Massachusetts Premier League Annual General Meeting (AGM) October 17, 2016 Forekicks, Marlboro

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1 Massachusetts Premier League Annual General Meeting (AGM) October 17, 2016 Forekicks, Marlboro Commission Voting Member Attendees: S. Robinson T. Filippetti J. Vellucci S. Tower T. Luongo F. Day G. Reynolds N. Tescione Commission Voting Member Absentee: J. Barata Staff Attendees: T. Goodman K. Irwin N. Dunbar Commission Non-Voting Member Attendees: R. Weaver K. Kelly S. Tsakirgis Commission Non-Voting Member Absentee: L. Akoghlanian Member Club Attendees: 65 Attendees; 5 not in Attendance represented by Proxy voting (see Attachment A) Guest Attendee: M. Borislow, MYSA Executive Director AGM called to order 7:10 PM Agenda Items: 1. Welcome and Introductions: S. Robinson, MAPLE Commissioner welcomed attendees and introduced Commission members. 2. Secretary s Report: Approval of the minutes from the September 20, 2015 AGM upon review of the minutes a motion was made to approve as presented; motion seconded motion approved. 3. Treasurer s Report: S. Robinson referred everyone to the Financial Reports provided. He stated that the league has lost a little over $38,000 as seen on the Income Statement, mainly due to clubs leaving the league. Noted that the proposed budget is still being worked on by T. Goodman and himself, they are looking at areas such as restructuring the payroll and will put forth a new budget by the spring. A motion was made to accept the budget as proposed; motion seconded motion approved. 4. Committee Reports: Nomination Committee; R. Weaver asked if everyone had received their ballots. Began with the Treasurer position, J. Vellucci only name on the ballot; asked if anyone from the floor was interested, no interest expressed. J. Vellucci spoke to his resume provided to the Nominating Committee and included in the handouts. R. Weaver requested a hand vote from the floor; majority voted to appoint J. Vellucci as Treasurer. R. Weaver explained the voting procedure. All clubs will have the number of votes for each position equal to the number of teams currently registered for the fall season. Proxy voting is allowed for those clubs unable to attend, so one person may carry all the votes for any given organization as long as prior to the meeting a letter on club stationary stating such was provided to the league office. The Nominating Committee had reviewed and endorsed the following candidates, each candidate was asked to give a brief resume to the membership. Nominating slate for Commission Member 2016; four open positions: John Barata & Tony Luongo re-election for another term and Eric Redder, Dana Santilli, Marianna Sousa for two spots. A nomination from the floor was made for a Commission spot; K. Irwin. R. Weaver explained K. Irwin is an employee of the league and in accordance with league policy in place since the league was established an employee of the league cannot be a voting member of the Commission the floor nomination was retracted. Each member of the slate spoke to their resumes. Nomination closed, membership was asked to vote. Results: the membership re-elected John Barata, Tony Luongo and elected Eric Redder & Marianna Sousa. Motion was made to destroy the ballots motion seconded motion approved.

2 Agenda Items: (cont d) 5. Executive Director s Presentation: T. Goodman, Executive Director welcomed the membership attendees and began his presentation. (see Attachment B double click to view the MAPLE/NSL Presentation) October- 17th AGM- Executive Dir Talking points to the presentation: Working to build Commission to eleven members, increasing the Commission to its full capacity that will happen at this AGM. DOC Advisory Group created by N. Dunbar, Technical Director to make decisions regarding soccer developments that will be passed on to the MAPLE/NSL Executive Director for confirmation and then to the Commission. Streamline referee payment system, referees are now paid every two-three weeks. Develop new payment & registration system; a minimum roster size will be required, if you do not meet the size at registration the team will be dropped. Tasks Completed: - Rebranding MAPLE new name, new logo etc... - Create partnerships w/sports, Education companies we have partnered with NIKE, WeGotSoccer. We are going to work closely with MYSA as they are an excellent educational resource. - Office Space have contracted with Regus Group and now have a professional office space located in Marlboro. - Developed a communication & marketing strategy and now working to complete the social media piece. - Developed NSL Protocols Protocols for Coaches, Parents, Players; what each should be doing will be brought to the Advisory Group for fine tuning. Task in Progress: - Redefine current Staff roles, responsibilities etc. - Developing education programs. - Designing new Elite Division which involves inter-state play. - Redesigning the league website for enhanced usability. NSL New Structure: There will be four divisions; Elite, Premier, Championship & Developmental Elite will be 13U 18U and will be made up of the top 4 teams not the 4 top clubs. T. Goodman opened the floor for discussion/questions: v The exact how do you move to Elite etc., the Advisory Group is working on this now. Will be based on merits and standards, not weighted yet. v The CT play will start in the spring we will start with CT then contacting NY for possible participation. v U10 discussion members expressed interest in going back to playing every week T. Goodman asked for a show of hands and the membership in favor. v U9 going back to every week, asking for a show of hands appeared ½ the group yes & ½ no. v 19U & 20U can technically play spring 2017; six months of players that would have basically aged out T. Goodman will bring to the Advisory Group in November, they need to discuss concerns. T. Goodman thanked everyone for their input and asked that they contact him with any questions/concerns they may have.

3 Agenda Items: (cont d) 6. Vote on Constitutional Name Change: S. Robinson noted the membership must vote on a Constitutional Name Change. A motion was made to vote for a Constitutional name change from MAPLE to NSL the motion was seconded. Discussion/questions from the floor: 1. What is the alternative to not accepting this? per S. Robinson we stay the same. 2. The name MAPLE will no longer exist?... Yes per S. Robinson. 3. S. Robinson noted that we will be getting legal advice for changing any Constitution changes membership costs will not go up due to the name change. Following discussion S. Robinson then asked for a vote via cards handed out at registration green card a yes, pink card a no. Cards were collected for count. The membership overwhelmingly voted to change the name of the MAPLE league to the Northeast Soccer League (NSL), effective January 1 st, Motion approved. A motion was made to approve the actions and decisions of the Commission and League employees during the past business year.motion seconded motion approved. Meeting Adjourned 8:35PM

4 Attachment A Member Club Attendees Alliance FC Hookset America FC Boston Rams SA Boston Storm Boxford FC BSA North Shore Capital Soccer Club Chestnut Hill SC Condors SC CSP United DFC East Bay United Explosion FC FC Blazers FC Swampscott FC United Fortis FC Franklin County FC Franklin Soccer Club FSC North Fuller Hamlets Galway Rovers Greater Lowell United Greenlions Hammer FC Hampshire United NH Harvest SC JBSA JSSA LPDA Lusitano MFA Soccer Academy Mariner Youth Soccer Mass City FC Melrose United Middlesex Phantoms Mill City FC Mutiny FC Nashoba FC NE Navigators New England Rush Newton Academy Nor Easter FC Nova Old School Pioneer Valley Storm Portsmouth Pirates Rhode Island Rush SF Vikings SSU Blazers St Michael Youth Strikers United Taunton Eagles Taunton Sports Club Total Soccer United SC Victoria SC Victory SC Vipers VSA United Wakefield SA Western Mass FC Weymouth United FC Wildcats World Cup Soccer Nashua WSA Force Member Clubs Not in Attendance Represented by Proxy Vote DFC Dragons Dream Team FCA Easton United Tidal Wave SC Euro United

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