Minutes for the Urbana Soccer Association meeting March 20, 2007 at the Urbana Regional Public Library Attendance: Dave Ward, Harry Hurst, Karen Selwyn, Al Selwyn, Herbert Avila The meeting was called to order at 7:21p 1)     Minutes from the February meeting have yet to be submitted – will approve at next (April) meeting 2)     Registrar’s Report (Karen Selwyn):  a)     Currently have a record 515 players for Spring 2007. b)     U6 coaches have received rosters and should be contacting players this week. 3)     Treasurer’s Report (Herbert Avila): a)     Work for the not-for-profit status of the Association is ongoing. 4)     VP’s Report (Harry Hurst): a)     Both Parks/Rec and FCPS have asked that we make sure we clean up fields after we use them. b)     Parks/Rec has requested their waiver forms – Coaches: please get these signed and back to Karen ASAP. 5)     Secretary report (Clif Carey): Not present 6)     Coaches Education (Dave Ward): a)     National Youth License in Westminster May 29-June 3. This is a tremendous opportunity for all coaches of U6-U12.  It is an expensive course. If coaches plan on attending, we will address some sort of reimbursement. Email was forwarded to coaches. b)     NSCAA Goalkeeping Course (for coaches – not players) is being offered via LUYAA on 4/1. Email was forwarded to coaches. 7)     Equipment (Herbert Avila): a)     All equipment has been placed in the shed. A few coaches still need to pick up their stuff. b)     Paint still needs to be ordered. c)      When coaches return equipment, please make sure it is relatively clean and in decent shape. One coach returned a dead mouse (in a Gatorade bottle stuffed closed with a goalie jersey) in his/her ball bag. If equipment is beyond use, throw it away and tell Herbert. Returning moldy first aid kits, filthy pinnies, etc. is just a lot more work for Herbert. Remember that he is a volunteer also. So, please go through your equipment before returning. d)     Unloseable J-Hooks – Al has installed on the game goals. Let’s hope they live up to their name. Thanks Al! 8)     Merchandise (Harry Hurst): a)     Merchandise has been distributed to most coaches to give to players. Harry will try to get the other coaches on Thursday and give U6 merchandise to David for distribution on March 31. b)     Merchandise will be for sale at the Dutch 4v4 on Saturday (3/24) from 11:00 – 3:00 c)      Winter hats – Harry will look into pricing for these. 9)     Field maintenance (David Ward): a)     Most goals were moved into place in late February. U14/U19 COACHES – THERE ARE STILL TWO 8x24 KWIK GOALS ON THE LOWER FIELD THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO THE UPPER FIELD!!!!! b)     Field line painting is set for Thursday 3/22 at 3:00. c)      Mid-Atlantic Turf should be doing soil testing for fertilization, etc. this spring. Still waiting for an estimate for the resurfacing of the Urbana Park Fields schedule for June 4. 10) Indoor Soccer (Dave Ward): a)     Herbert’s U10 Coed team just finished a very successful indoor season – congrats! 11) Dutch 4v4 Tournament (Dave Ward) – Saturday March 24 U08 – 9:30 – 11:30 U10 – 11:30 – 1:30 U12 – 1:30 – 3:30 U14 – 3:30 – 5:30 Open – 5:30 – 7:30 Email was sent with details. 12) Play Day Games (Dave Ward) – Sunday March 25 with LUYAA. All U8 and older teams are participating. 13) Participation Awards (Kim Goldstein) – Kim has chosen the participation awards for Spring 2007. Great job, Kim! 14) Pictures (Terri Sun) – Terri is in the process of working out a schedule for pictures. 15) USA Scholarship (Karen Selwyn): Scholarship forms have been delivered to Urbana High School . $500 scholarship available to any UHS student graduating in Spring 2007 who has played at least one season with Urbana Soccer. Forms are also available on our web site – www.urbanasoccer.org 16) Soccer Camps (Dave Ward) Frederick County Soccer Camp (formerly South County Soccer Camp) – June 18-22 at UHS UK Elite – July 9-13 at Urbana ES. Kickoff Week (“mandatory” for all U10/12/14) – July 30-August 3 at Urbana ES and Urbana Park 17) Sponsors – All sponsors owing money have been contacted. Coaches – your sponsor may have changed from fall. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR SPONSOR FOR PICTURES!!!! 18) Fall 2007 Tryouts (Dave Ward) – U12 and U14 tryouts will continue in the same format for Fall 2007. We will conduct tryouts for U10Coed D1 for Fall 2007 as well this season. Since FCYSL rarely has a U10Girls D1 division, we will not have tryouts for that age group/gender. Tryouts will be the last week in May. 19) New Business a)     Silent Auction – merchandise has been given to both UES and (shortly) GVES for slient auctions. b)     FCYSL schedules have been emailed to coaches. Paper copies, directions and referee checks will be given out at Thursday’s coaches meeting.  Meeting Adjourned at 8:50pm