Clifton Park Soccer Club, Inc.
Minutes of November 21st, 2006

The next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 15th

The next meeting will be on Friday, December 15th at 7:00 PM at Ravenswood. All coaches and assistants are welcome to attend. After a brief meeting, the Club will have its Annual Holiday celebration.

PRESIDENT: Peter stressed the importance of getting teams registered, let's cut down on number of needless fines this season.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Reminder, applications are due December 1st and require Peter's signature, so if you are planning on entering, get this done ASAP.

INDOOR:Nothing to report.

CDYSL: U-10 & U-12 Youth coaching module is scheduled for January, 20th 2007 in Colonie. This is a good chance for coaches to meet CDYSL's license requirement. Cost is $25. Funds may be available for Top soccer events; request should be submitted to CDYSL. ENY provides insurance for Directors and Officers. Online registration will be mandatory next season. Oneonta will no longer be part of the spring league. Applications for scholarships will be available soon. The Empire Cup is scheduled for July 14th and 15th, 2007. State Cup finals to be held at Gavin Park again June 2nd and 3rd. CDYSL will be purchasing its own computerized scheduling system. League ODP information is available online.

REGISTRAR:1Sue has a number of team registration packets back from CDYSL, see her after the meeting. We are looking at changing the Club's registration form, if you have suggestions please e-mail them to Sue at skeefner@nycap.rr.com.

TOURNAMENT: 2007 Tournament will stay the same and be held on the weekend of July 6th and 7th. After discussion and weighing all the factors, this years tournament dates will not change; however 2008 dates will be announced in this year's application so teams have ample time to adjust their plans. Good possibility this year we will have a U-23 bracket. Tournament Committee is still looking for individuals to take over key chair positions.

VOLUNTEER: A few teams still need to get their volunteer Coordinator information to Renee Barlow. This needs to be done ASAP; she can be reached at 371-5492 or rbarlow2@nycap.rr.com. Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to take the fields down, it was wrapped up in under an hour, good job.

COACHING COMMITTEE: Taking CDYSL's youth module is a good opportunity for our coaches to meet the coaching license requirement. Coaches should contact the committee and can be reimbursed for the cost of the course. Mark has the indoor Gym times, see him after the meeting to get a copy of the Shen Facility use form and give him needed contact information. Peter announced teams are required to send a representative to the facility use meeting scheduled for November 28th at 6 PM at HS East. Mark reminded coaches that you are required to have a copy of your facility use form with you at each team practice held in the Shen Gyms. Coaches should be the first to arrive and the last to leave. No playing outside the gyms, this includes bouncing or kicking the soccer balls. If something is broken or gets broken, report it and keep Mark informed as well. If you are not planning on using your assigned gym time on a given weekend, contact Mark by the Tuesday, proceeding this weekend, his e-mail is mjenkins@mail.nysed.gov or phone is 373-6517. A list of assigned gym times will be made available; coaches can swap gym times as needed on their own.

INDOOR: Nothing to report.

ADULT LEAGUE: Off and running, they have a full league!

OLD BUSINESS: Do NOT use the lighted field, #4, unless you have reserved it for use under the lights. If you reserve it and need to cancel, please contact Mich as other teams may be looking to use it. Mich's e-mail is www.mlrc25@nycap.rr.com.

TOP SOCCER: Peter reiterated what a wonderful program this was and asked members to talk it up. We would like to get more kids involved to benefit from this great program. It's free to participants.

NOMINATING:Nothing to report.

NEW BUSINESS:Rick Barlow asked when the referee course would be held for our Rec. league. Peter answered that the classes are held in March at the Club House. Pete Sands will provide details at one of our future meetings.