Meeting began at 7:05 p.m.

Corrections to the minutes:  No December minutes – registration in lieu of meeting, all active teams registered. November minutes were accepted without changes.

Teams in attendance: Caliente, Chicas, Chopped, Chubasco, Desert Fury, Fit 2 Be Tyed, Fuego, Furinkazan, La Tortura, Meese, Nemesis, Pumas, Ragtags, Rude Dogs, Shakti, SWAT, Thirty Something, Unity, Venom, A-Team, BNI, Burnouts, Choquele, Crush, Cruz Azul, DNR United, Dream Team, Drive Time, Force 11, Intuit, Monsoon, Pref Flow, Revolution, Roosters, Sartorius, Shin Kickers, Should B, Solemates, That Team, Tigres, UAI Fire, Vertigo, VWP, and Xplosion.

Teams not in attendance:  Diamond Backs, Gila Monsters, Gthree, Mojoe, Roonyz, Shizzle, Vailocity, Vixen, Wrecking Crew, Absynthe, Ajax, AllStar Rejects, Alzano, Arsenal, Ballistic, BC United, Bulldogs, Devil Dawgs, DJs, Dynamo, Family Ties, Gang Green, Geckos, Javelinas, Killa Bs, Lobos, Mavericks, Nuclear Fusion, Pub Crawlers, Scorechers, Slumlords, Traigalo, Velocity, WLA, Xsessive, and Yin Yang.

Teams who have missed two meetings in a row are close to being fined if they miss one more meeting. Those team(s) are:  None.

Teams who will be fined for missing three meetings:  None.

President:

• Schedules are for the first half season only. By the end of January we should have fields for the second half and get the remaining schedule out shortly thereafter.
• We had two games called down and one forfeit. Be considerate and make sure you call down at least 96 hours (4 days) in advance.
• In the fall we discussed the need to have more even divisions, and to keep the divisions balanced your team’s standing will determine which division you play in the following season.

Vice President:

• Lobos and Xplosion already have 50 points. Solemates and Pref Flow also have high points (Burnouts points are incorrect and will be corrected). The max is 75 points for the year at which point you have to drop players with points to stay in the league. We have at least 8 more games, playdowns, and the entire summer before the year ends. Dissent is the biggest cause of points, so control your players!
• If you sign up a new player to your team who’s been active in the league, check their points on the discipline report; they bring their points to your team.
• We have a 4^th official randomly assigned to games each week. They have the same privileges as the center and assistant referees, so they can dismiss unruly fans, write you up if there are problems, and it will go before the discipline committee. They are mentoring, so we can develop more high level referees for our league. They receive a separate fee as well.

Treasurer:

• There was not much activity: one forfeit, a team paid bond, a couple teams owe bond.
• Check the NSF (bounced checks) people – they need to pay before they can play.
• TMSL raised their referee fees and we feel that to keep referees available, we should raise fees, too, though not as much as TMSL did.  There was a motion to raise fees to $40 for the center and $25 for the lines, and the motion was accepted. This means that if your team forfeits, you will owe the new bond amount of $90 to cover this raise.
• We try to notify you when we make the deposits of new season registration fees, but please note that legally a check should be good to clear on the date written on it.
• Treasurer’s Report was accepted.

Secretary:

• Sign in and update any information as necessary and let us know of any email or phone number changes as soon as possible.
• If you receive an important email notification of field or game changes, be sure to CONFIRM that you received the notice and include your team name. If you receive a phone message, call back and confirm you received our message.
• If you miss a meeting, please read the minutes that are emailed to you within a week or two and share important information with your players.
• Rain Policy: Make sure your players show up for games unless you hear from us. We also try to post a notice on the Message Board as soon as we are aware of field closures.

Registrar:

• Team reps are responsible for ensuring everything gets turned in for new players. Players are not legal until they pick up their stickered card.
• ALL player cards are to be turned in at the end of each season! They belong to USASA.
• If you have people who are not actively on a team this season and need a special registration to play in Copper Cup, they must register by Wednesday, the 16th.

New Business:

• Copper Cup teams, please let us know how you do! The teams attending Copper Cup are DMAGNM, DJs, Xplosion, Unity/Venom, Vixen/Thirty Something, Chopped/Rude Dogs, Fuego, and Nemesis.
• The regional USASA has tournaments every year – National Cup, Veteran’s Cup, etc. with many divisions – open, over-40, over-55, over-60, and so on. Veteran’s Cup will be in Bellingham, WA this year. It costs $400 to register a team, and requires quite a bit of planning. Sometimes you can get assistance from the state. We’ll provide more information as it becomes available.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

Next Meeting  is MONDAY, February 11^th @ 7 pm at Jacob’s YMCA