Danvers Youth Football,
Inc.
The monthly board meeting of Danvers Youth Football, Inc. was held on March 13, 2002 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Danvers, MA.
Attendance: Kevin Doble, Paul
Fitch, Chris Fitzgerald, Tom Ladd, Bob Marraffa, Tom Opie, Stu Orloff, Mike
Skiotis, Sam Valenti
The meeting was called to
order by Sam Valenti, President at 8:22 PM.
Approval of 02/13/2002 meeting minutes. Copies of the minutes were distributed for the review of all members present. A motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Paul Fitch, seconded by Mike Skiotis, and unanimously PASSED.
·
Tom distributed the monthly
report to all members present. The
current cash balance for the DYF account is $9,840. Tom announced that dunning letters were
being sent to 3-4 families for registration fees owed from last season
(predominantly bounced checks). If
not paid, these children will not be allowed to register for the 2002
season.
·
Purchasing & Equipment
(Tom Marden). Tom Ladd presented
the budget proposal prepared by Tom Marden (not in attendance) for 2002, the
summary of which is as follows:
Shirts
$6,000
Footballs
$
300
Shoulder Pads
$
562
Helmets
$2,450
First Aid Kits
$
250
The
group discussed the necessity of reconditioning 50 helmets as budgeted by Tom
and felt that it was not cost justifiable at this time ($17.00/ea.). Thus, the figure for helmets was reduced
to $1,850 for the budget. The
remainder of Tom’s proposal was approved for the 2002 budget (including 10 new
small helmets and 10 sets of new large shoulder pads).
·
Cheering (Chris
Fitzgerald). Chris anticipates no
additional costs if registration numbers are roughly the same this year as
last. The biggest expense will be
t-shirts (AA, BB) and fleece jackets (A).
There will be a cap of 24 girls for competition purposes. Chris also indicated that the CAL will
be generating their own Code of Conduct forms for the upcoming
season.
·
Football (Mike
Skiotis). Mike spoke with Mark
Lantini of the Danvers Touchdown Club on the snack bar renovation project. Mike and Ron Hennessey will be meeting
with representatives of the TD Club in the next two weeks to set priorities for
the project (overhead doors, storage cages, lighting, …). Mike also indicated that he is pricing
larger popcorn machines and will include in the budget soon. In addition, we will likely set up an
account at BJ’s for snack bar supplies next season. Finally, Mike announced that the Cape
Ann commissioners meeting will take place next week.
·
Operations (Paul
Fitch). Paul indicated that the
fees for referees and EMT’s may increase next season. If true, according to Mike Skiotis, this
must be CAL approved. Paul will
investigate further.
·
Publicity (Kevin
Doble). It will cost $35.00 to
renew the danversyouthfootball.com domain name this year. A motion to pay this fee was made by
Kevin Doble, seconded by Stu Orloff, and unanimously PASSED. Sam Valenti stressed the need to better
leverage the web site in the upcoming season and for Kevin to use his
creativity.
·
Miscellaneous. We will wait for final registration
numbers to determine how much should be budgeted for this year’s banquet. It was suggested that $350 be added to
the budget for player and cheerleader trophies.
·
Sam read a letter from
Cheryl Marshall re: the April 3rd presentation on youth sports by Bob
Bigelow at the Danvers Senior Center.
He strongly urged everyone to attend.
A
motion to adjourn was made by Sam Valenti, seconded by Paul Fitch, and
unanimously PASSED at 9:27 PM.
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, April 10, 2001 @ 8:15 PM,
Knights of Columbus Hall.
Submitted to Board for
approval by:
Thomas W.
Ladd
Secretary