March 14, 2007 TASL MEETING MINUTES The regularly scheduled TASL meeting was held on March 14, 2007. The attendees included Robert Beck, Karen Stevens, Dave Dearborn, Nan Beck, Teresa Phillips, Dorothy Morgan, Brian Francazio (NYSL), Ray Franklin, Don Leverone (CSL), Ron Wood, Jeff Gilmlt (Suffolk), Mike Dick (WB), TygeGibson (Ayso), Dan Eaker (CUSC). President Robert Beck called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. Nan Beck read the minutes from the February meeting, Dave Dearborn motioned to accept the minutes, Don Leverone 2nd the motion and the vote carried. Treasurer's Report: Robert Beck Robert put a copy of the Treasurer's report w/ the agenda for everyone to review. Business Team Fees. Team Fee Structure that Dave Dearborn had been working on was briefly discussed and it was determined that a special meeting would be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 for the purpose of discussing and finalizing the team fees for the Fall 2007 season. Elections. Robert Beck put forth the names of the nominees for the new officers for the Board of Directors of TASL. The nominees were Dorothy Morgan for President; Dave Dearborn for Vice President, Becky Dearborn for Treasurer and Nan Beck for Secretary. Robert asked if there were any other nominations from the floor, there were none so a vote was called for from the voting members. The vote was unanimous. A discussion was then held and Robert asked that due to his health concerns did the new officers elect or the Board have a problem with the transition taking place immediately with the current meeting. Teresa Phillips motioned to have the new officers' term begin immediately, Dan Eaker 2nd the motion and the vote carried. Several Team issues were brought up for discussion. The results were that (a) CUSC Strikers need to be moved from the A bracket to the B bracket; (b) the U14 Currituck team will stay where they are; (c) the U16 NYSL Breakers in the C bracket need to be watched and may need to be put in another bracket for the play off's. Awards/Medals - Medals w/Navy Blue ribbon w/TASL in white on the ribbon, T-shirts for the champions in addition to the medals. Samples at the 3/28/07 special meeting. Rain out issues. The Board discussed how to handle any rain outs and determined that the schedule is tight and that the only games to be made up will be the end of season tournament games on the weekend of May 12th and 13th. Referee Issues. The Club Reps. need to inform their teams and organizations that the referees are in charge of the games and the coaches need to read the TASL manual that is posted on the TASL web site. The Club Rep. information needs to be updated. Dorothy will update and send out to all club reps. All Club Reps. need to get maps and directions for declared fields to Dorothy for publication on the web site. Roster and player card checks will begin on 3/17/07. Uniform Issues. Some teams do not have all of their uniforms and have double numbers, etc. The board determined that it is ok as long as the players are on the rosters and the coaches have player's cards for all of the players. New Centerville Venue. Goal blew over and a child got hurt. Robert Beck said he would let the people who are in charge know about it. Dorothy motioned to get a plaque for Cambridge College to express our appreciation for them letting TASL hold our meetings in their building, not to exceed $100, Dave Dearborn 2nd the motion and the vote carried. Ron Wood asked for a waiver for a U11 player to play down to a U10 team. He was advised that he needed to take that up with his club as it was not a TASL issue. Next meeting is scheduled for April 18th at 7:30 p.m. at the Cambridge College Building. Dorothy Morgan adjourned the meeting at 9:45. p.m. Karen R. Stevens TASL Secretary