October 10, 2006 Board Meeting Minutes – (D. McDermott) Minutes were reviewed. A motion was made by N. Piccirillo 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 and stated that the account remains in great shape as of October 31, 2006. A motion was made by T. Ward and and seconded by L. Malisziewski to accept the treasurer’s report as submitted. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried.

Fields/Grounds – (R. Urbano) Rocco stated that the fields and concession stand are winterized. The water needs to be shut off for the winter. This will be taken care of.

CDYSL – (T. Ward) Terri informed everyone that she did submit the club’s decision to not reduce the number of outdoor games to CDYSL. She mentioned the following important dates for 2007: January 5 is the deadline for State Cup registrations; January 12 is the deadline for outdoor commitment forms due to CDYSL; results will be posted by January 29 and the appeals deadline is February 7. For all new coaches: an outdoor commitment form needs to be filled out and approved by our Club’s president prior to sending to CDYSL. This form allows coaches to place their team in the division that they feel their teams can play for the outdoor season. Coaches are then given the opportunity to appeal if they feel their placement is not in the best interest of their team and the deadline to appeal is February 7.

Fall Rec – (D. McDermott) The Fall Rec program saw 721 players. The last weekend of rec had to be cancelled due to the inclement weather. Everyone seemed to be pleased with this year’s program. Dave stated that after every weekend, he sent an email out to all coaches as a follow-up indicating any problems, suggesting improvements for the next weekend and initiating communication with everyone. The referee course that was given was excellent. Dave thanked all the coordinators, Mario and Terri for doing a great job.

Spring Tournament – (D. McDermott) The tournament will be held the weekend of April 20-21, 2007. This year there will be no conflicts with other clubs or Spring break. The club is thinking of implementing a volunteer program whereby the club will require each parent to volunteer or pay $25 if opting to not volunteer. The Guilderland and Saratoga clubs have this into affect and it works well for them, although their flyer states the $25 is a donation. After much discussion it was decided that coaches are to address this with their parents and wait until next year to formally add it to the registration form. A motion was made by T. Ward and seconded by L. Malisziewski to implement the $25 volunteer/donation program for the upcoming spring tournament. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried. The club is also working on the possibility of utilizing the Mohonasen field for the evening games and allowing their booster club to maintain the concession stand and keep the profit. The club would make a donation to the school for the use of the field. There is the possibility of being able to run the older groups at the Mohon field for the entire day. Discussion was held regarding asking Schalmont for the use of their field. Cesare will inquire about this. Dave stated that volunteers are needed to run this tournament.

Travel Team – (D. McDermott) Dave asked that players pick up their belongings prior to leaving. He also asked that if a team will not be using their practice time, to contact him so that another team may be able to use that time. Dave also asked that the last team to practice or if no one follows your team, to be sure to lock up and shut off all the lights in the facility. A schedule of times and teams will be posted at the facility as a reference. Discussion was also held regarding a recent incident with staph infection. It is suggested that all coaches carry a bottle of disinfectant with them. Giulio mentioned that he has been in contact with Sports Authorities and is looking into obtaining a discount for Under Armour which will be turn resistance. He will let everyone know as soon as he hears back from the company. Joe updated everyone on his discussion with Draper regarding additional gym space. He has requested the use of that gym Tuesdays through Thursdays from 6-9. Everyone agreed that the club should still maintain a relationship with Draper so that we don’t lose that gym space. Joe will be attending their Board meeting to make that request. Also, coaches are asked that if their team is in need of additional gym space to not to make these arrangements on their own. The request needs to go through the club. The Boys & Girl’s Club in Rotterdam is holding their annual fundraiser and once again RYSC has been asked to buy several tables. The fundraiser will be held on December 2, 2006 at the Elks in Rotterdam.

Travel – (D. McDermott) Dave reviewed the list of coaches for the upcoming travel season. They are as follows:

Girls Club Level:
U10A   Mario
U10B   Carlo
U10     Joe/Terri
U12     Anna/Cesare
U12     Jim M./ Cesare
U14     Rita /Tom J.
U16     Eugene

Boys Club Level:
U8 Mix    Dave and 3 coaches
U10A       Ben
U10B       Linda/Angela
U12A      Doug/Jean/Jason
U12B       Greg
U14         Vito/Rocco
U16         Mark Wood
U17         Cory
U19         looking for coach

Girls USAI Level:
U13    Angelo
U17    Giulio
U19    Andy

Boys USAI Level:
U13    Dave

We need to recruit for U10 Boys and U12 Girls. It was suggested that the club print a flyer for the travel program and distribute to all Schenectady schools. The Schenectady club
no longer has a travel program and this would be a great opportunity to recruit more players. Giulio will put together a flyer and distribute to the schools.

Registrar – (D. McDermott) Dave mentioned that registration is going slow. Everyone needs to be sure when registering to complete the transaction. If it’s not completed, the registration is not accepted. If installment payment is opted, they can pay ½ now and the remainder is due by the end of December.

Uniforms – (G. Santorio) Giulio reviewed with everyone the intranet that he has built for everyone to use – usaisoccer.net. This intranet will serve the club well as a tool for communication and information for all coaches. He will provide everyone with their own password. Next discussed were duplicate numbers on the jerseys. It was suggested that if a new player joins the team, the new player needs to pick a different number. When a returning player moves to another team, there is the possibility of duplicate numbers existing. Since there are only four/five cases, it was asked if the club would be willing to pay for the uniform and allow the player to purchase the jersey only. The shorts can be sold separately to someone else who may need them. All in attendance agreed. It was also mentioned that referees normally don’t usually give the younger teams (U12 and under) a hard time regarding duplicate numbers. If so, coaches can modify the number on the shirt by someone distinguishing the number using tape. Giulio also mentioned that going forward we may want to allocate certain numbers for each age group. So when a player moves up, it will eliminate the possibility of a duplicate number.

Old Business – Fun Night has been changed to Saturday, March 24 instead of the 31st due to State Cup games.

New Business – Dave mentioned that in January we will be holding elections for Board members for a two-year term. The following Board members are up to re-election: Joe Lomonaco, Nick Piccirillo, Tony Flores, Lynn Malisziewski, Bob DiBella and Dave. Joe, Nick and Tony will not be running for re-election; therefore, there will be three seats available on the Board. Dave asked that anyone interested in running for a seat on the Board to make it known at the December 12 meeting. Ballots will be made and those eligible to vote will be able to do so at the January meeting. At the December meeting, Bob will be asking all coaches for their preference as far as contact information on the website. Dave mentioned that State Cup registration deadline is January 5, 2007 and rosters are due on March 16, 2007.

With no other topics to be discussed the meeting was adjourned. A motion was made by C. Maniccia and seconded by N. Piccirillo to adjourn the meeting at 9:05pm. All in attendance were in favor. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Fil DiCristofaro