Tacoma-Pierce County,   Federal Way,   Highline,    Auburn,   Mount Rainier,   Greater Renton,   Narrows,   Maple Valley     and   Kent Youth Soccer Associations

The regular monthly District III Board of Directors meeting held in Bill White's home was called to order at 7:10 PM. Present were Commissioner Paige Harder, 1st VP Bill White, Secretary Marty Torres, Treasurer Ken Vannice, VP Competition Debbie Hazen, Disciplinary Chair/MRSA MAR Warren Wheelock, AYSA MAR Sandra Luettgen, FWSA MAR Juan Rangel, HSA MAR Laura Lewis, KYSA MAR Ken Ward, MpVSA MAR Scott Ruby, NarYSA MAR Chuck Walton, TPCJSA MAR Marian Bowers. Excused- VP Development Henry Robicheau. Guests present were David Marincovich, (candidate for Commissioner) and Debbie Clausnitzer. A quorum was present. Motion/Second to approve the November minutes with the following corrections. Correct spellings of Loomis, bus and Marian. Motion passed. OFFICERS' REPORTS Commissioner - Paige Harder Handouts Corrections to the WSYSA handbooks Report Dave Schumacher is recommending a WSYSA Micro/Mod Small Sided System to be put in place and be implemented at the U6 and U7 age group in 2001. All other teams would be "grandfathered" in the current system. Motion/Second to vote no on state micro/mod (proposed) program. Motion passed with one nay vote and one abstention. 1st VP Bill White Report State Rules Committee/Bylaw 213 Compliance. WSYSA believes that all Associations should be in compliance with this bylaw. Options to ensure 213 compliance are: Each association goes through their own governing documents, one person or committee goes through all 39 state member associations' governing documents or make a boiler plate provision that ensure compliance. Motion (Bill)/Second (Scott) that all 9 Associations within District III indicate that their governing documents are in compliance with USSF Bylaw 213. Motion passed. VP Competition Debbie Hazen Report A team is protesting a league decision. Will have the committee handle the decision and report the outcome. VP Development Henry Robicheau Report via email ODP Is going fine. All the teams should have there acceptance letters by the 15th of January. At this point there doesn't seem to be many complaints or else people are just not coming forward. D Clinic The D clinic is planned for the end of March and the first part of April. Keep an eye on the States Web page for how to enroll. We will be having John Wedge as the instructor. It will be held in the Dash Point area of Tacoma. Motion/Second to approve a District III coaches D clinic with half the cost to be reimbursed after completion of the program. Associations will verify that that the coach will be coaching in District III. Discussion- A District III representative needs to be present because Henry will be gone to the ODP Jamboree. As only 2 "D" clinics are allowed in District III, there is the possibility that the District will host two clinics or host one clinics with an Association offering the second. District III coaches will have preference until a designated date. A waiting list will be started if necessary. Cost of clinic is $75.00 Motion passed with one abstention. Treasurer- Ken Vannice Handouts Balance sheet for Jan 2001 Budget for 2001. Please look over and be ready to vote at the AGM in March Highlights- Jamboree. Referee fees of $20 for Referee, $10 each for AR per game Out of district team fees. Discussion as to if out of district teams will be allowed to enter District III league play or, if they are allowed to enter, at what level will they be placed. The Commissioner is asked to stress to her contemporaries that District III may vote on this issue for this season. Report Did not receive Nov. 2000 statement in the mail. There were deposits and checks that cleared in Nov. but I won't know until I get the Nov. statement. To get the December statement to reconcile I needed to make a deduction in the account for $1756.86. When I get the November statement I will remove that deduction, clear the checks and deposits, add the interest, and it should balance. Bonding of officers Checked with insurance companies, including the insurance that WSYSA is covered by. Insurance wants someone besides the person who reconciles the account or the Treasurer to be able to sign checks (Currently statements are received and previewed by our league administrator as a cross-check method) Insurance wants voucher system Cost is $160 a year for $50,000 coverage on the Treasurer only One concern - any change in our current interest-baring account would result in the loss of an annual yield of approximately $250- $300 a year, that easily covers the cost of bonding Treasurer is asked to write up a Standard Operating Procedures policy for his office in the hope that a SOP will help to get bonding Secretary Marty Torres No report Appointed Chair Report League Scheduler Gerd Schmidt - Report The season has come to a close. Preparations are being made for next year. The final standings were put on the web yesterday and we have already had 3 changes. The feedback from the coaches does increase accuracy. One division is under protest and as soon as that is resolved we will be able to order the plaques for Feb meeting. Disciplinary ChairWarren Wheelock - Handout Disciplinary Report Report I will have a final report for the next meeting. There were 68 red cards given in the boys, including coaches, with 6 red cards given in the girls. My concern is that 1/4 of red cards given in the boys program were for teams that aren't within District III boundaries. There were also some other problems with the out of District teams, such as parents, fights, etc. I feel we should look into not accepting out of District (Boys teams) into our District. We don't have a problem with the Girls program. MAR REPORTS Auburn - Sandra Luettgen Select committee is meeting Maple Valley - Scott Ruby Have 16 teams entered in State Cups, of which 12 are Girls Renton - Gerd Schmidt Working on state cup Application form for banners were distributed to all MARS. The cost of having a banner made and then displayed at the Championship Cup Finals is $200. The banner is then given to you. If you would like to display your own banner, the cost is $100 and must be given to GRJSA for display. It will be returned to you. Looking into both finalist teams receiving pins and programs Lot of complaints from club coaches having to travel to play out of district teams NarYSA - Chuck Walton- No report Highline - Laura Lewis - Association league Award Ceremony was held MRSA - Warren Wheelock CFSC is looking into forming it's own Association KYSA - Ken Ward Spring Mod Registration and Skate Party- Jan 25th at the TLC Skate Center, 10210 SE 260" St. Kent 4-6:00pm. Feb. 7th AGM 7:00pm Sunrise Elementary State Cups- KYSA has 12 teams extending their season. GIRLS DOSVEEDANYA TRYOUTS- March 17,18 & 24. (Girls Club Soccer) U11- 2-4pm, U12- 8-10am U13- 11am-1 pm U14- 8-10am U15- 11 am-l pm U16- 2-4pm KYSA TRYOUTS - On March 24 and 31 - BU11 and GU13- 9-11 am BU13 and GU11- 11:30am- 1:30pm BU12 and GU12- 2-4pm KYSA TRYOUTS - On March 25 and April 1 BU14 and GU14- 10:00-11:30am BU15, GU15, BU18 & GU18- 12:00-1:30pm BU16, GUI6, BU17, & GU17- 2:00-4:00pm Please check KYSA Web Site for any changes. Sounders Game April 8h 5:00pm, French Field at Kent Meridian HS FWSA - Juan Rangel Have supporting documents for young ref of the year 2. 8 boys and 7 girls teams entered in State Cups Tacoma-Pierce County - Marian Bowers. Will be holding their annual Awards Ceremony on February 21st at 6:30 at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. We have 31 teams entered in the Snickers Championship Cup and 42 teams entered in the Fred Meyer Commissioner's Cup Our focus this year will be education of coaches, parents and players UNFINSHED BUSINESS Bylaws Gerd to update and send to everyone Comments to Paige Of the Year Motion/Second to withdraw nominee Tim Duffy from consideration for District III Girls Coach of the Year. Discussion- Tim has been accused of playing an illegal player and a hearing will be held. We do not have the full story nor do we have a decision of this hearing. Motion to withdraw the motion. Second was not accepted. Question was called for. Motion passed with 3 nay votes. Motion/Second to accept Keith Colee as District III Boys Coach of the Year. Motion passed with one abstention. Motion/Second to accept Stephen Snyder as the District III Young Male Referee of the Year. Motion passed with one no vote and 2 abstentions. Motion/Second to accept Amy Williams as the District III Young Female Referee of the Year. Motion passed with one abstention. Motion/Second to accept Perry Woodford as District III Volunteer of the Year. Motion passed with 6 ayes, 3 nay votes. Motion/Second to open nominations for Girls Coach of the Year. Discussion- Tim Duffy could be re-nominated if he is found innocent. Could bring forward names for Feb mtg. Motion passed with 5 ayes, 3 nays and 1 abstention. NEW BUSINESS Nominating Committee Bill White nominating chair; call if you have nominees Ad for State Cup Programs District III ad for both state Cup programs Cost- $175 for both programs for one-quarter page ad Cost- $375 for both programs for one-half page ad 1st VP to handle under his Publicity budget Rec Leagues Need input for how may games per season, 10 or 12. Bring back from your associations Association Annual Reports Due to state office Feb 1 Copy to Paige Building/Office space rental Motion/Second to rent on an office on a trial basis for one year and budget $4000 for it. Discussion- HSA has room for meetings. Meeting room is needed for Disciplinary, storage, mail .Member Associations could use this space. Could try for one year with expected cost of approximately $4000. Question was called for. Motion passed with one nay vote. Motion/Second to give authority to the Executive Board to bind District III to a rental agreement and other contracts to obtain a building for District III purposes. Motion passed with 7 ayes, 1 no and 2 abstentions GOOD OF THE GAME A letter was received concerning the state proposed budget I am very disappointed with this year's budget. I am disappointed with it's tone. It was prepared by experts in their fields and it was approved unanimously by the BOD. The feeling I get is that we are supposed to approve it without challenging anything in it. (Rubber-stamp it).This is an attitude problem. In August of 1999 we approved a special player fee of $1.00 per player for field development. By approving this budget we are also assessing this fee for another year. The package was presented in a way that the associations could save monies to make up this $1.00 and therefore it would not have to be passed on to the players. I think that if we are going to assess this fee for another year we should have received a progress report. The players will have been assessed $250,000 and what will they have received for it? The treasurer keeps pointing out that we need to increase player fees so that we can be in compliance with the by-laws. There is a requirement of a reserve fund of 10% of the budget. There are currently money funds in excess of $800,000. Yet we are told they still need more. The WSYL shows an income of $21,400 and is budgeting an income of $60,000. It is explicitly stated that there is no fee increase included in this budget yet there isn't any explanation of from where the money would come. I think the budget was presented in a way so that it looks like a player fee increase is justified. Motion/Second to adjourn at 10:24 PM. Motion passed Next meeting on Feb 5 at 7 PM in new office space or possibly Covington Godfather's Pizza. Respectfully Submitted Marty Torres, District 3 Secretary

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