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Paper Valley Youth Soccer
Board of Directors
May 17, 2009
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 8:01 p.m. by President Michele Muchowski.
Board members in attendance: Muchowski, Chris Trudell, Holly Lifke, Sean Johnson, Tom Wanamaker, Robert Gallegos, Marti Coan, Jim Schmidt, Scott Hoelzel, Tina Wiswall, Jerry Mortimer, Jill Rechner. Phil Therrien arrived late.
Members absent: Jerry Hameister.
Team Representatives Present: Ashley Sharp, Neenah Fire; Trisha Zander, Neenah Inferno; Shane Roh -Neenah Crossfire; Annette Varkoly, FC United; and Tim Rall - Neenah Nitro.
Others Attending: Toni Hameister, Bob Brost, Gay Johnson
MINUTES: Secretary Johnson previously distributed the minutes of the March meeting. No April meeting was held. Lifke make a motion to approve the minutes. Trudell provided a second. Motion carried.
TREASURER REPORT: Hameister was not present.
FLATGRASS:Jim Schmidt provided a wrap-up on Flatgrass. The biggest problem was the weather, though no games were cancelled. One team did not show. The club will get a total of $1,400 in kickbacks from area hotels.
EAST CENTRAL REP The club will need a new East Central representative. Robert Gallegos will take on that role for the club.
GUESTS: Tim Rall approached the board about a player that had not been allowed to roster with his team.
Muchowski said that situation would be discussed in closed session later in the meeting, and that specifics related to the player would not be made public.
Rall said his questions were procedural. He asked if normal procedure had been followed and if that decision of the player transfer committee could be reversed. Muchowski said the board handles situations such as the one Rall has an interest in on a case-by-case basis.
Trisha Zander asked about who was doing tryouts for the club. She said she had an objection to one of the evaluators used by the club because he also trains teams and is a coach of the FC United '96' team. Muchowski said the plan is for that evaluator to handle the girls tryouts that night. Other evaluators will handle the coed tryouts. In addition, that evaluator will not be a coach next year.
Gay Johnson appeared and asked the board what had been done to alleviate the phone calls and traffic coming in and out of her residence related to club business. She noted that people continue to call the home phone and just drop by.
ADHOC MEETING
Coan discussed the adhoc meeting held on May 6 to discuss the work of the board. She said the main thing that came out of it is the board needs to fill the positions that are open in the administration manual.
Muchowski said that would be fine, but they should be filled with existing board members, not additional bodies.
Trudell noted that many of the responsibilities of those positions were reassigned because the board was not getting any production from them anyway.
Lifke said this is the largest board she has ever dealt with and adding additional people to the board will likely not make it work any better.
Coan noted the board does not have a separate rec director or classic director and that neither league is being served well.
Trudell volunteered to serve as Classic Director and the board agreed by consent.
Therrien suggested an annual planning meeting.
Jerry Mortimer asked when the best time for such a meeting would be. The board tabled the discussion in order to proceed to the closed session.
MOTION FOR CLOSED SESSION:
Trudell made a motion for the board to convene in closed session to discuss the results of the player transfer committee actions. Wanamaker provided a second. Motion carried.
OTHER BUSINESS
Coan suggested the rules for guest players at Flatgrass be reviewed.
Schmidt said all decisions were made to prevent teams from dropping out of the tournament.
MOTION TO ADJOURN:
Trudell made a motion to adjourn; second by Wanamaker. Meeting adjourned at 11:03 p.m.
Next meeting: June 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.,
Community Room, Neenah Police Station
2111 Marathon Ave, Neenah, WI
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