Meeting began at 7:42pm at Loma Vista Elementary by BG Sick, President.

The October Board meeting minutes was approved and recorded by Angela McKeown , Secretary.

President Report by BG Sick:  BG is going to email the Head Coaches in regards to his BYSL meeting. There was an issue where the Lead Referee did not show up at a game that was played at Neighborhood Church and other people had to ref the game. Bruce asked a question on the process of when this occurs if there is a procedure when this occurs. Payment to the ref has not been issued and a question was if these folks who referred will be getting paid. Beth will be taking care of the payments for the people that referred. Another concern was brought up to have a Field Marshal at the home games at CHS. We will be having two parents take on this task for this weekend games on Saturday and Sunday. A suggestion was provided for next year to provide a committee on selecting a Field Marshal based on criteria that would be proposed by the BUSC Board.

Treasurer Report by Beth Romig, VP Administration: Bank Account #1 Tri Counties Bank Account for October  2009 ending balance = $23,190.91.  Bank Account #2: October 2009 ending balance = $640.95. Treasurer report was approved and recorded by Angela McKeown, Secretary.

Registrar Report by Cindy Sick: Not Present

New Business:  The Director of Coaches – Rob Robbins reported that for next year he will put in place a Coaches Meeting before the soccer season starts and will conduct some meeting during the season. Rob felt that this was an opportunity that he missed out on and is open for suggestions in this matter.

The bulk of the meeting concentrated on the BUSC Age Appropriate Policy. The US Club Soccer philosophy hand out and the Nor Cal Premier Soccer mission statement was distributed to meeting attendees. Several points of discussion were entertained in regards to the proposal that Mike Hernandez and Wally Leese drafted. Mike would like Head Coaches to email him in regards to suggestions to the Age Appropriate Policy. Matt Teague proposed that our club is not big enough to impose this new policy. Matt indicated that the BUSC does not advertise the club accordingly and perhaps a committee could be formed to concentrate on these tasks. Some of the coaches that attended the meeting were not in favor of this policy due to the older divisions. Pam Jackson’s concerns were address by Tom Mejia in regards to athletes being allowed to play up and that starters should be based on more than just their ability. Many coaches concurred with Pam’s comments. The Age Appropriate Policy is written as a process in how a parent and athlete can petition the BUSC to play up. Mike is open to suggestion on this matter and this topic will care over to the next board meeting.         BG Sick called the meeting to end at 9:25pm.