June 12, 2007 Meeting Minutes – (A. Caschera) Minutes were reviewed. A motion was made by D. McDermott and seconded by R. Urbano to approve the minutes as submitted. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried.

Treasurer's Report - (B. DiBella) Bob presented the treasurer's report and reviewed the summary and transaction report as of June 30, 2007 and stated that the account is still in great shape. A motion was made by R. Beerle and seconded by A. Bush to accept the treasurer’s report as submitted. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried. Discussion was held that in the future, coaches will not be paid until all team registration is received. Also, discussion was held regarding reimbursing those players that never received uniforms in time.

Fields/Grounds – (R. Urbano) The fields were treated for grubs and ants. The men’s league will need two big fields. The smaller ones will still be used for Rec. Club needs to purchase more paint. Discussion was held regarding adding a door in the concession stand, where the refrigerator used to be, to gain access to the garage. This door would be locked so that anyone in the garage cannot walk into the concession stand. Also discussed was removing the big door and replacing it with a small door. It was suggested to insulate the ceiling, adding a ceiling fan and moving the ice machine in the garage. Rocco will get an estimate on this work. Angelo also mentioned that at this point, he doesn’t know if the Schalmont fields will be ready for the fall season. Dave mentioned that he will purchase more nets to replace the olds one.

CDYSL – (A. Caschera) Discussion was held regarding the new initiative CDYSL is implementing on a one year trial basis for U12 playing 8v8. CDYSL is offering both 8v8 and 11v11. Discussion was held modifying a few of our fields to accommodate this change. This will be discussed at a future meeting.

Fall Rec – (D. McDermott) Dave stated we have 392 players so far and the initial uniform order has been placed. He will be holding a meeting for coordinators. Discussion was also held regarding Board members volunteering to cover a Saturday. If unable to work an entire Saturday, 1/2 of day would be fine, for example 9am-1pm or 1pm-5pm.

Travel Team – (A. Caschera) Discussion was held regarding the 2007-2008 season and probable coaches.

Girls:
U10 Bart Metzold
U10 ?
U12 Mario DiCristofar & Fred Saccocio
U12 Jim Mazzacone & Cesare Maniccia
U13 Carlo D'Ambrosio & Anna Piccirillo
U14 Angelo Caschera & Louie MAstroianni
U16 Rita Beerle
U17 Eugene Mednikov & Shawn Thompson

Boys:
 U8 Mike
U10 Ben Hirsch
U10 Angela Bush
U10 Jed Ingersoll
U12 
U14 Vito Urbano, Greg Sichak & Doug McBride
U16 Mark Woodrow
U17 Cory Gregg

New business – with the relationship between RYSC & USAI being discontinued, discussion was held regarding the possibility of RYSC having an academy level for those players that wish to play at a higher level. All in attendance agree that this initiative should be pursued. Angelo will get in touch with CDYSL and see the possibility of an academy level. Several different names were discussed. One that everyone seemed to agree upon was Elite Soccer Academy of Rotterdam or ESA. Next discussed were tryouts and the evaluation forms. Coaches should have an obstacle course set up to evaluate dribbling, passing and shooting, as well as a warm-up and stretching drill; then scrimmage.

The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday August 14, 2007.

With no other topics to be discussed, a motion was made by R. Beerle and seconded by B. DiBella to adjourn the meeting at 8:30pm. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Fil DiCristofaro