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WPSL
CONFERENCE CALL
May 20th, 2003
8:00 PM PDT/11:00 PM
EDT
TEAMS
REPRESENTED
Denver
Diamonds (Denver,
CO.) - Scott
Dedycker
Elk Grove Pride (Elk
Grove, CA.) - Frank
Vellutini
Ajax Southern
California (Los
Angeles, CA.) - Jeff
Thomas
San Diego WFC (San
Diego, CA.) - Lu
Snyder
California Storm
(Sacramento, CA.) -
Jerry Zanelli
Central Valley F.C.
Rebels (Modesto,
CA.) - Hervi Rualo
Maryland Pride
(Millersville,
Maryland) ö Jack
Wetherson
New England Mutiny
(Springfield, MA)
ö Joe Ferrara
San Francisco
Nighthawks (San
Francisco, CA.) ö
Colette Hanlon
Sonoran Thunder
(Tucson, AZ.) - Mark
DeBenedetti
East Bay Power
(Orinda, CA.) -
Ernesto Silva
New York Vendaval
(New York, NY) ö
Cathya Espinoza
TEAMS
NOT REPRESENTED
Utah Spiders (Salt
Lake City, UT.) -
Jamie Schock
Rhode Island Rays
(Wakefield, RI) ö
James Kelly
1.
SCORE ö Jeff
Thomas and Colette
Hanlon have been
unable to get in
touch of SCORE to
discuss the WPSL
ball situation. They
will work to get
this resolved as
soon as possible.
2.
The Lady Arizona
Sahuaros will play
the Utah Spiders in
Utah on May 24th in
place of the Houston
Stars.
3.
The league gives
thanks to those
Provisional teams,
Northern California
Blues, Lady Arizona
Sahuaros, Houston
Stars, that have
stepped in to fill
our scheduling gaps
this year.
4.
Joe Ferrara will be
the Eastern Division
Coordinating
Commissioner.
5.
As a general rule,
player registrations
must be received by
Thursday so that
registrations will
be completed by
Friday noon when
rosters are due
before the weekend
of play.
6.
Motion by Jerry
Zanelli to interview
someone to recruit
new teams after
September 1st, when
the entry fee is
raised to $2500. The
recruiter would be
paid $500 for each
team recruited.
Motion carried.
7.
World Talk Radio
will host a soccer
show every week and
will dedicate 15-20
minutes to the WPSL.
Everyone has agreed
to be a participant
on the show. Lu
Snyder will
coordinate the
schedule. They
are also connected
with
www.matchday.com and
will post our game
scores every week.
Each team must phone
in their scores to a
designated phone
number that Lu will
provide.
8.
90:00 Minute
Magazine is working
on getting the
league Press
Releases on the
Associated Press
wire.
9.
Frank Vellutini
proposes that each
team provide the
contact information
for local press to
Colette Hanlon, who
can then distribute
weekend game scores
to the local press
every Monday. He
will work with
Colette Hanlon to
coordinate this.
10.
By-law changes
approved by the
league:
a) The WPSL has the
power to suspend or
expel teams.
b) The WPSL reserves
the right to waive
entry fees and bonds
for new teams at its
discretion.
c) New teams
applicants entering
the league by
September 1st pay a
$2000 entry fee.
After September 1st,
applicants pay a
$2500 entry fee.
d) New teams, as
well as existing
teams, can be
required to put up a
$5000 bond, letter
of credit or escrow
account by a
majority vote of the
Board of Directors.
The money will be
returned at the end
of the year, if
there are no
forfeits, past due
league fees or
unpaid claims.
Effective
immediately.
e) If a team is
suspended or
expelled, players
can be transferred
for a $5 transfer
fee.
11.
Frank Vellutini will
head a committee
that will decide
upon a process for
dealing with
financial dispute
claims.
12.
Motion that six
teams in Florida
come into the league
as
provisional teams
this season. They
will be asked to
handle
scheduling on their
own. Motion carried.
13.
Motion that Ripon
Youth Soccer
Association take
over the Chico Quest
schedule as the San
Joaquin Valley
Soccer Academy
Quest. Motion
carried.
14.
Minutes of the
Central Valley FC
Rebels and San
Joaquin Valley
United Hearing were
reviewed and
accepted.
15.
Clarification of the
Soft Red Card and
Serving Ejections
By-Laws. Both yellow
cards must be
violent in order for
the player to serve
a suspension.
Players issued a red
card or two violent
yellow cards must
serve the minimum
one game suspension
the next league
game. Teams may
appeal to the
Director of
Operations, Colette
Hanlon, before the
next scheduled game.
If they lose the
appeal they will be
required to pay a
$200 fine to the
league.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at
9:33 PM. Next
meeting scheduled
for June 11th at
7:00 PM PDT, 10:00
PM EDT as a
conference call.
Minutes
respectfully
submitted.
Colette Hanlon
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