Agenda and Mins 82405

Present: Carl Pulvermacher, Jim Hanson, Jim Johanns, Susan Welsch, Mike Vavrus, Craig Bower, Don Meyferth, John Provenzano, James Gardiner, Paul Patyk, Ron Wollner and Joanna Schmidt.

Election of CGSC board members
First item on the agenda was the re-election of the President, Treasurer.

John Provenzano motioned to re-elect Carl Pulvermacher for president and it was seconded by Craig Bower. Motion Carried

John Provenzano motioned to re-elect Susan Welsch as the Treasurer and it was seconded by Craig Bower. Motion Carried.

Encourage/recruit individuals to fill vacant positions
Paul Patyk volunteered to be the new U8 Age Commissioner.

Don Meyferth mentioned that Raeann Gray would be interested in the new Spirit Wear Coordinator position. A job description should be posted on the web page.

Carl mentioned that Bill Kline no longer wants the Equipment Coordinator position. Mike Vavrus volunteered for the position of Field Coordinator.

Coaches are encouraged to mention to all soccer families of opportunities to volunteer in the club.

It was recommended that $10,000.00 be put into a six month CD and $13,000.00 be placed into a CD for future building expenses.

Motion made by Mike Vavrus to approve 2005 - 2006 year’s budget, seconded by Jim Johanns. Motion carried.

The Porta Pottie issue was brought up again for Cottage Grove School. Carl Pulvermacher volunteered to follow up on that and bring back to the next board meeting.

Carl mentioned that Big Toe would like to be on a pre-pay program. Carl proposed that the club obtain a credit card. Mike Vavrus motioned to obtain a credit card, seconded by Jim Johanns.

Old U-8 soccer goals at Arrowwood
Don Meyferth followed up with the committee on the U-8 goals for Arrowwood. Don stated the nets are more money than expected and could not find a low cost solution. A new net costs $877.00. Jim Hanson will look into the Monona Grove High School helping out with cost to fix. Will move goals back to Taylor Prairie.

Jim Hanson mentioned that the goals at Cottage Grove School need to be anchored. Jim also stated that the Town Hall currently only has one net. Carl will check into that.

Don also suggested that the club look into the gym rental option for those teams that would like to have a few pick up games during off season. Look into a 3-hour block on Friday nights or 2-hour block on weekday evenings. Don would be willing to help run. Sue offered to look into the gym rental at Taylor Prairie School for January. $250.00 was placed into the budget for gym rental.

Paul Patyk reminded Carl that the school would need a copy of our insurance waiver.

Team sponsors
Joanna suggested that the club get more soccer sponsorships for the 06-07 season. Joanna will follow through on submitting a thank you to all the 04-05 soccer sponsors to the local paper.

Future CGSC Events (ie Year End Picnic, UW Soccer clinic) Status
Report submitted by Tory Pomeroy via email:

Only received 12 registrations for the UW Camp in July. Not good time of year? Not advertised enough? Try again next year?
Wisconsin Soccer Academy camp in August had 39 participants. Propose to host this camp again next year.
Mr. Harris of the Wisconsin Soccer Academy has other program suggestions for the next year. They are :

Mini-camps held at the elementary school on early release days
A spring pre-season team camp

One additional note by Craig Bower that soccer camps should be held during the soccer season to bring in more kids.

There was confusion this past year as to what the responsibilities of the Picnic Committee were. Carl suggested that the picnic committee responsibilities include: reserve park shelter, distribute invitations to coaches so that they can distribute to their team, promote event through flyers or announcement in the community paper, organize volunteers, run registration, set up formal games, get each team’s trophies and get equipment for picnic (e.g. tables, megaphone,etc..)