May 3, 2000
MINUTES

The meeting was called to order by Jen Cooper, President, at Saengerbund Hall at 7:37 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Women's Teams Absent: Azteca Femenil, Enfoque Deportivo, Katy Kicks, Kodiaks, Synergy

Coed Teams Absent: Amistad, Hit Squad, Houston Chronicle, Olympia, Synergy, Texas International

Board members absent: Stephen Jump, Field Coordinator

MINUTES

Minutes from the 5 April meeting were approved as submitted.

OFFICER REPORTS

President:

The Houston Tornados first home game will be Friday, May 5. In exchange for promotion at the Tornados home games, .HWSA will provide 12 volunteers at each game. Each HWSA team needs to provide 2 volunteers during the season. Volunteers will work for 1 &endash; 2 hours and receive 2 complimentary tickets to the game.If you would like to volunteer, contact Jessica Meadows at (713) 435-4376.

Vice president:

On April 25 at Cullen Park, there was an attack in the parking lot following a match between Valco and IPP. Several Valco players were waiting with various weapons. Some people sustained injuries and HPD was called. HPD is investigating the incident as a deadly assault. The 2 teams involved played in the Corporate League which until this season was a part of HWSA. HWSA is working to communicate that neither of these teams are currently a part of HWSA. Stephen Jump will contact the city of Houston to make sure they understand that HWSA was not a part of the incident.

Secretary:

1.No fines letters were sent out in April. Letters will be sent in May. All fines will be due at the June league meeting.

2.In April, there were 4 teams who missed roll call and failed to inform the secretary. Only after the minutes went out and notices were sent to the teams did they say they were at the meeting. If a team representative misses roll call, they should see George Barnes immediately after the meeting. This will help the minutes to go out correctly and fines to be assessed properly.

Registrar:

1.Tom Warzywak, has rosters for each coed team. These should be reviewed by the team representative and returned at the June league meeting. New players should be added to the back of the roster, players who are not returning should be crossed out and any errors in the spelling of names, birthdays and other player information should be corrected.

2.Make sure the registrar has the correct mailing address for the team rep. Tom has mailed player cards to some team reps at their old addresses.

3.Tom will start returning player cards twice a month, at the league meeting and around the 15th of the month.

Treasurer:

1.HWSA currently has around $18,000 in the bank.

2.Several women's teams have not made their field payments for the spring season.

These are due by the June league meeting.

Senior commissioner:

The Babe Didrickson Zaharias Coed tournament will be played in Beaumont on June 10 and 11. Contact Pam Gregg for applications.

Women's Commissioner:

1.Standing are posted on the web site (www.hwsa.org).

2.Please schedule all make up games. The deadline for finishing the season is June 4. Let Mary DeBauche know when make up games are scheduled.

Coed Commissioner:

1.Games at Independence Park had to be canceled due to a missing goal. Games were also canceled at Cullen due to high water. Tom Whitehurst has the revised schedule.

2.Standings are available on the web site (www.hwsa.org).

3.The summer season will begin June 10.

4.Team registration and $75 deposit are due May 3 to Patti Ernst.

Field Coordinator:

No report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership:

1.There are currently 80+ people looking for teams, 20 - 25 of which are female.

2.Vicky Jackson will be taking over Membership for both the women's and co-ed leagues.

Public Relations:

No report.

Tournament:

Quickfoot applications are due by May 13. Help is needed with concessions.

Scholarship:

There are 15 applicants for the HWSA scholarship. Winners will be annpunced at the May 31st league meeting.

U-23:

The deadline to register a team for U-23 is May 20. Player registrations are due at the June league meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

There were some delays in finalizing the budget and it will be presented at the June league meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

1.Elections were made by acclamation. Bill Link was elected Vice President, Tom Warzywak was elected Registrar and Patti Ernst was elected Treasurer.

2.Northwest Indoor wants to have a women's indoor league this summer and is looking for teams. For more information, visit their web site at www.letsplaysoccer.com or call 281-444-6947.

3.Player registration for the coed summer season will take place at the June league meeting on May 31. The registration process will have 4 steps:

• Each team rep will receive a sheet for fees to be written on at each step of the procedure.League commissioners will check all forms and cards and the roster from last season. The back of each new player card must be filled out. If everything is not properly completed, this must be done and the team rep will have to correct any errors and get back in line.Please have everything ready!
• The secretary, George Barnes, will calculate all fines and field fees, if any, from the spring season and verify the team reps mailing address.
• The treasurer, Patti Ernst, will verify the deposit was paid and sum all fees owed.
• The registrar, Tom Warzywak, will collect paperwork and money, verify the roster and sign and laminate any new player cards.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next league meeting will be May 31st at 7:30 p.m. at Saegerbund Hall. Player registrations and money are due at this time.