RDYSL Board
Meeting
Tuesday, April
22, 2003, 7:00P.M.
EFP Group
Present:
Gary Levine, Neil Fisher, Jacky VanDellon, Mark VanDellon, Dave Matthews, Joe
Walton, Lou Boyon, Joe Kehm, Kurt Knoblauch, Susan Gurak, Mike Nelson, Peppy
Ehrlich, Gregg Gordon, Tom LaSpina
Meeting called to order:
7:00 P.M.
1.
The
referee contract has been signed and is on the website.
2.
Identify
and discuss agenda topics for the Thursday April 24, 2003 General meeting.
·
Communicate
referee travel fee changes
·
Emphasis
this year will be to provide Club Presidents with timely reporting from DC's on
incorrect or incomplete paperwork received from coaches.
·
Encourage
coaches to fill out referee evaluation forms (on the website) so that the RDYSL
referee liaison (Joe Walton) will be able to provide appropriate feedback to
the referee association when working ongoing improvements.
3.
Review
of a few key conduct rules / expectations for the teams (e.g., teams on
opposite sides of the field)
4.
Mark
VanDellon will cover of few points relating to the website:
·
May
1st is the deadline for edit changes to the schedule, at which time
the schedule will be considered final.
·
Encourage
the clubs to verify the schedule accuracy, particularly checking for field
conflicts.
·
Process
for edits.
5.
Discussion
on what to do about conflict resolution. Example if a team doesn't have a field
by May 1st - consensus is that the game will be played on the
scheduled date and the teams will find a field one way or another, which may
mean playing the game at the away teams field.
6.
Jacky
VanDellon and Neil Fisher will cover a few odds and ends.
7.
Gary
will introduce several topics of interest that the Board may be discussing in
future meetings and welcomes the Clubs to provide input based on level of
interest. Examples:
·
Coaching
Seminars
·
Call
ups
·
Expanded
season
·
Region
1 leagues or mini seasons
8.
Distribution
of information for organizations or individuals from outside of the club. Consensus was that our policy is to
reference them to the website for contact information and distribute their
information themselves.
9.
Gary
provided a status on the bids that he has received for logo designs and shirts.
10.
RDYSL
bylaws need to be aligned with NYSWYSA bylaws.
11.
Rochester
Metros late request for entry into the league - denied.
12.
Disciplinary
issues will be coordinated by Joe Walton and for each instance requiring a
review or action, Joe will work with the DC and the Gender VP. DC's should feel comfortable escalating
concerns directly to Club Presidents when necessary.
13.
Jacky
reinforced that the DC's need to remember to be consistent, fair and tough when
dealing with coaches on proper paperwork and fines. One approach might be to use the fine form to warn a coach on
first infraction, by using the form with a $0 charge.