*Monthly meetings held first
Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm. Suggestions are always welcome
please try to attend at least a couple a year.
*First games have been
rescheduled for April 21. For coaches that are coaching two teams,
please check your schedule and make adjustments by contacting the other
coach before the season starts. Please contact your kids as soon as you
get rosters, it saves a lot of phone calls and emails to the
association. Even if there is not a practice schedule set, let these
kids know that they are on your team and of the first game date.
*Uniforms have been ordered and
will be able for delivery before the first games. Kathy Setliff will be
handling uniforms. The uniforms will be able to picked up at her house
at a date to be announced.
*Ball bags will be available
for pickup at a date and time to be announced.
*Picture day is May 1 at Valley
City Fire Station. Times to be announced.
*Field day is Saturday March
31st at 9:30 am. Many hands make light work. Please try to attend if
you can, even if you can't make it right at 9:30 or stay the whole
time. Any amount of time you can volunteer would be greatly
appreciated.
*Soccer Shootout is going to
happen. Date will be announced. This was a tremendous fundraiser for
the fall with only a little over 100 children participating. Imagine
what we could do with more children participating. Fundraising helps
with field maintenance, equipment supplies and replacements and to help
keep our cost down for registration.
*We are very excited that we have two people that are willing to step up
and be coaching coordinators for the association. If there are any
problems that cannot be fixed between coaches and parents or between two
coaches throughout the season, please contact Tom Petek at 440-653-1827
or Angela Graff 330-648-2864. They would be more than happy to work
with you to get the situation corrected.
2007 News from Buckeye Soccer Association
February Meeting has been scheduled for February 15, 2007, at 7:30 pm at
the Play N-Grow Child Development Center, 3940 Avon Lake Road, "on the
Litchfield Circle, behind the church".
Signups are here!!!!!. You can get a registration form online at
www.buckeyesoccer.org. There will be no open registration date. All
registration is handled via mail. The deadline for registration for
Spring session will be February 25th, 2007.
The soccer board meets the first Wednesday of every month (7:30pm @York
Town Hall) --- we would like to have past/present and future coaches
attend. Parents are welcome to attend as well as it is nice to get a
feel for what the community would like for the kids.
In January the Board was scheduled to have elections. The elections had
to be postponed because there were only 5 adults and 2 children present
at the meeting. We need help, folks!!!!! Sadly, our league President,
Bill Maul, will be stepping down from his position.
We have several positions open and available�..more importantly, the
organization cannot run without these governing positions. I have
elected to spell out some of the responsibilities below, it would be
TREMENDOUS if there were multiple parents to participate, thus overall
lightening the load. We realize that it might be impossible to make
every meeting, but realistically every other month would be grand! We do
not have meetings in July and December so 8 months of meetings, once a
month for 2 hours per night. Could you make 5 of them?
President- the cushy job. - The president shall be the principal
executive officer of the Association and shall preside at all meetings
of the trustees, at the annual meeting, and at all special meetings of
trustees and general membership meetings. The president may sign, with
the secretary, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other
instruments that the Board of Trustees authorizes to be executed.
Vice President- The vice-president shall perform all of the duties of
the president in the case of the absence, death, or disability of the
president and in that capacity may perform all of the duties and have
all of the same responsibilities as a president. The vice-president
shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to
him by the president or by the Board of Trustees. Currently I, Monica
Lakota, hold this position but if you want it I will take another one- I
am not partial and there is always something to do.
Registrar- responsible for gathering the recreation registration,
recording information into EXCEL spreadsheet format, collecting and
recording registration payments, transferring payment to treasurer and
submitting registration information all soccer forms to OYSAN (Ohio
Youth Soccer North) this has to be done twice per year. The submitting
takes place online so ideally this candidate would have access to the
Internet. This will be done twice a year, once in the winter (January to
April) and once in the spring (May to August)
Trophy Coordinator- In the past a truly disastrous job! However, we have
revamped the entire method of this process. You would be the liaison
between the player and Crown Trophy. It is a busy job, but the good news
is that it only lasts for about 3 weeks. And I am confident that with
the changes that have been made it will get easier each time.
Travel Coordinator- This person will be the liaison between the coaches,
parents, players and the Board. Basically, I would like to see a semi-
neutral person here to act as a sounding board. Ideally, this WOULD NOT
be a coach. But at this point we aren�t choosey.
Recreation Coordinator-This position will require placing players on
teams. Setting up coaches and teams. It is a lot of work at the start of
the season, but once it is up and running it is over. Currently I,
Monica Lakota, hold this position as well-----but if you want it I will
take another one. This person will be the liaison between the coaches,
parents, players and the board. Again, I would like to see a semi-
neutral person here to act as a sounding board. Ideally, this WOULD NOT
be a coach, but again we are accepting all candidate!
Fundraising Coordinator- Twice per year you organize and execute the
fundraiser of choice. It�s pretty simple, pretty straight forward. It is
very labor intense but for a short period of time.
Current held positions�
Treasurer is Tom Bienosek
Secretary is Deb Halupnik
If we do not have people step up to volunteer for these positions the
league faces 2 options�.A.) To dissolve and our kids can join in with
surrounding communities. B.) We can vote to hire for these positions,
which will increase ALL the fees we currently pay.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION������.
If you are interested in playing travel soccer for the spring� please
contact Girls Coordinator- Todd Giesen 330-723-2427 / 216-408-3598 or
Boys Coordinator- Tim Joyce 330-723-2676.
We might not have enough boys to field a U14 team in the fall(
2007-2008) so if you are interested or know of any of your friends that
would be interested in travel please contact the correct coordinator or
check out the website www.buckeyesoccer.org for information and forms.
The first REC. game will be in April---AFTER April 10th. Please use the
website to access this information.
If you are interested in coaching for Spring 2007 please contact Monica
at 440-371-2383 or monica@universalgrinding.com. Typically, the spring
league is twice the size of the fall-----WE NEED coaches, please. I know
this sounds crazy, but it is actually possible to coach 2 teams. We will
have a coach�s clinic in March and a CPR class in April. Tom Bienosek is
currently working to plan a referee clinic as well. There is a great
opportunity to learn and grow with our kids.
Last year�s fundraiser�� Remember the Fall Shoot Out? THANK YOU, THANK
YOU to all that participated. We had 105 kids participate and the raised
$3,408.34. AMAZING!! Thanks for all the efforts. This has proven to be a
more profitable fundraiser than the candy sales, which raised $1,000.00.
It was decided at a board meeting that the candy sales would not take
place this Spring UNLESS someone stepped forth to manage this function.
It is time consuming and labor intensive, but some families prefer it.
Soccer team and individual pictures are Tuesday, May 1st at Valley City
Fire Dept.
At the end of the spring season we will discuss the opportunity to have
U8 games refereed.
I urge you to take the time and give the time to the children of this
community��.they need it. They cannot coach themselves. You do not have
to have a child participating in this event to be a part of it. We�d
like to see you at the February 7th meeting. If you can�t make it and
you have an interest in any of the open positions please contact myself
prior to the meeting on the 7th.
Thanks in advance,
Monica Lakota
President, Vice President, Recreation Coordinator
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