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Minutes from CGLA General Board Meeting February 5 th , 2008 at 6:30 pm
South Suburban Park and Recreation District Goodson Center,
6315 S. University Blvd, Centennial, CO 80121
Participants :
Melissa Griese Cougars
Tom Leovic Columbine
Pam Kochis Highlands Ranch
Elizabeth Erhardt Boulder
Shannon Eller South Suburban
Kris Call Creek Indians
Alex Vigil Native
Chris Buechner Mountain Lacrosse
Lisa Padgett Mountain Lacrosse
Mike Gordon Patriots
Amy Lane Denver Bandits
Rob Singer CAMLC
Jim Erickson CIGL
Chantal Gemperline Fort Collins
Rich Morgon Panthers
Sara Munro Blue Sky
Joel Hoffman Spartans
Stacey Todd Summit Lax
Brian Schaefer Summit Lax
Chris Cassidy Rangers
Don Bryant Rangers
Mike Gordon Patriots
Mike McKinley Rangers
CGLA Board
Kate Dresher ED
Marc Luckett President
Kristin Linhardt VP
Kim Wallace Member at Large
Chris Cosentini Secretary
Marc called meeting to order at approximately 6:40 pm
Motion to approve the November 17 th meeting minutes was called, seconded and unanimously approved.
Due to the vast amount of information to cover for the evening the Executive Director started with her report and handed out copies to the participants.
1. The Colorado Springs clinic had 38 girls in attendance; Susan Stewart and her players gave a great clinic.
2. Clinic at All City Stadium February 23 th - see website for details.
3. Kate announced that CGLA needs the club administrators to submit copies of coaches US Lacrosse Level 1 Coaching certificates with their team registration.
4. CGLA mandatory coaches clinic February 27 th at;
the Denver School for Science and Technology
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Please tell your coaches to arrive early as parking close to the school is very limited.
5. Rich Morgan gave a tutorial on MYLacrosseleague.com. Rich provided a hand out on signing on as an administrator and as a coach. This is a very rough summary:
- Admins assigned a password and ID. DO NOT CHANGE THE PASSWORD
- Keep the assigned password so Rich can help you when you forget it
- Add teams by coaches last name (make not of coaches with more than one team, give different names. Coaches last name = Team name
- Age = Grade
- Class level = Div. I
- Enter team as a travel team
- Press ADD TEAM
- Put in Game Fields only
- If no coach enter TBA - can still schedule the team without a coach
- Admin can change time on their field, but only their field. When rescheduling use Game # to identify the game. Important information: game #, original date and time, original opponent, where you want the change made to.
6. Officials will not use Mylacrosseleague; CWLOA will post the officials and schedule on their website
7. Discussion on 6 th grade checking. Girls youth rules allow Level A to play modified checking. Rich Morgan made a motion to allow 6 th grade gold to play modified checking. Motion passed 13 in favor/4 against.
8. Waivers needed for 7 th grade players on an 8 th grade team.
Recommendation was made for all coaches and administrators to read the rules posted on cglax.com
9. Enforcement of sideline managers - officials will check for a sideline manager at the start of each game. The game will not start until sideline managers have been identified. The time to find a sideline manager will be taken out of the game time.
Sideline managers to email Marc Luckett with problems and complaints marc@girlslacrosse.org
10. Admins need to contact Mary Cate Slay at USLacrosse for sideline badges and purple cards.
Contact: mslay@uslacrosse.org or 410-235-6882 ext. 149
11, Rosters - each team should exchange rosters at the start of each game.
12 . 6 th grade ALL- STARS - Voted on by teammates; put together 4 teams to go to Vail and play 3 games. Please discuss with your teams, this is a fun program with great coaching!
13. Check USLacrosse.org or the rules for the field marking and dimensions for the 4 th grade teams. Smaller field 50 by 25 yards.
14. March 15 Scrimmages at Lorenz Park
- Used as training for new officials
- New players will get a game situation
- Parent clinics held on-site "ask-a-ref"
- Cost determined by number of teams
- Sign up the end of February (coming soon)
15. Field Consolidation
Many clubs are restricted by park district rules and/or insurance to only being allowed to use a field if one of the clubs is on the field. The goals is to consolidate to 4 or 5 fields each weekend. CWLOA is committed to providing refs for 5 fields.
Home team will need to bring their own equipment. Home team will be shown on Mylacrosseleague.org.
Sunday will only be used to schedule games if necessary, based on the number of teams and fields.
16. Preliminary schedule will not be able to account for each clubs spring break
17. Discussion of clubs requiring background checks on coaches. USLacrosse is considering requiring this. Discussion led by FBI agent discussed the use of background check. He recommended using social security numbers to minimize the number of false positives.
18. Chantal to help Kate with cards for R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Important DATES
February 23 - Free player clinic at All-City Stadium
February 27 - CGLA mandatory coaches meeting and training at DSST
BY FEBRUARY 28 ALL HEAD COACHES SHOULD HAVE USLACROSSE TRAINING
Dates for Scheduling
Rich Morgan needs the following information to load teams into mylacrosse. He needs teams, coaches, level and grade.
2/19 - Kate will send out email with teams and divisions from the forms turned in tonight
2/22 - Questions/Changes back to Kate
2/22 - Kate sends teams and divisions to Rich Morgan
3/1 - Preliminary schedule from Rich
3/4 - Changes to Rich by email ( morgoons@yahoo.com )
3/14 - FINAL SCHEDULE
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