The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 7:45 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens. Present: Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brain Hersh, Karen Ribbens, Bill McKinnon, Judy Hug, Grace Riggs, David Caswell.

Accounting Review: Karen Ribbens handed out a summary of all moneys collected (and any still owing) from each of our ten FCSB teams. She also handed out and reviewed the overall Club income and expenses. Copies of these statements are available to anyone who wants them.

Player Rosters: Karen Ribbens prepared and distributed to each team representative her official list of who she has registered for each of our teams.

Practice Fields: A review was made of where each team was practicing to ensure that all of our teams are working smoothly with the other sports organizations in town. The normal problems which occur at the beginning of each AYSO season were discussed.

Game Fields: Some initial problems with game fields were discussed. There was only one know possible conflict which Brian Hersh was going to look into. Also it was emphasized that the team with the last FCSB game of the day is responsible for returning the nets, flags and net bag (or bucket) to the Ribbens house on that same day. They may be needed the next day for a game or scrimmage.

Helping at AYSO Coaching Clinic: Penny Cortright of AYSO is looking for experienced coaches to help with an AYSO Intermediate Coaches Clinic to be held in Santa Barbara on Sunday, October 8 to 5. Even if you are only available for half of the day, they could still use the help. Contact Dan Ribbens for additional details.

Restatement of Club Policy on Players Playing Up:

Players should play on the team for their own age group. To play on an older team, there must be agreement between the younger team coach, the older team coach, the player and his/her parents.

From now on, younger players will not be registered on an older team without a signed note from the younger team's coach stating that it is OK with him.

Tournament Committee: Brian Hersh has been working very hard on organizing our first tournament to be held December 16-17 for U-10 through U14 boys and girls.

The first regular meeting of the tournament committee will be on Monday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Brian's house at 379 Princeton Avenue in Goleta. If you want your team to get its share of the money raised by this tournament you must be willing to provide help in organizing it. There are many types of jobs which need doing, so there should be something for everyone. Contact Brian Hersh at 683-1281.

Next Meeting: The next board meeting was not scheduled, but you can contact the Club secretary, Bill McKinnon, at 964-5095 if you want to be notified when it is scheduled.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Co-President Blair Spaulding at 7:20 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens. Present: Mark Fredrickson, Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brian Hersh, Karen Ribbens, Bill McKinnon, John Hadidian, Carolyn Binkley, Cam Camarena, Grace Riggs, Mary Jane Nelson, Barbara Graybill, Dianne Manore, Sigrid Camarena, Judy Hug, Rhonda Lee. Absent: A representative for Joe Bruzzeze's team.

This meeting was primarily a manager/coaches meeting to discuss the proposed revisions to the way the club operates (particularly in regards to collecting fees, paying coaches and uniforms).

Breakdown of Expenses: Karen Ribbens presented a breakdown of annual expenses on a per player and per team basis. This did not include any extra money for scholarships. The observation was made that for this year, there are significant differences in annual expenses between different teams due to varying length of season and uniform needs.

The consensus was that this difference could be reflected in the initial lump sum payment with the monthly payments being the same for all club teams while they are actively playing.

Each team manager was requested to mark up the schedule of team expenses with any variations which they saw for their team and return this to Dan Ribbens within one week.

Uniform Jersey: Using nice T-shirts with the Club logo on the front and numbers on the back was viewed as a good idea by all present. The benefits were quick easy availability, easy replacement, and cost in that order. It was also agreed that the exact style of the tee shirt could vary but the colors of the shirts and numbers should not vary.

Annual Tryouts:

Fields / Dates: Sunday, March 26, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. at Las Positas Park

Saturday, April 1, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. at Dwight Murphy Field

Letter to Existing Parents: The second draft of the pre-tryout club letter to parents to announce changes in the Club program and financing was presented by Brian Hersh. The letter was review and the consensus was that it was ready to be sent. The goal is to get this out this weekend. However, the mechanism for accomplishing this was not discussed. The suggestion at the last meeting was to have each team manager prepare envelopes for their team.

Application for Grant: The second draft of the "Application for membership on financial grant from FCSB" form was prepared and presented by Mark Fredrickson. The consensus was that this form was acceptable and ready to be used.

Announcement Flyer: Brian Hersh circulated a copy of the tryout announcement flyer. A couple of minor corrections were requested. The goal is to get these printed and circulated within the next week.

Coaches: Dan Ribbens is continuing to work on finalizing the list of committed coaches but, as always, we are always looking for suggestions for additional candidates.

Club Tournament: This will become the major fundraiser for the Club. A request was made to have at least one parent from each team volunteer to work on the tournament committee. Carolyn Binkley offered to call CYSA-South to find out when our application to hold a tournament in December would have to be in. The guess was that it was due at least 6 months and perhaps 9 months prior to the date of the tournament.

Lining up fields for this tournament will be critical. Tying down exactly how many fields are needed for what size tournament must be done immediately. Currently we have estimates varying from 6 to 11 fields for a 64 team tournament over a two day weekend.

Becoming a League of Registration: Karen Ribbens is actively pursuing this possibility as it would greatly simplify our registration process.

Las Positas Park: Nothing new reported.

Club Directory: Was not discussed at this meeting.

Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, March 14, 1995 at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens at 7:00 p.m.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Co-President Blair Spaulding at 7:15 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens. Present: Mark Fredrickson, Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brian Hersh, Karen Ribbens, Bill McKinnon, John Hadidian. Absent: Carolyn Binkley.

Annual Tryouts:

Fields / Dates: Sunday, March 26, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. at Las Positas Park

Saturday, April 1, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. at Dwight Murphy Field

Letter to Existing Parents: The first draft of the pre-tryout club letter to parents to announce changes in the Club program and financing was prepared and presented by Blair Spaulding. The letter was review and minor modifications suggested. Brian Hersh and Blair planned to get together the next day to finalize the letter and then ask another board member to review it.

Managers & Coaches Meeting: Next Tuesday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. at Las Positas Park there will be a 30 minute meeting of all Club team managers and coaches to explain the new Club program and financing. Letters to all existing parents will be sent out the following day. Each team manager is to bring addressed envelopes for all current members of their team ("soccer" postage stamps will be provided by Bill McKinnon).

Application for Grant: The first draft of the "FCSB Application for Financial Aid" form was prepared and presented by Mark Fredrickson. This form was reviewed and Mark is going to incorporate the changes into a second draft for our next meeting.

Announcement Flyer: Brian Hersh is preparing an English version of the tryout announcement flyer based on an abridged version of last years flyer. This is to be given to Dan who will give it to one of the parent's from Joe Bruzzese's team who is supposed to get it translated and distributed as soon as possible.

Club Seasonal Year Change: The Club's seasonal year will be officially changed to May 1 of one year to May 1 of the following year. That means that the initial up front fee ($150 last year) will be due on May 1.

Coaches: Dan Ribbens has made progress and is working on finalizing the list. However, he would greatly appreciate additional suggestions that anyone might have since the final number of teams which we will have is not certain depending on tryouts.

Las Positas Park: Las Positas Park will be closed for the month of June.

Dan Ribbens clarified the Las Positas park expansion plans as follows. They are planning to add one adult sized field and two youth sized fields (smaller than 50 by 100 yards). Bill McKinnon suggested that we should explore with them whether or not the two youth sized fields could be positioned in such a way that they could be

combined into one large field for tournaments. Dan Ribbens was going to explore this possibility with the park commission.

Lights are to be installed for the new fields (and perhaps the lower of the two upper fields) but the time frame for this was not yet known. Bill McKinnon pointed out that getting access to lighted practice fields would make it possible for some coaches to coach who would otherwise not be able to when the days get short.

Discussions are continuing on the use of Las Positas fields for both practice and games.

Becoming a League of Registration: The registrar for ECRSL did recommend that we become a League of Registration so that we could handle our own registration and player loan paper work here locally. Mark Fredrickson is going to send an official request for this to be done to Jim Bigelow, our District Commissioner to CYSA- South.

Club Directory: Was not discussed at this meeting.

Club Tournament: Was not discussed at this meeting. (Jill and Mark Link have both volunteered to be on the tournament committee.)

Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, March 7, 1995 at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens at some time following the 5:30 managers/coaches meeting (at Las Positas Park that same day). The first order of business for this meeting will be to stuff the "parent letter" envelopes.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens. Present: Mark Fredrickson, Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brian Hersh, Carolyn Binkley, Karen Ribbens, Bill McKinnon, John Hadidian.

Annual Per Player Costs: Dan and John had prepared an initial itemized estimate of annual per player costs. These were presented and discussed in detail with the goal being to come up with an approximate per player budget which could be given to existing club parents prior to tryouts and to prospective new club parents at tryouts.

Of the three basic options presented the consensus was in favor of the one which included paying one head coach per team but excluded bags and warm-ups. Five tournaments (including coaches expenses) were also included in the basic budget.

Scholarships (grants) needed to be added to the budget in an amount sufficient to pay for 20% of the total expenses of a team. Players receiving scholarship funds would be expected to help man the concession stands during some portion of the season.

Fees would be paid to the club in an initial amount of perhaps $150 - $250 per player plus a monthly fee during the time a particular team was active.

A committee needs to be formed to refine the per player costs. Two items to be added are advertising and postage. Also see "Club Tournament" below as a method to reduce costs in the future.

Uniforms: Dan Ribbens made the suggestion that the club move to high quality Tee shirts with the club logo as our jersey's. This would both reduce our costs considerably and enable the easy replacement of jersey's. Dan pointed out that several of the premier teams in the state wear such uniforms. The consensus was that this was a good idea. (The only major reservation was that Karen Ribbens said she would miss dealing with the big uniform supply companies. . . just kidding.)

Club Directory: John Hadidian suggested that we should prepare and distribute an FCSB Club directory to all members of the club. This would become a key resource in organizing parents for various activities and help promote our club's image.

Tryouts: Sunday, March 26 and Saturday April 1 were tentatively set as tryout dates. Mark Fredrickson was going to look into field availability for these dates. Blair Spaulding was going to write a parent announcement letter. John Hadidian said that he had worked out an outline for this letter.

There was a general consensus that the selection of players should be made within 30 days at most following the first tryouts.

Carolyn Binkley will get a count of how many "tryout announcement flyers" are necessary for distribution to the schools.

Brian Hersh will update the tryout flyer and bring it to the next meeting.

Coaches: Dan Ribbens will work on finalizing the list of coaches for next season.

Practice Fields: Las Positas park is adding three new practice fields. They currently plan to have grass on these fields by sometime this summer. They are also planning to put lights in for at least some of the soccer fields.

Club Tournament: In order to reduce the costs for playing club soccer, there was the strong consensus that we should start up a new annual tournament. The initial estimate was that ten to fifteen thousand dollars profit could be raised in this way. The Christmas time frame was set as a tentative date. This would imply that the tournament would be for U-10 through U-14 teams only as this would be the middle of the high school season.

We need to put together an initial committee of 5 or 6 people (preferably not from the current board as there is plenty of work for them already). We have a "how to organize a tournament" manual which appears to be an excellent step by step guideline. This effort must be started immediately if we wish to hit our target date.

Cooperation with AYSO: We would like to explore the possibility of a closer cooperation with AYSO. We are basically complimentary organizations which should work well with other.

Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, February 28, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

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