Saturday, October 20, 2007

Scrambles - Save $10 - Bring a new player

As an incentive to bring new members into Yankee, anyone who plays in a scramble can bring up to 2 new players (who are not on the 5 year list) and get $10 off per player. The maximum discount offered will be $20. Yankee will run 3 more scramble and 1 clinic this session.

Clinic:
November 11th, Lasell College

Scrambles:
10-Nov SDVC (Clinton, MA) - Mens and Womens
9-Dec LSHS (Sudbury, MA) - Mens, Womens, and Reverse Coed(BR attack allowed)
12-Jan Bryant University (Smithfield, RI) - Mens, Womens, and Reverse Coed(BR attack allowed)

Board Meeting Minutes Oct 15th

Attendance: Samantha Lampert, Jonah Mytro, Jeff Sinnamon, Lynn Kerr, Chuck Blake, Jay Flynn, Daniel Chen
Confirmed No: Dave Castanon, Jeffry Powell, Tom Sweeney, Mark Archibald
Guests: Chet Oberhelman
Start time: 8:00pm
End time: 10:00pm

LOCATION: Mediaspike
Reports

Treasurer Report
Year end report $17,000 loss last year
avp costs, judy’s party, promotional items
Ultimate goal is to break even (we did that as there was a $16,000 “profit” from the year before)
Jonah will send out the budget to the board before next meeting

Registrar’s Report
Jonah from Judy
Goal is to be 10% over last year’s memberships

NERVA Report
No Dave!

Ratings Report
Ratings are finalized by Helen and Paul and sent to Tom and Judy
Helen is new women’s chair and sent her updated out two weeks ago
Paul Santos sent his ratings to Tom last week
They will go on web, on blog and to registrar
Jonah will ask chairs to put get the committee members email addresses posted on web
Regulations and standards
Ratings chairs know they have to submit the list for publishing to Yankee every two weeks

Blog Report/Email List
Jonah updates every other day
540 people signed up for Yankee Volleyball mailing list
Will start doing a monthly Enewsletter via mailing list (1st weekend of the month)

Web Editor Report
Add Tom’s Report
Option C, let TDs know they do need to double check the line-ups until this works itself out
Discussion of team registration
Can Tom add TD override so that TDs can enter teams (without details) – for the case that they get checks without teams registering online

GRC Report
Scrambles Update
2 at Bryant with 6 women’s teams and 5 men’s teams
11 new members
Regis
11 new members
Had women who wanted to play men’s scramble
Jonah did not let this happen so that there would be space for walk-ons
Recommendation to host coed scrambles
Will try to run this at LS scramble
Should think about offering “standyby registration” in case we’re short on players
Jonah to remind players that if they bring a new member to a scramble they get $10 off per member, up to 2 members (last year’s board voted on this)
Daniel would like TDs to promote the write-up sheet at the tournament and make sure the appropriate level raters are present
Jeffry’s Progress on collecting college program contact info
Submitted via email: About 25% complete on the list of college/club contact information
Will try to complete it before the end of D3 season.

Bylaws Committee Report
Will set up possible meeting to look through and will continue to encourage committee members to update

Old Business:

Approval of past minutes
Jeff motion to approve minutes, Jonah seconds, Unanimous approval
This was originally done over email, but done again in person this time.

Storage Unit
How do board members access if needed?
Jonah will give out keys, name of location and address

Old Meeting minutes
Sam has all that were missing, will go through them and get to Tom for posting

Championships – items to be discussed per Chet’s suggestions so we get all the planning done in advance.
We will run championships this year
Vote on Championship TD
Championship entry cost = - $140 last year should prob. go up to $150
Teams that do not make the min/max ratings can not play – should they be allowed to play and just not make playoffs
National Mapping
Uniform Numbers: championship guidelines change so that you cannot play if you do not have a proper number
Last year all tournaments were round robin
Teams that win regionals that are going to nationals get a cash stipend
No late starts, all must be present at captains meeting
Coed Reverse c, c-, c+ - would male br attacks be allowed?
Chet presented a tentative championships schedule for the month of May
If we set a check date then all checks are guaranteed a spot
Last year the information was released too late; so get it out faster this year to increase turnout
Sam will need to update the championship guidelines
Chet is available to TD championships again next year
Jonah motions that Chet should be the Championship TD, Jay seconded
For: Lynn, Daniel, Chuck, Jeff, Sam
Opposed: None
Jonah motions he gets the same stipend as last year, Jay seconded
For: Lynn, Daniel, Chuck, Jeff, Sam
Opposed: None

Stipend Adjustment
Sam – Share Emails on this with Board
Discussion ensues
Will table until after budget is out
Currently stipends go to Registrar, Assigner, Bookkeeper, Newsletter Editor/Publisher

Ratings Committee
Should there be a minimum number of tournaments that each rater should attend (Jeff)
Should raters be assigned to tournaments? (Sam)
We should make sure raters are currently active players. (Jay)
Jonah will check in with head raters to make sure all members of the ratings committee are still interested in their roles.

Yankee communication
Updated board on this month’s bavp communications

Tournament Directing and Related Topics
Online NERVA Registration Feedback
Online Team Registration Feedback
Adding Paypal to Team Registration page for teams that use it
Individual TDs can do this themselves
You cannot have a fee or surcharge via paypal as this is a MA state law…so be careful how you phrase charging for the paypal fee in addition to the tournament fee.
Tournament Director Check Cashing Policy Needed
One new TD cashed all his checks right away
Jonah has contacted that TD about that issue
Checks should not be cashed until the Thursday before the tournament
Jeff motions that you should cash checks no earlier than the Thursday before the tournament or later than 30 days after
Jonah seconds
For: Unamimous
Sam will add to TD guidelines document
Team Captain Incentive Program
Look into after the budget comes out
Reward for captaining multiple teams per session
Look into a way of combining individuals to make teams
Jeff volunteers to look into an electronic way of doing this

Complaints about the skeleton and suggestions for updates
Scrambles affect the lower levels, next year it will be changed back to 3 instead of 5
Will do less in the coming spring season

Board Meeting Locations
Next meeting will be at Lasell

Rules and Regulations
Sam is currently going through and updating; will send out revised document for discussion before next board meeting. We will hopefully vote and approve them at the next board meeting.

New Business

Next Meeting: Nov 19th, 7:30 pm at Lasell College

FenwayMarketingGroup update
Jonah met with them
They verified that 8 announcements were made over the weekend
They will be back in early July and want us to renew our sponsorship

Meeting Adjourned

Board Meeting Minutes,

Attendance: Samantha Lampert, Jonah Mytro, Jeff Sinnamon, Lynn Kerr, Chuck Blake, Jay Flynn, Daniel Chen
Confirmed No: Dave Castanon, Jeffry Powell, Tom Sweeney, Mark Archibald
Guests: Chet Oberhelman
Start time: 8:00pm
End time: 10:00pm

LOCATION: Jonah’s Office

Reports

Treasurer Report
Year end report $17,000 loss last year
avp costs, judy’s party, promotional items
Ultimate goal is to break even (we did that as there was a $16,000 “profit” from the year before)
Jonah will send out the budget to the board before next meeting

Registrar’s Report
Jonah from Judy
Goal is to be 10% over last year’s memberships

NERVA Report
No Dave!

Ratings Report
Ratings are finalized by Helen and Paul and sent to Tom and Judy
Helen is new women’s chair and sent her updated out two weeks ago
Paul Santos sent his ratings to Tom last week
They will go on web, on blog and to registrar
Jonah will ask chairs to put get the committee members email addresses posted on web
Regulations and standards
Ratings chairs know they have to submit the list for publishing to Yankee every two weeks

Blog Report/Email List
Jonah updates every other day
540 people signed up for Yankee Volleyball mailing list
Will start doing a monthly Enewsletter via mailing list (1st weekend of the month)

Web Editor Report
Add Tom’s Report
Option C, let TDs know they do need to double check the line-ups until this works itself out
Discussion of team registration
Can Tom add TD override so that TDs can enter teams (without details) – for the case that they get checks without teams registering online

GRC Report
Scrambles Update
2 at Bryant with 6 women’s teams and 5 men’s teams
11 new members
Regis
11 new members
Had women who wanted to play men’s scramble
Jonah did not let this happen so that there would be space for walk-ons
Recommendation to host coed scrambles
Will try to run this at LS scramble
Should think about offering “standyby registration” in case we’re short on players
Jonah to remind players that if they bring a new member to a scramble they get $10 off per member, up to 2 members (last year’s board voted on this)
Daniel would like TDs to promote the write-up sheet at the tournament and make sure the appropriate level raters are present
Jeffry’s Progress on collecting college program contact info
Submitted via email: About 25% complete on the list of college/club contact information
Will try to complete it before the end of D3 season.

Bylaws Committee Report
Will set up possible meeting to look through and will continue to encourage committee members to update

Old Business:

Approval of past minutes
Jeff motion to approve minutes, Jonah seconds, Unanimous approval
This was originally done over email, but done again in person this time.

Storage Unit
How do board members access if needed?
Jonah will give out keys, name of location and address

Old Meeting minutes
Sam has all that were missing, will go through them and get to Tom for posting

Championships – items to be discussed per Chet’s suggestions so we get all the planning done in advance.
We will run championships this year
Vote on Championship TD
Championship entry cost = - $140 last year should prob. go up to $150
Teams that do not make the min/max ratings can not play – should they be allowed to play and just not make playoffs
National Mapping
Uniform Numbers: championship guidelines change so that you cannot play if you do not have a proper number
Last year all tournaments were round robin
Teams that win regionals that are going to nationals get a cash stipend
No late starts, all must be present at captains meeting
Coed Reverse c, c-, c+ - would male br attacks be allowed?
Chet presented a tentative championships schedule for the month of May
If we set a check date then all checks are guaranteed a spot
Last year the information was released too late; so get it out faster this year to increase turnout
Sam will need to update the championship guidelines
Chet is available to TD championships again next year
Jonah motions that Chet should be the Championship TD, Jay seconded
For: Lynn, Daniel, Chuck, Jeff, Sam
Opposed: None
Jonah motions he gets the same stipend as last year, Jay seconded
For: Lynn, Daniel, Chuck, Jeff, Sam
Opposed: None

Stipend Adjustment
Sam – Share Emails on this with Board
Discussion ensues
Will table until after budget is out
Currently stipends go to Registrar, Assigner, Bookkeeper, Newsletter Editor/Publisher

Ratings Committee
Should there be a minimum number of tournaments that each rater should attend (Jeff)
Should raters be assigned to tournaments? (Sam)
We should make sure raters are currently active players. (Jay)
Jonah will check in with head raters to make sure all members of the ratings committee are still interested in their roles.

Yankee communication
Updated board on this month’s bavp communications

Tournament Directing and Related Topics
Online NERVA Registration Feedback
Online Team Registration Feedback
Adding Paypal to Team Registration page for teams that use it
Individual TDs can do this themselves
You cannot have a fee or surcharge via paypal as this is a MA state law…so be careful how you phrase charging for the paypal fee in addition to the tournament fee.
Tournament Director Check Cashing Policy Needed
One new TD cashed all his checks right away
Jonah has contacted that TD about that issue
Checks should not be cashed until the Thursday before the tournament
Jeff motions that you should cash checks no earlier than the Thursday before the tournament or later than 30 days after
Jonah seconds
For: Unamimous
Sam will add to TD guidelines document
Team Captain Incentive Program
Look into after the budget comes out
Reward for captaining multiple teams per session
Look into a way of combining individuals to make teams
Jeff volunteers to look into an electronic way of doing this

Complaints about the skeleton and suggestions for updates
Scrambles affect the lower levels, next year it will be changed back to 3 instead of 5
Will do less in the coming spring season

Board Meeting Locations
Next meeting will be at Lasell

Rules and Regulations
Sam is currently going through and updating; will send out revised document for discussion before next board meeting. We will hopefully vote and approve them at the next board meeting.

New Business

Next Meeting: Nov 19th, 7:30 pm at Lasell College

FenwayMarketingGroup update
Jonah met with them
They verified that 8 announcements were made over the weekend
They will be back in early July and want us to renew our sponsorship

Meeting Adjourned

Yankee Volleyball Clinic

Yankee Volleyball is running a mens and womens drills clinic on november 11th at Lasell College. Clinics run for 2.5 hours and give players training and coaching in all aspects of volleyball including passing, hitting, defense, blocking, setting, and serving.

The clinic will be run by collegiate and high school coaches and organized to help teach individuals skills as well as team philosophies.

The cost is $10/pp and all participants will be receiving a numbered Yankee jersey.

We will accept new and existing members rated C- to C+. Space is limited and we will be accepting 40 men and 40 women per session.

November 11th 2007
Mens Session - 11:30am - 2pm
Womens Session - 9am-11:30am
Location: Lasell College (Newton, MA)

Sign-up by sending a check for $10 to NERVA to:
Yankee Clinic
c/o Jonah Mytro
10 Scottfield RD #22
Allston MA 02134

Friday, October 12, 2007

Book on Volleyball Doubles

Winning Doubles: Mastering the Game Through Strategy and Training, is meant to bring players of all levels immediate improvements in their game. Using a series of strategies discussed nowhere else in any book currently on the market, Sangiacomo covers all aspects vital to a player's success on the doubles court.

Topics include:

* Finding the right partner
* Types of serves and serving strategy
* Adjusting to weather conditions
* Passing positioning and tips (beyond fundamentals)
* Setting Techniques
* Hitting different types of shots
* Defensive schemes and blocking
* Physical conditioning and strength training for optimum performance
* Mental conditioning and exercises to enhance your play
* Reference section and description of useful products
* Much, much more!

This book is a must read for any competitive player who aims to be in the winner's circle!

About the Author
For half of her life, Jennifer Sangiacomo has been a part of the game of volleyball. Through Division I collegiate coaching, playing at the highest level of outdoor grass doubles, officiating, promoting and organizing doubles events in the Northeast, Sangiacomo is involved of all aspects of the game. She has earned the reputation as a top-level doubles player and continues to win doubles tournaments at the open level in various states across the Northeast. Currently, she is an AVP promoter, running Capital District Grass Doubles and resides in New York.
Product Details

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

AVP NEXT Championships - EEVB.net


























The 2007 $6,000 AVPNext/Wilson National Championships are just 10 days away in Clearwater Beach, FL. Space is limited and please register to confirm your spot in the AVP Next Championships.

Details:
Dates: October 20-21
Men’s Open Prize: $2,500 – 2 day tournament w/ final 4 playoffs Sunday
Women’s Open Prize: $2,500
MAA (Sat & Sunday): $200
WAA (Sat): $200
Coed Open Prize Money every Sunday: $200

Compete against top players from throughout the country!

Car Pooling is a necessity at this tournament. The City is remodeling the entire area and has taken out the 400 parking spots that used to run along the tournament site. Please car pool because parking spots will be very hard to find.

Official Hotel: Red Roof Inn, 421 South Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater Beach, Florida 33767
Toll Free 1-877-905-7663. Phone 727-447-3464: $68 per night, 2 night minimum

Saturday Night Player’s Party: Shephard's Backyard Tiki Bar: has gained world wide notoriety for its live Reggae and rock & roll music, bikini contests, and large crowds of fun loving people.

Players already registered who have qualified for an AVP Main Draw:
Florida: Mike DiPeirro, Tara Kuk, Kim Whitney, Chara Harris, Steve Grotowski, Dana Camacho
California: Beth Van Fleet, AJ Mihalic, Adam Jewell,
NY: Jill Pickus, Dana Fiume
RI: Rachel Smith, Rebecca Smith
NJ: Ihor Akinshyn

AIRFARE: a recent check of airfares on the EEVB Expedia Link at www.eevb.net yielded the following round trip plane tickets:

JFK or LaGuardia to Tampa: $158
Newark, NJ to Tampa: $238
Islip, NY to Tampa: $287
Philadelphia to Tampa: $250
DC to Tampa: $200
Newport News to Tampa: $192
Providence to Tampa: $293
Chicago to Tampa: $218
LA to Tampa: $324
Charleston SC to Tampa: $320

Upcoming EEVB Schedule:

October 13-14
Siesta Key, FL

October 20-21

$5,800 AVPNext/Wilson Nationals

Caribbean Qualifier
Clearwater Beach, FL
$2,500* + PR Trip

November 3-4
Isle Verde, Puerto Rico

December 1-2
Club V, Clearwater, FL

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Passing and Digging Volleyball Clinic - Bssc.com

Boston Ski and Sports Club is hosting a Passing and Digging Clinic (all levels) on October 21st at West Newton Armory in Newton, MA. The clinic will be run by Tom Wilson, an A- Yankee player and the Assistant Womens Volleyball Coach at Wellesley College.

Participants will learn technique and proper form for digging and passing as well as the following:

Digging:
Court positioning, Footwork, Body position, Forearm and overhand digging,
Emergency plays

Forearm Passing:
Footwork, Body position, Arm and Hand position

Hand Passing:
Footwork, Body position, Arm and Hand position

Details:
Sunday, October 21
9:30am - 12:00pm
West Newton Armory
Head clinician: Tom Wilson

Fees:
Pre-register by 5pm the Friday before to get the best price:
$25 for BSSC members for all clinics. Non-members pay an additional
$10. Walk-on space is sometimes available for an additional $15,
regardless of BSSC membership.

To Register, contact Laura Nelson at laura@bssc.com or 617/789-4070.

Upcoming BSSC clinics:
Sun 11/11, 6:30pm - 9:00pm -- Hitting and Blocking (all levels)
Sun 11/18, 6:30pm - 9:00pm -- Setting (all levels)
Sun 12/16, 9:30am - 12:00pm -- Advanced Hitting

Monday, October 8, 2007

OCTOBER Volleyball Events

To register for a tournament, send a check to the tournament director and submit your roster to the Yankee Roster page. Your team is not confirmed until the TD has confirmed your team on the Yankee website. If you need to find players to play, send out an email to the Boston Volleyball Group.

10/6/2007 Womens C SDVC $150
10/7/2007 Mens B- LSC $150
10/13/2007 Mens B+ SDVC $150
10/13/2007 Womens B- SDVC $150
10/14/2007 Mens B- MIT $150
10/14/2007 RCO B MIT $150
10/20/2007 Mens B+ LSHS $150
10/20/2007 Mens B- RAC $150
10/20/2007 Womens B- RAC $150
10/20/2007 CR C LSHS $160
10/21/2007 Mens C+ REG $150
10/21/2007 Womens C+ REG $150
10/21/2007 RCO B RAC $150
10/21/2007 CR C RAC $150
10/27/2007 Mens B RAC $150
10/27/2007 Mens C- SDVC $150
10/27/2007 Womens C RAC $150
10/28/2007 Mens C+ WBRO $150
10/28/2007 Womens B- WNA $150
10/28/2007 Womens C+ WBRO $150
10/28/2007 Womens C- WNA $150
10/28/2007 RCO B REG $150

Next Yankee Board Meeting
October 15th, 2007 - Brookline, MA 7:30pm

Next Yankee Scramble
October 14th, 2007 - Regis College, Weston MA

AVP Boston Update

I met with the management team at Fenway Marketing Group (FMG), the organization that owns the rights to the AVP Boston Event and they gave me an update on the event and their plans for next year.

The event which ran from August 17-20 at Marina Bay (Quincy, MA) was a huge success and attendance exceeded expectations from both the AVP and FMG. There were over 3500 people in attendance at each of the finals event on Saturday and Sunday.

FMG is renewing its agreement with the AVP and they are planning to bring the event back to Quincy in mid July next year and are working to add another tour location in Newport, RI in late August (still in discussion so no details as of yet).

If addition to the AVP event, Yankee Volleyball is in discussion with FMG and the AVP to run either an exhibition or clinic event prior to Friday's competition in Boston. This would be an event targeted to the Yankee membership and as details are finalized, you will be informed about them.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Womens Rating Changes - October

The following women have been re-rated as of October 1st, 2007.
They should have received a letter stating their new ratings.

The mens rating updates should be released in the next week or so.

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Hilary Anderson B-
Doree Blanco B
Liz Bonfanti B-
Gergana Bounova C
Janelle Carbone B-
Pamela Comey C+
Caitlin Costi B-
Sara Crandall B
Susan Davis B-
Delavane Diaz B
Katrina Ellison B
Linda Ferencko C+
Sonja Grizzle B+
Emily Groth B+
Jean Gullickson B
Melissa Hoberg C
Lynn Jones C+
Holly Kee B
Kelly Leary C+
Melissa Legare C
Dana Levit C+
Heather Locke B
Janka Lopato B+
Lindsay Marshall C+
Maggie Mohrfeld B
Alyssa Morris B+
Deb Pidgeon C
Beth Parkhurst C
Josie Perreira C
Marcia Quinton C
Rebecca Rose C+
Chelsea Ruff C-
Jodi Seewald C
Lindsey Ster B
Amanda Stowe C+
Amy Tarte B
Kathy Testa B-
Rita Vining C
Jackie Walsh B
Katherine White B-
Amy Wibel C
Kristen Wynus B

Monday, October 1, 2007

AVP.com Headed Indoors for "WINTER NIGHT TOUR"

Heat it up this winter with the AVP Hot Winter Nights Tour

When it is freezing outside, we will bring the beach indoors, crank up the heat
and throw a sexy, beach party "AVP style" with top AVP athletes and the hottest
action on the sand and in the stands!

Thu., Jan. 10 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center Arena Tickets
Fri., Jan. 11 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center Tickets
Sat., Jan. 12 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center Tickets
Thu., Jan. 17 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Tickets
Fri., Jan. 18 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center Tickets
Sat., Jan. 19 La Crosse, WI La Crosse Center Tickets
Thu., Jan. 24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Tickets
Sat., Jan. 26 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena Tickets
Wed., Jan. 30 Albany, NY Times Union Center Tickets
Thu., Jan. 31 Trenton, NJ Sovereign Bank Arena Tickets
Fri., Feb. 1 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center Tickets
Sat., Feb. 2 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Tickets
Thu., Feb. 7 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Tickets
Fri., Feb. 8 Rosemont, IL AllState Arena Tickets
Sat., Feb. 9 Bloomington, IL US Cellular Arena Tickets
Wed., Feb. 13 Spokane, WA Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Tickets
Thu., Feb. 14 Everett, WA Everett Event Center Tickets
Sat., Feb. 16 Portland, OR Rose Quarter Tickets
Sat., Feb. 23 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena

Complete Tour Schedule