20 September 2008
Committee Meeting
Location: The Red Lion (Metropolitan Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Rd.)
Date: Saturday 20 September 2008
Time: 18.00
Attendees: Kat, Jack, Nehal, Rania, Jennifer, Teresa, Kim
Meeting Minutes
- Winter season 2008:
- The season will start on Saturday September 27th.
- Teams are encouraged to train on Tuesday September 30th and/or Wednesday October 1st so that the pitches on Saturday can be used mainly for the new players.
- The League fixtures are ready & will be sent this week to Committee & Captains to distribute to their teams & it will be posted on the DWFA website & League Republic.
- The Winter Tournament is tentatively booked on Friday December 5th.
- After the Spring Season 2009, we might be able to squeeze a mini season before the pitches close in July 2009.
- Registration:
- Registration Fees has increased from AED 50 to AED 100 per player.
- Registration will start on Saturday September 27th at 19:00 for Division 1 & 2 and new players. All players need to be registered (sign and pay) before they play their 1st match.
- Kat, Nehal & Kim will handle Registration on Saturday September 27th.
- The League Fees are AED 2,833 (inclusive of pitches & referees fees)
- The deadline for paying the fees is extended from Saturday October 4th to Saturday October 11th.
- Transfers / New Players:
- Final team lists need to be sent to Kat by Captains by Thursday September 25th.
- Division 1 needs roughly 10 new players and Division 2 needs roughly 20 new players. New players will be dealt with on a first come first serve basis.
- The next alternative date for new players’ training is Saturday October 11th. The aim is to get the allocations of new players by the 1st week of October.
- Publicity:
- We are currently in Time Out & What’s On.
- Potential publicity opportunities are in Four Four Two Magazine, Explorer, Connector & Dubai One.
- Website:
- Team photos are still not uploaded. Captains are encouraged to send their team photos to Jennifer.
- There might be some legal issues with regards to posting pictures especially of the school girls. So a disclaimer needs to be placed on the website plus it can be added to the DWFA code of conduct.
- The website company wants to charge us to give us the flexibility to make changes to the website. Jennifer to contact Michelle Forrest to help clarify website procedures.
- Jennifer has posted on the website our publicity listings so far & the charity donation of end of last season.
- A suggestion was made to start a Facebook page for the League & it is possible if somebody is willing to take the time to manage it.
- AOB:
- BSBG need a coach.
- CPAL asked if it is possible for Division 2 to replace the big goals with the small ones. Maybe we will give it a try in the Winter Tournament to see if it works.
- AQR1 to contact Chris Brown with regards to setting up a small table for HP to display their laptops on Tuesday’s nights.
- Use of bad language in both Divisions has increased & teams need to be informed to refrain from that. Also, referees can point that out to players on match nights.
- In training nights, some teams take up too much pitch space. There needs to be some co-operation from the coaches. A suggestion was made if teams want to invest in portable goals since there are not enough goals for all the teams. Contact Jack if interested in portable goals.
- A suggestion to ease the crowded pitches on training nights is to post a timing schedule for teams that will change every week. So half of the teams train from 7:30-8:30 & the other half trains from 8:30-9:30. We will assess the tightness this season and perhaps change it for the next.