California Youth Soccer Association – District VI
October 8, 2008
A. The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm.
B. Roll Call:
District VI Board: Kathy Ayala, Commissioner; John Weiler, Asst. Commissioner; Danny Marquez, Asst. Commissioner: Michele
Steiner, Asst. Commissioner; Mary Miles, Registrar; Kris Domenichelli, Treasurer; Deb Finneran, Secretary; Bruce Sillars, CA
Capital Premiere League Chair; Bill Norris District Cup, CPL and Founders Cup Chair; Bruce Sillars for Ted Spitaleri, Internal
Communications; Larry Svetich, Referee Chair, PAD Committee Chair, Red Card Coordinator; Patti Harmon, Premiere League;
Linda Padilla, Coaching Chair; Sue Lankford, Association Cup Chair; Sue Gagne, Top Soccer Chair; Dave Groves SoccerFest Chair;
Alan Tupper, Cherry Island Coordinator.
League Presidents: Gary Powell, 49er YSL; Brian Nanno, VP American River YSL; Bruce Sillars, Butte YSL; Mike Winn, Capital
Valley YSL; Ellen Hootman-Yule, Davis YSL; Mike Bier, El Dorado YSL; Mark Dickerson, Elk Grove YSL; Terry Kelsh, FairfieldSuisun YSL; Gerry Everts, Placer YSL; Marlene Vega, Sacramento YSL.
Guests: Chris Sillars, Butte YSL; George Curry, Fairfield YSL; Rich Spevak, El Dorado YSL; Lou Gagne, Asst. District Youth
Referee Administrator.
C. Introductions:
1. Lions Gate Hotel at McClellan Park: Presentation by Charlotte Otero
D. Acceptance of Minutes:
1. August and September minutes to be approved at November 2008.
E. Reports:
1. Assistant Commissioner – John Weiler
• Mal (YSYSL) email is [email protected].
a. Metro Chair – Pete Phillips by Deb
• In the process of reseeding.
• Bill is working on the schedules and they should be ready by Oct. 12 for the coaches and clubs.
b. Internal Communications – Ted Spitaleri by Bruce.
• No Report.
c. Premier League -- Open
• Patti Harmon volunteered for the position.
d. Referee Chair – Larry Svetich
• Referee meeting scheduled for October 15 at Johnny’s Sidewalk Pizza. It begins at 7:00pm
e. Rules and Revisions – Open
• No report.
2. Assistant District Commissioner – Michele Steiner - No report.
f. Cherry Island – Alan Tupper
• The Sally Games and Special Olympics were rained out on Oct. 4. They did play on Oct. 5 with a condensed
schedule. Fun was had by all.
• Do to our substantial increases in costs to run Cherry Island Soccer Complex, fertilizer and seed, 125% increase,
fuel, more then doubled, the usage fees are being increased in 2009. A handout with the new pricing was given to
all.
• Alan looking into renaming Cherry Island to the ‘Joe Embry Soccer Complex.’
g. District Cup Chair – by Bill Norris
• The Committee is getting ready to hold its first meeting Oct. 22. At that time we will be reviewing the logo, trophy
selection and venues.
h. Association Cup Chair – Sue Langford
• Applications are due to the state office on November 1. The draw will be held November 16 in Morgan Hill.
i. Tournament Chair – Dave Winters
• No report.
j. State Cup Chair – Liz Fong
• No report.
3. Assistant Commissioner – Danny Marquez
k. Recreation Chair – Open
• Danny is in the process of interviewing those interested in filling this position. The position will be final in
November.
l. Community Playing League – Bill Norris
• Mid-season adjustments being made (fifth weekend was Oct. 4).
• Schedules should be done and to coaches and clubs by Oct. 12.
m. SoccerFest Chair – Dave Groves
• Getting ready for SoccerFest
• Presidents, you need to encourage your clubs and teams to participate.
• All teams will receive a medal.
• Seeding will be done on November 9. Contact Dave if you are interested in helping.
n. Founders Cup Chair – John Haines
• The calendar is out.
• Please notify John if any U-12 or U-14’s are planning to participate.
o. Coach Chair – Linda Padilla
• No report.
p. ODP Chair – Brian Frazier
• No report.
q. TOP Soccer - Sue Gagne
• Visited Yuba-Sutter a few weeks ago for their play day.
• This past Sunday 49’er had 20 children show up for a play day.
• El Dorado is planning another play day at Indian Creek
r. CA Capital Premiere League Chair – Bruce Sillars
• No report.
4. Commissioner – Kathy Ayala
• All U-10 teams will be allowed to play in tournaments. They will be using small goals and will play an 8 v. 8
format.
• Criteria for unrestricted tournaments is being reviewed.
• Remember to renew your Board Insurance.
• Bruce asked if there was anything written about tournament teams. Specifically what is the process to verify if a
team is playing in a CYSA league.
s. Registrar -- Mary Miles
• A team is required to set its age group based on its oldest player. Refer to PIM 77-12.
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There are 10 teams that have been accepted to the Almaden Halloween Classic in October. Player passes, coach
passes and goldenrods need to be submitted to Mary prior to the event so their paperwork reflects the appropriate
age group.
t. Treasurer – Kris Domenichelli
• A P&L will be available next month. Still working on categorizing items.
u. Secretary -- Deb Finneran
• No report.
w. District Red Card Coordinator -- Larry Svetich
• Larry handed out an updated Red Card report. This does not reflect the September tournaments.
F. Old Business:
1. Limiting teams to jamborees – Gerry Everts: A brief discussion about limiting the number of teams for SoccerFest.
G. New Business
1.
Tryout Schedule for Comp and Select – Bruce Sillars: A discussion was held to decide when tryouts should begin. The
following motions were made:
a. Bruce made a motion to establish February 28, 2009 as the beginning tryout date for Division 1 and 3 teams aged U10 through U-14. Gerry second the motion. Y = 10; N = 1; A = 0. Motion carried.
b. Bruce made a motion to establish April 20, 2009 as the beginning tryout date for Division 1 and 3 teams aged U-15
through U-19. Terry second the motion. Y = 7; N = 4; A = 0. Motion carried.
2.
Removal of Metro Requirement to have a coach attend referee clinic – Gerry Everts: A discussion brought up the fact
that this was a Metro Policy and would need to go through their board.
3.
Discussion of agenda being sent out earlier – Gerry Everts: A discussion was held to having the agenda sent out earlier.
It was decided that if anyone wanted to have something put on the agenda, it needed to be to the secretary by the first of the
month. If something is not put in timely, it can be discussed but not voted on.
4.
PIM 08-3 – Bill Norris / Mark Dickerson: The main problem is that the ‘out’ in the PIM (only apply the suspension to the
one team) requires that it be specifically stated at the time the suspension is imposed. What are the leagues doing?
H. Good of the Game
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49’er had four (4) wheelchair players at their play day. They all had a great time.
Elk Grove took a TopSoccer team to a men’s game. The team was the half time entertainment. Pictures will be posted on the
website.
The AGM will be combined with USYS in San Jose March 5 – 8, 2009. It will be at the convention center. Kathy will get
more information on this.
TopSoccer now has brochures in Spanish.
Kathy received a Thank you note from Cassie.
Michele thanked Patti for sending an email to all about Joe Embry.
I. Adjournment
A motion was made by *** to adjourn the meeting and second by ***. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 9:15pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Deborah A. Finneran
District VI Secretary