2016
Banquet Meeting @ St Cecilia Academy
Attendance
= 96 members
Meeting
Started at 645pm. Daryl Pater was MC for the night.
Food
served was - Shepherd's pie, chicken, roasted red potatoes, green beans, roll, drink
and dessert. Officials helped serve the food.
Attendance gift was a portfolio.
Guest
Speakers - Mark Reeves (TSSAA) and Otey Smithson
(TSSA / Asst Coach Brentwood Academy)
Mark spoke briefly about the
upcoming background checks, pay increase starting in the Fall and Girls
Moving to Spring, which logistically won't happen.
Otey
spoke about things that coaches like to see and don't like to see in
referees. His main info he wanted to impart is that the game is not about
the official but is about the kids and just get out there and do a good job and
treat the coaches with respect and they will do the same.
Dennis Beard gave out the service awards for TSSAA
membership.
New Referee of the Year - Ariel Morris
Referee of the Year - Michael Myszka.
Daryl gave out some door
prizes.
He also passed out the summary sheet of the new Bylaws revisions that the
Bylaws Committee ( Daryl Pater, Paul Beck, Bobby Batson, John Rafter, and
Timmy Stewart ) worked on the last several months.
Summary of Bylaw Changes
Article 1 (Old Article 1 and 2)
1.
Updated
language to be focused on non-college schools
2.
Added
language to make document clear and consistent
Article 2 (Old Article 5)
1.
Many
wording changes to be clear and consistent
2.
Added
and combined details on how to be eligible for membership into a single section
3.
Combined
Dues requirements into a single section
4.
Listed
all of member conduct requirements from old bylaws into a single section and
added info
on
how to interact with Board
5.
Added
a section on how voting works for the member
6.
Added
a section on how member discipline works and process to remedy
Article 3 (Old Article 3 & 4)
1.
Added
Definition of Board Quorum
2.
Defined
how presidential tie breaking vote works
3.
Cleaned
up wording to remove ambiguity where required
4.
Added
several administrative duties of the board to cover discipline, hearings, money
and fees
5.
Cleaned
up election meeting language
6.
Added
some duties that the board has always done, but were not written down, like
appointing
assessors,
or creating committees.
7.
Added
an additional appointed Board member to represent quality control
8.
Cleaned
up how nomination, elections, voting and how tie breakers work for Board votes
if
more
than 2 are running.
9.
Added
process to cover when a Board member leaves, or needs to be removed for gross
misconduct
and how to take these steps
10.
Cleaned
up term of office wording for each Board Member
11.
Cleaned
up voter eligibility language to be consistent with Article 2
12.
Cleaned
up each Board Member’s written duties to align with new bylaws and current
operations.
Article 4 (Old article 6)
1. Wrote and revised process for how amendments to the bylaws can be made
They will be presented at the next two meetings.
The proposed new Bylaws changes will be emailed to the membership shortly.
Devinder
Sandhu
got up and briefly spoke about supporting the Nashville FC, which plays
in the NPSL and plays at the Vanderbilt Stadium. He asked for officials
to go to their website at http://www.nashvillefc.net/ and
join one of the sponsorships to take part ownership in the team. He also
spoke about the upcoming US Women's National Team matches that
are being held in Nashville at Nissan Stadium and to get out and support that
event. It is a great honor to have these caliber of teams decide to play
in Nashville . Also, when the stadium was being designed, Devinder was
instrumental in making sure the field was done to soccer specs and this
is one of the reasons that we are able to host these type games
here. Congrats to Devinder for keeping soccer alive and well
in TN.
Tony
Sheets and Sarah
Ann Jones checked everyone in and distributed the door prizes and
did a great job overall on the banquet. There were some great looking
table settings that Sarah Ann is famously known for creating.
The meeting was then adjourned around 815PM and everyone was advised to drive
home safely.
The current season's attendance is available soon on the website. www.mtsoasoccer.com
MTSOA Spring 2016 Meeting Dates at Hunters Lane High School
- Room 105. @6:30 pm
March 7
April 4
May 2
See you on the field or at the next meeting.
--
Paul G. Beck
MTSOA Secretary
Cell- 615/969-4330
Email: bareck@mindspring.com
Twitter: @MTSOAsoccer