MSLA Meeting Minutes
September 2003
 

MSLA Minutes from the September 18, 2003 Board Meeting

 
1.  The meeting was called to order by Jay Coleman.
2.  The June 2003 minutes were approved.
3.  Treasurer’s Report was presented by Ren Pettinelli. 
4.  Election of officers
  A)  President – Jay Coleman returned as president.
  B)  Vice President – Ren Pettinelli (last year’s treasurer) was elected vice president
  C)  Treasurer – Jerry Olive was elected treasurer.
  D)  Secretary – Doug Hejna returned as secretary
Election of Committees
  A)  Tournament Committee – J C Dillon, Ren Pettinelli and Keith Templin.
  B)  By-Laws Committee- Not yet set up
  C)  Coaches/Scheduling Committee – Court Creeden, Ren Pettinelli
  D)  Communications Committee – J C Dillon, Julia Faber
  E)  Rules Committee – Mike Sennett, Chris Schepman, Jerard Diamond
Regular Reports
  A)  High School Women’s Division – Adding three teams (Marquette, Westminister & Wentzville) for a total of 21 teams.  Semi finals will be 5/6/03, 5/7/03, 5/11/03 and 5/13/03. Finals date has yet to be determined.  Coaches are needed for the girls teams.
  B)  US Lacrosse – Fall face off will feature Notre Dame, Princeton, U Mass and Ohio State.  Tickets will be mad available to all teams, we need to get people in the seats. 
  C)  MALOA – the officials will have a representative at the scheduling to avoid changes or conflicts.  Would like MSLA to consider a penalty for changes of the scheduled games as there was up to 75 changes during last season.  These changes made it very difficult to schedule referees. 
Old Business

     Website – The website is www.MOLAX.ORG and Perry Saffer will continue to run the web site.

New Business
  A)  New Varsity Teams – New teams are St. Thomas Aquinas, Olathe East, Chaminade and Cape  Girardeau.  Additional JV teams possible in Springfield, MO.
  B)  Proposal to allow Seniors to play JV – a motion to allow inexperienced seniors t be allowed to play JV was presented.  The motion was defeated.
  C)  MSLA Hall of Fame – a motion was made to set up a MSLA Hall of Fame for the 11 years the organization has been operating.  The motion was approved.
  D)  Dates for the coming season – Proposed dates are:
 
12/6 Scheduling Meeting @ DeSmet
1/15 MSLA fees are due ($325 for Varsity, $100 for JV, $75 for Freshman
3/1 First practices
3/6 Jamboree
3/11 First game
5/18 Team seeding meeting and All star voting
5/21 Playoffs start
5/29 State Finals @ Lindenwood
 
The October meeting will be held on 10/16/03.  The minutes will be posted on the web site of MOLAX.ORG.  All teams are to advise the number of teams for each school by the November meeting.
 
  (October '03 Minutes) (November '03 Minutes)