Attendee Officers: Sabrina Ruehl, Bob Murphy, Karl Thomas, Pam Benko, Cindy Phillips, Pam Blessington, Adam Germek, Bill Gilfillan, Stuart McAllister

Call to Order: Sabrina Ruehl (7:40 pm)

Review and Approval of Previous Minutes:

Draft May meeting minutes were corrected to indicate that there are 5 Walnut Creek teams and that individual disciplinary cards cannot be appealed.

League Reports:

Disciplinary Chairmen’s Report: Pat McNamara (Not Present)

· No Report

Operations Report: Adam Germek

· A proposed realignment has been developed and a draft fall schedule completed. The realignment has been questioned due to a change in how the standings were determined. This impacts two teams – the Heat and the Internationals. Under the system that had been used in the past, the Internationals would have finished 2^nd in their division and would be moved up and the Heat would have finished 3^rd. Under the system that was used for the spring session, the Heat would have finished second and would be moved up and the Internationals would have finished 3^rd.

· It was moved that the standings for the Spring Session be determined based on the points system used in the past. This motion was passed.

· The Operations VP was directed to correct the schedule to reflect the realignment that would result from this change in the standings (Internationals 2^nd and Heat 3^rd.)

· Information on the DASL Web Site will be updated to be consistent with the board’s actions and the league constitution.

Registrar Report: Karl Thomas

· Needs rosters from City Representatives by September 4^th.

Treasurer Reports: Pam Blessington

· Needs $100 per team by September 14^th.

· The Diablo Cup was able to donate $500 to Mustang Soccer.

City Rep Reports:

Danville: Christine Helmer (Not Present)

· No report.

San Ramon: Bill Gilfillan

· No report.

Walnut Creek: Cindy Phillips

· No report

Orinda: Stuart McAllister

· Orinda fields are all set for the fall session.

Unfinished Business:

None.

New Business:

Next steps to be taken in preparing for the fall session:

1. The final schedule will be produced showing dates of all matches along with teams involved in each match. (AG) – To Cities by 8/17.

2. City Reps schedule fields for home teams and notify VP Operations. – To VP Operations by 8/24.

3. VP Operations posts complete schedule.

4. Opportunity for teams to make time/field trades.

Referees – Jim Walshe is coordinating all referees

1. New rules adopted at the AGM will have an impact on scheduling referees. Also, there is expected to be a shortage of referees this session.

2. Costs for referees are going up. Referees will be paid $45 per game. When there is a single, center referee (allowed under the new rules) they will be paid $60.

3. Premier division will use 2 referees rather than the 3 that had been used last session.

FIFI Rules Change – There has been a clarification to the off-sides rule that my impact how the rule is applied.

1. Before the clarification, an offending player in the general vicinity of the ball could be called for off-sides.

2. With the clarification, an offending player must be making an action toward the ball or the defender.

3. Referees will be briefed regarding this rule clarification.

Member’s Concerns:

There have been instances where game cards have not been turned in. City Representatives are responsible to track who has turned in game cards and who has not. (Any game card that indicates disciplinary action (Red or Yellow card) must be turned to PM. (If any Red cards were issued, the associated player pass must also be turned in to PM along with the Game card.)

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.

Next meeting is September 14, 2005

Round Table Pizza, Alamo - 7:30 PM

Minutes submitted by:

Bob Murphy

Secretary

August 20, 2005