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State strategic plan.

Voluntarily consolidate districts and associations
to improve communication between local and state
bodies, reduce duplication of efforts, and allow
better focus on capacity building at local level

? Three year objective on reducing number

of associations to a number at which they
could coordinate directly with WYS and
eliminate the need for districts.

? Work with District 5 and possibly
another of associations and clubs, thereby
demonstrating the potential gains to be
realized

? Identify natural partners
? Enforce a size limitation on associations

Is Spokane volunteering?
 
Size limitation, If Spokane voluntarily merged, they will be approximately 8300…same as Eastside & Tacoma, what is a good number?

8000 per association = 14, eliminate 25 associations?
Any volunteers?

[Futsal]

State strategic plan.

Voluntarily consolidate districts and associations
to improve communication between local and state
bodies, reduce duplication of efforts, and allow
better focus on capacity building at local level

? Three year objective on reducing number

of associations to a number at which they
could coordinate directly with WYS and
eliminate the need for districts.

? Work with District 5 and possibly
another of associations and clubs, thereby
demonstrating the potential gains to be
realized

? Identify natural partners
? Enforce a size limitation on associations

Is Spokane volunteering?
 
Size limitation, If Spokane voluntarily merged, they will be approximately 8300…same as Eastside & Tacoma, what is a good number?

8000 per association = 14, eliminate 25 associations?
Any volunteers?

Interesting concept ... heard something about Districts going away.

So how would the District 6 pie be divided?  Two or Three Associations?

Option 1 - Eastern and Central Washington
Eastern Washington - 7897
Central Washington - 10166

Option 2 - Eastern, North Central, South Central Washington
Eastern Washington - 7897
North Central Washington - 4869
South Central Washington - 5297

[EWSoccer64]

The numbers may work out in Puget Sound, and they may work out in other urban areas, like Vancouver and Spokane, but they do not work out for areas like Central Washington.   The geographic spread is just too big.  Yakima to Walla Walla is a two hour plus drive.  The "inefficiencies" of the District would simply be incorporated into the associations.    Further, the enormous associations would be less responsive to customers needs, by sheer size, than they are now.

While the lesser number of "members" is a convenience for the WSYSA, it is really defeating what is most important - creating a positive enviroment for players and families to grow in soccer.

[Futsal]

The numbers may work out in Puget Sound, and they may work out in other urban areas, like Vancouver and Spokane, but they do not work out for areas like Central Washington.   The geographic spread is just too big.  Yakima to Walla Walla is a two hour plus drive.  The "inefficiencies" of the District would simply be incorporated into the associations.    Further, the enormous associations would be less responsive to customers needs, by sheer size, than they are now.

While the lesser number of "members" is a convenience for the WSYSA, it is really defeating what is most important - creating a positive enviroment for players and families to grow in soccer.

Actually the numbers may work in Spokane but what of the outlaying areas?  Newport to Pulman is about 3 hours drive.

Another issue that is not taken into account is how much control Associations in Eastern Washington have vs those in Western Washington.  On this side recreational soccer is run at the Association level and not the club level in most cases.  Associations both operate teams and are their own oversite. 

I would prefer recreational soccer to be locally run as much as possible ... the larger you make an Associations territory the more removed are the decision makers from those actually playing the game.

If you would make one Association for Eastern Washington (without Central Washington) its territory would be about this size ... Bellingham to the north, Vancourver to the south, top of the cascades to the east and extending into the Olympic Range to the west.

[EWSoccer64]

Futsal,

One must assume that the entire nature of associations will change, and likely ditto for clubs, if the mega-association theme comes into being for Eastern Washington.

"Clubs"  would take over many of the responsibilities that "associations" now undertake, like running rec soccer. 

A different point - I am not sure if there are enough teams in the Newport/Colville/Chewellah area to amount to a big enough association on their own to satisfy the state.   Possibly there are in the Pullman-Clarkston area, if you include Lewiston and perhaps Moscow.   Except they are in Idaho.

There is not enough in the Walla Walla area to satisfy the current requirements, let alone the new mega-association requirements.

Wenatchee will have to incorporate Cashmere, Leavenworth, Omak, Brewster, etc, and then they will be very strung out.

Lower Valley is doomed, split them up with Sunnyside, Toppenish and Zillah being added to Yakima and Grandview and Prosser and Benton City going to the Tri-Cities.

MossLake/Ephrata/Othello may have enough teams to satisfy the state, geographically including them into Wenatchee would be difficult.

I think that the state is going to have to realize that dreams of mega-associations do not work on our side of the mountains.