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1 1 PROCEEDINGS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES ADULT SOCCER ASSOCIATION 9 10 11 MIDYEAR NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING 12 13 14 15 Hilton at Phoenix/East Mesa 16 Phoenix, Arizona 17 October 11, 2009 18 Kiva Ballroom 19 10:10 a.m. - 11:41 a.m 20 21 22 Reported by Debra K. Resling, RMR, CRR 23 24 25 RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 2 1 A G E N D A 2 Page Line 3 1. Moment of Silence 3 6 4 2. Roll Call 3 22 5 3. Credentials Report 21 6 6 4. Confirmation of Transcripts - 2009 AGM 12 23 7 5. Communications 13 14 8 6. Reports of Officers and Committees 13 19 9 7. Unfinished Business 28 14 10 8. Amendments to the Charter, 11 Bylaws and Policies 28 22 12 a) Bylaw 102 - Idaho 30 10 b) Bylaw 105 - Idaho 30 11 13 c) Bylaw 203 - Idaho 30 11 d) Bylaw 215 - Metropolitan DC/VA 46 23 14 e) Bylaw 301 - Idaho 30 20 f) Bylaw 702 - Metropolitan DC/VA 30 21 15 g) Bylaw 702 - Paul Scherer 30 21 h) Bylaw 704 - Idaho 30 22 16 i) Policy: Dual Registration 32 24 Metropolitan DC/VA 17 9. New Business 18 a) Cal South Membership 68 5 19 Good of the Game 80 9 20 10. Adjournment 80 19 21 22 23 24 25 RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 3 1 Sunday Session, October 11, 2009. 2 (Commencing at 10:15 a.m.) 3 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Everybody, 4 please take your seats. I would like to call the 5 mid-year meeting, 2009 council meeting to order, 6 and would like to start with a Moment of Silence. 7 But before we do that, I would like 8 to mention for those of you that don't know, our 9 Deputy Director from Region 2, George Chazaro's 10 son was in a serious automobile accident late 11 this past week. Had emergency surgery. The 12 latest word we got that while he is in critical 13 condition, that he is stable, and that he is 14 expected to recover, but, let's also think of our 15 members that have left us in the past year, but 16 if you could please hold George's son's -- 17 thoughts as well. Thank you. 18 (Moment of silence.) 19 Thank you. 20 Valerie, are you ready to call the 21 roll, please, ma'am? Which one of you is 22 prepared to call the roll? Kim? I'm sorry. I'm 23 used to having Valerie do it on executive 24 committee meetings. 25 MR. CONSELYEA: Good morning. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 4 1 I will call the roll by Region and 2 announce the votes, and once we go through, I 3 will go back and recall those who did not answer 4 the first time, and then we'll figure out totals 5 and majorities and that sort of thing. 6 (The following represents the roll 7 call being called by Mr. Conselyea; the answers 8 by the respective parties.) 9 Q So we'll start with Region 1, 10 Connecticut, four votes. 11 A Here. 12 Q Delaware, 1 vote. 13 A (No response.) 14 Q Eastern New York, 5 votes. 15 A Here. 16 Q Eastern Pennsylvania, 3. 17 A Here. 18 Q Maryland, 3. 19 A Here. 20 Q Massachusetts, 5. 21 A Right here. 22 Q D.C. Virginia, 5. 23 A Here. 24 Q New Hampshire, 1. 25 A Here. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 5 1 Q New Jersey, 4. 2 A Here. 3 Q Pennsylvania West, 3. 4 A Here. 5 Q Rhode Island, 2. 6 A Here. 7 Q Vermont, 2. 8 A (No response.) 9 Q West Virginia, 1. 10 A Here. 11 Q Western New York, 4. 12 A Here. 13 Q Region 2. 14 A Here. 15 Q Illinois, 4. 16 A Here. 17 Q Indiana, 3. 18 A Here. 19 Q Iowa, 3. 20 A Here. 21 Q Kansas, 3. 22 A Here. 23 Q Kentucky, 3. 24 A Here. 25 Q Michigan, 4. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 6 1 A Present. 2 Q Minnesota, 4. 3 A Here. 4 Q Missouri, 1. 5 A Here. 6 Q Nebraska, 3. 7 A Here. 8 Q Ohio North, 3. 9 A Here. 10 Q South Dakota, 1. 11 A (No response.) 12 Q Southern Ohio, 3. 13 A Yeah. 14 Q Wisconsin, 1. 15 A Here. 16 Q Region 3. Alabama, 3. Alaska, 3. 17 No, it's Alabama. 18 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: We'll take 19 Alaska. We're taking them. Everything in 20 between. 21 Q Alabama, 3. 22 A (No response.) 23 Q Arkansas, 4. 24 A Here. 25 Q Florida, 5. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 7 1 A Here. 2 Q Georgia, 4. 3 A Here. 4 Q Louisiana, 4. 5 A Here. 6 Q Mississippi, zero. 7 North Carolina, 5. 8 A (No response.) 9 Q North Texas, 5. 10 A Here. 11 Q Oklahoma, 3. 12 A (No response.) 13 Q South Carolina, 3. 14 A Here. 15 Q Tennessee, 4? 16 A (No response.) 17 Q Texas South, 5. 18 A Here. 19 Q Region 4. Now, Alaska. 20 A Here. 21 Q Arizona, 3. 22 A Here. 23 Q Alaska, by the way, was 3. 24 Cal North, 5. 25 A Here. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 8 1 Q Cal South has zero. 2 Colorado, 3. 3 A Here. 4 Q Hawaii, 3. 5 A Here. 6 Q Idaho, 4. 7 A Here. 8 Q Montana, 2. 9 A Here. 10 Q New Mexico, 4. 11 A Here. 12 Q Nevada, 3. 13 A Here. 14 Q I didn't hear. Nevada, 3. 15 A Yes, they're here. 16 Q Oregon, 4. 17 A Here. 18 Q Utah, 3. 19 A Here. 20 Q Washington, 5. 21 A Here. 22 Q Wyoming, 1. 23 A (No response.) 24 Q We'll go through the officers. 25 Brooks McCormick, Chairman. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 9 1 A Here. 2 Q President, excuse me. 3 Vice chair? Vice president? 4 A Here. 5 Q Secretary, Valerie Blanchenay. 6 A Here. 7 Q Treasurer, Toni McGee. 8 A Here. 9 Q Richard Groff. 10 A Here. 11 Q Fritz Marth. 12 A Here. 13 Q Matthew Krywonos. 14 A Here. 15 Q Tony Falcone. 16 A Here. 17 Q Bruno Trapikas. 18 A Here. 19 Q George Chazaro? Peggy Polley. 20 A Here. 21 Q Bill Davey. 22 A Here. 23 Q Carlos Rodriguez. 24 A Here. 25 Q Marypat Bell is now -- RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 10 1 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: There she is. 2 Q Charlsa Moore. 3 A Here. 4 Q Russell Rankenberg. 5 A (No response.) 6 Q Russell is not here? 7 A Jeanne is here. 8 Q Jeanne is here. All right. 9 A new list, evidently. 10 Bill Bosgraaf. 11 A Here. 12 Q Mike Maloney. 13 A Here. 14 Q Barb Trainor is voting for the state. 15 Graham Biles. 16 A Here. 17 Q Our leagues. 18 AYSO, 4. 19 A Here. 20 Q USL, 3. 21 A (No response.) 22 Q Champions League, 1. 23 A Here. 24 Q WPSL, 3. 25 A Here. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 11 1 Q NPSL, 2. 2 A Here. 3 Q U.S. Soccer Showcase League. 4 A Here. 5 Q Two. 6 Going back to the top. 7 Delaware, 1. 8 A (No response.) 9 Q Vermont, 1 -- or 2. 10 A (No response.) 11 Q South Dakota, 1. 12 A (No response.) 13 Q Alabama, 3. 14 A (No response.) 15 Q Mississippi? North Carolina, 5. 16 A Present. 17 Q Tennessee, 4. 18 A (No response.) 19 Q Wyoming, 1? 20 A (No response.) 21 Q USL, 3. 22 A (No response.) 23 MR. CONSELYEA: All right. 24 We'll total those up and be back with 25 you. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 12 1 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: We have the 2 absent deputy director, George Chazaro, absent, 3 correct? 4 MR. CONSELYEA: Correct. And Barb 5 Trainor. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Right. 7 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: How about Graham 8 Biles? 9 MR. CONSELYEA: Graham Biles is here. 10 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. 11 Once again, I will remind you that we 12 have a court reporter. When you get up to speak 13 at the microphone, you need to say your name, and 14 unless it's "Bob Smith," you need to spell it, 15 and you need to tell what your affiliation is so 16 we can have an accurate record of the meeting. 17 And the court reporter can only record one person 18 at a time, so we need to hold our debates to 19 letting one -- whoever is at the microphone 20 speak. And just each time you get up, you are 21 going to need to speak your name and who you 22 represent. 23 The next order of business is 24 confirmation of the transcripts of the 2009 AGM. 25 It is an accurate recording of what was said. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 13 1 It's been reviewed by the court reporting firm, 2 so I think rather than asking for changes, 3 additions, deletions, that we just need a motion 4 to accept the transcript. 5 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: So move. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. A 7 second, please. 8 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Second. 9 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: All in favor? 10 Opposed? Thank you. 11 (Motion passed.) 12 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: That's 13 approved. 14 Communication. Stephanie, do you 15 have anything that you would like to add? 16 Communications-wise or anything like that? Okay. 17 Then while Ken's committee is down 18 there with their fingers and toes doing a 19 credentials report, we'll get into reports of 20 officers. 21 I actually -- I signed the thing down 22 in the left-hand corner because that's where I 23 sat during most of the Summit. When we started 24 down this road in Orlando, I think we were all 25 optimistic, but we really didn't know what to RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 14 1 expect when we got here, and the Task Force did a 2 fantastic job. The preplanning was exceptional. 3 The facilitation was second to none, and I am 4 extremely optimistic that as an organization and 5 as a group, that we are well positioned to move 6 forward with what you have done this weekend. 7 In sitting in the back, I want to let 8 you know that I heard what you said. You want to 9 see progress. You don't want to see this keep 10 getting pushed down the road and pushed down the 11 road and have us have the same discussions over 12 and over again. 13 This is our best opportunity to make 14 progress and start moving this organization 15 forward, and that's what we're going to do. 16 And I am fairly convinced -- 17 actually, I am convinced from talking to the 18 members of the executive committee up here, that 19 they heard you as well. And we expect to begin 20 very quickly in making progress. We intend to be 21 transparent. We intend to communicate. And we 22 intend to use some on-line tools to map out our 23 tasks and to report our progress, so, you know, 24 you can go in any day of the week, day or night, 25 and see where we are, what we've accomplished, RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 15 1 and what we're working on. And as a collective 2 group, we expect to be judged by that progress. 3 There was a lot of discussion today 4 about how we transition from the Summit and the 5 Summit Task Force into how we begin to implement 6 and execute the plan. 7 Now, they have -- consultants have 8 about 30 to 45 days to put the plan together, 9 finalized and to the executive committee. 10 In the meantime, I have asked Tom -- 11 and, Tom, this is not an ongoing thing -- but I 12 have asked Tom and the Task Force to handle the 13 transition. And with the help of the Board of 14 Directors, it's my intention to appoint an 15 implementation task force to oversee this. 16 We all have jobs. We all have other 17 responsibilities. And to expect this body up 18 here to handle every single detail of this plan 19 is unrealistic. We have got some good people in 20 this organization, and we intend to leverage 21 that. 22 If you have an interest in being 23 involved, you know, and if every single one of 24 you wants to, that's absolutely great, but all of 25 you coming up today and saying I want to get RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 16 1 involved, give me something to do, I'm not going 2 to remember all of that, so I just have to take 3 the whole list. 4 What I would like you to do is send 5 me an e-mail. Tell me that you want to get 6 involved. Tell me what your skill sets are and 7 what part you would like to be involved in. 8 If your bent is marketing, I don't 9 want to put you on a task force that's dealing 10 with the referee program. I mean, let's get 11 people where they have skills and where they can 12 be helpful. 13 We have a lot of areas where we have 14 limited resources in this organization. And we 15 are going to have to prioritize the tasks. We're 16 going to have to allocate resources. And the 17 thing I think that's going to be the most 18 important going forward is that we find a way to 19 maximize the abundant resources in this 20 organization, and that we wean ourselves from 21 being dependent on scarce resources. And one of 22 our most abundant resources is our volunteer 23 base, but we need to use you smartly. We need to 24 know what you are good at and what you can do so 25 we have you on the right job. That's how we make RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 17 1 progress. 2 Further, I see us as a distribution 3 model. We are the manufacturer of the product. 4 Our state associations and membership 5 organizations are the channel through which we 6 distribute our product to the end users who are 7 the leagues, referees, and players who play our 8 game. 9 So for us to get better collectively, 10 USASA, as a national organization, has to get 11 better, but each of our member organizations has 12 to get better with us. 13 So what I heard all of you say is, in 14 USASA's getting better, we need to develop 15 resources to help you and your organization get 16 better. And in some cases, if that doesn't 17 happen, we need to have some compliance component 18 to USASA where if somebody is not going to do the 19 job and is underperforming, that we need to take 20 some -- we may need to take some harsh actions in 21 those cases to get them up and running. 22 Hopefully, everyone will want to get 23 involved and get better with us. 24 But with -- one of the big things is 25 to double our membership, okay? For USASA to RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 18 1 double our membership, each one of our member 2 organizations needs to, within 10 percent one way 3 or the other, double the size of their 4 organization, and we need to find a way that we 5 can all do that together. You need resources 6 from us to help you accomplish that task, and 7 that's what we plan to do. 8 Now, as far as using resources that 9 we already have, there are a number of areas 10 where we already have committees or task forces 11 that are charged with components of our action 12 plan. We have a referee committee. We have a 13 technology task force who is a fair way down the 14 road towards developing RFP to bid out our 15 database and our on-line registration program. 16 Now, we are going to slow that down a little bit 17 until we get the report from the consultants 18 because we want to make sure that what they do is 19 in compliance with the wishes of the membership 20 and the recommendation of the consultants. 21 But where we already have a task 22 force in place, we're not going to reinvent the 23 wheel. We will use them, and I would think that 24 the chairmen of the individual task forces 25 involved would probably wind up being on the RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 19 1 implementation committee or task force, whatever 2 you would call it, so we have the input from the 3 people that are putting the rubber to the road in 4 each of the individual areas; part of the 5 collective that helps us move forward together 6 and also helps us do the self-evaluation to make 7 sure that we are making progress. 8 Now, Hank shared something with me 9 just before I came up here. And U.S. Soccer, a 10 number of years ago, redid their logo, and it 11 went from being USSF or U.S. Soccer Federation, 12 to U.S. Soccer, and he said the marketing message 13 behind that was the U.S. was "us." And Hank 14 spoke to us about E pluribus unum and out of the 15 many comes one, and I think we went a long way 16 towards getting there this weekend. Now, we are 17 going to still have occasional disagreements 18 about how we accomplish things, but the vision 19 and the mission are no longer what we're going to 20 be discussing. We're going to be discussing how 21 we get the job done. 22 So that is my vision of how we move 23 forward with what I heard from you today, and I 24 look forward to having people volunteer and tell 25 me what tasks you want to take on, and I look RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 20 1 forward to making progress, letting you know what 2 our progress is, and getting back together at the 3 AGM and at subsequent mid-year meetings and being 4 able to report that this organization is growing, 5 that it's vibrant, and while, yes, we will still 6 have some discussions and some debates, that we 7 are now one organization vibrantly moving 8 forward. 9 We are a forward-looking 10 organization. We're going to stop looking over 11 our shoulder and saying this is the way we've 12 always done it or, you know, this went wrong or 13 that went wrong. We're a forward-looking 14 organization. And I think there's a reason when 15 you get in your automobile, the windshield is 16 that big (indicating), and the rearview mirror is 17 that big (indicating). Because if you are going 18 to get someplace, you better be able to see out 19 the front windshield and not be spending all your 20 time looking in the rearview mirror. 21 That's where I think we are. That's 22 where I think we're going to go. That's my 23 vision of how we get there. And I look forward 24 to having you get in touch with me and tell me 25 what part of going forward you want to play. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 21 1 Thank you. 2 (Applause.) 3 MR. CONSELYEA: I neglected to call 4 Oklahoma the second time. So have they arrived? 5 No. Okay. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. 7 Total votes present, 181. Majority, 8 91. Two-thirds, 121. 75 percent, 136. 90 9 percent, 163. Ken, thank you, and you certainly 10 got that in short order, and I appreciate it. 11 Now, anyone else on the dais that 12 would like -- Region 1? 2? 3? 4? Any of the 13 national officers? Okay. 14 I would like to very briefly ask Mike 15 Maloney to get up. We played a game with Ireland 16 a week or so ago, and to let you know, this was a 17 commitment we made almost three years ago to play 18 a home and away with them. They hosted us in 19 Ireland. The year that we were supposed to host 20 them here, they had an alternative tournament to 21 play in. We did have a commitment to play the 22 game. The money was allocated last fiscal year. 23 We played the game in September. The executive 24 committee approved the funding from last year 25 being spent in September because that was when RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 22 1 the Irish team could come and play. Cal South 2 gave us some assistance -- Cal North, I'm sorry, 3 I'm looking at Rick and saying Cal North. Rick, 4 give me help. You don't have takeover plans, do 5 you? No. Okay. Anyhow, thank you. Then I'll 6 just give Mike a second to get his thoughts, but 7 Mike, go ahead. 8 MR. MALONEY: I would like to thank 9 Cal North for the exceptional job they did. We 10 had a great event. They were there for the short 11 notice that they had put this together, Rick, 12 Jan, and Sean McNaughton, did a great job. 13 Alex did a fantastic job coaching; if 14 you guys have ever seen Alex coach, he is great 15 with the players, sees the potential problems. 16 We did play two games. On Wednesday was somewhat 17 of a closed session, one-nothing, and of course 18 we scored it for them. 19 Saturday was a zero-zero tie. We did 20 lose our mid-fields, we had some injuries the 21 last minute. But what a great game. These 22 players just loved it. The committee came in and 23 helped the team, helped around the facilities, 24 when they could. And it was a phenomenal week. 25 It was -- meeting the Irish team, too, it was a RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 23 1 big, big lesson, and I want to thank Bill for 2 really coaching me on international games. I 3 didn't realize it was a lot of little procedures 4 and stuff I had to go through, and luckily, he 5 kept me from falling on my face on that one. 6 But it was a great game. I think a 7 video is going to be uploaded of that game on the 8 web. I'm not sure when, but we just gave them 9 the disk. Please watch it. You will really 10 enjoy it. We had great players from the East, 11 from the Midwest, South, and West, and it was 12 great. I mean, for a short notice, Alex pulled a 13 heck of a team together, and I hope you guys 14 watch the web, and I enjoyed it personally. It 15 was a great experience. 16 Thank you. 17 (Applause.) 18 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: And, Rick, 19 again, thank you. Your organization just did a 20 spectacular job. The stadium was great. The 21 pipe bands, I think it was a very, very special 22 evening. 23 MR. MALONEY: And the staff too. 24 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: And the staff, 25 yes. Thank you. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 24 1 MR. MALONEY: USASA. 2 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Are there any 3 other committees, committee chairs that would 4 like to give a report? I know Bruno would for 5 the Hall of Fame committee. And thank you, 6 Bruno, for an absolutely fantastic evening, and 7 Dan and Barb, thank you for providing the Navajo 8 so we could help the national team to a win 9 yesterday. 10 MR. TRAPIKAS: A couple of things 11 from the Hall of Fame committee. First of all, 12 we had a great ceremony yesterday, and we're 13 looking ahead to next year's. And just a 14 reminder to everyone that April 15th is the last 15 day that nominations for next year can be 16 received. We have, I know, dozens and dozens of 17 very well-qualified individuals that our great 18 committee will have to review next year. 19 Judging by past history, most 20 applications come in on April 14th or 15th and a 21 lot of them are missing some information. There 22 are a number of very well-qualified individuals. 23 If you nominate someone and don't provide good 24 rationale and sufficient documentation, the 25 committee has no choice but to consider someone RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 25 1 else. And the committee feels pretty strong 2 about this, that you would be doing a 3 disservice -- you know, sometimes, the committee 4 gets a single page, and it just -- it's difficult 5 to evaluate, even if it's someone that everybody 6 knows. You are comparing a lot of very, very 7 good individuals. So that's the message that our 8 committee has. 9 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Thank you. 10 John. 11 MR. MOTTA: Yeah, I just want to -- 12 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Could you 13 state your name, sorry. 14 MR. MOTTA: John Motta, chairman of 15 the referee committee. 16 First of all, I just want to say, 17 thanks to Tim Busch and Massachusetts for hosting 18 a great Veteran's Cup this past year, and to be 19 honest, it was probably one of the finest 20 Veteran's Cups I have seen since I have been 21 involved. 22 And I know I'm here to speak about 23 referees, and I know there was a lot of 24 discussion about referees this weekend and lack 25 of, you know, having qualified referees and the RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 26 1 training. And I have to let everybody in here 2 know that every year, I solicit referees to come 3 to the Veteran's Cup. And now we have brought 4 the Coed Cup back. And there is, in my opinion, 5 not a really -- anything better than to bring 6 your referees to these two tournaments, to get 7 them to try to -- you know, especially if you 8 have young referees in your state that you know 9 have a lot of potential, bring them to this 10 tournament and let them get a flavor of what the 11 adult game is all about, because I will tell you 12 something: Once they go to that tournament, like 13 they did last year, they got hooked on the adult 14 game. 15 And so what I'm going to try to do as 16 part of my 30-day plan is to maybe get a regular 17 referee academy as part of the Veteran's Cup. I 18 know we had female academy that is done with the 19 Federation. But what I am thinking about is 20 getting a male -- just say a regular referee 21 academy that encompasses that whole tournament, 22 whereas if every state would invest in two 23 referees, you know, to bring them into this 24 tournament and we do an academy with them and 25 have some great instructors there and start that RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 27 1 process of getting that training of good 2 referees, I think it will go a long way, because 3 once they get that itch and that feeling it was 4 such a great tournament, they will bring that 5 back, and then they will get 2 or 4 or 6 more 6 referees into that mode of what a great 7 tournament; it's a great opportunity for me to 8 learn. And I just think it will just start the 9 ball rolling. 10 So I know we solicit referees every 11 year. There are some states that are great in 12 bringing and sending referees; others don't even 13 bother. So I would urge that, everyone in the 14 future, you know, to send a couple of referees to 15 this tournament, invest in them, because if you 16 want good referees, it's going to take a little 17 investment on your part also. So here's a great 18 opportunity that is part of our family, so let's 19 all participate. Thank you. 20 (Applause.) 21 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Thank you, 22 John. 23 Jim. 24 MR. SADOWSKI: Jim Sadowski, co-chair 25 of the Coed Cup. If you haven't heard the news, RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 28 1 I've been really knee-deep in a trial. I have 2 found a way to get here, but I asked Jeanne 3 Smith, who is the cochair, to step up, and, boy, 4 did she ever. She's just done an outstanding 5 job. We have, depending on what e-mail you read 6 today, 34 to 35 teams, which is up 11 from last 7 year, a 50 percent growth rate. The folks at 8 North Texas have been tremendous as well, so we 9 are looking forward to a great tournament in 10 about two weeks. 11 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Thank you. 12 Any other committee chairs or committee members 13 that would like to make a report? 14 Okay. We will move on to unfinished 15 business. And I think that with what we did this 16 weekend and that we are now a forward-looking 17 organization, if there is no unfinished business, 18 it is certainly a nice way to start with a clean 19 sheet and move forward. 20 So I will open the floor for any 21 other unfinished business? There appearing to be 22 none, we will move on to amendments to the 23 charter bylaws and policies. 24 And while Dan is coming up here -- 25 Dan and I met last night. If any bylaws are RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 29 1 withdrawn, they are within the notice period for 2 the AGM, so a withdrawn bylaw would require 90 3 percent at the AGM to come back on the floor. If 4 a bylaw is postponed to a date certain at the 5 AGM, that is still a valid bylaw change within 6 the period of notice, so any of them that are 7 withdrawn are done until our next mid-year 8 meeting. Anything postponed can still be decided 9 upon. I'm not telling you you should or you 10 shouldn't. 11 We talked about this last night 12 because we didn't want to inadvertently, if 13 someone said, you know what -- everybody's brain 14 is a little scrambled, I will put this off until 15 the AGM, we just wanted to make sure that it got 16 done in a manner that we didn't accidentally 17 violate notice. 18 Dan. 19 MR. TRAINOR: On that, what Brooks 20 was saying, talking to the people that did submit 21 them -- 22 MR. SCHERER: In a sense of 23 cooperation in light of the Summit, Idaho feels 24 that it's only appropriate to withdraw or 25 postpone all of our bylaw proposals at this time. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 30 1 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. Hold on, hold 2 on. 3 There were two words said there, so 4 we need to -- what I'm going to go over is what 5 Paul and I talked about just a few minutes ago. 6 Some of his are withdrawn. Some of them are 7 postponed. So I will go over what both -- the 8 proponents have been done. We are still at this 9 point going to be looking at two, so let me go 10 through those. So if you get to Tab 5, 102 was 11 withdrawn, 105 was postponed, 203 was withdrawn. 12 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Dan, as point 13 of order, I think to postpone it requires a 14 motion, a second and a vote. 15 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. I will go 16 through this. Then we'll go back to -- I have 17 just been told that we need to have a motion and 18 a second to postpone those, but this is what, so 19 far, has been agreed to. 20 215 is going to be considered. 301, 21 postponed; 702, both 702s postponed; 704, 22 postponed; and the last one is actually a policy, 23 which will be considered. 24 Jim, did you want to say something? 25 MR. SADOWSKI: Yeah, also -- Jim RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 31 1 Sadowski, Metropolitan D.C.-Virginia Soccer 2 Association. Also in the spirit of cooperation 3 of the Summit, we thought it was a good idea to 4 postpone 702, but we want to keep 215. And if we 5 could take the policy change first, I think 6 that's very straightforward and will require 7 little debate. 8 MR. TRAINOR: All right. 9 MR. SADOWSKI: It's the last page of 10 the book, folks. It is pretty simple. If you 11 look on the USASA remittance form, every time you 12 had a duplicate registration, meaning if I played 13 in three leagues in the state of Virginia, I was 14 supposed to pay three times, we did not feel that 15 was -- 16 MR. TRAINOR: Jim, let me put this 17 out of order, because we will get back to that, 18 then we'll start dealing with it. So what I want 19 to do is get the housekeeping stuff done first, 20 which is, so that we do this properly, 102 was 21 pulled or is withdrawn, so we don't need to do 22 anything with that. 23 On the postponement, I will do all of 24 those from Idaho as a motion and a second to 25 postpone those. Do I hear a motion? RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 32 1 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Move for 2 postponement. Cal North. 3 MR. TRAINOR: Is there a second? 4 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Second. 5 MR. TRAINOR: All those in favor say 6 aye? Opposed? Okay. 7 (Motion passed.) 8 MR. TRAINOR: Now those submitted by 9 Metro Virginia-D.C., postponed was 702. And I 10 believe that was it. 11 Yes. Is there a motion to postpone 12 702 presented by Metro D.C.? 13 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Make a motion. 14 MR. PINORI: So move. 15 MR. TRAINOR: Is there a second? 16 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Second. 17 MR. TRAINOR: All those in favor say 18 aye? Opposed? 19 (Motion passed.) 20 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. Now what we will 21 do, we have two that are going to be considered. 22 We will consider -- get back to the right pages 23 -- 215, and then the policy. 24 So what we're going to consider first 25 is the policy, which is the last page. Because RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 33 1 it's a policy, it's a 50 percent vote. What 2 we're going to do, if it -- when we get to the 3 vote is it's a voice vote first. Then if -- I 4 think that isn't sufficient, then we will go to 5 the cards. 6 So, motion to bring that to the 7 floor. 8 MR. LA VIELLE: So moved. 9 MR. TRAINOR: Is there a second? 10 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Second. 11 MR. TRAINOR: Discussion? Jim. 12 MR. SADOWSKI: What we wrote in the 13 book, I think speaks for itself. There is a dual 14 registration fee. Whether or not that's been 15 enforced or not, I don't know. But we felt that 16 it was unfair to basically tax players for 17 playing in more than one league. Players should, 18 of course, register once and have their name 19 submitted and be covered by insurance, but not 20 paying twice or three times, and particularly, in 21 our state, we have probably about 2000 to 2500 22 players who are playing in multiple leagues. So 23 for those reasons, we would ask you to approve 24 this. 25 MR. TRAINOR: And just so people are RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 34 1 clear on what this is referring to, it's on the 2 submittal form where that policy comes into play 3 where there's a separate line item that says dual 4 registration fee on there, and that's where it's 5 coming in. And it isn't in our bylaws book, so 6 that's where it's being seen. 7 Paul. 8 MR. SCHERER: Yeah, I would just like 9 to speak to that. Number 1, you don't have to 10 dual-register your players if you don't want to. 11 In Region 9, in Idaho, what we do is so that we 12 can keep track of those folks that are playing 13 differently, we actually do use that dual 14 registration system, and it works really well for 15 us. And we feel that being able to pass on that 16 $5.50 back to USASA is not a bad thing 17 altogether, and plus we keep a couple of dollars 18 for our administrative costs. 19 We don't see it as a restriction at 20 all for players to play. In fact, we see that 21 as -- oftentimes as a way for players to increase 22 their enjoyment and to play in multiple leagues 23 at different times, in different times of the 24 year when they would -- you know, so we just see 25 it as a more positive thing rather than a RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 35 1 negative thing. And it's certainly not an 2 enforcement that you have to do that. 3 MR. TRAINOR: At this point, then, 4 basically, if it's on the remittance and you do 5 it, it's a requirement by the policy. So to just 6 go against -- 7 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Can I have the 8 microphone just a second to try to clarify 9 something? 10 The concern of USASA is we only need 11 to collect a premium on the player once. And our 12 purpose of having that on the form is so that if 13 you have a dual-registered player, we're not 14 collecting multiple insurance premiums on the 15 same individual. So from an administrative 16 standpoint of USASA, that's what we're asking for 17 and what we need to know. 18 By the way, Brooks McCormick, 19 emeritus referee from Florida. 20 MR. MUNOZ: Diego Munoz from North 21 Carolina. 22 I had a question first before a 23 comment. I'm just looking over the rationale you 24 had included on this, and you had mentioned the 25 individual person should only have to register RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 36 1 and pay registration fees once with USASA per 2 fiscal year. And my concern or question with 3 some concern is how would that affect somebody 4 who registers in North Carolina but wants to play 5 some other state? 6 MR. SADOWSKI: They should register 7 in North Carolina once and not pay again. 8 MR. MUNOZ: That North Carolina 9 player pass would then be valid anywhere in the 10 USASA. 11 MR. SADOWSKI: There's some 12 difficulty in trying to figure out 13 cross-registrations. For example, I may be 14 registered in eastern New York and I may be 15 registered in Virginia, and we don't have a 16 database that solves that problem. But the 17 purpose of this is to not require state 18 associations to pay twice for the same player 19 that they registered. 20 MR. MUNOZ: And that's kind of the 21 clarification I want you to get to because it's 22 not clear in the rationale. When I read this, it 23 seemed like my player pass in North Carolina 24 would entitle me to play in other state 25 associations. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 37 1 MR. SADOWSKI: Correct. 2 MR. TRAINOR: Well, that's also 702, 3 which we are trying not to really talk about 4 today, because that -- it gets into where can a 5 player be registered and still play. So what you 6 are talking about, a registered player pass is 7 valid in any state that allows it because you are 8 going to travel to another tournament, as long as 9 that pass is valid -- 10 MR. MUNOZ: Forgive me. I myself 11 haven't been perfectly clear as well. Not just 12 playing in another state but also be rostered on 13 a team in another league with the same pass. 14 MR. TRAINOR: Then we're back into 15 702, and, you know, we're starting to get into a 16 lot of different ramifications that could be 17 dealt with. 18 MR. MUNOZ: I'm just asking by virtue 19 of what's been written in the rationale. That's 20 why I was asking for clarification. 21 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. 22 MR. LA VIELLE: Rob LaVielle, 23 affiliation, Florida. 24 Could I ask a clarifying question? 25 Other than the insurance on the form, are RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 38 1 there -- is there additional fees that the states 2 are required to pay USASA? 3 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Yes. 4 MR. LA VIELLE: So that really is the 5 question, the additional fees. If I'm registered 6 in one league, that league, and then go to the 7 second one, I don't have to pay the insurance, I 8 understand Brooks' point. But then there's an 9 additional fee that the state is required to pay 10 for the dual registration to USASA. 11 MR. TRAINOR: Correct. That's -- I 12 believe on the form, it's 5.50. 13 MR. LA VIELLE: So it's 5.50. I just 14 want to be clear on that. 15 MR. TRAINOR: $6 -- whatever is on 16 the form, but there is a monetary amount on the 17 remittance form. It does not include the 18 insurance because the insurance is a one-time 19 from calendar to calendar. 20 MR. LA VIELLE: And that makes sense. 21 I just wanted to make sure it was clear. 22 MR. TRAINOR: Fiscal to fiscal, date 23 to date. 24 Tom. 25 MR. MOORE: Tom Moore, Cal North. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 39 1 Just to make absolutely sure, this 2 proposal is to eliminate that 5.50 fee. It has 3 nothing to do with the insurance; is that 4 correct? 5 MR. TRAINOR: That's correct. 6 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 7 MR. ROONEY: Dan Rooney, Connecticut, 8 R-o-o-n-e-y. 9 Connecticut supports the policy 10 change. I think if states want to do it 11 voluntarily, they can do it freely on their own 12 behalf or in their own way. 13 So we would support this change. 14 Thank you. 15 MR. TRAINOR: Anything else? 16 MR. SCHERER: No. I just think I 17 would remind the body that, Number 1, we're going 18 to be looking at a reduction in resources if we 19 remove this dual fee, the USASA. And at a time 20 right now, where I think we're going to be 21 looking for more resources, and I don't think 22 it's appropriate right now to maybe make this 23 change. We can certainly come back and look at 24 it another time. 25 Right now, I think that we're going RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 40 1 to need every bit of resources that we can muster 2 to move forward and make some changes that we all 3 have come in agreement that this Summit is for, 4 and I just don't think it's a very timely action 5 to take by this body. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Go ahead. 7 MS. BRIGGS-MCGEE: As a matter of 8 compliance -- Toni Briggs, Treasurer -- as a 9 matter of compliance, it has not been happening. 10 The numbers on the financial statements are 11 teeny. And so if in the spirit of this weekend, 12 we either comply and do what Paul says so that 13 our resources are there, or we get rid of it, 14 because compliance has probably been since than 15 90 -- I mean less than 10 percent. 90 percent of 16 people don't comply with this. But there's no 17 way for the national office to know who is a dual 18 player. We go exactly by the registration sheet 19 that you turn in, and I know the compliance is 20 extremely low. 21 MR. KAHMKE: John Kahmke, 22 K-a-h-m-k-e, Western New York. 23 Talking about dual registration, we 24 found that a couple of years ago. We are trying 25 to enforce it with one of our leagues, and the RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 41 1 bottom line was, if we enforced it, they were 2 ready to leave, period, over $5.50. That's a 3 matter of another thousand players that you're 4 talking about potentially losing out of your 5 league or out of your state. And I think that is 6 probably one of the cases that's going to happen. 7 And again, just like Jim says, you are talking 8 about a little bit of money, but you are also 9 talking about insurance fees that everybody wants 10 to get rid of because of a little bit of money, 11 and you are going to end up losing that. And I 12 think Jim is exactly right. It should be 13 potentially maybe up to the state to do that, but 14 at the same time, what you have right now on that 15 sheet of paper, everybody needs to comply, and 16 people that aren't -- and trying to do that, you 17 may potentially end up losing a lot of leagues 18 and, again, going unaffiliated just because of 19 that. 20 MR. ROBERGE: Dan Roberge, New 21 Hampshire Soccer Association. 22 I believe, at the moment, if groups 23 are using the on-line service that's available 24 with USASA, it automatically does take out the 25 $5.50 per player. That's what I have seen from RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 42 1 using it this year, so just to let you know. 2 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: We can't hear. 3 MR. TRAINOR: The statement was that 4 if you are using the on-line registration system 5 or rostering, whatever you want to call it, that 6 it automatically takes it out, so that's what the 7 statement was for that. 8 MR. PINORI: Peter Pinori from 9 Eastern New York. 10 I agree with Jim. I don't even know 11 if it's legal for us to charge players twice to 12 register USASA. I think it's $1.50 or whatever 13 your cost is, and then there's another $1.50 or 14 whatever it is, going to the USSF, part of the 15 5.50 whatever it is. I don't even know if that's 16 legal for us to charge a player twice. That's 17 my -- the way I think about it. I mean, we have 18 charged them -- we can't charge them for 19 insurance, that's what Brooks said, so why should 20 we charge them twice to register USASA when the 21 registration year is one year. It just doesn't 22 make sense to me. 23 MR. TRAINOR: Legality is a big word 24 that can get into a lot of things, and we'll get 25 the lawyers all up. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 43 1 But the reality is as a body at some 2 point in time, there was a decision made to 3 charge that fee. How long ago, I don't know. 4 It's been around for as long as I have, which is 5 a whole lot of years in here. 6 So last comment and then we'll go 7 call for the vote. 8 MR. MUNOZ: Diego Munoz from North 9 Carolina. D-i-e-g-o, M-u-n-o-z. 10 I'd asked the question of the office 11 whether this was a bylaw or a policy anywhere in 12 governance, and in fact, it's not anywhere in 13 governance. It's simply something that's on the 14 submission form. And so I bring to question the 15 issue of compliance at all and whether this is 16 even a necessary issue to have to vote on, if 17 it's not in any governance. If it's -- 18 MR. TRAINOR: Well, it is a policy 19 that has been carried on for quite awhile, and it 20 is on our forms at this point in time, which is 21 why -- 22 MR. MUNOZ: If it's not a policy, 23 then -- 24 MR. TRAINOR: It's a policy to 25 collect it. Is it being enforced is a different RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 44 1 issue, two different things at that point in 2 time, so ... That's where we're at. So -- 3 MR. MARION: Can I make a comment on 4 that? 5 MR. TRAINOR: Yeah. 6 MR. MARION: When I first started 7 this some -- oh, Andrew Marion, South Carolina -- 8 when I first started this a few years ago, I was 9 trying to figure out what we were supposed to do 10 as a state association. We had the family send 11 in the registrations, but there was no 12 explanation on the form. There's been no policy 13 manual that expressly states what we're supposed 14 to do. It just assumed everybody knows what to 15 do, because you've been around forever, you know 16 what to do. Somebody new comes along, I don't 17 have a clue, and there's nothing in writing to 18 tell me. So I had that problem. So I hate to 19 admit this, but I did ask a couple of times, and 20 I won't say to whom because I don't want to put 21 them on the spot, but I asked, Well, what is this 22 dual registration? Does it mean players on two 23 teams in a league, or is he in two different 24 leagues? Or is he playing two different states? 25 What does it mean? There's nothing to tell me RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 45 1 what that was. 2 And the answer I got was, don't worry 3 about it; you don't have to do it. You only pay 4 that five bucks if you want to, if you want to 5 get your registration numbers up. 6 Now -- and so I basically, I said, 7 fine. I know I can do that; I don't want to fool 8 with it. Yeah, yeah, that's our system. 9 So, I'm -- I'm with Diego. I'm not 10 clear whether it's a real written policy that 11 people are supposed to do this. I'm not sure 12 where it's written. 13 But in any event, I support the idea 14 of doing away with it. I think it'd simplify 15 things. I don't think it'd make a whole lot of 16 difference in money. Make it easier for the 17 state. 18 MR. TRAINOR: We will call for the 19 vote, and again this is 50 percent, so a "yes" 20 vote at this point removes the dual registration 21 fee from the form. No longer required to put it 22 in. 23 All those in favor of removing? 24 MR. TRAINOR: Hold on. Point of 25 clarification. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 46 1 MS. TRAINOR: Can I ask a question? 2 It might make a difference in this decision. 3 MR. TRAINOR: Say your name. 4 MS. TRAINOR: Barb Trainor, Arizona. 5 Do they count the dual-registered 6 player as a separate player? 7 MR. TRAINOR: Yes, the answer is yes. 8 MS. TRAINOR: Okay. Because we're at 9 250,000 players, and aren't we at risk of losing 10 our status, USASA, if we drop below 250,000 11 players? 12 MR. TRAINOR: 200,000 is the 13 threshold. And if 10 percent or less actually 14 comply, yes, it's an amount. So it is a 15 possibility, and that is something there. 16 MS. TRAINOR: Is that an issue? 17 MR. TRAINOR: Again, that was just a 18 statement. So we'll go back to it. 19 Again it's a voice vote at this time. 20 Voice vote first. All those in favor of removing 21 the dual registration, say aye? Opposed? No. 22 It passes. 23 (Motion passes.) 24 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. Now we are going 25 back, and we are going to consider 215, the fees. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 47 1 Is there a motion to bring that to the floor? 2 There's a slow movement towards the mic. Okay, a 3 faster-than-slow movement. 4 MR. SADOWSKI: Jim Sadowski again, 5 Metropolitan D.C.-Virginia Soccer Association. 6 Let me start off by saying that -- 7 MR. TRAINOR: Hold on, Jim. Is this 8 a motion to bring it to the floor? 9 MR. SADOWSKI: Yes, a motion to bring 10 the proposed bylaw change to Bylaw 215. 11 MR. TRAINOR: Is there a second? 12 MS. BEYER: Second. 13 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. Now. 14 MR. SADOWSKI: Let me start off by 15 saying this: I have been under a lot of pressure 16 to not bring this before the floor. And that's 17 not a bad thing because we just had a -- what I 18 would call a very, very, very good weekend of 19 getting together, working together, solving 20 problems. And I know the drag it is to go 21 through bylaw changes, having sat through them 22 and just sat through one that I thought was going 23 to go quicker than usual. 24 But I thought about it a lot. I 25 thought about it last night. I thought about it RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 48 1 this morning. And at the end of the day, the 2 beginning of the day, I said to myself, What are 3 we afraid of? And we heard people this morning 4 say, we want action. We don't want action in 5 three months; we want action now. And for the 6 state of Virginia to withdraw the request, it 7 would be back to business as usual. 8 So, I again pose the question as to 9 what are we afraid of? Are we afraid of change? 10 Conflict? Debate? Ideas? Innovation? I think 11 the answer to that is no. All right. The 12 marketplace of ideas works. 13 And if you look over on that wall, 14 which is why I positioned myself over here, you 15 see that. The marketplace of ideas work. Change 16 is good. Innovation is good. We should 17 encourage it. We should encourage these debates 18 because when I get into a debate with somebody 19 else or somebody else or somebody else, it 20 requires us to think and to think ahead. And 21 this proposal is thinking ahead. 22 We're in a very, very rapidly 23 changing insurance environment. It is happening 24 as we sit here now. We're in a very rapidly 25 changing soccer environment. There are RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 49 1 competitors out there who are doing better than 2 us, at this particular issue. 3 What we are asking is the ability to 4 shop around. And I would have pulled this 5 proposal as well, but Mike may remember, Mr. 6 Edwards, five years ago, I put forth the same 7 proposal. It wasn't on time. Didn't make the 90 8 percent. Pulled it back. We had an insurance 9 committee. We bid out the insurance. We got a 10 dollar savings at $250,000 a year. And it 11 worked, right? 12 So what we're trying to do here is be 13 innovative, be forward-looking, and allow us to 14 shop this insurance proposal around if the 15 executive committee or the insurance company -- 16 and I think, Fritz, you are going to do a good 17 job with that committee -- but if they cannot get 18 that job done, then we should be able to do it 19 ourselves. 20 This is not going to hurt you. This 21 is not going to drive your premiums up. This is 22 not going to create some huge liability risk. It 23 is only going to allow us to obtain a benefit for 24 our players. 25 And I also think that it's going to RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 50 1 create competition. Competition among the 2 insurance company that we may be able to secure, 3 to bring the bigger policy down, to bring other 4 people into the mix, to get us thinking about it. 5 So for all of those reasons, we would 6 ask that you support this innovative change, 7 forward-looking, let's-get-it-done policy, and 8 pass Bylaw 215 change that we propose. 9 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. And on that, the 10 Rules Committee spent a fair amount of time 11 trying to decide how to deal with that, 12 especially in lieu of what was happening with the 13 Summit committee. Our feeling was that there 14 wasn't enough forward thinking on what's going to 15 happen if we do remove the requirements, so our 16 recommendation was to try to get Jim to postpone 17 it, giving us time to do something for the AGM. 18 Nothing -- your insurance has to be in place for 19 the seasonal year anyway, so nothing is going to 20 change, but until all of the ramifications are 21 looked at, and we need to get our insurance 22 people involved and tell us what the options are 23 if somebody opts out, we talked a little bit 24 about that and some things yesterday on how we go 25 forward. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 51 1 So the Rules Committee -- ultimately, 2 it's your decision, but we really would suggest 3 caution on this, and look to postpone it, giving 4 the insurance committee the time to look at it 5 and tell you back what the ramifications really 6 are, of what will happen if this is put into 7 place. 8 MR. SCHERER: I have a couple of 9 comments on it. Paul Scherer from Idaho. 10 First off, the national trend is for 11 businesses not to offer health insurance. In 12 their rationale, that Jim proposed, it says all 13 of his players in Metro D.C. have insurance. I'm 14 really happy for them, because I can tell you 15 that in my state, not all of our players have 16 insurance. And I would sense that most of you 17 from other states are sitting in the same boat, 18 that not all of your players have this insurance. 19 The next thing that he talked about 20 is that even if his players have insurance, they 21 don't even opt to go use this insurance. Well, 22 I'm sorry. I have it on our web site. We talk 23 to our players about it. Our players really know 24 about this insurance, if they benefit, a big part 25 of USASA. In fact, that's one of their best RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 52 1 benefits, and it may be the only benefit we have 2 at the state level to offer them, the liability 3 insurance and the accident insurance. 4 I have gone out. I have tried to 5 price it, and maybe in your area, Jim, you can 6 get a better price; maybe you can offer that to 7 all of us here. I don't know. Please do. 8 The other thing -- you may not 9 believe this -- but I actually work for an 10 insurance company. The whole idea of insurance 11 is a large pool. When you make your pools 12 smaller, that doesn't often mean that your price 13 goes down. In fact, it often reflects that when 14 you start having losses, your costs will go up. 15 I guarantee that. Okay. Insurance companies are 16 there to make money. They're not going to lose 17 money. 18 I think this is a really 19 inappropriate thing. I think what we're doing is 20 we're taking away benefits from players. If your 21 players don't know what the benefits are, I will 22 be happy to come to Metro D.C. and tell them what 23 those benefits are for you. 24 MR. TRAINOR: Bruno. 25 MR. TRAPIKAS: Bruno Trapikas, Youth RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 53 1 Soccer Coach in Michigan. 2 For a lot of the reasons that have 3 been expressed, you know, I don't feel this is 4 the appropriate time for this proposal, even 5 though conceptually, I think it's a step in the 6 right direction. To give our states options and 7 to give our players options, but this may not be 8 the best time. 9 If, however, this is to be 10 considered, and, at the appropriate time, I would 11 offer an amendment -- I'm not doing it right 12 now -- but I would offer an amendment to include 13 that the bylaw will take effect September 1st, 14 2010, if it's considered because we are in the 15 middle of a contract for insurance. 16 And secondly, if it is to be 17 considered, I would also urge that Section B be 18 deleted because any sort of liability insurance 19 that this organization has affects the entire 20 organization. It is not like a state can buy 21 insurance for its own liability. USASA needs to 22 be named on the same terms as an insured. 23 MR. MARTH: Fritz Marth, chairman of 24 the insurance committee. 25 I see several issues with this RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 54 1 proposal that I think need to be considered 2 before voting on it. One, the player opt-out 3 policy for the medical has no provision that the 4 player opting out have his own medical insurance, 5 and while we may not care if a player does or 6 does not have his own medical insurance, the 7 insurance company does. Because once -- if the 8 player has no medical insurance regardless of 9 what this policy says, they will then go after 10 the liability insurance in place to collect for 11 any medical costs. So that, to me, is a -- 12 something that's missing in here, because this -- 13 by just saying a player can opt out without 14 having to prove that he has medical insurance, 15 that's a significant problem because then it 16 doesn't really save us anything because that 17 player or his attorneys will just come after our 18 liability insurance. 19 So that's one issue. 20 The second issue opting out of the 21 liability insurance, I think conceptually the 22 whole purpose of even having a medical insurance 23 policy is so that we can have a liability policy 24 that covers every member of this organization. 25 So effectively what this policy does -- and of RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 55 1 course, it's up to the national body to decide -- 2 but this would eliminate our national insurance 3 policy, our national insurance coverage, and if 4 this body wants to do that, that's fine. But 5 just keep in mind, after that, then it's every 6 man for himself. And I can't see why USASA 7 should then act as an insurance agent for all the 8 various state associations who want this option 9 or that option. 10 So effectively by passing this, I 11 feel we're effectively going to get away from the 12 whole concept of having a USASA-wide insurance 13 policy, and that's something that needs to be 14 seriously considered before voting on this. 15 MR. SUTTER: John Sutter, North 16 Texas. 17 Several points have been raised that 18 are extremely valid. There are problems in the 19 way that this is set up. The fact that it ties 20 it to the fiscal year rather than a soccer year 21 is a major one because our polices currently run 22 and it makes sense for them to run during a 23 soccer year, not the fiscal year. You want the 24 coverage to apply during the soccer year. 25 So we would need to -- I would put RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 56 1 forth an amendment, if this is going to be 2 considered, that instead of relating everything 3 to the fiscal year, that it be based on the 4 soccer year in both the medical and the 5 liability. That's the first part. 6 The second is, is that it seems 7 extraordinarily difficult to me to tie the 8 medical insurance and an opt-out to an individual 9 player-by-player basis, so the state is then 10 going to have to collect from each person, proof 11 of their insurance. They're going to have to 12 sign a form. They are going to have to go to 13 20,000 people and see if they do it or not, and 14 then what if they are incorrect or they lose 15 their medical if they get laid off or something 16 like that? So having it player-by-player doesn't 17 make sense. 18 If you are going to do it, take the 19 exact same wording that you have for the 20 liability and apply it to the player medical, so 21 if the state opts out and says if we have better 22 medical coverage and we have better liability 23 coverage equal to, or better than the USASA, then 24 the state opts out, we prove that to the 25 satisfaction of the USASA. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 57 1 So that would be the second amendment 2 that I would offer, and I have rewritten it to 3 where that first paragraph mirrors the second 4 paragraph, so the player medical and the 5 liability are handled the same way. 6 To address the subjects of the pools, 7 USASA can still have a pool, and it may be that 8 90 percent still want to go ahead and participate 9 in that because of the buying power that it 10 brings. But you allow the individual state that 11 has the opportunity, potentially, to stand on 12 their own, take a larger deductible, do whatever 13 they want, to have that opportunity as well 14 because I will tell you that we have not had the 15 opportunity to bring in some leagues that we 16 could have because of the insurance coverage, 17 because having it limited and scheduled is not a 18 benefit to some of those unaffiliated leagues at 19 this time. 20 So the concept is a good one, whether 21 or not we do it now or we do it a little bit 22 later, I like the concept of it, but there's some 23 danger in this amendment as it's proposed, that I 24 think we need to add, if we're going to go 25 forward. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 58 1 So I will hold off proposing the 2 amendment to see if we're going to postpone it or 3 not, but if we're not going to postpone, then I 4 want to make those amendments that I mentioned. 5 MR. TRAINOR: Yeah, and procedurally, 6 we have got a lot of problems here because 7 there's a lot of potential amendments to this, 8 based on whether or not we're going to even 9 consider this. 10 So what I would like to find out 11 first, if the body would want to refer this back 12 to committee, let them work through the issues to 13 bring it back, because I think that's the only 14 place that this is going to come out, or we're 15 going to be here until tomorrow. 16 MR. BUSCH: So move. 17 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: I need a 18 motion. 19 MR. BUSCH: I would make a motion 20 that we refer it -- to send it -- 21 MR. TRAINOR: -- motion to send it 22 back -- to send it to the insurance committee for 23 review. There's a second. All those in favor 24 say aye? 25 MR. SADOWSKI: Discussion. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 59 1 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKERS: Whoa, whoa, 2 whoa. 3 MR. TRAINOR: Excuse me. You are 4 right. Pardon me. 5 MR. SADOWSKI: First of all the 6 comment on fiscal year or seasonal year, there 7 was not -- maybe a draftsmanship issue, but we 8 agree that the insurance policy has to run as the 9 gentleman stated -- I'm not sure if it was North 10 Texas -- but I absolutely agree that the rewrite 11 needs to be the state opts out. 12 And again, this is our problem to 13 handle on the individual player checking of this 14 and that, that is our problem to handle. So that 15 amendment is perfectly acceptable to the state of 16 Virginia. 17 On the motion to refer it to the 18 committee, all right, how many times, how many 19 times -- all of you have been here for a long 20 time -- do we send something off to committee for 21 it to die on the vine or somewhere else? This is 22 business as usual. We heard it here today. 23 We're here to make change. We're here to move 24 forward. We're here to get things done. You're 25 not here to bury things in committee and postpone RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 60 1 them indefinitely because we can't deal with them 2 today. And we have shown that we can deal with 3 very tough issues in a very short amount of time. 4 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Dan. 5 MR. TRAINOR: State your name. 6 MR. BUSCH: Tim Busch, Washington 7 state, B-u-s-c-h. 8 I don't have -- and with all due 9 respect, Jim, I believe postponing this to a 10 specific time and date, be that February, to come 11 back and take another look at it, is perfectly 12 fine with me. 13 But we don't have the fact sets. 14 Okay. We certainly have interest in states, and 15 we're all over the map, literally and 16 figuratively, on the issue. I don't know how to 17 vote. If I had to make a decision today, it's 18 going to be "no" and "hell no," because I don't 19 have the facts. That doesn't really speak to the 20 merits of doing this. 21 But I want to know if Metro 22 D.C.-Virginia or North Texas pulled out, what 23 does it mean to the pool for those of us that's 24 there? That's the stuff we're talking about. If 25 it's a good idea, it brings people in, if we do RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 61 1 something better, I'm not opposed to that idea. 2 But the idea that it has to be today, and that 3 somehow we're, you know, we're not moving 4 forward, I believe, is incorrect. I want to see 5 the information that the people that have the 6 expertise can lay out for us so we can see it. 7 So I don't want to postpone it 8 forever. I just think that we can't make an 9 intelligent decision today. So I would prefer 10 that we postpone it until the AGM, and bring it 11 back and get a report from the insurance 12 committee. 13 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Brooks 14 McCormick, President of the USASA. 15 I want to remind you that we are a 16 forward-looking organization, and we're going to 17 try not to look in the rearview mirror. If 18 things going back in the committee in the past 19 has killed it, this is a new day, and I mean, the 20 gentleman from North Texas made a point that I 21 heard. If he is losing new members because of a 22 lack of a provision in our insurance program, we 23 need to look at that. You know, there's a big 24 knot on that board to grow this association in 25 the next five years, and if North Texas can't RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 62 1 register players and there's a way we can fix 2 that that's going to bring in another 10- or 3 15,000 players, then we need to look at that. 4 So, Jim, it's stuff in the past, 5 knowing the committee has killed it, you know, 6 that's the way it was. But this is a new day. 7 We're looking forward. And that's the type of 8 stuff that we need to spend time on, and I assure 9 you Fritz and his committee will give that 10 serious consideration and have a report back to 11 you. 12 MR. TRAINOR: Bob. 13 MR. BLACK: First of all, I agree 14 with Brooks. 15 I'm sorry. Bob Black, North Texas 16 State Soccer Association. 17 And first of all, I agree with 18 Brooks, and I agree with Brooks's statement on we 19 need to look through the windshield and not in 20 the rearview mirror. And I guess I just didn't 21 realize that putting things back in the hands of 22 committees to stall it off for a while, I thought 23 that was in the rearview mirror. I didn't 24 realize it jumped out in front of me again. 25 I guess some of my concern is, at RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 63 1 this moment, is that we were very passionate 2 about taking this, going to committee with it. 3 We have tried to do something with the insurance 4 for four or five years, and we've got miniscule 5 changes, but it's my understanding now, or at 6 least I have been led to believe that we already 7 have a different offering. We already have a 8 different plan. We already have the ability for 9 one of our largest associations to not pay the 10 insurance this year, pay a fee to not have to pay 11 the insurance for this year, and they have their 12 own insurance. 13 But was that sent to the insurance 14 committee? And did they come back with that 15 recommendation to the Board? 16 I guess maybe I'm asking for a point 17 of clarification. Does this already exist as a 18 policy decision rule understanding anywhere? 19 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Two different 20 things. First off, if you thought I was 21 referring to whether or not this went to the 22 committee as forward-looking, I'm not speaking as 23 to whether it should go to the committee or it 24 should not. 25 MR. BLACK: Fair enough. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 64 1 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: I was speaking 2 that if in the past something going to committee, 3 it laid there and died, it's not my intention 4 that going forward that our committees do that. 5 It is this body's decision as to whether it goes 6 back to committee or doesn't. I'm just -- I was 7 making a statement, if it goes back to the 8 committee, I will see to it that they act on it. 9 Fair enough? 10 MR. BLACK: Sure. 11 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Second item, 12 there is a proposed -- I'm not sure exactly what 13 the right term -- but there is a proposed 14 arrangement, for lack of a better term, with Cal 15 South for their membership that is on the agenda 16 to be discussed later. There is not a done deal. 17 It is part of their approval of membership 18 process, and it has only been worked out within 19 the last few days to bring to you, and this body 20 will have the decision to decide whether or not 21 to approve them with membership, and that will be 22 fully disclosed when we get to that point on the 23 agenda. 24 But there have been some discussions. 25 There's something that we're going to bring to RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 65 1 this body, and it's just at a different point of 2 the agenda. There's not an attempt to cover it 3 up. I just -- that's the order of what the 4 agenda was. 5 MR. BLACK: No, I didn't say there 6 was intent to cover it up. I mean, obviously, it 7 didn't get covered real well because a lot of 8 people know about it. So they might want -- 9 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: I mean, it 10 will get covered, but it's just in a different 11 spot in the agenda, and if you want to adjourn 12 and move to that part of the agenda, I don't have 13 a problem with covering it. 14 MR. BLACK: I don't want to hop from 15 one part to another. I'm very content in 16 waiting. Thank you. 17 MR. TRAINOR: Last comment. 18 MR. ROONEY: Dan Rooney, Connecticut. 19 Maybe it would be appropriate to put 20 this off until we have that discussion. 21 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. There's a -- 22 MR. ROONEY: Because that discussion 23 is going to influence a potential decision here. 24 Am I correct? Potentially. 25 MR. TRAINOR: No, I hear what you are RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 66 1 saying. 2 MR. SCHERER: Point of order. I 3 recall, and maybe our recorder -- I'm Paul 4 Scherer from Idaho, maybe our recorder could 5 recall that for us. But didn't we just have a 6 vote to move that to committee and -- 7 MR. TRAINOR: There was not a vote. 8 There was a motion and a second to put it to 9 committee. We're in discussion which we're in 10 now. Now we're getting to call the vote. There 11 was no vote. We're calling -- I called the vote, 12 but I was premature. 13 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Call for the 14 vote now. 15 MR. SCHERER: Call for the vote. 16 MR. TRAINOR: I will leave you -- 17 make any guess what you want. 18 MR. SCHERER: I just want to know -- 19 MR. TRAINOR: We'll cut that one 20 there. 21 Now, the vote is to send it to the 22 insurance committee for review. All those in 23 favor say aye? Opposed? 24 (Motion passed.) 25 MR. TRAINOR: Okay. That passed, and RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 67 1 thank you. 2 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Fritz, would 3 you like to -- I'm going to let Fritz get up and 4 speak on behalf of the insurance committee and 5 tell us whether or not they're going to let it 6 die in committee, so, Fritz. 7 MR. MARTH: It's not our intent to 8 let it die in the committee. As a matter of 9 fact, this is something that has been previously 10 discussed -- and I was remiss, I should have 11 mentioned it at the microphone. I just didn't 12 think it was relevant -- I just -- I didn't want 13 to bring that part of it into the discussion over 14 the bylaw. I just wanted to stick to the bylaw. 15 Over the next several months, the 16 insurance committee will review and assess our 17 insurance policy and prepare a report that 18 presents that review and assessment along with 19 various scenarios and options and what the cost 20 and the repercussions of those will be. 21 Our goal is to have that completed 22 sufficiently in advance of the AGM, so we can get 23 something out to the membership, so that we can 24 discuss this with a little more intelligence 25 behind it so everybody knows what's what. So, RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 68 1 no, it will not die in committee. 2 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. Thank 3 you. 4 We will now move to new business and 5 the approval of Cal South as a full member of 6 USASA. They are currently a provisional member. 7 For us to discuss, I need to have a 8 motion to approve and a second. And then we will 9 -- you need to go to the microphone and give us 10 your name and affiliation. 11 MR. BILES: Graham Biles, Treasurer, 12 Region 4. So move to bring this to the floor. 13 MR. MALONEY: Mike Maloney, second. 14 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. That 15 was Mike Maloney, Deputy Director Region 4 with 16 the second. 17 Okay. Stave Addington and I made a 18 trip to Los Angeles to meet with Cal South to go 19 over all the administrative functions of, you 20 know, how they register with USASA, the logistics 21 of how this was going to work. And about a day 22 before we went out there, we found out that Cal 23 South had already purchased liability insurance 24 and player accident insurance. 25 We went out, met with them. I talked RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 69 1 with Greg Falk, their president, and John 2 Weinert, their CEO, and said it was the policy of 3 USASA that every member participate in our 4 liability insurance and our player accident 5 program. They made the request to me that I go 6 to the insurance company and ask if, because they 7 had already purchased the coverage, if for a 8 one-year period, they could have a waiver or an 9 opt-out, whichever you would want to call it. 10 As at that point in time, they were a 11 provisional member and had made a request, I set 12 up a conference call, that, I think, John was on, 13 Cal South's insurance agent, Tom Hays, and 14 Stephanie, to discuss what information we needed 15 from them to take to our insurance company to do 16 our due diligence and then make a recommendation 17 and bring the information to this body. 18 That information was just finished up 19 this past week. We had an executive committee 20 meeting night before last, and we came up with a 21 solution for one year to recommend to this body 22 as part of approving their membership. And 23 what -- and this is acting on their request, 24 collecting the information, and finding out what 25 we can do. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 70 1 We were told by our insurance agent 2 that our liability policy, they are a named 3 insured, whether they have their own liability 4 insurance policy or not, if there's a lawsuit, 5 that even a bad attorney is going to name USASA 6 and Cal South in that lawsuit, and our insurance 7 company is going to have to respond at least with 8 defense costs, if not with actual damages if 9 there are damages found. So they were unwilling 10 to allow any opt-out to the liability insurance 11 policy. 12 Because of the fact that it is a new 13 member coming in that had already bought the 14 insurance policy on the player accident, they 15 said on a one-year basis, they would be willing 16 to do an opt-out on the player accident coverage. 17 We then determined that a fee of $7, 18 basically if you add the 5.50 and the two bucks 19 and the liability insurance up, I think it's 20 about 1.87, and round numbers are little bit 21 easier, and that quite honestly is how we decided 22 on the $7. And then they are automatically, by 23 being a member, a named insured on our liability 24 policy. We told them we would need certificates 25 of insurance and that we would need to be named RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 71 1 as an additional insured on their policy. 2 I met with Greg Falk. We had a 3 discussion, and he said, I can't approve it, but 4 he said, I believe it's within the parameters 5 that would be acceptable. Is that -- I mean, 6 that's an accurate quote. 7 And I told him that it would have 8 to -- you know, that that was what our Board had 9 suggested, and that I would present it to the 10 membership today. And I asked him what he wanted 11 to do as far as having a vote on their 12 membership, and he requested that I present this 13 to you and that they would be willing to accept a 14 vote to become a member that was not effective 15 until such time as their board of directors had 16 approved the arrangement that we have brought to 17 you. 18 So you guys have to vote on it, and 19 then his board has to approve it. 20 So we are not trying to make a secret 21 backroom deal that only one state is going to be 22 able to opt out of insurance. We are going to 23 have the insurance committee look at the 24 possibility of doing that as an ongoing basis. 25 But as an executive committee, we RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 72 1 were faced with a choice of saying, okay, you 2 know, if you don't want to do it our way, then, 3 you know, go away, don't be a member, and we lose 4 another year worth of player registrations in Cal 5 South; or we try to be accommodating and bring 6 that to you all for you to make a decision as to 7 what you want to do. 8 So that is where we are. Greg, you 9 would have the microphone. 10 MR. FALK: Thank you. 11 I would like to introduce myself for 12 those of you I have not met. I am Greg Falk, 13 F-a-l-k. I am the president of Cal South. Some 14 of you have already met a couple of our people 15 who have been participating in the Summit all 16 weekend, John Mullen, and Luis Salcedo. Luis has 17 been on the Task Force committee. And that's 18 important because that shows our commitment to 19 this organization. We want to be part of this. 20 We want to be part of the future. We see an 21 enormous opportunity for development of soccer -- 22 I should say redevelopment of soccer in Southern 23 California. I see the growth being almost 24 unlimited in terms of where we are and where we 25 can be within the next four or five years. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 73 1 Right now, we've got about 5,000 2 registration. I expect 7500 hopefully soon. And 3 we're doing some incredible things that will 4 bring our numbers into the tens of thousands, I 5 think, very, very quickly. 6 The insurance thing was just a bump 7 in the road, and I hope everybody understands 8 that. We're anxious to become a full-fledged 9 part of this organization. I would be happy to 10 answer any questions anybody has. We'd just like 11 the approval. And, Brooks, you will know that my 12 Board has agreed when you get our check. 13 MR. LA VIELLE: Rob LaVielle, 14 Florida. 15 Could you define the year or the time 16 of when this insurance opt-out would be? 17 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: It coincides 18 with our policy year, which is 1 September '09 to 19 31 August 2010. And just, I guess, for full 20 transparency, their policy, when a player pays, 21 they've bought 12 months' worth of coverage, 22 where ours, the way our insurance agreement 23 works, as long as you pay the premium once a 24 year, you are covered, so you don't have to pay 25 another premium. If I were to register with Bob RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 74 1 Black today on Greg's policy, I bought insurance 2 for 12 months, assuming they renew their policy. 3 So there is some timing issues. So there's a 4 very good chance that at some point between now 5 and the renewal of our policy that they would opt 6 to start paying for the coverage in our policy, 7 rather than paying for coverage in -- you know, 8 six months later they're having to pay for 9 coverage again. But that's a decision that they 10 would make. 11 MR. LA VIELLE: But then the intent 12 would be September 2000- -- September 1, 2010, as 13 an association, you would be paying insurance. 14 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Right. And by 15 then, our insurance committee may well be back 16 with an opt-out for everybody. 17 MR. LA VIELLE: Correct. Okay. 18 Thank you. 19 MR. SUTTER: John Sutter, North 20 Texas. 21 I would like to speak on behalf of 22 welcoming South California or California South 23 into USASA with the concession -- the insurance 24 issue is a minor concession at this point in 25 time. It will be a part of a larger discussion RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 75 1 we have for all of us in the future. But I think 2 in this case, it's more important for us to get 3 an active entity in the southern part of 4 California and worry about the rest later. So I 5 would vote in favor of bringing Cal South in. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Paul. 7 MR. SCHERER: Paul Scherer from 8 Idaho. 9 I would like to also reiterate what 10 John just said. I am just thrilled to see that 11 Cal South -- that we have an organization from 12 Cal South bringing more folks to our membership 13 and the United States Adult Soccer Association. 14 I would like to personally welcome 15 you aboard as well, and I hope that the rest of 16 the body does that also. Yeah, they had a minor 17 hiccup, but who hasn't? I think we open our arms 18 up and welcome the group and let's move on and 19 get this going. 20 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Well, I think 21 when we start standing up, you will agree with 22 what the last speaker said, there's a way to do 23 that and that's to call the question and have a 24 vote. 25 So all in favor of approving Cal RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 76 1 South with full membership and approving the 2 Board's waiver of the player accident insurance 3 for a one-year period, all in favor say aye? 4 Opposed? 5 (Motion passed.) 6 MR. FALK: Thanks. 7 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: I kind of feel 8 like Gerald Ford, when he got on TV and said our 9 long national nightmare is over. 10 Greg, congratulations. Welcome. 11 Thank you very much. 12 (Applause.) 13 MR. FALK: I would also like to thank 14 Brooks, because he's -- how many times have you 15 been out to Southern California? 16 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Six or seven, 17 I think. 18 MR. FALK: And he's bought a condo in 19 Fullerton. 20 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Yeah. And 21 Greg is going to wind up being my divorce 22 attorney if I keep going out there. 23 Is there any more new business to 24 come before this body? Then, I will move -- oh, 25 okay. RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 77 1 Karon. 2 MS. BEYER: In an effort to make 3 these meetings a little bit shorter, in our 4 state, we use what is called a consent agenda. 5 And I don't know if everybody is familiar with a 6 consent agenda, but I would like to propose that 7 for future meetings, Items 4, 5 and 6 on our 8 agenda become consent agenda items. What this 9 means is, as long as nobody wants to talk about 10 it, we get to skip over it. 11 So I would like to put that out as a 12 proposal, a motion. 13 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Is there a 14 motion -- is there a second to Karon's motion? 15 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Second. 16 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Do we need to 17 have any discussion? 18 MR. PINORI: Yeah, I want to have 19 discussion. Peter Pinori, Eastern New York. 20 Items 4, 5, and 6 usually don't take 21 any time. So I don't see how we save time. 22 Usually, they don't take any time at all. It's 23 just a matter of bringing it up and everybody 24 says aye and we go on. That's not the issue. 25 The issue is when we put new laws into place and RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 78 1 everybody has a discussion. So, I mean, we're 2 okay either way with it, but I don't think it's 3 necessary. 4 MR. SCHERER: Got a yellow card for 5 that. 6 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Yes? 7 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I don't know 8 if this is -- would be appropriate, but -- 9 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: And while I 10 know you, could you please -- 11 MS. LANGENWALTER: Oh, sorry. Erin 12 Langenwalter, L-a-n-g-e-n-w-a-l-t-e-r, from New 13 Mexico. 14 Did I hear mention of an RFP for 15 technology services, and if so, where is that 16 RFP? I looked on the web site and haven't seen 17 it. And if so, do we have a place where other 18 RFPs are posted? 19 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: It's under 20 development. It's not done. The technology 21 committee is currently working on it. And it 22 will -- once it's out and has been reviewed by 23 the Board of Directors, we certainly have no 24 problem with putting it out on the web site so 25 people can see it. And I will tell you we RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 79 1 currently have somewhere between 8 and 10 vendors 2 that are on the bid list that will be sent the 3 RFP. And certainly we'll make it available and 4 let people -- I mean, yeah, we want to have it 5 out on the web site so people know that it's out 6 there and that they're capable of doing the work, 7 we want them to bid on it. 8 MS. LANGENWALTER: Well -- and 9 obviously getting it out to other vendors that 10 may be interested in responding. 11 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Since you are 12 up, I answered the question, but I really was out 13 of order because we got a motion on the floor. 14 But thank you. 15 MS. LANGENWALTER: Yes, sorry. 16 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Yes. The 17 motion was seconded. Who seconded the motion? 18 We did not get a -- 19 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Iowa. 20 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Your name, 21 sir. 22 MR. ALBERTSON: Jim Albertson. 23 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. 24 Any more discussion on Karon's motion 25 to make Items 4, 5, and 6 consent items? All in RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 80 1 favor, aye; opposed, no. 2 (Motion failed.) 3 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: Okay. Well, I 4 think that very clearly failed. But I get your 5 point, Karon, we will try to be pretty quick on 6 all of that stuff. 7 Thank you. 8 Any other new business? 9 Good of the Game. 10 I think this weekend was the best 11 example of the Good of the Game I have seen in 12 soccer in one hell of a long time. So give 13 yourselves a round of applause. 14 (Applause.) 15 PRESIDENT MC CORMICK: There being no 16 one standing up for the Good of the Game, it's 17 now time to roll up our sleeves, get to work, 18 safe travels home, and let's start moving 19 forward. Thank you very much. 20 You need to turn your voting cards 21 back in. If you just want to move them, yeah, 22 get them to Stephanie or one of the credentials 23 people, so we get the package back. 24 If you were on the Task Force for the 25 Summit, please go over to that wall. If you were RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 81 1 a facilitator or a Summit Task Force member, go 2 over to that wall. Tom O'Shea would like to 3 record this photographically for future 4 posterity. 5 (Recessed at 11:40 a.m.) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 RESLING SPORTSCRIPT, INC. 82 1 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE 2 3 I, DEBRA K. 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