MINUTES OF CASRA MEETING
October 6, 2003

1. Call to order by Michelle Maloney at 6:30 PM.
2. Introduced
   1. Brian Williams
   2. Ben Schoof
3. Review and approval of previous meeting minutes as posted on the web.
1. Celia voted to accept
2. Larry Fox seconded
3. Vote - unanimous
4. Reports
   1. Presidents Report - Michelle Maloney
      1. Michelle spoke about the new referee administration - STSR and it's relationship with TSSAS as mentioned in the Good Call.
      2. Kid Safe Program is being addressed with STYSA
   2. Treasurers Report - Dana Brown
      1. $2125.27 in the account
      2. Financial Report due at next meeting
      3. We need the current paid membership
   3. VP - Michael Day
      1. No Report
   4. Secretary - Marc Kutner
      1. No Report
   5. Web Master - Chris Rake
      1. The assignors and referee list can be formatted into any data format of interest for potential downloading to PDA's, ect.
   6. Great Austin Soccer Collation - Pete
      1. Meeting have been postponed for a number of problems.
      2. Improvements have been noted with moving boundaries at NEMP SEMP had sewer leak on field #3 last weekend.
   7. Good Call - Frank
      1. Look for field situations in upcoming editions.
   8. Women's League - Mark Elbom
      1. Women's Tournament
         1. Lot's of referees
         2. Low key tournament, lots of fun
         3. All referee's who committed were there !!
   9. Assignor's
      1. Austin Longhorn's 3V3 - Don Friedel
         1. Help Wanted, look in Good Call for details
5. Old Business - None
6. New Business
   1. New Constitution and By-Laws
      1. Michael Day to head the committee
      2. Last ratification was in 1994 and were accepted
      3. Out of date and not current
      4. Mike is working on a draft that combines the 1994 version as well as proposed drafts into one document.
      5. Modernize and make them relative to reflect today's needs
      6. Instill the current philosophy and general operations into the document
      7. Draw on the experience of other soccer organizations (i.e. San Antonio)
      8. Membership types -
         1. Active
         2. Inactive
         3. Honorary
         4. Youth
      9. Will draw all documents into a draft for the November meeting for feedback and suggestions
      10. Formal presentation of final draft at the December meeting
      11. Vote and ratification at the January meeting
   2. New Meeting Location Michael has secured the UIL building for all future meetings - at not cost to CASRA! Directions will be made available on line.
   3. Assault Committee
      1. Don Friedel, John Jones and Marc Kutner are on the working committee A form for assault charges will be generated and made available on the CASRA web site
      2. These gentlemen are available for assistance needed with assault related Incidences
   4. Kid Safe
      1. Michelle will create a and present a resolution to STSR and STYSA reflecting our concerns with the existing document. This will be made available to the membership by the next meeting for our review.
   5. Youth Referee Program
      1. A committee will be formed to address this. Interested member were Frank Thomas, Cilla Hammer, Robert Anderson, Janice Chapman, Sonny and Lupe.
7. A motion to adjourn the meeting by Dana, seconded by Pete Riley.

Marc Kutner
CASRA Secretary
Thanks to Dana Brown for filling in for me at the meeting.