Other Discussions:
Pat Ermer will paint fields again this year for us.
We will have fields at Maple Lawn and Shattuck-Troy has confirmed this.
All coaches/managers and parents that help in anyway MUST have a background check done.  This is an MYSA requirement.  Coaches and managers need to push this for the safety of all teams and players.  Tammy or Troy will send out info as to how to complete the background check online.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm

Next meeting is scheduled for February 8, 2009 at 7pm at Washington Rec Center.

Respectfully submitted,

Missy Plante
      Secretary