Minutes of FSA Board Meeting

Minutes of Faribault Soccer Association Meeting
Sunday, January 6, 2008

Present:  Nancy Houghton, Tammy Anderson, Tim Wayland, Troy Temple, Doug Zahn, Missy Plante, Jake Roberts, Ann Weinkoff, Bob Palmquist, Brendan Cox, Tina Stadler, Patrick Ermer, Sandy Roberts, Laura Lambert, and Julie Langeslag

Decision by the Board that the Treasurer, Registrar, and Ref Coordinator positions will each receive free registration for one child as compensation for their positions.  This year, Tammy is filling the role of Registrar, Ann is filling the role of Treasurer, and Sandy will continue for one more year as Ref Coordinator.

Our checking account at Wells Fargo has been closed and the account has been moved to the State Bank of Faribault.

A list of equipment that teams currently have was circulated and given to Bob.

Troy will be checking on our tax exempt status, get the proper forms, and bring information to the next meeting.

They are still shooting for an April 1 date for actual work to begin on the soccer complex.  If all goes according to plan the high school team will play on the field THIS fall and FSA can use the fields in the summer of 2009.

The question was raised if it is OK if one of our teams wants to hire a coach.  If there is more than one team in that age group, it could be an option.  A policy should be determined about both this and try outs.  At a minimum FSA should approve the coach.  This will be looked at during future meetings.

Registration – There are currently only 7 kids registered online.  Flyers were handed out at all of the elementary schools.  Troy will handle getting information to the Middle School and High School.  Tammy will send the flyer via email to Tim who will forward it on to all the coaches.  It is important that the coaches forward it on to all of their players from the previous year.  A registration event is set up for January 27 from 1:30 until 3:30 at the Elks.  Tammy and Pat will be able to handle the traveling sign-ups and Brendan will have people there to handle the Little Feat sign ups. 

Upcoming dates:
January 19 – MYSA District Meeting (Bob and/or Troy will attend)
January 27 – Registration event from 1:30 – 3:30 at the Elks
February 10 – FSA Board meeting at 7:00 at ABC
February 14 – Late registration fee applies
March 2 – FSA Board meeting at 7:00 at ABC.  Coaches should come as who is on what team will be decided.
March 10 – Deadline with MYSA for team registrations.
March 30 – Season Kickoff at the Elks from 5 – 7 p.m.  Pat and Tammy are arranging this event
April 26 – Fundraiser for the soccer complex at the Elks.  So far the Twins are sending something and there will be a silent auction.   There should be food of some kind to keep people around and to raise money from the sale of tickets.  Bob is arranging this and will look into food options.

Uniforms – We have to get new uniforms as the old style is no longer available.  The only exception will be the U17 teams can choose to get by with what they have.  This year we may pre-buy them in bulk and then have them numbered by someone locally.  Tina and Troy are checking on pricing to see if this will work.

Background checks – at our next meeting Tammy will bring information about the volunteers that need to have this done and how they will do that.