2003 FC Santa Barbara Board Minutes

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October 16, 2003

Meeting called to order 7:17pm. Present were Richard Ross, Mark Arya, Margie Yahyavi, Jan Campbell, Gunnar Lonson, Monte Radeke, Brian Lloyd, and Duncan Turner. Neil Powell arrived approximately 8:30pm.

Member Forum: None.

Approval of Minutes: Question regarding attendees. Bill will correct, otherwise approved.

Financial Report: Question was raised regarding the allocation of scholarship funds on budget. Item deferred to Dick Lamb, treasurer.

Administrative Report: SB Foundation grant for goals approved. Evaluation for 2003-04 Sports Scholarship grant submitted to SB Foundation by Margie.

Margie reported on need for additional financial aid funds, particularly BU10 team which formed after the deadline date. Requests that were received by players who joined the club after the financial aid deadline were (4) B10, (2) BU16, (3) BU14, (1) GU13, (1) BU12. It was moved and approved to fund the above 11 players. This will exceed the amount in the scholarship fund by about $3000. Margie and Brian committed to raise these funds.

Director of Operations Report: 2004 tournament applications completed.

Summer Cup hours proposed pay scale of $7.50/hour. Moved and approved.

Board emphasized the need for additional fund-raising.

Academy concerns:
a) Brian did not get Board approval regarding financial arrangement.
b) Insurance/Waiver
c) Economic compensation set-up: Does club receive any portion of fees charged? Currently all fees received go to coaches.

It was agreed that Brian will investigate how other clubs structure the financial arrangements with accademies in regards to insurance and salaries.

Brian will finish the upcoming Academy session, findings of his investigation regarding the financial structure, liability issues, and labor issues. The Board will then re-evaluate the structure of the Academy for future sessions.

Technical Director Report: Neil is working on coaches for next season.

An inter-club mid-season transfer was discussed.

Coaches will complete self evaluations.

Timing of player evaluations was discussed. It was agreed that player evaluations must be completed by coaches at the end of league season.

Neil resigned as Technical Director as of May 2004.

Meeting then moved to Executive Session. Meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30pm.

Minutes taken by Richard Ross in the absence of Secretary, Wendy Weiss.