Directors Present: Todd Felhofer, Jeff Molter, Stephanie Hayes, Rick Cherney, Steve McCann, Greg Purgett, Karen Purgett, Jim Limmix

The meeting was called to order at 6:35 P.M. A motion was made by Steve and seconded by Karen to approve the minutes of the March 21st,2010 meeting – motion passed.

Treasurer: Stephanie made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and Jeff seconded it – motion passed.

-Greg reported that 5 registered players have asked for refunds. Stephanie moved to give a full refund to Tristan Anderson (Tristan does not meet the age requirement to be on a U10 roster) and to refund all but $25 to Will Boyer, Spencer Borchardt, Kaitlyn McHugh, and Maddie Smith. Jeff seconded the motion and the motion passed. Donna asked if an additional player could be added to her team since two players have been removed- Greg will check into it.

-Greg moved to refund Tristan Anderson’s uniform fee and Jim seconded the motion -motion passed.

-Greg presented a request for scholarship assistance from the Holms family for a Goal Keepers Camp run by Eric Wiberg. Discussion revolved around possibly bringing EricWiberg to Marshfield to run a camp open to all MYSA goalies – Steve offered to contact him. Jim moved to approve the Holms’ request for scholarship assistance and Rick seconded it – motion failed.

-The club also ran concessions over the weekend at the WWCSL – total amounts are not yet in for this.

-The next Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for October 17^th, 2010 and the following Spaghetti Dinner is scheduled for April 21^st, 2011.

Uniforms: Uniforms have been shipped and will hopefully be here next week. Six sets still need to be paid for.

Parent Code of Conduct: The Parent Code of Conduct has been handed out to almost all the coaches. Completed forms should be turned in to Steve McCann or any board member.

Bylaws: Jim moved to approve the bylaws as amended and Jeff seconded the motion – motion passed.

Election of New Officers: Jim moved to nominate Paul Hitz to the MYSA board and Stephanie seconded it – motion passed. Karen will E-mail the club members to inform them that two board positions remain open at this time.

Western Wisconsin Classic Soccer League: The league played their first games yesterday in Marshfield.

IRS Tax Exempt status: The accountant is still working on this and recommends not using our sales tax exempt number until our tax exempt status goes through.

Griese Park Expansion: The initial proposals are coming in - work on the U10 fields will hopefully start in May or June. The Optimist club has been contacted to provide financial support for the 3 sets of goals.

Tournament Fee Reimbursement: Karen put together a Tournament Fee Payment Policy. Discussion revolved around how fees for tournaments have been paid in the past. Jeff will type up a proposal for the board to approve at the next meeting.

Request for Field Reimbursement: Rick made a motion to approve the request made by Greg Urban for reimbursement for fees incurred while using Billie field for a scrimmage against another MYSA team. The motion was seconded by Jeff – motion failed.

Referee Payment: Karen discussed implementing a new cash system for paying referees. She will move forward with this and coaches will need to be updated once the payment envelopes are set.

Scholarship Aid for Players: Karen will look into the possibility of having an outside organization review and approve the 2010/2011 requests for MYSA financial assistance.

Policy Guidelines for Players “Playing up”: Jeff will relook at the MYSA Roster Policy from 2004 and at the recent proposed policy guidelines for requesting that a player play up one year.

U12 Practice Incident: Steve reported that there was a problem during one of the U12 practices. Both Jim and Steve will follow up with the coaches and parents of the team.

Adjournment: Jeff moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 PM. Rick seconded it and the motion passed. Next meeting is scheduled for May 16^th at 6:30 PM at Lincoln School.