Minutes of FSA Board Meeting

Minutes of Faribault Soccer Association Meeting
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Present:  Nancy Houghton, Tammy Anderson, Tim Wayland, Troy Temple, Don Benson, Kittleson, Jason Johanssen, Doug Zahn, Missy Plante, Jake Roberts, Ann Weinkoff, Bob Palmquist, Tina Stadler, Patrick Ermer, Sandy Roberts, and Julie Langeslag

Julie reported on the MYSA Symposium that she attended.  They talked about having regional playoffs before the state tournament so that things are more local and so that everything isn’t at Blaine at the same time.  They want to shrink the size of the MYSA Board from 21 to 15.  The coaches meetings had good information.

Scholarships are decided by the Executive Board.  The most available to any player is 50% of the charge.  Patrick will post the form for scholarships on the website.

Soccer Complex update – Our first choice of 1A was $2.7 million and it is too much money.  The three groups each have a priority.  FSA wants lots of fields.  FHS wants a very nice gated staduim.  The Bahl family wants a very nice permanent lasting legacy.  After conversation with all three, the new design is a smaller building, the stadium, and some of the fields for Little Feat for about $1.5 million.  We have $600,000 right now and $250,000 a year coming each year over the next two years, all from the Bahl family.  We may need to borrow $500,000 to be paid back as the Bahl money is received.  We are looking at finding someone to guarantee the loan.

Bob has been looking at further fundraising.  The Thunder will be contributing.  On Target will do a bulk mailing for us once we authorize it.  We can get the Elks on April 26 with finger food and a silent auction, but many expressed that a meal will really need to be served.  Missy will ask about the Eagles so there would be enough room for this.  We are not locked into April 26 as a date, but much earlier than that will be challenging.  This will be only one of our fundraisers.  We will also be going to businesses one on one to see about large donations for fields.

Troy has our tax exempt certificate.  Ann will have copies available. If you are making purchases please get one from her ahead of time so you don’t pay sales tax.

Teams –
     BOYS
U17B has 8 players.  They will get Tinaglia and Roberts from U16 and they need to recruit more players.
            U16 and U15B will combine and have 12.
            U14B are strong with 17 players
            U13B and U12B will combine and have 13 plays
            U11B has 7
U10B has 17 plus one U09 has one and U08 has one.  Maybe some will go to U11 or there will be two U10 teams.  Yet to be determined.
     GIRLS
            U18 – the one that registered needs to have her money refunded as we will not have a team at this level.
            U17 & U16 will combine and have 10 players so far
            U 15 & U14 will combine and have 13
            U13  & U12 will combine and have16
            U11 will be fine with 10 and recruit a few more
U10 has 5 and U09 has 1.  This may is not enough so we either need more or drop this team

Uniforms – We can order Adidas uniforms through Shattuck (Tim Carter) to match pretty closely what we have.  We will get them numbered in town.  Orders need to be turned in very soon (within about a week) so please get this information to Tina or Troy right away.

Upcoming dates:
            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 – Tenative fundraiser for the soccer complex at the Elks.  This date and venue may change.