SCITUATE SOCCER CLUB

Board Meeting Minutes

March 6, 2017

Attendees:Sean O’Connor, Jen Sjolstedt, Terie Seymour, Karen Mullen, Lisa Thornton, Jason Crotty,

Mike Foley, Mike Connor, Krissy Donohue, Chris Nylen

Opening Remarks

  • Sean delivered the agenda to all attendees and opened the meeting.
  • Coaches Meeting Travel 3/20 at SHS Cafeteria 7pm – Season starts 4/1
  • Coaches Meeting Town 3/27 at Wampatuck School 7pm – Season Starts 4/8

Treasurer’s Report(Seymour)

  • Need $30k in revenues to match last year
  • $80k in savings minus approximately $40k in expenses should leave us $40k plus the additional revenues, we should end up around $70k

Registrar’s Report(Holland)

  • Lanyards for all spring coaches/personnel/etc have arrived; need all coaches/volunteers to complete new CORI process; info to come via separate email from MYSA – Cisco will follow up with those that haven’t completed
  • Cisco to coordinate a “lanyard day” at his office – Open house before the parade 3/18 – more info to follow
  • Jen will send another reminder for people to register; target to send by Fri, 3/10
  • U8/U10 Late Fee as of 3/20 ($25)

Coordinators

B 1st/2nd (Crotty) - X Town B 7th/8th (Hearn) - 5 teams

G 1st/2nd (Foley) -X Town G 7th/8th (Thornton) - 4 teams

B 3rd/4th (Seymour) - 2 Travel X Town B 9th/10th – 8 registered

G 3rd/4th (Nylen) - 2 Travel X Town G 9th/10th – 2 registered

B 5th/6th (Donahue) - 5 Teams B 11th/12th – 8 registered, rumors of more

G 5th/6th (Mccarthy) - 5 Teams G11th/12th – none

B U19 (Keaney) 1 team

G U19 - tbd

Uniform Update(Flaherty/Mullen)

  • Travel uniforms to be delivered to Michelle this week and will be handed out at coaches meeting 3/20
  • Town uniforms ordered and will be delivered to Karen and handed out at coaches meeting 3/27

Coastal League Update(O’Connor)

  • All teams are in

Player Clinics(Smith)

  • To be run by FCUSA
  • Working on clinics to be same days/times as last year -
  • Younger kids Monday and Wed 4-7 @Flannery
  • Older kids Wednesday Night Turf 7:30-9 @ SHS Turf
  • Please encourage your players to attend clinics!!

Field(Connor/Vegnani) – ongoing

  • Mike requested field permits, same days/times as Spring 2016 - should have field permits on 3/8
  • Coaches should email Mike for practice/fields and times
  • Reminder – If you take a field slot time, please make sure you are using it, due to the lack of field space, unused fields will be noted
  • Remind DPW – the U8 field at Hatherly needs to be shorter than last Spring

Equipment

  • Frank has ordered balls, med kits, wheel kits, sand bags and U8 goals for Hatherly

Referee Update(Cassandra/Jen)

  • Cantwell still working on changing ages for refs to get younger refs approved (will not happen for spring season)
  • Jenn and Cassandra connecting to raise referee fees by $5.00

Fundraising/Sponsorship(Foley)

  • 14 Sponsors, 5 new - $3,070
  • Mike will get Jen new sponsor logos for website

Picture Day (Foley)

  • Looking at beginning of June for picture day. Deciding between Eastern Exposures or a new vendor, NESP.

General Updates- (ongoing)

  • We need a volunteer to coordinate with Revs. They have some great promotions to offer the club!!
  • Need Treasurer – Sad to see Terie go 
  • SSC Field Feasibilty study contribution approved if needed up to $1,500
  • BOD voted and approved SSC Scholarships to graduating Seniors - 4 @ $1,000
  • Approved donation for Run for Scituate
  • Board voted in favor of FCUSA/SSC Affiliation to enhance the program - more info to follow
  • wegotsoccer.com is creating a fan wear link to sell SSC merchandise - more info to follow

Next Meeting: Monday April 10, 2017