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Girls Lacrosse Coaches Meeting Minutes
February 18, 2009
In attendance:
Guy Jones, Gary Gregus, Billie Moir, Heather Brick, Kirsten Opalinski,
Sarah Bourne
Agenda Items:
- Membership Report (Ana, I will send you what I have for your records)
- Treasury Report
- Choose a treasurer
- Create a "Coaches' Handbook." The boys' side is interested in this
project as well.
- Set writers "Prep Coach" articles.
- March 1 - Rachel Aiken (topic?) Sarah is getting a donation for an
editorial cartoon for this issue as well (1/4 page)
- May 1 - Topic?
- Set procedures for State Selection (Rachel sends outline and wish list
to meeting?) Announce team at All-Star Game (certificates this year?)
- Create an All-Star Game committee
- Address other issues as needed.
Meeting notes:
Rules meeting with clinic talk to Rich Matter (Sarah)
Build chat time into clinic
Gary volunteers to help with clinic
Billie and Sarah volunteer to help with traveling team
Billie sends out handbook file
Sarah talks to Howard at MSHSL stats
Prep Coach Article for May 1 Kristen
Guy volunteers to head up All Star Game Committee
All State Certificates this year
AA forms online. Pre-nomination forms due soon
NT players must be nominated by March 10
NT players must register and submit MSHSL waivers by March 29
Discuss scholarship program with MLA March deadline (Sarah)
Rules how to get USL and MSHSL on the same page by Billie Moir
Consistency with USL rules is key. MN rules should not deviate from
National rules this holds our players back.
MSHSL in an effort to relieve budgets has been discussing decreases
the number of games in a season as well as increasing the number of
halves a player can play in a day.
Mounds View hosts state tourney (confirmation this week)
MLA Womens lacrosse sub-committee meets with Heather (womens rep)
needs a rep from MSHSCA-GL and NSLA
MLA working on spectacular website
Hot Dish tourney in fall will drop youth division and add high school
and college girls (team enters with different coach)
Gary recommends centralizing information for coaches (online and with
the handbook) to help all coaches get on the same page about memberships |
