South Plainfield Soccer Association Meeting Minutes

 

Date of Meeting:            September 2, 2004

Meeting Type:               General Meeting    

Minutes filed on:            September 2, 2004

Revised Sept. 3, 2004 due to omission of Sonics and Ice on field duty credit and weekly field duty assignments.

 

Attendees: Paul Baldasarre U-13 Fire, Frank Licato U-13 Ice, Patrick Flanagan U-9 Rockets, Bill Butrico U-8 Storm, Margaret Pezzolla U-9 Thunder, Cheryl Papa U-9 Thunder, Paul Seyffart U-10 Hotspurs, Ann Marie Ferante Seyffart U-10 Hotspurs, Bob Bichler U-11 Bullets, Millie K. Hunt U-12 Sonics, Bruce hunt U-12 Sonics, Paul Billich U-12 Spirit, Michelle Bilich U-12 Spirit, Tom Hardy U-15 Blaze, Al Vill U-11 Bullets, Scott Bishop U-13 Fire, Glenn Gross, Ken Noll U-11 Bullets, Vijay Bijlani U-13 Ice

 

This was the General Meeting for August 2004. The meeting was originally scheduled for August 26, 2004 but had to be rescheduled to September 2, 2004 due to conflicts in schedules.

 

Meeting Minutes

July 04 meeting minutes were reviewed individually and approved. July expenditures and income was reviewed.

 

New Coaches

This was the first meeting for new head coaches Paul Billich U-12 Spirit. Alos in attendance for the 1st time was Cheryl Papa U-9 Thunder, Michelle Billich, Vijay Bijlani U-13 Ice, AnnMarie Ferante-Seyffart U10- Hotspurs.

 

Parking

Glen Gross is going to check to see if the Town Council will allow the gate separtting the Soccer/Foot Ball Fields from the Compactor/Recycle are to be opened on days when there are football games and soccer games.

 

Game Schedules

Are posted on the South Plainfield Soccer Club Web Page

 

Canning

The canning will run approximately 21/2 hours per shift. No teams have come forward yet to arrange their time slot for canning. It is a first come first serve basis so get  in there and set it up before it gets set up for you.

 

Parade

The float decorating will be performed at Halls Trucking wear house at 9am on Kentile Rd. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate.

 

Uniforms

127 of the 160 uniforms have been delivered (and distributed after tonights meeting). Socks and large uniform jerseys are on back order. It would be Ok to wear your old uniform during the parade if necessary.

Field Duty

Field Duty was held on Saturday 8-28 and was a great Success. The Following people were in attendance.

Storm                  U-8                Eric O’Neal

Rockets               U-9                 Jeff Temple

Thunder               U-9                 M. Pezzola, J. Papa, Larry ??, Lorretta O’Neal

Hotspurs              U-10               T. Ward, M. Ward, A. Celentano, Sanko, Deffler

Bullets                  U-11               J. Catone, J. Gerber, M. Lundy

Spirit                    U-12               J. Pattison, Mrs. Tuype, P. Tuyp

Sonics                  U-12               M. Gillen

Fire                 U-13                       S. Bishop, Grey Coppi, Gary Herbster, A. Santos, T. Pompillo

Ice                       U-13                                     T. DeOliveira

 

 

USA Training

Training will be predominately on Tuesday evenings at Kenneth Ave Fields. There are 2 teams that may train on Mondays but that needs to be firmed up

 

It is not likely that USA will have all of it’s trainers set up and ready to begin the training sessions by 9-7-04 as originally thought. If your trainer has contacted you and set up a session before 9-14-04, confirm with them that they have been registered with NJYSA and received their Coaches Card.

 

 

Training Camp

Soccer Squirts training for 3-5 year olds starts on 9-18-04 and runs for 7 weeks

Senior Soccer Squirts training for 6-8 year olds starts on 9-18 and runs 7 weeks

All money from Senior Soccer Squirts goes to the club

We need a volunteer to sit with USA on Wednesday 9-8-04 at the Pal during the registration period (7pm to 9:30pm

 

 

Picnic

Preparations are going well. The Picnic is September 18, 2004 and is being organized by Ann Marie Ferante-Seyffart. Most Teams have a representative, please check with your rep to find out what your team is responsible to bring.

 

Along with what ever the team is responsible to supple each coach must bring a large cooler full of ice

 

 

Mid NJYSA Mandatory Meeting for Coaches

1-Mid New Jersey Youth Soccer Assn. is holding a mandatory meeting on 9-9-04 and at    least one Club member must attend.

 

2-Mid New Jersey Youth Soccer Association Mandatory Coaches Meeting is coming up this month check the MNJYSA Web Site for the date and time. At least one coach must be present from each team. (This is the meeting where the rule book is distributed and the changes are discussed.

 

Field Permits and Insurance Certificates

 

Field Permits are in the process of being obtained. Please check with Al Vill to ensure that your team has one. Insurance Certificates were distributed.

 

Field Permits and Insurance Certificates are required to be with a team if they are playing or Practicing at a Borough owned field. You maybe asked to produce these forms by a police officer. If you can’t produce them and your are involved in a conflict with another club you maybe ordered off the field by the police.

 

Packets

The Mid New Jersey Regional VP is processing the packets quickly on average about 2 to 3 days turnaround time and the majority of the teams have had their packets returned.

 

The Thunder and Ice are waiting for their “F” licenses to come in. Al Vill is going to call NJYSA to find out if they can be faxed to us to speed up the packet processing for those 2 clubs.

 

Re-scheduling Games

Tom Hardy has sent an e-mail out regarding instructions on the proper way to re-schedule a game that had to be postponed. If you do not follow this procedure the league (MNJYSA) will not recognize the results of the re-scheduled game. This could represent a problem  if your team is in contention to win it’s flight or Divisional Championship.

 

Please follow the rule it is on page 21 of the Mid New Jersey Youth Soccer Assn. League Handbook.

 

Weekly Field Duty

This year each of our 3 fields will be lines on Thursday evening. Tom Hardy discussed the e-mail he sent out detailing how each team is going to be required to help.

 

Each team has been assigned a week when their team must a representative to assist Tom line the fields.

 

Team                   Responsible Date                     Team               Responsible Date

Fire                      Sept. 16,                                 Blast                Oct   21,

Sonics                  Sept. 23,                                 Storm               Oct.  26,

Bullets                  Sept. 30,                                 Ice                  Nov. 4,

Hotspurs              Oct.   7,                                                 Power               Nov. 11,

Rockets               Oct.   14,                                 Spirit               Nov. 18,