January 16, 2002   Minutes - January 15, 2002 Meeting     Next meeting - Tuesday February 19, 2002 at 7:30   In attendance were the following:   David Ward                 Karen Selwyn Al Selwyn                  Max Rodriguez Mark Keating               JoAnne Bodine Bob Hajjar                 Rod McNiff   1.         Registrar's Report: Registration packets have been sent (and should have been received) by all players who played for Urbana Soccer in Fall 2001. Fill out the forms as specified and mail forms and check to Urbana Soccer, 2006 Fire Tower Ln., Ijamsville, MD, 21754. There will also be in-person registration on Saturday January 19, 2002 and Saturday January 26, 2002. Both in-person registrations will be held from 9:00 AM - noon in the foyer (side entrance) at the Urbana Fire Hall. Registration for Spring 2002 closes on February 1, 2002. For those who played in the Fall, registration fees will be $20 less for the Spring (no uniform, insurance, administration, etc. fee to pay) - $45 for U6, $55 for U8-U12, $60 for U13-U14. For those who did not play in the Fall, you will be subject to the additional $20 fee (except U6) - $45 for U6, $75 for U8-U12, $80 for U13-14. Note that U6s who played in the Fall and are moving up to U8 in the Spring will need to pay the additional $20 fee. Fall 2001 players will only be given new socks for Spring 2002. They are expected to wear their jersey/shorts from Fall 2001 in Spring 2002. If your child has outgrown or worn out their jersey/shorts, a new set can be purchased for $20. Please include that money with your registration check and make a note to that effect on the registration form (along with the proper sizes). Any registrations received after that date will be charged a $10 late fee and placed on a waiting list (unless space is available on the appropriate age group/gender team). Go to the web site (http://www.urbanasoccer.org) for more details. 2.         Treasurer’s Report: We are using much of the $5,000 we have left over from Fall to buy 10 sets of small goals (4v4 goals) to be used for practices and the 4v4 tournament.   3.         Vice-President’s Report: Not present.   4.         Secretary’s Report: Not present.   5.         Coaches Education: No 'F', 'E' or 'D' courses are currently listed. There should be at least an 'F' course in March. For those interested, MSYSA sponsors International Weeks in the summer. National level coaches from Holland, Brazil and Ireland should be there this year. Check www.msysa.org for more details and more courses. Coaches Night - the next Coaches Night will be Thursday February 21, 2002 at 7:30 at the Cracked Claw. We will be discussing how to deal with problem players, parents, referees and opposing coaches.   All coaches are encouraged to continue their soccer education with these valuable courses. The Association reimburses all coaching course costs. Also, remember to take a look at the local library - it has some very good books and videos available. If you have any of the videos given out at the October coaches meeting, please get them back to David when you get a chance so that we can distribute them to other coaches.   6.         Field Maintenance: We will re-seed the penalty boxes on the Upper Field the beginning of March to give the seed time to grow before games start in April.   7.         Big Hill Update: Bob has a contractor lined up who will get rid of the hill within two weeks of getting the permit. Now, all we have to do is get him the permit. Look for the hill to be gone by the start of practice on March 1.   8.         Newsletter Update: No report.   9.         Indoor Soccer: We are into the second session at both The Goal and the Sportsplex. There are several teams playing at both facilities. Congratulations to the Urbana Lumberjacks (U-14 Coed) - tied for first place in the first session at the Sportsplex.   10.     Bylaws Committee: No report.   11.     Spring 2002 Practice Requests: Coaches - email David at david.ward@acterna.com to specify days and locations for your practices. The Spring is difficult, but we'll do our best to accommodate.   12.     Spring 2002 Equipment Requests: Coaches - need more soccer balls, cones, pinneys, etc.? Email what you need to David at david.ward@acterna.com.   13.     Sport Safety Training: The Frederick Red Cross chapter will be holding a Sport Safety Training course (includes adult CPR) for us on February 2, 2002 from 9:00-5:00 at the Red Cross chapter in Walkersville. The Association is paying for all coaches who can attend. There is a limit of 12 students and only 5 spaces remain. Coaches: please send an email to David at david.ward@acterna.com to get on the student list.    14.     Urbana District Park: The architect has developed four potential Master Plans for the new Urbana District Park. As far as fields go, the plans range from 4 fields (1 or 2 soccer and 1-3 multi-purpose) and 3 or 4 softball/baseball fields. Soccer fields will not be crowned while the multi-purpose ones will be (i.e., multi-purpose fields for football and lacrosse). On all of the current proposals, the soccer fields are not sufficiently wide to allow for proper field movement for field maintenance purposes. The architect is looking at ways to get more field width. Of the four proposals, number 2 seems to be the best balanced between needs for athletics and needs for park space. That proposal includes 2 soccer fields and 2 multi-purpose fields (3 baseball fields) as well as pavilions, playgrounds, trails, etc. We have suggested amending that proposal to make one of the soccer fields wider and the other one smaller (for use for U-8 - U-12). The Master Plan Committee will be meeting on Thursday 1/24 to come up with the proposal that will move on to the next stage for approval. NOTE: It will be several years before any fields are available at UDP as planning is just in its initial phases. The Master Plan is just that - a plan. How the plan is implemented (i.e., park build out) will be discussed only after the plan has been adopted. Complete park build out will take many, many years (ten or more). 15.     U-6 Program: We held a good discussion on how to make improvements to our U-6 program now that it has grown so large. Karen will give Max the list of persons who indicated they would help "coach" the U-6s on their registration forms. Max will contact those persons to organize the U-6 program prior to their first get-together in April. The goal is to organize each session into four or more stations (each run by two of the aforementioned assistants) and have the players rotate between these stations. If you are interested in helping Max with the U-6 program, please contact him with an email to mtrodrig@us.ibm.com. We have also purchased a tape that details how the French run their younger players' program. It is full of many good ideas we will try to get into our program (but in English not French!).   16.     New Business: None.