HOUSTON WOMEN'S SOCCER ASSOCIATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

October 9, 2002

 

 

The meeting was called to order by Jen Cooper, President, at Saengerbund Hall at 7:28 p.m.

 

ROLL CALL

Women's teams absent: Synergy

Coed teams absent: Buffalo Wild Wings, Olympia V, Spring Branch, Synergy Coed

Board members absent: Secretary, Sandra Schneider

 

MINUTES:

Minutes for the August 7, 2002 meeting were posted on the website; notice of posting was emailed to everyone.  Approval of minutes from the August 7, 2002 meeting was postponed until secretary can verify presence/absence of several coed teams at that meeting.
Note: If anyone is not receiving notice of the minutes, let the secretary know.
 

OFFICER REPORTS

President:

1.        WUSA exhibition match

·       Game scheduled for October 19.

·       2,900 tickets have been sold to date (approximately 60% of venue capacity).

·       Sales are picking up and a sellout is possible.

·       Tickets are still available for the women’s clinic the morning of the game at $35/each (online only; includes clinic, t-shirt and ticket to game).

·       Volunteers needed for game between 2:00 and 8:00 pm game day.

·       Flyers available; info posted on the website.

2.        Elections scheduled for November meeting: President, Secretary, and Field Coordinator. Anyone interested in running for these positions should contact Jen Cooper.

 

Vice President:

1.        D&P committee activity: Red cards – three ejections for violent conduct were adjudicated by the D&P Committee with five-game suspensions and either $25 or $50 fines.  Since this is a recreational league, please ask your players play accordingly.  Ineligible player – a team was found to have played an ineligible player. Sanctions included a $100 fine and forfeit of the game.

2.        The Vice President requested a meeting with Messrs Reyes and Palacios from the Olympia V coed team (neither was present).

3.        D&P committee – volunteers were solicited to reconstitute the D&P committee.  Lester Saucier, J.C. Romanda, King Farias, Jim Breaux, and Chris Harrison agreed to serve.

 

Secretary:

No report. Tom Whitehurst is filling in for Sandra Schneider who is out of town. If you missed roll call, check in with Tom after meeting. If you don’t, you will be marked absent. Once the minutes are approved, no more arguments.

 

Registrar:

1.        Reps who are expecting cards should see the registrar after the meeting. Cards are usually not mailed out right before a meeting.

2.        The state association has changed administrators.  Previously, the administrator was in Houston, but the new one is in Austin. Therefore, it will be harder to get player ID cards and stickers. Team reps should conserve those on hand. Also, teams need to make sure to get all  players registered prior to the deadline two weeks before the end of each season. (In the past this deadline has been interpreted loosely since the administrator was in town.)

3.        Teams going to tournaments should not wait until the last minute to get all cards and other registration materials from the registrar.

 

Treasurer:

·       Income for year to date (beginning September 1) is $37,871, mostly from player fees; most of this will be paid out to TSSAS later in the year.

·       $4,762 has been paid out, mostly for fields and referee assignor fees.

·       The treasurer needs to see reps from Bunker Hill Bruisers, Milagros, and La Pandilla.

·       Field invoices are available for Arsenal, Katy Kicks, and United teams.

 

Women's Commissioner:

1.        Scores are up to date. Standings are on the website. Please check to make sure they are correct. All rainouts have been rescheduled – please check the website and reschedule earlier, if possible. 

2.        Need to see Shooting Stars team representative after the meeting.

3.        All games on field L4 at Alief have been moved to L1.

 

Coed Commissioner:

1.        Current fall season standings:

Division

1st Place

1/Mon

Allies/Latin Sharks (tie)

2/Mon

RFN

3/Mon

Alliance

 

 

1/Sun

Amistad/SW Kickers (tie)

2/Sun

Montezuma’s Revenge

2.        Scores and standings are posted on the website. Please check to make sure they are correct. Email the commissioner or webmaster with any corrections.

3.        No date has been set for a playoff between 1st division Sunday and 1st division Monday winners; however, it will be posted shortly.

4.        Kudos to the eleven coed teams have not received yellow or red cards so far this season: Olympia, Rapid Fire, Sabotage, Stingrays, Marathon Madness, Orange Crush, Team Thunder, Team Zia, SW Kickers, Montezuma’s Revenge, and Team Fortress.

5.        Need to see reps from Olympia V and El Tri after the meeting.

 

Field Coordinator

1.        Silvia Guzman has been appointed to fill the open position.

2.        Silvia is looking at preparing grant proposals to the Soccer Foundation for new and lighted fields. Deadline is November 18 for 2003 grants. Proposals submitted after that will be for 2004 funding. Funding for field development grants comes from revenue from the 1994 World Cup.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership
1.        Women’s league player needs should be directed to Heather Correll. 
2.        Coed player needs should be directed to Rudy Norman. Rudy’s list is heavy on men looking for teams and light on women.

 

Webmeister

1.        No report

 

Tournaments

1.        Tonight is the deadline for the October 26-27 Bear Creek tournament. Turn in registration forms to Wendy Cassidy. Volunteers are needed.

2.        Other tournaments: Quickfoot 4v4 in January; Baton Rouge in November.

 

OLD BUSINESS

None.

 

NEW BUSINESS

None

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.        Tournament registration deadline is tonight.

2.        Women’s skills and coed goalkeeper clinics have been scheduled for December 14.

3.        Next league meeting will be November 13 and will feature elections.

            

Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.