Club Secretary: Primarily tasked to be the Board’s recording secretary, this person is expected to attend all meetings (normally the first Monday of every month), noting the minutes, typing them up within a week or so, and then emailing the results to all of the other Board members. Additional potential projects may include arranging with NA schools for meeting space and updating the internal Board roster. NO KNOWLEDGE OF SOCCER REQUIRED!
Vice-President: The role of the Vice-President is to manage the board roster, coordinate elections, manage projects, coordinate the club calendar and support club activities. Ideally this is a training position for someone interested in becoming club president.
Travel Registrar: The Travel Registrar is responsible for managing the paperwork needed to register the travel players and coaches with PA West, including collecting pictures and birth certificates, printing player cards, and printing rosters.
Director of Fields: The Director of Fields assures the fields, nets, and goals are available and safe for play. This includes coordinating volunteers on field day to pick up trash, repair or replace nets, move goals, build micro goals, and fill and distribute sandbags. During the season, the Director of Fields evaluates field conditions for playability, makes decisions to open or close fields, and coordinates needed repairs with our turf contractor.
Equipment Director: These Equipment Director's responsibilities include the purchasing, inventory, and storage (not at your house!) of our field and coach equipment (goals, balls, cones, practice vests, etc.) and managing, with the help of our age group coordinators, the distribution and return of this equipment each season. In addition, this person oversees the ordering and distribution of our player jerseys. Most of the activity involved in this position occurs in the few weeks surrounding the start of each season.
Age Group Coordinator: Age group coordinators are the heart of our organization. Age group coordinators are the "managers' of each specific program and oversee all aspects of them. Their duties include forming teams, creating schedules, and communicating with coaches within their respective age groups. The U6 position is a bit unique since it also involves running the Saturday sessions from our established curriculum for our youngest players, but what a fun time that is!
A basic working knowledge of MS Excel and high-speed internet access is required for age group coordinators, but NASC may be able to assist a willing, capable volunteer with this if need be.
Referee Assignor: The Referee Assignor (Friend of the Board) will ensure that all of our games have properly certified and qualified referees assigned to them. US Youth Soccer requires all referee assignors to complete a 4 hour training course. This course is conducted locally each winter by PAWest. He plans to mentor his replacement next spring and help them grow into the position.
Our referee assignor will be required to complete a schedule of referees each week for all of the NASC games and email the list to the referees. Then the fun starts. Referees, most of whom are teenagers, often have conflicts, so this person must deal with the changes. NASC will consider reimbursing our referee assignor for a second phone line with an answering machine to aid in this endeavor. Good organizational skills will be a big help for this position.
Webmaster: This is not a Board position, but NASC needs help maintaining and updating our website. High-speed internet access and moderate computer knowledge is required for this position, but strong web knowledge is not required. The website is currently maintained with the free software Nvu, which is easily self taught.
Director of Coaching and Player Development: This individual is responsible for the overall coordination of all coaches' training and player development programs. The Director will be responsible for coordination between the Club and all professional training consultants contracted for coaching and/or player development. This shall include scheduling of all development programs in coordination with the appropiate program directors.