Cal North League Bulletin, April 2012

In This Issue:

New Cal North Website Launched!

New Cal North Logo Approved!

Cal North Annual General Meeting

April Cal North Board of Director Meeting Recap

CalNorth's 2012 Tournament Directors Workshop

Cal North - Soccer Symposiums

Cal North Partner Spotlight

Cal North State & Presidents Cup coming to a close

Celebrate Cal North Night of Champions at the San Jose Earthquakes game, May 19

New CYSA Team Labels for 2012/13

Like Us On Facebook!

Follow Cal North on Twitter

New Cal North Website Launched!

The California Youth Soccer Association, in conjunction with a new logo and namechange to Cal North, launched their new website using the Americaneagle idev YouthSoccer Platform designed in conjunction with US Youth Soccer. Twenty-nine stateassociations as well as US Youth Soccer are now using the new platform. Visitcalnorth.org and discover the exciting features and benefits the site has to offer.

The Cal North website features include:

An exciting translation feature that allows Cal North to reach a larger portion ofits membership. The calnorth.org website can be translated in 52 languages.The Site Search feature will allow visitors to simply enter a key word or phraseand find information on the site that matches their search.The Printable version feature includes a “printable version” tool so a user will beable to print the page form their computer in a printer-friendly format.The Mobile Website feature will let user access key information in a web-enabled PDA friendly version. The system automatically syncs over to the mobileversion and requires no additional work or downloads on the user’s part.The site’s seamless interface with Facebook and Twitter delivers criticalinformation right to the Cal North member’s computer, cell phone, or mobiledevice. Document Center offers a single resource for all Cal North Documents. Usercan sort by keyword, document name, or filter by category. Multi-Media section will allow Cal North to post video content. Watch for gamehighlights from the Cal North Cup Championships

New Cal North Logo Approved!

The California Youth Soccer Association board of directors approved a new associationlogo. The new Cal North logo and Cal North style guideline are now available online.Please replace old logos with the new Cal North logo. Also, make sure you visit ourwebsite frequently to see the new look.

Download the Cal North Style Guidelines Download the Cal North Boiler Plates and Organization Profile

Cal North Annual General Meeting

Cal North would like to thank the League Presidents who attended the Annual GeneralMeeting on Sunday, April 15th at the Marriott in Walnut Creek. Here are the votingresults from the meeting:

Proposal #1 – Chairman Zopfi informed the membership that the proposal wasin violation of California Corporate Law 5211/5047 and ruled that no vote shouldtake place regarding the proposal. The decision of the Chairman andParliamentarian was appealed. The membership voted to uphold the decisionof the Chairman.Proposal # 2 – FailedProposal #3 – FailedProposal #4 – ApprovedProposal #5 - Failed

April Cal North Board of Director Meeting Recap

The next board meeting will be held June 3, 2012 at the CalNorth Office.New Tournament Manual ApprovedBoard approved Strategia to facilitate a strategic plan for Cal NorthBoard approved the pricing of the youth modules at $195.00 per courseBoard approved the Tournament Committee's recommended changes to theapplication to host fees, effective May 1, 2012.Board approved the Chairman to sign an acceptable contract with GotSoccer forthe CCSL League Management System.

Official minutes will be posted after the Board of Directors approval at the June meetingClick here for complete recap

2012 Tournament Directors Workshop This year's workshop will be held on June 2, 2012 at the Fremont Marriott. The deadlineto register is May 18th, 2012. Tournament Directors from throughout Cal North will jointhe tournament committee, workshop presenters and Cal North programs staff for theday. If you are the official Cal North Tournament Director for your leaguesTournament(s), please plant to attend this very imortant event.

Agenda Items Include:

New and Improved Cal North Tournament Calendar and Online Application toHostThe New Cal North Tournament Rules & GuidelinesTournament Communications, Websites and MarketingThe Nuts and Bolts of Running a TournamentTournament Directors Roundtable Q &A

Please visit the event page on our website for more information.

Cal North - Recreational Soccer Symposiums These events are open to anyone associated with recreational youth soccer in NorthernCalifornia. Breakout sessions and open forum will include; registration support,insurance, risk management, recreation coaches clinics, and courses, league & clubvolunteer recruitment and retention, recreation tournaments and jamborees, FoundersCup, marketing and league growth, US Youth Soccer and CYSA membership benefits.

These free of charge CYSA Recreational Soccer Symposiums are scheduled from 9 amuntil 4 pm with lunch provided. They are located at four separate locations for yourconvenience. Please select one event from below. Pre-registration is required. Clickhere to register for the symposium nearest you

Dates and Locations

May 12, 2012, Fairfield, CAMay 19, 2012, Stockton, CAJune 2, 2012, Fremont, CAJune 9, 2012, San Ramon, CA

Cal North Partner Spotlight

Take advantage of the benefits you get from our partner, Active Network, who has beenpowering the soccer industry for 12 years. Active not only provides the LeagueOnetechnology that streamlines your season, they also offer ClubReg online registrationsoftware that can simplify your season. And, with the CYSA and Active partnership, youwill receive waived setup fee when you activate online registration. Create anaccount to start using online registration and get more out of this season.

Cal North State & Presidents Cup Championships are Just Around the Corner!

Following a weekend of quarter final and semifinal matches at Cherry Island on April21st and 22nd, the pairings for the Cal North State Cup and Presidents Cupchampionship games will be determined. These premier State Championship eventsfor youth soccer in Northern California will take place at the beautiful BartholomewSports Park in Elk Grove Ca. on April 28th and 29th. Cal North’s elite teams will becompeting for state titles in the U14 to U19 age groups for the State Cup and U14 toU17 age groups complete in the Presidents Cup. Girls’ champions will be crowned onSaturday followed by Sunday’s boys’ championships games. The State Championswill earn the right to represent Cal North at the US Youth Soccer Region IV PresidentsCup and Far West Regionals Championships respectively.

Click here for Cal North Presidents Cup Schedule Click here for Cal North State Cup Schedule

Celebrate Cal North Night of Champions at the San Jose Earthquakes game, May 19

Cal North State Cup Champions will be honored with an on-field ceremony at the May19th San Jose Earthquakes game. Come out and watch the Earthquakes battle theColumbus Crew as we honor our State Cup Champions. Discounted tickets for the CalNorth night with the Earthquake are available here. Use promo code CYSA.

New CYSA Team Labels for 2012/13

As we approach the beginning of the 2012/13 registration season, we want to remindeveryone of the change in team labels for the coming season. The old D1, D3, D4R,D4NR are now phased out and have been replaced with Comp (for all teams selectedunder the old D1, D3 criteria) and Rec(R/NR) - basically the old D4. D5 has also nowbecome simply TOPS.

The new labels will be in effect for all 2012/13 teams and while League One userswill still see the old designations in the system (for historical purposes) they will not beable to approve a team under those labels. For example, If a registrar creates aD3 team for the Fall of 2012, he/she will get an error message when selecting theapprove button.

Comp teams may be further delineated in league and tournament play under thesystem introduced two years ago by the CCSL. Leagues, Playing Leagues,Tournaments and Cups may use designations of Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc. to furtherdefine groupings within their Comp programs. While Cal North continues to study thisaspect of these labels, at this time we have not added the more detailed designation tothe registration system.

If you have any questions, please contact your District Registrar.

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Follow Cal North on Twitter at twitter.com/CalNorth1 Stay connected to the soccer community thru the new Cal North twitter account. Receivegame scores, links to soccer news, Cal North and US Youth Soccer updates deliveredright to your media device.

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