Fall 2008
Greetings EYSA Family
and Friends,
“Champion....not
a place but a journey”
“We
could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world
acted the way they believe.” Jane
Goodall
We all believe
that the children of our community deserve the best soccer program available.
Unfortunately, that belief is as far as it goes for many.
Elizabethtown Youth Soccer Association is reaching a critical state!
Many individuals have committed talents and money over the years, not
to mention the many volunteered hours to grow EYSA into the well respected
organization that it is today. Those
individual’s children have grown to adulthood and their batons of service
passed on to the next leg....we find many of those batons not being passed on
to another runner, not finishing the race of EYSA’s full potential.
We all dream of a soccer program that can provide for the many levels
of play that are needed. Recreational,
Select, TOPSoccer and Adult soccer all provide the opportunity of play to meet
each level of ability.
“Adversity
has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would
have lain dormant.” Horace
The years with prosperous numbers of committed volunteers have passed.
We have a whole new generation of parents that need to “step up” to
keep programs such as EYSA in existence. The
mere fact that many won’t even spend one hour in the concession stand is
proof that the foundation of this organization has reached critical status.
“The
first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.”
Thomas Morell
What examples have been bestowed on you?
Many of you are children of EYSA, yourselves.
What if those committed volunteers had left everything for someone else
to do? Would you have had the
positive experience that you now want for your own children?
“Hold
yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you.
Never excuse yourself.” Henry
Ward Beecher
Do your talents empower you
to be: a cheerleader, a team
parent, a team manager, an assistant coach, a head coach, an age group
commissioner, a parent representative, vice president over a specific group,
the volunteer coordinator for the concession stand or field marking, willing
to do the concession stand purchasing, willing to oversee and organize the
maintenance and improvement of the fields, equipment and facility, willing to
organize the publicity needed to notify the public of registration/try out
dates or “Players of the Game”, willing to oversee and organize uniform
orders, willing to be responsible for registration, willing to be responsible
for scheduling games and orchestrating rescheduled games with the fields
person and referee assignor, willing to take responsibility for the handling
of the funds and expenditures for a large non-profit organization or willing
to take responsibility of the entire Association and its operations, relations
with City and County officials, as well as, relations with the State and
National Soccer Associations? EYSA
has grown to over 1200 kids per season year because individuals were willing
to take on these tasks. It is now
your turn! These are all avenues
of service that are necessary for EYSA to function at its best, over and above
showing up for practices and games.
“Leadership
is practiced not so much in words as in attitude...and in actions.”
Harold S. Geneen
Are you always quick to
make suggestions as to how EYSA can be better organized, function more
seamlessly, offer more programs...............are you ready to be part of that
action? We will be having our
Annual General Membership meeting in the spring when our annual elections take
place. We have several key
positions that have been vacant for some time as well as some key positions
that have tenured Board members that would like to pass their batons to the
next generation. I, myself, will
be completing my second term as your President.
Our By-Laws do not stipulate a certain number of successive terms but
it would be best for the organization to have a rotation of fresh “legs”.
“Rank
does not confer privilege or give power. It
imposes responsibility.” Peter
Drucker
It is all of our responsibility to make certain that EYSA continues.
Just because you may not hold a Board position makes you no less
responsible for the integrity of this organization.
We are all responsible for the words that we allow to pass from our
lips and we are all responsible for the actions that we choose to take in
emotional or elevated circumstances. Our
children learn from our examples in handling confrontation and disagreements
or excitement and success. These
are the life lessons that accompany the teamwork, self-discipline and effort
learned on the pitch.
I know this has been a lengthy but necessary letter but hey, you had
several months without a letter! Thank
you for your patience to read it and I hope that it encourages you to find
your talent and role within EYSA! I
have enjoyed and benefited from my association with EYSA for the last 12
years!
I will leave you with this last
quote:
“The
hallmark of a well-managed organization is not the absence of problems, but
whether or not problems are effectively resolved.”
Steve Ventura
Your humble President,
Susan Masters
EYSA President
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