MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS October 5, 2002

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1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS October 5, 2002 The Directors named in these minutes of the California Youth Soccer Association South (CYSA S), constituting the Board of Directors of said California Corporation, held their regular meeting on October 5, 2002 at the State Office in Fullerton, California. The meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m. by President and Chairman of the Board, Rod Short. A quorum was present. Present: Rod Short, President Ralph Wyatt, Vice President Paul Doty, Assistant Vice President Allan Whitman, Treasurer Jim Bigelow, Secretary *Michael Chase, District 1 Commissioner Carol Fleuret, District 2 Commissioner Sylvia Holborn, District 4 Commissioner *Rito Chisholm, District 5 Commissioner Gregory Falk, District 6 Commissioner Lois Sanford, District 7 Commissioner * Not present for entire meeting Also present for various portions of the meeting: Vince Mirabella, Executive Director John Weinerth, Director of Recreation Programs Steve Hoffman, State Director of Coaching Maureen Alvarez, PAD Committee Agenda: The Board reviewed the meeting agenda. The following were added to the agenda: violence and abuse, national president s meeting, assistant district commissioner appointment.

2 The agenda items were taken out of order. Recreation Director: Mr. John Weinerth reported on the upcoming soccer symposium and distributed a binder, detailing the programs of CYSA S, that would be distributed to those attending the symposium. President s Report: Mr. Rod Short reported on the National State Association President s meeting. The USYSA will be naming and branding its Olympic Development Program. The USYSA presented its new magazine at the meeting. In addition, a response, in the form of an equivalent Declaration of Purpose, Commitments, and Principles, to the Burton Haimes Declaration was presented to the presidents. He stated that he tried to pitch changing the policy areas of USSF rather than trying to change the USSF bylaws as the USYSA doesn t have the votes to change the bylaws. Motion #1: To enter executive session to discuss litigation and personnel issues. (Wyatt/Whitman) Entered executive session at 9:49 a.m. Exited executive session at 10:50 a.m. State Director of Coaching Education: Mr. Steve Hoffman reported that a National C Course would be held April 29 through May 4, He stated that the CYSA S regional education coordinators should be in place by November. It is his intent that they should work with the recreation leagues to be a direct contact with CYSA S. The winter courses have been scheduled and are posted on the website. He will be working on course changes to improve the process. Commissioner Chase left the meeting at 11:50 a.m. Risk Management Hearing: Mr. Wyatt read into record the letter from Mr. Jeffrey Sprandi. Motion #2: To revoke the membership of Mr. Jeffrey Sprandi as a member of CYSA S. (Wyatt/Whitman) Mr. Ralph Wyatt stated that upon adjournment of the meeting, he would be resigning from the CYSA S Board of Directors.

3 Motion #3: To acknowledge the contributions, guidance and insight of Mr. Ralph Wyatt given to the CYSA S Board of Directors and for the years of service to the CYSA S membership. (Bigelow/Whitman) Motion #4: To appoint Maureen Alvarez as Vice President to serve the remainder of the term of that office effective at the end of the Board meeting. (Whitman/Doty) Motion #5: To appoint Mr. Wyatt to the arbitration committee of CYSA S for the State Referee Administrator negotiations. (Whitman/Holborn) Field Development Foundation: Mr. Allan Whitman stated that Mr. Raymond Horspool has not participated in foundation meetings and has not answered correspondence. Motion #6: To remove Mr. Raymond Horspool from the Board of Directors of the Field Development Foundation due to lack of participation. (Whitman/Fleuret) Motion #7: To appoint Mr. Paul Doty as Chairman of the Field Development Foundation to serve the remaining term of that office. (Whitman/Holborn) ABSTAIN Doty Minutes: The minutes of the September 14, 2002 Board meeting were reviewed and corrected by the Board. Motion #8: To approve the minutes of the September 14, 2002 Board of Directors meeting as amended. (Whitman/Falk) ABSTAIN Fleuret Recessed for lunch at 12:05 p.m. Restarted the meeting 1:45 p.m. Commissioner Chisholm left the meeting at 12:00 p.m.

4 Consent Agenda: Mr. Bigelow proposed that a consent agenda be used to streamline some of the normal actions taken by the CYSA S Board of Directors during the monthly meetings. Motion #9: To approve the use of a consent calendar/agenda for CYSA S Board meetings to be set on the agenda after old business and before new business. (Doty/Falk) Assistant District Commission: Motion #10: To appoint Stormy Medley as Assistant District 5 Commissioner authorized to sign player forms. (Doty/Holborn) Player Issues: Commissioner Fleuret on behalf of Commissioner Chase, asked that a team be dissolved as it never had enough players to compete. Motion #11: To dissolve team (Holborn/Whitman) Violence and Abuse: President Rod Short said that the PAD committee has ajudicated double the number of violence cases this year compared to last year. Mr. Short asked that a group be pulled together from the leagues and clubs that could create statements and means of stemming the propagation of abusive and violent behavior. Motion #12: To form a committee to formulate program elements to address the apparent spread of abusive and violent conduct. (Falk/Doty) Motion #13: To deny the transfer waiver appeal of Nicholas Alinan. (Sanford/Falk) PASSED NO Wyatt Motion #14: To approve the league application for league 555 pending receipt of financial statements. (Doty/Holborn) Executive Director: Mr. Vince Mirabella reported on the status of a request for proposal to create an integrated data solution for registration and administration.

5 The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m. James K. Bigelow, Secretary