WBA In-Town Kickoff Board Meeting Agenda In-Town Dates / In-Town Numbers (as of 11/20) 7 th through 12 th Grade Girls Planning Proposed In-Town Schedule In-Town Skills & Drills? Safety - CORI Background Checks & Mouth Guards Equipment Update WBA Code of Conduct Grade Coordinator Responsibilities 1 st Grade Skills Clinic Travel Housekeeping WBA Game of the Week CORI Background Checks New Board Members and Open Positions

In-Town Dates 1 st Games will take place on Saturday, December 6 th, 2014 No games on 12/27 Season for 2 nd and 3 rd Grade will run through February 28 th (11 Weeks Total) Season for 4 th – 12 th will run through Saturday, February 21 st (10 Weeks plus Jamboree Weekend) Jamborees will start on the weekend of February 28th

In-Town Numbers Girls Grade2014 – Numbers 2013 – Numbers TOTAL239245

In-Town Numbers Boys Grade2014 – Numbers2013 – Numbers TOTAL476503

5 th and 6 th Grade Girls Plans Not combining them this year due to the high numbers in both groups Feedback wasn’t positive on the combined grades

Large Team Numbers 4 th Grade Girls – Currently 8 Girls per Team 5 th Grade Girls – Currently Girls per Team 6 th Grade Girls – Currently 8.5 Girls per Team 7 th Grade Boys – Currently Boys per Team Options Leave the numbers as is and go with larger teams Add 2 more teams per grade which would create the need for 4 more slots (or less if we didn’t do it for each grade) Use Friday nights at Sheehan and Hanlon for the extra games

7 th – 12 th Grade Girls Plans 2 Teams of 8 Girls (Based on 15 as of 11/20) 1 Slot at 10:00 a.m. at TMS New Open Gym Format Each Week with possible bonus games vs. Norwood and Canton Schedule starts on 12/6

Proposed Schedule Time Slot 8 – 9:159:15 – 10:30 10:30 – 11:45 11:45 – 11 – 2:152:15 – 3:30 3:30 – 4:45 4:45 – 6 Downey3 rd Boys 3 rd Girls Hanlon2 nd Boys 2 nd Girls Open Sheehan4 th Girls 4 th Boys MJ5 th Boys 6 th Boys Thurston – Old 5 th Girls 7 th Boys 6 th Girls Time Slot 8:00 – 9:30 9:30 – 1111 – 1212 – 11 – 22 – 33 – 44 – Thurston - New 1 st Grade Clinics 7 th – 12 th Girls 8 th & 9 th Boys 10 th – 12 th Boys

In-Town Skills & Drills? Available Practice Slots: Wednesday – Hanlon 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday – TMS Old 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday – Martha Jones 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday – Downey 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Friday – Sheehan 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (2 Slots) Friday – Hanlon 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (2 Slots)

Equipment Update All WBA In-Town Coaches will receive a ball bag, 2 game balls, first aid kit, and 6 ice packs 2 nd and 3 rd grade teams will have colored t-shirts 4 th Grade through High School will all be using reversible jerseys. 4 th graders will all receive their Jersey free of charge. All other grades will need to purchase at $15 per jersey. Coaches Ball Bags, Equipment, and T-Shirt / Jersey Pickup – Wednesday, December 3 TMS from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. - Peg Harvey & Mike Gay

Peg Harvey is the WBA Equipment Coordinator Home – (781) Cell - (857) Lorraine Road Equipment Update

WBA Code of Conduct Please review the Coaches Code of Conduct and ensure ALL of your coaches have read it and agree to these important rules. Go over this at your draft. #2 on the “Coaches shall not” is Question a referee’s call. Please make sure this is crystal clear w/ your Coaches. This is especially critical w/ our Student Referees

Grade Coordinator Responsibilities Confirm you Head Coaches ASAP and submit the list to the WBA EC for confirmation. Once you have your Head Coaches, pick a Draft time / location. This should take place prior to Thanksgiving You will lead the Draft and collect all CORI Background Checks for Head Coaches and any identified Assistant Coach on your Draft Night. On 12/3 you will pick up and distribute the equipment to your coaches prior to 12/6.

Grade Coordinator Responsibilities Once the season starts you are the Lead for your grade. We need to be actively involved with our grade. What is working well and what needs to be fixed. Are there any concerns around the coaches not understanding the Code of Conduct, etc. Once the season concludes, you will need to collect all of the leftover equipment and get it back to Peg Harvey. We did a poor job of this last year. Please set expectations with your coaches that they need to give you the equipment on the final day of the season. Coordinator positions are expected to be from 1 st grade through High School. Please try and stick with the grade and encourage your children to play in-town all the way through. Too many coordinators are dropping and leaving the grade in a tough spot.

1 st Grade Skills Clinics We will offer one 8 week sessions starting in January (last year we offered 2 sessions of 4 weeks each). TMS New Gym from 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (2 45 minute sessions 8:00 – 8:45 and 8:45 – 9:30) Cost will be $80 Announcements will go out tomorrow and registration will be live over the weekend. Mark Jessup and Darren Weeman will be the 1 st Grade Coordinators responsible for the Clinics. Parent participation is needed.

Referee Training Update We held Referee Training on 11/2, 11/9, and 11/12. Positive feedback from those who attended Student Referees had to attend at least one training session to be considered for the upcoming season (exceptions are returning referees attending college and pre-approved absences) Patched Officials will oversee all games in December to provide real time feedback on the Student Referees

WBA - Safety Mouth Guards WBA strongly encourages all players to use mouth guards at practices and games. Coaches can mandate this on an individual team basis, but the WBA will not mandate mouth guards in order to play. Metro West and MIAA also strongly encourage the use of mouth guards by all players.

WBA - Safety CORI Forms needed ASAP Forms must be completed prior to 1 st games All Head and Assistant coaches will need to complete a CORI background check Do not leave any child unattended following games. Be smart about coaching actions Step in if a fellow coach is losing their cool with a player, parent, referee, or fan.

Travel Updates Steve St. Martin’s Coaches Clinic on 11/15 was AWESOME Additional Coaches Clinics in December / January if possible Norwood Jamboree this weekend 7GB Plays at Halftime of the Celtics game on Sunday Thanksgiving Tournaments for many teams Metro West Season starts on 12/7

TeamHead coachDivision Rec. 4 green Mike Kane split 4 white David Krumsieck split 4 black Ben Leder split 5aRich Kendall 2 5bJohn Piscitelli 4 6aJim McGowan 1 6bChris Giovino 3 7aSteve Harrington 1 7bBob Persons 3 8aMark Jessup 3 8bDarren Weeman 4 TeamHead coachDivision Rec. 4 green Mitch Katzman split 4 white Mike Mason split 5aPete Diomede 1 5bSheila Blomquist 3 5cGreg Raftery 5 6aPaul Tryder 1 6bMark Lacasse 3 7aAllen Hamdan 2 7bMike Jud 4 8aChristy Harrison 1 8bRob Gotti 3 BOYSGIRLS

WBA Game of the Week Every Travel Team will have 1 home game televised on WestCAT and put on the WestCAT Website for on- demand viewing Games will be taped at WHS and TMS Each Coach is responsible for finding a Corporate Sponsor for their game ($250) and we will have a WBA Game of the Week Sponsor Page on our Website Huge success in 2012 and 2013 Seasons

Proposed Rule for 2015/16 Season All Travel Coaches children are required to play In- Town Vote will be held during December Board Meeting

New Board Members 2 nd Grade Girls Coordinator – Jason Macy Treasurer in Training – Mike Jud Fundraising Chair in Training – John Gaffney Safety Coordinator in Training – Greg Raftery

Open Positions Registrar (2015) Vice President (2015) President (2015/2016)

Upcoming Board Meetings Thursday, December 18 th from 7:30 – 9:30 Thursday, January 22 nd from 7:30 – 9:30