MINUTES

ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

February 9, 2002

Chattanooga, Tennessee

TN Soccer President Dr. Dan Roth called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. Dr. Roth made a few opening remarks and noted that the credentials report would be given once it had been tabulated. He also announced that Harmon Hodge had been re-elected as the Middle District Director. He also announced that we had two new District Directors elected to the BOD. Russ Hickman Northern District Director and John Snyder Western District Director. He also introduced the new Director of Coaching for Tennessee Soccer Vince Ganzberg.

Minutes

Dr. Roth asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of the previous AGM meeting. Hearing none, a motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes as written. Approved.

Dr. Dan asked the BOD members if they had any additional comments to convey to the membership concerning their written reports. None of the BOD members had any further comments.

Presidents Address

Dr. Roth proceeded to present the presidents address to the membership. He covered the major areas of his report and discussed the direction that the organization is heading dealing with the recreational component of the game. Over the past several years, Tennessee Soccer has reinforced its commitment to further promote and develop recreational soccer programs. The Association has demonstrated this commitment by creating a permanent BOD position, Vice-President-Recreation and hiring a dedicated coach to develop programs for the recreational coaches and players. He also discussed the need to form multiple committees to facilitate the development and implementations of programs. Sign-up sheets were made available for each committee. All members present were asked to sign up if they had interest in any of the committees or identify people in their areas that might be interested.

Dr. Roth discussed the need to implement a $1.00 increase for recreational player registration and gave the rational behind the increase.

Credentials Report

Linda Love presented the Credentials Report. Thirty-three (33) associations were represented with a total voting strength of 157 votes. Seventy-nine (79) votes would be needed to pass issues requiring a majority vote and 105 votes would be needed to pass issues requiring a 2/3rds majority vote.

OLD BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS

None

FY03 Budget:

Linda Love presented the budget to the membership. A motion was made to accept the budget. The motion was seconded. Motion Passed

Election of Officers:

1. President-Dr. Richard Roth. No nominations from the floor. Ken Underwood made a motion to accept Dr. Roth by acclimation. Motion Passed
2. Vice President-Amateurs-Gordon Redshaw. No nominations from the floor. Ken Underwood made a motion to accept Gordon by acclimation. Motion Passed

For the Good of the Game:

None

Meeting Adjourn at 5:30 p. m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Manny Sanchez

Executive Director