MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS February 3, 2001 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 February 3, 2001 at the State Office in Fullerton, California. The meeting was called to order at 9:43 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 *Mike Tiampo, District 3 Commissioner Sylvia Holborn, District 4 Commissioner *Gary Gray, District 5 Commissioner *Craig Irish, District 6 Commissioner Russell Martin, District 7 Commissioner * Not present for entire meeting Also present for various portions of the meeting: Vince Mirabella, Executive Director Frank Sanford, Tournament Chairman Steve Hoffman, State Director of Coaching John Weinerth, Director of Recreation Programs Tamiko Davila, Slammers FC Cheryl Wright, Slammers registrar Diane Broad, Slammers GU13 manager Nicole Friedman, Slammers player Mr. Friedman, Nicole s father Terry Mazula
Mike Blaska, Wolfpack Agenda: The Board reviewed the meeting agenda. The following were added to the agenda: new league (Martin), recreation league rule change request (Gray), player issue (Tiampo). The agenda items were taken out of order. State Directory of Coaching: Mr. Steve Hoffman reported on the National Youth Module course he attended and was enthusiastic about the content. He then reported on the current status of the coaches education program. Mr. Hoffman reported on a program to scholarship non paid coaches for E (and other) courses. He will develop a plan for that. He asked if two colors of risk management cards could be used for different coaching license levels to identify those coaches having a National Youth or F license. Player Issue: A player, Nicole Friedman, her parents, and team administrators asked the Board to consider her eligibility for State Cup. After the conclusion of the Friedman s presentation of the issues and circumstances, the Friedman s indicated a preference to be notified by email of the Board s decision. Motion #1: To enter executive session. (Irish/Doty) Entered executive session at 10:43 a.m. to consider a player issue. Exited executive session at 11:00 a.m. Motion #2: To ratify the actions taken in executive session. (Martin/Whitman) Commissioner Mike Tiampo left the meeting at 11:35 a.m. Tournament Committee: Frank Sanford, the Committee Chairman, presented four tournament applications for Board approval. Motion #3: To conditionally approve the tournament application of the Villa San Diego Fire Labor Day Classic, September 1 3, 2001 pending receipt of complete documentation. (Whitman/Gray)
Motion #4: To approve the tournament application of the Encinitas Rotary Cup, August 11 13, 2001 and the La Verne Lazers Hot Summer Nights, August 17 19, 2001. (Irish/Doty) Commissioner Mike Chase left the meeting at 11:57 a.m. Motion #5: To conditionally approve the tournament application of the San Juan Capistrano Cup, August 17 18, 2001 pending receipt of the late fee. (Martin/x) Recessed for lunch at 12:03 p.m. Returned from lunch at 12:45 p.m. Motion #6: To authorize the expenditure of $500 to reimburse Mr. Platini Soaf for expenses incurred obtaining a National A coaching license. (Whitman/Martin) State Director of Coaching: Mr. Hoffman continued his report. Motion #7: To enter executive session to discuss risk management matters. (Whitman/Gray) Entered executive session at 1:07 p.m. Exited executive session at 1:34 p.m. President s Report: Mr. Short stated that he has had considerable contact with USSF on several matters. He asked that CYSA S be involved in some of the Federations decisions. The scheduling of the Brazil vs. USA National Team game is in date conflict with the CYSA S AGM. The USSF has increased its per player fee to $1.00 per player per year effective the 2001 2002 seasonal year. He stated that the proposed USYSA fee increase is on hold for now. The President received a new inter state transfer form. Director of Recreation Programs: John Weinerth presented his report on the Youth Development League program. He then presented the minutes of the recreation committee meeting held January 20, 2001. Mr. Weinerth presented information on a three hour recreational coaching course and an AAF program that will be provided without cost to the recreation leagues.
Motion #8: To authorize the President to negotiate a publishing agreement with Youth Sports Publishing for the Youth Development League handbook with approval of the agreement by the executive committee. (Martin/Gray) Motion #9: To suspend the $500 per motion limit. (Irish/Whitman) Motion #10: To authorize an expenditure of up to $5000 for CYSA S logos trademark search. (Whitman/Doty) Motion #11: To approve the CYSA S and LA Galaxy promotional agreement for the 2001 calendar year. (Gray/Bigelow) ABSTAIN Martin Commissioner Gray, as chairman of the recreation committee, stated that one of the items of concern to the recreation committee was the disruption of recreation teams due to recruitment of players to competitive teams during the league season. He proposed that the existing transfer rule be modified to accommodate the concerns. Misters Gray, Martin, and Doty will work as a committee to formulate a recommendation for Board consideration. Wolfpack request: Mr. Mike Blaska asked the Board to allow the Wolfpack Blue BU 18 team to re register as a U 18 team. He contended that the team was mistakenly registered with CYSA S as a U 19 team. Motion #12: To deny the request of the Wolfpack team to re register as a U 18 team. (Irish/Doty) ABSTAIN Wyatt Player issues: Commission Martin asked that the Board consider the transfer of Hayley Cox as the District official misplaced the transfer for several months. Motion #13: To allow Hayley Cox to be eligible for the 2001 State Cup competition. (Martin/Wyatt) FAILED YES Doty, Gray, Martin ABSTAIN Whitman Motion #14: To un cup tie Diana Madrigal for the 2001 State Cup competition. (Doty/Martin)
FAILED YES Doty, Martin ABSTAIN Whitman Fair Labor Standards Act and youth referees: It appears that Federal law prohibits the use of children, if under the age of 14, as employees or contractors unless certain strict criteria are met. Therefore, CYSA S will not use referees under the age of 14 for State Cup competitions. It is not clear how CYSA S will deal with this issue as it relates to leagues and tournaments. TOPSoccer: Mr. Doty, the TOPSoccer director, asked that a budget be established for the program. Motion #15: To allocate $500 to the TOPSoccer program budget from the contingency funds. (Whitman/Martin) Kellogg s Bowl: Mr. Doty stated that time restrictions, due to State Cup competitions, will place some logistical limits on the competition. 2001 AGM: Mr. Irish asked for guidance on the entertainment after the recognition dinner. Mr. Irish asked the Board to consider declining travel papers for teams leaving the state during the AGM. Several names were nominated for the CYSA S Hall of Fame. Motion #16: To deny requests of teams to travel during the AGM weekend. (Irish/Wyatt) PASSED NO Wyatt ABSTAIN Bigelow State Cup: Mr. Mirabella stated that the State Cup competition will require one more weekend to complete the competition by the published dates. Therefore, this year s AGM weekend will be used for State Cup. Motion #17: To induct the three nominees to the CYSA S Hall of Fame. (Martin/Gray) eosports: Mr. Mirabella and Mr. Short met with eosports to resolve the contract issue. eosports is to make a proposal for CYSA S s consideration. League Request: Commissioner Martin asked for the approval of a new league.
Motion #18: To approve the league application of the Ventura County Soccer League with waiver of the first year s league application fee and a reduction of first year s player fees to $5.00 per player for the 2001 2002 (Irish/Gray) Commissioner s Irish and Gray left the meeting at 5:18 p.m. Non disclosure Agreement: Motion #19: To approve the content and requirements of the presented nondisclosure agreement effective upon passage. (Doty/Martin) Treasurer s Report: Mr. Whitman presented the audited financial statement for the 1999 fiscal year. He also presented current financial statements and cash flows for the first five months of the 2000 fiscal year. Motion #20: To approve the Treasurer s reports as given. (Doty/Martin) Minutes: The minutes of the January 6, 2001 Board meeting were reviewed and corrected by the Board. Motion #21: To approve the minutes of the January 6, 2001 Board of Directors meeting as corrected. (Martin/Doty) The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 p.m. as the agenda items were addressed. James K. Bigelow, Secretary