Attendees:
John Veentjer; Scott Shelton; Shawn OBrien (At Large); Bob
Goldberg (Officials); Sham Austin (Webmaster); Bob Peterson (Bellevue B&G Club);
Ed Rafferty (Bears); Greg Pardee (Wolverines); Bill Kusulos (Bothell); Bob Woods
(Eastlake); Chris Garrod (Five Star); Beckey Ranstrom, Duane Ranstrom
(Inglemoor); Roger Moore (Kirkland Juanita); Dan Pitzler (Kirkland LW), Meredith
Cutting (Mercer Island); Allen McDowell (Redmond); Dan Albaum (Skyline); Chuck
Nichol (Univac)
Also present: Don Watson and Steve Wright
for Eastside Catholic (applying for GEJFA System)
Not present: Paul Manjarrez (Knights); Rick Hansen
(Issaquah); Neil Aguiling (Kirkland B&G Club); Gregg Meyers (Wildcats); Dave
Schroeter (Redwolves); Zach Hector (Woodinville)
MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING: Minutes of the October 14, 2003
meeting distributed by email and are posted to website.
GAME REPORTS: Commended Sham Austin for the great job he did in maintaining and improving the GEJFA web site for 2003. Sham indicates that we will be doing even more improvements for 2004. Reminder to all Systems to get their own web sites or web pages updated with newest information (new system board members, 2004 registration information, etc) as soon as it is known. We have numerous requests for registration information, even from outside our area, during the off-season.
COACH AND PLAYER
BEHAVIOR SPORTSMANSHIP:
Just a reminder that the proper sportsmanship is every bit
as important now in the last two weeks of our season as it was throughout the
season. Please make sure your head coaches relay this information to the
parents.
GAME SCHEDULE
REVIEW:
Semi-finals Rookies/Cubs @ Interlake (the last two games at Interlake ultimately had to be moved due to HS girls soccer taking the field); Sophomores/JV @ Bellevue; Varsity @ Pop Keeney. Schedule was included as a handout and will be posted on the web site. Schedule included the matchups for November 8.
Seniors have already had their semi-finals Woodinville and Bothell are in the finals. Other inter-league games are scheduled for November 8.
Game scores need to be reported Saturday night.
Game reports are still required. Scott had nothing significant to report about recent past reports.
Reminder that for these playoff games, the home team is in its primary color jersey and the visiting team is to be in a contrasting color.
Video recording of the championship games is set. The product this year is likely to be even better than last years. Will again use the live announcing on the video (like last year) vs voice over as in previous years. Each of the winners of the semi-finals will be given a package at the end of the semi-final game in which they will find instructions/checklist for championship day preparations and order forms for individual copies of the video tape or DVD.
OFFICIALS:
Once again, a reminder that we can use more officials, particularly
more adults. We will try again before next season to have some kind of clinic
for the officials, however, this is always difficult as we seldom have the new
officials identified much before the season starts. Help us identify these
officials earlier and then we will try to do a better job of training them.
WINTER MEETINGS/COMMITTEE WORK: We will or may need some work in the following areas during the off-season:
Rules updates/clarifications: Seems more coaches are looking to the rules for help usually after a problem. A number of areas for improvement/clarification have been identified.
Once again (seemingly an annual challenge) someone has raised a challenge about the 32 point rule. This rule has been around for many years and improvements have been suggested numerous times and considered without finding something better.
The 2004 Age/Weight Schedule is already posted to the web site as a draft and was included in the handouts at this meeting. A proposal to change the schedule (regardless of weight, 8 year olds play Rookies, 9 year olds play no higher than Cubs, 10 year olds play no higher than Sophomores, etc) has also been made and will be discussed further at the December meeting.
Briefly discussed proposal to develop a universal coaching application that would incorporate the WSP form information and the Code of Conduct. A copy of each application would be submitted to the Boys and Girls Club.
Roster review similar to last year with a representative from each system present to spread the work around. We will also most likely call for preliminary rosters by August 1 and have them reviewed prior to the first practice so that we can identify the boundary violations and have them corrected before the season begins. Additions after August 1 will be reviewed at the time of their addition.
We will need the next System up for a Huskies game to seek a date during the off-season. John V will pursue the Seahawks games, seeking to get two games as we have had the past two seasons.
We need to discuss the Grievance Committee (membership, schedule of punishments, limitations, precedents).
Looking to develop a FAQ page on the web site.
EARLY SIGN-UPs:
Encouragement to hold early sign-ups to be able to confirm team count not later
than July 1. As in the past, on July 1, we will call for all systems to report
the number of teams at each level and the number of players on those teams, this
in lieu of submitting preliminary rosters. The preliminary master rosters will
be submitted by August 1 for review before the season begins.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2004 OFFICERS: Took nominations for the 2004 officers John Veentjer for President; Scott Shelton for Vice President; and Beckey Ranstrom for Secretary. Nominations remain open until the vote at the next meeting on December 2.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Eastside Catholic made an application to create a new system within GEJFA, sponsored by the Wolverines, and consisting of players from the private schools in the area. Don Watson and Steve Wright made a brief presentation to the Council and provided a handout. This matter will be taken under consideration and further discussed at the December 2 meeting.
Dont forget that the December 2 meeting is at 7:00pm and that following the meeting, we will go to Red Robin (at the Bellevue Square Mall) for a social gathering. Everyone is invited.
Adjourn at about 9:00pm.
NEXT MEETING: December 2nd,
7pm @ Bellevue Boys & Girls Club