LSC December Meeting
December 5th, 2007
The general meeting was called to order by President, Bob Stall at 7:30pm
Attendees: Pat Stearns, Tom Carlson, Gary Austin, Larry Frisoli, Mark Hollinger, Marc O’Meara, Bob Stall, Dale Cotnam, Mike Morey
A vote was taken and passed to accept the notes for the November meeting.
A statement of operations was issued.
Treasurer Report
- Treasurer report issued. LYSA over $8000
- Lisa Paradis is leaving Park and Rec, note accepted.
Travel Report (Austin)
- BU10 – 37 (4 teams)
- BU12 – 32 (3 teams)
- BU14 – 18, 4 wait listed (1 team), check other towns like Ayer, Shirley, Harvard
- GU10 - 44 (4 teams)
- GU12 – 50 (4 teams)
- GU14 – 36, 2 wait listed (2 teams)
In Town Report
Pee Wee
- Forecast 43 (8 teams and 8 coaches), was 50 in Fall
U-6 (Frisoli)
- Numbers down so far for spring
- 62 (8 teams of 8-9), was 82 in Fall
- Player moved to U8
- Can an older child play down if in a lower grade. Safety concern was brought up.
U-8 (Canfield)
- Numbers down so far for spring
- 116 (66 2nd grade, 50 1st grade)
Referees
Equipment (Austin)
- High School: Got $ for nets –transferred to LYSA account
- Gary Austin to resign in June.
- Need to take down soccer sign up sign
Registration (Keutzer)
NVYSL (Tom)
- Jan 25 is freeze date
- Dec 18 Preliminary
- No meetings had occurred, notes/emails were passed along
- Groton-Dunstable wanted MTOC to start a week later, have one week off for tourney, and keep to original 8 game season. This needs to be voted on at next NVYSL meeting.
Website (Mark Hollinger)
- 1-2 complaints about the late fee
- To remove the Peewee late fee
- 5-10 kids went unpaid, but were registered for Spring. Will email that they have to pay before 12/31 or will lose spot. If they have a hardship, they should contact Park and Rec
- 21 kids from Fall never paid, they may have paid Park and Rec and we don’t know it. Need a list of registered/paid names from P+R.
- We got $75 this past Fall from Park and Rec from people who didn’t want to pay online.
Fields
- Lacrosse in Spring to use field space
New Business
- Try to get MPS free coach clinic in March 12th or 19th of 2008 during coaches meeting. Consider providing gifts like hats or shirts.
- Next step would be a G course
- G course preferred
- At pre-season coaches meeting need to mention the zero tolerance policy for coaches and parents. Those who act up will come before the board.
Board Positions
- For the Fall: The position of Booster director is open, as are travel director, equipment manager and snack shack director.
General
- The next meeting will be on January 9th, 2008.
- The meeting was adjourned at 9:12pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Marc C. O’Meara, LSC Secretary
