Shoreline Adult Soccer League, Inc.

History of the SASL Executive Board

League President:

From

Until

Years

Alfie Campbell

1979

1986

8

Victor Smith

1987

1991

5

Kenneth T. Brown

1992

present

20

 

 

 

 

This position was originally called "League Commissioner" until 1989.

 

 

 

 

Vice-President:

From

Until

Years

Kenneth T. Brown

1987

1989

3

Johannes C. Heskes

1990

1991

2

Victor Smith

1992

1994

3

Andrew F. Aldo

1995

present

17

 

 

 

 

This position was not official until 1989, but, in prior years Ken Brown was the League's main liaison with the Connecticut State Soccer Association and so it could be construed he was fulfilling an "unofficial" role as a vice-president.

 

 

 

 

Registrar & Treasurer:

From

Until

Years

Juan Rumino

1980

1981

2

Kevin Burke

1982

1987

6

Johannes C. Heskes

1988

1993

6

Elliot Kravitt

2000

2008

9

 

 

 

 

The registrar/treasurer position was only known as "League Registrar" until 1989 when it became renamed as "Registrar/Secretary." It reverted back to simply "League Registrar" again in 1990 when the "League Secretary" position became official. In 1994 the position was split into two positions, "League Registrar" and "League Treasurer." The two positions were merged back into one again in 1999 when Steve Henderson resigned after 1999 season. In 2004 the position of Assistant Registrar was created to take some of the workload off the senior registrar. In 2004 the Registrar did the Masters League and Over-30s First Division and the Assistant Registrar did the Over-30s Second and Third Divisions. In 2009 the position was split into two separate positions again.

       

Treasurer:

From

Until

Years

Steven Henderson

1994

1999

6

Elliot Kravitt

2009

2009

1

Rich Reddington

2010

present

2

       
See notes for "Registrar & Treasurer.".
       

Registrar:

From

Until

Years

Elliot Kravitt

1994

1999

6

Rich Reddington

2009

2010

2

Jim Quirk

2010

present

2

       
See notes for "Registrar & Treasurer.".
       

Assistant Registrar:

From

Until

Years

Dan Rooney

2004

2005

2

Rich Reddington

2006

2008

3

Jim Quirk

2008

2010

3

       
In 2004 the position of Assistant Registrar was created to take some of the workload off the senior registrar. As of 2004 the Registrar did the Masters League and Over-30s First Division and the Assistant Registrar did the Over-30s Second and Third Divisions. In 2008, as the SASL continued to grow with new divisions, a second Assistant Registrar was added.
       

Corresponding / League Secretary:

From

Until

Years

Garry Archer

1982

1996

16

David Carmody (passed away on 30 June, 2007)

1997

2007

10

Tamra Evans

2008

2009

1

Marco Viola

2009

present

2

 

 

 

 

The position was not officially recognised as "League Secretary" until 1990. Prior to that the holder of the position really did not have an official title! It was sort of regarded as a multiple role position, doing the League's paperwork, mostly. In 1993 the position was divided into two new positions, "Corresponding Secretary" and "Recording Secretary." After the 1999 season, the two positions were merged back into one again!

 

 

 

 

Recording Secretary:

From

Until

Years

Andrew F. Aldo

1993

1994

2

David Carmody

1995

1996

2

Garry Archer

1997

1999

3

 

 

 

 

This position was created in 1993 to help lessen the load of the original "League Secretary" position which became renamed "Corresponding Secretary" at the time. The position was eliminated after the 1999 season and rolled back into the Corresponding Secretary's duties.

 

 

 

 

Scheduling Secretary:

From

Until

Years

Kenneth T. Brown

1989

2001

13

Phyllis Shelp

2002

2003

2

Fernando Ruiz

2004

2005

2

Phyllis Shelp

2006

2006

1

Mike Schechter

2007

present

5

       

Assistant Scheduling Secretary:

From

Until

Years

Mike Schechter

2006

2006

1

       
With the League continuing to grow, especially with the Masters League in the early 2000s, it was felt that an Assistant Scheduling Secretary position was also required, starting with the 2006 season. Note that there was a Masters League Scheduling Secretary from 1998 to 2005, but this position was folded into the Over-30s Scheduling Secretary's duties for 2005. With Over-50s and Over-60s leagues due in the near future, the Assistant Scheduling Secretary position will gain in importance.

 

 

 

 

Masters League Scheduling Secretary:

From

Until

Years

Garry Archer

1998

2005

8

 

 

 

 

Disciplinary Committee Chairman:

From

Until

Years

Garry Archer

1989

1989

1

Bruce Kelly

1990

1991

2

Karl Biewald

1992

1993

2

Kenneth T. Brown

2006

present

6

 

 

 

 

After only four years, in 1993 the Disciplinary Committee was made defunct in favour of allowing the Connecticut State Soccer Association deal with League discipline. Thirteen years later, however, in 2006, a new position was created on the SASL Executive Board for "Disciplinary Chairman." Ken Brown had taken over this "new" position, basically carrying on his work as the CSSA's Disciplinary Committee Chairman he had been performing for several years.

 

 

 

 

Website & Email List Administrator:

From

Until

Years

Garry Archer

1999

present

13

 

 

 

 

Garry Archer started an independent soccer Website in April 1999 (one of the first, if not the first in Connecticut) and an e-mail list to inform players and managers of Website updates and other soccer news. In 2000 a new position of "Webmaster" was made on the Executive Board. "Website & Email List Administrator," however, is the official and more appropriate title. The e-mail list grew so large that it had to be moved to a proper e-mail list server for improved maintenance and administration. The first list server was the SASL-L LISTERV at the University of Connecticut, initiated in April 2000. Unfortunately, exactly two years later the list had to be shut down owing to the university's policies. The list was immediately transferred to Topica.com as the host in April 2002. The list moved to MailMan at derby.org in March 2006 where performance was better and no advertising!

 

 

 

 

YEARS SERVED

 

 

 

 

Current Members:

From

Until

Years

Garry Archer, Madison, CT (English)

1982

present

30

Kenneth T. Brown, Newington, CT (Scottish)

1987

present

25

Andrew F. Aldo, Cheshire, CT (US American)

1993

present

19

Mike Schechter, Stamford, CT (US American)

2006

present

6

Rich Reddington, Naugatuck, CT (US American)

2006

present

6

Jim Quirk, Stratford, CT (US American)

2008

present

4

Marco Viola, Riverside, CT (Argentinian)

2009

present

3

 

 

 

 

Past Members:

From

Until

Years

Elliot Kravitt, Columbia, CT (US American)

1994

2009

16

David Carmody, West Haven, CT (US American)

1995

2007

13

Victor Smith, Hamden, CT (English)

1987

1994

8

Alfie Campbell, Clinton, CT (Scottish)

1979

1986

8

Steven Henderson, Somers, CT (Irish)

1994

1999

6

Johannes C. Heskes, Wallingford, CT (Dutch)

1988

1993

6

Kevin Burke, Wallingford, CT (English)

1982

1987

6

Phyllis Shelp, Higganum, CT (US American)

2002

2003

3

2006

2006

Dan Rooney, Glastonbury, CT (Irish / US American)

2004

2005

2

Fernando Ruiz, Stamford, CT (US American)

2004

2005

2

Karl Biewald, North Haven, CT (German)

1992

1993

2

Bruce Kelly, North Branford, CT (US American)

1990

1991

2

Juan Rumino, Cheshire, CT (Chilean)

1980

1981

2

Tamra Evans, Fairfield, CT (US American)

2008

2008

1