2006 AGM Meeting Minutes
12:00p
I.
Roll Call The meeting was called to order by
President, Christine Lussier at
II. Minutes for 2005 AGM The meeting minutes were not available, and will be sent to team managers via email for adoption, as well as posted on the website.
III. MSA Announcements Cindy Dillon was elected as Recording Secretary. Pat Mathieu was elected as Registrar. Helmut Von Oetinger resigned as Corresponding Secretary. Gerhard Mengel was re-elected as President.
IV. Committee Reports:
a. Vice President Rich Henderson
i.
Rich is looking for volunteers to form a committee for
Soccerfest 2007 and will send out an email to all teams and post a notice on
website please discuss with your players.
Possible sites include Founders,
b. Treasurer Nancy Soisson
i. The league financial report was reviewed.
ii. Fines/credits will be notified to teams in advance of the Registration Meeting
c. Secretary Pam Brucker
i. We are working on updating the website.
d. Registrar Ruth Tiplady
i. Please register as many players as possible at the Registration meeting, as this reduces effort for the Registrar.
ii. Cup Teams please designate one point person to interact with the Registrar to streamline the registration process.
iii. We will be looking into doing online registration this year, to improve the registration process.
iv. If you are registering players after the Registration meeting, please be sure that you send all requirements to the Registrar, including all necessary signatures.
v. If you know of players needing teams, please send an email to [email protected]
e. President Christine Lussier
i. Please notify the league as far in advance as possible of game cancellations. If you have a late cancellation, please be courteous by phoning a board member, in addition to sending an email.
f. Member At Large Cindy Dillon
i. Cindy will be ordering glasses to raise money for Soccerfest 2007. They will be $20 for a set of 4. If interested, you can sign up at this meeting, and there will also be some available at the Registration meeting.
g. Referee Liaison Pat Mathieu
i. We will be working to improve referee assignments this year, and also possibly looking for a new assigner, to improve too many relaxed attitudes and service to our league.
V. Unfinished Business:
a. Over 40 Division We dont want to divide the O30 team divisions further based on age. However, we are looking at adding an O30 C division if we can get a few more teams. The O30 C division would be strictly recreational. If you know of any teams that might be interested, please refer them to any board member.
b. Election of Board Members:
i. President Christine Lussier was re-elected by acclimation
ii. Registrar Ruth Tiplady was re-elected by acclimation
iii. Treasurer Nancy Soisson was re-elected by acclimation
iv. Member at Large Ed Dudek was re-elected as League Scheduler and Lisa Weber was elected as Member at Large by acclimation
VI. New Business:
a. Expansion of O30 Division We are looking at adding an O30 C division if we can get a few more teams. The O30 C division would be strictly recreational. If you know of any teams that might be interested, please refer them to any board member.
b. Dual Rostering
i. Proposal 1, which would allow dual rostering on 2 teams in different divisions, was voted down by majority vote.
ii. Proposal 2, which would allow dual rostering by Open division teams to the O30A division only, was voted down by majority vote.
iii. Proposal 3, which would allow dual rostering between any of the Open division teams and O30A division, was voted down by majority vote.
iv. There will be no dual rostering of players this year.
c. Mercy Rule
i. Seven teams were fined this year for exceeding the 7 goal differential rule. A motion was passed by majority vote to recind the fines for 2005 as the Rules and Regulations do not clearly state that the fine included exceeding the 7 goal differential within the first 55 minutes of play.
ii. A proposal was passed by majority vote to modify the mercy rule language as follows: A game must be played at least 10 minutes into the 2nd half to be complete, but can continue with a 7+ goal differential with the consent of both team managers, as indicated on the back of the game report.
iii. A proposal was passed by majority vote to eliminate the mercy rule fine.
d. Player Registration Fees MSA has reduced GLWSL player registration fees, therefore the GLWSL will reduce player registration fees from $33 to $30 this year.
e. Referee Fees MSA is regulating referee fees and will require all leagues to pay $110 per game. The breakdown is $50 for the Center and $30 for each Linesman. Reminders:
i. Only pay for the # of referees that show up to your game
ii. Rainouts you still need to send the game report in
iii. If a game never starts, the referees still get ½ of the fee
iv. If a game begins (no matter how long), the referees get full fee
VII. Good of the Game In extreme weather conditions (heat), and especially when teams have few or no substitutes, it is highly recommended that teams agree upon water breaks half way through each half. It is best to do this prior to the start of the game.
The meeting was adjourned at