Clifton Park Soccer Club, Inc.
Minutes of February 15th, 2005

The next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12th.

PRESIDENT: Team photo’s will take place on March 19th in the Lobby of Orenda. Please sign up for a time slot on the sheet up front and pick up a packet of photo information for your team. Coaches were reminded to provide the names of their Ad Coordinators to Janet Cody. Peter was contacted by Jean Tuttle to inquire about having the Club support a project to provide Orange Farm, a poor community in South Africa, with used soccer items. We will be providing a bin downstairs to collect old cleats, balls, uniforms and other related soccer equipment to contribute to this worthy project. The topic of protective headgear has received a lot of attention recently. The final decision will be the referee’s; players will have to receive permission from each ref before being allowed to enter any games. Late sign ups for Spring Rec will be held on February 19th, March 3rd and March 5th at the Club House.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Four teams have been accepted in the NE Regional league and two in ENY’s PL. Please schedule your home games with Mich ASAP.

CDYSL: There was no meeting, nothing to report.There were 42 appeals received by CDYSL for the preliminary outdoor placements. Final placements will be posted to the Web soon. Mandatory coaches meetings have been set. Only coaches, assistants or managers listed on the roster will be allowed to pick up team packets. The meeting dates are as follows: U-8 & U-10 Monday, March 28th, U-12 & U-14 Tuesday, March 29th, U-16, U-17 & U-19 Wednesday, March 30th and a meeting for those who missed their assigned night on Thursday, March 31st. All meetings will start at 7 PM at the Sand Creek Middle School. The outdoor season begins on April 22nd. Play dates for U-8 will be Mondays and Fridays, coaches can reschedule games for Saturdays if done two weeks in advance. Field maps will not be handed out to Clubs, they are available on the CDYSL’s web site. If a problem is noted on someone’s risk management form, the ENY Committee will deal directly with the situation. Club Presidents may be notified. If a player goes down and is attended to, that person has to go off and then may return on the next substitution. Referees will be paid at the same rates as last season. Hudson Valley is hosting a March of Dimes Tournament. D license course will be available on weekends of March 5th and 12th.

REGISTRAR: 31 teams are registered.

TOURNAMENT: Every team needs an Ad Coordinator, please provide Janet Cody with the name, e-mail and phone number of your team’s Coordinator. Information can be e-mailed to Janet at acm2ej@aol.com. A meeting is planned for March for this group. Committee meetings have started and things are underway for this year’s tournament. Rick reminded people about the two training classes to certify individuals in CPR and AED. Classes will be held on Tuesday, March 1st and 8th from 6 to 8 PM at the Club House. Rick can train up to 25 individuals per class. Jim is coordinating sign up for the class. It will be required for each team to have at least one person certified. We will now have an AED stored at the Commons. There is no charge for the training.

VOLUNTEER: Nothing to report.

COACHING COMMITTEE: State Cup games are scheduled for the weekend of March 19th and 20th. Appeals are over and final team placements should be out soon. Coaches need to attend the mandatory CDYSL coaches meeting. Be prepared, alert your parents, we will need to get fields ready quickly for homes games scheduled in March and early April.

INDOOR: Green gym has been open, for whatever reason it has not been used recently and other outside groups are coming in and seeing an empty gym and would like to use it. When this happens, the club is in jeopardy of losing some of our designated gym time. There is a large demand for gym time from many different outside groups and Shen will redistribute any unused time from one organization to another to balance this demand for space. Please be aware of this, if we lose any time we will have less overall time to distribute among our teams. Reminder that if anything is broken please report it, if you move anything, you must move it back and coaches should carry their facility use form with them to all indoor practices.

JR. REFEREES : Green gym has been open, for whatever reason it has not been used recently and other outside groups are coming in and seeing an empty gym and would like to use it. When this happens, the club is in jeopardy of losing some of our designated gym time. There is a large demand for gym time from many different outside groups and Shen will redistribute any unused time from one organization to another to balance this demand for space. Please be aware of this, if we lose any time we will have less overall time to distribute among our teams. Reminder that if anything is broken please report it, if you move anything, you must move it back and coaches should carry their facility use form with them to all indoor practices.

OLD BUSINESS: Nothing to report.

NEW BUSINESS: Nothing to report.