News & Information

NP United Soccer
Board Meeting
October 29, 2002, 7:00 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by President, Phil Melangton. Present were: Jerry McClatchey, Karla Kindrick, Jim Peters, Janice Kovach, Doug Harvey, Ali Basaran, Maria Harrison, Chris Harrington and Jean Aikman.

President: Phil. The laptop has been purchased but not set up for use. Write a letter to Bob Yoder to check on possibility of a port-o-let on premises or the opening of the football concession bathrooms for some/all soccer days.

Vice President: Maria. The U14 team won the Fishers tournament this past weekend. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Indoor sessions are beginning. Adidas socks are still on backorder. Some of the socks are not wearing well. Avon will replace those.

Treasurer: Balance is $10,900. Need a copy of the by-laws to get the Tax ID number. Jerry and/or Maria will get to Joe.

Secretary: Jean. Minutes will be posted on web.

Team Rep. Coordinator: Janice. Season ended well.

Coaching Director: Jerry.
Summer Camp - MLS are increasing their cost from $98.00 to $99.00 per child. We will be checking out other possibilities. ProExcel is one possibility - they offer camp for approximately $65-$68 per child with a 15:1 ratio of child to coach. Not sure if they offer ball and/or t-shirts. We can arrange something with Avon Sports for ball and t-shirt, if needed. Derek Brown is another possibility. Would like to ensure that the camp does not coincide with New Palestine's soccer camp. Keep the camp in mid-July. No decision was made at this time.
SPRING DATES
Registration - Saturday, January 25 and Saturday February 8, 2003 9:00 am - 1:00 pm and Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Registration cut-off is February 28, 2003. Checking into the McDonalds (used to be the Food Court)
Coaches Meeting - March 21, 2003 time and place to be announced.
Opening Day - April 12, 2003
Picture Day - April 19, 2003
Last Day - May 17, 2003

Travel - Derek Brown proposal for Spring, still not received yet.
Best Coach Award - Awarded to the U8 Girls coach, Roger Roberts, on Saturday, October 19, 2002. Way to go Roger!!!
Early Bird Registration - received over 30 registrations. Great!

Registrar: No report at this time.

Referee Assignor: Dana still needs paid for assigning referees. He needs to get with Joe on the amount.
Referee Clinic
Offered in Greenfield in January. Must be 12 years old or older to attend. Call B. Howard Green at 861-8438 for more information.

Uniform Committee Chairman: Rec. Jim. - U6 assistant coaches need colored uniform shirts to help the children identify their coach on the field. Other assistant coaches can have a white t-shirt with the NP United logo on it. Buy in bulk and sell the remainder at the concession trailer.

Field Maintenance: Chris. Chris was complimented on the awesome job he did this Fall. Thank you for your extra time and effort. We will need new nets and paint at the very least to get going in the Spring. Chris and Jerry will inventory and order what is needed in January which may include a new paint machine. Overall, the grounds were cleaner this season and parking was better. Before the Spring season begins, we need to explain to parents the procedure of their turn in painting the fields. The field configuration may need to change next year due to changes in the CIYSL regarding the size of the travel U12 field. That will be looked into when the changes are published. U6 fields will need to move a bit next season due to the construction on the site.

Rec. League Coordinator: Ali. 80% of player evaluations were turned in!!! A few teams were reportedly unbalanced in talent. Hopefully this won't happen in the Spring. We will keep an eye out for this in the future.

Travel League Coordinator: Maria for Amy. Amy is busy getting things organized for Spring. Photographer did OK but some children were not photographed in all age groups. Some of the action shots were awesome. Team photos were made available. Training for Spring with Derek or another trainer has not been decided.
Concession Chairman: Karla's Cafe. The concession profited approximately $1,200 this season! Only two shifts were not covered by teams this season. Great support.

Publicity Chairman: John needs to follow-up on voice mail only pricing and new housing developers from August meeting. Need to advertise the Spring dates and the referee clinic on site.
Registration Chairman: Position still open.

Awards/Pictures Chairman: Doug. Pictures were distributed but with some errors which are being taken care of. A big thank you to Doug and his family for spending hours sorting the pictures out. Specify on bids for Spring that the pictures will come sorted by team as well as all other specifications talked about in the previous Board Meeting. Compliments came regarding the Coaches plaques. Check out Yeager and others for Spring pictures. Awards - many compliments on the trophy. All teams have them. Only about nine are left over. We can take them back to B & R for credit.

Meeting adjourned by President Phil Melangton.

Next meeting will be in January, 2003 with exact date and time to be announced.