Danvers Youth Football

Minutes of November 9, 2005 Board Meeting

 

 

The monthly board meeting of Danvers Youth Football, Inc. was held on November 9, 2005 at the Danvers fire department, Danvers, MA.

 

Attendance: Tom Ladd, Rich Smith, Duke St.Pierre, Mike Mansfield, Catherine Wolniewicz, Karen Metzler, Marc Palazola, June Blanchette, Tom Marden, John Koburski, Garrett Burns, Scott Nathan, Gregg Perry.

 

The meeting was called to order 8:12 p.m.

 

1.         Secretary’s Report

A motion was made by Tom Ladd to accept the minutes.  It was accepted by Tom Marden and seconded by Scott Nathan.  The minutes unanimously passed.

2.         Snack Bar

The Snack bar brought in 5,000.00.   There were 2,000.00 in expenses.  The snack bar made a profit of 2,817.91.  Scott Nathan is in the process of doing inventory.  Many factor inhibited the snack bar from doing well this year.  We had bad weather and changing schedules.  Scott Nathan wanted to know what to do with excess inventory.  It was suggested that people could buy it for up coming team parties.  It was also suggested that some be donated to the Food Bank or charities.

Tom Ladd thanked Scott Nathan for all his efforts running the snack bar this year.  It is a huge job and the whole league appreciates his labors.

3.                  Schedule Changes

Saturday 11/12 @ Pentucket          JVB White 10:00

                                                      JVA             11:30

                        November 17th A @ 7:30 and B @ 6:00

This may change.

Friday 11/18 6:00 (JVB)

White VS Blue

Would like Cheerleaders present.

4.                  Equipment Returns

Each coach should collect uniforms at the last game or schedule a time to meet with Tom Marden to turn in equipment.  Do not forget to collect Jaw pads, mouth pads and chin straps. 

Coaches need to check off returned equipment in order to keep track of who needs to return items.

5.                  Year Book

Samples of the yearbook were passed out to some of the coaches to proof read.  Some pages needed to be changed.

The yearbooks should be done so they can be passed out at the end of the banquet.

6.                  Banquet

All the money from the tickets for the banquet has been collected.  At this time there are 615 people planning to go.  (266 kids, 303 adults and 43 coaches)

Mike Mansfield turned in 4500.00 to pay for the banquet.

It was decided that there must be 1 or 2 adults at each table to keep the children under control.  Children should be made to be quiet when the speakers are talking.  The slide show will run during dinner.  After dinner we will hear the speakers.

All presentations should be short but not rushed.  The Banquet should be over between 8:00 and 8:30.

It will go as follows:

Opening remarks

Dinner (w/ slide show)

Guest speakers

Awards

Closing remarks

Distribute yearbooks

 

Special thanks to Karen and Mike Mansfield for all there effort with the slide

show.

 

  1. Other Department Reports

Cheering:          Blankets have been purchased for the 8th grade gift for banquet.

Cheering had an exhibition at the High school that went very well.  Girls were able to display their routines to the other squads.      Competition will be Saturday.

 

A bullying incident came to light in the 8th grade squad.  The cheering director was considering not allowing the squad to compete Saturday.  Girls were Spoken to and told that bullying behavior would not be accepted in this program.  Apologies were made and it was decided that the squad would compete.  All parties were satisfied.

 

Apparel:           Tom Marden reported $78.00 was made by selling apparel through Rydell.

 

It was brought up at the meeting that there were no EMTs at a Winthrop game.  Tom Ladd informed them that if there are no EMTS coaches should not take the field.

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

Rich Smith reported that the league is in good shape.  A motion was made to accept the Report.  It was accepted by Mike Mansfield and seconded by Marc Palazola.

 

  1. New Business

The league’s Hot dog steamer was lent to High School cheering for their invitational.

The next scheduled meeting the league will be accepting nominations for board positions.

 

No screw on cleats!  At weigh in the shoes will be checked.

 

Rules have changed at the B level.  They will allow for more scoring.

Mike Mansfield spoke with an official about the rules at our level.  Officials need to be educated about the rules.

Three officials are needed at games many games there were only 2.

It was suggested that the league put together a sheet clearly stating the rules. This will be given to the officials.

 

 

 

Tom Ladd motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:07. It was accepted by Tom Marden and seconded by Marc Palazola

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted

June M. Blanchette

Secretary