The United Select Soccer Association is a competitive soccer club supported by Dynamo Soccer. USSA plays traveling teams in the southern suburban area.

Dynamo Soccer
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
March 1, 2004 at Bourbonnais Public Library

Attendance: Ed Smith, Vernette Karnes, Brian Rogers, Julie Camp, John Krincek, Doug Wadley, Jeff Gindy, Dave Diveley, Kirk Malmer, MaryAnn Bicknell, John Hall

Visitors: Kerry O'Connell, Mr. Kerouac, Legends Photography

Ed called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.

No changes to the February 2, 2004 meeting minutes were needed. Jeff motioned to accept the minutes and Dave seconded. Minutes accepted.

Kerry O'Connell brought in a quote from Ozinga for the pavilion and garbage concrete needed. 1- 12x12 and 2- 20x25 slabs total $4646. The breakdown being $2146 for concrete and $2500 for labor. Discussion occurred and Kerry volunteered to get 2 other bids for comparison and bring them to the next meeting.

Legends Photography owner and employee discussed their program and picture options. States there is no minimum purchase per person. They offer sibling or parent/child photos. The delivery time is three weeks. They were informed that a decision will be made soon for pictures.

Officer Reports:

A.   President- Nothing to report.

B.    Vice President- Nothing to report.

C.   Treasurer- As of 3/1/04 there is $40,250 in the account. All current bills paid. Dick to perform the audit for the 2003 year.

D.   Secretary- New members’ folders and folder updates distributed. Corrections needed on some forms,  will be redone, and redistributed at the next meeting.

E.    Parent Representative- MaryAnn will distribute the same handouts to the team parents again this season since it worked well last season.

Committee Reports:

A.   Fields/Grounds- Kirk states that the well has not been dug yet but is due to be placed on 3/4/04. It will be placed 25ft north of the building instead of the middle of the field. States the irrigation board will be put inside of the building.

States order ready to be placed for the field paint. 50 cases of paint will be need to be ordered. County West and USSA will receive their portion as previously done. Doug motioned to have Kirk order the paint needed. John Krincek seconded. Kirk is to order the paint.

B.   Sponsors- Letter to 66 previous sponsors has been sent out. A copy was given to Julie to be placed in the minutes. Brian is requesting an assistant for the Sponsor Committee for this season.

C.   Fundraising- Nothing to report.

D.   Concessions- Nothing to report.

E.    Equipment/Scheduling- John has received some of the bids for needed equipment and uniforms. He will email a completed list which will be voted on at the next meeting. Game changes: game #3 will be played on Wed, Thurs, Fri, game #4 will be played on Mon, Tues, Wed.

F.    Coaching- The “Trounce Rule” that was sent out by email was motioned to be adopted by Jeff G and seconded by Doug. Motion accepted. A pre-draft roster policy was discussed at length. An amendment was recommended by John K. to allow 1 head coach and 1 assistant instead of 2 assistants as previously suggested. Dave seconded this amendment. A vote was taken and passed with 6 for and 5 against. A vote was taken to accept the trounce rule and the pre-draft policy together as amended was taken and passed with 8 for and 3 against. The trounce rule and the pre-draft roster policy will be clarified and emailed out for review.

Amendment to March 1, 2004 Meeting Minutes
Pre Draft Policy First Vote - Roll Call:
Voted Yes- Vernette Karnes, Julie Camp, John Krincek, Dave Diveley, Kirk Malmer, MaryAnn Bicknell
Voted No- John Hall, Brian Rogers, Doug Wadley, Jeff Gindy, Ed Smith
Pre Draft Policy Second Vote
Voted Yes- Vernette Karnes, Julie Camp, John Krincek, Dave Diveley, Kirk Malmer, MaryAnn Bicknell, John Hall, Brian Rogers
Voted No- Doug Wadley, Jeff Gindy, Ed Smith

G.   Pictures- Vernette has 3 package quotes. All were discussed. There were questions about a comparison. Vernette to get the questions answered and bring comparisons to the next meeting. A discussion occurred about where to hold the pictures either at the field or at LeVasseur, along with whether they should be inside or outside. No decisions made. To be discussed at the next meeting.

H.   Draft- Doug brought information about printing for postcards and school flyers. J&J had the best price with $24 for 600 pre-stamped postcards, and $112 for the three-tiered medical forms. A motion was made by John K to allow the purchase of needed items from J&J Printing with a second by Ed. Doug to tell Kelli to buy the needed items for the mailing.

I.    Publicity- Jeff G. suggested that the same advertisement for signups be placed in The Daily Journal and The Herald. Motion made by Doug to place the same advertisement as last year with Ed seconding. Motion passed. Jeff to place the same ads.

J.      Referee- John suggested that 35 Referee Badges be purchased for a total of $85. A motion was made by John K to have the badges purchased with John H seconded.

K.   Buildings- Nothing to report.

L.    Risk Management- Nothing to report.

M.  Tickler File/Updates- Reviewed. No new updates.

Old Business

          None.

New Business

          Dynamo shirts will be ordered by John K for the new board members.

Motion to adjourn made by Ed. MaryAnn seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:45p. Next meeting scheduled for April 5, 2004, 6:30p at the Bourbonnais Public Library.