MAYLA MEMBERSHIP MEETING Spring 2015

November 5, 2014 Kell High School Auditorium 6:30 pm

Active Voting Membership

Allatoona Alpharetta Fayette Fellowship Christian Blessed Trinity Cambridge Gwinnett Henry County Centennial Hillgrove Chattahoochee HOYAs Cherokee Copperhead Johns Creek Jr Spartans Decatur Dunwoody East Paulding Etowah Kell Kennesaw Mtn Macon Marietta McEachern Milton Mt. Bethel Pope Roswell Mt. Paran North Cobb North Forsyth North Gwinnett North Paulding Northside UMC South Forsyth Sprayberry Stars Stratford Acad.

Trojans Walton Northside Youth West Forsyth Northview West Cobb Peachtree City Pinecrest Acad.

Wheeler Woodstock

MAYLA Contacts

• Bobbi Villhauer - Interim Executive Director [email protected]

• Jeff Flowers - Commissioner [email protected]

• Chris Kelly - Vice Commissioner [email protected]

• Secretary - Aubree Mancuso [email protected]

• Treasurer – Brenda Stopher [email protected]

• Boys Select Director – • Boys Rec Director - David Fink [email protected]

• Girls Select Director – Jim Gandy [email protected]

• Girls Rec Directors - Randy Russell [email protected]

MAYLA Business Items

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Training

PCA Training – January 17 th (tentatively) GLF Training Opportunities

Level I (Men's and Women's Game):

November 22, 2014

, Suwanee, GA Lambert High School -

December 6, 2014

, Macon, GA Mercer University -

Level II (Men's and Women's Game):

November 23, 2014

, Suwanee, GA Lambert High School •

Treasurer’s Report

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By-Laws (Amendment)

MAYLA Bylaws Amendment

The Board of Directors proposes the following amendment to the MAYLA Bylaws:

Programs in Good Standing

•Must have a zero balance for dues. •Must have a zero balance for MAYLA Challenge.

•Must have at least one team participating within at least one season of a calendar year.

Inactive Programs

•No MAYLA participation in two consecutive seasons.

•Lose privilege to vote on MAYLA issues.

•Requires a simple majority to reinstate.

Loss of Membership

•Two years (4 seasons) without participation •Must reapply for membership (requires 2/3 vote)

Player Eligibility Reminder

LACROSSE ASSOCIATION

• Jr Select (6 th no 5 th & 7 th grade) grader may play Jr Select •Sr Select (7 th no 6 th & 8 th ) grader may play Sr Select

Player Age Eligibility for Rec League Grade

1 st -3 rd 4 th – 5 th 6 th -7 th 7 th – 8 th

Division

Bantam Lightning Junior Senior

Residency Waiver for Select Player Eligibility

• MAYLA's Position on Residency Waivers: • Players who reside within high school districts having a Select Lacrosse Team are to play for that Select Program. Players who do not have a Select Program in their HS district are allowed to play for any Select Team and MAYLA requires an informal waiver to document those cases so that the league is made aware, prior to the start of the season, that a particular team has an out of district player(s).

• MAYLA will also entertain waiver requests from parents of Players who reside within high school districts with a Select Lacrosse team but want to play for another Select Program. These waivers are carefully reviewed by MAYLA's respective Boys or Girls Rules & Competition Committee and the process is overseen by the MAYLA Executive Director. After the waiver request has been received by MAYLA, the head coach of each affected program will be consulted and if there is consent from each head coach, then the approval of the waiver would be looked upon favorably. If the coaches of both programs do not consent, then the leadership of the dissenting program would be consulted to ensure that the disagreement is just. If there is not agreement between the two programs regarding a particular out of district player, the waiver would not likely be approved. Of course there are always extenuating circumstances but these would be considered rare and unique and would be reviewed on a case by case basis.

Reminder of Dues Policies

PLEASE PUT YOUR PROGRAM NAME ON YOUR CHECK! PLEASE ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR INVOICE WITH PAYMENT.

Member Dues: Rec Division: U9 = $120 per team Rec Division: U11, U13 and U15 = $200 per team Jr. & Sr. Select = $250 per team After team commitment forms due, each program will be invoiced for their total amount of teams entered for that season. Programs will not be placed on the schedule until dues are paid in full. Programs who pull teams out after the schedule is complete are not entitled to a refund for their team fee.

All payments should be made payable to "MAYLA" and sent to MAYLA Treasurer @ PO Box 4173 Marietta GA 30061

Officials

Officials' Assigning for Games Member organizations are responsible for coordinating their own officials for home games. Home teams are responsible to pay for both officials, unless other arrangements have been made between teams.

Boys: GLOA - Patrick Joyce [email protected]

NGOA - Jim Westbrook [email protected]

Girls: GLUB - Veronica Hewgley [email protected]

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Spring REC Schedule

Winter Breaks:

Cherokee/Paulding/Bibb/Henry

2/16-2/20

Fayette

2/16-2/17 Spring Breaks: March 30-April 3

Cherokee/Bibb

April 6-10

Cobb/Forsyth/Fulton/Paulding/Gwinnett/ Fayette/Henry

Option A:

8 games in 7 weeks

Option B:

7 games in 7 weeks

Game Schedule

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Feb 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 18 April 25

Countdown to Spring Season!!!

SAVE THE DATE:

Saturday, December 6 th

- Boys & Girls Select Informational & Scheduling Meeting; Location & Time - TBD

2015 MAYLA Challenge May 2

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& 3

rd End of Season Tournament for all Rec Teams

Looking for Volunteers to be on Tournament Committee

Important Upcoming Dates

LACROSSE ASSOCIATION MAYLA Dates

• MAYLA Membership Meeting •

Boys & Girls Select Team Forms Due

• Boys & Girls Select Scheduling Meeting • • Boys and Girls Coaching Clinic (tentative date)

Rec Division Team & Field Forms Due

• MAYLA Cup Boys & Girls Select Championship • MAYLA Challenge November 6 th

November 30 th

December 6 th January 17 th

January 16 th

May 9 th & 10 th May 2 nd & 3 rd

Other Lacrosse Dates

• Men’s & Women’s Level 1 Training, Suwanee • Men’s & Women’s Level 2 Training, Suwanee • Men’s & Women’s Level 1 Training, Macon • US Lacrosse National Convention November 22 nd November 23 rd December 6 th January 23rd-25 th