November 7, 1996

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 7:35 p.m. at his home. Present: Dan Ribbens, Nelson Trichler, Bill McKinnon, Carolyn Binkley, Blair Spaulding; absent Karen Ribbens, Brain Hersh.

State Cup Entry Forms Due In State Office by November 15: State Cup entry forms are due now! Also see attachment for additional State Cup Details.

Player ID cards ready: Karen Ribbens has the permanent player ID cards ready. The temporary cards must be turned in when you pick up your permanent cards.

FCSB Barbecue Photos Are Back: Dan Ribbens reported that the photographs taken at our "all Club" picnic in September have come back.

ECRSL Meeting Report: The El Camino Real Soccer League (the league we play in) called a special meeting to pass along some information. This included the following information for coaches/managers.

* both home and visiting coach should call in the score of their games or else your team will be fined by ECRSL

* if the coach's address changes, the ECRSL registrar, Lois Sanford, must be notified so that notices of game reschedules will be received by your team

* in the case of a red card, player cards are not supposed to be kept by the referee; there is an automatic (no-appeal) one game suspension which the coach must enforce; if a suspension is longer, you will be notified in writing

* when the referees return the game pink sheet, you should take a few minutes to verify that the score is correct and that all cautions and red cards are assigned to the correct players

* all coaches must have an 'F' license by January of 1997

FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

Two pairs of heavy duty portable goals have been purchased for our Club. Also a very good battery powered paint machine has been purchased which draws paint from a 5 gallon paint can.

Over 70 teams have already entered the tournament. This is already as big as the tournament was last year and the registrations keep coming in.

Carolyn Binkley showed a version of the tournament T-shirt design. It looks great and we think it will really appeal to the players and parents this year.

Tournament Committee Meeting on Tuesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. at Nelson Trichler's house. Nelson is organizing this third meeting. We will soon be calling on all the teams for sign ups for volunteers to help out at the actual tournament. Meetings will probably be weekly after that. Contact Nelson at 967-4430 if you have any tournament questions.

New Girls U-13 Team Started: FCSB has started a new girls U-13 team which will participate in our Winter Tournament and then continue on from there. Blair Spaulding is coaching initially and Bob Peirson is the manager. We all welcome Bob to an active role in our organization.

FCSB Club Handbook: Nelson Trichler prepared and handed out a first draft of a proposed "handbook" to be given to each of our player's next year. This purpose of this handbook is to describe our Club's purpose and how it works from A to Z. Anyone who would like to review this draft handbook and provide input should contact Nelson or one of the other board members.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, December 5, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ribben's home located at 891 Cambridge. Dan said there would be a small celebration for the holiday season. Board meetings are open to all members of the Club.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 7:40 p.m. at the Ribben's home. Present: Dan Ribbens, Nelson Trichler, Bill McKinnon, Karen Ribbens, Blair Spaulding, Jorge Coch, Jim Acos; absent Carolyn Binkley, Brain Hersh.

Fundraising Ideas: Jim Acos presented several fundraising ideas for the board to consider either for the Club or individual teams. Additional information was requested and no action was taken.

FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

We were unsuccessful in gaining the cooperation of the Summerland homeowner's association in supporting our tournament on the practice polo fields there this year. We have, however, gotten approval to use UCSB, Dos Pueblos High School, San Marcos High School and Goleta Valley Junior High School for a total of 15 fields. Nelson Trichler is also going to look into the possibility of reserving Las Positas park (and only using Goleta Valley as a backup for this site).

The 5 used portable goals approved for purchase last month were not purchased because the seller decided at the last minute not to sell them. However, our need for goals is greatly reduced because the current tournament field sites already have a lot of goals. Also the Carpinteria AYSO has said that we could work out an arrangement to borrow 3 portable goals from them. The board voted 5-0 in favor of spending $2000 for the purchase of portable goals for the club. Dan Ribbens was going follow up on this.

Twenty two teams have already sent in their checks for the tournament. This is well ahead of last year. Additional flyers are still being sent out.

The dedicated phone line for handling tournament calls has been installed.

$450 for a very good line painting machine which can dispense paint from cans rather than from spray bottles is still allocated although the machine has not yet been purchased.

Tournament Committee Meeting on Tuesday, October 15, at 7:00 p.m. at Nelson Trichler's house. Nelson is organizing this second meeting. We can still use additional volunteers for this stage of planning. Contact Nelson at 967-4430.

Discussions With Jorge Coch: Jorge Coch was invited to come and introduce himself to those who did not already know him. Discussions were held on how the Club might best be able to use his very extensive and impressive background and experience.

White Backup T-shirt Jerseys: In order to maintain availability and keep the price of these backup jerseys down the board voted 5-0 to approve the purchase of up to 19 of these backup jerseys for stock to be sold to any team(s) that needs them.

Need for Additional Board Members: As our Club grows there is an increasing need for additional board members. Ideally we would like to have every team represented on the board. If you know of anyone who might be interested in helping on the board, please contact any one of the existing board members.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, November 7, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at Blair Spaulding's home located at 636 Edgewood Drive. Board meetings are open to all members of the Club.

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

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 7:45 p.m. at the McKinnon's home. Present: Dan Ribbens, Nelson Trichler, Bill McKinnon, Carolyn Binkley, Blair Spaulding; absent Karen Ribbens, Brain Hersh.

Olympic Development Program (ODP) tryouts September 15 and 29: Coaches should already know about these dates and should notify all of their players that they may participate in this program if they want. If you are a coach and do not have the details yet for some reason please contact Dan Ribbens immediately at 964-4843. Note: players must participate on September 15 in order to participate on the 29.

Reviewed Field Schedule for Fall Season Games:

Dos Pueblos permit although approved is not actually in our hands. Blair Spaulding is following up on this.

FCSB will have to collect from other clubs their prorated use fee for Game day fields. Karen Ribbens is following up on this.

We are planning to have all games scheduled at Chase Palm Park rescheduled to Dos Pueblos (days and times will remain the same) because Chase Palm Park is not an adequate field for several reasons. To do this Dan Ribbens has volunteered to go to the Trial Board meeting next week and present our case for why the games should be moved. This is now the only way to get game schedules changed.

FCSB Fall Picnic: The picnic plans were reviewed briefly. Since these minutes are being written up after the picnic, I can report that the picnic was a HUGH success and a great way to start off the Fall season!

Club Member Lists: Karen Ribbens has prepared a list of all the club player's in alphabetical order and a separate list of all of the teams with their players and administrators. These should be very useful in organizing future FCSB Club activities.

FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

Space for five fields in Summerland has been arranged if we decide to use it. Space for an additional 10 fields on practice polo fields near the first five has been approved by the owner of that land but we still have to get the cooperation of the local homeowner's association. Nelson Trichler is following up on this.

The board voted 5-0 in favor of purchasing 5 used portable goals with nets which are now available for $400 each. In addition the Christianson Classic Women's Tournament has agreed to purchase two more of these same type of goals from the same source. Both organizations will share goals giving us access to a total of seven portable goals for our tournament. If we get the field space for an expanded tournament (perhaps 16 fields), we will need more goals, but we are confident that we will be able to beg/borrow them from other soccer organizations in town (especially since we will now have something to trade, i.e., the use of our portable goals). The money for this comes from last year's tournament proceeds

Flyers have been sent out to all of last year's participants. All other teams (of the appropriate age) throughout CYSA-South will also be sent flyer's next week. The response to date has been good and is ahead of last years.

The board voted 5-0 in favor of having a phone line dedicated to tournament inquiries and an answering machine purchased.

Tournament Committee Meeting on Wednesday September 18, at 7:00 p.m. at Nelson Trichler's house. Nelson is organizing this first meeting. We are actively looking for as many volunteers as possible to get things started. Contact Nelson at 967-4430.

Clinic on Taping Ankles: Dan Ribbens is looking into the possibility of arranging to have a trainer give a clinic to the coaches on taping ankles sometime in October.

CPR Course: Blair Spaulding is looking into the possibility of arranging a CPR course for coaches and other registered team officials.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, October 3, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ribben's home located at 891 Cambridge Drive. Board meetings are open to all members of the Club.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 8:15 p.m. at his home. Present: Dan Ribbens, Nelson Trichler, Bill McKinnon, Carolyn Binkley, Blair Spaulding; absent Karen Ribbens, Brain Hersh.

FCSB All Teams Bar-B-Que Friday Evening, September 6: See enclosed flyer for details.

We really want to get 100% attendance at this kick off for the fall season.

Fall Registration Due by Mid August: Teams need to get their fall registration material in to our registrar, Karen Ribbens, by the middle of August.

Fall Coaches & Managers Meeting, Tuesday August 27 at 7:30 p.m. This short but important meeting needs to be attended by all coaches and managers in order to distribute information and discuss several issues.

At a CYSA meeting Karen recently found out one issue that should be mentioned here. CYSA is going to require all coaches to have at least a USSF "F" coaching license by December 31 of this year. We need to make sure that all of our coaches that need to attend a clinic are notified of clinic dates.

Soccer Balls: Mario Ramirez is placing a bulk order for Diadora practice soccer balls for just over $11 each. If you would like him to get any for you or your players at the same time, let him know directly at 966-9521 by August 20. Delivery should be within a week after that deadline.

"CLUB" T-shirt. This shirt made by Xara (our uniform manufacturer) turned out great! They will be available to FCSB players at our cost of just under $7.00. In addition, as a fund raiser, teams may arrange to sell these shirts for $12 with the profits being split 50/50 between the team and the Club. If you know that you are going to want some, let Karen know.

"Uniform" T-shirts are in at Soccer Action and they are anxiously waiting to hear from those teams which ordered them regarding which numbers to put on which shirts. (BU-17 are not in yet).

"Warm ups" are Available Now: Jackets - $49, pants $21-24. Dan's team will be ordering after this weekend and if anyone else is interested they can tack their order on to his but you must let Karen know by Monday evening Aug. 12. Otherwise, orders can be placed separately later. Dan has samples of large and XL.

Thank you to Xara: Blair Spaulding is going to write a thank you letter to Xara because they have been fantastic in delivering quality products on time.

FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

Summerland Citizens Association sent us a formal letter of support for our tournament if we end up using the Polo Practice Fields located there. This came about as a result of a presentation to them by Blair and Nelson.

The use of additional polo fields in Summerland so that the whole tournament could be held there is still being pursued.

Incorporation as Non-Profit Organization: FCSB has now been formally incorporated in the state of California. Nelson has filed the appropriate documents for FCSB's formal non-profit status with the US. Internal Revenue Service. This is a big step for us!

Newsletter: We are still looking for someone to take over this and put out a periodic Club newsletter.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, September 5, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the McKinnon's home located at 670 Alto Drive. Board meetings are open to all members of the Club.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Dan Ribbens at 7:40 p.m. at his home. Present: Dan Ribbens, Nelson Trichler, Bill McKinnon, Karen Ribbens, Carolyn Binkley, Brain Hersh; absent Blair Spaulding.

Open Board Meetings: All FCSB Board meetings are open to everyone in the Club. Anyone who has something to discuss or simply wants to listen is welcome and encouraged to come. The regularly scheduled meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Uniform Order: Karen Ribbens received each teams uniform order and placed the combined order. Delivery is expected by mid July. The exact details of the numbers and logo which will be put on the uniforms (this is done after they arrive in Santa Barbara) is still being worked out.

FCSB All Teams Barbecue Friday Evening, September 6: At their last meeting, the team managers decided to have FCSB hold an all teams barbecue. We would like to take a picture of the entire Club at this time as well. It would be a great way to kick off the Fall Season. Each team manager should be lining up volunteers to help out with organizing this.

Game Field Permits: Blair Spaulding will verify that all of the necessary field permit forms have been or will be filed with the appropriate organizations to ensure enough fields for the Fall season's games.

Bill McKinnon will ensure that the Certificate of Insurance requests for both playing and practice fields are sent out by CYSA-South on August 1.

Next FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

Formal Approval Received: CYSA-South has formally approved our winter tournament for December 14-15.

Fields: UCSB's fields have been tentatively reserved for those dates. In addition Nelson Trichler is continuing discussions with the owner's of the practice polo fields in the Summerland area as a way of obtaining more field space to make a larger tournament possible.

Also to encourage good relations with the Summerland community, FCSB is planning a short 10 minute presentation of the proposal to the Summerland Citizens Association on Wednesday, June 12.

Incorporation as Non-Profit Organization: The formal incorporation documents have been submitted to the California Secretary of State. We expect approval in perhaps 6 weeks. Following that necessary step Nelson Trichler will file the appropriate documents for FCSB's formal non-profit status with the US. Internal Revenue Service.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, July 11, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the Binkley's home located at 4553 Auhay Drive. (Note: board meetings are normally the first Thursday of each month, but that would have been the July 4 holiday.)

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 7:45 p.m. at his home. Present: Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brain Hersh, Carolyn Binkley, Bill McKinnon, Nelson Trichler; absent Karen Ribbens.

U.S.S.F./CYSA-S Coaches' Education/Licensing Courses: Dan Ribbens brought a handout detailing all of the available courses throughout Southern California. NOW is the time for coaches to sign up for and start attending. This handout will be included with these minutes for all of our current coaches.

It was decided that FCSB will reimburse its coaches for the registration fee for the F, E and D licensing courses.

Team Manager's Meeting Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ribben's home: Karen has already sent out a flyer detailing this mandatory manager's meeting for next year's teams. All teams must be represented.

League Risk Management: Some new requirements have been established by USSF and CYSA-South for the coming year. We must assign a person to be our formal coordinator for these requirements. Blair Spaulding was appointed. Each coach will have to fill out a form which basically states that he is a good person to be working with children.

Next FCSB Winter Classic Tournament:

Dates: December 14-15 has been set as the tentative dates.

Fields: UCSB's fields have been tentatively reserved for those dates. However to expand the tournament (and make more money) we need more field space.

Nelson Trichler has been talking with the owner of one of the practice polo fields in the Summerland area. This one field is big enough to accommodate 5 full sized soccer fields and the owner is quite interested in letting us use it for our tournament. In addition, the owner said that he would talk to his immediately adjacent neighbor who owns a polo practice field big enough for 10 additional soccer fields and see if he could talk him into letting us use that field as well. The fields are in magnificent condition and would be a wonderful site to hold our tournament.

Problems which would have to be worked out include the following, but all are seen as solvable.

* fifteen sets of goals and nets would have to be arranged for.

* existing parking space is probably not sufficient.

* current access roads are all dirt which could be a problem if it rained

Action Items: Nelson Trichler is going to pursue the polo field option and ensure that our tournament application is properly filed with CYSA-South this month.

Tournament Committee: This committee will be formed during the next month. Each team will be asked to provide one parent volunteer to serve on this years committee.

Teams Reviewed: Each of the FCSB teams were discussed briefly.

A new U-10 boys team for this fall is currently being formed. Arturo Durantes (965-3392) is the coach. If you know of interested players give Arturo a call.

Injury Training for Coaches: Blair Spaulding has been talking to a couple of doctors (who are also soccer player's) highly qualified in the treatment of sports injuries about the possibility of putting on a clinic for our coaches on how to handle (and perhaps prevent) injuries which occur during soccer games and practices. It was decided to try to set this up, announce it to our coaches and hold it as soon as possible this month.

Incorporation as Non-Profit Organization: Nelson Trichler had prepared the final copy of our incorporation documents. These were signed by all the necessary Club officers present. Nelson will arrange to have Karen Ribbens also sign where necessary and submit them to the State of California. Processing should take 4 to 6 weeks. Then we can submit a second set of documents (already prepared) to the IRS for formal non profit status.

New Position of Vice-President in Charge of FCSB Tournament Created: This new board position was created and Nelson Trichler was unanimously voted into the office.

Blair Spaulding now on Los Positas Board of Directors: Just as an item of information, the Las Positas Park board of directors has added Blair to its membership with particular focus to be on the building of the two new soccer fields over the next 18 months.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, June 6, 1996 at the Ribben's home located at 891 Cambridge in Goleta.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m.

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

The meeting was called to order by Blair Spaulding at 8:00 p.m. at the home of Dan and Karen Ribbens. Present: Blair Spaulding, Dan Ribbens, Brain Hersh, Carolyn Binkley, Karen Ribbens, Bill McKinnon, Judy Hug.

Girls Teams Reviewed: The status of the Club's girls teams was reviewed and discussed. There was a recognition (again) that the primary motivation behind the organization of most of the (non-FCSB) girls teams in Santa Barbara is as a feeder team for high school programs. Our Club's policy for all its teams (girls and boys) is to bring together the strongest players in the area who will commit to play on our teams regardless of which high school they attend or will attend. The best way to get from

where we are with girls teams to where we want to be remains an area for further discussions.

Boys Teams Reviewed: Each of the boys teams were discussed briefly.

Full Time Club Head Coach: For several years we have recognized that the most successful clubs have full time head coaches. The problem has been initial start up money. Although our first tournament was a great success, we recognize that we will have to run two even larger tournaments per year to make hiring a head coach a viable option. That can happen next year but will not happen this year.

However, Simon Hodson has stepped forward saying that he can raise the money for the Club to hire a head coach immediately. More specifically, he has offered to have a candidate which Dan has been talking to off and on for over six months flown out from Louisiana in the next couple of weeks for consideration. Dan is coordinating this effort.

New Official Monthly Meeting Day: It was decided that the FCSB Board will meet the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. The location will be decided at the end of the prior board meeting. All of our board meetings are open to anyone in the club who wants to attend.

Incorporation as Non-Profit Organization: Everyone expressed GREAT APPRECIATION of and ADMIRATION for the tremendous job which Nelson Trichler did in preparing the lengthy set of documents needed to file with the State of California for incorporation as a non-profit corporation.

The bulk of this meeting was spent reviewing these documents in detail. Only a few minor changes were made. Brian Hersh noted the changes and Carolyn Binkley offered to forward the revised document on to Nelson for him to update it. We anticipate that the changes can be made within a week and we will then have a special meeting to perform our final review, sign them, and have them submitted to the State of California.

Uniforms Discussed Our current standard is Adidas Albion white or red jersey, black shorts. Someone (Dan?) was going to look into the possibility of changing to Zara as the Club's uniform supplier. This needs to be decided fairly soon as this it the time of year when we buy our new uniform's.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Thursday, May 2, 1996 at the home of Blair Spaulding located at 636 Edgewood in Goleta.

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

Minutes taken by Bill McKinnon

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