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Minutes of September 1, 2004 Board Meeting
Present: Matt Cone, Mark Larson, Kris
Snider, Effie Wardenburg, Gail Loveland, Coco Hess, Steve Corley, Erik
Smith, Tom Wehe, Scott Wiley and Gail Shelton.
Mission: The Mission of US Lacrosse is
to ensure a unified and responsive organization that develops and promotes
the sport by providing services to its members and programs to inspire
participation, while preserving the integrity of the game. We envision a
future, which offers people everywhere the opportunity to discover, learn,
participate in, enjoy and ultimately embrace the shared passion of the
lacrosse experience.
Washington Chapter Structure: The
Chapter is made up of three entities in the budget:
The Unified Budget promotes both men�s and
women�s events together
The Men�s Council Budget promotes programs
for the men
The Women�s Council Budget promotes
programs for the women
The chapter does not run the various leagues or referee
organizations, but supports the efforts of these groups through services and
programs. Matt will be attempting to find people who want to get involved
who are not involved in the day-to-day lacrosse efforts such as coaching,
running leagues, refereeing etc.
Matt will be the Webmaster for the Chapter portion of
walax.com
The Men�s and Women�s Councils (Effie and Steve) need
to identify a high school boy and girl to sit on each Council.
Field availability will continue to be an issue for
many teams. Kris Snider will continue to be liaison for the Seattle-based
teams and Tom Wehe will serve as liaison for the Eastside-based teams.
These gentlemen will not locate available fields but will act as a resource
for teams needing fields.
Budget: Matt reviewed the budget process
for 2005. There are several ways the Chapter raises funds.
The Championship Games
is a unified event for all ages. The consensus is that an event site other
than Seahawks Stadium will be good for the event. Memorial Stadium is being
considered which is less risky and requires less effort from volunteers. A
chairperson needs to be identified immediately and Matt is working on
filling that position. Perhaps an organization that manages these events
professionally is the answer. Gail Loveland will send Matt a list of names
of organizations that Starlight Foundation has used in the past. Smitty
will look into Seahawks Stadium and Memorial Stadium and Kris Snider will
check Husky Stadium.
LaxBash � Another
fund-raising event for the Chapter. Matt is working with Seattle Men�s Club
to co-host the event with the Chapter with excess funds going toward the
Chapter. This will be an adult only event.
LAXFEST � Mark Larson
has again this year stepped up to take control of LAXFEST 2005. He will be
working with the Men�s and Women�s Council to structure this event.
Hall of Fame � Kris Snider will be
working on the formation of the Washington Lacrosse Hall of Fame with
selections by the end of the year and induction in the Fall.
Newsletter � Matt will be using an HTML
publication tool to send out a monthly newsletter to all members of the
Chapter to keep them informed.
Video Library � Tony Olney has been in
charge of the Library for two years and would like to expand it
considerably. It was suggested that the tapes be given to the King County
Library System to be checked out. Matt will talk with Tony about this idea.
Proposed 2005 Budget - Matt passed out
the proposed budget and discussed each with the Board. Effie Wardenburg is
the Chair of the Women�s Council and Kris Snider is the Chair of the Men�s
Council. Within the next thirty days each Council needs to let Matt know
how they would like their money allocated. Tony has already begun working
on clinics for coaches and Erik Smith is doing the same for officials.
WIAA � The Chapter will support the boys
and girls high school Boards by providing information, acting as liaison
between other states and USL (national has resources also), but the role of
the Chapter is to support not make the decision to go or not go WIAA.
PCA � The Men�s Council felt if PCA was
part of the coach�s clinic at all, it should be a very abbreviated
presentation. The Girls Council will not be presenting PCA at the coach�s
clinics this year.
Please send any changes in contact information to Matt
Cone as soon as possible.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M.
Gail Shelton,
Secretary
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