2008 Annual General Meeting February 26th 2008
Agenda 1. Roll Call 2. Charity Program Proposal 3. Snowsuit Fund Presentation 4. EODSA / NCISL Dispute 5. Review minutes from 2007 AGM Presidents Report Program Reports Finance Report 9. Appointment of Auditors 10 Unfinished business 11. Amendments to the constitution & bylaws 12. Roll Call 13. Election of Officers 14. Approval of 2008 budget 15. Any other business
Proposal for a Charity Program February 2008
Current situation NCISL has a relationship with the Children's Wish Foundation This donation is funded entirely by the summer program Teams who enter the summer league are asked to donate $100 to the charity. About 60% of teams contribute Referees are also asked to donate $20 from a game fee. 100% contribute Additional revenue (<10%) is made up from other programs in the summer program Total raised so far 2006 $7, $7,510
Problems with current situation No one from the NCISL is managing the relationship consequently it is not getting enough focus Not all Summer teams contribute The teams playing in the Fall and Spring seasons do not contribute Promotion of the program could be better
Proposed Solution Create a formal charity partnership for all 3 programs Summer – Children's Wish Foundation Fall – Snowsuit Fund Spring – To be determined Make the donations mandatory for teams as part of their entry fee Summer $100 per team Fall & Spring $70 per team Assign an NCISL person to manage each relationship and make recommendations to the BoD on how any additional fundraising will be done
Minimum contributions if approved
EODSA / NCISL Dispute February 2008
Background At the 2007 AGM we decided to allow open teams to join the NCISL The EODSA objected to this and refused our membership application The NCISL fought this and won the dispute after it was escalated to the OSA This permits us to offer programs for open teams when we wish to do so Outdoor Women’s divisions and Men’s open division All indoor divisions
2007 Presidents Report February 2008
Presidents Report The past 12 months has seen successful evolution of the NCISL in both areas Programs Corporate processes Our members supported the FIFA U20 World Cup better than any other EODSA club 900 passes purchased $5K donated to United way from ticket sales
Presidents Report 2008 challenges Get all our partnerships working better Understand our members Consider a new strategic plan Solve our membership conundrum Celebrate 10 years of women playing soccer in the NCISL
2007 Program Reports February 2008
Membership & Registration The Board of Directors is looking to take a more active role in its members This will initially involve reviewing registration metrics and trends The Board of Directors would then take this data and use it towards the best interests of the members (eg locations for new fields) Without its members, there would be no NCISL
Membership totals by age
Membership age by percentage
Indoor program The indoor league has to operate as a business The indoor program is now 4 years old Program has shown substantial growth this year Three facilities are now being used Bell Sensplex Louis Riel Dome Kanata Dome Program brings in a profit of approximately $15K per year (based on current team #s) We can not grow any more at these facilities
NCISL Indoor team entries
NCISL Indoor team entries by gender
NCISL Indoor team entries by facility
Outdoor program 2007 was another successful outdoor season with 90 teams 68 men’s corporate teams 10 women’s teams 12 men’s open teams
Corporate men’s program 2007Maximum Division 1 – 6 teams8 teams Division 2 – 8 teams8 teams Division 3A – 14 teams16 teams Division 3B – 14 teams16 teams Division 4A – 14 teams16 teams Division 4B – 12 teams16 teams
Women’s outdoor program Representatives from the women’s team decided on the following changes 2 divisions Open registration ie unlimited guests We have room for 16 women’s teams on a Monday ie two divisions of 8 Women’s Div. 1 1.Corel Centre Classics 2.CMHC Ravens 3.Alcatel Banshees 4.Nortel Storm 5.Mitel Platinum Women’s Div 2 1.CMHC Falcons 2.Nortel Phoenix 3.Alcatel Sirens 4.CGI United 5.Nortel Strikers
Mens Open Divisions To support our indoor league teams we started two new men’s open divisions playing on Sunday evenings 12 teams took part with mixed results We plan on repeating this trial in 2008 for a maximum of 16 teams however we are looking for improvements in this program Corporate teams who no longer meet corporate rules can move to the open divisions
Cup & Tournament 2007 Cup and Tournaments were a success Tournament for 2008 will be on September 6 th and 7 th
Discipline Report All Discipline panel members received their certification from the OSA. Continued to work closely with the EODSA by participating on their Discipline Panels. The discipline panel conducted 7 NCISL Discipline by Hearings. Total Yellow cards for the year were 506 Total Red cards for the year were Teams were on Performance Bonds from had bonds returned 2 lost their bond 1 left the NCISL
Card details Yellow cards= Unsporting behavior 121 Dissent 59 PI of the laws 10 Delaying a restart 8 Entering the field of play 2 Leaving the field of play 3 Distance at a restart Red cards=56 23 Violent conduct 15 Received a 2 nd yellow 11 Used offensive language 2 Serious foul play 5 Denied opponent clear goal scoring opportunity
Performance Bonds Discipline Index ranged from teams are on PBs for the upcoming year 1 team was not invited back to the league
2007 Referee Development Course We partnered with the RA League to offer a C4 clinic 4 evening sessions were held at the RA Centre in April 10 new C4 graduated from the course
Referee Complaints In 2007 we had received 16 complaints concerning Referees. The majority of the complaints concerned law issues. In many of the cases, the Law in question needed to be clarified and explained to the person making the complaint Other complaints received dealt with the Referees attitude, communication skills and physical abilities. In 2006, I received 21 Referee complaints. Any incidents requiring Referee discipline, was sent to the EODSA for further action.