Saturday, September 22, 2007
Game Schedules Discussion on the Coaches Blog
The discussion of this season's game schedules on the AYSO Region 22 Coaches Blog has been very helpful. You can read that discussion to learn the latest about the schedules, which are being worked on this weekend in hopes that they'll be posted before it's over.
Monday, September 17, 2007
City Directs the La Mirada Athletic Council to Evaluate Programs to Replace AYSO
At the last Athletic Council Meeting, AYSO was informed that the City had asked the La Mirada Athletic Council to evaluate other programs to replace AYSO in case AYSO region 22 will be unable to comply with the Usage Agreement by January, 2008.
The only issue AYSO has not been able to comply with is the item that requires us to show that our local AYSO region is a 501-C(3) corporation based in La Mirada. Unfortunately, this differs from AYSO's organizational structure that they've had since inception over forty years ago and successfully use to serve over 1,000 other regions just like ours.
I am working intensively with AYSO to try to see if there is some way that we can accommodate this. I don't yet know if this will be possible, or not. But, keep in mind that in order to accommodate La Mirada, it would be the first time in AYSO's history that it worked with a region in this way, and that AYSO national would have to change many business systems internally in order to accommodate this in a very short amount of time.
One of the programs being evaluated (and perhaps the only one) is called CALSOUTH. It is the program utilized in Whittier by the W.A.Y.S. organization. In the last Board meeting of AYSO Region 22, Coach Bob Davis made a pitch for the organization, saying "Our kids would not notice the difference".
Others have said that while the program has a competitive program that many would like to see in La Mirada (perhaps as a complimentary program to AYSO's recreational league), that CALSOUTH's recreational youth soccer program and coach and referee training programs do not measure up to AYSO's.
I encourage anyone interested to do your own investigation. As a La Mirada resident/parent, I want to see the best of all choices for our youth. I don't want the best choices precluded because of language in the City's Usage Agreements.
The only issue AYSO has not been able to comply with is the item that requires us to show that our local AYSO region is a 501-C(3) corporation based in La Mirada. Unfortunately, this differs from AYSO's organizational structure that they've had since inception over forty years ago and successfully use to serve over 1,000 other regions just like ours.
I am working intensively with AYSO to try to see if there is some way that we can accommodate this. I don't yet know if this will be possible, or not. But, keep in mind that in order to accommodate La Mirada, it would be the first time in AYSO's history that it worked with a region in this way, and that AYSO national would have to change many business systems internally in order to accommodate this in a very short amount of time.
One of the programs being evaluated (and perhaps the only one) is called CALSOUTH. It is the program utilized in Whittier by the W.A.Y.S. organization. In the last Board meeting of AYSO Region 22, Coach Bob Davis made a pitch for the organization, saying "Our kids would not notice the difference".
Others have said that while the program has a competitive program that many would like to see in La Mirada (perhaps as a complimentary program to AYSO's recreational league), that CALSOUTH's recreational youth soccer program and coach and referee training programs do not measure up to AYSO's.
I encourage anyone interested to do your own investigation. As a La Mirada resident/parent, I want to see the best of all choices for our youth. I don't want the best choices precluded because of language in the City's Usage Agreements.
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