Meeting Minutes - 2008

Club Meeting -- May 14, 2008

Present: Steve Boyd, Mark Grosenbaugh, Mike Jones, Becky Kirk, George Liles, Cameron McCampbell, Mary Ryther

Quality of Play:
Steve Boyd presented statistics on the competitiveness of this year’s Falmouth teams. This led to a discussion on how to improve the quality of play club-wide. We discussed having age group coordinators for 6v6, 8v8, Jr. High and High School boys and girls age groups.

League Report:
Mike Jones reported that the SCSL BOD would be voting on a proposal to combine players into 2-year age groups starting next year. This is because MTOC and most town leagues in Massachusetts use 2-year age groups. If passed, each 2-year age group would be divided into 4 divisions. SCSL presently has 1-year age groups with 2 divisions in each. Mike also reported that parking will be difficult at MTOC this year because of the change of venue to the new Mass. Youth Soccer fields.

Jr. High Soccer Program:
It was agreed to invite the coaches of the Lawrence Jr. High interscholastic soccer teams to our next meeting to discuss what to do about the large number of boys and girls 7th and 8th grade soccer players that are expected to try out in the fall.

Club Meeting -- February 13, 2008

Present: Becky Kirk, Mark Grosenbaugh, Mary Ryther, Rui Correia, Bob Petit, Brian Kinsella, Tom Campbell, Jeff Burt, Ed Furtek, Amy Peterson, Chris LeBoeuf, Al Gagnon, Greg Lanoue, George Liles, Cameron McCampbell, Phil Dascombe, Maurice Tivey, Rick Chandler, Christine Mosher, Devin McManus, Tony Sciarrillo, Mike Jones, Keith Engstrom, Tor Clark, Abdul Faiky, James Cappellini

Officer Reports:
Treasurer - we are on budget.
Secretary - presented minutes from the January meeting, which were accepted by voice vote.
Registrar - we have 23 teams with a total of 330 players so far.

League Report:
South Coast Soccer League was given wild card entries in the MTOC tournament for U15G, U13B, and U14G. The tournament will be held at the new fields at Langcaster at the end of June. Any Grade 8 referees who wish to work at MTOC should contact Mike Jones by the end of March. SCSL playoffs - semifinals must be completed by June 15 and finals by June 22. Division 1 playoffs will hold games at higher seeded team's field. Division 2 playoffs are to be held at a neutral site on the weekends of June 15 and June 22.

MPS Clinics:
The club is finalizing plans for holding MPS-led clinics during March and April for all teams. The club's payment to MPS will cover free admission to all Cape Cod Crusader home games at Mass Maritime this spring and summer. This offer applies to players, coaches, referees and board members.

Equipment and Uniforms:
The uniforms have arrived at All Cape Sports and are awaiting application of numbers and the newly designed embroidered FSC logo. Sweatshirts may still be ordered directly from Soft As A Grape. We will need to order additional club patches to hand out at spring tournaments. All coaches should get their equipment requests to Mary Ryther as soon as possible.

Old Business:
Teams need to commit by the end of February to enter the Sandwich Memorial Weekend tournament. The club has budgeted $2400 to help teams attend this or other holiday tournaments. The telephone hotlines will be up and running by March 1. Information on each team's phone
number will be given to coaches on the day that we line fields, tentatively set for March 15. A brief discussion was held on the club granting club membership and equal status to out-of-town players who have played for FSC for at least one year. A more formal discussion on this issue will be held at a later meeting.

New Business:
Spring season practice times and fields were chosen by each coach. The results should be posted on the FSC web site soon.

Club Meeting -- January 9, 2008

Present: Tom Campbell, Rick Chandler, Keith Engstrom, Mark Grosenbaugh, Mike Jones, Becky Kirk, Greg Lanoue, Cameron McCampbell, Kevin Mulvey, Kathryn Rose, Mary Ryther, Derek Silcox, Don Swanbeck

League Report:
Mike Jones gave the SCSL report for December and January meetings. The spring travel league schedule is online. Also, coaches need to register online at www.scsl.org.

Equipment and Coaching:
Mary Ryther reported on uniforms, which will arrive by the last week of January. The club needs to decide on an emblem for the jersey. Mary suggested that in choosing a logo, we should choose something other than a clipper ship because of our occasional use of out-of-town players.
Coaches will be able to order practice equipment in the next couple weeks. Mary will send out an order form by the end of January. Coaches may budget up to $7 per player plus $30 for if you are a new coach. Veteran coaches should use as much existing equipment as they can and turn in any equipment (in good condition) that they can no longer use at the February 13th Falmouth Soccer Club meeting. There was a big turnout for the skills clinic at Falmouth Academy. We talked about hosting coaching clinics before season starts. Coaches are always encouraged to look at the Mass Youth Soccer website and sign up for appropriate level coaching clinics at any nearby site. Barnstable is holding G and F courses in February and March. There are also G and F courses in Plymouth in March.

Fields:
Kevin Mulvey reported on the fields that we have for the spring. We have Trotting Park again on MWF and Morse Pond WThF. The new fields on Sandwich Road will be used for baseball and lacrosse. Practice field sign up for Trotting Park and Morse Pond fields will take place at the February Soccer Club meeting. All coaches must attend or send a representative for their team to sign up for practice fields. The Falmouth Soccer Club will pay for a portable toilet at Trotting Park this spring.

Appropriations:
The Club approved paying $2,640 to Mass Premier Soccer to conduct player and coach training sessions for Falmouth Soccer Club teams, to be held in the spring. The club also approved spending up to $2,000 this year for college scholarships to be awarded to deserving college-bound soccer players who have been active in the Falmouth Soccer Club. A formal call for nominations with eligibility criteria will be issued in the spring.