Clifton Park Soccer Club, Inc.
Minutes of January 20th, 2004

The next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24th.

PRESIDENT: Team placement forms were delivered to CDYSL last Friday. CDYSL’s target date for Final team placements is February 20th. They will be posting preliminary placement results on their website, http://www.cdysl.org/ . Check the site frequently for placement results and if your team is not placed in the Division you intended, coaches will be responsible for contacting CDYSL as instructed to appeal your placement. Fields will be laid out similar to last season. We have requested to continue with some open fields on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays and also requested to have more Sunday games played at the Commons. Lights will be available for night games in April. Coaches need to get agreement from the visiting coach for a game under the lights. The fields will be available on a first come first, serve basis. Peter requested that coaches for U-8 and U-10 teams get together and arrange schedules to have two games played under the lights at the same time. Peter would like feedback from our U-8 coaches on the direction of small-sided soccer. Issues being looked at included size of the goal, field, number of players on the field and roster size. Peter would like ideas to present to CDYSL to help shape the direction of small-sided soccer. Spring Rec. sign ups will be held Saturday, January 31st and February 7th from 9 AM to noon at Town Hall. The fee is $20 per child.

TREASURER: IKarl will be away in February, if you need patches or a check see Peter. Read a thank you card from Pete Sands for the framed photo presented to him at the December meeting.

PREMIER LEAGUE: No teams will be in Region 1 this season. The CPP U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 boys’ teams will play in the Northeast Region. Mich is still looking for correct e-mail addresses for five of our teams, please check with her after the meeting.

CDYSL: Team placement forms are due January 16th. Scholarship applications are due January 31. They have less than 20 applications as of their last meeting. Applications are available on their web site http://www.cdysl.org/docs/scholar04.doc. Select program was discussed. Tryout information and dates are posted on their web site. No recruiting of players is allowed during the season. Evaluators will be needed for tryouts and the program is looking for a location to hold practices. Permission to travel within Region 1 (Virginia to Maine) may not be required in the future. This was changed at the October ENY meeting but has not been put into effect yet. Peter Collins, a long time officer and supporter of soccer within ENY, has stepped down. CDYSL is offering coaching education, using your own facility is the most economical way to go. Small-sided soccer information is available on CDYSL’s web site. They are looking to come out with final recommendations early this year. A new referee chapter has been established, they are in need of referees. They plan on having referees work with assistant referees. The CDYSL web site is to be updated. Westenhook United Soccer (S. Berkshire) wants to have three teams play in CDYSL; an U-19 boys premier, U-19 girls premier and U-17 boys developmental team. They are willing to travel to mutual fields for games. The Lake Placid Soccer Club wants affiliation with CDYSL like Plattsburgh; they are seeking association membership only. They may have to become full members with a stipulation on not participating in league play in order to travel to Canada and Vermont to play. They are interested in starting a northern tier league. U-19 girls and boys have had a problem with players/teams not showing up. They are looking for suggestions to make this work.

REGISTRAR: Nothing to report.

TOURNAMENT: Each team needs an Ad Coordinator to work on the Tournament book. As of this meeting, only three names have been forwarded to Janet. Peter emphasized the importance of this role and stated that we hold these meeting to get out important information to coaches and teams. Coaches, please appoint someone immediately. If Teams still do not have Ad Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator information submitted within two weeks, Peter will recommend to the Board that we turn their $400 tournament checks over to the Advertising Committee for ads in the booklet. Janet Cody can be reached at 877-8357 or acm2ej@aol.com. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30 PM.

VOLUNTEER: Liz is missing Volunteer Coordinator information for three teams. Every team is required to have a Volunteer Coordinator. Liz will try to contact these teams directly for the information. Teams have two weeks to provide this information to Liz, she can be reached at lizk@nycap.rr.com or 383-0180.

COACHING COMMITTEE: Nothing to report

INDOOR: Sunday, February 1st is not listed on our Shen Facility Use Forms; this appears to be a mistake. Gyms should be available, Frank will check with the School to confirm this. Reminder, Gowanna is only available from 2:30 to 4 PM on February 8th.

JUNIOR REFEREES: The referee course for the upcoming spring rec league will be offered to any students in the Shen District who are in grade 7 or above. The course for first time referees will be held at the Club House for three consecutive weeks as follows: Boys will start Monday, March 22nd from 7 to 8:30 PM and Girls Wednesday, March 17th from 7 to 8:30 PM. Experienced coaches meet one night on Tuesday, March 18th from 7 to 7:45 PM. Bring a pen or pencil. If you have questions, call Pete Sand at 371-8144.

OLD BUSINESS: Nothing to report

NEW BUSINESS: The U-17 girls are interested in trading their practice time, as it conflicts with their league games this session. They practice at Gowana on Sundays from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. We have open time at Orenda on Saturdays but this is a very small gym. It was suggested she contact the U-18 boys team to work out a possible switch.