Salina Soccer Club Annual Meeting
September 22, 2004


The meeting was called to order by President Bill Garlow.

Roll call of the Board

• President- Bill Garlow present
• Vice President- Jeanette Mikinski present
• Secretary- Debbie Zerbe present
• Treasurer- Paula Know present
• Directors of Coaching- Mike Dibbini, Todd Smith present
• Director of Referees- Jarrod Cline present
• Director of Public Relations- Dave Ouderkirk absent
• Member at Large-Jack Lennon absent, Jane Bradbury present
• Registrar- Lisa Platt present

Roll call of voting members:

Debbie Zerbe read the definition of eligibility for being a voting member.

Team names were read and tally was made of representatives.

“State of the Club” address:
Bill Garlow gave a brief history of the development of soccer in the Salina area. He also took an inventory of how the people present learned of this meeting. The information was received by the Club newsletter, the Email information sent to the coaches by Jane Bradbury and from the SSC website. Bill also gave a brief summary of where the money goes that the SSC receives from registration.

Reports:

Treasurer:
See Attached.

Registrar:
The Club issued 161 new cards this season. 5 new teams were formed. This was attributed to the smaller team and field size. 5 more teams are expected in the spring.

Directors of Coaching:
Todd Smith covered the coach’s clinics coordinated by the Club. 12 people attended the E clinic that was taught by KYSA. He covered the D license clinic and coached clinics for the Y. Next season there will be another E clinic for all coaches that are interested.

Mike Dibbini said that open gym will continue at Lakewood on Sunday, Mondays and Fridays. Currently Sunday is booked. On Oct. 6 he will be providing game analysis to players and coaches at the KWU game.

Public Relations:
Bill Garlow reported for Dave Ouderkirk. SSC is hosting a night at the South vs. Central soccer game on Sept. 30. There will also be a SSC night at the KWU game on Oct. 6. There was a reminder that on Oct 16 the US Women’s team would be playing before the Wizards game.

Field Complex:
Paula Knox gave an update on the current city field situation. The new fields at Bill Burke have been developed and seeded and will be ready for play in the fall of 2005.

The new complex will be at the South Ohio and Schilling location. The City Commissioners have approved the use of $750,000 in funds for the sales tax dollars. This is to be matched by funds raised by the SSC to make available 1.5 million dollars that are needed for Phase I. Phase I will provide 5 new fields and parking at the Complex. The SSC needs to raise $150,000 to be at the required $750,000 in matching funds. Negotiations are proceeding with the airplane club that has facilities on the site. The city is offering to help this organization rebuild at a new location. The question was raised about the impact of the Salina schools and their efforts to bring in turf at the stadium. Paula stated that the turf will be nice for game play, but that this certainly does not answer the city wide need for more practice fields and fields needed to create a local league.

Scholarship:
Jack Lennon was absent and Bill Garlow reported for him. Jack has researched other clubs that have established scholarship money. Everyone agrees that it is important to meet the financial needs of all the children in our community. The SSC scholarship fund currently has some seed money available and Jack has developed an application process. Jack also has several fundraising ideas available to teams to help offset the costs for uniforms, tournaments, and travel.

New Business

Dr. Kevin Norris gave a presentation on nutrition for athletes. He handed out two papers on “Eating to Play” and “Nutrition”.

Bengston and Royal Tires are offering a promotion of a free soccer ball. All that is needed is to present a completed form at their stores.

Volunteers are always needed for ongoing committees to help further develop the SSC. The current needs are for the complex fundraising, tryouts and team placement, college placement, and player development.

Jeanette discussed the operation of the SSC phone line and that if one of her children answers the phone please ask them to hang up and please call back and leave a message.

Jarrod announced that KWU will be having their alumni game on Oct 2. This will be an opportunity to see current and old coaches play soccer again.

Bill reminded everyone that KWU is looking for families to adopt soccer players that are here from out of town.

Bill thanked Jane for all of the work she has done to improve the communications between SSC and the community.

Meeting was adjourned.