Progress and Status
In an effort to keep everyone updated with the progress of the USASA Vision and Strategy Task Force, we will post all documents and information here as it becomes available. We encourage you to check back often and provide feedback by sending emails to - Summit2009@usasa.com
We have also added a blog for everyone to log on to and share ideas, questions and thoughts... please visit - http://usasasummit2009.blogspot.com/
February 5, 2010 - As part of the USASA’s AGM agenda, the new USASA Implementation Team Leaders were introduced to the membership in attendance at the Council Meeting in New Orleans.
These eight individuals will help shape the future of the USASA by leading eight specific teams. Each team is specific to an objective which will be executed through various plans in order to meet given deadlines. These Leaders will be responsible for the strategic planning process of the organization. There was also a ninth person introduced as the overall implementation manager.
The objectives, formulated at the USASA Vision and Strategy Summit in Phoenix in 2009 are;
1. 2015, increase USASA membership from 250,000 to 500,000.
2. 2015, USASA will have 5 national sponsors generating $200,000 of revenue.
3. 2013, deploy to all member organizations a comprehensive coaching and adult soccer focused referee development program.
4. 2011, all member organizations will register all players on the USASA member database.
5. 2015, increase women and ethnic participants to 50% of total USASA player membership.
6. By 2012, all member organizations are using USASA developed resources to facilitate development, improvement and access to soccer fields and facilities.
7. By 2015, double participation in competitions from 10,000 to 20,000 annually.
8. By 2012, USASA and 90% of all member organizations will use best practices in governance and administration.
Please welcome the USASA Implementation Team Leaders:
Bob Kepner (North Carolina)
Overall Implementation Manager
Bob Kepner has serviced the game for over a quarter century touching every facet: coaching, officiating, organizing, and working with youth and adults. Blessed with the support of many friends and co-workers, he has served in a variety of leadership roles with the North Carolina Adult Soccer Association as a Registrar, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and President. At the national level, Mr. Kepner held positions such as member of the USASA Appeals Committee and Rules Committee. For several years, he served for the US Soccer Appeals Committee, the US Soccer Summit Planning Group, and as Chairman of the US Soccer Credentials Committee. At the youth level, Bob worked with the US Youth Soccer Association for 4 years as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee that shaped the US Youth Soccer Risk Management Program. He also served as the North Carolina Youth Soccer President for 14 years.
Bob feels that he could bring a useful set of skills to the task of helping USASA to move forward in fulfilling its new vision and mission and in achieving its strategic objectives. He believes that he is effective at extracting the essential elements from a whole and providing direction to an activity; at developing concepts based on sometimes organized, sometimes disparate data; at compiling information and presenting it in an organized, readable format, and at working with a group to help the group move forward constructively. Mr. Kepner is a retired educator, where his focus was in Mathematics and Administration.
Click name to access Team Leader info:
Bob Black (North Texas) - Membership Team
Cara Rooney (DC/VA) - Sponsorship Team
Gianfranco Borroni (Ohio North) - Education & Development Team
Barbara Trainor (Arizona) - Registration Team
Richard Moeller (Florida) - Diversity Team
Klaus Reich (Alaska) - Facilities Team
Tony Battle (Pennsylvania West) - Competitions Team
Kevin Anderson (Maryland) - Best Practices Team
December 28, 2009 - Transcripts from the USASA Soccer Summit are now available. Click here to download transcripts.
December 2, 2009 - Important documents for download
Final USASA Vision & Strategy Task Force Report
USASA Summit Management Letter (11-17-09)
USASA Implementation Volunteer Questionnaire
November 21, 2009 - After the Soccer Summit held in October, the USASA Executive Committee appointed the following task forces:
Implementation Team to Review Volunteer Applications
Team Leader Positions
Valerie Blanchenay – Coordinator
Alan Blinzler
Jevan Williams
Arthur Mattson
Jim Sadowski
Governance Task Force
Marypat Bell – Coordinator
Stephanie Walker
Dan Trainor
Dave Borts
Kris Nelson
Charlie Robinson
Bob McGee
Bob Abbott
Paul Scherer
Matt Krywonos
October 19, 2009 - Final Versions of the Vision, Mission, Objectives & Action Plans Summarized From the USASA Soccer Summit Sessions.
Download the USASA Post-Soccer Summit Report Here.
The Summit Task Force had a post-Summit conference call on October 15th to discuss the transition to Implementation Team process as requested by Brooks McCormick during the National Council meeting. Recommendation will be sent to the Executive Committee prior to their November meeting. We will keep you posted on progress.
I would like to send out this reminder for the invitation Brooks made at the Council meeting … anyone who might be interested in serving in the Implementation Team process should send Brooks an email noting the area of your interest and some of your credentials, professional qualifications, or leadership experience. Please note which of the 8 key objective areas you have passion or interest for involvement.
Thank you again for everyone who contributed to the Summit experience and let’s keep the spirit of that moment alive as we continue the efforts in this next phase.
One love. For the good of the game.
Best Regards,
Tom O’Shea
Summit Chair
October 6, 2009 - Documents for download
Summiteer Survey Summary
Final Summit Agenda
September 30, 2009 - Letter from Summit Task Force Chairman, Tom O’Shea & Survey Results
As we approach time for the 2009 USASA Summit in Phoenix, your Summit Task Force wanted to send to you the initial summary of results from the Adult Soccer Engagement Survey we fielded this summer. We will be going through the highlights and conclusions from this survey along with a synthesis of the many interviews with Summiteers and other USASA stakeholders at the Summit.
We invite you to review this survey information for familiarization with the perspectives that have been captured by the survey. Download USASA’s Summit Survey Results here.
Your Task Force team has been working very hard on your behalf – special thanks to Hank Steinbrecher, Mark Haas, Cara Rooney and Tim Busch who have led the Survey and Interview processes as well as Tyler Sakats, a graduate student intern who has helped as well.
We look forward to seeing you in Phoenix and will have another communication coming to you on Monday to help in the preparation for this important time together.
Best regards and have a great weekend.
Tom O’Shea
Summit Task Force Chair
September 11, 2009 - Letter from USASA Chairman, Brooks McCormick & Summit Schedule
Dear Summiteer,
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the United States Adult Soccer Association, I am pleased to invite you to be a participant in our upcoming Strategic Summit, to be convened in Phoenix Arizona, on October 9-11 2009.
This is a very important milestone in the growth of our organization. Your thoughtful participation is essential and will be greatly appreciated. Under the leadership of Tom O’Shea, Chairman of the Summit Task Force Team, we have secured the services of Hank Steinbrecher, Kevan Pipe and Mark Haas of Sporting Strategies International to guide our strategic plan development and facilitate our Summit meeting. As a Summiteer you will be asked to contribute your time, energy and thought to this process.
The Task Force Team, which includes Karon Beyer, Valerie Blanchenay, Tim Busch, Rick Davis, Doug Pels, Angela Radke, Cara Rooney, Luis Salcedo, Dan Trainor, and Bruno Trapikas, has been very busy organizing this event. We have been conducting a broad array of interviews and fielded a web based survey to help us gain valuable information on our organization. We had approximately 2,400 of our members and other stakeholders complete the survey with a nice representation of all four regions!
The goal of the Summit is to be open, inclusive, and transparent. Our objective is to develop a shared vision of USASA and the right supporting mission. We will identify key areas of excellence that we must achieve to fulfill that vision. Our Summit will also identify the key objectives we aim to accomplish and the supporting strategies to guide our efforts. We will identify enablers and constraints for our success and develop action plans that can be tracked and measured to help us get traction as we implement this plan together.
The current schedule for our Summit is available for download here – a final schedule will be distributed closer to the event. As you can see it is quite full. We believe that the amount of work done before the Summit will have a positive effect on the results of the Summit. As a Summiteer, much will be expected of you. We will ask you to join us in certain tasks prior to the Summit such as participate in interviews, complete the survey and review any materials sent to you in advance. We sincerely hope you will contribute. You will also be asked to come to the Summit prepared to address what is best for our organization and our members. In FIFA’s words: "For the Good of the Game."
On behalf of our entire organization and the hundreds of thousands of players we support, we thank you for your efforts and for your active participation in our Strategic Summit.
Sincerely,
Brooks McCormick
July 9, 2009 - The USASA Survey launches through Keeping In Touch, the USASA e-Newsletter. The link to the survey is http://www.tinyurl.com/soccersurvey2009.
THE TASK FORCE ALSO HAD CONFERENCE CALLS ON JUNE 16, JUNE 25, JUNE 29 AND JULY 6 TO FINALIZE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM DETAILS:
June 5, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap
- Bruno began by providing a summary of the Executive Committee meeting held the night before.
- Tom followed up by stating that by June 15 we should expect to have the names and email addresses for the Summit delegates.
- Tom provided a summary of his consultant status meeting. One item being worked on is trying to confirm the audiences to include for the interviews and the survey. Mark and Hank are working on a schematic to visualize this and it will be emailed to the group for review. Tim and Cara have been contacted and working directly with Hank and Mark to meet the June 15 deadline for the survey and interview.
- Tim provided an update on the interview process.
- A survey update was provided by Mark Haas.
- Hank suggested that he and his team work with Valerie to create media contacts to promote our efforts in an attempt to try and reach unaffiliated leagues. Hank also provided a status on interviews- there are still two ExCo members left to interview.
May 14, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap
· Stephanie provided update us on the communication of the Summit agenda and report we sent to Brooks which was formally sent to the EXCO this afternoon.
· Hank provided verbal report on the visit to HQ last Friday with Kevan Pipe. Hank and Kevan were able to interview all HQ staff as well as meet with Brooks.
· Hank provided update on the interview plan and process with EXCO – Hank and Mark will be conducting the telephone interviews.
· Below is consulting team assignments to work with Task Force Captains
· Key focus is beginning to craft the web survey questionnaire as well as defining the interview pool and associated questionnaires
· Mark and Cara to take the lead on web survey … Hank and Tim on interviews
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Vision & Strategy Task Force Teams
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Focus Area
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Team Captain
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Consulting Partner
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Web Survey
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Cara Rooney
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Mark Haas
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Interviews
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Tim Busch
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Hank Steinbrecher
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Logistics
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Doug Pels
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Kevan Pipe
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Organization
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Dan Trainor
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Kevan Pipe
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Communications
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Valarie Blanchenay
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Hank Steinbrecher
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May 5, 2009 - USASA Executive Committee is updated on the progress of the USASA Strategic Planning Task Force. The Task Force Team (TFT) under the leadership of Tom O’Shea has convened a number of conference calls. On these calls Sporting Strategies and the Task Force Team have discussed a number of key issues on the Summit: Number of attendees and participation & schedule.
Next Steps -
o Kevan Pipe and Hank Steinbrecher will travel to Indianapolis to visit the USASA Headquarters. We will visit the Staff and the President; conduct our initial organizational survey, (similar to the FIFA management survey).
o The Team of Mark, Hank and Kevan (MKH) will begin work this week on framing the survey questions to be placed on the Internet and also those used for personal interviews in conjunction with the TFT.
April 18, 2009 - USASA Executive Committee approves Summit Budget of 74k as well as the hiring of Sporting Strategies and Mark Haas to guide the process.
April 16, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap
- Stephanie and Tom presented a draft Summit Budget to present to the Task Force for review. The budget would then be presented to the USASA Executive Committee as the Board Meeting in Philly April 18th. Click here to view the final budget - USASA Summit Budget
- Tom presented the USASA Strategy Task Force Teams and Captains for each one - Click here to view teams - Task Force Teams
- Task Force sub-team presented their recommendation - several revisions have been made, here is the final outcome - Each region will have 30 slots (120 total) with the remaining 6 going to the 3 national leagues, 2 regional leagues and 1 affiliate.
April 12, 2009 - Task Force sub-team created with Cara Rooney (Chair), Doug Pels and Bruno Trapikas to build the algorithm for Summit participation that includes key steakholders and keeps to a cap of 125 as agreed to by the Task Force
April 6, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap
- Tom and Stephanie to build budget for Summit process.
- Created sub-team with Cara Rooney (Chair), Doug Pels and Bruno Trapikas to build the algorithm for Summit participation that includes key stakeholders and keeps to a cap of 125 participants.
- Discussed Proposal from Sporting Strategies International as well as adding additional resource - Mark Haas.
- Brought Sporting Strategies International on call to ask questions and discuss proposal.
- Laid out structure of 5 sub-teams and Task Force members to send Tom preferences on their participation with the following teams:
1. Web Survey (Design, define target audiences, mechanics of getting survey launched and reviewing outputs)
2. Interviews (Design questionnaire, identify interview pools, conduct some of the interviews, summarize and synthesize conclusions)
3. Logistics (Summit meeting details, selection of participants, working with staff on other requirements)
4. Organization Review (By-laws,organization structure, EXCO roles & responsibilities, staff roles & responsibilities, budgets etc.)
5. Programs and Services (Review current program and services provided by USASA, determine value proposition)
April 2, 2009 - USASA Executive Committee Teleconference with Tom O’Shea to give status update - Three new members added to the Task Force - Bruno Trapikas - USASA Board Member, Karon Beyer - Georgia Soccer and Tim Busch - Washington State Soccer
March 21, 2009 - Update from USASA President Brooks McCormick
- Tom O’Shea has agreed to chair a task force to plan, organize and coordinate data collection for the Soccer Summit.
- The Task Force will develop a framework for the summit and recommend goals to be achieved.
- They will seek proposals from qualified firms to do the professional facilitation and provide a recommendation to the USASA Board of Directors.
March 16, 2009 - Task Force Members Named.
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USASA Task Force Members
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Tom O’Shea – Task Force Chair
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Professional Business Management Consultant, current player, former college player
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Stephanie Walker – Staff Liaison
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National Admin USASA, current player, former college player, former League President
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Valerie Blanchenay
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Current USASA Secretary, current player, has held various positions in USASA, Director or Marketing
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Rick Davis
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Ultimate product of US as player, Executive Director for AYSO, National Affiliate registering Adult Players
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Doug Pels
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Indiana State President, current player, from a state association currently in transition
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Angela Radke
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Texas South League Officer, current player and member of Women’s Task Force
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Cara Rooney
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MDCVSA officer, current player, works in marketing and member of Women’s Taskforce
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Luis Salcedo
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Director for Cal South, Membership Recruiting, sports management degree and has worked with Major League Baseball & the PGA Tour
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Dan Trainor
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Commissioner NPSL USASA National league and USASA Rules Chair
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March 18, 2009 - Task Force has first organizing conference call to make introductions and work on defining the mission as well as the scope of work.
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USASA Vision & Strategy Task Force
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Task Force Charter
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To organize, engage and oversee development of a fresh, collaborative strategic assessment and plan designed to provide USASA and its stakeholder’s clear focus, energy and action priorities consistent with a long term commitment to a renewed USASA Vision.
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Project Expectations and Scope of Work for Facilitating the USASA Strategic Planning Process
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· USASA seeks assistance in the development of a fresh strategic plan that will provide membership and its stakeholders (as defined) an output and process that will …
o Establish clear direction and vision for the future – including an updated Vision, Mission & Values statement and examination of association by-laws
o Create shared sense of purpose with the associated priorities for USASA programs
o Become a source of positive energy that fosters cooperation and shared commitment to USASA Vision across all stakeholders
o Provide recommendations on organizational structure, roles and responsibilities of staff as well as officers and committees to enable and support successful execution and deployment of strategic intent
o Establish an on-going framework for measuring “success” of our Association and its strategic plan and for reporting regular feedback to the membership
· Our expectation is that the process be thorough and inclusive of all key stakeholders in USASA universe … with an intention of targeting the October Mid-Year meeting as a major milestone in the process
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March 13, 2009 - USASA National Council Meeting, Orlando, Florida - USASA Membership mandates that a Soccer Summit be held to address various issues and concerns related to USASA as a whole.
