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CSBL Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Date 7/9/26 Time 3:00-5:00 Location -Soccer Unlimited
Present: Bob Corcione-commissioner; Jim Thompson, Vince DigGulio, Dan DiGiacomo, Andy George, Frank Crisafulli, Geoff Coufal via phone
Absent: Tom Swimm, Mark White-resigning
Items:
- Mark White announced his resignation from the Board. Butch Ostrander resigned from the Board in January. We need to appoint 2 new Colonie division representatives to the Board. Geoff brought up the point that we should strive to post all openings to the Board and captain positions to promote an open system that encourages participation for league members. Geoff also proposed that we should strive to limit the number of captains who also serve on the Board to one from each division to keep the Board open to more player representatives to encourage wider participation in leadership and to have more diverse perspectives besides captain perspectives. This was accepted as a guideline for recruitment. Doug Meyer has expressed interest to be a captain. It was proposed that he would also be a good candidate for the Board. Frank will speak to him to see if he would accept an appointment to the Board and the Board voted to approve him if he accepts. Bob will send a notice to league members to announce openings for 1 or 2 Colonie division Board positions.
2. As a temporary measure until permanent assignments are made: Frank will compile individual player season statistics, Dan will manage the Colonie division Wait List, and Jim will maintain the Albany division Wait List.
3. There is indications that many high ranked Colonie division players may not be returning to play this season. There is concern about the total number of players who will be available to fill rosters and sub positions this season. Bob will send a notice to current captains directing them to query their players from last season to get an accurate count of who is returning and who is withdrawing from roster positions for the upcoming season. They should report back to Bob within 1 week. It was also proposed and approved to change the Wait List rankings to give more flexibility when assigning subs. It will be mandated that captains must accept an assigned sub within the designated ranking. There are multiple reasons and benefits to a team and to the league to assign a sub for each vacancy. The team gets a full roster and the games can be competitive. Players who are on the Wait List get more opportunities to play and participate in the league. Each sub assignment generates needed revenue for the league. Each time a captain declines a sub and plays short handed is a loss of revenue to the league.
The new rankings will be:
A – players rank 1 or 2
B – players ranked 3 or 4
C – players ranked 5 or 6
D – players ranked 7
4. Frank proposed that the Board establish the guidelines for draft procedure for each division and that the Colonie division change to a system currently used by the Albany division. The proposal is that the draft order is determined by lottery rather than ranking the captains as currently done. The draft will proceed in a snake format with captains picking in lottery assigned order 1-7 in the first round, 7-1 in the 2nd round, then back to 1-7 in 3rd round, 7-1 in 4th round, 1-7 in 5th round, 7-1 in 6th round and 1-7 in 7th round. Each captain will be assigned a rank and they will select themself as their pick in the round of their assigned rank. For example if a captain is ranked as a #1 he will pick himself in the 1st round. A captain ranked #5 will pick himself in the 5th round,, etc. Frank will put this in an email to the Board and final vote can be done in the email. Voting will be done after at least one new Colonie division Board member is in place.
5. There was discussion about issues concerning specific Colonie division captains and how they manage playing time. There was extensive discussion of the issue and feedback received from players. Bob will talk to the captains involved. It was decided that Mike Dorr will be designated as a non-playing captain and he will select an extra player in the draft.
6. There was discussion about the existing 3 minute per quarter playing time rule. It was decided to keep the rule but change it to a 4 minute rule where player entry would occur at the first dead ball after the 4:00 minute mark.
7. The league’s cash reserve has decreased over the last 3 years and is at about $5,000. The primary reason has been the rapidly increasing cost of the banquet. Banquet cost has risen from $50 per person to $80 per person and cost $7,000 last season. We discussed options of charging players for the banquet or doing 50/50 raffles to raise money for the banquet. No decision made. Bob will prepare a budget analysis report
8. Bob will send a notice to players asking them to start the on-line registration process for next season
9. There was a discussion regarding the game schedule format. We currently follow a 1-2-2-1 format alternating division games one week and a 3-3 format the next week. It was proposed to change it to a permanent 3-3 format so all 3 games in each division all grouped together every week. The AM and PM game blocks will alternate between divisions each week. The measure was approved by a 5-1 vote.
10. Bob will select dates for 2 Board meetings before the start of the season
Prepared by
Geoff Coufal