Seattle United Board of Directors

Meeting Minutes

January 17, 2014

Seattle United Headquarters, 605 S. Orcas St.

Name / Title/Function / Attendance
Board Members
Brian Floyd / President / Present
Dori Karjian / Vice President / Absent
David Hennes / Treasurer/NE ROC / Present
Steven Caplow / Secretary / Present
David Bowerman / Director-at-Large / Present
Yarrow Banko / SYSA Commissioner / Absent
Vance Clipson / West ROC / Present
Mike Ehrenberg / Director-at-Large / Present
Kurt Hanson / Director-at-Large / Present
Cyndy Masada / Shoreline ROC/Compliance Officer / Present
Stephen Morrissey / Director-at-Large / Present
Jennifer Price / Director-at-Large / Absent
Cam Ragen / Director-at-Large / Present
Warren Ratliff / Director-at-Large/SU Commissioner to SYSA / Present
Robert Sheppard / Director-at-Large / Present
Christine White / Director-at-Large / Present
Ben Wilson / South ROC / Present
Other Participants
Kevin Long / Executive Director / Present
Jimmy McAlister / Director of Coaching / Present
Angela Castaneda / South ROC Alternate / Present
Phil Herold / SYSA President / Present
Dr. Jonathan Drezner / Medical Advisory Committee / Present (through presentation during the Second Order of Business)
  1. Call to Order

A quorum of members of the voting Board being present (14 of 17), a regular meeting of the Seattle United Board of Directors was officially called to order at 7:00 p.m.

The President, Brian Floyd, made some introductory remarks.

  1. Regular Business

The FIRST order of businesswas to present and approve the minutes for the December 20, 2013 meeting.

The SECOND order of businesswas a presentation by Jonathan Drezner, M.D. regarding a proposed injury prevention program. Dr. Drezner is a member of the Seattle United medical advisory committee, a physician at the University of Washington Medical Center (the “UWMC”) and the team physician for the Seattle Seahawks and UW Huskies. The board addressed protocols to avoid conflicts of interest associated with Seattle United’s consideration of this program in cooperation with UWMC.

Dr. Drezner outlined a proposal by which Seattle United and the UWMC would enter into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) for joint participation in an injury prevention program. Under the MOU, the UWMC would hire a certified athletic trainer (“ATC”) to develop and implement an injury prevention program for ACL injuries. The ATC would spend about 50% of his/her time working with Seattle United coaches, teams and attending Seattle United soccer tournaments, and 50% of his/her time working at the UWMC Sports Medicine Center at Husky Stadium. Seattle United would pay half of the cost to operate the injury prevention program and UWMC would pay the other half. Dr. Drezner left the meeting on the conclusion of his presentation and the board further discussed the proposal.

The Board unanimously approved Seattle United’s participation in the proposed injury prevention program subject to funding being approved for such participation in the 2014/15 budget.

The THIRD order of business was a report by David Hennes, Treasurer and NE ROC, on the proposed budget for the 2014/15 fiscal year budget. Brian Floyd, President, began the discussion by describing the process and involvement of the Finance Committee and Executive Committee in the development of the proposed budget. Mr. Hennes then explained the budget and presented a specific budget scenarioproposed by the Executive Committee. Members of the board engaged in an extended discussion about the budget and held straw votes to provide the Finance Committee with further direction. Based on input from the Board, the Finance Committee was directed to revise the proposed fee schedule and certain expenses for the league soccer program and circulate a revised budget for the Board’s consideration. To expedite consideration, the Board anticipates voting on the revised budget electronically.

The FOURTH order of businesswas a report by Steven Caplow, Treasurer, on the result of the electronic vote for the Pilot Resolution. The Board was advised that the resolution was passed with 13 votes in favor and no votes in opposition.

The FIFTH order of business was concluding remarks by Brian Floyd regarding the Board’s participation in the Club’s upcoming gala fundraising event.

  1. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.

Minutes taken by Steven Caplow, Secretary

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