Minutes of Annual Goddard Soccer , 8/11/99

(1) League officers and captains who served during last year were
recognized and applauded.
(2) Team Champions were recognized and applauded:
 
Division Champs - Red, Grey, Green
Regular Season Champ - Grey
Goddard Cup - Green
(Goddard Cup was presented to Manny Florez )
 
(3) Treasurer's Report was handed out and discussed by Brad Parker. You
can get the detailed report from him.
 
Total Expenses - $10,548.34
Total Income - $11,081.93
 
Current Balance - $1904.64
 
Expenses by Category
 
Refs Field Other (insurance, player cards, trophy update,
annual party)
 
$8,173 $1710.15 $665.19
 
(78%) (16%) (6%)
 
(4) Field Report
 
Barry Coyle was not present so Carl gave a short report. We did a good job
in keeping our field in shape this year. We had 3 work parties. The field
was fertilized in Fall and Spring and many holes and low spots were filled
in. The goal posts were scraped and painted. New nets were bought and
installed but they are cheap so we already have some holes. Better nets
should be bought. New corner flags were purchased. Nick Jedrich, our new
Facilities Chairman, recommended that we get new goals. Unfortunately, the
drought has baked out the grass and field so we need a recovery plan for
the Fall. Barry has been gathering information on a complete renovation
for our field that we will try to present to the GEWA Council to start the
process of getting funding in the near future. The goal is to eliminate
the drainage problems we have had in the past when it rains and to have the
ability to irrigate the field when it gets very dry like now. This will
enhance our quality of play and reduce injuries. This would include a
water irrigation system with a well and new topsoil and crown on the field.
One additional option would be to also spin the field 90 degress to
eliminate the sun glare problem. The estimated cost is $100K. This is a
major expense which would have to be funded over multiple years. To put
this expense in perspective, Steve Brown said it cost $10K in 1962 to make
the original soccer field. Assuming an average 3% inflation cost, $10K
would be $410K in 1997 dollars.
 
(6) Election of New Officers
 
President - Carl Stahle (Green)
Vice-President - John Garrett (Blue)
Treasurer- Brad Parker (Green)
Secretary - John Gagosian (Orange)
Field Chairman - Nick Jedrich (Grey)
Scheduler - Tom LaFave (Purple)
 
For the first time in a couple of years, we have all the officer slots
filled, and we have a good representation from the teams.
 
(7) Open Forum
 
There were various comments about the field renovation and recovery. We
could spin the field 90 degrees and play on a shorter field. We could
bring in a water truck. We could pump water from the pond to irrigate the
field although the fishing club might get upset if we drop the water level
too much.
 
There was a short discussion on having a plague to recognize the regular
season champion. The plaque could be located in the information box near
the field.
 
We had a discussion about the current division alignment. The top 4 teams
from last season were put in 1 division and the bottom 4 in the other by
the Scheduler. This is not how we normally do it from our By-laws where
we switch the 1 and 3 and 2 and 4 teams in each division. There were
various pro and con arguments. The majority of the members voted their
opinion that the top 4/bottom 4 division alignment was a better way since
teams will play more games against teams of similar competitive skill.
Every team will still play every other team atleast once. We voted to
keep the current Fall schedule since the season is close at hand, and we
did not want the Scheduler to do extra work. The Executive Committee will
consider changes to our By-laws and present them to the members to adopt a
new schedule format. We will consider this season and perhaps next as a
trial experiment.