Clifton Park Soccer Club, Inc.
Minutes of October 19th, 2004

The next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16th.

Annual General Meeting

President Peter Clinton called the meeting to order. He introduced and turned the meeting over to Joe Thorne, chairperson of the Nominating Committee. Joe announced the following slate of officers: President, Peter Clinton; Vice President, Frank Berger; Treasurer, Karl Gerstenberger; Secretary, Jim Allen; Registrar, Bruce Rosenthal and CDYSL Representative, John Seltenreich. Joe stated that we have four at-large board positions and this year we have four candidates for these positions. The Nominating Committee recommends the following individuals: Lori Peters, Mark Jenkins, Garrett Mabee and Shawn Fuss. Additional nominations were solicited from the floor, none were received. Chairman Thorne instructed the Secretary to cast one ballot for the slate. The Secretary cast one ballot making the above the Officers of the Clifton Park Soccer Club for the upcoming 2004 –2005 year. The AGM was then closed.

PRESIDENT: We are still waiting for a response to the letter we sent to the Town requesting expanded use of the lighted field at the Commons in the fall. Teams need to contact Liz with Volunteer Coordinator names and be thinking about who their Advertising coordinator will be.

PREMIER LEAGUE: ENY Premier League registration forms are online at www.ENYsoccer.com. Deadline is December 15th. NE Regional forms are online at www.Region1.com. Deadline is December 30th. Application fees are $250. Applications must first be submitted to CDYSL for approval and they forward them to ENY.

CDYSL: Only 10% of the teams are registered. There will only be a one week grace period this year, facilities will be getting a daily spread sheet regarding registrations. Get going! Risk Management forms are coming along ok. If RM forms are not included with registration packets, rosters will not be processed. Each coach must have their own pass, married couples cannot share a pass. Also registrations must be in Logical Solutions format. Ray Ward is State Cup Chairman this year. State Cup registration for U12 - U18 opens November 1st and closes on January 7th. Registration for U-19 is March 25th. You can register online at ENY. Do not register multiple teams with the same sign on. Teams cannot register more than 18 players. You can register by credit card to speed up the process. State Cup results should be posted on the web by Monday evenings after each play date in the spring. Indoor facilities will follow the new guidelines for U-8 play. Scholarship forms are out. Guilderland plans to split their club and add the Dutchmen United. They will use the same fields. Referee fees will remain the same for the year. For U-8’s each ref will get ½ the fee. Placement forms are being revised and should be out in early November. In an attempt to cut down on forfeits, they are working on duel registrations for U-16 and above. “Guest Players” need to be on the roster of a lower team in your Club. U-8’s have traditionally played on Mondays and Fridays. Games may be moved to Friday, Saturday and Sundays with 4 of the 8 weekends having 2 games. The web site is taking shape. There is a new form to request information from CDYSL. Exceptional Senior game, some coaches did not provide player profiles. Any senior can be included in the booklet regardless of their attendance in the Showcase game. Volunteers are needed to help with the game.

REGISTRAR: If you have not done so, get your registration forms in ASAP. No forms, no playing in the 1st indoor session.

TOURNAMENT: Peter introduced Rick Knizek as our new Tournament Director. Rick is looking for an Assistant, if any one is interested, please contact Rick. Rick will be conducting 2 sessions to certify anyone who’s interested in learning how to use the EDD (External Defibrillator) which was donated to the Club by Dr. Schnider. Peter said it will be mandatory for each team to have a coach or parent take the class and become certified. Rick will also be teaching adult CPR.

VOLUNTEER: Please send your Volunteer Coordinator information to Liz ASAP. Liz@nycap.rr.com or 383-0180.

COACHING COMMITTEE: TWe have 20 Club teams, not counting any U-8 teams. We have 3 girls Premier teams, U-13, U-14 and U-15 and 5 boys Premier teams, U-13 to U-17 and an U-18 Club/Premier team. So to date, we have 29 teams formed for the CPSC. Indoor practice times will be assigned at next month’s meeting. Indoor practices will begin the first weekend in December.

ADULT LEAGUE: Bill is looking into having an Adult Rec League at the new Halfmoon Sportsplesx.

NOMINATIONS Next month is the Annual General Meeting and election of officers for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, CDYSL Representative, Registrar and four at Large Members. Joe Thorne is looking for candidates interested in getting involved with the Club. Joe will continue to touch base with current officers to see if they are still interested in running and contact anyone expressing an interest in running to answer any questions. If you are interested in running or if you know of a potential candidate, contact Joe Thorne at 877-8127.

OLD BUSINESS: Nothing to report.

NEW BUSINESS: Mich asked if we were going to have the U-10 and U-12 skills development coordinators to work with teams this year. Peter indicated that a final decision had not been made yet. Karl reminded everyone that the December Club meeting will be held at Ravenswood, date will be announced at next month’s meeting.