Goal Club Meeting Minutes
November 20, 2006
The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. All board members were present, as well as Coach Cianciola.
Coaches’ report: The season schedule was presented; it will be sent out to the parents and posted on the website. Coach C has found another community coach for the boys’ varsity, Dan Franklin. He is an experienced soccer coach who is currently taking the certification class. He will be an additional paid coach, and it was requested that he be reimbursed the $350 certification fee. There was discussion about JV coaching. It is uncertain whether Coach Folds will return as head coach or assistant coach; Scott Lee will fill the other role. Coach Barr will return as head coach of the varsity girls, with Coach Bourne as her assistant. Coach Conner will return to coach the JV girls
The county pays for one head coach for each team, with the Goal Club paying for the others. The addition of Coach Franklin means that coaching expense will increase by $1,000 plus the $350 certification fee.
Coach Barr has also asked that money be set aside to pay Pancho Garda, an AFU coach, to work with the girls’ varsity team one Friday afternoon and Saturday prior to the season starting.
Conditioning will begin the week after Thanksgiving, starting Nov. 28. It will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 5:15 p.m. There will be a mandatory meeting for all players trying out for soccer on Monday, November 20 at 8:00 a.m. in the gym. Current physical forms must be on file in order for any player to participate in conditioning. The forms should be given to Coach C or Coach Barr.
President’s report: Russell discussed the fact that the 2 scheduled car washes which were not held this fall, primarily due to the fact that there was no one to chair this effort, have resulted in a $2,000 shortfall in budgeted income. It was decided to contact the Eskanazi family, who own Carnett’s car wash and had offered to do a fund raiser there, to line up some dates, hopefully before the end of the year, and have a car wash. Offsetting this loss, however is income realized from the sale of the old Kelme uniforms to Autrey Mill Middle School for $1,000, and a $1,200 donation for a Titantron sponsorship by Aligntech procured by Russell. The Diadora uniforms are still available for sale.
It was agreed to schedule a parent meeting on the first day of conditioning, Tuesday, November 28, at 6 p.m. in the Food Court. A snack of some sort (pizza?) will be made available for the players. The purpose of the meeting will be to address the need for volunteers for the golf tournament, Starlit Odyssey, etc., as well as to familiarize the parents with the process for conditioning and tryouts.
Spirit wear was discussed, including what things should be “given” to the players once they make the team, and what other things might be available for sale. Game day and practice shirts were considered. The new logo will be put on patches that can be sewn on to whatever we choose. Embroidering it on the items is not cost effective.
Vice-President’s report: due to the lack of certified school bus drivers at Northview and the early time that the girls will have to depart for some away games, the use of charter buses was investigated. It was concluded that these will be quite expensive, $300 per trip. Alternatives were discussed and a solution found: the Goal Club will pay an additional stipend to the only certified school bus driver at NHS who isn’t a coach with a spring sport, Nell Williams, one of the custodians. Nell agreed to drive our athletes to 6 away games for $100 per game that we offered (the county pays her $35 per game). This results in a significant savings for the Goal Club.
The Pancake Eating Contest should be held during tryouts, as in past years. Cindy Darby has volunteered to chair this event, and will be asked to firm up a date with IHOP the week of January 29.
The banquet has been confirmed for May 1 at the Metropolitan Club, where it has been held the past couple of years.
There was discussion about the current website and ways to make it more user friendly and more of a showcase for our soccer program and players. There is a desire to have more flexibility so that board members and the coaches, for example, could post information, announcements and so forth directly to the site.
Regarding player fees, it was agreed to count amounts paid for Titan Booster memberships towards the soccer fees. For example, if a family joined the Titan Booster Club at the $300 level, designating at least $200 of that amount to soccer, then the $200 player fee is considered paid. Membership at the $150 level with the entire amount designated to soccer will leave a balance of only $50 to be paid for soccer player fees.
A note will be added to the website asking families not currently receiving emails from the Goal Club to contact Unnur Kornmayer to be added to the list.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
