Meeting Minutes

May 11, 2015

1. Call to order

Dave Boal called to order the regular meeting of the ENCFCA at 8:15pm on May 11, 2015 at Parkers BBQ in Greenville, NC. At 7:30pm Duke RB Coach Re’Quan Boyette was presented as a guest speaker before the meeting was called to order.

1. Roll call

No roll call was taken, but there were between 20 – 25 coaches in attendance.

1. Approval of minutes from last meeting

Ron Cook read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.

1. Open issues
2. Agreed to hold next meeting in July during the Greensboro Coaches Clinic.
3. Membership Dues of $20 from each member was collected from those in attendance.
4. Discussed possibility of having NC Preps and/or Carolina Preps Sponsor our College Night/Recruiting Fair. Discussed having this night take place sometime in December 2015 or January 2016.
5. Discussed what we want the vision of ENCFCA to be and agreed that our number one priority is to take the initiative in making the game safer and providing parents and the public with accurate and reliable information on improvements to the game and coaches’ training in emphasizing safety.  
6. Explored the idea of giving out coaches awards presented by the ENCFCA.
7. Will send out a request to the NCHSAA to pay for ALL coaches to be Heads Up Certified during the July Coaches Clinic. 
8. Members agreed to focus on 3 major projects in the inaugural year of the ENCFCA: 1) College Night/Recruiting Fair 2) Heads Up Certification 3) ENCFCA Winter Clinic
9. Members volunteered to form a committee for each project as follows: 1) College Night – Dave Boal, Ron Cook, Stephen Roberson 2) Heads Up Certification – Todd Lipe and Matt Goddard 3) ENCFCA Winter Clinic – Caleb King and Steve Brooks
10. Coach Garrett Wingate volunteered to send out an email to ALL Head Coaches
11. New business
12. What can we do to make more coaches aware of ENCFCA and involve more coaches?
13. What progress has been made by each committee and their respective projects?
14. Issues to be discussed at July meeting
15. Adjournment

Dave Boal adjourned the meeting at 9:00pm.

Minutes submitted by:  Ron Cook

Minutes approved by:  Dave Boal