1. Town Hall Meeting Johnsburg, McHenry, Richmond-Spring Grove

2. Welcome and Introductions Johnsburg - Henry Schmidt - President McHenry - Melissa Gasmann - President Richmond/Spring Grove - Renee Labay - President Introductions of the Board and Committee Members

3. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT We are MERGING Johnsburg, McHenry and Richmond- Spring Grove Soccer Programs Beginning Fall 2016 Season for both recreational and travel programs New Name for the club One board for the organization

4. Agenda Mission Statement Business Case Benefits Implications Timelines Naming Contest Registration Volunteer “Each One BRINGS One” Questions and Answers

5. Mission Statement - Our new club was established to promote and enhance the soccer culture in the Northern McHenry County area. It is our mission to promote youth soccer on a competitive level, all while promoting passion for the game, good sportsmanship, and the development of skills. Through a diversified training program, we will foster an environment where players will learn the skills they need to safely compete on multiple levels; on the field, and off. We will always put the player first, striving for success on all levels. Our success will be the direct result of the time and talent we invest in the youth players of our community, and the lessons they take with them. Together, we are building the team players of tomorrow!

6. Business Case Overall Numbers Economies Scale for costs, equipment, fields, etc Quality in building teams Leverage of coaching skills for ages, divisions and gender Strength in numbers, together we are better

7. Benefits Board knowledge, what works in one town we can leverage and learn from each other Programs shared (Intern, International Travel, Kiddie Kicker/HS program, Goalkeeper training, etc) Systems currently used can be shared across towns for more automation Equipment/Assets can be utilized instead of being rented/expensed More volunteers all around Training leverage pairing trainers with their expertise in age, gender, skill level Competitive programs for everyone

8. Implications on Programs Recreational Program 1.Teams will be built based on town at registration 2.Leverage each town when we don’t have enough to build a specific age or gender 3.Leverage towns when we need more teams to play against, more variety 4.Still play in your community with kids from your school and age

9. Implications on Programs Travel 1.Build teams based on similar skills, less disparity on teams 2.Opportunities to travel international, showcases, tournaments best fit their skills 3.Trainers paired up with kids that best match their skill set 4.Movement of players between our clubs in past no longer occurs 5.Less risk of losing families because they have opportunities in their own community for their child to develop 6.Potential to bring back previous players who would fit in our newly formed teams/divisions

10. Training Currently we have 2 training companies we employee Three Lions (Johnsburg) Skills First (McHenry/Richmond/Spring Grove) Collaboration among the training staff to outline the best path forward for our new club Definition of the training staff will be in place prior to tryouts, so parents have clear direction on the structure

11. Timelines April 5 TOWNHALL and Brand launch - Name Contest Begin April 6Travel Registration Open April 30 Updated Rules & Regs, Fees, Tryout Structure, Name May 1Recreational Registration Open May 30 Training Staff & Tryout locations/schedule June 10 Fields/Schedules July 1 New Board - 3/3/3 in place and coordinators positions filled!

12. Naming Contest We are in search of a name and logo for our newly merged club. The name and/or logo you design could be selected as the official name and logo for the new club. EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION TO: soccernamecontest@gmail.com FORMAT NEEDS TO BE A JPEG Contest runs April 5 - 21 Three semi-finalists chosen by April 24 Public vote from April 25 - 29 Winner chosen April 30 (Discount on registration given to winners)

14. Volunteer The merge process is a one year commitment and a lifetime of change Committee members needed for many facets of the integration with many areas of expertise needed In order to achieve success, we need volunteers to join committees and spread the work Looking for fresh and new ideas, thinking out of the box Great way to get involved in the community and meet others Allows current members a chance to train or prepare others for future roles

15. Each One BRINGS One We are working on a referral system, that for each person who brings in a non- active player (didn’t play with us in the previous year), we will apply some type of discount or reward to each member Reward program and discount program will be sent prior to May 1, system will capture this referral at time of registration for the new player

16. Questions and Answers Questions that arise after townhall We have set up an email account where you can post questions Questions will be reviewed by committee and consolidated Regular emails will go to our members with answers to keep everyone on same page Email address is soccermergerquestions@gmail.com We are in the process of integrating and we don’t have all of the answers at this time, as we do...we will keep our members engaged. ANY QUESTIONS?