Attendee
Officers: Adam Germek, Bob Murphy, Pat McNamara, Cindy
Phillips, Pam Benko, Carol Casteneda, Stuart McAllister, Pam Blessington, Karl
Thomas, and Mary Ann Mitchell
Call
to Order: Adam
Germek (7:33 pm)
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Summary of
Action Items from this Meeting: |
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1.
K. Thomas to
turn over league player database to Eric Thompson. 2.
Ned
Brown-Stearns to prepare new Division alignment
and begin work on fall schedule 3.
A. Germek to
make sure team representatives are invited to referee meeting prior to start
of fall session. |
State
of the League
·
Considering
the addition of one new team for the fall session – to start in the “B”
Division.
Review
and Approval of Previous AGM Minutes: (May 17, 2006)
P.
McNamara moved that minutes be approved as written.
P.
Blessington seconded. Motion passed.
League
Reports:
Disciplinary Chairmen’s Report: Pat McNamara
·
Nothing
to Report.
Operations Report: Adam Germek
·
The teams worked together to make the spring session and
schedule work.
·
There are some make-up games due to rain-outs scheduled for
6/17/2007.
Registrar Report: Karl Thomas
·
Plans
to retire as Registrar. Will turn league
player database over to A. Germek.
·
The
database needs to be updated with ~ 1,000 forms still to be entered.
Treasurer Reports: Pam Blessington
·
Handed
out copies of the Annual Budget
·
$1,094.09
in the bank.
City
Rep Reports:
·
New
team, if approved by the Board, will be a
San Ramon: Carol Casteneda
·
Nothing
to report.
·
Nothing
to report.
·
Nothing
to Report
Unfinished Business:
·
After
discussion, Board voted (unanimously) to add one new team to the league
New
Business:
·
Diablo
Cup
o
There
are currently 13 teams signed up for the Diablo Cup.
o
Would
like to have 1 more team.
o
Considering
alternative dates in the future
§ Schedule a bye week
in October?
·
Issue
with the Constitution
§ Issue with fields
closed in December after the end of the fall session.
§ Cannot use Osage in
July
·
Election
of Officers. Nominated slate was as
follows:
o
President
– Adam Germek
o
VP
Operation – Ned Brown-Stearns
o
Secretary
– Nicholas Martinsen
o
Disciplinary
Chairman – Pat McNamara
o
Registrar
– Eric Thompson
o
Treasurer
– Pam Blessington
·
New
Division Alignments will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Member’s
Concerns:
·
Concern
that referees should more actively call fouls with dangerous play
·
Players
want to see disciplinary status on the Web site
·
Clarification
of slide tackle requested. Players have seen inconsistent calls by
referees. Refer to discussion of slide
tackling on the Web site
·
Generally
players expressed the preference that referees call more strictly for safety.
·
The
referee coordinator mentioned that the referees meet prior to the start of each
session. Board members and team
representatives are welcome to attend.
·
It
was noted that the referee actions had improved over the past few years.
·
The
unified schedule system for referees seems to work well.
·
There
was some discussion regarding the differences in team skill levels. Suggestion was made to consider four
divisions.
·
Discussed
the process of referees checking player passes.
Referees need to have the passes so that in the event a red card is
issued, the player pass can be turned in.
(It is the home team’s responsibility to get the player passes turned
into the Disciplinary Chairman.
·
In
order to start the early games at 9:00 am, players need to show up early so
that the player passes can be turned in.
Team representatives should not turn in passes for players who are not
at the game.
·
Players
have observed an increase in foul language.
[Referees can take action on this.]
S. McAllister moved that the meeting be
adjourned.
P. McNamara seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:27 pm.
Next meeting is Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Round Table Pizza,
Minutes submitted by: Bob Murphy
Secretary, August 5, 2007