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Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 03:58 PM

Regarding President David Arciniega the United States Youth Soccer Association states:

ARTICLE VII 206 FEES AND DISCIPLINE 207
208
Section 1. Annual Fees. 209
A. Organization Member. Each organization member shall pay to USYSA annual fees 210 recommended by the board of directors and approved by the National Council. 211
B. Individual and Sustaining Members. The fees for individual and sustaining members 212 shall be as prescribed by the board of directors. 213

Section 2. Suspensions and Terminations. 214
A. Suspension. 215
1. Failure to Pay Fees. Any member failing to pay any fees due USYSA shall be 216 provided written notice of the delinquency. If those fees are not paid within 30 days 217 after the date of the notice of delinquency, the delinquent member may be 218 suspended from membership in USYSA after a proper hearing pursuant to 219 Subsection 3B of this Article. The member shall be notified in writing of any 220 suspension and the date on which membership will be terminated if the fees remain 221 unpaid. 222
2. Due to Litigation. 223
(a) Any person participating in a USYSA program, or in a program of a state 224 association or a program of a member of a state association, who becomes a 225 defendant in litigation detrimental to the welfare of youth players or litigation 226 based on activities detrimental to the welfare of youth players, shall be 227 suspended from all soccer-related activities. Suspensions under this bylaw shall 228 be determined by the appropriate state association or the USYSA Board of 229 Directors. Matters detrimental to the welfare of youth players shall include, but 230
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not be limited to, crimes of moral turpitude and felonies. The person has a right 231 to appeal the suspension only over whether the matter which is the substance of 232 the accusation, if true, is detrimental to the welfare of youth players. 233
(b) On completion of the litigation, the suspended person may inform the body 234 suspending the person under Subsection 2A2(a) of this Article that the litigation 235 has been completed and request that the suspension be terminated and the 236 person reinstated. The suspending body may grant the request of the person or, 237 if the decision of the litigation was adverse to the person, may continue the 238 suspension for a period specified by the suspending body, fine the person, 239 terminate all membership of that person with the suspending body and its 240 members, or any combination of those authorized penalties. 241
B. Termination. 242
1. The membership of a state association may be terminated by the National Council 243 for cause by a two-thirds vote of the National Council. 244
2. If the membership of a state association is terminated either by resignation from 245 USYSA or under Subsection 2A1 or Subsection 2B1 of this Article, USYSA shall 246 immediately undertake actions to replace that organization with another 247 organization having the same USYSA jurisdiction as the organization whose 248 membership is terminated. That replacement organization may include an 249 organization established and temporarily operated by USYSA. 250
3. The board of directors may terminate the membership of a sustaining member as 251 prescribed in Section 3A of this Article. 252

Section 3. Suspension, Termination and Other Penalties. 253
A. The board of directors may suspend, fine, terminate and/or impose any other penalty 254 on any member of USYSA, if the board determines that: 255
1. the conduct of the member is adverse to the best interests of soccer or USYSA; or 256
2. the member has not complied with the requirements of its membership in USYSA. 257
B. The board of directors may act under this Article only after a hearing, reasonable 258 notice to the member of the time and place of the hearing, and providing the member 259 with a reasonable opportunity to present evidence in support of the member’s position. 260

Section 4. Effect. A suspension or other disciplinary action imposed by USYSA in accordance 261 with these bylaws shall be recognized by all members of USYSA on notification by USYSA. 262 Suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed by members of USYSA shall be 263 recognized by USYSA and all other USYSA members on proper notification to USYSA. 264
265

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 04:02 PM

Following is the quote of what David Arciniega said at the September 2013 general coaches meeting and that was mailed out to our coaches in November of 2013 in the meeting minutes:

GSA receives it largest income from the registration fees so all income must match the data in the Jevin System daily. Jevin/online provider owed GSA $8,061 (in June 2013) which was paid in full to GSA as of August 20th. To compensate GSA for this delay, Jevin will lower its rates resulting in additional revenue for GSA. Litigation is on-going between the online provider and Jevin so additional information may not be divulged per the North Texas lawyers.

There was never any litigation filed.

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 04:04 PM

North Texas State Soccer Association (501 c 3 over Garland Soccer Association) says:

2.2.6 Jurisdiction
This Association shall have jurisdiction over all Member Associations’ administrators, referees,
coaches, assistant coaches, managers registered players and teams affiliated with it. Each Member
Association shall retain its own autonomy, but will adhere to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations
and will comply with the authority of the Association. If the Association is presented sufficient
evidence that a Member Association is not adhering to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations, the
Association may form a committee to investigate the allegations and make recommendations to the
Executive Committee to correct the infraction(s). If gross misuse of funds, misapplication of
Bylaws, or misapplication of rules and regulations is discovered, the Member Association shall be
declared not in good standing and given sixty (60) days to correct the situation, or the Association
may take more immediate action if deemed necessary by the Executive Committee.

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 04:21 PM

http://www.ntxsoccer.org/assets/pdfs/Fiduciary_Duties_Power_Point_2011.pdf

Duty of care requires director to be informed, including obligation to make
reasonable inquiries…No RED FLAGS!!!......
When asked why the change, the
Executive Director informs the board that it is too
complicated to explain, the loss will not happen
again, and that the board should take his word for it
that all will be well. Without further discussion the
board unanimously accepts the Executive Director’s
statements. Any problems?....

What if all of the other directors
completely disagree with you, snarl at
you, and make you eat lunch alone?......
Duty of Candor
Duty to disclose to the corporation material facts relating to anything of significance to
the corporation. Duty is affirmative
–
no one has to ask
Disclosure must be full and fair…….

http://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/nonprofit/nonprofitguidebook.pdf

Best practices to assist you in carrying
out your responsibilities include:
•
Attending board meetings and meetings of committees on which you serve. Make certain that you receive detailed information beforehand about matters that are going to be discussed and voted on at a meeting, especially the financial reports and financial statements of the nonprofit.
•
Carefully reading all the material you receive, asking questions, and being active in board discussions. It is important to know how the organization is functioning and understand the specific purposes and mission of the nonprofit. Be informed about every major action that the nonprofit takes, and be proactive about reviewing materials in a timely manner.
•
Using your own judgment in voting and not simply following the lead of the
chief executive officer, chairperson of the board, or fellow board members. A responsible board member will ask about the reasons for recommending a particular action and the consequences, good and bad, such action will bring.
•
Participating in strategic planning activities that assess and plan for the
nonprofit organization’s future. Ask about the status of the nonprofit’s internal controls and about written policies and procedures that protect the nonprofit from error, fraud and embezzlement.
•
Inquiring whether the nonprofit has a directors and officers liability policy and whether the nonprofit indemnifies its directors and officers from liability.
•
Reviewing board or committee minutes to make certain that the meetings and votes were properly recorded. If there are errors in the minutes, ask for clarifications or changes….

The officers and board members of a nonprofit, even when serving in a volunteer or part-time capacity, must be well-informed, hold regular board and committee meetings, maintain accurate minutes of those meetings , encourage open discussion, and pursue the nonprofit’s mission and best interests with determination. One of the responsibilities of a board member is to make certain that the nonprofit operates in a fiscally sound manner, has mechanisms in place to keep it fiscally sound, and is properly using any restricted funds it may have. If, as a board member, you do
not have adequate information, you have the right to get it. Officers have the responsibility to provide it…..

In order to carry out your responsibilities as a board member, you must be able to make informed judgments about important matters affecting the daily operation of the nonprofit organization and how it affects the community it serves. The law permits you to reasonably rely on information from the nonprofit organization’s staff, its lawyer, its accountant, outside advisors, and board committees in making those judgments. If you don’t have adequate information, request and obtain it. Officers have a duty to provide this information to the board.

http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/nonprofit/guide-for-board-members.pdf

You should attend board meetings and meetings of committees on which you serve.

You should make sure that you receive detailed information beforehand about matters which are going to be voted on at a meeting.

• You should carefully read all of the material which you receive and prepare yourself to ask questions.

• You should use your own judgment and not simply take the word of your CEO or fellow board members.

II. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION
In order to carry out your legal responsibilities as a board member or trustee, you must be able to make informed judgments about important matters affecting the organization. The law permits you to reasonably rely on information from the organization’s staff, lawyer, auditor, outside advisors, and board committees in making those judgments. If you do not have adequate information, you have the right to get it.
IN SHORT:
You should be aware of and informed about every major
action the charity takes.

http://www.texasbar.com/Content/NavigationMenu/AboutUs/LocalBarServices/PlanningResources/5-ChecklistsforExcellence.pdf

How’s Your Culture? Developing a Climate of Inquiry
By Marilyn Cavicchia

At the same time they’re making sure all the relevant policies are up to date and on file, bars and other nonprofits should also take a hard look at their overall culture, said Nancy Axelrod, a consultant and principal at Washington, D.C.-based Nonprofit Leadership Services, who spoke at the ABA Bar Leadership Institute in March. Is the bar a place where elected leaders and staff are encouraged to ask questions—including the tough ones? Or is there a culture of “passivity and groupthink”?

The results of such “passivity and groupthink” can be devastating, she added, citing a study that found that companies such as Enron and Tyco had boards that met all the benchmarks that were then standard in terms of size, codes of ethics, and financial expertise.

Looking great on paper is not the same as doing a great job, Axelrod noted, adding that at these companies, it was possible to follow all the rules but not add much in the way of organizational intelligence (reliance on the organization’s values and mission) and contextual intelligence (awareness of what’s going on in the world, such as social changes).

“The problem is, we don’t often tap that wisdom,” said Axelrod, recalling her own early experience on a college board. She was excited at first, but soon found herself wondering, “What material difference has my presence made at this board meeting?”

To the list of fiduciary duties—duty of care, duty of loyalty, and duty of obedience—Axelrod would like to add what she called a “fourth D”: the duty of curiosity. In trying to be polite and achieve consensus quickly, she said, many boards don’t wholeheartedly invite or don’t allow sufficient time for questions and dissent.

Ideally, the president will know how to run a meeting in which all the board members are engaged and participating—which is what the fiduciary duties require, and also what board members themselves often expect. The problem, said Paul Greeley, president of Ashburn, Va.-based Association Consulting Services, who also spoke at the BLI session, is that not every leader inherently has these particular skills.
“Just because you’re outstanding in your field doesn’t mean you’ll be outstanding at running a board meeting,” he noted. This is one reason it’s essential for the president and the executive director to have a strong relationship that includes honest discussion and a shared understanding of best practices, Greeley and Axelrod said: It helps set the tone for the rest of the bar, including the board and how it will work as a group.

Also important, they said, is to realize that getting a good grasp on proper governance practices and procedures is not a one-time task. With all the different issues that can come up, the dramatic ways the board can change from one year to the next, and the still-evolving understanding of best practices for nonprofits, board members need opportunities to revisit and refresh their knowledge throughout the year.

“Governance is a process,” Axelrod noted. “Keep learning.”

Want to learn more? The materials from this BLI session are at
www.abanet.org/barserv/bli/2007/axegreeletgovernanceplenary.pdf (http://www.abanet.org/barserv/bli/2007/axegreeletgovernanceplenary.pdf)

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 04:22 PM

http://texascbar.org/content/legal_library/pubs/downloads/NonProfitLegalToolkit2011.pdf

• A nonprofit must have at least two officers: a president and a secretary. A nonprofit may have other officers. The president and the secretary cannot be the same person (Sec. 22.231). The term of an officer cannot exceed three years (Sec. 22.232). In the absence of a provision authorizing a specified term, the officers must be appointed or elected annually (Sec. 22.232)….

Directors and officers are required to perform their duties as a director or committee member:
* In good faith;
* With ordinary care; and
* In the best interest of the nonprofit.
To meet this requirement, directors must follow certain legal responsibilities also known as the Duty of
Obedience, the Duty of Care, and the Duty of Loyalty….

They should ask questions, if necessary,
to obtain information sufficient to fulfill their responsibilities…

Accountability, Transparency, and Reporting
A. Books and Records
• Nonprofits must keep correct and complete books and records. All nonprofits must maintain the
following information at the registered or principal office of the nonprofit in Texas:
* names and addresses of members, if any, entitled to vote;
* the written consent of the registered agent (Sec. 5.201(b));
* minutes of meetings of members, board of directors, and any committees having the authority of
the board of directors; and
* complete books and records of accounts (Sec. 3.151).
• Nonprofits must keep true and accurate financial records. Records should contain full and correct entries, including income and expenditures, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals. The records must be kept at the registered or principal office of the nonprofit in Texas for at least three years after the close of the fiscal year (Sec. 22.353)….

• Nonprofits must allow any member or governing person to examine and copy books and records,
including the names and addresses of members entitled to vote. A member can make a written demand to examine the nonprofit's books and records. The purpose of the demand must be stated in writing. The member or a member’s agent, attorney, or accountant may examine the books at any
reasonable time and for any proper purpose. The cost of copying is the responsibility of the member….

Whistleblower policies. A nonprofit should provide employees and volunteers with a confidential way to report suspected financial wrongdoing. See www.texascbar.org (http://www.texascbar.org) for a sample whistleblower policy….

A qualified nonprofit may hold only two raffles a year; the raffles cannot be at the same time. Raffle tickets
must contain certain language required by law including:
* the organization’s name,
* the organization’s address,
* the ticket price,
* a general description of the prizes, and
* the date the prizes will be distributed….

After a nonprofit receives its IRS tax exemption letter from the IRS, the board’s interest in the exemption application (Form 1023) often disappears. After a few years, many nonprofits have no idea where the application
is located. Nonprofits must maintain a copy of the application in an accessible location because federal law requires nonprofits to make the application available for public inspection. For more information, see the Section
on public disclosure requirements….

Board governance
An active, attentive board may be the most important way to avoid major threats to an organization. Board members should have a wide range of skills and perform duties. Board members are legally responsible for the
management of the affairs of the organization. A board member should:
• Understand roles and responsibilities of a board,
• Understand the organization’s mission and services,
• Receive regular reports on finances and program performance, and
• Be actively involved in fundraising.

Financial assessment
Financial mismanagement is a common concern for nonprofit organizations. In order to reduce the likelihood of such an occurrence, the board should receive training on nonprofit accounting practices…..

B. Protections Against Liability for Directors
Acting in accordance with the duties of directors. Directors are protected from liability if they act in good
faith with ordinary care and in the best interest of the organization.
Dissenting from an action. A director who dissents to an action must have the dissent entered into the minutes of the meeting or send a written dissent to the organization. (Sec. 22.226)
Indemnification of directors. Directors, even those who work under the protection of a corporate form, can still be sued. Even if they cannot be held liable, they may be responsible for paying for attorney’s fees and court
costs.

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 04:35 PM

11.1.1
All Member Associations are directed to form their own ethics committee and to hold hearings--WITH THE PARTIES HAVING THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT--on alleged violations of the Code of Ethics when properly submitted.

Page 60 GSA Bylaws and League rules
Does GSA have said committee and policies in place so complaints can be made?

Soapboxmom

03-09-2015, 10:33 PM

From: Kim Verity [mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:06 PM
To: David Arciniega - President; Sam Perry; Don Starkey - Facilities; Events; Darcy Quintana - Publicity; Robert Mayfield; Juan Ramirez; Piney Burch-Walser; U12 Director; Angela Hearn - U8 Boys; Terry Walser - U8 Girls; U6 Boys; U6 Girls
Subject: Board hearing - March 21, 2013

Board members,

Please be advised that a board hearing has been requested. I have reviewed the games scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2013 and it looks as if 8:00 p.m. should work for everyone. Please plan attending this board hearing. I will ask Paula to call and confirm with you early next week.

Please note that this is a closed hearing and only those invited are allowed to attend.

Regards,

Kim

9660
My son has a serious chronic medical condition and has been hospitalized which forced him to retire from soccer and leave the team I coached. I had to find a new coach as my son needed my attention. I turned my team over to a new incredible coach that had years of experience and was even coaching a college team at the time. I was brought up on charges filed by David Arciniega because that new coach's own son was put on that team he was taking over from me.

littleroundman

03-09-2015, 11:04 PM

Ah, good ol' childrens' sport, Eh ???

There's more politicking and corruption goes on in, on and around childrens' sport than in the Senate and the House of Representatives combined.

Soapboxmom

03-10-2015, 04:39 PM

When I was brought up on phony charges I crafted a 132 page response that was presented at the hearing. That attachment can't go up at this time as the names and information about minors is contained in that document. The A & D process is Garland has been completely broken for years. Here are my notes concerning that:

1. I was brought up on charges as shown on pages 1-3 of the attachment. Clearly as this letter was sent registered mail by the A & D chairman it is an A & D hearing. This hearing was not heard in front of the A & D committee as specified in the GSA By-laws. I was brought before my fellow board members. Please see page 4 of the attachment which was given to all of the panel at the A&D hearing.

2. The League Rules clearly state that “upon receipt of written notification, the A&D Committee shall conduct a confidential investigation by questioning any person with first hand knowledge of the facts. The investigation must include an interview with the accused unless it can be determined that no further action, including the preferring of the charge(s) is necessary or warranted.” Kim Verity’s committee did not interview me, Rachel Beltran, the coach who took the U12 boys team or his wife that handled the paperwork to get the player in question registered.

3. It clearly states in the League Rules that one brought up on charges “will be subject to the decisions made by the GSAI A & D committee.” David Arciniega’s complaint against me was not heard by that committee, but rather the board of directors as a whole. So, any decisions made I should not be subject to as proper protocol and procedures were not followed.

4. According to the NTSSA Appeals and Discipline manual “it is a requirement for the A & D Chairman to have enough knowledge of the situation at hand in order to select a fair and unbiased panel.” A hearing among fellow board members in what has become a hostile environment does not meet this requirement. The issue referenced in the charges against me has been discussed at board meetings and in e-mails. Please see pages 69, 70, 105 of the attachment. No one on that panel could possibly be unbiased.

5. The NTSSA manual states “in matters where the A & D Chairman is unsure what the rights of the complainant or the accused are as to whether this should or should not justify a hearing, the NTSSA A&D Chairman may be consulted.” Did Kim Verity seek out counsel and advice on this situation from the NTSSA A&D Chairman?

6. The NTSSA manual guarantees in the “Rights of the Parties” that the letter to the accused shall show the range of possible consequences should the charges be found true. My letter does not give the range of possible punishments as it should. Please see pages 1-3 of the attachment.

7. The NTSSA Appeals and Disciplinary manual also admonishes that A & D Hearings should not be held at the same time as board meetings. That according to NTSSA and local Garland rules takes away the option of an appeal with the local board. I was brought before my fellow board members for the first hearing on this matter.

8. The NTSSA manual further states that “no member (of the committee) should be involved in the circumstances being heard: nor in any way, closely associated with any of the involved parties. If necessary, alternate members should be available should such an involvement or affiliation exist.” Again the complaint was heard before the board where certain members are close and there is also tremendous hostility, and no alternative panelists were available.

9. The specific charges they are completely bogus. I am accused of being involved in the instructing of placement of a new coach with his son in violation of our team formation rules. Our Frequently Asked Questions clearly state that if one would like to coach their child’s team that the child will be placed on their team with them. Please see page 24 of the attachment. We have an obligation to honor what is on the front page of our www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com) website.

10. The Frequently Asked Questions also state that a “player’s information is given to a committee that assigns players.” I have no control or involvement in player placement whatsoever. I do not know who is on the player pool committee or how to contact them. Please see page 23 of the attachment. How can I face charges for something I cannot possibly do?

11. The antiquated Team Formation Rules, that have not been updated in over 5 years, state that “the formation of teams and solicitation of coaches and new players is the responsibility of GSAI Officers and Directors.” Please see page 25 of the attachment. If that is the case why was I brought up on charges when a new coach and his son came into GSA?

12. The antiquated rules further state that “players will be assigned (rostered) to teams, at the age group director discretion, by one of these two methods:
Use of a coordinating committee.
Random draw by neighborhood schools by the coaches.”
Again that is not the case. We have a player pool committee and the age group directors have no involvement in this whatsoever.These Team Formation Rules go on to discuss Directors placing players when we in fact have no involvement in that whatsoever. Please see page 26.

13. The rule in the specific charges against me states, “in order for any person to request their child be transferred to a returning team they are coaching, they must have been the head coach of record for the previous two outdoor playing seasons, or asked to be the head coach of the returning team by a majority vote of the GSAI Board of Directors.” Since these rules are antiquated and do not at all reflect what we are doing I don’t see how they can be used as a means to bring me up on charges. Again, our Frequently Asked Questions clearly state that a child will be placed on the team their parent is coaching. Please see page 24 of the attachment. (No one asked the child to be placed on the team as the player pool had done it.)

14. Please note the e-mail on page 34. The registrar contacts the age group director (Rachel Beltran) and asks her to find Dan Medina a team that his son could be placed on. There were not near enough players to form a new team. As my son is too ill to continue playing I was desperately searching for a coach to take over my team, the Pumas. The Pumas team was the only spot available in the U12 boys division.

15. Please note the e-mail on page 54. I am asking for child Medina’s uniform size as I saw in Jevin that he was placed on the team, but his name was not on the official roster yet. He was showing up in the uniform section and medical releases etc. He had landed there due to the player pool. Rachel Beltran and I were not involved in his placement in any way. He appeared on the official roster after his release from Richardson arrived in the GSA office.

16. Please note from the e-mails that the board was having heated discussions concerning Joe Garcia having his daughter assigned to his team. The Dan Medina situation was brought up at two board meetings despite Kim Verity’s claim to the contrary. At the February 4th meeting I came in very excited that I had a coach to take over my team as my son was too ill to play. On February 20th when Joe Garcia’s daughter was discussed, Rachel Beltran mentioned Dan Medina and I spoke up about it as well before we voted. I believe this is why these charges were filed against me. I carefully considered what is on the GSA website and I voted and acted in the best interest of our coaches.

17. Joe Garcia sent our two e-mails to the entire board before the charges were filed stating that Dan Medina had had his son placed on his existing team. Joe Garcia also forwarded the e-mail from Dan Medina to the entire board as noted on page 69. So, the board was already well aware of the conflict going on and was tainted. They could not step into the board hearing Kim Verity scheduled as an unbiased and fair panel to hear this issue.

18. Please note the numerous e-mails where I request documentation concerning the team formation practices. David Arciniega sent a report to NTSSA in February about this exact rule and issue and I have not been given access to it. I was not given access to anything or a single piece of paper in response to my reasonable requests. Why is GSA hiding information from its directors? Please see pages 110-123 of the attachment.

19. The board is having serious conflict over having open meetings as the e-mails show. Please see pages 50-54 in the attachment.

20. The materials in question related to this filing have not been updated in five years even though we have radically changed the team formation practices using the Jevin software and an independent player pool committee for the last 4 years. NTSSA needs to address this lack of proper documentation. Please see page 119 of the attachment.

21. It appears the Garland Soccer Board of Directors voted on Coach Dan Medina and his son after we were asked to leave the board meeting. How could there be any vote on those individuals when they were not given any kind of notification that their placement on the U12 boys Pumas team was in question? That is totally unethical.

Soapboxmom

03-11-2015, 07:01 PM

Please find following an excerpt from one of my board reports. I was prevented from fulfilling my fiduciary duties by directors suffering from serious group think and a willingness to rubber stamp whatever the president did.

I think it is important to remember we are a 501(c)3 under the NTSSA umbrella on their group exemption letter according to the IRS.

75-1629771
North Texas State Soccer Association Inc.
Frisco
TX
United States
GROUP (http://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/forwardToDeductibilityHelp.do?deductibility=GROUP&dispatchMethod=parseDeductCodes)

Mission Statement
Share Print Page (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/about/missionstatement.aspx?print=y)
Home (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/) > About (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/about/missionstatement.aspx) > Mission Statement
North Texas Soccer is a Texas non-profit, 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Corporation formed to promote, foster, and advance the cause of soccer for youth and adults within its territory. It shall be the mission of North Texas Soccer to educate, provide administrative service, promote and stimulate interest in the game of soccer. North Texas Soccer is a member of United States Youth and United States Adult, United States Soccer Federation and Federation Internationale de Football Association.
Offering quality soccer programs for youth and adults since 1964
Over 195,000 players currently registered
North Texas Soccer is comprised of over 123 Member Associations that maintain a large volunteer base of coaches and program administrators.
North Texas Soccer, governed by a voluntary Executive Committee, maintains a state office with a professional full-time staff.

North Texas Soccer has one purpose in mind: To ensure that each participant has an enjoyable soccer experience while moving toward his or her personal goal.
Emphasis placed on the development of players - Recreational - Competitive - State Select/ODP
Training programs for coaches and referees
Sanctioned tournaments
Media: "The Pitch" State Newspaper
Organization assistance through state office staff and Executive Committee
Resource for educational materials
Liability insurance coverage for administrators and Member Associations
Medical insurance coverage program for players and coaches
Sanctioned indoor and outdoor play

Exemption Requirements - 501(c)(3) Organizations (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501%28c%29%283%29-Organizations)
Exemption requirements: 501(c)(3) organizations
To be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Organizational-Test-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) and operated (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Operational-Test-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) exclusively for exempt purposes (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exempt-Purposes-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Inurement-Private-Benefit-Charitable-Organizations) to any private shareholder or individual. In addition, it may not be an action organization (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Political-and-Lobbying-Activities), i.e., it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.
Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations. Organizations described in section 501(c)(3), other than testing for public safety organizations, are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Substantiating-Charitable-Contributions) in accordance with Code section 170.
The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Inurement-Private-Benefit-Charitable-Organizations), and no part of a section 501(c)(3) organization's net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. If the organization engages in an excess benefit transaction (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Intermediate-Sanctions-Excess-Benefit-Transactions) with a person having substantial influence over the organization, an excise tax (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Intermediate-Sanctions) may be imposed on the person and any organization managers agreeing to the transaction.
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Charities/FiduciaryDuties.asp
……. It also means that directors must supervise and direct the officers and govern the charity’s efforts in carrying out its mission….. courts have held that the law imposes the highest standard of integrity on the bearers of these duties.
Directors of Minnesota (or any) nonprofit corporations must discharge their duties in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances…..

To Exercise the Proper Duty of Care:
1. Active Participation. A director must actively participate in the management of the organization including attending meetings of the board, evaluating reports, reading minutes, reviewing the performance and compensation of the Executive Director and so on. Persons who do not have the time to participate as required should not agree to be on the board.
2. Committees. Directors may establish committees having the authority of the board and may rely on information, opinions or reports of these committees. Committees operate subject to the direction and control of the board. As a result, directors are still responsible for the committees and should periodically scrutinize their work.
3. Board Actions. A director who is present at a meeting when an action is approved by the entire board is presumed to have agreed to the action unless the director objects to the meeting because it was not lawfully called or convened and doesn’t participate in the meeting, or unless the director votes against the action or the director is prohibited from voting on the action because of a conflict of interest.
4. Minutes of Meetings. Written minutes should be taken at every board meeting. The minutes should accurately reflect board discussions as well as actions taken at meetings.
5. Books and Records. A director should have general knowledge of the books and records of the organization as well as its general operation. The organization’s articles, bylaws, accounting records, voting agreements and minutes must be made available to members and directors who wish to inspect them for a proper purpose.
6. Accurate Record Keeping. A director should not only be familiar with the content of the books and records, but should also assure that the organization’s records and accounts are accurate. This may mean the director must take steps to require regular audits by an independent certified public accountant. At the very least, the director should be aware of what the financial records disclose and take appropriate action to make sure there are proper internal controls.
7. Trust Property. A director has the duty to protect, preserve, invest and manage the corporation’s property and to do so consistent with donor restrictions and legal requirements. Instituting proper internal controls will aid in the protection of assets.
8. Resources. A director must assist the organization in obtaining adequate resources to enable it to further its charitable mission.
9. Charitable Trusts. A trustee of a charitable trust has a higher standard of care than a director of a nonprofit corporation. A trustee has the duty to exercise the care an ordinary person would employ in dealing with that person’s own property. A trustee with a greater level of skill must use that higher skill in carrying out the trustee’s duties.
10. Investigations. A director has a duty to investigate warnings or reports of officer or employee theft or mismanagement. In some situations a director may have to report misconduct to the appropriate authorities, such as the police or the Attorney General. Where appropriate, a director should consult an attorney or other professional for assistance.
Traditionally, directors have an absolute duty of complete, undivided loyalty to the organization. This means that directors should avoid using their position or the organization’s assets in a way which would result in pecuniary or monetary gain for them or for any member of their family. A director should put the good of the organization first and avoid engaging in transactions with the organization from which the director will benefit…… 4. Outside Help. Where appropriate, directors should obtain opinions of legal counsel or accountants.

Soapboxmom

03-12-2015, 05:10 PM

From: Veritygsa@gmail.com [mailto:Veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:55 AM
To: hdobrott@gmail.com
Subject: GSA Elections this week!! Please VOTE!

Good Monday morning!!

I’d like to remind each of you that your General Coaches Meeting is this Wednesday, May 26 @ 7:00 pm at the Granville Perfoming Arts Center. There will be good information shared with each of you on how your season went, as well as, elections for some very important positions to be filled on your board.

One crucial position that will be voted on is Vice President. Currently serving is Ken Daniel. He will be stepping down as he feels he can better serve GSA as a coach, dedicating more time to his teams. As some of you may have already heard, I will be running and am kindly asking for your vote.

So that I can contribute to you getting home to your families quicker Wednesday evening, I’d like to share a little about me with each of you. I have been a member of GSA over the past 17 years. My oldest son started playing for GSA at age four, where he played for the next 12 years before leaving for college. Just as he left, my youngest was ready to play and still is enjoying GSA to this day! Several years ago, as a parent, I felt that things just were not up to speed in my youngest son’s division. Therefore I ran for the position of the U8 boys age group director, was voted in and have been leading them since. Along the way, I acquired the U8 girls division which has also been very rewarding. I feel that I have truly made a difference in this division and have proudly and successfully represented this group. Some of you may already know a few of my strengths. I am a rational, impartial person and tend to focus on the facts at hand. During my tenure, I have maintained and addressed all issues at the director level and have prevented all but one issue being brought before our A & D commitee. My goal has been to work for the better of the organization as a whole by teaching and guiding my coaches as they advance their teams into their next division. I am passionate about my position and find myself at the fields a majority of the time lending a hand, enjoying myself, interacting with the coaches, the parents and especially the wonderful kiddo's!

Eventhough your presence is strongly urged Wednesday, sometimes there are events that will prevent you from attending. Therefore, if you are unable to attend and wish to have your votes counted, please fax your proxy to the GSA office 972-495-4432 or scan to registrar@garlandsoccer.com. Your proxy may not be verbal, yet in writing and executed by you as a Garland Soccer Association registered coach.

In closing, I again ask for your vote as I feel I can make a difference for you. I’d love nothing more to represent each of you and this organization. Let me be your voice. I am here, willing and able.

Thank you for your time. Have a wonderful week! I look forward to seeing each of you Wednesday!

Best regards,

Kimberley Verity
U8 Division Director
Funny that she should mention proxies. Hmmmm. Good that I have archived everything and talk to everyone!

Verity sure made a difference for me. She filed phony charges against me for a coach having his own child rostered to his team and was behind that lie-filled No Confidence vote that David Arcinniega used as a tool to try and bully me into resigning.

It is time that the proxies be completely eliminated!

Soapboxmom

03-13-2015, 01:52 PM

The Scouts have clear policies in place to reduce the risk of sex offenders harming their members:

Youth Protection (http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx)

Minimum two-deep leadership on all outings required. Two registered adult leaders, or one registered leader and a parent of a participating Scout or other adult, one of whom must be 21 years of age or older, are required for all trips and outings. Appropriate adult leadership must be present for all overnight Scouting activities; coed overnight activities – even those including parent and child – require male and female adult leaders, both of whom must be 21 years of age or older, and one of whom must be a registered member of the BSA.
One-on-one contact between adults and youth members prohibited. In any situation requiring a personal meeting, such as a Scoutmaster's conference, the meeting is to be conducted in view of other adults and youths....

http://www.laymca.org/membership/membership-handbook.pdf

We Are a Charitable Organization:
The Family YMCA is a non -profit, charitable 501c3 organization. Subject to available resources and space, no person will be denied membership or program participation due to inability to pay fees. Thanks to contributions from the United Way of Northern New Mexico and others, financial assistance is available for people who have limited financial resources.
……….We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. *In keeping with
our mandate to build strong kids and families and to maintain safe and comfortable facilities,
convicted and/or registered sex offenders are excluded from the Y.
I tried to implement policies and procedures to try and keep our kids safer. The sex offender victimizing our kids was one of the reasons I joined the board. Arciniega thwarted every attempt to set up a committee or make a motion to update our policies. The board simply rubber stamps Arciniega and little has been done in years. GSA's numbers have been stagnant for years and now appear to be dropping despite the economy in Texas doing great. The coaches I talk to are fed up and we have lost so many good ones due to their displeasure with the leadership. It is high time for some real positive changes in GSA!

Soapboxmom

03-13-2015, 07:07 PM

For comparison, I went into the spring coaches meeting in 2014 as the U6 Girls Director and I was in need of 1 coach. After the board reduced the number of positions with the ridiculous excuse that it was done to facilitate communication, Arciniega managed to force me out, which I suspect was the real reason the positions were reduced. As I and other responsible board members warned it turned into a complete disaster. The new combined U6 Girls and Boys director has 60 teams. This new Director came into the 2015 spring meeting begging for 27 coaches with only 18 days until the start of the season. So, those teams couldn't get someone to the general coaches meeting and most missed the age group meeting. They did not have the chance to make any schedule requests as those were due in 3 days. It was another totally chaotic and totally unorganized season start which will mean a miserable experience that will cause many not to return in the future.

I hope Mr. Arciniega will join us here and explain how reducing the number of age group directors from 8 to 5 has improved communication and bettered the experience for our coaches and kids.

Soapboxmom

03-14-2015, 12:54 PM

Plano Youth Soccer Association posted on their website:

http://www.pysa.org/news_article.php?aid=152

Welcome Wylie and Rockwall Teams!

Feb 12 2014 - Richard McMakin

Plano Youth Soccer is pleased to welcome 19 teams from Wylie Youth Soccer and 3 teams from Rockwall, joining us for the spring 2014 season. The teams will boost our U12B league by 7 teams, U12G by 10 teams, U14B by 2 teams, and U14G and U19B by 1 team each.

PYSA has long been a host for out-of-town teams from Allen, Frisco, McKinney and other cities in the U16 and u19 leagues, making those league among the strongest in North Texas. Our engagement with Wylie includes playing some games at Founders Park in Wylie. The park is approximately 22 miles and 28 minutes from Carpenter Park. Our goal was to avoid weeknight games between Plano and Wylie teams. While we fell a bit short of that target, the impact to most teams has been minimized. We continue to look for ways to make this endeavor as painless as possible.

Having more teams in our leagues allows for the division of age groups along skill level lines. Being able to have teams play other teams of like skill level is a key goal for the PYSA recreational league. This approach gives teams and players the best opportunity to develop and grow their skills at their own pace. It also gives every team an opportunity to have competitive success, which makes the soccer experience much more enjoyable.

Adding teams, promotion and relegation between the fall and spring seasons, and encouraging our best teams to “play up” when their skill-levels are above their age-group peers are all ways that PYSA looks to manage that “competitive balance” in order to bring teams of like skill levels together.

The PYSA Recreational Coaches’ Panel advised us throughout this process. The group is an ad hoc panel of PYSA rec coaches brought together to discuss key issues facing PYSA. They were instrumental in our decision to move forward with bringing Wylie and Rockwall teams into PYSA.

PYSA is always looking for opportunities to improve your soccer experience. We understand there are tradeoffs with this particular effort related to travel, but we believe that the net benefit for our teams and players outweighs a few extra minutes of drive time a few times a season.

Please join me in welcoming our new friends from Wylie and Rockwall! Thank you for your patience as we work through the growing pains of working together to benefit us all.

Richard McMakin
PYSA VP of Recreational Soccer
I have coached and managed teams for 8 years until I got the boot this spring for filing this much needed suit. Let's compare the number of teams in that boys division from spring 2013 to spring 2015

2013
Richardson Soccer Teams:
BHA Stallions
BHA Stars
Galaxy FC
Storm

Garland Soccer Teams:
Chivas
Kix Soccer
Pumas
Texas Heat

Wylie Soccer Teams:
Dragons
Pork Pirates

2015

Garland Teams:
Kix Soccer
Texas Heat
Chivas

Chamber Classic team:
CDI

As the letter shows, Garland lost Wylie and Rockwall who were playing with us to Plano. Richardson bailed as well. I went to the May 2013 board meeting and informed them that Plano Youth Soccer was courting our desperately needed interleague teams. I asked the GSA board to invite these associations over so we could address any issues and keep them as interleague partners and nothing was done. Those associations had made it clear on numerous occasions that they had issues that were not being addressed. President Arciniega claimed to have a great relationship with all the presidents of these neighboring associations as well, but that didn't stop them from leaving us to go to Plano either. Garland President, David Arciniega, quipped that Richardson wouldn't drive to Plano to play. Well, folks guess where they are all playing. Garland Soccer is in crisis and losing those teams to play with means we can't bracket and it is not a good experience to play in Garland.

So, now each team plays the others 3 or 4 times each. Garland had 4 teams with full rosters and turned players away in 2013. Now, there are 3 Garland teams and on opening day one Garland team started with 9 players and only had 11 total at the end of the game, so they had no substitutes. The Chivas and Kix Soccer head coaches of many years and other long time major league coaches have bailed and the numbers are not looking good.

The customer service in Plano is excellent. Teams are leaving to join the select league there and many others are clamoring to play recreational there as Garland is shrinking and losing interleague to them. Garland is clearly in crisis and it is high time North Texas step in.

Soapboxmom

03-14-2015, 02:27 PM

U.S. Border Patrol: Arrests of sex offenders crossing Texas border spike | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/14/us-border-patrol-arrests-sex-offenders-crossing-texas-border-spike/)

The sex offender that hurt our Garland children may have been here illegally and they have easy prey as the families here illegally are afraid to go to the authorities if their children are victimized for fear of being deported. A very terrifying trend.

Soapboxmom

03-15-2015, 11:59 AM

http://www.bisasoccer.com/images/titles/title-bisaboard.jpg
http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-bookmark-en.gif (http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20)

BISA Board Meetings

Meeting Minutes
About Our Meetings

Wed, Nov 12, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-november-2014.pdf)

Wed, Oct 08, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-october-2014.pdf)

Thu, Sep 11, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-september-2014.pdf)

Wed, Aug 13, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-august-2014.pdf)

Wed, Jul 09, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-july-2014.pdf)

Wed, May 14, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-may-2014.pdf)

Wed, Apr 09, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-april-2014.pdf)

Wed, Feb 12, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-february-2014.pdf)

Wed, Jan 08, 2014
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-january-2014.pdf)

Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/bisa-mtg-minutes-december-2013.pdf)

Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/July-BISA-Mtg-Minutes.pdf)

Tue, Jun 08, 2010
Download (http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/June-BISA-Mtg-Minutes.pdf)

Open Invitation

The Burleson Independent Soccer Association Board meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The meetings are held at the Burleson Chamber of Commerce in the large conference room and begin at 8:00 pm. We encourage you to get involved with BISA and hope that you will join us for our next monthly board meeting.

The BISA board is constantly looking for ways to improve the soccer experience for the youth of Burleson. Please contact us with your suggestions and/or feedback.

Five Year Plan

The BISA Board recognizes the need for a 5 year plan in order to promote the growth of soccer in Burleson. We will begin to identify a series of goals that we would like to accomplish within the next 5 years. As a result we will probably be creating several committees to facilitate these goals. If you have suggestions and/or would like to become involved in the growth of soccer in Burleson please contact any board member.

This is typical of well run associations. The meetings are open and public and transparency is the name of the game. This is another reason I joined the GSA board. When a coach dared to come to a board meeting in 2013 one director angrily stormed out. I worked so hard to open up the meetings and see the coaches voices were heard. I was met with ridicule, hostility and harassment for advocating for my coaches. Garland's veil of secrecy must be lifted!

Soapboxmom

03-15-2015, 04:20 PM

President of North Texas youth soccer club accused of stealing (http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/investigates/2014/08/13/13712122/)

Checks, balances, transparency, public meetings and good oversight by North Texas is what Garland needs before landing in the news again!

Soapboxmom

03-17-2015, 09:02 PM

Soapboxmom

03-18-2015, 04:32 PM

Abuse Prevention Systems and MinistrySafe Blog | Prevention and awareness of child sexual abuse (http://blog.ministrysafe.com/)

Put differently, more than 95% of sexual abusers have no criminal record to check. If a criminal background check works with 100% efficiency (which is not likely), and faultlessly gathers every record in the country — a camp would receive records related to less than 3-4% of individuals desiring to sexually abuse children....

What elements should an effective safety system include?
An effective safety system should include:

Sexual Abuse Awareness Training;
An Effective Screening System;
Tailored Policies & Procedures;
An Appropriate Criminal Background Check; and
A System to Ensure Monitoring and Oversight.

Garland Soccer has a lot of work to do! The second background check is not enough. Where are the updated policies, awareness trainings, oversight and parent education materials?

Soapboxmom

03-19-2015, 09:53 AM

NTSSA Youth Associations | North Texas Soccer (http://www.ntxsoccer.org/associationdirectory/youth.aspx)

I took the liberty of contacting all of the associations under the NTSSA banner. All volunteers (coaches, directors and officers) should be able to trust that NTSSA will take all complaints, concerns, appeals, grievances and questions seriously. There was a rumor that Garland would have teams choosing to go with US Club Soccer. If North Texas doesn't start reaching out to local associations and giving them the support and guidance they need, that will be reality!

Soapboxmom

03-19-2015, 09:57 AM

https://www.facebook.com/groups/895446883835139/

Soccer directors fun on Facebook.

(https://www.facebook.com/RebelsMarket/photos/a.197909266984219.39643.197727247002421/710313419077132/?type=1)

littleroundman

03-19-2015, 10:00 AM

If North Texas doesn't start reaching out to local associations and giving them the support and guidance they need, that will be reality!

That's hardly likely to be a factor in any decisions they make.

You know how it works,

To them, it's more important to be "right" than it is to be effective

Soapboxmom

03-19-2015, 12:01 PM

In January 2013 David Arciniega was reporting that the NTSSA board imploded and bragging about how he was doing all the right things in Garland. Really??? The turnover on the board has been tremendous. GSA now has board members that have various communication issues and are not responding to their coaches, some in financial difficulties, one that does not drive and is married to a sex offender who serves as a chauffeur and another that has an alarming internet presence with posts on the internet showing heavy drinking and filled with foul language. Is he sure the GSA board is not imploding???

Soapboxmom

03-19-2015, 02:35 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/prep-rally/youth-soccer-coach-illegal-immigrant-charged-repeatedly-raping-190933740.html

For its part, the Garland Soccer Association said it plans to do everything it can to reassure parents that their children are safe with those who serve for the not-for-profit organization.

"We're going to get to the bottom of it and we're going to do what it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again," Kimberly Verity, vice president of the Garland Soccer Association, told WFAA. "We want to do everything we can to protect our children. That's what we take pride in."

More empty promises. What did GSA do???

Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 12:32 PM

Director Crystal Martin joined the board the same time I did at the end of 2012. It was her first season in soccer. Spring 2013 there was a lot of talk in meetings and it was documented on the field director's board report that GSA was going to build a pavilion at Winters Park. There was also continuing talk of a fence at Audubon Park. GSA is a charity and those jobs should be awarded based in a fair bidding process. There should not be any private meetings with a single contractor (especially a current board member.)

Crystal Martin was running around bragging that David Arciniega was going to meet her husband to talk about the construction jobs. They co-own Luke and Dad Construction: 11497 Can we say conflict of interest, boys and girls? My family asked Luke and Dad Construction to do a very small job at our home. These clowns did not properly cost out the job. We had paid them in full up front and then had to write another check as they claimed they couldn't afford the supplies necessary to finish the job. The F rating with the BBB (http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/roofing-contractors/luke-and-dad-construction-in-rowlett-tx-90388336) is certainly justified.

Martin knew I would not support her getting any construction work with GSA and thus she happily signed that lie-filled No Confidence vote. She continued to whine after that about when David Arciniega was going to meet with her husband about the construction work. When I spoke to other unsatisfied customers of Luke and Dad Construction I learned that he was a 24503. (https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/SexOffender/PublicSite/Application/Search/Individual.aspx?IND_IDN=7176854) When I reported all this to GSA president David Arciniega in 2014, he defended these clowns vigorously and knowing all this he has fought tooth and nail to keep this dishonest woman on the board. She doesn't drive, her sex offender husband had access to rosters at public meetings and possibly all records through her director's account. Their construction company could have potentially caused harm to GSA financially if they had been hired to do the work as Martin was counting on.

There is terrible corruption in GSA. Theoretically the coaches have the power to fix it by voting. In reality leaders using proxies decide the outcome of elections. Referees should not be given proxies by someone who is not a coach and told they must vote for a certain candidate. This should have been stopped before I had to take it to court. Every coach needs to come to the general meetings and vote. Crystal Martin and David Arciniega should have been shown the door long ago.

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Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 02:36 PM

REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
REQUEST NO. 1: All contracts and agreements between GSA and Jevin, Inc.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 2: All financial records showing all payments by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 3: All financial records that reflect slow payments, missed or missing
payments, and overcharges by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 4: With respect to any slow payments, missed or missing payments and
overcharges to GSA by Jevin, Inc, all correspondence, including email between (a) GSA, David
Arciniega, Paula Tiffin, or Sam Perry on one hand, and (b) Jevin, Inc. or its owner Daniel Ptak
on the other hand.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 5: All documents, materials, correspondence and emails that were made
available to GSA member coaches related to slow payments, missed or missing payments, and
overcharges to GSA by J evin, Inc.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 6: All documents, materials, correspondence and emails that were provided to
the GSA Board by GSA's Executive Committee, office manager, President, or Treasurer related
to slow payments, missed or missing payments, and overcharges by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 7: All documents, materials, correspondence and emails reflecting all the
financial records that were made available to North Texas State Soccer Association concerning
any slow payments, missed or missing payments, and overcharges by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 8: All correspondence, including email, between or among (a) David
Arciniega, Sam Perry, Paula Tiffin, Heather Dobrott or any other member of GSA on one hand
and (b) North Texas State Soccer Association on the other hand concerning the slow payments,
missed or missing payments and overcharges by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 9: All documents reflecting reports or complaints made to law enforcement
concerning missing money from the GSA spring 2013 soccer season as discussed in the June 30,
2013 GSA Executive Committee Meeting minutes.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 10: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect that the
payment processor Corduro, Inc. was responsible for any missing funds owed by Jevin, Inc. to
GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 11: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect Jevin, Inc.
sought and was not approved for a loan to cover the missing funds owed by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 12: All documents and correspondence that reflect that a lawsuit had been
filed by Jevin, Inc. and/or Daniel Ptak against Corduro, Inc. as David Arciniega told the GSA
members verbally in September 2013 and in the minutes published in the November 2013
coaches' letter.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 13: All documents that pertain to the $50,000.00 in total losses that David
Arciniega claimed during a GSA Board Meeting that Jevin, Inc. suffered due to Corduro, Inc.
handling the payments for various entities, including but not limited to GSA, which entities
used/use the Jevin, Inc. software.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 14: All correspondence, including email between (a) GSA or North Texas
State Soccer Association on one hand and (b) Corduro, Inc. on the other hand.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 15: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect any work
David Arciniega performed for Jevin, Inc.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 16: All documents and correspondence, including email, related to any
contract or agreement between Jevin, Inc. and GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 17: All contracts or agreements between Jevin, Inc. and David Arciniega.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 18: All documents and correspondence, including email, related to any
contracts between Jevin, Inc. and David Arciniega.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 19: All correspondence, including email, between David Arciniega and the
NTSSA lawyer(s) concerning any slow payments, missed or missing payments or overcharges
by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 20: All correspondence, documents, and evidence that reflect that Heather
Dobrott instructed in the placement of Coach Dan Medina and his son on the same GSA team as
stated in the charges filed against her by David Arciniega.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 21: All documents that reflect the A & D (Appeals & Discipline) process as it
is carried out by GSA.
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RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 22: All documents that reflect the A & D (Appeals & Discipline) process as it
is carried out by NTSSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 23: All documents and correspondence, including email, between or among
David Arciniega and/or Kimberley Lawrence Verity and NTSSA related to the charges that
Plaintiff and her fellow GSA Director instructed in the placement of a coach and his son on the
same GSA team.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 24: All communications, including email, between GSA and Coach Dan
Medina regarding his son's placement on the same GSA team coached by Dan Medina.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 25: All GSA policies and procedures related to GSA "board hearings,"
including but not limited to the proper channels of appeal for this alleged procedure.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 26: All GSA policies and procedures regarding a No Confidence Vote.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 27: All No Confidence petitions filed against David Arciniega and Heather
Dobrott.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 28: All correspondence, including email, between (a) Kimberly Lawrence
Verity or David Arciniega on one hand and (b) NTSSA on the other hand concerning the No
Confidence petitions filed against Mr. Arciniega and Heather Dobrott.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 29: All other correspondence, including email, regarding the No Confidence
petitions filed against David Arciniega and Heather Dobrott.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 30: All documents which reflect that contacting NTSSA for an appeal,
grievance, question, or help is an appropriate grounds for a GSA No Confidence vote.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 31: All documents reflecting that a GSA Board Member's vote at a regularly
scheduled meeting is appropriate grounds for a GSA No Confidence vote.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 32: All documents reflecting that a GSA member coach or GSA Director's
vote for a candidate not currently in office for a GSA board position is appropriate grounds for a
GSA No Confidence vote.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 33: All documents related to the training and orientation of new Board
Members of GSA during the last three years.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 34: All documents reflecting the GSA protocol, policies, and procedures for the
use of proxies at GSA meetings and elections.
RESPONSE:

I know the original petition is rather a long read. I pulled out the discovery requests as it is vital the members of this charity and the public demand the facts as well!

Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 02:38 PM

REQUEST NO. 35: All documents reflecting the actual use of proxies in elections since David
Arciniega was elected GSA President, including the proxies used during this period.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 36: All correspondence between or among Gayle Brandt, David Arciniega
and/or Kimberley Lawrence Verity regarding proxies given to referees and/or instructing
referees for whom they are to vote in a GSA election.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 37: All documents reflecting the attendance and voting records for GSA
elections since David Arciniega became GSA President, including but not limited to proxies.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 38: All documents that reflect the response of GSA and NTSSA to children
being molested by GSA assistant coach, Bemado Mondragon-Guzman, and his being criminally
charged and convicted charged for said offense, including but not limited to changes in protocol,
policies, procedures, rules, instructional materials for coaches, educational materials for parents,
and the formation of committees.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 39: All documents that reflect GSA player pool protocol, policies, and
procedures including but not limited to any reports on said subject prepared for NTSSA by
David Arciniega.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 40: All GSA Board Meeting Minutes and Board Member Reports generated
since David Arciniega was elected President of GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 41: All documents that reflect members of the GSA Board being brought up on
charges, or subjected to "board hearings" or No Confidence votes since David Arciniega was
elected GSA President, including but not limited to No Confidence petitions, voting records on
No Confidence votes, and minutes or documents reflecting Board hearings concerning charges
and No Confidence votes.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 42: All documents that reflect the protocol, policies and procedures for bid
proposals for construction companies wishing to bid to do paid work for GSA.
PLAINTIFF'S REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Page 7
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RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 43: All documents that reflect retention rates for coaches and referees in GSA
for the years David Arciniega has served as GSA President.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 44: All documents reflecting the total number of players for GSA for each of
the past 10 years.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 45: All documents and correspondence, including email, reflecting GSA open
and closed meeting policies and procedures for Board Meetings, general meetings, and age group
specific meetings.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 46: All correspondence, including email, between David Arciniega and GSA
Director Crystal Martin concerning Luke and Dad Construction (the company that she and her
husband co-own) meeting with Mr. Arciniega to discuss construction work for GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 47: All documents and correspondence that reflect GSA Vice President Piney
Burch-Walser's investigation into Mr. Stephen Luke Martin's restrictions as a sex offender and
whether Director Crystal Martin allowed him access to GSA corporate documents and
information about GSA soccer participants who are minors.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 48: All documents and correspondence that reflect NTSSA's investigation into
Mr. Stephen Luke Martin's restrictions as a sex offender and whether Director Crystal Martin
allowed him access to corporate documents, including but not limited to information about
minors enrolled in GSA.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 49: All documents that reflect the GSA Whistleblower Policy and NTSSA
Whistleblower Policy for the last three years, including but not limited to how each policy is
enforced and implemented and who is responsible for assuring compliance with said policy.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 50: All documents reflecting the absences of Director Angela Bowen-Hearn
from GSA Board Meetings.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 51: All correspondence, including email, concerning the absences of GSA
Director Angela Bowen-Hearn from GSA Board Meetings, including but not limited to the
original complaint of Heather Dobrott about these matters, all forwarded copies of the original
complaint by Heather Dobrott, and all communications, including email, with Mrs. BowenHearn
about this matter.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 52: All documents reflecting GSA Vice President Piney Burch-Walser's
initiation of an investigation into the complaint of Heather Dobrott about GSA Director BowenHearn
being forwarded to Mrs. Bowen-Hearn in possible violation of the GSA Whistleblower's
Policy.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 53: All documents reflecting that GSA Vice President Piney Burch-Walser
investigated the incident at the Winter's Field House on Friday November 7, 2014 that she and
David Arciniega personally witnessed that was instigated by GSA Director Bowen-Hearn as
result of her being made aware of Heather Dobrott's complaint concerning Bowen-Hearn's
excessive absences.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 54: All documents and correspondence, including email, constituting or
related to Plaintiffs formal complaint to GSA Vice President Piney Burch-Walser concerning
the rigging of GSA elections and use of proxies.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 55: All GSA policies and procedures reflecting the limit on the number of
teams an individual GSA coach may take as the registered GSA head coach.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 56: All documents and correspondence, including email, related to the black
listing of GSA coaches, including but not limited to She1Ty Foster, being blocked from coaching
teams that were in need of a coach that she wanted to coach.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 57: All documents and correspondence, including email, regarding complaints
and concerns that GSA Board Meetings constitute a hostile environment, including the GSA
response to complaints or concerns that GSA Board Meetings constitute a hostile environment.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 58: All documents reflecting the GSA and NTSSA Code of Ethics.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 59: All documents, policies and procedures constituting or relating to the GSA
and NTSSA Code of Ethics and reflecting how the policies and procedures are implemented and
what the protocol and procedure is for cases where violations of the Code of Ethics may have
occurred.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 60: All documents, policies and procedures reflecting how to file grievances
regarding GSA or a GSA Officer or Director and the protocols, policies and procedures for
responding to such grievances.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 61: All documents and correspondence, including email, related to the loss of
associations to play soccer interleague with GSA in the past 4 years.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 62: All documents related to the retention and location of GSA corporate
records and the availability of said records to GSA Board Members, coaches and others
including but not limited to Board Meeting minutes and Board Member monthly reports.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 63: All documents, policies and procedures that reflect who is responsible for
the hiring and firing of paid employees of GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 64: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect Gayle
Brandt's removal as the GSA registrar and her assignment to another GSA position.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 65: All documents reflecting the GSA and NTSSA policies and procedures for
dealing with special needs players.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 66: All documents and correspondence, including email, concerning the
special needs player on the GSA team for which Heather Dobrott served as manager.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 67: All documents and correspondence that reflect the Hart Nakwaasah A & D
(Appeals & Discipline) decision by NTSSA in 2012 and the implementation of the
recommendations and decisions therein.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 68: All documents that reflect the GSA protocol, policies, and procedures for
GSA elections, including but not limited to requirements for informing the President and others
of candidates that have had their names placed on the ballot.
RESPONSE:

Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 02:38 PM

PLAINTIFF'S REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Page 11
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REQUEST NO. 69: All documents, correspondence, including email, and phone records,
including email, that reflect when and how David Arciniega or any other individuals were
informed that Heather Dobrott and Celeste Gonzales were running for office in the December
2014 GSA election.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 70: All documents and correspondence, including email, to and between any
GSA Board Members or office staff that reflect that the season timeline I registration dates cause
problems for the GSA office staff or members, i.e., the GSA registration deadline is too close to
the beginning of the soccer season.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 71: All documents and correspondence, including email that reflect any
problems or issues with the Jevin, Inc. software.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 72: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect GSA
might be or was functioning as a tester or evaluator for the Jevin, Inc. software.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 73: All documents that reflect the GSA protocol, policy and procedure for
coaches' participation in age group and general coaches meetings, including but not limited to
whether coaches are allowed to share their concerns, make motions, and ask questions of
candidates running for office in GSA during the GSA elections.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 74: All documents that reflect any actions proposed or taken to protect GSA's
monies including alternative software providers to Jevin, Inc. and/or alternate payment
processors to Jevin, Inc. in response to the fact that funds were owed to GSA from Jevin, Inc. in
the Spring of 2013.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 75: All documents that reflect the GSA protocol, policies, and procedures for a
Board Member or members to call a special Board Meeting.
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RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 76: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect GSA
Directors Heather Dobrott and Donna Freeman were denied a board hearing on the money owed
by Jevin, Inc. to GSA when requested in writing by Heather Dobrott to the entire Board.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 77: All documents that reflect the GSA corporate documents and records to
which GSA Directors have/had access and the GSA corporate documents that the Board
Members are/were prohibited from accessing.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO 78: All documents that reflect the GSA President's power to prohibit the GSA
members' and GSA Directors' access to GSA corporate documents and correspondence,
including but not limited to those related to Joe Garcia's request to have his daughter placed on
the team he had agreed to coach and those related to the money owed by Jevin, Inc. to GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 79: All documents that reflect any actual improvement in communications that
Mr. Don Starkey and Mr. David Arciniega stated would result from reducing the number of GSA
age group Directors.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 80: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect the GSA
decision to increase the number of GSA major league Directors, the actual increase of the
number of GSA major league Directors, and the subsequent reduction of the total number of
GSA age group Directors.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 81: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect a change
and/or revision in policies and procedures as a result of Heather Dobrott and another GSA
Director being brought up on charges in a "board hearing" for instructing in the placement of a
coach and his son on the same team and the GSA investigation Mr. Arciniega alleged was
performed due to this placement of the coach and player.
PLAINTIFF'S REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Page 13
Page 20
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 82: All documents that reflect the GSA policies and procedures for coaches to
get an item placed on the Board Meeting agenda for GSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 83: All correspondence, including email, concerning any requests to attend a
GSA Board Meeting and/or have an item placed on the agenda since David Arciniega was
elected GSA President.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 84: All correspondence, including email, and text messages between GSA
Board Member Don Starkey and David Arciniega reflecting comments and discussion about the
fall 2014 Major League Coaches Meeting where Director Don Shell stated that "GSA is in
crisis."
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 85: All documents that reflect NTSSA having jurisdiction over member
associations and their members.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 86: All documents and correspondence that reflect the policies and procedures
related to GSA Directors making complaints to law enforcement, including but not limited to
police reports and including whether a GSA Director's complaint to law enforcement is an
appropriate ground for a GSA No Confidence vote.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 87: All correspondence, including email, between anyone in GSA and NTSSA
discussing fiduciary duties of GSA Board Members.
RESPONSE:
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REQUEST NO. 88: All documents and correspondence, including email, reflecting Heather
Dobrott's question as to whether the Chevrolet Fundraising Raffle as held by GSA was in
compliance with applicable laws.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 89: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect when
GSA and NTSSA are responsible for indemnification of GSA Directors, including but not
limited to a situation where a GSA Director's report to law enforcement concerning another
Director requires the services of an attorney for the GSA Director reporting to law enforcement.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 90: All documents that reflect the roles, duties, and responsibilities of Board
Members and officers of GSA and NTSSA.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 91: All documents that reflect the members of the GSA player pool committee
for the past 6 years.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 92: All documents that reflect the members of the A & D Committee for the
past 6 years including but not limited to the records of those members sent to NTSSA as
required.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 93: All documents that reflect the members of the Rules and By-laws
Committee of GSA and NTSSA for the past 6 years.
RESPONSE:
REQUEST NO. 94: All documents and correspondence that reflects the formation of and
hearings held by GSA's Ethics Committee as NTSSA Rule 11.1.1 requires.
RESPONSE:
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Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 03:59 PM

In David Arciniega's world where he is the dictator running Garland Soccer, Arciniega said or Arciniega said so-and-so said passes for legitimate documentation. Not in the real world! That is why court cases have discovery!

Soapboxmom

03-21-2015, 04:11 PM

Does 9843 exemplify what members expect of directors in youth organizations?

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(https://www.facebook.com/RebelsMarket/photos/a.197909266984219.39643.197727247002421/710313419077132/?type=1)

Soapboxmom

03-22-2015, 12:54 PM

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/17/13926308/

Kimiberley Lawrence Verity, the former Vice President, is the one commenting. Again, what did Garland Soccer do in response to this horrific tragedy?

Soapboxmom

03-22-2015, 01:46 PM

From: office@garlandsoccer.com [mailto:office@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 7:25 PM
To:
Subject: Garland Soccer Assoc. Letter To Parents

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Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

In light of the recent news regarding the arrest of a volunteer coach within the Garland Soccer Association, we would like to provide you with our response to this event. The GSA board was extremely shocked and saddened about these allegations. Our hearts go out to this young player and his family. We want to let each of you know that your GSA board is not taking this situation lightly and we will cooperate with the ongoing criminal investigation.

As most of you know, each of our volunteers endure background checks that entail very stringent criteria. We perform these checks so that we can ensure the safety of our children while participating in GSA related activities. This background check is in addition to the background check required by the North Texas State Soccer Association. We want to assure you that GSA has and will continue to take every measure necessary to protect our children. We would also like to stress the importance of all parents knowing where their children are at all times.

Lastly, we would like to ask that you refrain from contacting the office to discuss this matter. This is a very difficult time and no one with the GSA office or GSA board is at liberty to discuss or divulge any information relating to the case. Because this investigation entails such a sensitive matter, we would also like to ask that you please refrain from talking to any form of media should someone try and contact you.
We appreciate each of you for your dedication and participation in the Garland Soccer Association.

Respectfully,
Kimberley Verity
Vice President
Garland Soccer Association
This should have come from the president, David Arciniega. And, why the gag on talking to the media? Anyone who wishes to comment on a matter of public matter concern has every right to do so.

Soapboxmom

03-22-2015, 03:12 PM

NTSSA says:

The purposes for which the corporation (hereinafter called
“Association”) is organized are:
1.
To engage in the transaction of any or all lawful business for which a corporation may be
incorporated under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Act and which are consistent with
exemption from federal income tax under 501(c)(3);
2.
To promote soccer within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Association, including
outdoor soccer, indoor soccer and beach soccer for male and female players. To promote soccer
this Association will govern, coordinate, and administer all rules and regulations of all soccer
play sponsored by and under this Association, and will provide for continuing development of
soccer players, coaches, referees and administrators. This Association will provide for the
prompt and equitable resolution of grievances.....

Member Associations must be in compliance with their own rules, regulations, and bylaws.....

A written decision, with the reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of record issued in a timely fashion and including appeal rights and procedures...

I already published my notes on the numerous rule and by-law violations occurring going into the hearing on the phony charges David Arciniega and Kim Verity filed against me for a child being placed on his (head coach) father's team. I was never sent a decision letter after the attempted lynching. David Arciniega and Kim Verity were trying to prevent me from filing an appeal. I contacted NTSSA yet again and they said I needed a decision letter in order to appeal. So, as I never got one I filed a grievance. I am still waiting for Verity to send that required decision letter and for NTSSA to enforce the rules and take action against Arciniega.

I am not the only one from GSA who has come with questions, concerns, appeals and grievances and has not been helped. NTSSA needs to step in and take jurisdiction over GSA and fulfill their promise of prompt and equitable resolution of grievances. Volunteers should get the support, training and help they need.

Soapboxmom

03-22-2015, 08:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFMpPw-SMC0

Soapboxmom

03-24-2015, 03:12 PM

North Texas State Soccer paid its Executive Director $133,000.00 in 2012. The problem is he works for the board and answers to the board president, so he has no real authority to do anything. The board is all volunteers that have paying full-time jobs, so the promised "prompt and equitable resolution of grievances" is not happening. NTSSA needs to hire adequate staff and give them the authority to step in and handle problems. When local associations have directors asking why there is no proper documentation on "missing payments", local association presidents lying to the members at public meetings, elections being rigged, and local association directors being harassed and intimidated with false charges and phony No Confidence votes, then it is past time for North Texas to take jurisdiction and clean house!

9885

NTSSA went from 130 member associations in 2011 to 124 in 2013. The economy in Texas is doing great.

Soapboxmom

03-27-2015, 08:55 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:46 AM
To: GSA Board Members
Subject: Possible Felony Theft

Dear Fellow Board Members,
Please find attached the Executive Committee Minutes from the June 30th GSA meeting. That document makes it quite clear that “slow payments” from Jevin are now “missing payments.” At the regular monthly GSA board meeting on July 8th it became glaringly obvious that the explanation for that is wholly unsubstantiated and the board had nothing but David Arciniega’s recounting of what Dan Ptak allegedly claimed on which to base any decisions. David Arciniega stated that Jevin was said to have missing payments in the amount of not just the $8,000.00 plus owed to GSA, but a whopping $50,000.00 including other organizations using Jevin software.

The board was informed that all this must be kept secret as Dan Ptak of Jevin was filing suit against Corduro (the payment processor) to collect those funds. $50,000.00 alleged to have been stolen by the payment processor is a possible felony. That high dollar amount theft when a non-profit is involved could be a second degree felony. We have an ethical obligation to report this to all the proper authorities. I made a report to the Garland police on the morning of Monday July 8th. The detective handling the case has been informed that the new figure for the “missing payments” was $50,000.00. He needs more documentation and expects that our president will be turning that in and meeting with him to discuss this case. I have the case number for this case that is listed as a theft ($1,500.00 - $20,000.00) and contact information for the detective and want to get that meeting set-up ASAP. If Dan Ptak of Jevin is running a legitimate business then he should have no problem cooperating with law enforcement.

We as a board must demand that Dan Ptak of Jevin provide all the documentation that substantiates the payment processor Corduro is in fact responsible for the “missing payments.” That documentation would include, but not be limited to all financial records, correspondence, reports filed with the authorities and the lawsuit related to this matter. I believe a registered letter from the board giving him 10 days to turn over the requested documents would be appropriate. We as a board should reconsider our vote and not have David Arciniega sign a contract with Dan Ptak / Jevin until this matter is properly documented and completely resolved. GSA should not be looking the other way when there is possible criminal activity going on, nor should we risk any further loss of GSA funds if in fact it turns out Corduro is not the culprit.
Corduro is a huge Google backed start –up with over 6 million transactions on Visa annually alone and on the list of 19 Master Card Approved mobile payment processors. Corduro is reported to be handling 1.4 billion a year in transactions. If Corduro is involved in theft it is vital we alert the authorities to protect other non-profits, businesses and individuals who are using them. If the “missing payments” are not due to Corduro then we need to mitigate our losses and change software providers immediately. GSA should not be risking further monetary losses with Jevin. Why are we going forward with Jevin when we don’t have concrete, verifiable documentation on all this?

I have been an administrator on an anti-scam forum that exposes financial fraud for several years. I have worked with numerous enforcement agencies including the Texas Attorney General’s office, the Texas Department of Insurance, the Texas State Securities Board, various police departments, the FBI and others. I have been sued twice for my blogging about financial fraud and won in district court. I am adamant about getting to the bottom of these “missing payments.” I consulted with several experts that I have worked with over the years about this matter.

We should for the good of GSA and for our own protection seek out legal counsel to advise us in situations such as this. I have two lawyers among my coaches and have worked with several fine attorneys in the Dallas area. I would be happy to search for a volunteer to help us out.

This board needs to act on this possibly felonious activity immediately. We have a fiduciary responsibility so, I suggest we treat this as the serious matter it is. This could generate tremendously negative publicity for GSA. A special board meeting needs to be scheduled immediately and a demand letter sent out to Jevin / Dan Ptak as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649

PENAL CODE CHAPTER 31. THEFT (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.31.htm)

….(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the property stolen is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000….

f) An offense described for purposes of punishment by Subsections (e)(1)-(6) is increased to the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:

(3) the owner of the property appropriated was at the time of the offense:
(A) an elderly individual; or
(B) a nonprofit organization;

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Google-backed payment startup Corduro aims for... (http://mjs.tumblr.com/post/27627044463/google-backed-payment-startup-corduro-aims-for)

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Notice almost all of NTSSA uses Got Soccer and they have an enormous amount of traffic. Jevin's traffic is so low it isn't available. Both of those companies were founded around the same time.

Soapboxmom

03-27-2015, 09:15 PM

From: Soapboxmom [mailto:soapboxmom@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:35 PM
To:
Subject: August Board report

U6 Girls Director / Officer Monthly Report

This month [August 2013]
Accomplishments

…Working with U6 coaches to get them registered and ready for the season…….…
…………
…………

Plans

Attend general coaches meeting.
Schedule U6 meeting.
Invite coaches to the G license clinic.
Inquire about volunteer referee clinics.
Continue researching issues that relate to matters the board is dealing with.………
……..
……..

Miscellaneous

…I think it is important to remember we are a 501(c)3 under the NTSSA umbrella on their group exemption letter according to the IRS.

75-1629771
North Texas State Soccer Association Inc.
Frisco
TX
United States
GROUP (http://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/forwardToDeductibilityHelp.do?deductibility=GROUP&dispatchMethod=parseDeductCodes)

Mission Statement

Share Print Page (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/about/missionstatement.aspx?print=y)
Home (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/) > About (http://web.archive.org/web/20120915054851/http:/www.ntxsoccer.org/about/missionstatement.aspx) > Mission Statement
North Texas Soccer is a Texas non-profit, 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Corporation formed to promote, foster, and advance the cause of soccer for youth and adults within its territory. It shall be the mission of North Texas Soccer to educate, provide administrative service, promote and stimulate interest in the game of soccer. North Texas Soccer is a member of United States Youth and United States Adult, United States Soccer Federation and Federation Internationale de Football Association.
Offering quality soccer programs for youth and adults since 1964
Over 195,000 players currently registered
North Texas Soccer is comprised of over 123 Member Associations that maintain a large volunteer base of coaches and program administrators.
North Texas Soccer, governed by a voluntary Executive Committee, maintains a state office with a professional full-time staff.

North Texas Soccer has one purpose in mind: To ensure that each participant has an enjoyable soccer experience while moving toward his or her personal goal.
Emphasis placed on the development of players - Recreational - Competitive - State Select/ODP
Training programs for coaches and referees
Sanctioned tournaments
Media: "The Pitch" State Newspaper
Organization assistance through state office staff and Executive Committee
Resource for educational materials
Liability insurance coverage for administrators and Member Associations
Medical insurance coverage program for players and coaches
Sanctioned indoor and outdoor play

Exemption Requirements - 501(c)(3) Organizations (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501%28c%29%283%29-Organizations)
Exemption requirements: 501(c)(3) organizations

To be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Organizational-Test-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) and operated (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Operational-Test-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) exclusively for exempt purposes (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exempt-Purposes-Internal-Revenue-Code-Section-501%28c%29%283%29) set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Inurement-Private-Benefit-Charitable-Organizations) to any private shareholder or individual. In addition, it may not be an action organization (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Political-and-Lobbying-Activities), i.e., it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.
Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations. Organizations described in section 501(c)(3), other than testing for public safety organizations, are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Substantiating-Charitable-Contributions) in accordance with Code section 170.
The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Inurement-Private-Benefit-Charitable-Organizations), and no part of a section 501(c)(3) organization's net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. If the organization engages in an excess benefit transaction (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Intermediate-Sanctions-Excess-Benefit-Transactions) with a person having substantial influence over the organization, an excise tax (http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Intermediate-Sanctions) may be imposed on the person and any organization managers agreeing to the transaction.
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Charities/FiduciaryDuties.asp
……. It also means that directors must supervise and direct the officers and govern the charity’s efforts in carrying out its mission….. courts have held that the law imposes the highest standard of integrity on the bearers of these duties.
Directors of Minnesota nonprofit corporations must discharge their duties in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances…..

To Exercise the Proper Duty of Care:

1. Active Participation. A director must actively participate in the management of the organization including attending meetings of the board, evaluating reports, reading minutes, reviewing the performance and compensation of the Executive Director and so on. Persons who do not have the time to participate as required should not agree to be on the board.
2. Committees. Directors may establish committees having the authority of the board and may rely on information, opinions or reports of these committees. Committees operate subject to the direction and control of the board. As a result, directors are still responsible for the committees and should periodically scrutinize their work.
3. Board Actions. A director who is present at a meeting when an action is approved by the entire board is presumed to have agreed to the action unless the director objects to the meeting because it was not lawfully called or convened and doesn’t participate in the meeting, or unless the director votes against the action or the director is prohibited from voting on the action because of a conflict of interest.
4. Minutes of Meetings. Written minutes should be taken at every board meeting. The minutes should accurately reflect board discussions as well as actions taken at meetings.
5. Books and Records. A director should have general knowledge of the books and records of the organization as well as its general operation. The organization’s articles, bylaws, accounting records, voting agreements and minutes must be made available to members and directors who wish to inspect them for a proper purpose.
6. Accurate Record Keeping. A director should not only be familiar with the content of the books and records, but should also assure that the organization’s records and accounts are accurate. This may mean the director must take steps to require regular audits by an independent certified public accountant. At the very least, the director should be aware of what the financial records disclose and take appropriate action to make sure there are proper internal controls.
7. Trust Property. A director has the duty to protect, preserve, invest and manage the corporation’s property and to do so consistent with donor restrictions and legal requirements. Instituting proper internal controls will aid in the protection of assets.
8. Resources. A director must assist the organization in obtaining adequate resources to enable it to further its charitable mission.
9. Charitable Trusts. A trustee of a charitable trust has a higher standard of care than a director of a nonprofit corporation. A trustee has the duty to exercise the care an ordinary person would employ in dealing with that person’s own property. A trustee with a greater level of skill must use that higher skill in carrying out the trustee’s duties.
10. Investigations. A director has a duty to investigate warnings or reports of officer or employee theft or mismanagement. In some situations a director may have to report misconduct to the appropriate authorities, such as the police or the Attorney General. Where appropriate, a director should consult an attorney or other professional for assistance.
Traditionally, directors have an absolute duty of complete, undivided loyalty to the organization. This means that directors should avoid using their position or the organization’s assets in a way which would result in pecuniary or monetary gain for them or for any member of their family. A director should put the good of the organization first and avoid engaging in transactions with the organization from which the director will benefit…… 4. Outside Help. Where appropriate, directors should obtain opinions of legal counsel or accountants.

I want it on the record that I am opposed to doing business with Jevin at the present time as the board has not been presented with verifiable documentation about the $8,000.00 + that is said to be missing because of the payment processor, Corduro. I believe the board should have access to the correspondence, financial records, and court records etc. related to this so that we can make an informed decision.
http://www.ntxsoccer.org/assets/pdfs/Fiduciary_Duties_Power_Point_2011.pdf
I am concerned that GSA as a non-profit did not file charges immediately when the $8,000.00 + dollars was deemed “missing payments.” Our first obligation is loyalty to our organization, GSA. My personal obligations are first loyalty to GSA, second to protect myself by exercising due diligence and acting in “good faith” and lastly in a case like this seeing other organizations and individuals are not harmed by financial fraud.

If Corduro was the reason for missing payments, why did Dan Ptak not file criminal charges immediately? If he is out $50,000.00 as we have been told, then this seems very odd. If he can’t pay GSA the $8,000.00 that he owes us and apparently can’t qualify for a loan, then how is he going to afford a lawsuit that we are told he is going to file against Corduro? Any reputable attorney may want something like $5,000.00 in retainer minimum. A very small suit can run several hundred thousand dollars in legal fees easily. Why this talk of a suit when we have yet to see police reports, complaints to the DA (http://www.tarrantda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ECU-ComplaintForm.pdf) or filings with the Attorney General’s Office (https://www.oag.state.tx.us/forms/cpd/form.php)?

The experts I consulted about this privately said law enforcement at all those levels should be involved and that the board would benefit from having an attorney to consult for issues like this. Are we going to seek out some legal help?

With Jevin handling such large amounts of money should they have been bonded and insured?

Other sports management software providers I have looked at do not handle the money at any time. These providers send an invoice as outlined in their policies. I would much rather have money come directly to us from say Chase or PayPal.......

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Soapboxmom

03-27-2015, 10:23 PM

From the complaints I am getting it is quite apparent that the U6 Director is not doing her job. She has 68 teams of something less than 220 teams in GSA total. That gives her responsibility for 32% of the coaches and teams. Folks in U4 - U6 that have a bad experience are likely to quit and never return.

This is a PR disaster and will hurt GSA's numbers and reputation for years to come. So, Don Starkey's and David Arciniega's plan to reduce the number of positions to get rid of me and another director who asks too many questions has backfired royally! The coaches made it clear at the meeting they were against it and it is obvious why! Time to end the use of proxies so Arciniega can't continue to rig the elections!

Boy did they bring in a winner to replace me and the other U6 director:

Attachment 9843 (http://www.realscam.com/attachments/f14/9843-heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-u6-director-facebook-follies.pdf)

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Soapboxmom

03-29-2015, 08:05 AM

My letter to the entire GSA board:
http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post84036

Don Starkey's response:

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Starkey [mailto:don@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:51 PM
To:
Subject: RE: Possible Felony Theft

Heather,

Your use of adjectives for the design of creating a thrilling impression upon us is lost in your proposition to assist where your assistance, once again, has not been solicited.

Regards,
DS

Every board member has to under the law fulfill their fiduciary responsibility. That means asking questions and demanding the documentation necessary to make an informed decision. That means sharing pertinent information with the board. I have the right and responsibility to have access to everything and to get actively involved in everything related to running this business / charity. Dictator David Arciniega and his rubber stampers are not allowing directors to do their jobs.

Soapboxmom

03-29-2015, 09:18 AM

Spot on from a man that offered to coach a U11 girls' team that had been desperately looking for help for several seasons. He wanted his daughter who was the correct age placed on his team and not an opposing team.

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:26 PM
To: David Arciniega
Cc: <u12director@garlandsoccer.com>; <publicity@garlandsoccer.com>; Kim Verity; fields@garlandsoccer.com; treasurer@garlandsoccer.com; events@garlandsoccer.com; u10director@garlandsoccer.com; u6girls@garlandsoccer.com; u8girls@garlandsoccer.com; u8boys@garlandsoccer.com; u6boys@garlandsoccer.com; majorleague@garlandsoccer.com; Billy Babcock; Campbell; president@garlandsoccer.com
Subject: Re: Response to your emails

David,

Please advise of the following:

1. The minutes have plenty of the information "blacked out". The only information that should be hidden is information that was discussed during a executive session. Are you stating the information blacked out was discussed during an executive session? As a reminder, all meetings (excluding executive sessions) are open records and should be made.
2. During the 3/4 meeting that I attended, you asked that I and other coaches who were present to leave the room due to an executive session that we could not be part of. After the people who attend left, you stated to me that it was still in an executive session. After an hour I knocked on the door and Don Starkey and you stated you were still in session. However, when you allowed us back in at the end of the meeting, your meeting minutes included information that was discussed and put into motion during the time you stated you were in executive session. Per non-profits rules by the State of Texas, no motions concerning operating activities can be made during executive sessions or behind closed door. This is a direct violation of the GSA and North Texas Bylaws as well as the Non-Profit state rules.
3. All meetings and board meetings are open to all members, including coaches. You or any board members can not ask any other board members not to communicate to the coaches of these meetings. Furthermore, there should not be any retaliation or harassment to any member, including other board member, due to this.
4. Your and some of the board members demeanor during the 3/4 Board meeting made the coaches who were present very uncomfortable. In fact, one of your directors walked in at 7 and walked back out and returned at 7:40 due to us being there.

As I waited outside by the doors, your board members could be heard from the outside yelling, screaming at each other, and pounding on the tables. Some of my players were scared and parents were asking if this is how the board conducted themselves. Some stated if our issue made you all scream this way.

Bob/Janet, if you need examples or verification of some of these concerns, I will be willing to provide them to you as well as some of the coaches who attended the meeting. I'm sure some board members who were present would be willing to confirm some of these statements as long as they do not fear retaliation by the President or other members of the board.

On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:44 PM, "David Arciniega" <darciniega@verizon.net> wrote:

>
> ,
>
> As stated in my email to you on Wednesday, I will provide you with a
> hard copy of the February 20th Board Meeting minutes once they are
> approved by the GSA Board. The minutes to any meeting are not
> official until entered into the record after they are approved by the Board of Directors.
> The NTSSA Youth Commissioner has informed me that she has been in
> contact with you regarding your appeal to North Texas and that your
> situation cannot be appealed to NTSSA. However, if you still want the
> meeting minutes, I will provide them to you during the coming week.
> Also, your request to subpoena all the information, dialogue or
> notes that Paula Tiffin, Darcy Quintana and Rosemary Martinez have
> communicated to me can only be honored if ordered through the courts system.
> From GSA's point of view, this matter is closed and no further
> communications dealing with this subject will be entertained.
>
> Regards,
>
> David A. Arciniega
>
Many other reputable associations publish their meeting minutes. We are a charity / youth sports organization. Except for background check appeals and contract details, what is the big secret????

That Executive Sessions included David Arciniega having all the directors "air their feelings." There was one vicious attack after another. Angela Bowen-Hearn ripped into me. She was in a snit because at the U6 age group coaches' meeting I had hosted I asked all the teams to fill their rosters with at least 3 volunteers that would be background checked. I wanted every team to have a head coach, assistant coach and manager. That is one more way to keep our kids safer and coaches with adequate help are more likely to be retained. GSA is a hostile environment due to the leadership creating said environment.

Soapboxmom

03-29-2015, 02:17 PM

Another director e-mailed North Texas State Soccer Association after that disastrous meeting filled with personal attacks and a director angrily walking out because coaches and kids had come to the meeting. That person asked for an NTSSA representative to come to the next meeting due to the hostile environment. NTSSA didn't respond and did not help. David Arciniega has been given a free pass to do whatever he wants unchallenged by NTSSA's authority. Intimidation, retaliation and phony charges are allowed to go on.

Soapboxmom

03-29-2015, 10:10 PM

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Food for thought!

Soapboxmom

04-03-2015, 11:56 AM

Family sues after sex offender responds to DirecTV service call (http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/collin-county/2014/08/25/14318162/)

The subcontractor in that story linked above brought along his friend, Mr. Sex Offender, to a customer's home on a job. The subcontractor was promptly fired. Garland Soccer Director, Crystal Martin, brings in her husband a registered sex offender (her chauffeur) (https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/SexOffender/PublicSite/Application/Search/Individual.aspx?IND_IDN=7176854) to every soccer activity and he handles rosters and corporate documents. The responsible directors told Arciniega that she should be asked to resign. Many veteran coaches wanted her immediately removed as well. She was running around bragging that David Arciniega was going to meet her husband to talk about construction work for Garland Soccer which is a huge conflict of interest and highly unethical on both their parts. What happened to an open bidding process and carefully screening contractors? David Arciniega, the president of Garland Soccer, fights tenaciously to keep her in office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcjNrEjY0Vk

This is a sting very similar to the one that caught Director Martin's husband and chauffeur. Who wants a pervert anywhere near our Garland children???

A mother's warning about unlicensed contractors | News - Home (http://www.click2houston.com/news/a-mothers-warning-about-unlicensed-contractors/24341094)
Martin of course called himself a general contractor. Luke and Dad Construction shows in the Dallas County records as a partnership of Stephen Luke Martin and his Garland Soccer Director wife Crystal Diona Martin. A General Contractor is one of the few people who do construction work that do not have to be licensed in Texas. Other contractors have to be licensed and can't get a license with serious criminal offenses or being registered as a sex offender. I would have never let Martin near my home had I known.

There Are 747,000 Registered Sex Offenders In The United States (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/there-are-747000-registered-sex-offenders-in-the-united-states)

Where Sex Offenders Work in Lubbock: NewsChannel 11 Investigates - WSMV Channel 4 (http://www.wsmv.com/story/8695654/where-sex-offenders-work-in-lubbock-newschannel-11-investigates)

Guidelines for License Applicants with Criminal Convictions (http://www.tdlr.texas.gov/crimconvict.htm)

Matthew Francis and Victoria G. Martin, the mom and dad in Luke and Dad Construction have a $16,268.01federal tax lien that was filed on May 31, 2013 in Dallas County. This lien is listed as one from a "small business / self-employed area # 7." This originates from 1040 taxes for the periods ending 12/31/2003, 12/31/2004, 12/31/2005, 12/31/2006. So, Luke and Dad construction has been a disaster for years.

And, there is more. The tax evading scumbags at Luke and Dad Construction have 10 more years of taxes due in another tax lien filed on December 5, 2002 in Dallas County. They didn't pay taxes for the periods ending 12/31/1992 and every year after through 12/31/2001. Their residence on that lien shows as a dang P.O. box. They owe $57,535.31 on that one. I assume that includes penalties, so Luke and Dad Construction has never been much of a going concern. Pathetic!

I used them and know exactly why the F with the BBB (http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/roofing-contractors/luke-and-dad-construction-in-rowlett-tx-90388336/complaints).

Crystal Martin doesn't drive and she and her husband are paupers. Their house almost went into foreclosure in 2013 and now it is in default and a substitute trustee has been named so that it can be foreclosed and auctioned off. She could never print anything for her coaches. She did little work leaving me to create and print our age group handout, give out most of the trophies, give out medals and work the Tournament. Why would he personally chauffeur her everywhere and hang out with kids in a hotel, the libraries, the field house and on the pitch when they desperately needed money to hang on to their house? Did her sex offender husband want her in Garland Soccer in a position of authority for a nefarious purpose???

Arciniega keeping Crystal Martin in as a director is one of many reasons I filed suit!

Soapboxmom

04-06-2015, 02:34 PM

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Did president David Arciniega and his rubber stamper former Vice President, Kim Verity, ever consider how their actions would effect their own reputations? Did it occur to them that their antics would negatively effect the reputations of others? The current board is filled with professional people who do not want to be associated with possible financial fraud and dereliction of fiduciary duties. And who wants to be known as a director in an association that does not listen to their coaches and one in which coaches and their kids are placed on opposing teams.

The rumor mill, thanks to David Arciniega's phony charges for a child being placed on his father's team and the lie-filled No Confidence vote he undoubtedly also made Kim Verity craft and all the other manipulations, has ruined my reputation. If my son was ever well enough for me to reenter the workforce I would be terribly handicapped by this egregious mess of a charity on my resume.

It is high time that North Texas State and US Youth Soccer step in and get this organization back on track with open meetings and complete transparency. No volunteer should ever be put through hell volunteers in GSA have.

Soapboxmom

04-06-2015, 05:20 PM

----- Forwarded message -----
From: Disgruntled Coach
To: "u6boys@garlandsoccer.com"
Subject: Schedule
Date: Mon, Feb 18, 2013 8:11 pm

Good evening.

I hope you guys are delaying the start of the season. This is pretty ridiculous that we are less than five days away and we don't even know when we are playing. We had our first practice tonight because you locked the rosters while doing the scheduling. Viscous circle. We have one more practice before Saturday, and I've got four new boys on my team.

This is my third season coaching, and I know this is your first year in this position, but it is getting less and less organized every season. I hope this isn't a reflection of how things are trending.

Thanks,
This came to my fellow director, Mrs. Sex Offender 24503. This is totally on the money and typical of what I always hear. GSA is a disorganized mess. All our neighboring associations have clear cut-off dates for registration, are very organized and ready to start on time long before we open our seasons. We are losing coaches and players in droves because of this.

That team and coach are long gone. Is North Texas going to step in before GSA implodes under the current leadership?

Soapboxmom

04-08-2015, 12:21 PM

All A & D hearings have been conducted in violation of GSA and NTSSA bylaws and rules since David Arciniega took office as president. All of these hearings should be considered null and void. All GSA A & D hearings and the process should be investigated and reviewed by NTSSA. Coaches should refuse to serve on the panels until David Arciniega is removed and the A & D process brought into compliance with the bylaws and rules. The lynchings need to cease!

The A & D process in Garland Soccer is completely broken. David Arciniega has used the A & D process as weapon to harass and intimidate. David Arciniega, according to Kim Verity (the former Vice President), made her file charges against me and a fellow director because we supposedly instructed in the placement of a player and coach. The son ended up on his coaching father's own team as he was the correct age. Who would agree to coach on an opposing team against their own child and conduct practices for one team while having to drive their child to another team practice in the same age group??? David Arciniega was desperately looking for a way to run off directors who asked too many questions and demanded honesty and transparency.

The phony charge letter:

10057

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83094

Here is a list of many of the bylaw and rule violations David Arciniega, the vice president and GSA are making:
http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83134

All A & D hearings are illegal as there is no standing A & D Committee:

2 December
2014
34
RULE 11.
APPEALS AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY:
The Appeals and Disciplinary Committee is responsible for the investigating, hearing and
disposing of, in an equitable manner, all matters that are contrary to the By-Laws and Rules of
the Association. All players, coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parents, spectators,
administrators, and others who are registered in GSAI and/or participate in soccer activities
within the jurisdiction of Garland Soccer Association, Incorporated shall abide by the By-Laws
and Rules of Garland Soccer Association, Inc., and will be subject to the decisions made by the
GSAI A&D Committee.
A.
Committee Procedure:
1.
Notice of Alleged Infraction of the By-
Laws or the Rules: Upon receipt of written
notification, the A&D Committee shall conduct a confidential investigation by
questioning any person with first -hand knowledge of the facts. The investigation must
include an interview with the accused unless it can be determined no further action,
including the preferring of the charge(s) is necessary or warranted. For the protection of
parties who may be innocent, the investigation will avoid revealing details as much as
possible.
2.
Preparation of the Charge(s): If necessary, the Committee will prepare the charge(s) that
will be brought against the accused and the specifications(s) that will be addressed by the
Committee.....

The Penalty
a.
The determination of the penalty shall be made in the form of a motion by a
Committee member. This motion is debatable and amendable by other Committee
members. A Vote on this motion for penalty shall be taken by the Committee
members and the results of the vote shall be recorded by the Chairman.....

2.
A coach, player, spectator, Board Member, or any other member of the Association that is
found guilty of violating the rules and/or By-Laws of NTSSA or GSAI shall be penalized
the prescribed penalty, if stated, and/or any additional penalty imposed by the A&D Committee...

2.0

STANDING COMMITTEES
2.1
Appeals and Disciplinary Committee:
It shall be composed of the Vice President as Chairman and four (4) Association Coaches in good standing.

A member of the Referee Committee,designated by the Referee Director, may be in attendance as a nonvoting representative and advisor. The Chairman shall call all meetings; specifying thetime and nature; notify all participants; and shall vote on matters only to establish a majority vote. The chairman shall notify the Association President and Director(s) of all Committee rulings immediately and submit written reports to the GSA Office Manager within ten (10) days.

http://www.ntxsoccer.org/UserFiles/File/NTSSAAandDManual.pdf
Page 13 of 38

Selecting A Committee
It is the responsibility of the Member Association to maintain and provide to NTSSA the name of the A&D Chairman and also to provide a list of the Committee Members with their addresses and phone numbers.

There has not been a standing A & D Committee since rogue president David Arciniega took over. Without a committee that is listed properly with NTSSA then all of the hearings in Garland have been illegal. Coaches have informed me that the hearings have serious issues and are not fair. Many coaches are rightly refusing to serve on A & D panels due to this.

NTSSA and US Youth Soccer need to take jurisdiction and clean up this association!

North Texas State Soccer Association (501 c 3 over Garland Soccer Association) says:

2.2.6 Jurisdiction
This Association shall have jurisdiction over all Member Associations’ administrators, referees,
coaches, assistant coaches, managers registered players and teams affiliated with it. Each Member
Association shall retain its own autonomy, but will adhere to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations
and will comply with the authority of the Association. If the Association is presented sufficient
evidence that a Member Association is not adhering to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations, the
Association may form a committee to investigate the allegations and make recommendations to the
Executive Committee to correct the infraction(s). If gross misuse of funds, misapplication of
Bylaws, or misapplication of rules and regulations is discovered, the Member Association shall be
declared not in good standing and given sixty (60) days to correct the situation, or the Association
may take more immediate action if deemed necessary by the Executive Committee.

laidback

04-08-2015, 01:56 PM

seems to be typical with administrators and governments these days. Get some jerk into an office with no attempt to follow the rules governing that office. The bad part is, unless someone can step in put a stop to it, nothing changes.

Soapboxmom

04-08-2015, 04:09 PM

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From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:u6girls@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 5:02 PM
To: David Arciniega
Cc: Kim Verity; Sam Perry; Don Starkey; Kathleen Robinson; Darcy Quintana; Robert Mayfield; Crystal Martin; Heather Dobrott; Angela Bowen-Hearn; Terry Walser; Piney Burch-Walser; Rachel Beltran; Don Shell
Subject: U6 Girls Director Monthly Report for 7/2013

U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by

This month [ 7/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
Continued to answer questions and assist parents and coaches as needed.

2
Gave coaches copies of their rosters so that they could contact their players when requested.

Miscellaneous

Plans

1
Call all coaches to thank them for coaching in the spring and to get an accurate count of coaches and teams that will be returning.

2
Revise the U6 handout.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

1
Judging from the charges David Arciniega filed and Kim Verity prosecuted against me and Rachel Beltran because a child was placed on his own father's team, it seems apparent that GSA's A&D process needs some attention. Proper protocol and procedure were clearly not followed in our case.

Suspended coach M was caught with an illegal player around November 10, 2012. The hearing was not held until over 3 months later on February 21. That was a few days before the start of the next season. That team was not given enough time to find a new coach and get organized. Hearings need to be scheduled in a timely manner.

In Mr. M's most recent hearing for violating his suspension if only 5 actual panel members were left after he excused Mr. Arciniega and 2 directors stepped back, that hearing was held with far fewer than a quorum. With 15 board members 50% would be 7.5, so at least 8 board members must be on an A&D panel to constitute a quorum the way I am reading the by-laws. Did that hearing go forward without a quorum that could conduct business as prescribed in the by-laws?

2
Chris Sobieski has been a fixture for years, but I believe it is time to critically evaluate whether we should be utilizing him in the future. I was told by a coach who did use him frequently that on most Friday nights the same 3 teams and their 2 coaches used him basically for their practices. Few other teams came up on a Friday night. Sunday night was apparently typically running with between 4-15 field players at those sessions. As we have no written documentation of any kind that I am aware of, we can't be sure what the exact numbers are.

Mr. Sobieski is not taking any U6 or younger teams on Friday nights, when these new coaches that may have no playing experience are perhaps the ones most in need of help. These new coaches need concrete advice on safe and beneficial activities for use with preschoolers.

I believe GSA's money would be better spent on G and F licenses and a few group clinics. That could be much more cost effective and more beneficial to our coaches.

3
The "missing payments" through Jevin are very troubling. I don't think we should be using them until we have thoroughly investigated this and have concrete answers as to where that $8,000.00 went. As an organization akin to a charity we have a responsibility to be extremely judicious in the use of our limited funds. What documentation from Mr. Ptak and from Coduro do we have?

Why is it a supposedly successful software provider with lots of clients doesn't have the liquidity to pay the 8 grand? Why is it that Jevin can't qualify for a loan? And, the obvious question, if the payment processor was slow or at this late date has perhaps absconded with the money, what action have Jevin and GSA taken in that regard? This is a very serious matter and we should not be doing business with Jevin until we have satisfactory answers.

I did a little research online and Jevin is so small they have no listing on the BBB website. There are literally no comments about the system on discussion forums or ratings sites which is very unusual. The business appears to be a one man operation according to corporate filings with the state of Texas and the assumed name doc on Collin County's site. It is run out of Ptak's home after 12 years. GotSoccer is also about 12 years old. GotSoccer serves NTSSA and 290 of the organizations such as ours under their umbrella.

GotSoccer did give me figures that I think merit further due diligence and discussion. Most importantly there is no contract tying us to them if we should ever wish to change providers. They charge $2.00 per player for a full soccer year. It is $10.00 per team for tournament registration. The money does not go through them, but rather the payment processor of our choice. Got Soccer sends an invoice for the money due for registration fees. The payment processor's fee will be separate and the going rates are around 2.5 - 3%. We could realize significant savings with GotSoccer and as all our data goes to NTSSA and neighboring associations that already use it that is certainly a plus.

I will put together some rough figures for the meeting. And, I hope that GSA's AGM attendees will get more information this weekend that will help us make an informed decision.

4
The Major League position was long ago split into 2 positions.

"A motion was made to have a League Director for U14 thru U19 Girls in
addition to the Major League Director who also serves as the U14 thru U19
Boys League Director. The motion was seconded. Discussion was held. The
motion passed (11 in favor, 1 against and 0 abstained)."

5
I would like to exchange coaches 1 page signed coaching agreement with GSA for the ball ticket.

This parent agreement is a shining example of what kind of materials I would like for us to prepare for our coaches and parents:

http://www.positivecoach.org/common/cms/documents/Leader%20Tools%20-%20Public/PCA_Parent_Pledge.pdf (http://www.positivecoach.org/common/cms/documents/Leader%20Tools%20-%20Public/PCA_Parent_Pledge.pdf)

6
We still need to make positive changes in educating our coaches and parents regarding protecting our kids from sexual predators. Coaches need handouts that stress never leaving a child alone and always ensuring that no child is ever left alone with an adult that is not their parent. Our website and handout materials need to cover this in detail.

http://www.positivecoach.org/common/cms/documents/Coach%20Tools%20-%20Public/Coach_ChildAbusePrevention.pdf (http://www.positivecoach.org/common/cms/documents/Coach%20Tools%20-%20Public/Coach_ChildAbusePrevention.pdf)

In order to facilitate making these positive changes I believe a few extra small group board meetings are definitely in order.

For future months:

Plans

1
Continue to work hard to educate myself and my coaches as best possible and volunteer to help with Saturday registrations and wherever else needed.

David Arciniega and his rubber stamping board completely ignored my plea to partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance. I linked their materials and did everything possible to make positive changes to keep our kids safe and retain coaches. Arciniega totally blew me off, but US Youth Soccer saw the light and partnered with the exact program I had recommended!

Note I once again pointed out that the A & D process was broken. As usual nothing was done to address the glaring problems.

I got attacked by Arciniega at that night's meeting for daring to look at alternative software providers in order to keep the money belonging to the families of Garland safe. Despite all the late payments and missing money GSA is still using Jevin (http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/).

I also noted that GSA uses Chris Sobieski as the association coach ($7,000.00 per year / $1,000.00 per month for 5 hours a week) when we keep no records of attendance and he was not taking U6 and younger team coaches that needed help. For legal protection and insurance purposes we should have accurate sign-in sheets for all of that.

David Arciniega has blocked motion after motion and the shrinking numbers and disgruntled coaches leaving in droves is proof!

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Spot 6 page 1 and moving on up!

-----Original Message-----
From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:05 AM
To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director); Crystal Martin; Darcy Quintana (Publicity and Awards); Don Starkey (Facilities Director); Heather Dobrott; Juan Ramirez (Major League Director); Kathleen Robinson (Special Events); Kim Verity (Vice President); Piney Burch-Walser (U10 Director); Rachel Beltran (U12 Director); Robert Mayfield (Referee Director); Sam Perry (GSA Treasurer); Terry Walser (U8 Girls Director)
Subject: Coach and Son assigned to existing team

Board Members,

Joe G mentioned in one of his emails that a coach and son were assigned to an existing team for the Spring 2013 season. This was never approved by the GSA Board so I must now go off and look into the events leading up to this assignment. We will have to discuss this as a Board.
Please refrain from discussing this with anyone.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

Obviously, a parent (coach) and their own child being placed together by the player pool warrants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKG7vh852W8

-----Original Message-----
From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:40 AM
To: Heather Dobrott; Rachel Beltran (U12 Director)
Cc: Kim Verity (Vice President)
Subject: Board Hearing

Rachel and Heather,

As a courtesy, I want to let you know that the Board Hearing that Kim has called has to do with the appointment of Dan Medina as coach and his son being placed on the team. I requested the hearing and I wanted to meet personally with the both of you on Sunday to explain the reasons.
As Board Members, we must all follow the rules and proper procedures.
My
investigation into this matter revealed that proper procedures may not have been followed. The purpose of this hearing is to determine if any inappropriate activity took place in having Dan Medina appointed as coach and allowing his son to be added to the team.
Both of you should be receiving a letter with the details of the Board Hearing. Please do not take this personally.
Also, since this is a Board Hearing, please do not discuss this with anyone especially other Board members as this will taint the panel.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83094

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A father (coach) and son not welcome to be on the same team??? How truly creepy and ridiculous is that??? David Arciniega should have been shown the door for bringing me and a fellow director up on these completely phony charges. This is nothing but harassment and intimidation by a corrupt leader!!!

Soapboxmom

04-09-2015, 10:08 AM

For his BIG investigation David Arciniega should definitely have called:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPd6hf-Nlw

Soapboxmom

04-09-2015, 11:21 AM

http://www.ntxsoccer.org/UserFiles/file/approved%20minutes%20-%20november%202013.pdf

North Texas Soccer's president Billy Babcock and the A & D Chairman Carlos Quinones invted David Arciniega to sit on a committee for NTSSA. That should be an honor and privilege reserved for folks who are operating their own associations in a ethical and transparent manner. Arciniega had already filed phone charges against me and a fellow director and I had filed a detailed grievance. The board had fought over open meetings and NTSSA was asked to step in. There was conflict over parents being allowed to have their own children on their teams and Arciniega had called that bogus No Confidence vote on me. It was glaringly apparent that Garland Soccer was in crisis due entirely to Arciniega's leadership.

The member associations need to closely examine how NTSSA is being run. Club Soccer is coming in........

Soapboxmom

04-10-2015, 10:19 PM

David Arciniega was the Vice President (the keeper of the rules) for several years and then president for the last 7 years. Look at the bylaws and then read his retarded e-mail.

GSA Bylaws state:

2.3
Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed from office by a vote of no confidence
in his ability to remain in office and perform the duties thereof.
2.4
Any three (3) Team Representatives may petition for a vote of no confidence provided that the
petition shall be in writing and must be submitted to the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors shall review the petition and submit a copy thereof to all members within fourteen
(14) days of receipt of same.

2 December
2014
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6
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2.5
The vote of no confidence must carry by a three-fourths (3/4) majority of all members present
and voting. The vote shall not be taken sooner than fourteen (14) nor more than twenty-one
(21) days after written notice has been given member teams.

-----Original Message-----
From: president@garlandsoccer.com [mailto:president@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:04 AM
To: u6girls@garlandsoccer.com; vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com
Cc: president@garlandsoccer.com
Subject: Meeting Procedure

Heather and Kim,

The procedure for the upcoming meeting is shown below. Please provide a copy of any items that will be handed out during the meeting to the GSA Office no later than Tuesday at noon. Please limit any items to be handed out to only those items supporting/disputing the allegations referenced in the petition submitted to the GSA Board. Also, make sure that phone numbers, names of kids and any other type of sensitive information is not included in any of the items being handed out.
Most importantly, given the pending litigation between Jevin and Corduro, GSA is being advised not to mention Corduro or any other banking institution during this meeting.

Meeting Procedure:

1) The vote of 'no confidence' will be last on the agenda.
2) Prior to the vote of 'no confidence', all non-members will be asked to leave the room. Only those with a voting ballot, which will be handed out during the registration process, will be allowed to remain in the room.
3) Hard copies of the petition will be handed out to all members who remain.
4) Hard copies of supporting information can be handed out at the same time. This will fall under each of your responsibilites.
5) As the chairman of the meeting, I will introduce the petition and ask the members that submitted and signed the petition to address the details of the petition. A maximum of 10 minutes will be allocated.
6) The GSA Board member who is named on the petition for a vote of 'no confidence' will be given the same amount of time (10 minutes maximum) to present his/her defense. Character witnesses for the defense will be limited to three and are allowed to speak within this 10 minute time period.
7) I will open the floor to questions by the members regarding the items on the petition. Questions will be addressed to the defendant or the people who submitted the petition. A maximum of 20 minutes will be allocated for this portion of the meeting.
8) My only role during this meeting will be to keep the decorum.
9) The Elections Committee will be responsible for counting the votes.
10) During the vote count, a member from each side may be present to witness the vote count but must remain silent.
11) If the vote of 'no confidence' passes, the GSA Board member will be asked to step down immediately. If it fails, then the meeting will adjourn and we will move forward as an association.

Please reply to this email as confirmation that you have received the published procedure.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

Corduro's president and CEO spoke with me. They always paid promptly. Jevin's software made processing the payments difficult and they parted ways. Again, this is months later and no litigation was ever filed much less pending or ongoing as that liar David Arciniega states. Arciniega never produced a shred of documentation concerning this despite state law supporting board members rights and duty to be fully informed and make decisions based on the facts as all board members are responsible for the finances of the charity corporation. Jevin had a history of late payments before this whopper of a "missing payment." Arciniega should have been removed immediately because of this very critical money issue!

I raised hell with Arciniega and North Texas for his failure to follow proper protocols and procedures on this phony No Confidence vote set up by Arciniega for nothing more than harassment and intimidation. Arciniega dropped the vote for that meeting, but as I already published he and his goon squad including Kim Verity continued to threaten me. Arciniega actually didn't dare send out that lie-filled and improper petition (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83068). He is obviously so dense he thought he could order me to resign and I would acquiesce to his demand. Ummmmmm...... He should have Googled me and read about my legal adventures and of course checked out my posts here. What a putz!

:loser:

Soapboxmom

04-12-2015, 03:41 PM

9655

So, the following are grounds for removal from office:

1. How one votes in a board meeting.

2. Supporting a candidate other than David Arciniega.

3. Making a police report in response to missing money.

4. Discussing public Facebook postings.

5. Complaining to a service provider listed on domainstools.com and numerous other sites about the Garland Soccer website being down for weeks.

6. Contacting the North Texas State Soccer Association to file an appeal, grievance or to ask a question.

-----Original Message-----
From: president@garlandsoccer.com [mailto:president@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:35 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Cc: president@garlandsoccer.com; vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com; treasurer@garlandsoccer.com; fields@garlandsoccer.com; events@garlandsoccer.com; publicity@garlandsoccer.com; referee@garlandsoccer.com; u6boys@garlandsoccer.com; u6girls@garlandsoccer.com; u8boys@garlandsoccer.com; u8girls@garlandsoccer.com; u10director@garlandsoccer.com; u12director@garlandsoccer.com; majorleague@garlandsoccer.com; jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org; dcrawford@ntxsoccer.org; bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org; david@ntxsoccer.org; jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; jcosgrove@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject: Re: Vote of No Confidence

Heather,

The process/procedure provided to you and to Kim Verity was first sent to NTSSA for their review. The petition itself was not sent to members so that no one would come to the meeting with a biased opinion. Handing it out at the coaches meeting and allowing both parties to speak would allow our members to hear both sides at the same time.
I will contact NTSSA for guidance and respond back to you and to Kim on the manner in which this will be handled.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

> Dear Fellow Board Members,
>
>
>
> I must respectfully demand that the vote of No Confidence be
> immediately dismissed.
>
>
>
> Technicalities:
>
>
>
> 1. The original petition / letter attached above must be sent to the
> members within 14 days of receipt. The board received it and voted on
> it on August 5th 2013. The member coaches had to receive it by
> August 19th.
>
> 2. The petition / letter cannot be given to the coaches at the meeting
> when the vote is scheduled to take place as Mr. Arciniega was planning
> to do as our by-laws clearly state that is not the proper protocol and
> procedure.
>
>
> 3. The vote has to be taken within 14 to 21 days of receipt of the
> notice which includes the written petition / letter. The coaches
> never got the petition, so a vote cannot be taken.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE III - Directors and Officers, Election, Term of Office,
> Removal and Executive Committee
>
>
>
> 27 November 2012
So, if I go to NTSSA for help I get a No Confidence Vote slapped on me. David Arciniega, who openly flouts the GSA rules and bylaws has to go to them to push his No Confidence Vote (harassment and intimidation forward?) Arciniega can't follow the simple procedures for a No Confidence vote as outlined in the GSA bylaws?

NTSSA and US Youth Soccer are allowing this clown to run loose. When are they going to remove him from office and save what is left of Garland Soccer?

Soapboxmom

04-12-2015, 03:52 PM

President Monthly Report by David Arciniega

This month [ 3/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
Served on a North Texas President's Committee panel to rule on a case involving the President of a local association.

6
Spent about 6 hours on Sunday February 24th reviewing history from our on-line system to address allegations being made by one particular coach to NTSSA about GSA's team formation practices. Determined that the allegations made by this coach had no merit. NTSSA agreed and complimented me on the research performed and the data presented.

NTSSA has removed other errant presidents. Arciniega bragged to the board about removing that association president. A little prophetic.

This report where Arciniega brags about GSA's team formation practices was requested by me and my fellow director who were brought up on phony charges for "instructing in the placement of a new coach, along with his son" as it directly pertained to the charges. Kim Verity and the office people flat out refused to let us see a copy. They whined that Arciniega had to approve it which he never did. Why are reports to NTSSA kept secret from the board, our member coaches and the public? What is the big secret in this charity? Why is this kind of secrecy and deception tolerated by NTSSA and US Youth Soccer?

Soapboxmom

04-13-2015, 09:54 AM

PLAINTIFF'S REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Page6
Page 13
REQUEST NO. 36: All correspondence between or among Gayle Brandt, David Arciniega
and/or Kimberley Lawrence Verity regarding proxies given to referees and/or instructing
referees for whom they are to vote in a GSA election......
REQUEST NO. 64: All documents and correspondence, including email, that reflect Gayle
Brandt's removal as the GSA registrar and her assignment to another GSA position.
Individuals that ran against Kim Verity for Vice President in 2010 and 2012 told me that the elections were rigged. Referees came in with proxies and had been instructed to vote for Verity by the referee assignor Gayle Brandt in order to "help out" and get Verity in in 2010 and keep her in in 2012.

Only a head coach of a team or someone they personally assign their proxy to can vote in a GSA election. The proxies to the refs were given out by the referee assignor, Gayle Brandt and her husband. Gayle Brandt has no horse in the director race and is not a head coach that has the ability to hand out a proxy, but the man who pays her and can fire her, president David Arciniega, well......

I filed a formal complaint with the current Vice President. Even though we have a very reliable witness and the meeting records would show everyone who came in with a proxy so further investigation could be done, I never got a response. NTSSA promises a prompt response. Once again, the investigation went nowhere as the Vice President is not standing up to dictator Arciniega. There has been so much harassment and retaliation allowed to go on everyone is afraid. Who would want to face phony charges and a phony No Confidence vote as I did?

In many meetings when a vote was taken GSA was barely able to get a quorum of 10% of the voting members (well over 200 coaches.) The 14 directors would outnumber the member coaches that would come to the meeting. Of course, why bother to show up and vote when the election is rigged and already decided by David Arciniega's goon squad.

This is why NTSSA must take jurisdiction and US Youth Soccer must permanently ban Arciniega from all soccer activities.

From: Heather Dobrott
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:19 PM
To: vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com
Subject: Referees Voting with Proxies

Dear Madam Vice President,

I am requesting an investigation into the use of proxies and formal charges for anyone who has abused the use of proxies in the last 3 years. For an example, I talked to a referee who will confirm that Gayle and Cliff Brandt gave him a proxy for the May 2012 election and that he was told he had to vote for Kim Verity to “help out.” Elections being rigged is a serious matter and needs to be thoroughly investigated. I trust that you are aware of the whistleblower policy and those that have violated it in the past.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott

"The Appeals and Disciplinary Committee is responsible for the investigating, hearing and
disposing of, in an equitable manner, all matters that are contrary to the By-Laws and Rules of
the Association. All players, coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parents, spectators,
administrators, and others who are registered in GSAI and/or participate in soccer activities
within the jurisdiction of Garland Soccer Association, Incorporated shall abide by the By-Laws
and Rules of Garland Soccer Association, Inc., and will be subject to the decisions made by the
GSAI A&D Committee."
http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0033/2336/RYSA_Whistleblower_Policy_2012.pdf
If the current Vice President doesn't have the moxie to stand up to David Arciniega and bring charges forth as necessary, then she needs to resign or be removed as well. Garland Soccer must be transparent and the members of this charity must be able to trust the leadership to do their jobs!

Soapboxmom

04-16-2015, 04:49 PM

-----Original Message-----
From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:16 AM
To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director); Crystal Martin; Darcy Quintana (Publicity and Awards); Don Starkey (Facilities Director); Heather Dobrott; Juan Ramirez (Major League Director); Kathleen Robinson (Special Events); Kim Verity (Vice President); Piney Burch-Walser (U10 Director); Rachel Beltran (U12 Director); Robert Mayfield (Referee Director); Sam Perry (GSA Treasurer); Terry Walser; 'Paula Tiffin (GSA Office Manager)'; Rosemary Martinez (GSA Registrar)
Subject: Code of Ethics

GSA Personnel,

I have attached the NTSSA Code of Ethics that pertains to Member Associations. Please read it and apply good practice to make sure everyone is working together to better the association.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

101581015910160

Arciniega might consider reading said doc himself. Sheesh!

Arciniega attacking board members with phony (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83134) charges (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83094), baseless No Confidence (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83558) votes and demeaning them to the entire board clearly violates this code. Suggestions by me and other board members were not welcomed and evaluated, but immediately tabled and swept under the rug. Garland Soccer is stagnating and the numbers are dropping significantly as disgruntled coaches and parents leave due to this unwelcoming environment.

Arciniega lying to our members coaches and the board about the association's money (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83071)is such an egregious ethics violation. Arciniega insisting we keep a board member that is married to a registered level 2 sex offender (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post83747) that has been handling records and in places with our children he should not be is another huge ethics violation. Not to mention when I reported Angela Bowen-Hearn to the Vice President for her ridiculous 38% meeting attendance, the Vice President forwarded my complaint to David Arciniega. The VP should have never forwarded my complaint to our unethical, rogue president. Arciniega forwarded that matter to Bowen-Hearn against the whistleblower policy and she went bananas in public. Her excessive absences should have gotten removed from the board, but once again Arciniega fought valiantly to keep her. Ms. Bowen-Hearn proceeded to verbally assault me in front of numerous coaches and parents at the Garland Fall Cup while David Arciniega snickered.

The question is why our own Vice President who is aware of these violations and personally witnessed Bowen-Hearn verbally assaulting me doesn't take the president Daivd Arciniega up on formal charges. Why is North Texas not stepping in and disciplining this dishonest, rogue president???

The Code of Ethics is not being enforced nor is the NTSSA mandated Committee (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83079) in place to do so thanks to Arciniega.

Soapboxmom

04-16-2015, 04:52 PM

U8 Boys Director Monthly Report by Angela Bowen-Hearn

This month [ 7/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
Not

Miscellaneous

Plans

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

The director that missed 62% of the meetings also missed turning in many board reports. This is one she did turn in. Really?????

Soapboxmom

04-16-2015, 09:45 PM

From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:19 AM
To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director); Crystal Martin (Publicity and U6 Boys Director); Don Shell (Major League Boys Director); Don Starkey (Facilities Director); Donna Freeman (Major League Girls Director); Gayle Brandt (Referee Assignor) ; Heather Dobrott (U6 Girls Director); Jesse Flores (U10 Director); Kathleen Robinson (Special Events); Michelle Keramidas (U8 Girls Director); Paula Tiffin (GSA Office Manager); Piney Burch-Walser (VP); Rachel Beltran (U12 Director); Robert Mayfield (Referee Director); Rosemary Martinez (GSA Registrar); Sam Perry (GSA Treasurer)
Subject: Assisting our new members

Age Group Directors,

The GSA office is receiving numerous calls from new coaches and some are even showing up in person with questions on what to do or how to get started. If you have not done so already, please make sure to touch base with all your new coaches and help guide them on getting started by contacting all their players. I would also recommend that you hold an informal meeting at the fields to help answer questions and show them where their games will be played as well as where nets and flags are stored.

For those coaches who still do not show up on their rosters, please do not send them to the GSA office in hopes of expediting the process. The GSA office is working hard to get everyone set up in order to start the season. Lets help the GSA office by doing our part to assist our new coaches.

One last item, the GSA office is also receiving phone calls from parents who have yet to hear from a coach. Please make sure to send a message out to all your coaches, new or returning, asking them to contact all their new players.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega
This is 8 days before the season was to start. Totally disorganized and chaotic as always thanks to David Arciniega. I came in board meeting after board meeting with the season dates for our neighboring associations and got shot down when I tried to get GSA in line with them. Most neighboring associations had started playing on September 6th. Plano and Wylie closed registration at the end of July and had final rosters out to coaches at meetings a month before the season started. At GSA we had had our meetings, but were scrambling to find coaches and registration remains open weeks after the season starts so this is the result. Coaches have missed meetings and have no idea what they are doing. As we are scrambling to find coaches and it takes time for the office to do several hundred background checks, the directors can't turn in schedule requests and brackets in on time and the schedules always come out late and many seasons start late (even though we are scheduled to start long after our neighboring associations do.)

Arciniega seems to fantasize that he is picking up the leftover players from all the surrounding associations that close registration weeks before they start their seasons and will increase GSA's numbers that way. But, picking up those players means our coaches have players dropped on them until the 5th game of the season. They must deal with new players that show up for games and order uniforms numerous times. It is such a miserable experience that we lose many coaches and players that will never return. GSA's numbers are dropping and a mass exodus is on the horizon. There is no reason that GSA should be on a totally different timeline than our neighboring associations. That is also part of the reason many associations that used to play interleague with us will no longer play with us. Numerous directors, coaches and parents have complained, but Arciniega is not listening.

GSA is a disorganized mess with several directors that are doing nothing or close to nothing and some that are new, inexperienced and since the reduction in directors have way too many teams to help. GSA is imploding.

Soapboxmom

04-17-2015, 06:07 PM

Disastrous drop in the total number of recreational teams in Garland Soccer:

Fall 2014:

234

Spring 2015:

207

Normally the number of teams and total players increase from Fall to Spring by 10% or so. Garland Soccer is seeing a precipitous drop because of coaches and parents leaving due to the mismanagement by the president, disorganization and very unwelcoming atmosphere. David Arciniega is the worst thing that ever has happened to GSA.

When are North Texas State and National going to adhere to their own by-laws and take action? Club Soccer is looking very attractive right now! :shocked:

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 01:03 PM

The North Texas State Soccer and Garland Soccer Association are totally corrupt. North Texas State Soccer Association and David Arciniega are preventing directors from fulfilling their duties under the standards set by state law. (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83066)NTSSA actually published information on fiduciary duty yet they do not hold their local association president, David Arciniega, responsible for running the association in compliance with state law, in a manner of good business practice, ethically or honestly. GSA is under the NTSSA (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83208) tax filing and IRS charity exemption (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post84039) letter as part of their group. Why would NTSSA allow anything fishy to go on and risk their non-profit status? David Arciniega has brainwashed some of his long time board members into serving as his rubber stampers who defend the indefensible to protect him. (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post84092)

Please read the following e-mails from the bottom up. NTSSA had already been told numerous times the ligation story shared publicly by Arciniega was a fabrication. They knew there were serious problems in GSA and the environment was hostile and secretive. Is that NTSSA lawyer now the one defending Arciniega in the suit I filed? Did that lawyer advise Arciniega to lie to his board and member Garland Soccer Association coaches about where the money was going and claim that there was ongoing litigation when none was ever filed? Did the NTSSA lawyer advise him to keep using Jevin and let them handle several hundred thousand a year when GSA had constant problems with late payments and then over 8 grand they couldn't pay us at all? Did the NTSSA lawyer ever bother to check to see if any litigation was filed as that liar Arciniega claimed? Did the NTSSA lawyer tell Arciniega to keep the board completely in the dark and refuse all documentation to board members making ordinary, reasonable and legally required requests for documentation? Did that NTSSA lawyer advise Arciniega to stop the Garland Police from investigating as he did?

These e-mails came after months of asking NTSSA for help. Apparently, they have no problem with an association president openly violating his duties under state law, lying to the GSA member coaches about where money has gone and preventing board members from fulfilling their legal obligations to Garland Soccer. US Youth Soccer needs to exercise its authority over these entities that clearly are not following state law or their own by-laws, policies and procedures.

From:David Messersmith [mailto:david@ntxsoccer.org (david@ntxsoccer.org)]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:18 PM
To: 'Heather Dobrott'
Cc: Lisa Skiles; David Crawford
Subject: RE: North Texas Lawyers

Ms. Dobrott,
David Crawford is copied on these emails, and I know you have previously had correspondence with him regarding these issues. It would be best if you continue to work through Mr. Crawford rather than contacting various members of the North Texas Soccer board and staff. If he needs assistance from other board members or staff, he will let us know. I was simply responding to the question you asked of one of our office staff relating to the use of the North Texas Soccer legal firm.
David M

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:03 PM
To: David Messersmith
Cc: Lisa Skiles; David Crawford
Subject: RE: North Texas Lawyers

Dear Mr. Messersmith,

I know for a fact that there was no litigation between Jevin and the online provider (Corduro). I have done an exhaustive search of all civil court records and I personally spoke to Robert Ziegler, the CEO of Corduro as I wrote to Mr. Crawford several months ago. I have asked for more information from David Arciniega and noted in my board reports the serious concerns I have about this situation. GSA board members cannot get any answers or documentation from the office as David won’t allow it and he is sweeping this whole issue under the rug.

I have forwarded all the documentation I have to NTSSA and asked you to help GSA with this and conduct a thorough investigation so we can document what actually happened with this missing money and get some answers as to why Mr. Arciniega is telling our members / coaches litigation is on-going when that is clearly not factual. And, for the record, court documents are public record and anyone can access them, so if there was a case it would likely be in the media and highly publicized. GSA is letting Jevin handle hundreds of thousands of dollars when they have a history of late and missing payments. Why would Mr. Arciniega not get verifiable documentation on this and provide it to the board?

I have already been brought up on phony charges of placing a son on his father’s team and after the money issue I was harassed with a lie-filled No Confidence vote. GSA has no whistle blowers policies in place and board members and office staff are afraid. I feel it is high time that NTSSA exercise jurisdiction over GSA. Financial irregularities and the flagrant misapplication of bylaws to harass board members that are asking pertinent questions should not be tolerated.

When are these issues going to be handled?

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director Garland Soccer
Lead Administrator for www.realscam.com (http://www.realscam.com)
972 496-3649
From: David Messersmith [mailto:david@ntxsoccer.org (david@ntxsoccer.org)]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:26 AM
To: 'hdobrott@gmail.com'
Cc: Lisa Skiles; David Crawford
Subject: FW: North Texas Lawyers

Ms. Dobrott,
North Texas Soccer is not in possession of any documentation between Garland Soccer Association and the North Texas attorneys. I have contacted the North Texas attorney, and he stated that he recalled a conversation with Mr. Arciniega several months ago, but said Mr. Arciniega was just seeking some advice on how to handle a matter.

I can say from experience, that if there is or was ongoing litigation, it would be normal to not discuss the details of that litigation in a public forum.

If you seek more information than the above and still want to speak with the attorney, I suggest you either speak with Mr. Arciniega or your board to get authorization to incur the legal fees that will be invoiced to Garland Soccer Association by the attorney, as a separate client of the legal firm.

David M

From: Lisa Skiles
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:04 PM
To: David Messersmith
Subject: FW: North Texas Lawyers

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 2:56 PM
To: Lisa Skiles
Subject: North Texas Lawyers

Dear Ms. Skiles,

Please send me the contact information for the North Texas lawyers that advised Mr. Arciniega (President of Garland Soccer) on the matter referenced below. Following is the quote of what David Arciniega said at the September 2013 general coaches meeting and that was mailed out to our coaches in November in the meeting minutes:

“GSA receives it largest income from the registration fees so all income must match the data in the Jevin System daily. Jevin/online provider owed GSA $8,061 (in June 2013) which was paid in full to GSA as of August 20th. To compensate GSA for this delay, Jevin will lower its rates resulting in additional revenue for GSA. Litigation is on-going between the online provider and Jevin so additional information may not be divulged per the North Texas lawyers.”

The Garland Soccer Association board members have not seen proper documentation on this issue. In order to fulfill my duties as a fiduciary of the corporation I need verifiable documentation on this issue and would like for all correspondence and court records related to this that are in the possession of the NTSSA lawyers to be made available to the board members.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director Garland Soccer Association
972 496-3649

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 03:50 PM

From another director 19 months after we were "hired" and after numerous requests:

How long do the new board members have to wait to get shirts. Its hard for us to be identified if we
are not known. Would make it easier when they are on there games for parents and coaches to know
they are there. Might stop a lot of issues.. I know of 4 members that need them.
2 years of very hard labor. I worked like a dog. Arciniega couldn't even get shirts for the volunteers so coaches and parents could identify us and come for help?

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 04:28 PM

Why don't we compare a few reports:

U8 Boys Director Monthly Report by Angela Bowen-Hearn

This month [ 12/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
NTR

Miscellaneous

Plans

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 6/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
Attended General Coaches Meeting.

2
Encouraged coaches to attend the meeting, get more involved and vote.

3
Answered questions from coaches and parents as needed.

4
Worked all tournament days setting up U6 fields, helping with registration, distributing medals etc. as needed.

5
Printed all team rosters and contact roster for the U6 girls to hand over to the U8 Director.

6
Reminded coaches about the free UK Elite Clinic and upcoming Quickfoot tournament.

Miscellaneous

1
Several U4-U5 coaches indicated they wish to have referees in the tournament. They expected more "atmosphere" as in more activites, a tent and perhaps music etc.

2
Coaches vs. Directors and parnets vs. kids games, face painting and more to raise money for the scholarship fund and increase enrollment were also discussed with other age group coaches.

3
We need to be more aware of low roster counts in the fall.

4
Would like to earmark more funds for coaches licensing and training. Also have more materials prepared for coaches to give to parents.

Plans

1
Solicit further feedback from the coaches to facilitate planning.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Contact all coaches by phone the minute registration opens to thank them and see who will be returning in the fall.

2
Put together more information about effective ways to protect our children from predators to present to the board so that we can institue new policies and procedures to help reduce the risk of another Mondragon-Guzman victiming our precious children.

U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 12/2013 ]

Accomplishments

1
Attended the general coaches meeting.

2
Assisted at the Garland Cup Tournament

3
Dealt with all coaches' and parents' concerns

4
Contacted GISD and received 7th and 8th grade soccer schedules. Requested that they include GSA on their Athletics home page: GISD Athletics Department (http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/athletics/index.asp)

Miscellaneous

Plans

1
Would like to facilitate updating the website to reflect NTSSA's clarification that the 50% rule applies at the GSA tournaments only to players that are paid.

2
Would like to see Jevin set up to list team practice location, days and times so that directors would have that information available to them.

3
Would like to see a policy put in place for coaches dealing with special needs players.

4
Don Shell suggested getting in touch with the Garland council PTA. I would love to do that and see if our Publicity director could work out something that would allow us to possibly talk at or present flyers at their meetings. GISD Council PTA Home (http://www.garlandisdcouncilpta.org/Home.html)

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 4/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Completed gathering information and signed forms.

2
Addressed concerns from coaches and parents as needed.

3
Delivered game balls to coaches that could not get to the office.

4
Invited U6 teams to the spring tournament.

Miscellaneous

1
Would like to form and participate on a committee to investigate how we might better serve our special needs players and their coaches.

2
Would like to see us offer first aid and CPR every season.

3
http://www.pysa.org/page.php?p=99

Would like for us to add a suggestions page on our www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com) site.

4
Some U6 coaches have said they would like to have registered refs at the tournament. They noted it is no different than the regular season games and they would like for it to be a little different than the normal games.

5
Would like to see the laws of the game back on the website with versions targeted to each age group.

Plans

1
Continue to support coaches and monitor games as needed.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Help at the spring tournament.

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 5/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Answered questions and addressed concerns as needed.

2
Enjoyed walking the fields and handing out trophies the past two weekends.

Miscellaneous

1
I am concerned that we still do not have proper documentation related to the "missing payments" from Jevin. I am not comfortable doing business with Jevin when we do not have proof that Corduro is in fact to blame for these money issues.

2
I would also like a shirt. I did respond to Ms. Verity's request for the proper size over a year ago.

3
We are a 501 c 3 charitable organization. I feel we need better communication and would like for Paula to be invited to all our meetings to facilitate that.

Plans

1
Ask the board to form a committee to address the needs of our special needs players and their coaches.

2
Compare and contrast our rules for U6 and those published by NTSSA and seek clarification on what needs to be done where there are conflicts.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
http://www.pysa.org/page.php?p=99

Would like to solicit feedback from coaches and families.

2
Attend as much of the tournament as possible to support my coaches and help where needed.

I worked tirelessly for the coaches and all my kids!

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 05:51 PM

NTSSA includes the board member reports with the minutes and sends those out to every association every month. Board meeting minutes and board member reports of a public charity should not be secret as those in Garland are. I asked for copies of all my board reports as some did not get sent to my e-mail box and shockingly the office people had never see them and Don Starkey ignored by polite requests for my own reports. This secrecy and subterfuge must be stopped. I wanted my coaches to know about everything I did. I was elected at large to serve them. I did not work for dictator David Arciniega!
More sample reports:

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 6/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Responded to parents and coaches concerns as needed.

2
Worked the tournament all day on Saturday May 17 walking the fields with sign in sheets and medals for U6 and U8 teams that had not signed in.

3
Treated all the refs to snacks in the field house and thanked them for the wonderful work they do for us. I would like to see every tournament Saturday going forward be a Ref Appreciation Day.

4
Monitored games.

Miscellaneous

1
My thanks to Sam Perry for responding to my concerns about Jevin and the money issue. I look forward to the meeting he suggested.

Plans

1
Support and inform coaches of all coming GSA sponsored activities for the summer.

2
Prepare all U6 records to be given to the new U8 girls director to facilitate a great start on our fall season.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Revise and improve fall handouts.

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 8/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Contacted all coaches to see who is returning. Will follow-up further with those that have not responded and then began seeking out possible new coaches from the returning players parents.

Miscellaneous

1
I am concerned with the money spent on national trips. Perhaps, those funds should be redirected toward doing more to retain the referees, and offering more education and support for the coac hes and parents. What about an end of season barbecue for all the volunteers so we can all get to know one another better, enhance communication and thank them for their service?

3
I would like to see all age group directors consider sending out a mass e-mail to all the registered players, so the parents would know who to go to for assistance. Opening the lines of communication might help retain players and get problems resolved in a more satisfactory manner. We need to upgrade our customer service if we are going to compete with the other choices for soccer that are out there.

5
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Campbell <janet_campbell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Accomodations for Special Needs Players
To: "Piney .Burch-Walser" <burch.outlaw@gmail.com>, "jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org" <jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org>

It is up to the individual association if they want to offer these types of programs or not. Some associations just don't have the resources and unfortunately have to turn the players away. Other associations have events instead of a league, so possibly two weekends a season they might invite all of the children with disabilities out for a day of soccer organized by the association.

It is simply a matter of having a good volunteer to get it all going.

Best wishes.

Janet

Plans

1
Attend the G clinic this fall.

2
Attend the volunteer ref clinics to support my coaches and parents.

3
Attend the general coaches meeting.

4
Update handouts and host the U6 age group meeting.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Recruit coaches for teams as needed.

2
Continue researching and documenting what would be needed to set up a TopSoccer program and set-up training for coaches to help them serve our special needs kids better.

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 9/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Attended Labor Day Parade. 42 year coach John Hoffmann sat in the first car seat of honor.

2
Revised age group handout.

3
Contacted all coaches.

4
Worked tirelessly on recruiting coaches for new and returning teams.

Miscellaneous

2
I came to the April and June board meetings ready to get season dates set. I had copies of all our neighboring associations dates assembled and highlighted. In June I was told we had to delay any decision on dates as NTSSA was looking at a new software program. That should not have affected us in any way as we are already using alternative software and it might not have been prudent to migrate data and switch programs at the end of July for this fall season. Though it is often repeated that the board makes the decisions, I would say that is not correct. I was shut down and no further discussion took place on season dates in June.

3
We closed off returning player registration on August 23. I sent out the first e-mails looking for coaches for the existing and new teams (11 total) that needed coaches on Thursday August 28th in the afternoon. I devoted the holiday weekend to desperately scrambling to get coaches.

Plans

1
Attend general coaches meeting.

2
Host U6 age group meeting.

3
Attend G Clinic with my new coaches.

4
Attend volunteer referee clinics with parents and coaches.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Walk the fields and be available for coaches and parents questions.

2
Encourage all team to fill all positions so our coaches have plenty of support.

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 10/2014 ]

Accomplishments

2
Enjoyed walking the fields to meet all of the coaches.

3
Answered questions and forwarded the age group handout to those that missed our meeting.

4
Hosted the F Clinic.

Miscellaneous

1
I would like to set more reasonable registration dates to coincide with those of our neighboring associations. It would make things go much smoother for interleague. Our own coaches have also asked for years to get final rosters several weeks before the seasons start in order to have time to practice and order uniforms. This season start has been very chaotic and stressful.

2
We were short referees on opening day. What do we need to do to improve things for the referees?

3
Plano charges $35 for the diaper league. Our U4 and U5 should get a price break perhaps since they never get a referee.

Plans

1
Ascertain the best way to get firm figures on the number of special needs players. How many need to be referred to a TopSoccer program? How many could function in our leagues if the coaches had more info and training? Getting those numbers seems to be the next step in determining what course to take and what expenses need to be costed out.

2
Promote and work the GSA tournament.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

U4 - U6 Girls Director Monthly Report by Heather Dobrott

This month [ 11/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Addressed any questions and concerns that came up in my division.

2
Handed out all but 1 of my placement trophies and assisted with distribution of U6 boys trophies as well.

3
Reminded all of my teams in the tournament to check in at the garage before their first game and get their participation medals.

4
Helped Mr. Starkey pick up nets and flags from 3 U6 fields on Saturday. I sent out yet another reminder to all teams about being sure to put up all the equipment after games.

Miscellaneous

1
I have players in my division that have been invited to join so called pre-academy teams. Many of our youngest players do have older siblings and that exposes them to enthusiastic coaches watching them play that want to ready them for academy play in U7. From diapers to soccer champions we go.

Plans

1
Assist with tournament.

2
Work on getting much earlier registration dates in effect and encouraging coaches and players to register early.

4
Polish letter to coaches about special needs players.

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

1
Attend general coaches meeting.

Again, I ask what in GSA could possibly be secret. All of this from every director should be made public and the meetings should be open in an inviting place with adequate parking. GSA is supposed to serve the families of Garland!

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 06:26 PM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Campbell <janet_campbell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Accomodations for Special Needs Players
To: "Piney .Burch-Walser" <burch.outlaw@gmail.com>, "jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org" <jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org>

It is up to the individual association if they want to offer these types of programs or not. Some associations just don't have the resources and unfortunately have to turn the players away. Other associations have events instead of a league, so possibly two weekends a season they might invite all of the children with disabilities out for a day of soccer organized by the association.

It is simply a matter of having a good volunteer to get it all going.

Best wishes.

Janet

David Arciniega sent an autistic player out on the field in U12 when that dear child was twiddling their fingers and not watching the game and participating. He put that child in great danger. Several responsible directors and I tried to set some safety guidelines and began researching what would be needed to start a TOPsoccer program so that every child would have a league to play in where they could blossom and be safe.

Now, that Arciniega has run me off I am sure that has been shelved so kids will continue to be put in danger and coaches will get no additional training or help to deal with special needs players. Arciniega has not been willing to turn kids away that we are unable to serve well, nor can he refer them to other programs as our registration runs way past that of other programs. Coaches quit because they are not prepared to deal with special needs players and many players on teams with those youngsters quit as it is very hard to play with a teammate that disrupts practice and is not able to fully participate on the field. Garland Soccer is a disaster and the kids and coaches are not getting what they need from the program!

Rule changes in NTSSA may soon allow families to register their children in any association under them without getting releases. GSA better up its customer service pronto!

Soapboxmom

04-18-2015, 08:50 PM

GSA should get the award for the most mind numbingly boring tournaments ever hosted. Coaches and parents have said for years that GSA needed to make the tournaments more fun and appealing and nothing has changed. GSA has no sponsors, no entertainment, no atmosphere. It is exactly the same as the regular season games and very few teams bother to sign up any more. I tried everything to get attention to what our coaches and parents wanted to no avail. Why not have an awesome fun tournament for our kids???

Garland Soccer Association (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Tournament.php?tour=GSA&feature=info)

2.4
Training and Special Events Director:
The Training and Special Events Director will coordinate training sessions, coaching clinics, and fund raising activities of the Association and
will appoint, with the Board of Directors' approval, the "Association Coach" with the required minimum "E" coaching badge, who will conduct coaching clinics for the Association. The Training and Special Events Director shall serve as Chairman of the Cup & Games Committee unless otherwise appointed by the President.
2.5
Publicity and Awards Director:
The Publicity and Awards Director will coordinate publicity and awards (patches and trophies) for the Association.

Notice who is in charge of fundraising. The Training and Special Events Director has never done that. President Arciniega is not seeing that the directors know what to do or seeing that the bylaws are amended by the coaches vote to reflect what should be done. The Publicity and Awards Director should be doing fundraising, but Mrs. Sex Offender has been missing in action and doing nothing from what I hear since November 2014. So, Arciniega has no trouble demanding I resign for doing my job as state law prescribes, but Mrs. Sex Offender has David Arciniega for her biggest fan plus another board member who wants GSA to be her support group. Really? GSA is a business and should be run as such.

With David Arciniega in charge it has been mostly monkey business!!! :pulling_hair_out:

Soapboxmom

04-19-2015, 09:19 AM

Time for another reality check. I was desperately trying to save interleague in May 2013. I came to the meeting and shared that I knew for a fact that the Plano Youth Soccer Association was courting Richardson and Wylie (as in taking our interleague away to play with them.) I suggested that we host a lunch meeting and invite all our interleague associations over and see what we could do to fix the problems. I was shot down by Arciniega. I had babysat numerous games in the older age groups U11 and up for interleague teams with legitimate complaints, though I was the U6 Girls Director, because team work is the name of the game and interleague benefits all of GSA. I told the GSA board our late season start, never ending registration and total disorganization was going to cost us interleague and suggested solutions. I offered to serve on the interleague committe as I had gotten well acquainted with many of the coaches, but once again Arciniega shot me down. GSA president David Arciniega and many of the board members just snickered about this whole issue. Arciniega did proclaim that Richardson teams would never drive to Plano. Well.....guess what!!

As to my source, it was the wonderful man who took my boys team over. He had coached in Richardson and Plano for years and was then coaching the University of Texas at Arlington girls and a Plano girls team (he had no child on that team for the record.) He had served on the boards of those other associations and regularly attended their meetings. He saw how poorly run Garland was and ran for president that month. If David Arciniega hadn't had his proxies come marching in, this wonderful coach would be leading Garland Soccer now and I am sure it would be growing and thriving under his leadership.

Starkey and the rubber stampers, who blindly follow Arciniega might want to reconsider who and what the real problems are. I was trying to save interleague. The board as usual did nothing. David Arciniega hired the interleague committee months later after he already knew that those associations had left. He set them up to fail and let them take the blame for his own folly. Arciniega never gets his own hands dirty!

From: Don Starkey [mailto:don@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 1:24 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Interlegaue Teams

Dear Heather,
Maybe you've heard the expression, "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem"?
I am sure we elected an Interleague Committee months ago that is/was capable of interfacing with outside Associations. You might check with the Chairman and see what actions have been taken to date in regards to your "legitimate concerns".
If you have "legitimate" information sources, name them, otherwise they don't seem very reliable. It doesn't allow for those that may wish to follow up on the information you're offering much to go on. We all have plenty to do (or most of us anyway) without chasing rumors.
Also, there's no need for you to always throw David under the bus with your commentaries. Decisions are made by the Board, not by the President, so give the incessant attempts to discredit the President and the rest of the Board a rest, please.
Thanks,
Dear Don

On 08/09/2014 11:20, Heather Dobrott wrote:
Dear fellow directors,

Please find following the letter PYSA penned. They can now add Richardson Soccer to that list as well from my understanding. This is heartbreaking for my now U14 boys team. We were in spot 8 of 8 and with the loss of the 3 Richardson teams in our age group we won’t have many teams to play that are near our skill level.

I was told by a reliable source that attends both Richardson and Plano meetings and has served on their boards in the past that Plano was actively courting our interleague partners. I came to our board meeting in May 2013 and shared that. I suggested a meeting with refreshments with our interleague associations’ leadership and got no support. Mr. Arciniega quipped that Richardson wouldn’t drive out to Plano and it was laughed off. It seems we don’t always take legitimate concerns seriously.

I already have angry, frustrated parents that are tired of seeing the kids get killed out there. The team has gone from 18 on the roster to only 8 players that are considering registering for this fall.

We really need to open the lines of communication and improve our customer service.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
Beleaguered Manager U14 Boys Pumas

__________________________________________________ __________________

Welcome Wylie and Rockwall Teams!
Feb 12 2014 - Richard McMakin
Plano Youth Soccer is pleased to welcome 19 teams from Wylie Youth Soccer and 3 teams from Rockwall, joining us for the spring 2014 season. The teams will boost our U12B league by 7 teams, U12G by 10 teams, U14B by 2 teams, and U14G and U19B by 1 team each.

PYSA has long been a host for out-of-town teams from Allen, Frisco, McKinney and other cities in the U16 and u19 leagues, making those league among the strongest in North Texas. Our engagement with Wylie includes playing some games at Founders Park in Wylie. The park is approximately 22 miles and 28 minutes from Carpenter Park. Our goal was to avoid weeknight games between Plano and Wylie teams. While we fell a bit short of that target, the impact to most teams has been minimized. We continue to look for ways to make this endeavor as painless as possible.

Having more teams in our leagues allows for the division of age groups along skill level lines. Being able to have teams play other teams of like skill level is a key goal for the PYSA recreational league. This approach gives teams and players the best opportunity to develop and grow their skills at their own pace. It also gives every team an opportunity to have competitive success, which makes the soccer experience much more enjoyable.

Adding teams, promotion and relegation between the fall and spring seasons, and encouraging our best teams to “play up” when their skill-levels are above their age-group peers are all ways that PYSA looks to manage that “competitive balance” in order to bring teams of like skill levels together.

The PYSA Recreational Coaches’ Panel advised us throughout this process. The group is an ad hoc panel of PYSA rec coaches brought together to discuss key issues facing PYSA. They were instrumental in our decision to move forward with bringing Wylie and Rockwall teams into PYSA.

PYSA is always looking for opportunities to improve your soccer experience. We understand there are tradeoffs with this particular effort related to travel, but we believe that the net benefit for our teams and players outweighs a few extra minutes of drive time a few times a season.

Please join me in welcoming our new friends from Wylie and Rockwall! Thank you for your patience as we work through the growing pains of working together to benefit us all.

Richard McMakin
PYSA VP of Recreational Soccer :RpS_thumbdn:

Soapboxmom

04-19-2015, 10:30 AM

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/#post85162

Soapboxmom

04-19-2015, 03:57 PM

From: Heather [mailto:garlandsoccerrocks@gmail.com (garlandsoccerrocks@gmail.com)]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 5:29 PM
To: 'dcrawford@ntxsoccer.org'; 'david@ntxsoccer.org'; 'chris@ntxsoccer.org'
Cc: 'jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Garland Soccer Association Financial Accountability

Dear North Texas board members and office staff,

I am respectfully requesting that North Texas exercise jurisdiction over the Garland Soccer Association and conduct a thorough investigation into the missing funds. It is also imperative that the phony charges filed against me and the U12 director and the no-confidence vote (brought against me for seeking proper documentation related to the missing funds and taking the appropriate action by reporting these missing funds to the proper authorities) be evaluated in relation to their validity and adherence to proper protocol and procedure as prescribed in our by-laws.

2.2.6 Jurisdiction
This Association shall have jurisdiction over all Member Associations’ administrators, referees,
coaches, assistant coaches, managers registered players and teams affiliated with it. Each Member
Association shall retain its own autonomy, but will adhere to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations
and will comply with the authority of the Association. If the Association is presented sufficient
evidence that a Member Association is not adhering to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations, the
Association may form a committee to investigate the allegations and make recommendations to the
Executive Committee to correct the infraction(s). If gross misuse of funds, misapplication of
Bylaws, or misapplication of rules and regulations is discovered, the Member Association shall be
declared not in good standing and given sixty (60) days to correct the situation, or the Association
may take more immediate action if deemed necessary by the Executive Committee.

Please see the accompanying documents attached. Note the executive committee completely and unnecessarily bypassed the board. They agreed to a discount on future withholdings by Jevin to repay over $8,000.00 of missing payments from the spring 2013 soccer season. Jevin, already had a history of late payments and issues. The payment processor Corduro was the convenient scapegoat for this missing money without a shred of documentation to substantiate that they were in any way responsible. The story that Jevin couldn’t get a loan to pay GSA the money owed is beyond laughable. That suggests that Jevin has serious financial concerns as they cannot qualify for a small business loan among many other possibilities.

Another director pointed out the obvious at our monthly meeting in July 2013. This whole financial issue is fraud plain and simple. The first step (which I in fact took) should have been to go to authorities as it cost nothing and was personally recommended to me by my licensed attorney and a forensic fraud investigator. When I took that proper step of going to our local police, I was attacked by the board and David Arciniega told the police and the board that any talk of these missing payments was “unfounded.” What we have been writing and saying about Corduro, for months without any verifiable documentation amounts to libel and slander. And, reduced fees do not address the critical issue of who was responsible for the late and missing payments to begin with and why anyone might wish to cover up that problem.

The second page of the attachment shows Jevin’s glowing testimonial about Corduro. They claim they are getting funds the next day from Corduro. Next, I have included my August board report. I documented in writing the information we had been given by David Arciniega. In July when I asked for more information about the missing payments from Jevin, David Arciniega went on about $50,000.00 in losses he claimed Jevin suffered due to Corduro. I was horrified to think other non-profits and businesses might have been harmed and continue to face losses due to Corduro and that GSA was taking no action. I questioned why Jevin didn’t go to the authorities and why they were filing a court case in lieu of a free investigation by the police. I also questioned how Jevin could fund a court case if they couldn’t pay GSA the 8 grand owed or even qualify for a loan. I am very concerned that we are continuing to do business with Jevin when we have no verifiable documentation about any of this.

The November General Coaches Meeting minutes follow. Following is the quote of what David Arciniega said at the September meeting:

“GSA receives it largest income from the registration fees so all income must match the data in the Jevin System daily. Jevin/online provider owed GSA $8,061 (in June 2013) which was paid in full to GSA as of August 20th. To compensate GSA for this delay, Jevin will lower its rates resulting in additional revenue for GSA. Litigation is on-going between the online provider and Jevin so additional information may not be divulged per the North Texas lawyers.”

Why is this misinformation being sent out to our coaches? Board members have asked for proper documentation for months and none has been forthcoming. The president and executive committee members must be aware at this juncture that the court case is pure fiction. I need the contact information for the North Texas lawyers to be forwarded to me immediately, so that any records they have related to this financial fraud can be accessed by the GSA board members seeking clarification on this matter. The GSA board must make decisions based on verifiable fact and not rumor, innuendo and hearsay.

I checked with Collin County (where Jevin is located), Dallas County and Tarrant County (where Corduro is based) and confirmed there was never any action filed. Knowing that, I went to Corduro to get their side of the story as should have been done by the leadership of GSA in the beginning. The CEO and president of Corduro, Robert Ziegler, generously offered to speak with me and respond to my request for information in writing. Said correspondence is attached. Mr. Ziegler indicated that Jevin and Corduro had parted ways amicably a year ago. He stated that Corduro does not owe Jevin any money, much less the $50,000.00 claimed by David Arciniega. Jevin never threatened or filed any litigation against them. And, no investigations by law enforcement were conducted to his knowledge. So, GSA, David Arciniega and NTSSA by association have been libeling and slandering Corduro and frankly we are fortunate that Mr. Ziegler is not pursuing any litigation against us at this time in light of the wild tales that have been told regarding his company.

The actions of the GSA president and executive committee defy logic. We are a charitable organization and everything we do should be well documented and completely transparent. We are to be the good stewards of the funds of the families of Garland that come to us. I have been asking for open meetings and proper documentation, all of which constitutes normal procedure and ordinary care for a board member that is executing their legal obligations and duties. Our president is still advising people they are not welcome at board meetings and operating this public charity under a veil of secrecy.

To allow continual harassment and retaliation against board members that are making ordinary and necessary request for proper documentation related to financial and other matters is reprehensible and must be addressed. The phony charges and No Confidence vote filed against me are nothing but a dirty tactic employed by our president and vice president to scare off board members who ask questions and demand that business be conducted openly and above board.

I have no intention of tolerating any more nonsense and will get my attorney and the media involved if I am subjected to any further abuse and retaliatory measures. That is precisely why I have come to North Texas for help. The GSA board is no longer able to fulfill its mission with the secrecy, lies, and misinformation being spread. This board and office cannot function when members and employees fear reprisal and retaliation by the leadership when they are simply trying in good faith to carry out their jobs. We have a board where members are afraid to stand up and do the right things as the leadership has made it clear what will happen to those who ask too many questions or don’t follow the wishes of the president.

Again, I respectfully request a full investigation into the financial dealings within GSA and the obvious attempts at bullying and harassing board members who are working hard to serve our member families. We board members come from various professions and backgrounds and a scandal involving financial fraud would seriously harm our personal reputations and even our livelihoods in some cases. This issue effects the good standing of GSA and North Texas and needs to be addressed immediately. I look forward to your response by the 23rd please.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director for the Garland Soccer Association
972 496-3649

<GSA-Jevin-Financial.pdf>

http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0033/2336/RYSA_Whistleblower_Policy_2012.pdf

Lie-filled No Confidence Vote
(http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83558)
The missing money was an issue from the summer of 2013. I got attacked with a lie-filled and totally unethical No Confidence vote that claimed I should be removed for asking questions of and making necessary reports to NTSSA in September 2013. North Texas set me up to be intimidated and harassed by not abiding by their own Whistleblower Policy. Please also note that the president of US Youth Soccer is copied on this letter. Youth soccer is clearly in crisis!

Board of Directors | US Youth Soccer (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/aboutus/BoardofDirectors/)

National Office Staff | US Youth Soccer (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/aboutus/NationalOfficeStaff/)

Soapboxmom

04-19-2015, 05:55 PM

1020210200

OFFENSE RECORD

INTERNAL AGENCY PERSON NUMBER
2510123

INTERNAL AGENCY CASE NUMBER
2003R015576

ARREST OFFENSE
SEXUAL ASSLT CHILD (11990002)

ARREST OFFENSE CITATION
22.011(A)(2)

LEVEL AND DEGREE OF OFFENSE
FELONY - 3RD DEGREE (F3)

ARREST DISPOSITION DATE
5/22/2003

ARREST DISPOSITION
HELD (205)

ARREST DISPOSITION LITERAL
HELD

PROSECUTOR ORI REFERRED TO
CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE DALLAS (TX057015A)

PROSECUTION DETAIL

AGENCY
CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE DALLAS (TX057015A)

PROSECUTOR ACTION FIELD
PROSECUTOR HAS CHANGED THE CHARGE (C)

GENERAL OFFENSE CHARACTER
SOLICITATION TO COMMIT (S)

PROSECUTOR OFFENSE CITATION
22.011(A)(2)

PROSECUTOR OFFENSE
SEXUAL ASSLT CHILD (11990002)

PROSECUTION LITERAL
F-0326357

LEVEL AND DEGREE PROSECUTED
FELONY - 3RD DEGREE (F3)

COURT STATUS A

AGENCY DESCRIPTION
283RD DISTRICT COURT DALLAS (TX057315J)

COURT OFFENSE
SEXUAL ASSLT CHILD (11990002)

COURT OFFENSE CITATION
22.011(A)(2)

GENERAL OFFENSE CHARACTER
SOLICITATION TO COMMIT (S)

LEVEL AND DEGREE OFFENSE
FELONY - 3RD DEGREE (F3)

COURT DISPOSITION
DEFERRED (312)

COURT DISPOSITION DATE
3/5/2004

DATE OF SENTENCE/STATUS
3/5/2004

CAUSE NUMBER
F-0326357

FINAL PLEADING
GUILTY (G)

I certainly don't want this director Crystal Martin and her husband anywhere near our Garland kids. He handled rosters at the general coaches' meetings. He left the library with my age group's sign in sheet, rosters and comment sheets. He drove in the Garland Labor Day Parade and hung around the fields. She was volunteering even though their family business was failing (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post83747) and they couldn't pay for their home. That is a huge red flag!

David Arciniega defends this director staying in office even though she hid that her husband was a dangerous offender and she is unable to drive herself. Her legal duties to the charity demanded she make this known to the board. When I reported this dangerous offender and his errant wife to the Garland Soccer Vice President and North Texas I was outed. The Whistleblower policy was ignored. That could have put my family in danger when I was desperately trying to keep our Garland kids safe!

Soapboxmom

04-20-2015, 09:14 AM

http://www.garlandsoccer.com/images/top.jpg Welcome to the GSA website

(http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)

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http://www.realscam.com/

Frequently Asked
Questions (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)

Nice! The website is on the fritz again! I tried it in several browsers.

Soapboxmom

04-20-2015, 11:47 AM

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83070

Coaches have been demanding an explanation as to why David Arciniega, the president of Garland Soccer, has not been removed or scheduled for a hearing regarding his activities that are clearly adverse to the best interest of soccer.

US Youth Soccer needs to follow its by-laws and step in and help this local association under its jurisdiction that is obviously in crisis!

Board of Directors | US Youth Soccer (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/aboutus/BoardofDirectors/)

Soapboxmom

04-20-2015, 08:04 PM

http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0070/2562/Becoming_Competitive_F15.pdf

Many U11 and up Garland teams are now playing select in Plano. For those needing guidance that link is very informative.

Soapboxmom

04-21-2015, 03:53 PM

President Monthly Report by David Arciniega[QUOTE]

This month [ 5/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Signed tournament guest player releases

Signed Referee checks

2
Chaired a North Texas State Soccer Association Appeal Hearing

As part of the NTSSA Risk Mitigation Committee, created a draft document to be reviewed by the NTSSA Board

Serving on the State Cup Committee

Miscellaneous

Plans

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

Please note that the Garland Soccer Association president, David Arciniega, is serving on 3 North Texas State Soccer Association committees including the A & D Committee, State Cup Committee and Risk Mitigation Committee and giving his time there, when his own local association is a complete disaster. Garland Soccer has unhappy parents and disgruntled coaches abandoning ship in droves. Instead of working to fix the serious problems in GSA, Arciniega is schmoozing everyone at NTSSA. David Arciniega should be banned from all soccer activities for life!

Soapboxmom

04-22-2015, 08:46 AM

There are more complaints that the U6 director is dropping the ball. There are 207 teams of which she controls 68. She has 33% of the league which will prove disastrous if these coaches do not have a good experience. The association will continue to shrink and may well implode. So, Don Starkey (who made the motion to reduce the number of director positions), David Arciniega (who never dirties his own hands) and the rubber stampers who brought her in and spoke up for her at the election in their bid to get rid of me can pat themselves on the back. I am gone and Garland Soccer is a complete mess!

The majority of the board wouldn't demand Arciniega properly document things, so now they will be spending lots of time documenting the activities of this charity for the court! So, in the end everything will be public as it should have been! I don't think all the directors will be joining the U6 party animal when this is all over!

10272 :pt:

Soapboxmom

04-22-2015, 11:54 AM

From: Kim Verity [mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:13 PM
To: Soapboxmom
Subject: Re: Materials Requested to Prepare Defense

Heather,

I have responded to your requests below. I would like to point out that the intent of this hearing is to discuss if proper procedures, according to our rules, were followed. If we, as a board, find that they were not, we want to determine what our next step would be in relation to the placement of this coach and his son. This is a closed hearing among board members.

We will continue to meet as a board tomorrow evening to discuss this issue as there are others involved. If you do not wish to be in attendance, we can look to reschedule your portion. However, I do hope that you will be in attendance.

Regards,

Kim

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Soapboxmom <soapboxmom@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Kim (VP of Garland Soccer Association),

Sadly, the board is not focused on orienting and training new directors.
Heather - This should be addressed among the board members during our monthly meeting as I personally believe it could be beneficial.

This is an adversary proceeding and must be treated as such. Everything must be done in writing. I must demand this hearing be postponed until such time all required documentation for my defense has been properly produced and adequate time has been allowed for me to review said information.

Please gather and make available for copying and inspection the following:

1. All documents that reflect coaches being assigned to existing teams as the result of a GSA board vote.
Did this play a role in the decision to appoint Dan Medina as coach?

2. All documents that reflect a coach being assigned to an existing team without being voted in by the GSA board.
Did this play a role in the decision to appoint Dan Medina as coach? Coaches are assigned to teams every season (when in compliance with our rules) that do not need board approval. We often ask that the age group directors solicit parents, whose children are already currently on the team roster, to step up and coach if there is a need.

3. All documents that reflect a coach serving two seasons as an outdoor coach before their child was assigned to their team.
None exist.

4. All documents reflecting recruiting procedures for coaches and players used in the last 5 years.
Please refer to the GSA Rules - the procedure in question has not been modified in the last 5 years.

5. All documents reflecting the new board orientation procedures.
None exist.

6. All documents reflecting training for new board members.
None exist.

7. All documents reflecting discussions with or about the recruiting and assignment of Dan Medina and his son including, but not limited to e-mails by any board member or office staff.
Other than the email I previously provided to you, I know of no other documents.

8. All documents reflecting past board members being brought up on charges for anything related to policies and procedures.
Board hearings are considered closed hearings.

9. All documents that reflect the complainant made every effort to resolve this in a friendly manner.
The complainant is asking the Board to help in making a decision.

10. A list of the witnesses that will be called against me.
Only Board members will be present. David will present his information (previously provided to you). There will be noone called against you - we will be meeting as a board. This is not a trial - it is a closed hearing to discuss rules and procedures.

11. All documents reflecting the names of the current A & D committee members and their date of appointment.
A Board member asked that a hearing be held. This did not call for review by any other committee. It is a hearing among Board members only.

12. All documents from the last five years that reflect how the player pool works and is implemented.
Please refer to the GSA Rules. The procedure in question has not been modified in the last 5 years.

13. The report David Arciniega sent to NTSSA on February 24th concerning team formation practices.
Please feel free to contact David. There are no documents available to my knowledge that pertain to Dan Medina.

14. Please produce all Frequently Asked Questions pages from the www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com) website for the past five years.
The FAQ's that are listed online is what has been available for the last 5 years.

Please advise as to the reschedule date for this hearing.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649 (tel:972%20496-3649)

From: Kim Verity [mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:31 PM
To: Soapboxmom

Subject: Re: Materials Requested to Prepare Defense

Heather,

You will be among board members Thursday and can discuss this further on Thursday. Requesting this amount of paperwork in such a small time frame could be deemed as unreasonable.

Just fyi, charges were presented to me not filed by me. As VP, it is my responsibility to organize and chair the hearing so that you can be present to discuss/defend the allegations.

Because this is a hearing among board members, the next level of appeal would be North Texas. I only wanted to inform you that Billy and/or David C. would not be allowed to participate in an appeal should it be warranted because they now know more of the issue at hand, therefore creating a bias. You would want unbias members present at an appeal hearing should the need for one arise. Usually when there is a hearing, you would want to limit the amount of people in the know as a means of protection on your behalf.

I'll be glad to discuss this further with you this evening after 8. I can be reached at 214- (tel:214-704-2548). I may have time between 5-6 if you'd like to call then. If I do not answer, I can be reached after 8.

Kim

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Soapboxmom <soapboxmom@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Kim,

The rule you cited states:

If a person becomes the head coach of a new team formed by GSAI in the current

season, the coach may request their child be rostered to the new team he/she is

coaching. In order for any person to request their child be transferred to a returning team they are coaching, they must have been the head coach of record for the previous two outdoor playing seasons, or asked to be the head coach of the returning team by a majority vote of the GSAI Board of Directors.

Board meeting minutes would reflect the coaches assigned to existing teams that were asked to coach with a majority vote of the GSA board. As a part of my defense I have a right to accurate information regarding this.

North Texas is aware of this matter as I already sent e-mails concerning this before you filed charges against me.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649 (tel:972%20496-3649)

From: Kim Verity [mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:26 PM
To: Soapboxmom
Cc: office@garlandsoccer.com; darciniega@verizon.net; David Crawford; Billy Babcock
Subject: Re: Materials Requested to Prepare Defense

Heather,

The matter that will be addressed during Thursday's hearing will be limited only to the items listed in the A & D hearing notice you received dated March 11, 2013, which do not include Joe G. You have been provided copies of the material that will be discussed. We will only discuss activities that took place regarding the decision to appoint and place Dan Medina as a head coach on an existing team and allowing his son to be placed on the same team.

This matter has not been discussed in previous board meetings, thus no record of such will be found in previous minutes. If you would like to request this information at a later time, there would need to be more time allowed to collect and copy five years of board meeting minutes than what you are requesting happen in an eight hour window (two days of office hours 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.). The cost per page copied would also need to be determined due to the magnitude of the request.

North Texas has not been contacted and is not involved in this matter. It would be best to not include members of North Texas should there be an appeal.

Regards,

Kim
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Soapboxmom <soapboxmom@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Paula,

In order to prepare my defense for Thursday’s Hearing I will need a copy of the report related to the Joe Garcia matter that David Arciniega prepared and sent to NTSSA. I will also need copies of the board meeting minutes for the past five years.

Thank you for your kind help.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649 (tel:972%20496-3649)

Kindly read from the bottom up. Note that Kim Verity, the dishonest David Arciniega stooge produced nothing. They routinely lynch coaches in A & D hearings giving them nothing before they come in and discourage them from exercising their right to appeal. Kim Verity's BS responses are in read. She was the Vice President and keeper of the rules and by-laws and should never have gone forward with these phony abusive charges. This was no discussion of procedures and protocal and no changes were made to those after this lynching. It was formal charges though Arciniega tried to back track and claim he never filed charges. The board wasted a meeting on a coach and his child being placed together, yet certain board members (Arciniega stooges) against the by-laws refused to participate in a meeting called (correctly under the by-laws by 2 directors) to get proper documentation on the missing money and problems with Jevin. Totally unethical!!!

A month into the season the board had no business discussing the placement of any player unless there was reason to believe the parents turned in a false birth certificate and the child was older than the other kids in that age group. David Arciniega is so totally unethical that he never informed the parents (the coach) that his son could be kicked off of the team. They had a right to participate in this dishonest farce David Arciniega put into motion. The mother came to protect her son and to testify on my behalf in at that trial as I invited her. I was the former coach and manager of the team her husband generously agreed to take over as coach for me so I could take care of my ill son. None of the parents were willing to coach the team (see number 2.) Kim Verity should have known it was very difficult to get coaches, especially for older teams and we were so lucky to get an experienced and talented coach to come in and take this team.

As to number 1 there should be clear documentation of the board voting in coaches in order to get their child placed on their own team. Regarding number 3, no one would coach for a year with their child having to play on an opposing team. The rules are outdated and never honored, but do say that "the formation of teams and the solicitation of coaches and new players is the responsibility of GSAI Officers and Directors." So how can the U6 director and former head coach of the team (me) or even the U12 director(the age group in question) be brought up on charges for something the rules allow them to do? And, most other associations automatically place a child of the correct age with their coach parent with no questions asked.

David Arciniega gives new directors no help unless it suits his purpose and there is nothing in writing to help new directors available. And, who is surprised that no other directors were brought up on charges for a child being placed with their parent coach??? North Texas rules state that issues are to be resolved in a friendly manner before charges are filed if possible. David filed these phony charges simply to harass and intimidate us hoping we would resign. No board member including a president can call a board hearing. Board hearings simply do not exist. The board hears appeals from properly filed A & D appeals. If Arciniega wanted to bring the U12 director and I up on charges the non-existent A & D Committee proper must file said charges and the A & D Committee (which has never existed in direct violation of the by-laws) must hear those charges.

Regarding number 13, the charges are related to team formation practices and any report to NTSSA should be available to the board and GSA's members. Why is David Arciniega allowed to hide information that should be public? He is totally unethical and secretive. Number 13 refers to the Frequently Asked Question that read:

Question:
I would like to coach my child’s team, is this possible?
Answer:
We are always looking for coaches, but please understand that all
of our coaches are volunteers. If you are interested in coaching you must
complete the online NTSSA background check. Please contact the GSA office
for details. Your child will be placed on your team....
The Frequently Asked Question mysteriously changed after this without the board being involved, so it had to have been David Arciniega, Don Starkey or the webmaster doing it at their behest.
They now read:

Question:

I would like to coach my childs team, is this possible?

Answer:

We are always looking for coaches, but please understand that all
of our coaches are volunteers. If you are interested in coaching you must
complete the online NTSSA background check. Please contact the GSA office
for details.

Dictator Arciniega and his stooges run GSA even though the authority should rest with the board proper. David Arciniega and his stooges make up rules and completely ignore the bylaws and league rules. Please note that once again North Texas knew all about this and let that goon Arciniega and his stooges pull this nonsense. North Texas needs to take jurisdiction and US Youth needs to investigate and remove Arciniega as he antics are definitely adverse to soccer!

Soapboxmom

04-22-2015, 01:54 PM

From: Gsa [mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:52 PM
To: Soapboxmom
Cc: <darciniega@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Request for Open Hearing

Heather,

The board hearing tomorrow is a closed hearing. You are more than welcome to invite someone to be in attendance with you as indicated in previously sent letter.

As an organization, we hold several coaches meetings throughout the year so that our members can be apprised of the happenings in our organization. These meetings, as you know, are an open forum format so that members have the opportunity to address any issue. Our members are what help make up this organization, so yes they do play an integral part.

Lastly, the A & D process is closed and reserved for the parties that are involved (and a character witness or two as we have always allowed). Each and every season, I reach out to our coaches (via coaches meeting and email) asking them to serve as panel members for upcoming hearings. You have been in attendance where I urge member participation as I do believe every coach should participate in this process. I will continue to solicit participation and truly hope more coaches accept the invitation of being a panel member when needed.

Regards,

Kim

On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Soapboxmom <soapboxmom@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Kim Verity (VP of Garland Soccer),

I am requesting that the board hearing be made open. I believe our member coaches should see how our president, David Arciniega (the complainant) is running this organization. They should also see our A & D process first hand. If we are doing the “right things” and trending in a “positive direction,” then our membership should be an integral part of that.

Please advise as to when the defense materials I requested will be available and the date the rescheduled hearing will be held.

David Arciniega wrote:

Every year at either the AGM or Semi-AGM, I hear about local Association Boards imploding for various reasons. This year was no different. However, in this case, it was the NTSSA Board. I will share more details at our next board meeting. Please do not discuss this with anyone outside the recipients of this email.

We at Garland Soccer continue to do the right things to keep us from falling into the traps that other associations and NTSSA are experiencing. I want to thank everyone for their dedication and as long as we continue to place the proper checks and balances in place, I have no doubt that we will continue to trend in the positive direction.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649
Please read from the bottom up. David Arciniega has shut down the coaches and they are not being heard at all. There was no reason to keep David Arciniega's attempted lynching of the U12 director and me secret. We wanted it public and the coaches have a right to be there if the defendants wish it. I have nothing to hide!

David's stooge, Kim Verity, reiterated that it is an A & D hearing. Those can only be heard by a properly seated A & D panel which has not existed since Arciniega took office. If coaches had been on the panel as they should have been Arciniega would have had his $$ handed to him for bringing up people on charges for a son landing on his father's team via the players' pool. Also note I kept asking for proper discovery documents and got zero - nothing.

Verity got voted out as the coaches had had enough of her serving as Arciniega's stooge. The current Vice President is apparently just as afraid of Arciniega and is not bringing him up on the numerous charges that should have been filed against him. I have no doubt the few coaches left will send her packing as well if she doesn't start standing up to Arciniega.

The coaches have been less and less willing to participate in these A & D hearings that are not run according to the by-laws, league rules and NTSSA rules. All coaches should refuse to sit on a panel until David Arciniega is removed and the A & D process is completely audited and fixed.

All coaches need to demand that the general coaches meetings be the "open forum format" the former VP claimed they were to be. Coaches unite as David Arciniega has not been "the right things" and his antics are hurting this association!!! It is time for new leadership and real transparency!

Soapboxmom

04-22-2015, 06:05 PM

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Billy Babcock <bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org>
To: J ; Gsa <veritygsa@gmail.com>
Cc: "projsocc@yahoo.com" <projsocc@yahoo.com>; "
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:31 AM
Subject: RE: Petition

J,

In order for a "vote of no confidence" to be processed there has to be a stated reason, such as violating bylaws or ethics. The individual has a to presented with the charges to defend themselves. If there is not an opportunity for the individual to defend themselves the individual can appeal and would probably win.

Without a list of charges the process cannot proceed.

Billy Babcock

President

North Texas State Soccer Association

bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org<mailto:bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org><mailto:bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org>

972-757-9998

________________________________
From: J
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:25 AM
To: Gsa
Cc: Billy Babcock; projsocc@yahoo.com;
Subject: Re: Petition

Kim/Billy,

Please help me understand how you are requesting the explanation of reason(s) to allow the person the ability to defend themselves when I asked David to be present in the 2/21 board meeting to "defend" myself I was not allowed to do so. David did not advise, even though I requested in advance. An email was provided to you Billy stating the request to David. He did not advise the board of this request.

It seems there is a double standard and very conflicting interpretation of the rules. There seems to be a dictatorship type of atmosphere with GSA surrounding the rules.

I expect the both of you to address my concern above.

I am cc'ing my Director as I should based on the fact @$%^ is the liaison between the coaches and the association. I expect no retaliation towards $%^& by the president or ANY board member.

Please remember, ALL members should be treated equally and fairly and ALL rules/bylaws should be followed as outlined. To date, this is not happening, which is against the Texas Non Profit Corporation laws.

J

On Mar 13, 2013, at 11:54 PM, Gsa <veritygsa@gmail.com<mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com>> wrote:

J,

It was under the direction of North Texas that your Petition warranted further explanation detailing your reason(s) for the Vote of No Confidence. It would be quite counter productive to allow a Vote of No Confidence for no specifics reason(s). The person that has allegedly committed an infraction(s) to the Garland Soccer Association Rules and/or By-laws should have the ability to properly defend themselves against your alleged petition of Vote of No Confidence.

I am available to meet with you tomorrow if you would like to resubmit a petition. As mentioned before, please indicate the specific Garland Soccer Association Rule(s) and/or By-law(s) that have allegedly been violated to further support your Petition.

Regards,

Kim

On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:42 PM, J> wrote:

Kim,

After reviewing the GSA By-Laws, the petition I submitted is correct.

The following is what the GSA By-Laws state:

Article III
2.3 - Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed from office by a vote of no confidence in his ability to remain in office and perform the dates thereof.

2.4 - Any three (3) Team Representative may petition for a vote of no confidence provided that the petition shall be in writing and submitted to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall review the petition and submit a copy thereof to all members within fourteen (14) days of receipt of same.

2.5 - The vote of no confidence must carry by a three-fourths (3/4) majority of all members present and voting. The vote shall not be taken sooner than 14 (14) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days after written notice has been given to member teams.

As you can view, they do not stipulate what you are asking. Furthermore, the petition had 5 signatures. If one can not be understood, we still have the other four, thus meeting the minimum requirement.

REQUESTS

1. The President or members of the board shall not retaliate toward any coaches, members of the board, players/parents or any member of my team that support the petition. (Example: My assistant coach was in the field office filling out the game report on Saturday 3/9 as it was raining outside and a member of the board stated "Need to hurry up and fill out the game report. We want to leave". This was stated in a threatening tone and made my assistant coach very uncomfortable. She felt as she was being harassed.)
2. No delay tactics by members of the board on the petition.

EXPECTATIONS

1. With the petition being submitted on 3/4/13, expectation is a vote of no confidence meeting to be held no sooner than 3/18/13 and no later than 3/25/13
2. Ensure all members of the board to refrain from retaliating, making uncomfortable remarks, or harassing my team members.

Please advise of the date of the meeting. I also expect all coaches to be advised via mass email detailing "vote of no confidence" vote to take place, meeting date and time.

J

On Mar 9, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Kim Verity <veritygsa@gmail.com<mailto:veritygsa@gmail.com>> wrote:

J,

There are no specific allegations listed on the Petition for Vote of No Confidence for the President, David Arciniega. Therefore, if you would like to resubmit a Petition, evidence based information that can be further reviewed and verified should be included. Please indicate the specific Garland Soccer Association Rule and/or By-law that have allegedly been violated to further support your Petition. Also, there was one signature that could not be read and there was not a team affiliation listed by this name. Should you resubmit, please ensure that the coach signature and team affiliation is legible.

Regards,

Kimberley Verity
Vice President
Garland Soccer Association

Notice this coach's concern about retaliation. All J wanted was to help coach a team that had been seeking a coach for several seasons and he wanted his daughter, who was the correct age to be on his own team and not an opposing one. GSA is a hostile and miserable environment.

Notice that Kim Verity went to North Texas State Soccer Association for help to save Arciniega. I was put up for a No Confidence vote because I went to NTSSA for help. Clearly only Arciniega and his stooges are welcome to seek help from NTSSA. NTSSA is protecting Arciniega no matter what he pulls.

NTSSA told me they didn't know of any difference between the No Confidence vote filed against me and that against Arciniega. Arciniega had his stooge Verity protecting him and the board was presented with several pages of refutations to the charges against him. Verity didn't go to bat for me as David Arciniega himself was behind the lie-filled petition against me. I wasn't allowed to prepare a defense in writing beforehand to present to the board like Arciniega did. Dictator Arciniega gets preferential treatment and is never held responsible for this actions by NTSSA and US Youth Soccer. District court was the only avenue left to save Garland Soccer and clean it up so that the coaches would be given fair and just treatment. I will always stick up for the volunteer coaches!!!

Where did I violate any by-law, rule or the ethical obligation??? GSA under Arciniega's leadership is so completely corrupt.

No Confidence Letter.pdf (http://www.realscam.com/attachments/f14/9655d1425932905-heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-no-confidence-letter.pdf)

So, the following are grounds for removal from office:

1. How one votes in a board meeting.

2. Supporting a candidate other than David Arciniega.

3. Making a police report in response to missing money.

4. Discussing public Facebook postings.

5. Complaining to a service provider listed on domainstools.com and numerous other sites about the Garland Soccer website being down for weeks.

6. Contacting the North Texas State Soccer Association to file an appeal, grievance or to ask a question.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lord_acton.html)

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Soapboxmom

04-22-2015, 07:40 PM

Team
FOLDED

Head coach
Edgard Olvera

Color

Date
Time
Day
Venue
League
Home
Visitor

3/4/2015
6:30 PM
Wednesday
Win-16
U04 Girls
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11 The Ladybugs

3/7/2015
11:00 AM
Saturday
Win-15
U04 Girls
11 Kickin' Cuties
FOLDED

3/21/2015
2:00 PM
Saturday
Win-17
U04 Girls
11 Bumble Bees
FOLDED

3/23/2015
6:30 PM
Monday
Win-16
U04 Girls
FOLDED
11 Lady Lions

3/28/2015
11:00 AM
Saturday
Win-17
U04 Girls
11 Spirit
FOLDED

3/29/2015
1:30 PM
Sunday
Win-15
U04 Girls
11 Kickin' Cuties
FOLDED

3/31/2015
6:30 PM
Tuesday
Win-15
U04 Girls
FOLDED
11 Lady Hawks

4/11/2015
2:00 PM
Saturday
Win-15
U04 Girls
FOLDED
11 Kickin' Cuties

4/18/2015
9:30 AM
Saturday
Win-15
U04 Girls
11 The Ladybugs
FOLDED

4/19/2015
3:00 PM
Sunday
Win-17
U04 Girls
FOLDED
11 The Ladybugs

4/22/2015
6:30 PM
Wednesday
Win-17
U04 Girls
11 Kickin' Cuties
FOLDED

4/26/2015
3:00 PM
Sunday
Win-17
U04 Girls
11 Bumble Bees
FOLDED

5/2/2015
3:30 PM
Saturday
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My replacement is a disaster. A U4 girls' team that started a week and a half late has folded mid season. What is that director doing???

Soapboxmom

04-23-2015, 10:44 AM

Google review:

Garland Soccer Association

(https://plus.google.com/u/0/115776860521093170582) 1917 Apollo Rd, Garland, TX 75044 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&oi=plus&q=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Garland%2BSoccer%2BAssociation/data%3D%214m2%213m1%211s0x864c1c2c30c310ff:0x9c138 bfb8f2ad52a?gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den)

worst league I've ever seen. The referees are garbage, the schedules are always messed up, sometimes the directors of certain age groups have teams in those age groups..which isn't really fair. Just absolute trash
Public - in the last week

Soapboxmom

04-23-2015, 03:32 PM

SEMI-ANNUAL COACHES MEETING

June 2, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
Holiday Inn
5110 N. George Bush Tollway

Voting will be held for the following board positions:
President, Treasurer, Fields, Training & Special Events, Publicity & Awards

Up the service road from Texas Roadhouse
Election after election has been rigged. Proxies have been given out by the referee assignor telling referees who they must vote for. That is how ex-Vice President, Kimberley Verity got in. The president, David Arciniega, has been able to stay in due to proxies. The member coaches have little say in their own organization and are shut down by this president when they try to ask questions or make motions.

Coaches should ask about what happened to the "missing payment" of over 8 grand from Jevin. Coaches should ask why President David Arciniega lied about Jevin filing litigation. The coaches deserve an explanation of why GSA is still using Jevin!

Why did David Arciniega insist on keeping Publicity and Awards Director Crystal Martin when her husband, 24503 is a registered sex offender who had to drive her everywhere and was handling rosters? What has GSA done in response to our Garland children being raped by Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman.

Coaches should ask why GSA is bringing directors up on charges for children being placed on the same team with their coaching parents by the player pool.

Coaches should ask what is being done about the plummeting numbers. Why are directors being denied documentation necessary to run the association? Why is there a shroud of secrecy around this charity? Why are coaches and the public not welcomed to the board meetings?

It is time to clean house. Due to the serious problems in GSA, the North Texas State Soccer Association and US Youth Soccer should be stepping in!

Soapboxmom

04-24-2015, 04:05 PM

http://www.thelawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FiduciaryDuties-NFPdistress-2.pdf

II. What Are the Legal Responsibilities and Fiduciary Duties of Nonprofit Boards and Their Members?
Directors and officers of nonprofit and community-based organizations are considered fiduciaries, or
persons of trust, with the power and obligation to act with total trust, good faith, and honesty on behalf of their
organization.

David Arciniega blatantly lying to the to coaches about financial issues claiming Jevin was suing the payment processor for our missing money, refusing to give the board any documentation on any of this and continuing to use Jevin when they are likely responsible for the late and missing payments is hardly honest and done in good faith. David may have been close friends with Dan Ptak, the owner of Jevin, in college and Arciniega bragged to the board that he wrote the code for Jevin's player pool. He is clearly in an inappropriate relationship with Jevin and not looking out for the best interest of Garland Soccer.

Satisfying its duty of care, a board should inform itself of all material information reasonably available to it, implement a decision-making process that allows members to carefully consider that information and all reasonable alternatives, where appropriate, seek advice from relevant industry, legal or financial advisors, and maintain complete records of board deliberations.
I sought counsel from several licensed attorneys, a CPA and forensic fraud investigator, a longtime consumer advocate that has assisted law enforcement for years and runs a public website. As we could get no documentation on the missing money, I was honor bound to protect Garland Soccer and make a report to the police. The GSA got no information from Arciniega and could not consider any reasonable alternatives. That shifty dictator withholds and hides information from directors and members of this charity. The dissenting votes are not recorded. I wrote very long board reports to protect myself from the wrongdoing going on.

Leaders of nonprofit and community-based organizations may be personally liable if they act based on their own self-interest in a way that does not serve the organization’s interests.

David Arciniega certainly fits that description. Protecting Jevin, a vendor that paid GSA late and then couldn't pay GSa money owed at all is not serving the non-profit corporation. Arciniega also insisted on keeping directors that were not coming to meetings or doing their jobs. His demanding to retain director Crystal Martin, who doesn't drive and brought a level II registered for life sex offender to everything, is also highly suspect. Why would Arciniega put our kids at risk??? That sex offender was handling rosters and records and possibly able to access all of GSA's records on Jevin at their home??? Rigging elections is also not in the best interest of the organization. It is also highly unethical to stop the coaches from asking questions and making motions in their own general coaches meeting. The leadership in Garland Soccer is totally corrupt.

The business judgment rule’s protections may be lost if, among other things, the officer or engages in self-dealing or usurps opportunities that belong to the nonprofit; fails to stay informed; disregards the organization’s established decision making process;commits fraud; or recklessly ignores red flags that a director or officer, acting reasonably, would heed.

David Arciniega's under the table deals with Jevin while GSA is not being paid should dictate that he lose the business judgment rule protection as should his support of directors that don't attend meetings and bring in registered sex offenders. Red flags were everywhere and a director that is a professional fraud investigator told Arciniega flat out that the nonsense going on with Jevin was fraud. The board does not run GSA. Dictator Arciniega is manipulating everything!

Soapboxmom

04-24-2015, 07:18 PM

http://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/text_block/3539/3069/SpringKick_2013_small.jpg
April 24 - 26, 2015

Open to recreational teams U7 through U19, and academy teams U7 through U10. Separate divisions for academy teams.

REGISTER NOW (https://events.gotsport.com/forms/app/Default.aspx?eventid=43901)
Due to the inclement weather we have received the past four weeks, we have unfortunately had to cancel this tournament.
That weekend will now be used for league play.

Garland Soccer will have very few teams sign up for the most boring tournament on the planet and GSA needs that weekend to schedule make-up games. They are already scheduling games for Saturday May 30th which is well into graduation and wedding season. The coaches are going to be livid if they have to play in June!!! :duh:

Soapboxmom

04-30-2015, 04:53 PM

Bruce R. Hopkins | Nonprofit Law (http://www.nonprofitlawcenter.com/resDetails.php?item_ref=181)

.....personal liability can result when a director, trustee, officer, and/or key employee of a nonprofit organization breaches the standards of fiduciary responsibility.....
How is David Arciniega going to explain his relationship with Jevin when they couldn't pay us money owed and having no paperwork to substantiate his claim that Corduro was responsible for the missing money? How is he going to justify his insistence on keeping a director with a sex offender husband that had to drive her everywhere, handled rosters and other records and appeared to be in a position of authority?

.....One of the main responsibilities of board members is to maintain financial accountability and effective oversight of the organization they serve. Board members act as trustees of the organization’s assets and must exercise due diligence to see that the organization is well managed and that its financial situation remains sound. Fiduciary duty requires board members to stay objective, unselfish, responsible, honest, trustworthy, and efficient. Board members, as stewards of public trust, must always act for the good of the organization, rather than for their personal benefit. They need to exercise reasonable care in all decision making, without placing the organization under unnecessary risk.....

Have the board members been objective? Has David Arciniega been honest and trustworthy? Why did he lie about Jevin suing Corduro? Was there a personal benefit to his odd relationship with Jevin? Should the board have followed David Arciniega and kept doing business with Jevin even though Jevin was handling several hundred thousand dollars a year and there was no real documentation on the missing money?

......The distinction of legal liability between the board and an individual board member relates to the responsibility of the board for the organization and responsibility of individual board members for their own actions. The board as a collective entity is responsible and liable for what happens in and to the organization. As the ultimate authority, it must ensure that the organization is operating in compliance with the new law and its own policies. If legal action ensues, it can often be traced to an inattentive, passive, or even captive board.......
In numerous instances board members were aware there were many things done that directly violated our by-laws and policies and / or NTSSA's as well. These directors happily sat there and did nothing. The board had several members laughing and snickering about the missing money and other serious topics. The board was filled with rubber stamping stooges that did not question anything and did everything possible to prevent responsible board members from asking questions and seeking proper documentation. Questions and grievances directed to NTSSA resulted in harassment and retaliation by Arciniega's goon squad.

....In turn, the board’s shared legal responsibilities depend upon the actions of individuals. Each board member is liable for his or her own acts and deeds, particularly if they are alleged to be civil or even criminal offenses. In practice, this requires board members to hold each other accountable......

Arciniega happily keeps board members that are not doing their jobs and if anyone dares to point out that his flunkies are not working or missing way too many meetings the result is harassment and intimidation. I was attacked by a board member with 38% meeting attendance at the fall tournament as David Arciniega leaked my formal complaint about it. I sent the complaint to Piney Burch-Walser and instead of handling it she alerted Arciniega who made sure to violate the whistleblower policy and then watch with delight as a confrontation took place publicly at the tournament.

...Traditional Duties of Board Members – the Three Ds..In short, the duty of care requires the board—and individual board members—to pay attention to the organization’s activities and operations....3. obtaining information, before voting, to make good decisions
David Arciniega routinely withholds vital information from the directors. Votes are often taken with no necessary documentation.

4. use of independent judgment.....

Thie GSA board is trapped into deadly group think for most of the members.

.....2. adherence to the organization’s conflict-of-interest policy
3. avoidance of the use of corporate opportunities for the individual’s personal gain or benefit.....
Arciniega's relationship with Jevin should be investigated!

.....H. Board must establish procedures to address complaints and prevent retaliation against whistleblowers.....
Though NTSSA claims there will be a prompt resolution to grievances and GSA should do the same, complaints are often swept under the rug or the complainant is outed and harassed, intimidated or attacked. Arciniega is responsible for this hostile environment.

....Today, the concept of fiduciary responsibility is such that the trustees, directors, and the like of nonprofit organizations can be found personally liable for a violation of that responsibility. When an individual is personally sued because of something done or not done in the name of a nonprofit organization, the potential liability is termed personal liability......

......XII. FACING LEGAL LIABILITY
A. Liability is closely tied to accountability. Accountability applies to every nonprofit organization. The issues that are most likely to arouse concern pertain to general ethical behavior, transparency—how the organization shares information—and to issues relating to money—.....

....Today, the concept of fiduciary responsibility is such that the trustees, directors, and the like of nonprofit organizations can be found personally liable for a violation of that responsibility. When an individual is personally sued because of something done or not done in the name of a nonprofit organization, the potential liability is termed personal liability.....

......For the most part, the defendants in lawsuits involving nonprofit organizations are the organizations themselves. Seldom will the charges include other parties, such as individuals. These charges can happen, however, and when they do, the following categories of individuals (including those acting as volunteers) can be dragged into the fray: trustees, directors, officers, and/or key employees.....

....If the board has not carried out its oversight duties adequately, it may get implicated in a lawsuit due to negligence of its duty of care.....
Thanks to Arciniega all the directors past and present under his presidency, office people and some coaches will get dragged into this nightmare. When will the board clean house and start conducting this charity's operations with the openness and transparency that should be expected?

Soapboxmom

04-30-2015, 05:58 PM

http://www.realscam.com/f11/jack-weinzierl-threatened-tim-darnell-sued-soapboxmom-heather-dobrott-district-court-lost-summary-judgment-767/#post9743 (http://www.realscam.com/f11/jack-weinzierl-threatened-tim-darnell-sued-soapboxmom-heather-dobrott-district-court-lost-summary-judgment-767/#post9743)

For those reading who don't know me, please allow me to fill you in. I have served as a blogger / volunteer consumer advocate for almost a decade. I have worked with numerous enforcement agencies including but not limited to the Texas Attorney General, the State Security Board, NFA, SEC, TDI, FBI, Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions and various police departments.

I have been sued twice for my blogging. I kicked Don Allen Holbrook's rear in round one and beat Tim Darnell in Summary Judgment (he and his sleazebag attorney were too chicken to show up for the hearing.) I have worked to expose various forms of financial fraud and uneconomic schemes. I have also been threatened with numerous suits for my truth telling.

I filed against David Arciniega and Garland Soccer as there were serious problems in GSA that were not being addressed and NTSSA was not stepping in to resolve issues either. I exhausted all avenues within these organizations and so here we are publicly discussing what has gone on in GSA since David Arciniega was elected president.

Soon it will be time to notice depositions. These are public record and as can be seen in the link I will publish them and comment on them. Kimberley Verity in a deposition would be most fascinating. How will she explain conducting a board hearing when no such thing exists and justify Arciniega being able to call the board in for these circus shows when directors using the by-laws can't call special meetings for the purpose of documenting what happened to funds that were "missing payments" from Jevin. Board members surely weren't pleased to be dragged in to discuss the absolutely criminal act of a child being placed with their parent coach by the player pool for which David Arciniega brought me up on formal charges.

Verity's totally unethical No Confidence vote (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83558) that she got Erik Quintana, Crystal Martin, Juan Ramirez and James Hearn to sign sure reflects on her nicely. No doubt that would be yet another whiny chorus of Arciniega made me do it. She could also explain why some coaches had the book thrown at them while others engaged in the same activities were allowed to continue cheating unchecked. Verity was also on that Executive Committee that let Arciniega talk them into continuing with Jevin without a shred of documentation risking hundreds of thousands of dollars. (http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-3939/)

How far is the board, that supposedly runs GSA, going to go? Will they face deposition and turn over discovery? Will they exercise their authority and put a stop to the continuing antics of David Arciniega. Will they allow another rigged election? What will the board do if the coaches get their way and vote in a president of their choosing? Will this new president clean up this organization? Will this new president do the right thing by all and open the lines of communication and settle this lawsuit? Will the coaches finally have their voices heard?

Soapboxmom

05-02-2015, 03:52 PM

It is time for the next installment of David Arciniega and The Stooges. This lawsuit centers almost exclusively on misconduct by David Arciniega personally or acts that were at his personal behest. The board runs the association. Why are they letting Garland Soccer be destroyed by Arciniega's antics??? Arciniega's interests are likely in direct conflict with that of board members.....

http://www.schinnerer.com/industries/non-profit/Documents/DandO-DirectorsSued.pdf

WHY ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS GET SUED
(AND HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES)
by
Hugh K. Webster, Esq.
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean
Washington, DC
CONTENTS
I. Why Association Directors Get Sued...

B. Conduct That Can Result in Liability
1. General Mismanagement
2. Violating Bylaws and Articles
5. Lack of Fair Dealing With Members
6. Defamation
7. Wrongful Discharge
10. Failure to Protect Association Property
13. Breach of Contract
14. Failure to Supervise

II. How Directors Can Protect Themselves
A. Introduction
B. Advisable Behavior
1. Be Loyal
2. Attend Meetings
3. Delegate, Do Not Abdicate
4. Ensure An Adequate Information Flow
5. Make (and Document) Reasoned Decisions
6. Provide For Adequate Financial Controls
7. Rely on Advisors
8. Safeguard Assets
10. Avoid Conflicts of Interest
11. Have Negative Votes Recorded
There are some issues that definitely apply to the implosion of GSA.

Attend Meetings.
It may seem obvious to most, but it is
worth stating that Directors must attend Board meetings. There is no
recognition in the law of a so-called “figure head Directors” or “dummy
Directors,” and courts will have no sympathy for Directors who claim as
a defense to any legal action that they did not know of a particular issue
or did not participate in a particular action because of repeated failures
to attend meetings. Directors who do not attend meetings are
nevertheless bound by actions taken at those meetings and will be held
responsible if any such actions are deemed negligent. In fact, the act of
failing to attend meetings may itself be deemed to be negligent behavior.
Simply put, ignorance is not an excuse.
Directors that are not attending meetings should resign for their own protection. GSA and NTSSA by-laws have provisions to remove directors. Arciniega ignores or flouts said by-laws.

Ensure An Adequate Information Flow.
A Director has a duty to be informed. According to the so-called “business judgment rule”,
members of association Boards will not, generally speaking, have their
business decisions second-guessed even if those decisions turn out to
have been ill-advised. But courts will not tolerate Directors, or entire
Boards, who are not sufficiently informed about the activities of their
organization. Very simply, bad decisions are more easily defended than
ignorance.
For this reason, the Director’s duty of care is often referred to as
the duty to be informed......This duty to be informed cannot be overemphasized.

I informed the board in writing numerous times that David Arciniega had lied. Jevin never filed any court case anywhere as I documented. Jevin never filed any reports with the police or other law enforcement agencies about the $50,000.00 (of which over $8.000.00 belonged to GSA) that David Arciniega said Jevin claimed was missing due to the payment processor not paying them. That $50,000.00 the payment processor was accused of taking, since it included 501 c 3s, would have been a second degree felony and a police investigation is a free way to get one's money. So, without any documentation (as David Arciniega refused to provide it), one must assume Jevin might actually be responsible for the missing money. The board having been informed of the deception going on cannot tell the court that they believed they could rely on president Arciniega or that is was advisable to allow Jevin to handle several hundred thousand dollars a year of money belonging to the families of Garland. The board members that blindly followed this obviously errant leader should be held accountable.

Violating Bylaws and Articles.
While a Board has full management authority over the association, that authority is limited by
the restrictions of the association’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.
An action by a Board that is contrary to either of those two documents is
void, and Directors may be sued personally for purporting to take such action.....
I have documented numerous examples of Arciniega and this board ignoring and openly flouting the by-laws and policies. Arciniega made up the "board hearing" in order to harass directors asking too many questions. Why in the world would Garland Soccer not place a child on the same team as their parent, especially when Arciniega refused to produce rosters that would show evidence of team stacking or a change of coaches on a seasonal basis???

Arciniega had his own No Confidence petition (filed by coaches with legitimate concerns) refuted to the board and stopped from being disseminated to the coaches at large as it should have been. Yet, he pushed through the one Kim Verity authored against me (at his behest, no doubt) and had board members and their spouses sign. Arciniega tried to coerce me into resigning as I was asking too many questions and calling him on his antics. The No Confidence petition on me (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83558) was not initiated by coaches because I was not performing my duties. I was one of the hardest working directors out there. Arciniega was trying to harass me and intimidate the remaining board members to cow-tow to him and allow his unethical and dishonest dealings to continue unchecked.

....associations and Directors must proceed with caution and
ensure that such arrangements benefit the association and are
defensible. Also, a formal conflict of interest policy should be adopted.
David Arciniega's relationshipb with Jevin needs to be thoroughly examined. He wrote parts of the program and may have been close to Dan Ptak in college. This does not seem to be an arm's length transaction or good business for GSA.

Lack of Fair Dealing With Members.
Courts are receptive to
claims by members that Directors have violated their fiduciary duties by
not treating members in a fair and above-Board manner. In one case, for
example, Directors were found to have acted contrary to their fiduciary
duties when they submitted a proposed bylaw amendment to the
members for a vote but concealed (or failed to reveal) the adverse impact
that this amendment would have had on the rights of the members.
In another notable case, the Directors of a nonprofit were found to
have violated their fiduciary duty to members by refusing to allow a
candidate for the Board of Directors to promote his candidacy by
purchasing an advertisement in the association’s magazine. The court
found that the Board’s motives were entirely self-serving, i.e., the sitting
Directors simply wanted to perpetuate themselves in office, and therefore
wished to deny a candidate the ability to “campaign” to the full
membership.

*Phony charges
*Unethical No Confidence vote
*Rigged elections
*Coaches shut down from asking questions or making motions by the president
*Coaches brought up on charges in an A & D process that is completely broken and does not comply with by-laws
*Changes to the website made without notifying the board or members (wouldn't want parent coaches to have their own child on their teams, right?)
*Denying members access to records as prescribed by law, the IRS and GSA bylaws
*Discouraging members and the public from attending board meetings
*Blacklisting coaches due to their coaching of select teams and not with verifiable documentation
*Refusing to hold meetings called as dictated in the by-laws
*Not filing charges against Arciniega and his stooges (i.e. showing favoritism)
The list goes on and on.....

This case is being handled by a law team that would happily take it class action. It is time the Garland coaches and families have a voice.

Soapboxmom

05-04-2015, 10:29 AM

U6 coaches are reporting that they are not hearing from their new U6 director at all. Those I am talking to have never seen that director on the fields monitoring games and assisting our new coaches.

A game was played recently and one girls' team put a male player out there. Teams at that age group are all girls or all boys and Garland does not have any co-ed teams. In Co-ed groups girls may play on boys teams, but boys can never play in an all girls' league.

Playing kids who are not on the roster means they are violating the rules and that that child would not be covered by insurance.

Reducing the number of director positions to get rid of hard working directors has been an unmitigated disaster. Don Starkey made the motion to shrink the board and I have no doubt that David Arciniega was behind it as he seems desperate to have control of the board. So, here Garland Soccer sits with a do nothing director that controls 1/3 of all the teams. The coaches know who pushed to have her in and who the proxies were there for no doubt!

Elections are coming. Time to clean house!!

10452

Soapboxmom

05-04-2015, 06:40 PM

I was canned by NTSSA due to the following:

Any person who files a lawsuit or invokes the aid of the courts on their own
behalf or as a representative for any person against NTSSA, or its officers, employees or
members are representatives of any of its officers, employees or members shall be subject to
sanction of immediate suspension from membership and from all soccer activities under the
jurisdiction of NTSSA and affiliates.

North Texas State Soccer Association (501 c 3 over Garland Soccer Association) says:

2.2.6 Jurisdiction
This Association shall have jurisdiction over all Member Associations’ administrators, referees,
coaches, assistant coaches, managers registered players and teams affiliated with it. Each Member
Association shall retain its own autonomy, but will adhere to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations
and will comply with the authority of the Association. If the Association is presented sufficient
evidence that a Member Association is not adhering to its Bylaws and Rules and Regulations, the
Association may form a committee to investigate the allegations and make recommendations to the
Executive Committee to correct the infraction(s). If gross misuse of funds, misapplication of
Bylaws, or misapplication of rules and regulations is discovered, the Member Association shall be
declared not in good standing and given sixty (60) days to correct the situation, or the Association
may take more immediate action if deemed necessary by the Executive Committee.
NTSSA has been presented with mountains of evidence over the years and has done nothing but cow-tow to David Arciniega and openly flout this and the Whistleblower Policy

Regarding President David Arciniega the United States Youth Soccer Association states:

ARTICLE VII 206 FEES AND DISCIPLINE 207
208
Section 1. Annual Fees. 209
A. Organization Member. Each organization member shall pay to USYSA annual fees 210 recommended by the board of directors and approved by the National Council. 211
B. Individual and Sustaining Members. The fees for individual and sustaining members 212 shall be as prescribed by the board of directors. 213

Section 2. Suspensions and Terminations. 214
A. Suspension. 215
1. Failure to Pay Fees. Any member failing to pay any fees due USYSA shall be 216 provided written notice of the delinquency. If those fees are not paid within 30 days 217 after the date of the notice of delinquency, the delinquent member may be 218 suspended from membership in USYSA after a proper hearing pursuant to 219 Subsection 3B of this Article. The member shall be notified in writing of any 220 suspension and the date on which membership will be terminated if the fees remain 221 unpaid. 222
2. Due to Litigation. 223
(a) Any person participating in a USYSA program, or in a program of a state 224 association or a program of a member of a state association, who becomes a 225 defendant in litigation detrimental to the welfare of youth players or litigation 226 based on activities detrimental to the welfare of youth players, shall be 227 suspended from all soccer-related activities. Suspensions under this bylaw shall 228 be determined by the appropriate state association or the USYSA Board of 229 Directors. Matters detrimental to the welfare of youth players shall include, but 230
September 1, 2014 Page 7

not be limited to, crimes of moral turpitude and felonies. The person has a right 231 to appeal the suspension only over whether the matter which is the substance of 232 the accusation, if true, is detrimental to the welfare of youth players. 233
(b) On completion of the litigation, the suspended person may inform the body 234 suspending the person under Subsection 2A2(a) of this Article that the litigation 235 has been completed and request that the suspension be terminated and the 236 person reinstated. The suspending body may grant the request of the person or, 237 if the decision of the litigation was adverse to the person, may continue the 238 suspension for a period specified by the suspending body, fine the person, 239 terminate all membership of that person with the suspending body and its 240 members, or any combination of those authorized penalties. 241
B. Termination. 242
1. The membership of a state association may be terminated by the National Council 243 for cause by a two-thirds vote of the National Council. 244
2. If the membership of a state association is terminated either by resignation from 245 USYSA or under Subsection 2A1 or Subsection 2B1 of this Article, USYSA shall 246 immediately undertake actions to replace that organization with another 247 organization having the same USYSA jurisdiction as the organization whose 248 membership is terminated. That replacement organization may include an 249 organization established and temporarily operated by USYSA. 250
3. The board of directors may terminate the membership of a sustaining member as 251 prescribed in Section 3A of this Article. 252

Section 3. Suspension, Termination and Other Penalties. 253
A. The board of directors may suspend, fine, terminate and/or impose any other penalty 254 on any member of USYSA, if the board determines that: 255
1. the conduct of the member is adverse to the best interests of soccer or USYSA; or 256
2. the member has not complied with the requirements of its membership in USYSA. 257
B. The board of directors may act under this Article only after a hearing, reasonable 258 notice to the member of the time and place of the hearing, and providing the member 259 with a reasonable opportunity to present evidence in support of the member’s position. 260

Section 4. Effect. A suspension or other disciplinary action imposed by USYSA in accordance 261 with these bylaws shall be recognized by all members of USYSA on notification by USYSA. 262 Suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed by members of USYSA shall be 263 recognized by USYSA and all other USYSA members on proper notification to USYSA. 264
265

I got thrown out for filing this necessary suit after long since exhausting every option, and I demand NTSSA and US Youth apply their by-laws to David Arciniega!

The coaches are fed up with this discriminatory environment!

Gina

05-04-2015, 07:46 PM

Isn't that illegal, what NTSSA is doing? How can filing a lawsuit get you canned?

Soapboxmom

05-06-2015, 08:19 PM

Top Texas clubs transform youth environment - US Club Soccer (http://www.usclubsoccer.org/2015/04/30/top-texas-clubs-transform-youth-environment/)

US Club Soccer is under US Soccer just like US Youth Soccer (parent of North Texas and Garland Soccer.) They are sweeping through South Texas and will now be heading North and taking over much of North Texas it appears. Competition! I think our Garland and Greater Dallas Area families will love to see positive change!

Soapboxmom

05-07-2015, 10:56 PM

From: Concerned parent
Date:
To: president@garlandsoccer.com, vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com, treasurer@garlandsoccer.com, fields@garlandsoccer.com, events@garlandsoccer.com, publicity@garlandsoccer.com, referee@garlandsoccer.com, u6boys@garlandsoccer.com, u6girls@garlandsoccer.com, u8boys@garlandsoccer.com, u8girls@garlandsoccer.com, u10director@garlandsoccer.com, u12director@garlandsoccer.com, majorleague@garlandsoccer.com
Cc: jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org, dcrawford@ntxsoccer.org, bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org, david@ntxsoccer.org, jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org, jcosgrove@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject:
To whom it may concern,

......I called out of concern and spoke with one of Garland Soccer Association’s associates.....I emailed this time. I received several tactless emails from the office staff..... I was taken back by the rudeness I had received. Isn’t Garland Soccer Association a charity? Why am I investing, being loyal, to a charity that isn’t being loyal to me?

.......a poor 10 year old little boy was sexual assaulted by someone you allowed to be a coach. How can I subject my 5 year old daughter to that kind of danger?.... If you Google “Garland Soccer Association” the case about the sexual assault comes up, along with a video. The next item is a video of the u7 girls coach and parent fighting. What if my daughter ends up on a team where the parents can’t control themselves?

.......That is not acceptable. Again, why should I be loyal; to a charity that is not being loyal to me? If there is any way this can be resolved please assist. It is now clear that the Garland Soccer Association office staff will be of no assistance ...... Please note if I do not received a proper response I will have no choice but to go to local new stations, local radio stations, and the city to insure my voice is heard. I will also be starting up a petition.....

There should be no reason why I should have to take my concerns any further then this email, and am truly taken back I had to take it this far.

Notice that this parent included North Texas and National. Garland Soccer has very poor customer service. The parent organizations also ignore their own by-laws and do not step in. Garland and North Texas are literally imploding.

Soapboxmom

05-09-2015, 06:50 PM

Redacted board report to protect the ID of the director:

Director / Officer Monthly Report

August 2013]
Accomplishments

Doing DAMAGE CONTROL due to website being down for 12 days and now a temporary website is up-
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Plans

Proposal-Apology from GSA President via email and General Coaches-to coaches of website going down and now temporary website-and not field director-it looks more professional(it should had been done sooner-it down 12 days then we got temporary website-ok)
Proposal-Extension date on returning players to August 16th due to website being done

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Continued to encourage coaches-to get returning players to register on time via email and calling them
Plan have coaches meeting
-Proposal-Requesting written documentation between Jevin , processor and GSA during the Spring season2013-a paper trail please-on how this large amount money was missing and an Audit of Jevin to protect GSA
Proposal-Requesting a copy of jevn file charges against a processor or we file charges to investigate what has occur to the missing money-it will give GSA a paper trail in case this occurs again to protect GSA board
…Proposal-Requesting that Jevin show a copy of his company being BOND AND INSURED-makes him look creditworthy to continued to do business with this company..
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Miscellaneous

Worried about temporary website makes GSA look like we have problems to the coaches…and the public
I still don't agree with doing business with Jevn
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Future Months
Plans

Attend General Coaches Meeting
Continued to follow up on written documentation as GSA board member has the right to request on the paper trial between jevin and GSA and copy of charges if any has been file
Monitor and see if website has affected GSA registration numbers

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Miscellaneous
Comments

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GSA has some awesome directors who are doing all the right things to protect the money belonging to the families of Garland and stop Arciniega's dishonest dealings. David Arciniega's stooges have a lot of explaining to do at the next coaches meeting and in court!

Soapboxmom

05-10-2015, 08:03 PM

Conflict of Interest
Policy and Statement
Adopted: July 20, 2009

Garland Soccer Association recognizes that to fulfill its responsibilities to its members and to the public at large, it is dependent upon the dedication of the Board of Directors, its officers, employees and staff, all members of committees, all other representatives, and its volunteers. Because one aspect of determining qualifications of each of these individuals is the avoidance of conflicts of interest, the following policy has been adopted.

A conflict of interest is defined as any relationship in which a person receives compensation from any individual or entity that does business with and has an interest in the policies, decisions or operations of Garland Soccer Association that could influence or perceive to influence the person’s objectivity in any decision making process involving policies, decisions or operations.

In general, Garland Soccer Association expects every person to be constantly aware of the dangers inherent in situations that give rise to conflict of personal interests with those of Garland Soccer Association. Although complete avoidance of all conflicts of interest is not always possible, Garland Soccer Association expects the kind of loyalty and ethical consciousness that will motivate an individual to recognize situations and circumstances that could produce a conflict. All individuals should avoid any actions that might result in or create the appearance of:

Using association with Garland Soccer Association for private gain;
Granting by Garland Soccer Association of unwarranted preferential treatment to any person or organization;
Misusing Garland Soccer Association’s confidential information for financial or personal gain;
Losing Garland Soccer Association’s independence or impartiality;
Adversely affecting public confidence in the integrity or the reputation of Garland Soccer Association; or

Endangering life, health or safety.

Consequently, all shall refrain from engaging in any transaction with Garland Soccer Association in any type of situation in which such individual has a duty to protect Garland Soccer Association’s interest therein and a simultaneous opportunity to realize a personal gain or benefit. Additionally, no person shall accept or engage in any activity, business or employment that will conflict with Garland Soccer Association’s interest or diminish the ability of the individual to render to Garland Soccer Association full, loyal and undivided service.

Finally, participants shall at all times avoid not only actual conflicts of interest but also the appearance of a conflict of interest. The appearance of a conflict can be as damaging as an actual conflict. Each individual is encouraged to develop and maintain an attitude of awareness of those situations in which an appearance of conflict might arise.

If a conflict of interest should arise, each and every individual has the responsibility to take necessary action to inform the Board of Directors about the conflict, and to avoid any participation in decision making regarding the action. When there is a doubt whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by the Board of Directors. Should any member of the Board be in this circumstance, he or she shall excuse himself or herself from the decision and report on doing so to the President.

Additional examples of actual or potential conflicts of interest:

Direct (and at times indirect) personal involvement with licensees, suppliers, service providers, sellers, contractors, and customers of Garland Soccer Association;
Ownership of an interest or any financial interest, direct or indirect, in such an entity;
Acting in any capacity in such an entity;
Acceptance of payments, services, property, loans, or any financial interest, direct or indirect, affected by actions of Garland Soccer Association;
Ownership of property or any financial interest, direct or indirect, acquired as a result of Garland Soccer Association’s confidential information;
Outside employment or any interest, direct or indirect, which might impact job performance or efficiency;
Outside activities or any interest, direct or indirect, in civic, professional or political organizations which might involve improper and unauthorized divulging of Garland Soccer Association data; and use of his or her position at Garland Soccer Association to extend an offer of employment to a spouse, family member, or business associate.

This policy applies to the full Garland Soccer Association organization, and all Directors and Committee Members of Garland Soccer Association shall complete the below form in accordance with this policy.

Please disclose and list any existing or potential conflicts that you may have with Garland Soccer Association and/or its operations: (use a separate sheet if necessary)

I acknowledge that I have been given a copy of the Garland Soccer Association Conflict of Interest policy, that I have read it, and that I understand its terms and procedures. Further, I agree to abide by it.

Date:___________________

Signature:_________________________________

Printed Name:_____________________________

Position:_________________________________

Did David Arciniega actually read this before he signed?

*Risking tens of thousands of dollars by continuing to use Jevin and letting them handle all GSA's registration funds with no documentation on the late and "missing payments" and having admitted that he wrote some of the software (possibly having an inappropriate relationship with this vendor)
*Allowing a director that knowingly let a registered sex offender handle rosters and perhaps have access to all of the records in Jevin continue to serve
*Encouraging that afore mentioned director to run around bragging that he was going to have a private meeting with her sex offender husband about their failing construction firm (now boasting an F with the BBB) doing construction work for GSA including a fence for Audubon Park and a pavillion for Winters Park

Garland Soccer is rife with corruption! :pt:

Soapboxmom

05-11-2015, 07:48 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:52 PM
To: cquinones@ntxsoccer.org
Cc: jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org; 'Billy Babcock'
Subject: Garland Soccer Association Director Charged

Dear NTSSA,
I would like to request that formal charges be filed against David Arciniega, President of the Garland Soccer Association, and Kimberley Verity, VP and Chairman of the A & D Committee based on the following:

I was brought up on charges as shown on pages 1-3 of the attachment. Clearly as this letter was sent registered mail by the A & D chairman it is an A & D hearing. This hearing was not heard in front of the A & D committee as specified in the GSA By-laws. I was brought before my fellow board members. Please see page 4 of the attachment which was given to all of the panel at the A&D hearing.
The League Rules clearly state that “upon receipt of written notification, the A&D Committee shall conduct a confidential investigation by questioning any person with first hand knowledge of the facts. The investigation must include an interview with the accused unless it can be determined that no further action, including the preferring of the charge(s) is necessary or warranted.” Kim Verity’s committee did not interview me, Rachel Beltran, the coach who took the U12 boys team or his wife that handled the paperwork to get the player in question registered.
It clearly states in the League Rules that one brought up on charges “will be subject to the decisions made by the GSAI A & D committee.” David Arciniega’s complaint against me was not heard by that committee, but rather the board of directors as a whole. So, any decisions made I should not be subject to as proper protocol and procedures were not followed.
According to the NTSSA Appeals and Discipline manual “it is a requirement for the A & D Chairman to have enough knowledge of the situation at hand in order to select a fair and unbiased panel.” A hearing among fellow board members in what has become a hostile environment does not meet this requirement. The issue referenced in the charges against me has been discussed at board meetings and in e-mails. Please see pages 69, 70, 105 of the attachment. No one on that panel could possibly be unbiased.
The NTSSA manual states “in matters where the A & D Chairman is unsure what the rights of the complainant or the accused are as to whether this should or should not justify a hearing, the NTSSA A&D Chairman may be consulted.” Did Kim Verity seek out counsel and advice on this situation from the NTSSA A&D Chairman?
The NTSSA manual guarantees in the “Rights of the Parties” that the letter to the accused shall show the range of possible consequences should the charges be found true. My letter does not give the range of possible punishments as it should. Please see pages 1-3 of the attachment.
The NTSSA Appeals and Disciplinary manual also admonishes that A & D Hearings should not be held at the same time as board meetings. That according to NTSSA and local Garland rules takes away the option of an appeal with the local board. I was brought before my fellow board members for the first hearing on this matter.
The NTSSA manual further states that “no member (of the committee) should be involved in the circumstances being heard: nor in any way, closely associated with any of the involved parties. If necessary, alternate members should be available should such an involvement or affiliation exist.” Again the complaint was heard before the board where certain members are close and there is also tremendous hostility, and no alternative panelists were available.
The specific charges they are completely bogus. I am accused of being involved in the instructing of placement of a new coach with his son in violation of our team formation rules. Our Frequently Asked Questions clearly state that if one would like to coach their child’s team that the child will be placed on their team with them. Please see page 24 of the attachment. We have an obligation to honor what is on the front page of our www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com) website.
The Frequently Asked Questions also state that a “player’s information is given to a committee that assigns players.” I have no control or involvement in player placement whatsoever. I do not know who is on the player pool committee or how to contact them. Please see page 23 of the attachment. How can I face charges for something I cannot possibly do?
The antiquated Team Formation Rules, that have not been updated in over 5 years, state that “the formation of teams and solicitation of coaches and new players is the responsibility of GSAI Officers and Directors.” Please see page 25 of the attachment. If that is the case why was I brought up on charges when a new coach and his son came into GSA?
The antiquated rules further state that “players will be assigned (rostered) to teams, at the age group director discretion, by one of these two methods:

Use of a coordinating committee.
Random draw by neighborhood schools by the coaches.” Again that is not the case. We have a player pool committee and the age group directors have no involvement in this whatsoever.
These Team Formation Rules go on to discuss Directors placing players when we in fact have no involvement in that whatsoever. Please see page 26.

The rule in the specific charges against me states, “in order for any person to request their child be transferred to a returning team they are coaching, they must have been the head coach of record for the previous two outdoor playing seasons, or asked to be the head coach of the returning team by a majority vote of the GSAI Board of Directors.” Since these rules are antiquated and do not at all reflect what we are doing I don’t see how they can be used as a means to bring me up on charges. Again, our Frequently Asked Questions clearly state that a child will be placed on the team their parent is coaching. Please see page 24 of the attachment.
Please note the e-mail on page 34. The registrar contacts the age group director (Rachel Beltran) and asks her to find Dan Medina a team that his son could be placed on. There were not near enough players to form a new team. As my son is too ill to continue playing I was desperately searching for a coach to take over my team, the Pumas. The Pumas team was the only spot available in the U12 boys division.
Please note the e-mail on page 54. I am asking for Trevor Medina’s uniform size as I saw in Jevin that he was placed on the team, but his name was not on the official roster yet. He was showing up in the uniform section and medical releases etc. He had landed there due to the player pool. Rachel Beltran and I were not involved in his placement in any way. He appeared on the official roster after his release from Richardson arrived in the GSA office.
Please note from the e-mails that the board was having heated discussions concerning Joe Garcia having his daughter assigned to his team. The Dan Medina situation was brought up at two board meetings despite Kim Verity’s claim to the contrary. At the February 4th meeting I came in very excited that I had a coach to take over my team as my son was too ill to play. On February 20th when Joe Garcia’s daughter was discussed, Rachel Beltran mentioned Dan Medina and I spoke up about it as well before we voted. I believe this is why these charges were filed against me. I carefully considered what is on the GSA website and I voted and acted in the best interest of our coaches.
J sent our two e-mails to the entire board before the charges were filed stating that Dan Medina had had his son placed on his existing team. J also forwarded the e-mail from Dan Medina to the entire board as noted on page 69. So, the board was already well aware of the conflict going on and was tainted. They could not step into the board hearing Kim Verity scheduled as an unbiased and fair panel to hear this issue.
Please note the numerous e-mails where I request documentation concerning the team formation practices. David Arciniega sent a report to NTSSA in February about this exact rule and issue and I have not been given access to it. I was not given access to anything or a single piece of paper in response to my reasonable requests. Why is GSA hiding information from its directors? Please see pages 110-123 of the attachment.
The board is having serious conflict over having open meetings as the e-mails show. Please see pages 50-54 in the attachment.
The materials in question related to this filing have not been updated in five years even though we have radically changed the team formation practices using the Jevin software and an independent player pool committee for the last 4 years. NTSSA needs to address this lack of proper documentation. Please see page 119 of the attachment.
It appears the Garland Soccer Board of Directors voted on Coach Dan Medina and his son after we were asked to leave the board meeting. How could there be any vote on those individuals when they were not given any kind of notification that their placement on the U12 boys Pumas team was in question? That is totally unethical.

I respectfully request that NTSSA pursue charges against David Arciniega and Kimberley Verity. I believe a thorough review of the A&D hearings held by GSA is also in order in light of this situation. GSA offers no orientation or training to its new directors and its website and materials are not updated to reflect current practices. That needs to be addressed as well.

Sincerely,
Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director Garland Soccer Association
972 496-3649
After all that I still did not get the required decision letter and those violations were not addressed. So, according to the NTSSA (North Texas State Soccer Association by-laws GSA is not in good standing.

Revised February 2015

2.1.3
Good Standing of Member Association
To be in good standing in the Association, a Member Association
must meet all of the following requirements:
(1-4 redacted)

5.Member Associations will provide equitable and prompt hearing and appeal procedures to

guarantee the rights of individuals to participate and compete and insure due process to the
accused. In all hearings conducted, the parties shall be accorded:

a.Notice of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing and possible

consequences if the charges are found to be true;

b.Reasonable time between receipt of the notice of charges and the hearing within which

to prepare a defense;

c.The right to have the hearing conducted at a time and place so as to make it practicable

for the person charged to attend;

d.A hearing before a disinterested and impartial body of fact finders;
e.The right to be assisted in the preparation of one’s case at the hearing;
f.The right to call witnesses and present oral and written evidence and argument; Notice

of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing

g.The right to confront witnesses, including the right to be provided the identity of

witnesses in advance of the hearing if requested;

h.The right to have a record made of the hearing if requested in advance, with all costs

to be paid by the requester;
i.
A written decision, with the reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of

record issued in a timely fashion and including appeal rights and procedures.

j.

Notice of any substantive and material action of the hearing panel in the course of the

proceedings.

k.Equality concerning communications and no ex parte communication is permitted

between a party and any person involved in making a decision or procedural
determination except to provide explanations involving procedures to be followed.

Honor all orders of suspension of persons issued by this Association or

one of its Member Associations.

6.Member Associations will, at all times, recognize the authority, rules, rulings, constitution and

bylaws of the Association, which comply with the authority of the United States Soccer
Federation, and its National Associations of which North Texas State Soccer Association is a

member.

7.Failure to comply with one or more of the Subsections 1–6 Section 2.1.3, will result in the

Executive Committee determining the Member Association is not in good standing. Failure to
be in good standing is further defined as meaning players and teams registered through the

Member Association will not be allowed to participate in any tournament/event sponsored or
sanctioned by NTSSA, nor will they be certified to play outside of the NTSSA in any games,

tournaments or other competitions for which they might have been otherwise eligible. The

Member Association may not vote on any matter at any meeting of the Association while it is
not in good standing.

8.A Member Association failing to meet any requirements of good standing for a period of sixty

(60) days shall have its territory declared open and shall not be entitled to vote or to any

protection, services or competitions of this Association.

This means GSA is already NOT in good standing and Arciniega may not have protection (legal counsel) provided to him! North Texas WILL find GSA Not in good standing according to their by-laws!

Board of Directors | North Texas Soccer (http://www.ntxsoccer.org/about/boardofdirectors.aspx)

Board of Directors | US Youth Soccer (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/aboutus/BoardofDirectors/)

Time for those board members to start doing their jobs! :pulling_hair_out:

Soapboxmom

05-15-2015, 04:30 PM

Coaches,

After a great deal of consideration and countless hours of all those working to make the tournament proceed, we must announce the following: Unfortunately due to the the recent rains we are unable to go forward with the 2015 Garland Memorial / Mark Deramee Cup Tournament.

Garland Soccer Association will be refunding 50% of each team's registration fee.

We appreciate your understanding and patience in this unfortunate situation.

Kathleen Robinson
Special Events and Training Director
Plano cancelled their tournament ages ago and the coaches didn't lose a dime. Garland should have had the same good sense. Garland's board should step up and refund the coaches in full due to their making such a complete mess out of this season!

Recreational League

Thursday, May 14
All games are cancelled for 5/14.
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Reschedules from May 9-10
Status of games rained out May 9-10:
U4-U8 - 5/9 games will NOT be rescheduled.
U10 - 5/9 games were rescheduled to Saturday 5/16.
U12-U16 - 5/9 games were rescheduled to Sunday 5/17.
U19 - 5/10 games were rescheduled to Sunday 5/17.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES
Any games lost to weather or field conditions May 11-17 will not be rescheduled.
Unfortunately, playoffs for all age groups have been cancelled.
We are officially out of fields and time.
Plano also has the good sense to end their season in May. The coaches and families in Garland are going to be livid that they must play through exam and graduation week in June. I have also heard that Chamber Classic (one of the few remaining interleague associations) will not come back to play with Garland again either. Not a surprise as Wylie and Richardson left after their miserable experience in Garland.

Elections are here and all the incumbents should be shown the door!

Soapboxmom

05-16-2015, 09:05 AM

From: J
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Soapboxmom
Subject: RE: No Confidence

I have yet to hear from the board/Kim. What do I need to do to have the hearing. It's been 14 days with no action taken.

My next step is looking into legal solutions.
Lawsuit threats to Garland and NTSSA are no surprise. This coach had lots of support for a No Confidence Petition against David Arciniega. The board blocked it from going to the coaches as it should. Arciniega had his petition refuted item by item before the board, yet when anyone else gets a petition that does not happen. North Texas has been deluged with complaints from Garland coaches and consistently sweeps them under the rug!

The election should oust all the incumbents and whether to stay with North Texas is a question the coaches should be allowed to decide as well!

Soapboxmom

05-16-2015, 09:10 AM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:48 PM
To: 'David Arciniega'; 'Kathleen Robinson (Special Events)'
Cc: 'Piney Burch-Walser'; 'Terry Walser (U8 Girls Director)'; 'Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director)'; crystal.martin.gsa@gmail.com
Subject: Sidekicks Soccer Camps

All,

Please find linked the Dallas Sidekicks Soccer camp info page I found when reading The Pitch today. I am so thrileed they are back! These camps are indoor and have been held in the past at Soccer Spectrum in Richardson and Inwood in Dallas. My son and his teammates loved these camps. They are 3 hours long each weekday for a week. Current and former Sidekicks lead the camps. Each child gets a ball that is autographed daily by the Sidekicks players that rotate from camp to camp. The kids get a cute t-shirt and a game ticket.

Nick Stavrou was so sweet. My son got sick and missed two days. Nick put him in the next camp and invited him to come for the whole week. It was such a wonderful experience. We parents didn’t have to worry about sunscreen, mosquito spray or oppressive heat. We could sit and watch in the air conditioned snack bars. Soccer heaven!

Dallas Sidekicks Soccer Camp - (Addison, TX) - powered by LeagueLineup.com (http://www.leaguelineup.com/FormPreview.asp?url=dallassidekickssoccercamp&FormID=78635)

If we could work out something with them it would be wonderful!

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director

Yet another opportunity the parents and kids would have loved that David Arciniega and the board totally ignored!

Soapboxmom

05-17-2015, 01:21 PM

Embattled leaders resign from Md. State Youth Soccer Association | Maryland Daily Record (http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/07/16/embattled-leaders-resign-from-md-state-youth-soccer-association/)

Embattled leaders resign from Md. State Youth Soccer Association

TRO comes days before national championship in Germantown

By: Danny Jacobs (http://thedailyrecord.com/author/dannyjacobs/) Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer July 16, 2014

ROCKVILLE – The president and secretary of the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association both resigned Wednesday as part of a temporary resolution to a legal battle with executive board members that became public on the eve of the group hosting the most prestigious youth soccer tournament in the country.

Raymond I. Greenberg and Claire Filemyr were also ordered “not to act in any capacity” on behalf of MSYSA, according to a 10-day temporary restraining order, to which their resignation letters were attached.

“The organization is about to put on a large tournament and no one is in charge,” said Judge Robert A. Greenberg (no relation to the defendant) in granting the TRO in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

The U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships will be held next week at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, with nearly 100 boys’ and girls’ teams from across the country participating.

“It’s important to the organization and the economy of Maryland,” Jacob S. Frenkel, a lawyer for the executive board members, said following the hearing. “This is an opportunity for Maryland to showcase its facilities.”

Greenberg’s lawyer, Mark J. Palumbo of Davis, Upton, Palumbo & Dougherty LLC in Prince Frederick, could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. Filemyr was not present at the hearing and does not have a lawyer listed in court records.
MSYSA, a Glen Burnie-based nonprofit, promotes youth soccer and oversees 131 member clubs from across the state, allowing them to network and receive coaching education and training, according to their complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed last week.
Greenberg was elected last year to his second consecutive term in office, according to the complaint.

The nine members of the executive board who brought the court action said Greenberg and Filemyr are attempting to “usurp control of the organization” through “cheating, deception and manipulation.”

The plaintiffs accuse Greenberg and Filemyr of holding a secret meeting on June 21 to approve amendments to the MSYSA bylaws which, among other things, would eliminate the three-consecutive-term limit placed on presidents.

Only the executive board can change the bylaws, and the board had already voted in May to oppose the amendments, the complaint says.
The secret meeting, called “the Parking Lot Cabal” in the lawsuit, allegedly was attended by representatives of just four clubs who were specifically invited to it by Greenberg and Filemyr. The representatives voted to approve the amendments.

Greenberg announced the results of the meeting to all member clubs June 23, the complaint states. The next day, 10 members of the executive board signed on to a letter suspending Greenberg and Filemyr for “gross misconduct,” the complaint states.

“Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr treat the Executive Board — the lawful governing body of MSYSA — as nothing but an advisory body and nuisance that potentate Defendant Greenberg can disregard at his whim,” the complaint states.

Complicating matters, the parking-lot meeting was held in the same location and on the same day, June 21, originally meant for the association’s annual general meeting, the complaint states. But on June 20, the executive board notified all clubs that the general meeting was postponed because of “current circumstances” within the association, the complaint says.

The power struggle and lack of clarity about the annual general meeting led to many outraged member clubs, according to excerpts of emails and letters included in the complaint.

“Can you please advise what is going on within MSYSA?” asked the president of Maryland United FC. “Who is in charge and how is business being conducted?”

“Everyone is talking about the demise of the MSYSA,” said an assistant coach with Soccer Association of Columbia. “Get it together people. You are not searching for disease cures or protect[ing] the country.”

But Frenkel, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, said while it would be easy to view the case as one of “personalities and friction,” it is really about enforcing Maryland corporate law and protecting voting rights of a corporation’s members.

“If anything, this should send a resounding message to the affiliates that the majority of the executive board wants to ensure that every member that wants to be heard will be heard,” said Frenkel, a partner with Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker P.A. in Potomac. “The gutsy decision of these directors to stand behind fairness and process is praiseworthy and commendable.”

Kathie Diapoulis, executive director of the Washington Area Girls Soccer League, said the MSYSA had been “very quiet” in the last few months but now she understands it was because of the in-fighting.
“It’s very sad,” she said. “We are here to provide a good experience to youth players of all ages.”

Read more: Embattled leaders resign from Md. State Youth Soccer Association | Maryland Daily Record (http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/07/16/embattled-leaders-resign-from-md-state-youth-soccer-association/#ixzz3aQ5NQWHk)

David Arciniega flouting the by-laws, policies and procedures of GSA and NTSSA and shutting down his member coaches from having any say should see him resigning pronto. The in-fighting for the last several years has been horrific. David Arciniega has treated the board as nothing but an advisory panel and nuisance to his schemes. Directors against his antics will not support him in my lawsuit and GSA is going to publicly implode if North Texas and US Youth Soccer do not follow their bylaws and step in to clean up this mess.

The coaches have been complaining for years about the rigged elections and are beyond fed up with the dishonesty and mismanagement. They will be demanding their voices be heard and North Texas and US Youth Soccer not acting means things may get very ugly and the media will be all over this sordid saga!

Soapboxmom

05-17-2015, 04:45 PM

MSYSA Suspension List
Name: Daniele Menconi
Position: Parent
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF including games, practices
Length of Suspension: December 12, 2014 - September 1, 2015
Reason: Violation of MSYSA Zero Tolerance Policy Against Abuse 12/12/2014

Name: Raymond Greenberg
Position: Administrator
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF
Length of Suspension: July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2019 and upon payment of $25,000
Reason: Deliberate disregard of the MSYSA Articles of Incorporation and the MSYSA Bylaws

Name: Claire Filemyr
Position: Administrator
Suspension: From participaitng/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF
Length of Suspension: July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2019 and upon payment of $25,000
Reason: Deliberate disregard of the MSYSA Articles of Incorporation and the MSYSA Bylaws

Name: Juan Hector Saco
Position: Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including club official duties, refereeing, games, practices.
Length of Suspension: completion of litigation
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw 252 8/11/2011

Name: Roger Repp
Position: Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including club official duties, refereeing, games, practices.
Length of Suspension: completion of litigation
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw 252 4/26/2011

Name: Roger Misael Fernandez
Position: Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including club official duties, refereeing, games, practices.
Length of Suspension: completion of litigation
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw 252 10/07/2010

Name: Reginald Gipson
Position: Parent
Suspension: From participating/attending in all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including club official duties, refereeing, games, practices.
Length of Suspension: completion of litigation
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw 252 9/01/2010

Name: Lawrence Egerton Wilson
Position: Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including games, practices, and tournaments.
Length of Suspension: Indefinite
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw 252 (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post85923) 5/04/2010

Name: Robert Mutchler
Position: Parent
Suspension: From participating/attending all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including games, practices, and tournaments.
Length of Suspension: Indefinite
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw (http://US Youth Soccer Bylaw) 252 5/04/2010

Name: Chuck Friedel
Position: Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including club official activities, games, practices, and tournaments.
Length of Suspension: Indefinite
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post85923) 252 7/10/2009

Name: Juan Jose Aranguri
Position: Coach
Suspension: From All in the jurisdictions of MSYSA, US Youth Soccer,USSF.
Length of Suspension: Indefinite
Reason: Defendant in Litigation; US Youth Soccer Bylaw (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post85923)252 8/28/2008

Name: Wayne Fuller
Position: Parent
Suspension: From participating /attending all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including games, practices, and tournaments.
Length of Suspension: June 1, 2008-June 1, 2009 and upon completion of the Positive Coaching Alliance online Second-Goal Parent Course
Reason: Abuse of a youth referee 6/18/2008

Name: Akin Akinkoye
Position: Parent/ Assistant Coach
Suspension: From participating/attending all soccer activities under the jurisdiction of the USSF, including games, practices, and tournaments.
Length of Suspension: June 1, 2008- December 1, 2008 and upon completion of the Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Goal I Coach Workshop
Reason: Abuse of a youth referee 6/18/2008
Unlike North Texas State Soccer Association, MSYSA follows their by-laws and those of US Youth Soccer. I was suspended for daring to protect the coaches and kids, so I demand David Arciniega be suspended as the rules dictate (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post85923) as well.

Soapboxmom

05-17-2015, 05:34 PM

July 17, 2014
via e-mail
Members of Maryland State Youth Soccer Association
c/o Maryland State Youth Soccer Association
221 Fifth Avenue, SE
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Re: Recent Events of Concern to You at MSYSA and Moving Forward

Dear Members of Maryland State Youth Soccer Association:
Many members recently have written expressing concern and uncertainty about recent events at the MSYSA, primarily the 2014 annual general membership meeting (known to the membership as the AGM) postponed by the Executive Board, but nevertheless conducted by the organization’s now past-President with only four of 131 member clubs present. Members also have felt that the silence of the organization has left a void of information. And, local media now have reported on a court restraining order entered on Wednesday morning in Montgomery County, part of which includes the resignation of the now past-President and the now former-Secretary of MSYSA. The purpose of this letter is to break that silence and share with you what the majority of your Executive Board has done to restore your confidence in the leadership and direction of the organization. I am going to refer to the majority of your Executive Board as “the Board Majority” because they acted and are acting in your collective interest, and the full Executive Board last night, by majority vote, understood, recognized and acknowledged that the Board Majority filed the litigation acting in the best interests of MSYSA.

The Board Majority retained my law firm and me in connection with recent events that garnered attention from the membership and from observers. These directors, mindful of their duties to all members, rather than the select favored few who were invited to what has come to be known as the “Parking Lot AGM”, recognized that the now past-President and now former-Secretary were engaging in activities that were designed to consolidate and perpetuate their authority and to change the rules governing the organization to benefit a select few clubs. The Board Majority shared your concern about disenfranchising members (depriving members of equal voting rights) and the consolidation of power in the hands of a few. Their silence has not been inaction; instead, the Board Majority sought to take constructive and effective steps to address and remedy swiftly the uncertainty and risk of further damage to the operation and reputation of MSYSA.

On Thursday afternoon, July 10, 2014, acting for and on behalf of the Board Majority, I filed a lawsuit against the now former President of MSYSA and the person who was continuing to hold herself out to be the Secretary, despite her having resigned twice from the Executive Board. In the following days, I filed Motions asking the Court for expedited relief, all of which I will explain in this letter. There were several objectives of the lawsuit. One was for the Court to make clear who comprises the Executive Board – whether the directors and officers in place as of June 20, 2014 and since 2013, or those shoehorned in at the Parking Lot AGM. That determination was to establish who is responsible for governing MSYSA, so decisions can occur with clarity going forward. At the time of filing the lawsuit, the next Executive Board meeting was on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, and the request to the Court was to make the decision about who lawfully comprised the Executive Board before the meeting on the 16th. At the Executive Board meeting, the Board Majority intended to and the full Executive Board did select a date for the previously postponed 2014 AGM. That date is September 14, 2014, and the Executive Board will give proper notice to all of you, the members. The Board Majority is scheduling an AGM of inclusion, not exclusion. And, the 2014 AGM will be conducted according to Maryland law, the Charter and the Bylaws.

Among the relief that the Board Majority sought in the lawsuit was a “declaratory judgment”, meaning that the Board Majority asked the Court to issue a declaration as to the rights of the parties. Specifically, we asked the Court to declare, as a matter of law, that (1) the Parking Lot AGM (which I refer to colloquially in the lawsuit as “the Parking Lot Cabal”) and all decisions made and action taken under its auspices are null, void, and illegal, including the passage of the proxy-voting amendment to the Bylaws and the election of seven directors; (2) the resignation of Defendant Filemyr (the Secretary) on June 9, 2014 or June 18, 2014 was and is effective, and that Filemyr no longer is a member of the Executive Board; and (3) the Board Majority continues to comprise a majority of the members of the Executive Board until such time as a valid annual general membership meeting of MSYSA members can be held and at which there will be proper elections for those directors whose terms are expiring.

The other part of the lawsuit sought what lawyers refer to as “injunctive relief”, that is an order from the Court preventing the defendants (the President and Secretary) from inflicting or continuing to inflict irreparable harm on MSYSA. The Montgomery County Circuit Court entered an Order that had four components, and the following reflects the language of the Order:
First, the purported meeting of the members of MSYSA held at a parking lot on June 21, 2014 and all decisions made and action taken under its auspices are null, void, and illegal, including the passage of the proxy-voting amendment to the Bylaws and the election of seven directors.
Second, the Majority Directors, and each of them, and all officers and directors serving in such capacities as of June 20, 2014 continue to comprise a majority of the members of the Executive Board until such time as a valid annual general membership meeting of MSYSA members can be held at which proper elections for those directors whose terms are expiring can be held, except that the resignation of Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr is of full force and effect and Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr shall no longer serve as officers or members of the Executive Board of MSYSA.

Third, Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr be, and each of them hereby is, temporarily restrained from making any decisions or taking any action that are grounded on the decisions made and actions taken at the purported annual general meeting of MSYSA members held on June 21, 2014.
Fourth, Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr be, and each of them hereby is ordered not to act in any capacity on behalf of MSYSA or hold themselves out to represent themselves to act for MSYSA, including participating in or attending all meetings of MSYSA, until the Executive Board of the MSYSA conducts a meeting to determine specifically what disciplinary action, if any, shall be imposed on Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr pursuant to the applicable provisions of the MSYSA’s charter and bylaws.
The Board Majority gave plenty of thought and careful consideration to the decision to pursue this course in the interest of the membership. Although this may appear, on its face, to create more disarray, in fact the opposite is true. The quickest and shortest path to eliminating the distractions and perceived turmoil is and was to obtain clarity as to leadership and move aside those whom the Board Majority and others, as alleged in the Complaint, considered to be harming the organization. This litigation was designed entirely to achieve these stated objectives. In fact, from the filing of the lawsuit to entry of the Order, which included the resignation of Defendants Greenberg and Filemyr, the elapsed time was less than six days, including the weekend. That is the opposite of “dysfunction”; that is an example of decisiveness, focus and function.
I have not attached a copy of the lawsuit to this letter; however, if you would like to receive a copy, as it is a matter of public record, then my office would be pleased to provide one to you via e-mail. MSYSA hopes that you will take comfort in the efforts of the Board Majority to bring order and direction to the organization, and recognize that all organizations at some points experience some turmoil. It is how the leaders respond that distinguishes them and the organizations. The Executive Board meeting of Wednesday, July 16, 2014 returned to a full, open and candid discussion of issues, including final planning for Nationals.
With Nationals a mere days away, MSYSA hopes that you will volunteer to help make Nationals a success and attend as many of the games as possible at the Soccerplex. The entire Executive Board uniformly and united looks forward to a long, active and successful future in partnership with you, MSYSA’s loyal members.
Very truly yours,
Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
/s/
JACOB S. FRENKEL
CHAIR, SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS PRACTICE
jfrenkel@shulmanrogers.com | T 301.230.5214 | F 301.230.2891
SHULMAN, ROGERS, GANDAL, PORDY & ECKER, P.A.
12505 PARK POTOMAC AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, POTOMAC, MD 20854
== End Letter ==

We shall see what Garland Soccer board members join my effort. Every coach should be grilling the board on all the allegations made in this lawsuit as the Original Petition and Discovery Requests document the beginning of this thread.

Election after election has been rigged. Proxies have been given out by the referee assignor telling referees who they must vote for. That is how ex-Vice President, Kimberley Verity got in. The president, David Arciniega, has been able to stay in due to proxies. The members should demand the proxy voting be eliminated.

The member coaches have little say in their own organization and are shut down by this president when they try to ask questions or make motions. The court needs to intervene and stop that. David Arciniega is preventing directors from fulfilling their duties under state law.

Coaches should ask about what happened to the "missing payment" of over 8 grand from Jevin. Coaches should ask why President David Arciniega lied about Jevin filing litigation. The coaches deserve an explanation of why GSA is still using Jevin! DAvid Arciniega is not fulfilling his fiduciary responsibility and is preventing the board from doing so.

Why did David Arciniega insist on keeping Publicity and Awards Director Crystal Martin when her husband, Stephen Luke Martin is a registered sex offender who had to drive her everywhere and was handling rosters? What has GSA done in response to our Garland children being raped by Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman.

Coaches should ask why GSA is bringing directors up on charges for children being placed on the same team with their coaching parents by the player pool.

Coaches should ask what is being done about the plummeting numbers. Why are directors being denied documentation necessary to run the association? Why is there a shroud of secrecy around this charity? Why are coaches and the public not welcomed to the board meetings?

It is high time the directors stand up and do what is right and that the member coaches hold them accountable! The kids and the money should be safe!

Soapboxmom

05-17-2015, 06:21 PM

Judge (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20150428-judges-ruling-paves-way-for-vote-on-miles-future-in-dallas-isd.ece)

My favorite judge ruled in favor of the trustees of the Dallas ISD that demanded rules be followed. GSA should get the same!

Soapboxmom

05-18-2015, 09:32 AM

A subpoena is a writ issued by a court or other governmental agency having the appropriate authority. A subpoena, which means under penalty in Latin, compels the person served to comply with whatever is requested in the subpoena. If a person is compelled to appear and testify in court or other legal proceeding, they are under a legal obligation to do so. If a subpoena requires that a person produce certain documents or other items, they are legally required to do that as well. Failure to comply with a subpoena is a criminal matter. At a judge's discretion, failure to comply can result in a contempt of court charges for which there are penalties including fines and jail time.

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Will this case turn into the parade of the Arciniega stooges or will the directors do the right thing? Will North Texas and US Youth Soccer abide by their own by-laws?

Soapboxmom

05-18-2015, 02:57 PM

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/#post86635

Soapboxmom

05-21-2015, 03:38 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:03 AM
To: 'Piney Burch-Walser'
Subject: A & D Process

Dear Piney,

Per our conversation yesterday I believe that you indicated that directors were not subject to a complaint through the normal A & D channels. We have precedence that that is not the case. Both Rachel and I were charged as directors when a coach’s child was placed on his own team. If we can file charges because a parent and child are placed on the same team, certainly a director that has violated her duties to the corporation and abused her position should be facing charges.

I am trying to keep this quiet and private as possible and avoid any more publicity about this than necessary. Please advise.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott

GSA by-law state:

The Appeals and Disciplinary Committee is responsible for the investigating, hearing and
disposing of, in an equitable manner, all matters that are contrary to the By-Laws and Rules of
the Association. All players, coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parents, spectators,
administrators, and others who are registered in GSAI and/or participate in soccer activities
within the jurisdiction of Garland Soccer Association, Incorporated shall abide by the By-Laws
and Rules of Garland Soccer Association, Inc., and will be subject to the decisions made by the GSAI A&D Committee

If GSA followed its own by-laws there would be a committee in place and the Vice President and that committee would have jurisdiction over the directors and everyone else involved in soccer. The VP is not doing her job as she has no committee and doesn't seem to understand what her powers include.

I was trying to keep our precious GSA kids safe. Mrs. Sex Offender, Crystal Martin the U6 Boys and Publicity and Awards Director, should have been removed. The A & D process could have been used to quietly get her out. She did not drive and 24503 was at all soccer activites whether their own kids were there or not. He was handling rosters and other records at all the meetings and left a meeting with my sign-in sheets and rosters. Director Martin was running around bragging about president David Arciniega meeting her and her husband (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post84395) to build the fence at Audubon and the pavilion at Winters. They have a well deserved F with the Better Business Bureau. Her allowing him to handle rosters when no coach can handle them until they pass a background check is dangerous and unethical. Her soliciting construction work using her position as a director to do so is also totally unethical. She was also not doing her job much of the time and relying on other directors to do her work. Several directors informed David Arciniega that she needed to be asked to resign and if she wouldn't do so she should be removed according to the provisions of the GSA by-laws.

Piney Burch-Walser the Vice President refused to take action. Our kids may not be safe and this is horrible publicity after the tragedy of our kids being victimized by Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83062). Coaches should demand answers (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post85391)! I always worked hard for my coaches and kids and David Arciniega made my life hell for doing the right things. David Arciniega and the other incumbents facing a vote should be grilled by the coaches.

Soapboxmom

05-24-2015, 07:43 PM

Home

5211 Gordon Smith Dr., Rowlett, Tx. 75088 | Office: 214.607.4681 | Fax: 214.607.4682

OFFICE HOURS:

Office will be closed May 12th to May17th

Leave a message at 214-607-4681

or email registrar@rowlettsoccer.net

*Office is closed for all GISD Student holidays

Countdown to end of Fall 2015 Season Registration!!!

55
Days 4
Hours 24
Minutes 36
Seconds

David Arciniega's imploding disaster of an association has no registration going for fall. In Rowlett registration is under way and will end on Saturday July 18th. Most other neighboring associations will start registration around June1st and end it by July 30th. When will Garland get with the program???

Soapboxmom

05-24-2015, 07:52 PM

Commercial insurance policies may not cover theft. Garland coaches best ask for clarification on the insurance polices for GSA. Then they should grill every director and find out who is not closing Winters and locking up. Any director not fulfilling their duty to care for GSA's property should be voted out or the coaches should demand that director resign if they are not up for re-election.

Q. What is the difference between burglary and theft?
A. Burglary means stealing property by means of forcible entry into a securely locked storage space or an apartment unit, provided there are marks of forcible entry on the exterior storage space or apartment. Theft does not require forcible entry. Theft and Mysterious Disappearance are not covered under this policy. The mere absence of a lock or padlock does not constitute visible marks of forced entry of a storage space.

HByers

05-26-2015, 01:43 PM

Thank you for reaching out to me. I would be happy to answer your question.

Our experience with Jevin has been nothing but great. There are a few items in the software that we would like to change, but I don't know of any software that doesn't have items that don't work exactly like you would want them too as all organizations are so vastly different in how they form teams and manage their rosters.

However, any time we have had questions they have always been right there to answer them. I have had two or more online teleconferences with them so they could walk me through things and help me figure out how to do what I needed to do.

As for our money, it has always been deposited exactly when we would expect it. There has only been one deposit, that I know of that was ever not deposited on time. The deposit was missed in February of 2014, before I became treasurer, and I didn't discover it until November of 2014 when I got the books from the old treasurer and I was looking back to try to balance out the checkbooks.

I contacted support and Dan Ptak and within a couple of weeks we had our money. They didn't have to do that. They could have easily told us the money left their bank and we didn't catch that it didn't hit our bank account and we were out of luck. But they didn't. They worked with me and they got us our money even though I was 9 months late in noticing the missing deposit. (Most banks only give you 30 - 60 days).

We have, and will continue to, recommend Jevin to all the leagues in our area as a great software provider. What it sounds like to me is that Mr. Arciniega has embezzled a lot of money from GSA and instead of taking the fall for it he is trying to blame Jevin.

If you have the bank statements and administrator access to the Jevin account I can easily show you how to prove which happened so you will know for sure. There is a report in Jevin that shows all money collected and all the funds say Jevin when they are deposited into the bank account.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Soapboxmom

05-27-2015, 09:35 AM

FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges : People.com (http://www.people.com/article/fifa-officials-arrested-corruption-charges)

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/us/fifa-corruption-investigation-why/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges-blatter-isnt-among-them.html?_r=0

Critics of FIFA point to the lack of transparency regarding executive salaries and resource allocations for an organization that, by its own admission, had revenue of $5.7 billion from 2011 to 2014. Policy decisions are also often taken without debate or explanation, and a small group of officials — known as the executive committee — operates with outsize power. FIFA has for years functioned with little oversight and even less transparency. Alexandra Wrage, a governance consultant who once unsuccessfully attempted to help overhaul FIFA’s methods, labeled the organization “byzantine and impenetrable.”
Exactly what is wrong with Garland Soccer and its parent North Texas State Soccer.

Soapboxmom

05-30-2015, 06:22 PM

Here are a few snippets of the many wonderful responses from GSA coaches:

Great job, Heather! So good and way too long overdue! I really think FULL disclosure to the ENTIRE public is necessary now, don’t you? ;)

Another called and we were discussing this:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/prep-rally/youth-soccer-coach-illegal-immigrant-charged-repeatedly-raping-190933740.html

"We're going to get to the bottom of it and we're going to do what it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again," Kimberly Verity, vice president of the Garland Soccer Association, told WFAA. "We want to do everything we can to protect our children. That's what we take pride in." That coach is joining me in contacting LULAC as GSA's VPs words were completely empty promises.

Thank you for the intel......That assn has presidental power issues also. We will look forward to the Tuesday meeting

Thanks and good luck

Thank you. I agree 100% and applaud you for your courageousness. The mis-management is so obvious. The children and parents of GSA deserve better.

To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: kdfw@kdfwfox4.com; news@wfla.com; newstips@nbcdfw.com
Subject: FW: Garland Soccer Financials

Any response David? This one called out the president and copied the media.

I will not quit fighting until GSA is completely transparent and everything possible has been done to keep our precious children safe. My thanks to the coaches for all they do!

Soapboxmom

06-01-2015, 02:33 PM

CW33 NewsFix | Experience News in a New Way (http://cw33.com/)

CW 33 news interviewed me and filmed Winters Park. They are researching for a possible story for the 9 o'clock news in Dallas Forth Worth.

Several people including a board member and coach have asked David Arciniega to resign.

David Arciniega asked me to resign because I demanded documentation on GSA's money issue, supported a candidate that opposed him and didn't vote as he wished in the board meetings. I told him no because I was doing the right things and doing what is required by law. Arciniega is so completely corrupt.

Now, I am joining those that asked him to resign.

David Arciniega,

Please for the good of Garland Soccer resign and ask North Texas to take jurisdiction. Do what is best for these coaches and kids!

Soapboxmom

06-02-2015, 12:30 PM

FIFA's Sepp Blatter calls for vote to elect successor - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/football/fifa-sepp-blatter-presidency-successor-election/index.html)

(CNN)FIFA President Sepp Blatter will step down as head of world soccer's governing body but only after the organization's executive committee organizes a fresh vote "for the election of my successor," he said Tuesday....That election is over, but FIFA's challenges are not. FIFA needs a profound overhaul," he said.He continued, "While I have a mandate from the membership of FIFA, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football -- the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football as much as we all do at FIFA."

Garland Soccer needs a profound overhaul as well. The vast majority of Garland soccer's families and coaches have made it clear that drastic change is needed and Arciniega must go.

Soapboxmom

06-03-2015, 05:13 AM

David Arciniega managed to hang on to the presidency of Garland Soccer. The questions are will Garland Soccer survive the fall-out and why is North Texas watching the election protecting this clown when he has numerous A & D and ethics charges against him that should have been heard over the last 3 years that he has buried under the rug? The 3 North Texas reps were only there it appears so that Arciniega could once again shut the coaches down from really getting answers.

Garland Soccer went from 234 teams in fall 2014 to 207 teams in spring 2015. The catastrophic drop will continue. We lost interleague play with Richardson and Wylie thanks to David Arciniega. Now, Chamber Classic is jumping ship. That means we will simply not have many major league teams and those veteran coaches are already leaving in droves. Though many of our coaches want to play in Plano, I have heard rumors that Plano would never take us. And, since we are a disorganized mess we could never be ready to start a season on time like they do.

A beleaguered U6 coach apparently asked why their director did nothing and wouldn't answer them. Arciniega has been reported to have said the missing in action director (who is not doing her job) still wants to remain in her position and no doubt he will keep her.

The corruption and ongoing scandals are going to continue to plague this league. Much more bad publicity will be the result.

Soapboxmom

06-04-2015, 08:43 PM

Soapboxmom

06-04-2015, 09:02 PM

The Executive Committee Report for June 30th 2013 states:

The executive Committee (David Arciniega, Sam Perry and Kim Verity) met on Sunday, June 30, 2013, to discuss the on-line registration service provided by Jevin, inc.

Background:
The existing agreement with Jevin includes a 10% fee for all recreational player registration. A 5% fee applies to the fall tournament and a 10% fee applies to the spring tournament registration. Registration for a typical season and tournament is between $150k and $160k, resulting in fees to Jevin of between $14.5k and $16k per season.

Jevin was slow to make deposits to GSA for credit card transactions made on the Jevin system for recreational player registration for the spring 2013 season and for team registrations for the spring 2013 tournament. The amount owed to GSA from Jevin for the missing deposits from the spring 2013 season and tournament is over $8k.

Representing Jevin, Dan Ptak called Sam Perry on June 10th and reported that the slow deposits to GSA were due to Corduro, the payment processor used by Jevin. Dan said that Jevin accepted responsibility for the missing deposits and promised to provide the missing funds to GSA, even if that meant taking out a loan. Dan said he expected to have the loan by the end of June. He also said that Jevin was changing their payment processor from Corduro to Chase

On June 28th, Dan Ptak called Sam Perry with a new proposal. Dan offered to reduce the fee charged by Jevin as a way to repay the missing deposits from the Spring 2013 season, and then to provide a reduced fee for subsequent seasons. Dan offered to reduce the fee to 5% for the fall 2013 season, then to 8% for the spring 2014 and all subsequent seasons. The same fees would apply to both the recreational player registration and tournament for that season. The savings to GSA would at least $7k for the upcoming fall 2013 season and then about $3k for each season after that.

Since the fall 2013 registration was scheduled to start on 1 July, Sam Perry requested an executive committee meeting to discuss Dan’s proposal before the registration started.

At the committee meeting, David Arciniega presented a draft written agreement to capture the terms of the new proposal from Jevin.

Executive Committee Decision:
The Executive Committee ruled in favor of accepting Dan’s proposal to reduce the fees charged to GSA to repay GSA for the missed deposits during the spring 2013 season.

The Executive Committee also ruled in favor of David Arcinienga presenting the draft written agreement to Dan Ptak to formalize the agreement. David will also attempt to negotiate a fee of 4% for the fall tournaments.
Jevin has charged 10% to customers at some points. Jevin now claims it charges based on a sliding scale. A much smaller association's treasurer that is also a CPA says they have always paid just 8% and they have been with Jevin for years. So, David did not get any swinging deals when he agreed to 8% going forward.

Note the "missing deposits" are long over due from player registration and the tournament. That is not an error in processing as Arciniega told the police. A successful company with a good credit rating should have no trouble getting a loan. And, what sense does it make for Jevin to blame Corduro and then not file a police report? As to Arciniega's story to the coaches of litigation that is even sillier. Does Arciniega think that lie about the imaginary litigation will be forgotten? :pao:

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 08:41 AM

I am receiving more very disturbing reports about the Garland Soccer general coaches' meeting. The former president and his son were there. The son is the president of a very successful and growing club. The former president also ran a large soccer club for years. The son had promised to speak on behalf of the candidate running against David Arciniega. I have been told as many as 5 members of the North Texas State Soccer board trooped in. The son of the former president who had offered to speak in support of the candidate running against David Arciniega suddenly refused to speak when the North Texas gang came in and sat behind him.

The NTSSA board members obviously supported David Arciniega stating my lawsuit filing was all lies and that he and Garland Soccer would win the case on June 12th. NTSSA should never have allowed this. That hearing is for jurisdiction. Will the judge decide issues in a charity is the question. The merits and issues of the case will not be addressed at all. Getting a case dismissed due to jurisdictional issues is a technical matter and certainly not a win. NTSSA's obvious support of that liar David Arciniega altered the votes of coaches. It was abundantly clear to the coaches where NTSSA stood and how they were expected to vote if they wanted to avoid the horrific treatment the I and many others have suffered.

That candidate for office was stabbed in the back as his supporters cowered in the presence of the NTSSA members. Numerous coaches and directors have had issues in Garland Soccer. NTSSA has a horrible reputation for blocking appeals and refusing to take action. The members in Garland Soccer operate in an environment of intimidation and harassment. Dictator Arciniega has flagrantly violated the by-laws for years and NTSSA has made it clear that his behavior will go completely unchecked. I was told several years ago that there was a scandal brewing at NTSSA and it has certainly reached that level now.

We have FIFA at the top and NTSSA at the middle. The real problem here is that North Texas State is obviously plagued with internal problems as they are not following their by-laws and not "provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of grievances....." NTSSA could remove Arciniega and take control of GSA in a heartbeat, but do absolutely nothing. GSA will continue to shrink and drive players to East Dallas or a new Club Soccer group that may form. How sad for our Garland kids that this organization is being torn apart by scandal.

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 11:43 AM

ARTICLE VII 206 FEES AND DISCIPLINE 207
208
Section 1. Annual Fees. 209
A. Organization Member. Each organization member shall pay to USYSA annual fees 210 recommended by the board of directors and approved by the National Council. 211
B. Individual and Sustaining Members. The fees for individual and sustaining members 212 shall be as prescribed by the board of directors. 213

Section 2. Suspensions and Terminations. 214
A. Suspension. 215
1. Failure to Pay Fees. Any member failing to pay any fees due USYSA shall be 216 provided written notice of the delinquency. If those fees are not paid within 30 days 217 after the date of the notice of delinquency, the delinquent member may be 218 suspended from membership in USYSA after a proper hearing pursuant to 219 Subsection 3B of this Article. The member shall be notified in writing of any 220 suspension and the date on which membership will be terminated if the fees remain 221 unpaid. 222
2. Due to Litigation. 223
(a) Any person participating in a USYSA program, or in a program of a state 224 association or a program of a member of a state association, who becomes a 225 defendant in litigation detrimental to the welfare of youth players or litigation 226 based on activities detrimental to the welfare of youth players, shall be 227 suspended from all soccer-related activities. Suspensions under this bylaw shall 228 be determined by the appropriate state association or the USYSA Board of 229 Directors. Matters detrimental to the welfare of youth players shall include, but 230
September 1, 2014 Page 7

not be limited to, crimes of moral turpitude and felonies. The person has a right 231 to appeal the suspension only over whether the matter which is the substance of 232 the accusation, if true, is detrimental to the welfare of youth players. 233
(b) On completion of the litigation, the suspended person may inform the body 234 suspending the person under Subsection 2A2(a) of this Article that the litigation 235 has been completed and request that the suspension be terminated and the 236 person reinstated. The suspending body may grant the request of the person or, 237 if the decision of the litigation was adverse to the person, may continue the 238 suspension for a period specified by the suspending body, fine the person, 239 terminate all membership of that person with the suspending body and its 240 members, or any combination of those authorized penalties. 241
B. Termination. 242
1. The membership of a state association may be terminated by the National Council 243 for cause by a two-thirds vote of the National Council. 244
2. If the membership of a state association is terminated either by resignation from 245 USYSA or under Subsection 2A1 or Subsection 2B1 of this Article, USYSA shall 246 immediately undertake actions to replace that organization with another 247 organization having the same USYSA jurisdiction as the organization whose 248 membership is terminated. That replacement organization may include an 249 organization established and temporarily operated by USYSA. 250
3. The board of directors may terminate the membership of a sustaining member as 251 prescribed in Section 3A of this Article. 252

Section 3. Suspension, Termination and Other Penalties. 253
A. The board of directors may suspend, fine, terminate and/or impose any other penalty 254 on any member of USYSA, if the board determines that: 255
1. the conduct of the member is adverse to the best interests of soccer or USYSA; or 256
2. the member has not complied with the requirements of its membership in USYSA. 257
B. The board of directors may act under this Article only after a hearing, reasonable 258 notice to the member of the time and place of the hearing, and providing the member 259 with a reasonable opportunity to present evidence in support of the member’s position. 260

Section 4. Effect. A suspension or other disciplinary action imposed by USYSA in accordance 261 with these bylaws shall be recognized by all members of USYSA on notification by USYSA. 262 Suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed by members of USYSA shall be 263 recognized by USYSA and all other USYSA members on proper notification to USYSA. 264
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The North Texas State Soccer Association has not followed its by-laws and "provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of grievances" for several years now. US Youth Soccer needs to investigate and possibly terminate the membership of NTSSA and form a replacement organization that they can govern so the problems in Garland Soccer and other associations can be resolved. NTSSA is ineffective and becoming totally corrupt as evidenced by the problems in Garland Soccer. US Club Soccer swept through South Texas and has a strong foothold in North Texas and will sweep through here due to a lack of leadership from US Youth Soccer.

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 03:58 PM

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/#post87337

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 05:01 PM

http://www.nyswysa.org/pdf/DAROct03.pdf

All those lads and lassies got the boot from USYSA. We should immediately see more names on that list!!!

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 06:08 PM

A heavyweight departs: Bob Palmeiro ‘forced out’ of US Youth Soccer Region I director position — Soccer Wire (http://www.soccerwire.com/news/other/minor-leagues/a-heavyweight-departs-bob-palmeiro-forced-out-of-us-youth-soccer-region-i-director-position/)
A heavyweight departs: Bob Palmeiro ‘forced out’ of US Youth Soccer Region I director position

By Charles Boehm / August 5, 2014

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One of American youth soccer’s “Godfather” figures has left the stage.
Bob Palmeiro led US Youth Soccer’s Region I for more than a quarter-century,...

Based in Rhode Island, Palmeiro – a famously feisty and authoritarian figure – became influential above and beyond the region, serving on the U.S. Soccer Federation’s board of directors and earning membership in the Region I and Eastern New York State Soccer Association halls of fame.
But suddenly and quietly, Palmeiro stepped down last month from the post he held for so long, and with little in the way of public explanation from Region I or US Youth Soccer....

The picture has become clearer over the ensuing week.
Multiple sources close to the situation – all speaking anonymously due to the high degree of sensitivity involved – informed SoccerWire.com that Palmeiro’s exit was forced upon him, the result of a lengthy internal investigation by US Youth Soccer officials which revealed serious “inconsistencies” in Region I budgeting and management.
It appears there is some substance to the long-running, widespread rumors of financial impropriety on Palmeiro’s part, and it’s led to his resignation as well as a 10-year suspension from all US Youth Soccer events and activities.
The news was confirmed by US Youth Soccer this week, as the organization released an official statement to SoccerWire.com on Tuesday morning.
http://www.soccerwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/USYN1402-300x168.png (http://www.soccerwire.com/news/youth-boys/soccerwire-qa-us-youth-soccer-president-john-sutter-on-his-organizations-need-to-evolve/attachment/usyn1402/)“Due to issues identified and apparent irregularities discovered as a result of the normal auditing process, the Board authorized an independent investigation of the matter by hiring outside legal counsel and a forensic accounting firm,” read the statement. “Pursuant to an audit of expenses and after receiving a final report from outside counsel, the Board conducted a hearing regarding the allegations, as required to assure the organization’s integrity and transparency.
“After the hearing and a decision by the Board in light of the evidence provided, US Youth Soccer and Mr. Robert Palmeiro ultimately reached a settlement of all claims to the mutual satisfaction of the parties. As part of that settlement, Mr. Palmeiro agreed to immediately resign his position.”
Palmeiro is also banned from U.S. Soccer Federation activities for a “multi-year” period and he is required to repay an unspecified amount of the missing money.
+ READ: Find the full text of US Youth Soccer’s Palmeiro statement here (http://www.soccerwire.com/notes/statement-regarding-leadership-changes-in-region-i-from-the-us-youth-soccer-board-of-directors/)

While no one contacted by SoccerWire would offer a specific dollar figure, one well-placed source acknowledged that the misappropriated funds in question are “significant” and run into six figures.
“[US Youth Soccer] found things that were not as they should be,” said one source. “He [Palmeiro] did some fantastic things in Region I, but at the end of the day, he had to resign and he had to be suspended.”
When reached by SoccerWire.com via telephone, Palmeiro declined to discuss the matter, but did reject the idea that he’d committed any financial wrongdoing.
“There were no financial improprieties,” he said.
+ READ: Tulsa, Okla., chosen to host 2015 US Youth Soccer National Championships (http://www.soccerwire.com/news/youth-boys/tulsa-okla-chosen-to-host-2015-us-youth-soccer-national-championships/)
...Yet he was known for ruling with an iron fist, marked by a brusque, uncompromising style which stamped his influence on the region, but also antagonized many......

Earlier this year, SoccerWire.com asked a veteran coach at a prominent Washington, D.C.-area youth club if he could speak on the record regarding his complaints about Palmeiro’s handling of placements and scheduling in Region I competitions. The coach declined, citing fears over his club’s future treatment should he do so.
“I have absolutely no doubt that he would f*** us over if I spoke out,” said the coach....

While the hard-nosed aspect of his governance doesn’t appear to have been a prime factor in his departure, it was noted by US Youth Soccer officials, who are working manfully to counter their organization’s recent losses in membership caused by the rise of competing entities and frustrated member clubs.
“He was very strict, and wanted things a very certain way,” said one source of Palmeiro. “And if you didn’t want those things, then [his approach was] ‘There’s the highway, you go ahead and take it.’
“It can’t be just one way, there’s too many highways for people to take – they’ll go ahead and take them.”

Garland's coaches and directors have lived in fear of getting screwed over and facing retaliation for years under Arciniega's dishonest regime. US Youth is losing big to US Club Soccer and gutsy folks like me will sue in order to get help and get problems in the organization resolved. Time for David Arciniega's hearing on his soccer activities! :whip::pt:

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 06:47 PM

Talking-Soccer.com - View Single Post - Region 1 shenanigans (http://www.talking-soccer.com/TS4/showpost.php?p=1341152&postcount=14)

Sadly no one did anything until the sins were so egregious they were impossible to ignore. At one time, Region 1 tournament was one of the top events in the country. Despite ever mounting critique, Region 1 chose to continue with a formula that paved their own demise.
Garland Soccer's problem's have now turned into a lawsuit, media interviews, other organizations wanting to come in and take GSA's territory and a deluge of negative publicity. US Youth has the power!!!

Soapboxmom

06-06-2015, 07:49 PM

Statement Regarding Leadership Changes in Region I from the US Youth Soccer Board of Directors

Posted on August 5, 2014

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STATEMENT REGARDING LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN REGION I FROM THE US YOUTH SOCCER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The leadership and Board of the United States Youth Soccer Association, Inc. (“US Youth Soccer”) takes their fiscal responsibilities very seriously, including their responsibilities for oversight and protection of the financial resources of the organization and the organization’s proper use of its membership dues and sponsorship support. Due to issues identified and apparent irregularities discovered as a result of the normal auditing process, the Board authorized an independent investigation of the matter by hiring outside legal counsel and a forensic accounting firm.
Pursuant to an audit of expenses and after receiving a final report from outside counsel, the Board conducted a hearing regarding the allegations, as required to assure the organization’s integrity and transparency. After the hearing and a decision by the Board in light of the evidence provided, US Youth Soccer and Mr. Robert Palmeiro ultimately reached a settlement of all claims to the mutual satisfaction of the parties. As part of that settlement, Mr. Palmeiro agreed to immediately resign his position as Regional Director and member of the Board of Directors and to a suspension of his membership in US Youth Soccer and its member organizations for a period of ten years, a multi-year suspension from US Soccer and its affiliates, and a repayment amount. Mr. Palmeiro is prohibited from having any involvement in US Youth Soccer or in any member organization of US Youth Soccer during this time. He will also cease any business interaction with US Youth Soccer or any of its member organizations.
US Youth Soccer has successfully navigated many challenges during its forty-year history. We will move forward and continue our mission to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America’s youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition.
No doubt the members of North Texas and Garland Soccer await such an announcement that shows US Youth's commitment to resolving issues in the best interest of our coaches and kids!!!

Soapboxmom

06-08-2015, 03:55 PM

June 2015

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

1
GSA Board Meeting 7:00pm

There was no meeting last Monday. So, when is the meeting? David Arciniega is obviously holding secret meetings. Wouldn't want coaches, media and the public to come to board meetings to ask questions and demand documents....

Soapboxmom

06-12-2015, 11:49 AM

Director Crystal Martin was the former U6 Boys until November 2014 and Publicity and Awards Director until June 2nd, 2015. It turns out that she attended no meetings and did nothing since November 2014. Several directors and I all demanded that she be asked to resign as she didn't drive and her registered for life level II sex offender husband 24512was handling rosters, other records and possibly had access to her Jevin account. David Arciniega insisted on keeping her all that time until the election in June 2015.

I appealed to North Texas in September 2014 and they said he was welcome to attend games as a parent. They ignored the fact his director wife allowed him access to records and that she should have been removed. A coach that has yet to pass their background check is not allowed to see a roster, but he sat at the table during meetings and collected them and also took all my U6 girls sign-in sheets and whatever the coaches turned into me at a library meeting. She violated her fiduciary duty to GSA by not disclosing his status and clearly he was with her at all times and a potential danger to our children. Arciniega and North Texas failed to take appropriate action.

Arciniega assured me that he had spoken to Crystal and they had put up a firewall to keep hubby away from her Jevin access on the computer. Martin assured GSA and NTSSA that he was not a problem and had no restrictions. NTSSA told her in the letter where they outed me as a complainant in October 2014 that there were no restrictions on him before she filed all the following. Arciniega and NTSSA put me and my family in danger by outing me as the complainant about this sex offender and his wife. Please note how several weeks later her story changes under oath and look at why she is telling this tale:

10988

Protective Order Statement
No protective order under title 4 of the Texas Family Code is in effect, and no application for a protective order is pending with regard to
the parties to this suit, but Petitioner intends to request such a protective order.

The appointment of Petitioner as the parent sole managing conservator is in the best interest of the subject children for the reason
that Respondent is registered as a sex offender under chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Petitioner requests the Court to deny
Respondent access to the subject children. Alternatively, if the Court finds that awarding Respondent access to the children would not endanger the children's safety or emotional welfare and would be in the best interest of the children, Petitioner requests that the Court render a possession order that is designed to protect the safety and well-being of the children, including but not limited to ordering that the periods of access be continuously supervised by an entity or person chosen by the ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE PAGE 4
Court and ordering that the exchange of possession of the children occur in a protective setting Petitioner requests the Court to determine whether or not Respondent can in fact be awarded unsupervised visitation under the present circumstances and provisions of his current registration requirements, and whether there is a risk of abduction of the children by Respondent and to take such measures as are necessary to protect the children.

Petitioner requests the Court to divide their estate
in a manner that the Court deems just and right, as provided by law.
Petitioner should be awarded a disproportionate share of the parties'
estate for the following reasons, including but not limited to:
a. fault in the breakup of the marriage;
b. fraud on the community;
c. the spouse to whom conservatorship of the children is
granted;
d. needs of the children of the marriage;
e. wasting of community assets by Husband;
f. reimbursement due the community estate;
g. actual fraud committed by a spouse; and
h. constructive fraud committed by a spouse.
10989

I am also respectfully requesting the Father be denied unsupervised visitation with the children until a determination of whether the Father is forbidden to have unsupervised access to the subject children pursuant to Respondent's required registration as a sex offender under chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. I am also respectfully requesting the Father be denied visitation with the children until a determination can be made of whether the Father is likely to engage in conduct that would endanger the children's safety or emotional welfare or cause them immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage.

"Luke is a registered sex offender and was convicted of employing/inducing/authorizing the sexual performance of a child. But for
Luke misrepresenting the facts and circumstances of the case to me, I would have never become involved with him.

"During our marriage I never allowed Luke to be alone with the children in order to ensure the children's safety and wellbeing....
"I am uncertain if there are any restrictions required by law regarding Luke being alone with our children as a result of his
registration status or whether under his present registration requirements he is required to have a certified supervisor present at all times when he is in the presence of any child. I have always personally implemented supervision to ensure my children's safety and wellbeing....
"Luke has been exhibiting increasingly dangerous and unpredictable, behavior. The family residence was consumed by fire on October 16,
2014. Luke was alone at the home prior to the fire. The residence was totally engulfed in flames within 10 minutes from Luke leaving the
premises_ This is the second time in 14 months our home has been
AFFIDAVIT OF CRYSTAL DIONA MARTIN IN SUPPORT OF AN EX PARTE REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY ORDERS
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MOTION FOR EMERGENCY EX PARTE TEMPORARY ORDERS PAGE 8
destroyed by fire and Luke is presently under criminal investigation for Arson. Sere. 1.1
"Since the fire, Luke is exhibiting increasingly erratic and alarming behavior. His demeanor is tense and abusive, and he is easily agitated.
He is demeaning and cruel in his treatment towards the children. He threatens to hit them and consistently yells at the children without reason
or cause, telling them to shut up and be quiet. He threatens to spank them for playing and doing ordinary child-like activities. On one occasion
he picked up Charlie, my three year old son, by his arm and held Charlie up in the air at [Luke's] chest level while he spanked Charlie
excessively. I had to intervene in order to get Luke to stop spanking Charlie. Luke was out of control and in a frenzy as he spanked
Charlie. I was fearful that Luke was going to seriously hurt Charlie. "I fear for my children's safety and wellbeing if they were ever
alone with Luke and not properly supervised. I believe Luke presents a present and significant danger to the children. I believe that Luke's
behavior is unpredictable and potentially dangerous. Since we have separated, Luke, accompanied by his Mother, appeared at my oldest son's school. I am concerned Luke may abduct one or both of my children.

I am also concerned that Luke may try to hurt the children in order to retaliate against me for filing for divorce and/or to deter me from
cooperating with an investigation into the fire.

"In the interest of Justice, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children...., and in order to counter any immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage which may likely occur to the children the Court is respectfully requested to grant this ex parte relief."
This director and her husband were exceedingly dishonest and posed a danger to our children. David Arciniega is totally irresponsible and negligent in his duty as he insisted on keeping her in office under these circumstances for months and months after the issues were clearly documented. That is a violation of fiduciary duty and certainly should be the subject of an ethics charge for Arciniega as well. This gross mismanagement and retention of directors that are clearly a detriment to the organization needs to be addressed by NTSSA. Why would Arciniega want this kind of negative publicity for Garland Soccer??? How can the coaches and parents trust Garland Soccer when David Arciniega is fighting to keep people like this on the board and involved?

Soapboxmom

06-12-2015, 02:22 PM

Former Publicity and Awards Director Martin, who did not show up to run on June 2nd, has one very scary husband that she happily had around all of our children. He has to have 2 people from an agency approved by the judge to supervise his visit with his children at Dave and Buster's even with grandma Martin there. David Arciniega and North Texas have failed our children:

10990

Soapboxmom

06-12-2015, 04:47 PM

When is registration for Fall 2015 and when is the deadline?

Open Registration: May 1st – July 18th
Late Registration: July 19th – Jan 25th
In-person Registration: July 19th and Jan 25th
Team Formation: August 1st
Coach Contact Players: week of August 2nd
Coach Orientation: August 15th
Season Opens: September 12th
No Games: no weekends without games
Coach’s Meeting: TBT
Season Ends: November 15th

Notice how superbly Rowlett Soccer is organized. The coaches are getting rosters and contacting players a month before the season begins. Garland is still registering up to game 5 and coaches have to order uniforms multiple times and play kids who show up for a game that they have never seen before. That is why Garland is losing coaches and players in droves and imploding. Rowlett will likely look for interleague elsewhere as Garland is sinking like the Titanic. That would leave 1 Hunt County team and a Rockwall team if they don't bail as well.

A GSA officer harassed a team that practiced with a club in Garland and that team may leave to play select in Plano or go elsewhere. GSA has no right harassing coaches that play with clubs. The club / select teams are still under the NTSSA banner and I am sure NTSSA is not going to tolerate this hostile environment in GSA much longer. Not to mention US Club Soccer swept through South Texas and will have no trouble getting legions of teams here with the crisis going on in Garland. The coaches are completely fed up and tired of being blackballed and intimidated.

Soapboxmom

06-12-2015, 05:26 PM

North Texas Soccer 2015 AGM
July 10-12, 2015

REGISTRATION AND FEES

2015 AGM Registration Link (https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=1057) Please register by June 12, 2015

The program fee of $80.00 per registrant includes:
• Reception Friday Night
• Goody Bag
• Polo Shirt
• Awards Dinner Saturday
• Continental Breakfast Saturday and Sunday Morning

Individual Awards Dinner Tickets may be purchased for $60.00

Please Note:
• Registrations received after June 12, 2015 will be $105.00 per registrant
• On-Site registration (July 10, 11, 12, 2015) will be $130.00 per registrant

HOTEL INFORMATION

http://www.ntxsoccer.org/UserFiles/image/westin.jpgRoom Rate: $139.00

Westin Galleria Dallas
13340 Dallas Pkwy
Dallas, TX 75240

Book Reservations Online (https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/events/start.action?id=1408199107&key=2F252898)
Call for Reservations: 1-888-627-8536
Be sure to mention North Texas Soccer 2015 AGM for the contracted rate
You must book by June 19, 2015 for this contracted rate

All Garland Coaches and parents should demand that GSA's president and delegates vote as those that elect them wish. I think folks have the right to register in the association of their choice where they can get the best customer service. July 13th all the neighboring associations will still have registration open and players and families can get the best soccer experience available. Time for open territory and the end of releases!!! If this doesn't pass many disgruntled coaches and soccer families will jump to US Club Soccer as GSA is so horribly mismanaged and such a negative experience.

10992

Soapboxmom

06-16-2015, 06:05 PM

Garland soccer coach arrested for child indecency - Fox4News.com | Dallas-Fort Worth News, Weather, Sports (http://www.fox4news.com/story/29332574/garland-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency)

Garland soccer coach arrested for child indecency

Posted: Jun 16, 2015 11:20 AM CST Updated: Jun 16, 2015 2:53 PM CST By: fox4news.com StaffConnect (http://www.fox4news.com/story/29332574/garland-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency#)

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A Garland soccer coach has been accused of sexually abusing his players.

Rolando Ramos, 47, was arrested Monday on one count of indecency with a child.

Police said the charge involves a 14-year-old player on Ramos' team. He was the head coach for C.D. Independiente, which is part of the Chamber Classic Soccer Alliance.

At least two other former players have come forward with accusations. The alleged offenses happened between 2006 and 2012 when the three players were all juveniles, police said.

Ramos is currently being held in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center on a $2,500 bond. Additional charges are expected.

I gave on camera interviews to CW33 and Fox4Dallas. Here we are again. One would think having kids harmed by Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman would have lead Garland and our neighboring associations to decisive action. Garland Soccer President David Arciniega served on the North Texas State Soccer Association Risk management Committee. There should have been new policies and procedures in place. Parents and coaches should have been educated about these issues and much more oversight should be occurring. When are NTSSA and Garland going to take these issues seriously and do more to prevent such a tragedy??? How many more times is this going to happen before there is real change?

Soapboxmom

06-16-2015, 06:41 PM

Both reporters I spoke to were shocked and horrified that David Arciniega insisted on keeping director Crystal Martin on the board when she couldn't drive and her husband was a level II sex offender that must register for life. It is common knowledge that he handled rosters and other records. Why risk him having access to all the player records in Jevin on computer??? It is high time for David Arciniega to be removed!

The media may be delving further into the troubling issues in GSA and NTSSA!

Soapboxmom

06-16-2015, 07:42 PM

The coach in the video is a 42 year coach with Garland Soccer that helped form the association. He took my U14 boys team and I had the wonderful honor of working as his manager until I got thrown out for filing suit:

Garland Soccer Coach Charged With Indecency With Child | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Garland-Soccer-Coach-Charged-With-Indecency-With-Child-307585861.html)

Soapboxmom

06-16-2015, 08:47 PM

Here is my interview with CW33:

Garland Soccer Coach Arrested for Child Indecency | CW33 NewsFix (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/)

CW33 Rocks!!

Soapboxmom

06-17-2015, 11:03 AM

TLCs 19 Kids and Counting had sponsors bailing with record speed. Will the North Texas State Soccer sponsors jump ship as well in light of the serious problems in the organization???

Sponsors

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Capri Sun (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/sponsors/capri_sun/)
The Official Ready to Drink Juice

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Kohl's (http://www.kohls.com)

The Official Department Store

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Liberty Mutual Insurance (http://www.libertymutual.com/?cmpgncde=2096&keyCode=ICMRSB00&src=cm-dtxt-brd-uso-rs1408101496)

The Official Auto, Home, Life and Workers

Compensation Insurance Sponsor

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An Official Snack

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Soapboxmom

06-17-2015, 02:00 PM

Please read from the bottom up. The Rolando Ramos arrested for hurting our kids (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/) called me on May29th and June 2nd offering to bring LULAC to the elections and we discussed keeping our North Texas kids safe from sex offenders. What is the world possessed this alleged criminal to reach out to me? I of course forwarded everything to the detective in charge of the case. The Dallas Police detective and I discussed how David Arciniega insisted on keeping Crystal Martin on the board knowing she couldn't drive and her registered for life level II sex offender husband was handling rosters and other records while chauffeuring her everywhere.

The most important message to get out is for anyone that has been harmed to come forward. The police want to see this guy is put away for good and that all those children that have been harmed get help. They will not look at anyone's immigration status. The only concern is the kids! Please let the Dallas Police know if you have any information. I can help folks get in touch with them.

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:55 AM
To: 'Koni Kaiwi Kaiwi'
Subject: RE: CW33 News Story Garland Soccer

Rolando is one of GSA’s wonderful coaches. He said that he had someone from LULAC coming to tonight’s Garland Soccer Coaches meeting. I assumed that was you. I do hope a representative from LULAC can be there. It is high time for accountability and changes in Garland Soccer. After all the promises in the media, Garland Soccer did absolutely nothing to keep our kids safer. I tried everything to get action and this and was shot down every time as my board reports reflect. Rolando also wants the website in Spanish, which I fought for as well. It is time Garland Soccer act like a charity that is here to serve our youth!

“I was shocked. We were all shocked and saddened that it’s happened,” said Kimberly Verity.
“We deal with many children and parents. We’ve never had anything like this before. It’s heartbreak,” said Don Starkey.
Both sit on the board of the Garland Soccer Association. Verity is the Vice President of the association. Starkey is the Facility Director.
Verity said the Garland Soccer Association started paying an organization to conduct an extra background check on their coaches two years ago even though their parent organization, the North Texas Soccer Association, has always and still conducts background checks.
“I know we do that every year on every single coach,” Verity said.
When told Mondragon-Guzman turned out to be in the country illegally, she said, “That’s what I’ve heard. That’s what I’ve heard.”
They don’t know how Bernardo Mondragon-guzman slipped through.
“We’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,” Verity said.

For its part, the Garland Soccer Association said it plans to do everything it can to reassure parents that their children are safe with those who serve for the not-for-profit organization.

"We're going to get to the bottom of it and we're going to do what it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again," Kimberly Verity, vice president of the Garland Soccer Association, told WFAA. "We want to do everything we can to protect our children. That's what we take pride in."

From: Koni Kaiwi
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:42 AM
To: 'Heather Dobrott'
Subject: RE: CW33 News Story Garland Soccer

Thank you
I will get with you this afternoon in reference to the story.
Who is Rolando?

Koni Ramos-Kaiwi, CEOP

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone,
“The things you do for others, remain as your legacy”. Kalu Kalu

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 10:19 AM
To: Koni Kaiwi Kaiwi; dallasutd@hotmail.com
Subject: CW33 News Story Garland Soccer

Dear Rolando and Koni,

Tim Hawkins of CW33 news interviewed me at Winters park and took shots of the fields for a possible story. If, you, Koni, could talk with him it would be great.

Tim Hawkins #redacted.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
Former U6 Girls Director for Garland Soccer
Administrator for Realscam.com

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Soapboxmom

06-17-2015, 02:06 PM

Capri Sun flipped out on their Facebook page when I questioned sponsoring North Texas Soccer at this time and they claimed they weren't affiliated. I politely pointed out the US Youth Soccer has 55 state organizations and that NTSSA was under their umbrella. The sponsors will not be happy to see the corruption in soccer from top to bottom and the inaction on the part of US Youth Soccer and North Texas.

Soapboxmom

06-18-2015, 08:52 AM

US Club Soccer policies:

Rule 105. MEMBER CONDUCT RECOMMENDATIONS
While the following are considered guidelines, failure to establish or comply with these or similar internal organization policies and procedures may be considered as evidence of non-compliance with the US Club Soccer Risk Management Policy.
(A) US Club Soccer promotes good sportsmanship throughout the organization and encourages qualities of mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance in all participants, coaches, officials and volunteers. It advocates building strong self-images among the youth participants. Children with a strong self-image may be less likely, but nevertheless targets for abuse; similarly, they may be less likely to abuse or bully others around them.
(B) Buddy System: It is recommended that every activity sanctioned by the Organization establish a “Buddy System”. Each youth participant should be assigned a buddy during sponsored activities. No child should go anywhere--to the bathrooms, locker rooms, or other location- -without his or her buddy.
(C) To further protect youth participants, as well as coaches, officials and volunteers, it is strongly recommended that no adult person allow him/herself to be alone with a child (unless their own child) or with any group of children during games, practices, or other sponsored activities. In particular, it is recommended that coaches or other adult Members of this organization:
 Do not drive alone with a child participant in the car.
 Do not take a child alone to the locker room, bathrooms or any other private room.
 Private conversations with youth participants should occur within the view of others, in the gym or on the field, instead of a private office.
 Coaches and other adult members of the organization should not socialize individually with participants outside of sponsored activities.\
D) Supervision/Chaperone ratio: It is recommended that for any sponsored activity, especially on overnight trips, the ratio of adults to youth participants be 1:8, or 1 adults for every 8 children, with a minimum of 2 adults for every activity.
(E) When traveling overnight with youth participants, children should be paired up with other children of the same gender and similar age group, and with chaperones in separate, but nearby rooms. It is the responsibility of the chaperones to supervise the activities of the players at all times.
(F) No child should be left alone at a training session or at any other time until they are picked up by their parent, older sibling, or other designated adult.. It is recommended that the last adult in addition to the coach or trainer wait at the site as well until the child is picked up.
(G) We want to empower our children to trust their feelings and let them know that their concerns, fears and hopes are important by listening to them. Open communication between children and parents, or between children and other adults in the organization, may help early warning signs of abuse to surface.
I tried to implement something similar in Garland Soccer and David Arciniega shut me down. Garland Soccer did nothing in response to our kids being raped. Parents must demand Arciniega be removed and a new board voted in that will take decisive action and get these policies in place, thoroughly educate the parents and coaches and provide the oversight necessary to keep our kids out of harm's way.

Soapboxmom

06-18-2015, 09:25 AM

Did US Youth Soccer botch the investigation or not investigate at all and protect David Arciniega from facing the music. No one I know in Garland Soccer has been questioned in this likely non-existent investigation. I went to all levels in soccer including the US Soccer Federation for help. US Youth Soccer, North Texas Soccer and Garland Soccer are failing in their charitable missions and simply ignore their own by-laws! I was removed for filing this suit (even though I had no other way left to get help) and I demand David Arciniega be removed as well as the by-laws dictate.

The following issues in Garland Soccer need to be investigated:

Garland’s children were harmed by sexual predator Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman. Garland Soccer made numerous promises in the media. “We’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,” David Arciniega blocked every attempt I made to institute proper policies and procedures to keep Garland’s children safe. Garland Soccer has done nothing in response to children being raped.
A director married to a registered for life, level 2 sex offender with a child victim was letting him handle rosters and other records. This director did not drive and this offender accompanied her everywhere. The president insisted on keeping her on the board knowing the sex offender would be around at every soccer activity possibly putting our children in danger. This clearly violated Garland’s Loitering ordinance.
This same director and her husband were bragging that they would be meeting the association president, David Arciniega, to discuss construction work for GSA when no open bidding was in progress.
$8,000.00 of “missing funds” has no proper documentation as the board is routinely denied documentation by David Arciniega.
Garland Soccer Association president, David Arciniega, lied to the GSA member coaches about those “missing funds” claiming there was ongoing litigation between the software provider, Jevin and the payment processor, Corduro. 2 years later no litigation is on record anywhere.
A former Coach and director were brought up on phony charges when the player pool placed children of the correct age with their coaching parents. Why would children be placed on teams competing against their own parent's teams?
The president, David Arciniega, runs this organization like a dictatorship and flouts the GSA, North Texas State and US Youth Soccer by-laws.
State law concerning fiduciary duties is not being followed.
Elections in Garland Soccer have been rigged for years.
Arciniega filed a No Confidence Petition in an attempt to remove a director who spoke on behalf of a candidate running against him. Members are afraid to vote their conscience.
The number of players and coaches are dropping as folks leave unhappy with their experience in Garland Soccer.
Garland Soccer has lost almost all of its interleague play with neighboring associations. Richardson, Wylie and Chamber Classic have left Garland Soccer. Plano Soccer will not invite us to join them all. The U13 and up depend on interleague to have enough teams to play in their correct age groups.
The coaches are shut down at meetings and their voices are not heard.
The Garland Soccer Association is operated in a shroud of secrecy even though it is in fact a 501 c 3 charity and should be completely transparent.
Members of the association and the public have not been welcomed to the board meetings.
Board meeting agendas, board meeting minutes and board member reports are kept secret.
GSA has no Ethics Committee as North Texas State requires as Arciniega refuses to form one.
GSA has no A & D Committee as required by the by-laws as David Arciniega refuses to allow one to be formed. The A & D process is completely broken and as protocol and procedures are totally flouted all of the hearings are illegal.
David Arciniega and Kim Verity refused to issue A & D decision letters in direct violation of North Texas rules which places Garland Soccer NOT in Good Standing.
A hearing that was called to decide the placement of a child that was placed on his own father's team by the player pool was called by David Arciniega without informing this coach that the placement of his child was being decided.
The Garland Soccer website is not in Spanish though there have been numerous requests over the years for that to happen as much of GSA’s player base is simply not being served.
Garland Soccer puts kids in soccer that are in danger themselves and a danger to others as there is no TOPSoccer program in place for kids that would benefit from it. I was working to form a league for special needs players before Arciniega pushed me out. Now, that has been dropped and these wonderful kids are not being served.

Garland Soccer is totally corrupt! How did David Arciniega get elected to the NTSSA state board when he totally mismanages Garland Soccer and does not deal honestly? I should not have had to file suit to get the issues in Garland resolved for our kids and coaches.

This organization has coaches in fear of retaliation if they speak out. It is a hostile and unwelcoming environment.

Check out my on camera interview:
Garland Soccer Coach Arrested for Child Indecency | CW33 NewsFix (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/)

From: John Sutter [mailto:john.sutter@CoVerica.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:32 PM
To: 'Heather'
Cc: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; 'egill@usyouthsoccer.org'; Chris Moore (cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org); 'Rob Martella'; 'Todd Roby | US Youth Soccer'; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; 'squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Dear Ms. Dobrott:

I apologize for the delay in responding to your initial email.

As the traditional application of the Bylaw you cited has previously been used almost exclusively in response to filed criminal actions, we are currently evaluating the civil suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega for Bylaw applicability and jurisdiction.

As we do not have a corporate General Counsel, I ask your indulgence for the time involved in our review process.
I expect the review to conclude in the very near future.

Sincerely,

John

John Sutter
Chairman
US Youth Soccer

jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org
www.usyouthsoccer.org (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org)

From: Heather
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:04 PM
To: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; egill@ysyouthsoccer.org; cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org; rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org; troby@usyouthsoccer.org; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org; ssnow@usyouthsoccer.org; jparker@usyouthsoccer.org; nnottke@usyouthsoccer.org; chouseknecht@usyouthsoccer.org; mfreitag@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

The courtesy of a reply would be very much appreciated.

From: Soapboxmom
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:42 AM
To: 'jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'egill@ysyouthsoccer.org'; 'cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'troby@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Please find following links to US Youth Soccer By-laws that pertain to litigation and terminations and the suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega. Please accept this as my formal request for U.S. Youth Soccer to take action in regard to Mr. Arciniega in accordance with said by-laws.

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/#post83070

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

By-laws say:

ARTICLE VII 206 FEES AND DISCIPLINE 207
208
Section 1. Annual Fees. 209
A. Organization Member. Each organization member shall pay to USYSA annual fees 210 recommended by the board of directors and approved by the National Council. 211
B. Individual and Sustaining Members. The fees for individual and sustaining members 212 shall be as prescribed by the board of directors. 213

Section 2. Suspensions and Terminations. 214
A. Suspension. 215
1. Failure to Pay Fees. Any member failing to pay any fees due USYSA shall be 216 provided written notice of the delinquency. If those fees are not paid within 30 days 217 after the date of the notice of delinquency, the delinquent member may be 218 suspended from membership in USYSA after a proper hearing pursuant to 219 Subsection 3B of this Article. The member shall be notified in writing of any 220 suspension and the date on which membership will be terminated if the fees remain 221 unpaid. 222
2. Due to Litigation. 223
(a) Any person participating in a USYSA program, or in a program of a state 224 association or a program of a member of a state association, who becomes a 225 defendant in litigation detrimental to the welfare of youth players or litigation 226 based on activities detrimental to the welfare of youth players, shall be 227 suspended from all soccer-related activities. Suspensions under this bylaw shall 228 be determined by the appropriate state association or the USYSA Board of 229 Directors. Matters detrimental to the welfare of youth players shall include, but 230
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not be limited to, crimes of moral turpitude and felonies. The person has a right 231 to appeal the suspension only over whether the matter which is the substance of 232 the accusation, if true, is detrimental to the welfare of youth players. 233
(b) On completion of the litigation, the suspended person may inform the body 234 suspending the person under Subsection 2A2(a) of this Article that the litigation 235 has been completed and request that the suspension be terminated and the 236 person reinstated. The suspending body may grant the request of the person or, 237 if the decision of the litigation was adverse to the person, may continue the 238 suspension for a period specified by the suspending body, fine the person, 239 terminate all membership of that person with the suspending body and its 240 members, or any combination of those authorized penalties. 241
B. Termination. 242
1. The membership of a state association may be terminated by the National Council 243 for cause by a two-thirds vote of the National Council. 244
2. If the membership of a state association is terminated either by resignation from 245 USYSA or under Subsection 2A1 or Subsection 2B1 of this Article, USYSA shall 246 immediately undertake actions to replace that organization with another 247 organization having the same USYSA jurisdiction as the organization whose 248 membership is terminated. That replacement organization may include an 249 organization established and temporarily operated by USYSA. 250
3. The board of directors may terminate the membership of a sustaining member as 251 prescribed in Section 3A of this Article. 252

Section 3. Suspension, Termination and Other Penalties. 253
A. The board of directors may suspend, fine, terminate and/or impose any other penalty 254 on any member of USYSA, if the board determines that: 255
1. the conduct of the member is adverse to the best interests of soccer or USYSA; or 256
2. the member has not complied with the requirements of its membership in USYSA. 257
B. The board of directors may act under this Article only after a hearing, reasonable 258 notice to the member of the time and place of the hearing, and providing the member 259 with a reasonable opportunity to present evidence in support of the member’s position. 260

Section 4. Effect. A suspension or other disciplinary action imposed by USYSA in accordance 261 with these bylaws shall be recognized by all members of USYSA on notification by USYSA. 262 Suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed by members of USYSA shall be 263 recognized by USYSA and all other USYSA members on proper notification to USYSA. 264
265
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Soapboxmom

06-18-2015, 10:16 AM

North Texas State Soccer Association richly rewards incompetence and dishonesty. Garland Soccer promised to:

Coach Accused Of Sex Abuse Is Illegal Immigrant « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/09/13/coach-accused-of-sex-abuse-is-illegal-immigrant/)

“I was shocked. We were all shocked and saddened that it’s happened,” said Kimberly Verity.
“We deal with many children and parents. We’ve never had anything like this before. It’s heartbreak,” said Don Starkey.
Both sit on the board of the Garland Soccer Association. Verity is the Vice President of the association. Starkey is the Facility Director.
Verity said the Garland Soccer Association started paying an organization to conduct an extra background check on their coaches two years ago even though their parent organization, the North Texas Soccer Association, has always and still conducts background checks.
“I know we do that every year on every single coach,” Verity said.
When told Mondragon-Guzman turned out to be in the country illegally, she said, “That’s what I’ve heard. That’s what I’ve heard.”
They don’t know how Bernardo Mondragon-guzman slipped through.
“We’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,” Verity said.

Garland Soccer made no changes in policies and procedures, no changes were made in the way we educate our coaches and parents and no additional oversight was put into place. Every effort I made to make these necessary changes was shot down by David Arciniega and / or his stooges.

How did North Texas reward such incompetence and dishonesty you ask? They put this do nothing president whose association had seen its children raped on the North Texas State Risk Management Committee, a great honor and huge responsibility.

Soapboxmom

06-18-2015, 02:03 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQA2amTzNM

On June15, 2015, Detectives in the Child Exploitation Unit arrested Rolando Ramos, Hispanic male, 47 years of age, D.O.B. 6/3/68, for one count of Indecency with a Child/Contact, F/2. Suspect Ramos is the Head Coach for C. D. Independiente, of the Garland Soccer Association. The arrest stems from an investigation that was initiated after receiving allegations from three different past players who were coached by Suspect Ramos when they played for C. D. Independiente. The offenses occurred from 2006 through 2012 with the different Complainants who were all juveniles at the time of the occurrence. The Complainant on this offense for which Suspect Ramos was arrested for was 14 years of age at the time of the offense. We anticipate additional charges will be filed on Suspect Ramos as the investigation continues.
The offense for which suspect Ramos was arrested is reported on Case # 136638-2015. Suspect Ramos is in Lew Sterrett jail with a $2500.00 bond. If you have any additional information on Suspect Ramos, or know of additional victims, contact Detective Clark at 214 671-4301.

Please contact detective Clark if you know anything or your child was possibly victimized. I spoke with the detective and he is doing everything possible. Immigration status should not keep victims and their families from coming forward. All the police wish to do is get help for these kids and see that this alleged offended never harms another precious child!

Soapboxmom

06-19-2015, 09:38 AM

Rolando Ramos Court Docs are now available:

11092

11093

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Garland Soccer Coach Arrested for Child Indecency | CW33 NewsFix (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/)

Soapboxmom

06-19-2015, 09:48 AM

Rolando Ramos Bond Set:11099

Soapboxmom

06-19-2015, 10:19 AM

Rolando Ramos is getting free counsel. 11100

Soapboxmom

06-19-2015, 05:21 PM

Fantasy Land | Houston Press (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197)

I exposed the scammers behind the failed billion dollar Earthquest theme park, got sued by the goon-in-chief (Don Allen Holbrook) and kicked his a$$ in court in round 1. I am honored to be the one to clean up North Texas State Soccer. It is time to do more to keep our kids safe and make Garland Soccer totally open and transparent! Soapboxmom is on the job!!! :whip_the_worker:

Soapboxmom

06-19-2015, 09:45 PM

This is a shattering reminder of the harm these sex offenders cause our children:

Man: I killed Boy Scout leader who molested me - CNN Video (http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06/19/man-admits-stabbing-boy-scout-leader-dnt.wcbs)

Soapboxmom

06-22-2015, 03:08 PM

Bye, bye sponsors:

http://www.realscam.com/f12/will-us-youth-soccer-sponsors-bail-4178/#post87739

Soapboxmom

06-26-2015, 10:52 AM

Minimize Opportunity - Building Stronger Families -protecting children against sexual abuse. (http://www.themamabeareffect.org/minimize-opportunity.html)

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What We All Need To Know (http://www.themamabeareffect.org/what-we-all-need-to-know.html)
Parenting As A Survivor (http://www.themamabeareffect.org/parenting-as-a-survivor.html)
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Keeping Kids Safe Is OUr Responsibility!

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Many programs focus on teaching children body safety, but leave parental education out of the equation. Let's think about Stranger Danger - we teach kids to run away, yell, kick etc, but what do we do first? We minimize opportunity for our children to be alone with strangers. We don't let our 5 year olds to roam the neighborhoods, we don't let 10 year olds go to the mall on their own. We teach our kids about fire safety - but we still keep the matches out of reach. We teach our kids to look both ways crossing a street, but we also hold their hand.

Keeping them safe from sexual abuse should be no different. So lets talk about what we can do so we don't have to put their body safety education to the test.
LESS OPPORTUNITY = LESS CHANCE OF ABUSE

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The majority of sexual abuse occurs when a child & adult, or a child and another minor, are in a 1:1 situation.
Statistically 80%

By focusing on these situations and considering ways to avoid the isolation of a child with another person, and ways to create better transparency when our children are alone with others, we can reduce the opportunity and risk for abuse.
People of Authority

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YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS

http://www.themamabeareffect.org/uploads/3/1/5/9/3159349/1392509134.jpg Many organizations may already have in place or are working to put into place a protocol for minimizing the sexual abuse of children. This mostly applies for large organizations that are at greater risk, and lets face it - their insurance companies are actually requiring that they have protocol in place to minimize opportunity as well as reporting procedures and will increase their rates if there isn't.

So what do you do if your child is going to be involved in an organized activity?
Check out Stop It Now's 9 Questions Parents Need to Ask When Selecting A Program For Their Child. (http://www.stopitnow.org/parent_questions_school_policy)

Basically, you want to know:
1. If they have a policy on child sexual abuse prevention (David Arciniega /Garland Soccer refused to implement any though I triedto introduce motions and noted the need in my board reports.)
2. How they train their staff and how do they monitor adult/child interaction (David Arciniega / Garland Soccer refused to educate parents and coaches on this issue.)
3. How do they handle situations of inappropriate behavior or suspected or witnessed abuse (Garland Soccer made tons of empty promises in the media and then did absolutely nothing. It is swept under the rug and then forgotten by the board.)
4. Do they do background checks for employees AND volunteers (even a second background check was implemented years ago though statistics show 95% of sex offenders will pass a background check.)

You might feel uncomfortable asking them specifically about child sexual abuse prevention, but the more parents that ask, the more this will become common place. This is not just for the benefit of your child, but all children that will enter the program.

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Choosing a school or program is one of the most complicated and emotional decisions you have to make as a parent. The specific activities, the schedule, the costs, how it matches your child’s needs and interest-- all these things play a part in your decision. Whether or not the school has a child sexual abuse prevention policy needs to be a consideration.
9 Questions to ask of your child's existing or prospective school and the answers you should expect to hear.

1. What is the organization’s policy on child sexual abuse prevention?
To be sure your child is safe, make sure any program you are considering has a more comprehensive approach to preventing sexual and other forms of child abuse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has defined six key components of a comprehensive approach to keeping kids safe. These include:

Screening and selecting employees and volunteers
Guidelines on interactions between individuals (none exist in Garland Soccer)
Monitoring behavior (The Garland Soccer board shot that down as certain members said they didn't care to do it. Garland refuses to monitor coaches and keep kids safe.)
Ensuring safe physical environments
Responding to inappropriate behavior, breaches in policy, and allegations and suspicions of child sexual abuse (Garland Soccer bragged to the media that it would do and change and then did nothing. These incidents are swept under the rug and forgotten.)
Training about child sexual abuse (I moved for coaches and parents to be educated and suggested materials from the Positive Coaching Alliance and was shot down. Garland Soccer refused to take any reasonable action to protect our kids.)

2. How does the program screen staff?
The organization or program should be knowledgeable about who sexually abuses children and what puts children at risk to be abused. Ask how they screen employees and volunteers and be wary if they rely solely on criminal background checks. They should use written applications and personal interviews to learn about what previous experience someone has working with youth and to identify any potential warning signs. For example, some people who sexually abuse children spend all of their time with children or youth and do not have any relationships (friendships, significant partners, co-workers) with adults. (Nothing but background checks are done even though I pointed out numerous times that 95% of sex offenders pass background checks.)

3. Are criminal background checks enough?
No. Criminal background checks can give a false sense of security. Because the vast majority of child sexual abuse goes unreported, the vast majority of people who have sexually abused children will pass a criminal background check. Too often, organizations serving kids rely solely on background checks to determine whether a person is safe to work with children. This is a very low bar. People who have sexually abused children will pass a criminal background check unless the abuse has been reported, prosecuted as a sexual crime, and the person has been found guilty.

4. Do they check references?
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5. What is their policy or code of conduct about interactions between employees/ volunteers and youth?
Organizations should have a policy regarding staff and youth interactions. Does the code include examples of positive interactions or is it so focused on what not to do that your child could miss out on appropriate, encouraging interaction? Are you comfortable with how they define appropriate and inappropriate interactions? (None exist and David Arciniega refused to allow me to have a committee to craft such policies and make recommendations to improve child safety.)

6. How do they monitor interactions between adults and children?
All the policies in the world won’t do any good unless they are observing interactions and taking action as needed. Organizations who take seriously the safety of children understand the importance of both observation and taking action. What procedures does the organization have for monitoring interactions? What is the procedure for bringing up concerns about interactions between adults or older youth and children? Who is designated to handle these concerns? (Garland Soccer's board shot down my request to implement such monitoring and requirement to have the practice schedules and locations for all teams.)

7. Have they considered safety in the physical environment?
Safety in the physical layout can be too often overlooked. Are all areas of the space visible to others or could someone bring a child into a corner or closet without being seen by others? Do doors have windows or are they kept open so anyone walking by can see how staff are interacting with children? When you visit the space, think about how easy or difficult it will be for staff to monitor interactions. Would it be easy for someone from outside the program to gain access? Can anyone walk in or do you need to sign in?

8. How do they handle situations like inappropriate behavior or allegations of sexual abuse?
You want to be certain that they have policies and procedures in place to deal with not only evidence of sexual abuse but breaches in policies and concerning behaviors. Some situations require an internal response while others should be handled by authorities. Organizations with policies in place are better equipped to handle concerns than those who have not. (Swept under the rug and forgotten.)

9. What training staff and volunteers receive about preventing child sexual abuse?
Training is another way that organizations send a message to staff and volunteers that they are serious about keeping children safe from abuse. Training should include information on how to identify signs of abuse and when it is appropriate to make a referral. They should also know what the procedures are for making a referral and the designated staff person to handle these referrals. Training should be ongoing and refresher courses available.
It is important that even temporary staff and volunteers are made aware of the school’s child protection policy and mechanism for reporting any concerns and allegations. Some organizations even provide training to parents and other caregivers because they know the importance of knowledgeable adults in keeping children safe. (Garland Soccer's board refused to make any changes in response to our children being raped and is doing absolutely nothing more than background checks.)

Garland Soccer is doing nothing but simple background checks to keep the kids safe and outright lied to the parents and media when they promised to do and change. Youth soccer is in crisis!!!

Soapboxmom

06-27-2015, 06:26 PM

SoccerWire Q&A: US Youth Soccer’s John Sutter on his organization’s need to evolve — Soccer Wire (http://www.soccerwire.com/news/clubs/youth-boys/soccerwire-qa-us-youth-soccer-president-john-sutter-on-his-organizations-need-to-evolve/)

GERMANTOWN, Md. – After enjoying a near-monopoly on the nation’s enormous youth soccer industry for decades, US Youth Soccer has experienced waves of disruptive change since the turn of the century. http://www.soccerwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/US_Youth_Soccerlogo-300x300.jpg (http://www.soccerwire.com/news/youth-boys/alert-irs-considers-paid-youth-coaches-as-employees-not-contractors/attachment/us_youth_soccerlogo/)
New competitors like US Club Soccer have risen to challenge the organization’s way of doing things,
US Club took over much of South Texas and North Texas will be the next to fall! This is largely due to the mismanagement and unwillingness of NTSSA and US Youth to follow their own by-laws and step in quickly to solve problems.

John Sutter, the president of US Youth Soccer says:

...That being said, definite challenges out there, some extremely good competition that’s out there, offering some alternatives. We need to look at ourselves, look at our programs, make sure that we continue to improve and increase, and concentrate on what we’re trying to do, so that we keep our programs top-notch. Look at where we need to change a little bit, where we need to adjust some things, maybe bring some new things in. But we want to stay on the cutting edge and try to make sure we’re providing our players the best opportunities that they have. We do that through supporting our state organizations, which are the grassroots.
North Texas State Soccer is a huge problem at this point. It is incredibly corrupt and does not follow its own by-laws. The Garland Soccer association does not always produce decision letters from its A & D hearings and North Texas allows this outrage to go on. North Texas then refuses to hear appeals or respond to grievances arising out of those decision-less local harassment charges. US Youth soccer is made aware of this corruption, malfeasance and refusal to follow by-laws and does absolutely nothing to rectify the disastrous situation.

SW: You made some changes to your bylaws at your annual general meeting this weekend. Can you tell me more about that? JS: It went very well. Our bylaws – with changes each year – are the same that they started out with 40 years ago. So it was a big opportunity for us to say, ‘What are we going to do going forward?’
So we’re looking at making ourselves more lean, maybe more adaptable, quicker to react, giving us flexibility that we don’t have in the original structure, in the way that we had to do things. If we wanted to do something, it took us a long time to get it processed and through all the channels.
Now we’re trying to streamline that – our board becomes more of a policy board so we can look at where US Youth Soccer wants to be. Put a little bit more of empowerment into the staff, and to the states, to give them the ability to do that. But I think you’re going to find a more nimble organization, so we can do those things that I talked about: Look at the programs, enhance new programs, get them out there so we can stay on that cutting edge.

That is pure nonsense. No one in US Youth or North Texas has done what is needed or called for in their by-laws. Garland Soccer has a dictator that is lying to the coaches about money and litigation. Nothing has been done in response to Garland children being raped. Board meetings are kept secret and coaches and members are not welcomed. Financial and other records are not accessible to board members and general members. Agendas and board member reports are kept secret. Anyone who wishes to see a copy of the board meeting minutes has to fight with the president, David Arciniega and if they are able to get anything it will be a sea of blacked out information. What does a youth sports charity have to hide? What is the big secret?

SW: So much of US Youth Soccer’s infrastructure is based on volunteers, at the local, regional and national levels alike. Many of your competitors employ full-time professionals, whether it be coaches or administrators. Do you think the volunteer approach is being pushed out by professionalization?

JS: Our strength is our volunteers, and so they will remain a core. We couldn’t do what we do did, with events like this and the series of championships and state cups and everything to have teams earn their way into the national championships, without a cadre of volunteers. All of our states are operated by volunteers, because there’s got to be somebody with boots on the ground that actually puts the games on.
.....So we will still rely heavily on our volunteers. But, we have that move that we need to make, and it’s been there all along.

....make sure that those coaches are trained as best as they can, so we bring those coaches along. They may not be As [A-licensed] coaching our Under-6s, because there just are not enough of them, but they’re going to be better coaches, and sooner. And at lower levels, you’ll see higher-level coaches [influencing] those players, and that’s what we want to have.

Garland Soccer only started offering G-clinics for the U6s again when I came in in 2012. I invited all the U6 coaches, attended with them and printed out the handouts to make sure everyone got what they needed to start coaching. Garland has not bothered to educate their coaches much for years thanks to the ineffective leadership of David Arciniega. The current U6 director did nothing the whole spring season. That 33% of Garland Soccer is in crisis and that worthless, foulmouthed, party animal of a director is still listed no doubt thanks to David Arciniega insisting on keeping her as he did with Mrs. Sex Offender. Incompetence abounds and North Texas and US Youth Soccer are totally ineffective in their leadership.

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So full-time job as a VP and he left off his work as a member of the City Council of Carrollton. John Sutter may be spread way to thin. How can he serve US Youth Soccer well under these circumstances? I am not the only director or coach in Garland who has not gotten needed help according to the by-laws!

Soapboxmom

07-01-2015, 02:41 PM

The horrifying details of what Rolando Ramos was doing to one of his victims should spur Garland Soccer and North Texas State Soccer to take decisive action to protect our children. Garland Soccer doing nothing after Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman raped our children is inexcusable! David Arciniega should have been removed from office for not following through on Garland Soccer's promises to "do, change and get to the bottom of this."

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Soapboxmom

07-02-2015, 04:58 PM

The Garland Soccer Association Incorporated was administratively dissolved by the State of Texas and not to be conducting business under David Arciniega as president from May 2007 until December 2008. Total incompetence!

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What is even more shocking is the filing for reinstatement:

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David Arciniega lists Sam Perry as the secretary as by state law a corporation must have a president and a secretary. In years past Garland Soccer had a secretary. Since Arciniega became president there is no such position listed in the by-laws and the member coaches have not voted one in. That filing is totally dishonest. While telling the Texas SOS (Secretary of State) that Sam Perry is the secretary of the corporation, Arciniega is telling the IRS that there is no secretary according to the filing under the North Texas State Soccer Association which has Garland Soccer under its umbrella as a 501 c 3 charitable organization:

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Current GSA Officers, Directors and staff:

GSA Board Directors & Staff
President:
David Arciniega (president@garlandsoccer.com)
Vice President:
Piney Burch-Walser (vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com)
Treasurer:
Sam Perry (treasurer@garlandsoccer.com)
Office Manager:
Paula Tiffin (office@garlandsoccer.com)
Registrar:
Rosemary Martinez (registrar@garlandsoccer.com)
Facility & Equipment Director:
Don Starkey (fields@garlandsoccer.com)
Special Events & Training Director:
Kathleen Robinson (events@garlandsoccer.com)
Publicity & Awards Director:
Donna Freeman (publicity@garlandsoccer.com)
Referee Director:
Robert Mayfield (referee@garlandsoccer.com)
Referee Assignor:
Gayle Brandt (assignor@garlandsoccer.com)
U4 - U6 Director:
Celeste Gonzales (u6director@garlandsoccer.com)
U7 - U8 Director:
Michelle Keramidas (u8director@garlandsoccer.com)
U9 - U10 Director:
Jesse Flores (u10director@garlandsoccer.com)
U11 - U12 Director:
Rachel Beltran (u12director@garlandsoccer.com)
Major League Director:
Don Shell (majorleague@garlandsoccer.com)

Arciniega will not follow state law and have a real secretary as he wants total control over the flow of information. He alone does the board meeting minutes to his satisfaction and includes only what he wishes. Arciniega controls the agendas as well. Board member reports are available only to the board members. The board members reports go out in an e-mail to the board members and then they are only accessible by Arciniega and Don Starkey in an archive on garlandsoccerdotcom. The office never ever sees the board member reports. Coaches have never seen the agendas or board member reports and must beg to see board meeting minutes even though the by-laws read:

2.3 The Board shall cause to be kept a complete record of its corporate affairs and shall make such
records available for inspection by any member. The Board shall provide for an annual audit of
the financial affairs of the Association by the Auditing Committee and, upon acceptance
thereof, shall make copies thereof available to all Members.

This shroud of secrecy and manipulation of records by Arciniega must be stopped. Garland Soccer needs a real secretary handling all the records that the coaches vote in. That person should be responsible for posting board meeting times and places, agendas, board meeting minutes (with background check and contract info redacted) and board members reports on the GSA website. It is time the coaches demand transparency!

Soapboxmom

07-06-2015, 11:05 AM

The future of soccer in Garland, Texas???

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Short Description

Embree Park is a documentary about people in the East Garland Texas coming together everyday to play the game of soccer at Embree Park
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The documentary focuses on a recreational park located on the East Side of Garland in Texas called, Embree Park. It centers around the passion and love for the sport. The film will touch base with certain individuals and what their feelings are about the sport and what impact it has had on their lives. The subjects in the documentary range from young to experience players. The documentary generalizes what it means to play the sport at a park where there are no rewards, no trophies, and no contracts just love for the game.
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Kids really having fun playing soccer! That is a switch from the games under the Garland Soccer Association in recent years!

Soapboxmom

07-15-2015, 08:35 AM

Here is one for the leader of the Garland Titanic:

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Soapboxmom

07-16-2015, 01:06 PM

The North Texas State Soccer Association by-law change that eliminates releases and opens the territory has passed. Recreational players may now register in whatever North Texas State Soccer local association they wish. A neighboring local association has confirmed that they will take whole entire teams intact with a spring 2015 roster.

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07-19-2015, 11:44 AM

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WA Youth Soccer takes risk management seriously – our players’ safety is our highest priority and we are always looking for resources to help our parents and volunteers create the safest environment for their children to enjoy soccer. With high-profile child abuse cases garnering media attention recently, our organizations have the opportunity and responsibility to learn how to prevent such tragedies from occurring and how to create clear policies for reporting abuse should they occur.

The Positive Coaching Alliance (http://www.positivecoach.org/) and Kidpower (http://www.kidpower.org/) will be hosting two FREE webinars in early February on how to fight abuse in youth sports. The first webinar on February 2nd (https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/679050553) is aimed towards coaches and other organization leaders; the second webinar on February 9th (https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/608852056) is for parents of youth athletes. Both webinars are at 6pm PST and are completely free – just make sure to sign up soon to secure your spot.
PCA Founder and CEO, Jim Thompson, will moderate a discussion with two experts in the field of child abuse prevention: Mike Town and Irene van der Zande. Mike is a former trial judge involved in many child advocacy cases, a youth sports coach, PCA workshop leader, and current law professor. Irene is the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower, a global leader in personal safety and violence prevention, which trains youth leaders, parents, educators, and other caring adults in how to protect children from harm and empower them with skills.....

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Notice that other organizations under US Youth Soccer are handling this vital issue. David Arciniega preventing me from forming a committee and shooting down my numerous efforts to address these issues shows that he is totally negligent and incompetent. Garland Soccer promised in the media publicly to do and change the first time we had children raped. Garland Soccer has done absolutely nothing in response to children being abused.

No responsible parent will want their child in the hands of this association. There are no policies and procedures in place to protect kids. There has been no increase in oversight. No education of coaches and parents about child safety are taking place. There are no policies concerning reporting of abuse. This wonderful author is mirroring exactly what I fought for in Garland Soccer. David Arciniega is running Garland Soccer into the ground and obviously does not care one iota for the precious children in the organization.

Soapboxmom

07-24-2015, 01:14 PM

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The rule change passed. This is the proposed version as the final version is not yet posted. Plano says it is taking whole teams intact with a spring 2015 roster. So, Garland players and teams can now choose any association including Richardson, Plano, Mesquite, Wylie and Lake Highlands etc. Many Garland coaches have been dreaming of playing in Plano. Richardson Soccer's June McClintok was honored by North Texas for her many years of outstanding service. South Garland players will love Mesquite as they will play all of their games at Eastfield college in the younger age divisions and parents won't be driving across town to play most of their games at Winters with their littlest ones. The best customer service will win!

It is thrilling that this rule has passed and parents and players have so many great choices for the first time in history!

Soapboxmom

07-25-2015, 09:05 PM

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Valpak coupons really??? There is no discount offered. Not to mention the territory is open so why would anyone register in an imploding association?

Soapboxmom

07-28-2015, 12:22 PM

On May 24, 2010 we got:
http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83264

The next day the dishonest wench sends this:

From:
Veritygsa@gmail.com [mailto:Veritygsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:14 PM
To: hdobrott@gmail.com
Subject: Proxy Voting / Blank Proxy attached

Attending the General Coaches Meeting for your organization is very important. This encourages and ensures full participation in discussions, as well as, you taking part in the decision making. However, being present for every meeting is not always possible due to things such as illness or conflicting schedules. Therefore, voting by proxy is accepted and permitted for membership meetings as authorized by our by-laws.

If for some reason you cannot attend, a proxy can be given to a person who can temporarily vote on your behalf. As previously mentioned in my earlier email, your proxy cannot be verbal and must be in writing with your signature, authorizing the proxy vote. I have attached a proxy for your use and have left blanks for you to fill in. If you are undecided in your choice(s), you may leave the first two blanks empty but must complete your name, your teams name and sign the form. There will be proxy voters available. You may fax your signed proxy to the office @ 972-495-4432, scan to registrar@garlandsoccer.com or, if you have decided on whom you would like to vote on your behalf, you may hand deliver to your proxy voter and they can bring with them to the meeting. Please remember to sign the proxy as this is the only way the vote(s) will be allowed.

Thank you in advance for your participation!! We look forward to seeing each of you tomorrow evening.

Best regards,

Kimberley Verity
U8 Division Director

Attached was this gem:

ELECTION PROXY

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ___________________________ HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO VOTE ON MY BEHALF AT OUR GENERAL COACHES MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010.

THIS IS AN ELECTION PROXY CASTING MY VOTE FOR _______________________,
TO SERVE AS THE GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATON VICE PRESIDENT. THIS PROXY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR OTHER POSITIONS UP FOR ELECTION SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

THIS PROXY IS ONLY VALID MAY 26, 2010 AND WILL TERMINATE UPON ADJOURNMENT OF THE GENERAL COACHES MEETING.

_______________________________
SIGNATURE

_______________________________
PRINTED NAME

_______________________________
TEAM NAME

Really??? Proxied into the Vice President position after Arciniega cornered her opponent and told him not to run (another director reported to me.)

What do the real proxies from March 2010 say:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100327142149/http://www.garlandsoccer.com/

To Garland Soccer Association Registrar

,
I,
____________________ (Name of Coach)

, give
_____________________ (Name of Individual Receiving Proxy)

my votingProxy to vote in behalf of the

___________________ (Age Group, Gender and Team Name)

during the GSA

_________________ (Date of Meeting)

Semi-Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,
_____________________(Signature of Coach)

_____________________(Name of Coach)

_____________________(Date)

Notes:
1.
The individual receiving the proxy must be present at the specified

meeting.
2.
The attendance record must reflect that the individual receiving the

proxy was present on behalf of the Member Association team.
3.
The proxy must be kept on record by the Association along with the
attendance record.
4.
The proxy gives the individual named the authority to vote

in behalf of the Member Association team on any matters coming up for a

vote during the specified meeting to include but not limited to
elections, By-Law changes and Rule Change proposals

5.
A proxy does not specify who or what

to vote for during the specified meeting.

a.
Candidates for a Board Member position m
ay be nominated from the floor.

A ‘write-in’ candidate must be given a fair

chance during the election process. All candidates are given

an opportunity to address the members present at the meeting

and decisions by voting members should only be made after all

candidates have been heard.

b.By-Law and Rule Change proposals may be modified during

the specified meeting and all voting members must make a

decision on the final wording of the proposed changes.
So much for eligible members under state law getting to vote!
This sleazy wench and Garland Soccer president David Arciniega need to be banned by US Youth Soccer for life from all soccer related activities.

Soapboxmom

08-01-2015, 11:50 AM

CAUSE NO. DF-14-20147
IN THE MATTER OF § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
THE MARRIAGE OF §
§
CRYSTAL DIONA MARTIN §
AND § 255TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
STEPHEN LUKE MARTIN §
§
AND IN THE INTEREST OF §
S.M.M. AND C.M.M., CHILDREN § DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES

TO: Crystal Diona Martin, by and through her attorney of record, Lisa G. Garza, Law Office
of Lisa G. Garza, P.C., 10670 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, Box 3, Dallas, Texas
75231

COMES NOW Stephen Luke Martin, Respondent in the above-entitled and numbered
cause, and serves these Objections and Answers to Petitioner’s First Set of Interrogatories.
Respectfully submitted,
LAW OFFICE OF WESLEY C JOHNSON
______________________________________
WESLEY C JOHNSON
State Bar No. 10803800
3960 Broadway Boulevard, Suite 220V
Garland, Texas 75043
214-328-9378
214-550-0297 (fax)
wes@wesleyjohnsonlawyer.com
ATTORNEY FOR RESPONDENT

RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 1
Donna Hall
FILED
DALLAS COUNTY
7/30/2015 9:33:38 AM
FELICIA PITRE
DISTRICT CLERK
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify on the 24th day of July 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been
forwarded via:
XX E-Serve
________ Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested
________ Regular US Mail
________ Facsimile
________ Hand Delivery
________ Other
to the following:
Lisa G. Garza
Law Office of Lisa G. Garza lgarza@lisaggarzafamilylaw.com
10670 N. Central Expressway
Suite 210, Box 3
Dallas, Texas 75231
_______________________________________
WESLEY C JOHNSON

RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 2
OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS
INTERROGATORY NO. 1: State where you have resided since August 17, 2007, by providing
the following:
a. the complete address of each residence address;
b. the dates you resided at that residence; and
c. the name, address, and telephone number of all individual(s) who resided with
you during each relevant time period, if any.
ANSWER:
Address Dates of Residency Individuals residing
10647 Galeena
Dallas, Texas 75226
2005 - 2007 Crystal Martin

3226 Weathervane
Dallas, Texas 75226
2007 - 2009 Crystal Martin, Stephen Max
Martin

5209 Burlingame
Garland, Texas 75043
02/2009 thru
10/2009
Crystal Martin, Stephen Max
Martin, Victoria, and Matthew
Martin

4501 Tarry
Garland, Texas 75043
10/2009 thru
10/2014
Crystal Martin, Stephen Martin,
Charles Martin

5209 Burlingame
Garland, Texas 75043
10/2014 thru Present Victoria Martin

INTERROGATORY NO. 2: If you contend that the children’s well-being is compromised
while in the possession of Crystal Diona Martin, state in general the legal theories and factual
bases that are relevent to your contention.
ANSWER:
Respondent believes the children’s well-being is compromised because Emily Lubrick is
present at Diane’s house constantly, and because Diane is a hoarder and keeps trash and
most items unless it is thrown away while she is not home. Respondent also believes
Crystal’s boyfriend, David Hardin spends too much time in the children’s presence.

INTERROGATORY NO. 3: If you intend to contend that Crystal Diona Martin is at fault in the
breakup of the marriage, please state the following:
a. In regard to Crystal Diona Martin’s fault in the breakup of the marriage
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 3
contention, please identify each act of alleged fault;
b. In regard to Crystal Diona Martin’s fault in the breakup of the marriage
contention, please state the date and location of each alleged act of fault; and
c. In regard to Crystal Diona Martin’s fault in the breakup of the marriage
contention, please state each fact you contend supports the allegation(s) of fault.
ANSWER:
Objection. Respondent objects to Interrogatory No. 3 because it establishes Petitioner has
not read Respondent’s pleadings.

INTERROGATORY NO. 4: For each item of property (tangible or intangible) owned by the
community estate or the separate estate of either party, state:
a. a description of the property;
b. the percentage that each estate (that is, the community estate, your separate estate,
and your spouse’s separate estate) owns the property;
c. the value of the property; and
d. in general, the legal theories and factual bases that support your contention about
the character and value of the property.
ANSWER:
Description Ownership Value d.
2000 Dodge Durango
(not running)
100% husband $300.00 premarital property
2007 Ford Expedition community property $5,341.00
owe $7,680.00
in Husband’s name but
community property
Misc. jewelry unknown gifts to wife
Painting 100% wife unknown premarital property
Japanese knife 100% husband unknown gift to husband
Small items in garage 100% wife unknown
Christmas village 100% husband unknown premarital property
Christmas tree skirt 100% husband unknown gift from husband’s
mother to husband
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 4
Description Ownership Value d.
Crystal punch bowl
(family heirloom)
husband’s mother unknown borrowed and never
returned to mother-inlaw
Black crushed velvet
stuffed bear
100% husband unknown gift to husband from
his father
Rottweiler (Gizzy) community property $500.00 purchased during
marriage
Golden Doodle (Buddy) community property $650.00 purchased during
marriage

INTERROGATORY NO. 5: List your sources of income and the approximate income generated from
each, including but not limited to all compensation generated from: self-employment; Go Fund Me or
similar type websites; social security benefits; earnings; and worker’s compensation benefits.
ANSWER:
AutoZone, $333 weekly; Octapharma, $75 weekly; GoFundMe, $20 one-time only.

INTERROGATORY NO. 6: For each sum of money owed by the community estate or the separate
estate of either party to any person or entity, state:
a. a description of the debt, including the identity and location of the creditor(s);
b. the percentage that each estate (that is, the community estate, your separate estate, and
your spouse’s separate estate) is responsible fo the payment of the debt;
c. the current balance of the debt;
d. the balance of the debt on date of marriage;
e. whether the debt was refinanced during the marriage;
f. a description of each item of property that secures the debt, if any;
g. the purpose(s) for which the debt was incurred; and
h. in general, the legal theories and factual bases that support your contention about the
character of the debt and the purpose(s) for which the debt was incurred.
ANSWER:
1. Richard McKinny, judgment, $2,450.00;
2. Nguyen, judgment, $1,250.00;
3. Dosey Lewis, judgment, $3,500.00;
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 5
4. Miller, Donnie, judgment, $2,500.00;
5. Jim Wiant, loan, $5,000;
6. Carolyn Wiant, loan, $2,500.00;
7. Theresa Gray, loan, $8,000.00;
8. Mortgage, $97,000.00

INTERROGATORY NO. 7: State each item of property that the court should award to you and each
debt or obligation (including guarantees, contingent liabilities, and debts secured by property) for which
the court should require you to be responsible.
ANSWER:
Black crushed velvet bear; crystal punch bowl; Expedition; Christmas village and skirt.
Respondent accepts all debts identified above, except mortgage debt for which he will accept 50
percent of the debt.

INTERROGATORY NO. 8: If you or your business has maintained any accounts with any financial
institutions, including Pay Pal accounts, since August 17, 2007, for each account state:
a. the identity and location of the financial institution;
b. the style and number of the account;
c. the identity and location of all authorized signatories;
d. the disposition of the account; and
e. the current balance.
ANSWER:
Chase Bank, business, unknown, Crystal Martin, closed, account in negative.

INTERROGATORY NO. 9: Identify all persons other than Crystal Diona Martin with whom you have
engaged in sexual intercourse or had other sexual contact, to include, but not be limited to fondling,
sexual stimulation, or intimacy, to also include, and not be limited to, sexual stimulation or intimacy
performed online via the computer or telephone, for the period of time from August 17, 2007, to the
present time, together with dates and places of each such occurrence.
ANSWER:
To the best of Respondent’s recollection: Jennifer Sloane 4/??/2014 at 4501 Tarry, Garland,
Texas 75043; currently dating Amy Smiley beginning 6/24/2015.

INTERROGATORY NO. 10: If you or your business has employed any employee, whether as a
regular employee or on a contract or consulting basis, since August 17, 2007, for each instance state:
a. the identity and location of the person or entity;
b. the period employed;
c. the services performed; and
d. the compensation received by that employee.
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 6
ANSWER:
Frankie (unknown last name), three months in maybe 2013, roofing sales, $4,300.

INTERROGATORY NO. 11: If the court orders you to pay child support, state the monthly amount of
support the court should order you to pay, and state in general the legal theories and factual bases that
support your contention.
ANSWER:
The court should apply the guidelines of the Texas Family Code.

INTERROGATORY NO. 12: If the court requires your periods of possession or access be supervised,
state your contention of how that supervised possession or access should be conducted (including the
payment of the cost of any supervisor) and state in general the legal theories and factual bases that
support your contention.
ANSWER:
The court should not order supervised possession or access.

INTERROGATORY NO. 13: State the name of any supervisor that you would request to supervise
your possession or access to the children, the address and contact information regarding such proposed
supervisor, the qualifications of such supervisor to serve in the capacity of supervising your possession
and access to the children, and all the reasons why having such supervisor would be in the best interest of
the children, if supervised possession and access is ordered by the court.
ANSWER:
See Respondent’s answer to Interrogatory 12.

INTERROGATORY NO. 14: State whether or not you have any biological children, other than the
children subject to this suit, and for each child state the identify and location, birth date, social security
number, and, if applicable, whether you have a court-ordered duty to support that child and the court of
continuing jurisdiction for that child.
ANSWER:
No.

INTERROGATORY NO. 15: If you contend that you have acted in the best interest of the children
since October 22, 2008, state in general the legal theories and factual bases that are relevant to your
contention.
ANSWER:
Respondent loves his children.
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 7

INTERROGATORY NO. 16: Identify and describe each asset that you have pawned or sold to Pawn
Super Store located at 484 W. Interstate 30, Garland, Texas 75043 at any time from August 17, 2007.
This request includes anything of value, including, without limitation, personal property, coins jewelry,
gold, DVDs, CDs, games, electronics, tools, collectibles, and other household items.
ANSWER:
See Respondent’s responses to Petitioner’s Request for Production to Respondent.

INTERROGATORY NO. 17: If you have any concerns about Crystal Diona Martin’s parenting
skills, identify each separate concern that you have, and state all the factual basis for such concern,
including what happened, and the approximate date and location of that event, and the name of every
person who was present.
ANSWER:
See Respondent’s answer to Interrogatory No. 2. Respondent further states that Petitioner loses
her temper fairly quickly and will yell at the children, has berated Respondent in front of the
children multiple times over the years, and has utilized inappropriate corporeal punishment.
Witnesses include Victoria Martin, Theresa Martin, Steven Cummings, and Diane Cummings.

INTERROGATORY NO. 18: If you have any concerns about Steven Max Cummings providing child
care for the subject children, identify each separate concern that you have, and state all the factual basis
for such concern, including what happened, and the approximate date and location of that event and the
name of every person who was present.
ANSWER:
Respondent has a recording of Steven Cummings telling the children they are going to be
spanked for their behavior and then later in the recording he threatens to spank them if they do
not behave. Respondent does not believe threats of physical force should be used to make a child
behave, nor does he think it appropriate to threaten them in this way when a court order is in
place forbidding spanking.

INTERROGATORY NO. 19: Do you think the Judge should be concerned about your criminal
history? If your answer is “No,” then please explain the Judge should not be concerned about your
criminal history.
ANSWER:
Respondent has complied with the punishment sentenced by the State of Texas; he has paid for
his decisions as ordered.

INTERROGATORY NO. 20: Do you think the Judge should be concerned about the volume of
business related complaints made against you? If your answer is “No,” then please explain why the Judge
should not be concerned about the volume of business complaints and lawsuits filed against you?
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 8
ANSWER:
No; complaints are complaints, not moral judgments.

INTERROGATORY NO. 21: Do you think the Judge should be concerned about the volume of
business related lawsuits filed against you?· If your answer is “No,” then please explain why the Judge
should not be concerned about the volume of business related lawsuits filed against you?
ANSWER:
Please see Respondent’s answer to Interrogatory No. 20.

INTERROGATORY NO. 22: If you or your business has any judgments or liens, for each judgment or
lien state:
a. description of the judgment or lien;
b. the identity and location of the person or entity who filed the judgment or lien against
you or your business;
c. the amount of the judgment or lien; and
d. and the court of continuing jurisdiction, if any.
ANSWER:
Please see Respondent’s answer to Interrogatory No. 6.

INTERROGATORY NO. 23: If you intend or may use impeachment evidence at trial or at any
hearing in this suit concerning any person listed by a party as having knowledge of relevant facts or
concerning any person listed by a party as a testifying expert, list each such person who may be
impeached along with the specific incident or crime and date of such incident or crime allegedly
committed by that person and/or identify and describe the impeachment evidence by which you intend to
or may impeach such person.
ANSWER:
Respondent does not possess any criminal impeachment evidence.

INTERROGATORY NO. 24: State the name, address, and telephone number of every person who is
expected to be called to testify at the trial of this lawsuit, including your experts.
ANSWER:
See persons with knowledge identified in Respondent’s Responses to Petitioner’s Request For
Disclosure.

INTERROGATORY NO. 25: For each incident where you reported Diane Cummings to GERMANIA
Insurance Company or to any police or taw enforcement agency, for any incident, including any incident
regarding stolen jewelry, state the reason for the contact, the date of contact, and a description of what
was reported.
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 9
ANSWER:
In January or February 2015, Respondent called Germania to ask about and report possible fraud
on Diane Cummings’ part since he was unable to find a theft report that was required to be filed
for an insurance claim regarding theft of jewelry from Mrs. Cummings’ house. Respondent was
informed that there was such a report and the date so that he could retrieve it from the Rowlett
Police Department.
RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
PETITIONER’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES - Page 10

Remember that I told David Arciniega, the Garland Soccer president, in the summer of 2014 that this director had a level II registered for life sex offender for a husband that accompanied her to every soccer activity as she doesn't drive. I warned him that the business that Crystal Martin and her husband owned had a F with the BBB (http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/roofing-contractors/luke-and-dad-construction-in-rowlett-tx-90388336/complaints) and that they were alleged to have bilked customers for thousands of dollars, destroyed properties and then abandoned numerous jobs. I warned him that they were tangled up in lawsuits and had more on the way. David Arciniega was told that Director Crystal was running around bragging that he was going to meet her and her husband to discuss construction jobs for GSA and that is was an obvious conflict of interest especially since there was no open bidding in progress. Arciniega insisted on keeping this dishonest director with a dangerous sex offender husband on the board. NTSSA said her husband could attend their children's games, but NTSSA and GSA should have removed her immediately to make sure he would no longer have access to rosters and other player records. That lying wench claimed her husband's criminal records were sealed and hard to get. I asked for them a full week after she claimed she had requested them. I was the first to request them according to the records department. I had certified copies in my hands in 3 days, which was long before she turned them over.

David Arciniega happily put children in danger and left a broke desperate and dishonest woman on the board. She was the U6 Boys Director and later the Publicity and Awards Director. I did the vast majority of her work as a U6 director and others had to cover for her in the Publicity and Awards position. She stopped attending meetings in October of 2014, but Arciniega insisted on keeping her until the election on June 2, 2015. Arciniega keeps do nothing and no show directors in what appears to be a desperate attempt for him to keep control over his rubber stamping, clueless board. Arciniega and NTSSA outing me to this dangerous offender and his wife could have put my family in great danger. NTSSA and Arciniega know there is much more to this story that I can't discuss as there are investigations underway in other agencies and still they kept that errant director.

The court papers confirm everything I had been saying plus show more judgments than I had found. And, I understand another lawsuit against Crystal and Luke Martin is on the way against them and their scam of a construction business as I have been in contact with other victims of their construction scam. Arciniega should know that part of the legal duties a director owes the charity (GSA) includes the duty of care which requires regular attendance at meetings and carrying out one's duties. So, Arciniega is violating state law by forcing GSA to keep these do nothing directors and by possibly influencing directors' votes and actions with his dangling carrots such as construction work. How much bad publicity is Arciniega going to keep generating??? Why is a certain director wanting to keep Mrs. Sex offender and be her support group???

No one should feel comfortable having their children in GSA until Arciniega is removed and all the issues that have plagued GSA are investigated. A new board under the supervision of NTSSA should be put in and monitored.

Soapboxmom

08-01-2015, 07:37 PM

North Texas Soccer Association is now open territory. What a thrill to pass this clarification on to the coaches!

Soccer in NTSSA Open Territory / Register Wherever You Wish!

Richardson Soccer Association:

https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=38026&Type=PLAYER

Important update on player releases!

This year, the North Texas State Soccer Association (NTSSA) members approved changes to the release rules for players.

Member Associations may no longer deny the release of a player to another Member Association
Member Associations may no longer charge a player to be released to register in another Member Association.
This rule applies specifically to recreational registration including Academy (Academy forms are still required)

If you do not live in the city of Richardson, please use the "Sign Up Now" button above to register to play with RSA first! After that, use the following link to complete the on-line release notification form using the login ID and password you used when you registered. https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=1215

This form is informational only and does not require any approval before you register with us. Once you've completed the release form you're all ready to play with RSA!
Registration Dates and Deadlines:

Early registration (on-line only): May 27th - July 31st
* On-line fees already reflect $5.00 discount
Regular Registration: August 1st - August 15th
* Normal registration fees
* Office hours begin on August 1st, 2015
Late Registration: August 16th - August 23rd
* Late fee of $10.00 and no guarantee of returning to the same team
Wait List: Starts August 24th
* Late fee of $10.00 and no guarantee of placement on a team
NOTE: Late fees do not apply to high school ages

Mesquite Soccer Association:

Mesquite: https://www.leaguelineup.com/formpreview.asp?sid=1001270148&url=mesquitesoccer&FormID=45442

Why you should have a choice:
http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index6.html#post87618

Thanks,
Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

David Arciniega can no longer hold Garland players hostage!

Soapboxmom

08-02-2015, 05:24 PM

https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=1215

North Texas Soccer Association
Rec. Player Member Association Change Notification

Recreational Player Member Association Change NotificationNorth Texas Soccer encourages players to register with their local association. However, if for some reason you would prefer to register in another North Texas Soccer member association, please fill out and submit this form. If you do not have a GotSoccer player account, select "none" to begin the process. We hope you have a great soccer experience!

4.3 Registration of Player with Member Association
Players must register to play soccer with a Member Association. Upon request, no Member Association is permitted to deny a Player Release to an individual player. No fee may be associated with an approved Player Release unless such player is being released outside of North Texas Soccer. Only the receiving Member Association will register the player. A Member Association may not actively recruit players from outside of their defined territory.

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Soapboxmom

08-03-2015, 12:19 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:32 PM
To: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject: NTSSA Jurisdiction Over Garland Soccer Association

Dear Mr. Sutter,

I have taken the liberty of forwarding to you a working copy of a grievance I am considering filing with NTSSA. Coaches and Directors have made numerous attempts to get help from NTSSA. In Garland Soccer Association we are seeing numerous and blatant by-law, protocol and procedure infractions occurring. We have filed complaints and grievances with NTSSA and no discernible action has been taken. There have been no investigations or hearings on the pertinent issues raised.

Now, we are in the middle of possible felony theft and / or fraud to the tune of over $8,000.00 that we know of, and once again it seems no proper action is being taken by NTSSA. Would you be kind enough to review my petition for NTSSA and US Youth Soccer Federation to exercise their proper jurisdiction over GSA?

Please find attached the petition and following the supporting documents.

<221 page attachment removed to protect privacy of youth players named in said document>

(https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8Getu8o3OQjOXdBLThHb2hjX1E/edit)
Thank you for your kind help.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director Garland Soccer Association
972 496-3649

Attachment follows:
I am writing to formally request that North Texas State Soccer Association exercise their proper jurisdiction over member association Garland Soccer Association (GSA.) I am asking for a thorough investigation and hearing on the matters set forth herein. Please see exhibit A.

GSA is dealing with a significant money loss. I am very concerned that decisions regarding that are being made without proper documentation. There is no verifiable documentation to substantiate what has actually happened to the funds in question. It is clearly a matter that should have been taken up with the authorities as several directors have stressed. This matter should also be reflected accurately in the minutes so the coaches are aware of the situation. NTSSA makes minutes available to members and I believe Garland Soccer should do so as well. Please see Exhibits B & D.
Proper protocol and procedures, as found in writing in our by-laws, are not being followed in the No Confidence vote on me. The copy of that petition submitted in writing must be sent out to the members within 14 days of receipt. It was presented to the board on August 5th and as of August 24th had not been mailed out. The coaches must receive it and vote on it no sooner than 14 days and no later than 21 days. The coaches received a notice of a No Confidence vote only 13 days before the meeting where the vote is supposed to take place. I must demand that this vote be stopped as it has not been handled according to the by-laws of Garland Soccer Association. When David Arciniega had a No Confidence vote petition submitted against him, Kim Verity presented it to the board with every allegation already refuted in lengthy detail. GSA is supposed to be fair and consistent, so I demand the same right of defense prepared before such a petition is presented to the board. Please see Exhibit D
The A & D process in GSA is clearly not working. There are frequent blatant misapplications of the by-laws and proper protocol and procedure. When I was brought up on charges I requested documents needed for my defense and GSA turned over nothing. A coach caught with an illegal player on November 10, 2012 did not get a hearing until February 21, 2013 just days before the next season was to start. Please see Exhibit C.
Directors cannot vote as they feel prudent for the good of the organization without facing retaliation and harassment. My job is to vote for the best candidates to serve the organization. My job is to vote on issues with loyalty and duty to the organization as my first priority. Directors are being coerced to vote the way David Arciniega and Kim Verity wish them to on candidates and issues. To be publicly chastised and put on a No Confidence vote for doing the right things for the organization is totally unacceptable. Coaches and now directors are being discouraged from filing appeals or going to NTSSA for information and help. To be publicly chastised and put on a No Confidence vote for doing the right things for the organization is totally unacceptable. The behavior in the board room is reprehensible. There is laughter, heckling, side conversations and an unwillingness to thoroughly discuss important issues. Some board members are finding it difficult or impossible to make motions, ask questions or be heard. Board members cannot fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in this environment. Please see Exhibit D
I advocated more open meetings and went to NTSSA for clarification. The sole meeting in the past year that had several coaches attend had one director angrily storm out as he didn’t want to welcome our members. As these guests waited outside the room they heard screaming and fists slamming on the table. There is no excuse for the atmosphere in these board meetings. Please see Exhibit E.
Coaches that come to the board for help are not always given an opportunity to present their concern to the board. The board often makes decisions on matters with no preparation or any documentation whatsoever. The vote relating to the large monetary loss was done without a shred of verifiable documentation as to the facts behind the missing funds. The decision to deny Kaeli Garcia a spot on her father’s team was made without him present and with no documentation of any kind. David Arciniega quoted the rule he believed applied and explained the rationale behind it was to prevent seasonal changes of coaches and stacking on teams. A quick check of records could have shown if there was any change of coaches on a seasonal basis. With the player pool automated how can stacking occur? Please see Exhibit F.
New board members coming in get no orientation or training of any kind. We are, as one new board member put it, left to fail. No training on the software system was offered and there was no opportunity for us to have our many concerns about it addressed. Please see Exhibit G.
David Arciniega is now insisting to me that he never filed charges against me for the coach that took over my U12 boys team having his son placed on the team. Arciniega wants to have it both ways. He filed the charges and Kim Verity prosecuted them in a manner that totally violated the by-laws and protocol and procedures in place as he ordered her to do. When the hearing was over, he and Kim Verity decided not to send out the determination letter as prescribed in the by-laws. That was their trick to try and stop me from appealing. Again, this is totally dishonest and unethical. In fact, I was placed as the head coach of that very existing U12 boys team and my son was placed on the team with no questions asked. So, Kaeli Garcia being denied a spot and the U12 director and I being brought up on charges for turning that same existing team I coached over to another coach (after my son had to retire due to a chronic medical condition), shows just how inconsistent and unfair Garland Soccer’s practices are. It was 4 weeks into the season and that coach and his wife were never notified that the placement of their son on the team was at issue in that board hearing. They had an absolute right to know their child could be removed from the team and to be invited to that hearing. Please see Exhibit H.
Garland Soccer was rocked by accusations of a coach raping players in fall 2012. I advocated creating Coaches and Parents Handbooks and making a concerted effort to educate our coaches and parents about ways to reduce the risk of children being victimized and my efforts were completely thwarted. "We're going to get to the bottom of it and we're going to do what it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again," Kimberly Verity, vice president of the Garland Soccer Association, told WFAA. "We want to do everything we can to protect our children. That's what we take pride in." Verity told another local news channel that “we’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,“ but nothing has been done in response to that horrific situation that I am aware of. It like many other things has been swept under the rug and forgotten. Please see Exhibit I.
GSA has no whistleblower policy is in place for volunteers though NTSSA has one and lists it on the proper IRS forms. Thus, when I took the appropriate actions to protect the organization and myself, I was once again harassed, intimidated and then put up for a No Confidence vote. I want NTSSA to step in and exercise its proper jurisdiction. I want to work this out amicably and quietly, but if this financial fraud isn’t thoroughly investigated and No Confidence vote is allowed to go through the glaring problems in GSA will be public. I will then have no choice but to defend myself publicly against these allegations. Certainly, none of us want this to end up as fodder for the media. Most importantly, I want to protect the interests of GSA, but I also have my reputation as a volunteer consumer advocate and administrator for an anti-scam website to protect. I will not rest until this possibly felonious financial situation is thoroughly investigated and properly documented. If NTSSA is not willing to step in then I will have no alternative but to consider legal action to protect my good name.

Sincerely,
Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649

I did everything possible to get North Texas State Soccer (NTSSA) and US Youth to follow their own by-laws and step in and investigate. Now, tragically the fight to clean up Garland Soccer is public. Thankfully, the new rule change will allow all the players and families to pick out an alternative to Garland by next season. The online release form just became available after registration in most associations had closed. Luckily, Richardson registers (https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=38026&Type=PLAYER) for several more weeks.

Soapboxmom

08-06-2015, 04:57 PM

From:Disgruntled Coach
To: "majorleague@garlandsoccer.com" <majorleague@garlandsoccer.com>
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Schedule Request for All Major League Teams Deadline
Don,

I left a message with Rosemary in the office and am sending you this notice now that I am stepping down as head coach for the ......team.....

I also want to express my disappointment in GSA last season. Last season GSA held a hearing regarding the placement of my son on this team without informing me which I thought was very inconsiderate. Also the disorganization of the association, roster delays, etc made it difficult to get the team together before the season started.

I'm also disappointed in the parents' involvement. Many of them don't bring their kids to practice & there is usually no communication whether they'll be at practices or games. Therefore I didn't know what positions to play some kids, didn't know their names, etc. The kids that don't show up for practice hurt the whole team since they don't know how to play their positions or work with their team members. They don't show the commitment it takes to be successful.

GSA has issues they need to get resolved or there registration #'s will continue to go down and other associations will not want to work with GSA due to the difficulties they have had in the past.

Thanks,
Disgruntled Coach
How many more must complain before Arciniega is removed and the problems handled??? Arciniega was behind the phony charges for this coach's son being placed on his team and for the son's placement being decided at a hearing that this coach was not properly informed about. The coach only found out that his son's placement was in jeopardy when I came to practice in tears as the team's manager and said I was being brought up on charges because the son was placed on his own father's team. Arciniega is just plain dirty!

David Arciniega totally brainwashed the rubber stampers on the board. He did nothing to alert them to their fiduciary duties and everything to keep them uninformed and under his thumb:

From: Juan Ramirez <jcrv17@gmail.com>
Date: March 2, 2013 7:45:04 AM CST
To: "U12director@garlandsoccer.com" <U12director@garlandsoccer.com>
Subject: Re: GSA Board meeting March 4
Rachel,
This meeting is a Board members meeting not a coaches or member meeting.

Juan Ramirez

On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:59 PM, U12director@garlandsoccer.com wrote:

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Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Hello Coaches Reminder GSA Board March 4 -Monday at GSA office 7pm 1917. Apollo rd. Garland Be involved Come. See how the GSA Board representing you

Arciniega is doing everything possible to keep meetings secret and then scare the coaches into submission at the general coaches' meetings. Will Arciniega have police at the September meeting for fear I will show up and try to speak or the coaches will dare to ask a question or speak up? Dictatorship by intimidation in kids soccer!

Soapboxmom

08-09-2015, 11:00 AM

Keila Arroyo (https://plus.google.com/u/0/108902193240030719637/reviews?hl=en&gl=us)
in the last week-
I would rate it lower, but sadly I can't. This league is the worst one I've ever seen. The directors always manage to do things at their own convenience. They have teams in certain age groups and always tend to "win" when going against other teams when the fouls and calls are clearly wrong. You can't even cheer your team on, or they instantly take it as an insult. And don't even get me started on the refs! You can't even tell/ ask them why it wasn't/ was a foul or they immediately give you a red card and suspend you from assisting any games. And also, do they not keep up with the people they hire?! It's already been two cases of sexually abusing kids from their behalf, that's sad that they feel the need to molest little innocent kids in that way. Honestly THE worst soccer league association ever. I wouldn't recommend you putting your kids in this place. It's garbage & unacceptable. They have seriously ruined the great game of soccer.

Soapboxmom

08-09-2015, 01:59 PM

https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/06/03/youth-soccer-case-missing/wK1C1sL53EwTjOorVae7mM/story.html

Vermilya has been accused by Framingham United of stealing the missing money, which a review by a forensic accounting firm last month finally put at just over $195,000. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office is investigating.............CHRIS COLE, AN EXPERT IN not-for-profits at the American Institute of CPAs, says this kind of by-default recruiting happens a lot. Many leaders in nonprofit organizations do not have financial training, a problem he says has intensified as the number of nonprofits has grown in the past decade. Cole is sympathetic to the plight of organizations run entirely by volunteers — he is the treasurer for a youth baseball organization in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Cole and other finance professionals stress that organizations should be wary if someone volunteers to take up a position that deals with money. They recommend buying insurance to help mitigate the kinds of losses suffered by Framingham United.

Many mistakenly think that they are protected if an accountant files their tax returns and completes an audit. “The purpose of the audit is not to find fraud. It’s to determine that the financial statements are materially correct,” Cole says. There’s even less protection when you pay someone to complete your tax returns; he or she isn’t certifying that your income is what you report it is, just that, based on the information you provided, the forms are filled out properly.
It often takes a loss to get an organization to put the proper safeguards into place......Emalie Gainey, spokeswoman for Attorney General Maura Healey, explains in an e-mail that a situation like Framingham’s not only harms a particular club or team in the short term, “it also undermines the public’s trust in these organizations.”The breach of trust is often as difficult to deal with as the financial losses, as other volunteers feel violated and used......“putting in jeopardy the program that runs soccer for 1,200 kids in town.”
When is David Arciniega going to be forced to properly document the over 8 grand of "missing money?" Why is David Arciniega allowed to keep numerous documents secret from the board of directors and also completely shut down the members of this youth soccer organization charity? Regular audits are not designed to catch fraud, therefor I demand that a forensic audit be done and all documents be made public as the parents and players should not have to worry about their money being safe. Transparency for charities is necessary. When will this shroud of secrecy end? Where are the safeguards?

The board is imploding over this controversy and the numbers will continue to drop like a rock with this ongoing scandal. When are US Youth and North Texas State Soccer going to provide proper oversight and follow their own by-laws and investigate this David Arciniega dictatorship disaster?

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/

Soapboxmom

08-09-2015, 07:10 PM

Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption | OPA | Department of Justice (http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and)

That is exactly why David Arciniega and Garland Soccer should be thoroughly investigated!

Soapboxmom

08-11-2015, 11:34 AM

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The forum:
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David Arciniega was warned in September 2014 that Director Crystal Martin, the U6 Boys and Publicity and Awards Director (until June 2, 2015) is married to a registered level II sex offender with a child victim. She didn't drive and these perverts came to all soccer activities and were around the kids at the fields, library, field house, hotel and everywhere this disturbed director went. The sex offender 24500 was seen handling rosters and other records and could have had access to all the player records in Jevin through his wife.

This director bragged that David Arciniega was going to meet them to discuss construction work for Garland Soccer when no bids were in progress. I warned Arciniega in September that they had an F with the BBB and had allegedly bilked customers out of thousands of dollars and abandoned jobs often after doing thousands in damage. David Arciniega insisted on keeping this director of almost 2 years for another 9 months until the June 2, 2015 election though she was not doing her job nor attending meetings. Arciniega routinely keeps directors that are derelict of duty and miss the majority of the meetings. That clearly violates state law. Arciniega deliberately put the kids at risk after being told by several directors that she should be asked to resign immediately.

David Arciniega knew about her serious personal issues. Why would she be serving on the board with her husband chauffeuring her everywhere when their house was in foreclosure twice while she was in office and they couldn't pay their bills? Who would want these perverts anywhere near their kids? Parents should be very afraid! Who in their right mind would register to play soccer in Garland with Arciniega in charge? Arciniega should have been removed immediately for his role in this scandal!

Soapboxmom

08-11-2015, 12:46 PM

David Arciniega insisted on keeping the director married to this the creep that solicited a minor for rape. The sex offfender was at every soccer activity with his director wife that couldn't drive. Garland Soccer is in crisis!116761167511674

Soapboxmom

08-11-2015, 12:53 PM

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Soapboxmom

08-11-2015, 01:07 PM

I went to NTSSA about this dangerous offender 24500 and to the proper authorities about other issues these court documents illustrate. Notice the pervert did not claim the losses from the 2014 fire. I think we can all guess why he might not report that. David Arciniega told the coaches and the board that Crystal martin had personal issues and drama. Piney Burch-Walser, the VP, wanted GSA to be her support group. I was blamed for harassing Martin.

I did the right thing and cooperated with the authorities and reported her husband to NTSSA. That got me harassed and intimidated by Arciniega. His goal was to keep these perverts around. Arciniega had no interest in protecting the kids as I was desperately trying to do.

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Soapboxmom

08-14-2015, 01:37 PM

I received a report that someone that is employed by GSA was suspected of mishandling (read possibly stealing) money not once, but twice. That should spark a full investigation. Neither the money or the kids are safe with the gross mismanagement by David Arciniega.

I told Arciniega in September of 2014 that Crystal Martin and her sex offender husband had an F with the BBB, lawsuits, tax liens on the business, had almost lost their home to foreclosure etc. To keep someone married to a level II registered sex offender that can't drive that is also in desperate financial straights is totally unethical. GSA's kids and money are not safe due to Arciniega's total disregard for state law and good business practices.

The court papers confirm everything I told Arciniega last fall. There was no excuse for keeping this disturbed director and her dangerous offender husband involved in a youth sports charity.

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Notice the sex offender has pawned thousands of dollars worth of stuff for years and some of it is on police hold. Why would Arciniega insists on keeping a director like this?

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Soapboxmom

08-15-2015, 09:24 AM

http://www.ayso.org/Assets/Training/Instructors/Safe+Haven/602+AYSO$!27s+Safe+Haven.pptx

AYSO addresses child safety in all aspects especially keeping kids safe from sexual predators. Garland Soccer, though its kids have been victimized, continues to do absolutely nothing to address these many issues. David Arciniega blocked every attempt I made to establish such policies and procedures and refuses to educate coaches and parents about any of these vital issues. Time to leave North Texas and go with a reputable organization as they refuse to look out for the best interest of our kids!

Soapboxmom

08-15-2015, 04:59 PM

From: Piney Burch-Walser
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:20 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: More Info On Sex Offender

I am looking into this.

Piney

On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:45 PM, Heather Dobrott wrote:

24500

From: Responsible GSA Director
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 5:49 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Criminal Records

Not surprised either.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 2, 2014, at 2:11 PM, "Heather Dobrott" <hdobrott@gmail.com> wrote:
Big surprise. When I talked to the nice lady that worked in the records dungeon she confirmed that the records had not been requested by anyone else. I am the first. I routinely publish records and have litigated that issue in my favor with the top lawyers in Dallas. They will be published when I deem appropriate. Now I am really steamed! [/rant]

Heather

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 1:59 PM
To: dcrecordscriminal@dallascounty.org
Subject: Criminal Records

Please pull all the criminal records for:

24500
DOB 6/18/1979

Please call me at 972 (redacted) to let me know that the records are available for viewing and copying.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 2:42 PM
To: 'Piney Burch-Walser'; 'David Messersmith'
Cc: 'David Arciniega'
Subject: RE: Criminal Records

Dear All,

Please find attached the certified copies of the criminal records for Stephen Luke Martin. Director Crystal Martin apparently claimed the records were old and hard to get. That is fiction. I had them in 3 business days and I requested them a full week after she was supposed to have done so. The records are not sealed as she is claiming and have never been sealed. These records are available for public inspection and copies can be purchased by anyone. Neither Crystal Martin, Judy Diane Cummings (her licensed attorney mother), Luke Martin nor anyone else ever requested the records. I am the first to request the records. So, the director’s claims that she was trying to get them are completely false.

I hope NTSSA will take action as this director is clearly not trustworthy and has put our children in danger. I prepared a No Confidence Vote to be used if North Texas has no avenues available to remove this errant director. Our first priority is the safety of our players.

Thanks for your attention to this vital matter.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
972 496-3649

From: Piney Burch-Walser [mailto:burchoutlaw@yahoo.com (burchoutlaw@yahoo.com)]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:29 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Criminal Records

I have all the public records. My initial investigation is complete. There is no immediate action to be taken in the matter of Luke Martin. When the sealed records are provided to me, North Texas will get them & take over from there. North Texas will receive the copies & they will be reviwing them. No copies will be kept in GSA, nor be viewed by myself.

Piney

On the matter of Crystal Martin, her status will be based on the North Texas decision.

No further action required.

Let North Texas do their job. The records are slow in coming as they were archived 3/2010.

On Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:58 PM, Heather Dobrott <hdobrott@gmail.com> wrote:

Please pull all the criminal records for:

Stephen Luke Martin
DOB 6/18/1979

Please call me at 972 (redacted) to let me know that the records are available for viewing and copying.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 12:27 PM
To: eswissler@aol.com; burch.outlaw@gmail.com; president@garlandsoccer.com; david@ntxsoccer.org
Subject: RE: Letter

Dear All,

I brought this matter up confidentially. Why are the Martins included in a letter with my name on it and with my e-mail address? Now, I am in a position of being in a hostile environment on this board. What happened to my right to privacy? Why would folks come to North Texas when things are handled in this manner?

Mr. Martin is a felon with a failing business. I am also a victim of his contracting business and have been talking to all my fellow victims. We are of necessity working to see this sex offender and incompetent contractor does not hurt anyone else. Luke and Dad Construction has an F with the BBB for a reason. Now, I am no longer anonymous and safe. Do I need to get my attorney involved or is Crystal Martin going to be politely shown the door before this gets to be an untenable situation?

Mr. Martin’s sex offender status 24500 is public record and there is no reason for that to be kept secret. Anyone who wishes to discuss that has no reason to be afraid to do so as discussing public record in no way violates Mr. Martin’s rights.

Please advise.

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649

From: eswissler@aol.com [mailto:eswissler@aol.com (eswissler@aol.com)]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 11:09 AM
To: hdobrott@gmail.com; slukemartin@gmail.com; burch.outlaw@gmail.com; president@garlandsoccer.com; david@ntxsoccer.org
Subject: Letter

Attached
If Piney Burch-Walser refused to view the public criminal records, then what in the hell did she investigate? Why is North Texas worried about the non-existent privacy rights of a registered level II sex offender that is registered for life? Those records are on sites all over the web with his hideous mug shot. The parents of all the other soccer players that could be in danger have a right to know. Our obligation should be to keep the kids safe. Since when was Garland Soccer supposed to be a support group for sex offenders and their dishonest, disturbed wives who can't drive? David Arciniega insisted on keeping this dubious director until June 2015. Arciniega should have been removed a long time ago as he is deliberately putting the kids in danger.

From: GSA Facility & Equipment Director
Date:10/16/2014 4:44 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: "Piney .Burch-Walser" , david arciniega , Sam Perry , Kathleen Robinson , Robert Mayfield , angela bowen-hearn , Michelle Keramidas , Rachel Beltran , Donna Freeman , Don Shell
Subject: Re: Crystal

Dude! That's horrible. :(

I cannot be at Winters tonight.
On 10/16/2014 10:25 AM, Piney .Burch-Walser wrote:
I got a text this morning from Crystal. Her house has burnt to the ground, againn. She is meeting with the Fire Marshalls this afteroon. She had spent the night with her mother & her husband was chasing the dogs down (a section of their fence had come down). They are both in a daze, understandably, but I am willing to coordinate with messages from the Board. She does have her phone with acces to emails.

Piney
Notice that I am the only board member not included in the e-mail. The board was harassing me for trying to keep the sex offender and his director wife (who the husband claims is into BDSM) away from our kids. Retaliated against for doing the right things to keep the soccer players safe. I had gone to authorities about the first mysterious fire before the second mysterious fire. Perhaps, we need more honest law abiding citizens on the board and the Arciniega rubber stampers who harass those who make reports to law enforcement and demand that records be provided should be removed by NTSSA. This totally dirty and corrupt organization obviously can't function any longer and keep our children safe.

Soapboxmom

08-15-2015, 07:37 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 3:04 PM
To: 'Piney Burch-Walser'
Subject: RE: Criminal Records

Dear Piney,

Those public records show no other requests except for mine made in the attached e-mail. Record requests in Collin County show publicly online for each case. Dallas also records requests in their system I believe. So, as I am listed as the first to request those records, I doubt Crystal requested them. Either way, they are public and I will get them and purchase copies as I have done for years for older records. All the more current records are free online by just clicking on the links. Piles of pages are up for Bernardo Mandragon-Guzman, for instance.

I routinely publish court records and comment on them. One scammer foolishly decided to sue me for publishing the records for his losing suit against the BBB of Dallas. So, the head of the BBB Chris Burgess and I share the dubious honor of having been sued by serial scammer Tim Darnell of Allen,TX and both of us kicking his butt in Summary Judgment.

Those records Crystal claims she is retrieving for you are not sealed or I would not be able to get them. Who told you that they are sealed? And, again, why are we trusting the individual who sexually assaulted a child and / or his wife to turn over the complete records?

I was told there is likely an original indictment available, arrest record possibly and much more which is completely public. Anyone can view them and you can take home what you wish for a dollar a page (more if you want certified copies.) I will be reading and publishing those in the future as appropriate. If the Martins wished to stay private then they shouldn’t have botched numerous construction jobs or put her in a public high profile position with a youth organization. Sex Offender records are completely public for a reason!

Please know I support you 100%. I am very upset about this situation for obvious reasons. You do have the hardest job in GSA.

Thanks,

Heather

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:12 PM
To: 'Piney Burch-Walser'
Cc: 'David Messersmith'
Subject: Loitering Restrictions in Garland for Sex Offenders

Garland city ordinance includes a loitering restriction on registered sex offenders. So, sex offender Martin can come to a game with his child. If his children are not present he cannot be anywhere near our fields or public meetings period. He has violated this numerous times as he drives his wife around and hangs around our children everywhere she goes

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott

Secs. 26.21–26.29 Reserved
ARTICLE III. LOITERING RESTRICTIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS* (http://z2.franklinlegal.net/franklin/DocViewer.jsp?docid=28&z2collection=garland&showInToc=false)

Sec. 26.30 Definitions
In this article:
(1) Loiter means:
(a) To enter and remain in a prohibited area, whether or not the person is in a vehicle, for a time period of greater than five minutes;
(b) To repeatedly enter a prohibited area, whether or not the person is in a vehicle, more than two (2) times in twenty-four hours; or
(c) To remain in a prohibited area after being asked to leave by a person in authority.
(2) Minor, child, or children means a person or persons younger than seventeen (17) years of age.
(3) Permanent residence means a place where a person abides, lodges, or resides for fourteen (14) or more consecutive days.
(4) Person in authority means the owner, a person authorized by the owner, or a person with apparent authority to act for the owner. With respect to public property and for the purposes of this article, a police officer is considered to be authorized by the owner to demand a sex offender to leave a prohibited area.
(5) Prohibited area means a public park, a public or private school, a public or private sporting facility substantially catering to minors, a public or private playground, an amusement arcade for children, a day-care center for children, or any other similar place where, due to the activity provided at that place, children are intended to gather.
(6) Public park means any park listed in section 25.04 (http://z2.franklinlegal.net/franklin/DocViewer.jsp?docid=26&z2collection=garland#JD_25.04) of this Code.
(7) School means any public or private school that has a curriculum for kindergarten, elementary, secondary, or high school education and that exists apart from a child’s home.
(8) Sex offender means a person who is required to register under article 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure involving a reportable conviction or adjudication as defined in article 62.001(5), Tex. Code Crim. Pro., in which a victim of the reportable conviction or adjudication was a minor.
(9) Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sex Offender Database or the “Database” means any public access website officially posted by the state department of public safety, as required by law, and intended as notification to the public of the presence of registered sex offenders, currently addressed as 404 - File or directory not found. (http://records.txdps.state.tx.us/soSearch).
(Ordinance 6190, sec. 1, adopted 1/22/08; Ordinance 6222, sec. 1, adopted 4/15/08)
file:///C:\Users\Heather\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\0 1\clip_image002.jpg Sec. 26.31 Unlawful loitering
(A) It shall be unlawful for a sex offender to loiter within a prohibited area or within 500 feet of any prohibited area at any time that a minor is present within the prohibited area.
(B) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution if the sex offender:
(1) Already has and maintains a permanent residence within 500 feet of the prohibited area or is incarcerated within 500 feet of a prohibited area while the sex offender is on the premises of that permanent residence on the premises of the place of incarceration;
(2) Is a parent or guardian of a child who is, at the time of the violation, in the prohibited area with that parent or guardian and a court of competent jurisdiction has not issued an order restricting the sex offender’s access to or presence near the child;
(3) Is enrolled in the school that constitutes the prohibited area;
(4) Had prior written permission to be in the prohibited area from a person in authority;
(5) Is in active transit in a motor vehicle on a public street that was a direct route between two locations at which the person had legitimate business;
(6) Was a minor when he or she committed the offense requiring registration as a sex offender and was not convicted as an adult;
(7) The person required to register on the database is a minor; or
(8) The information on the database is incorrect, and, if corrected, this section would not apply to the person who was erroneously listed on the database.
(C) Presumptions; measurements.
(1) It shall be prima facie evidence that this section applies to a person if that person’s records appear on the database and the database indicates that the victim was a minor.
(2) For the purposes of determining the minimum distance separations required under this section, measurements shall be taken by following a straight line from the outer property line of the prohibited area.
(Ordinance 6190, sec. 1, adopted 1/22/08)

So, David Arciniega keeping that director on the board clearly violates the law and the GSA by-laws as well. No coach can see a roster until the background check is passed. Why is Mr. Sex Offender (full-time chauffeur) 24503 handling records and around kids when it is clearly against the law and a danger to our kids? Do Arciniega and NTSSA simply have no respect for the law and no interest in doing what is prudent to keep kids safe???

Soapboxmom

08-16-2015, 01:21 PM

From: John Sutter [mailto:john.sutter@CoVerica.com (john.sutter@CoVerica.com)]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:32 PM
To: 'Heather'
Cc: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; 'egill@usyouthsoccer.org'; Chris Moore (cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org); 'Rob Martella'; 'Todd Roby | US Youth Soccer'; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; 'squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Dear Ms. Dobrott:

I apologize for the delay in responding to your initial email.

As the traditional application of the Bylaw you cited has previously been used almost exclusively in response to filed criminal actions, we are currently evaluating the civil suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega for Bylaw applicability and jurisdiction.

As we do not have a corporate General Counsel, I ask your indulgence for the time involved in our review process.
I expect the review to conclude in the very near future.

Sincerely,

John

John Sutter
Chairman
US Youth Soccer

972-490-2226 | Tel
972-490-2255 | Fax
jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org
www.usyouthsoccer.org (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org)

From: Heather
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:04 PM
To: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; egill@ysyouthsoccer.org; cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org; rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org; troby@usyouthsoccer.org; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org; ssnow@usyouthsoccer.org; jparker@usyouthsoccer.org; nnottke@usyouthsoccer.org; chouseknecht@usyouthsoccer.org; mfreitag@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

The courtesy of a reply would be very much appreciated.

From: Soapboxmom [mailto:soapboxmom@hotmail.com (soapboxmom@hotmail.com)]
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:42 AM
To: 'jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'egill@ysyouthsoccer.org'; 'cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'troby@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Please find following links to US Youth Soccer By-laws that pertain to litigation and terminations and the suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega. Please accept this as my formal request for U.S. Youth Soccer to take action in regard to Mr. Arciniega in accordance with said by-laws.

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/#post83070

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com
When is US Youth going to complete its review / investigation and issue a written decision??? As I said, soccer is corrupt from top to bottom!

Soapboxmom

08-16-2015, 01:31 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 10:26 AM
To: 'John Sutter'
Subject: FW: Jevin

Dear John,

Please read from the bottom up. Please note GSA has paid Jevin 10% for years when in fact Jevin charges on a sliding scale and this much smaller club has only paid 8%. This individual who answered me is a certified public accountant. She also posted part of her answer online:

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/#post86950

When is this investigation going to be completed? Garland Soccer has been in crisis for some time and despite directors and coaches asking questions, filing grievances, filing appeals and begging for NTSSA to take jurisdiction over this totally corrupt organization, almost nothing has been done. Though the NTSSA by-laws promise prompt resolution, I have yet to see and substantive response.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott

From: Heather Byers
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:00 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Jevin

Heather-

I don't mind. All 501(c)(3) organizations should have full transparency as far as I am concerned. The parents and children are entrusting volunteers with their money and it should be their obligation to ensure that it is appropriately spent.

Thanks,
Heather

Heather Byers
Treasurer, Player Agent, Information Officer
Pleasant Hill Little League
iPage (http://www.phbaseball.org/)
Like us on Facebook: PleasantHillLittleLeagueBaseball (https://www.facebook.com/PleasantHillLittleLeagueBaseball) for updates on scheduling, league activities and weather cancellations

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Heather Dobrott <Heather Dobrott> wrote:
Thank you. I will forward this just to our fraud investigator board member and the president of US Youth Soccer if you don’t object. I want public meetings and full transparency for Garland Soccer. I filed suit against David Arciniega due to all this. I will spare you the long story about a board member that can’t drive and has a registered for life level 2 sex offender husband for her chauffeur. They are all my kids and I will do everything to protect them and their money.

Thanks again!

From: Heather Byers
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:48 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Jevin

Heather-

As a 501(c)(3) organization, the president, treasurer and office administrator should have a full disclosure policy. (i.e. any member of the board, should, at any time, be able to see all bank statements and any other financial records).

Under reports in Jevin you can see the bank reconciliation and that is where you would be able to tell what the percentage is that Jevin charges. Their fee is actually 8% and has been for some time. The 10% could be a cover up for how Arciniega was siphoning off funds. If there was supposed to be $10,000 deposited and Jevin took 8%, what would go into your bank account would be $9,200. Arciniega could then take $200 out as the additional fee and personally pocket it.

It is dangerous to not require the bank statements to always be open and available to the full board at any time. Our little league has a book that is passed around at every meeting. It has the financials, the bank statements and copies of all checks written with receipts. If at any point, any member of my board were to question something it would be my responsibility to be able to prove out every number on that financial statement.

Since you are no longer on the board, it would need to be a current board member but at some point the board should make a vote that forces his hand, so to speak, and requires him to give you copies of the bank statements. If you compare those to the Jevin report you can easily see what has been deposited and what should have been deposited.

Thanks,
Heather

Heather Byers
Treasurer, Player Agent, Information Officer
Pleasant Hill Little League
iPage (http://www.phbaseball.org/)
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Heather Dobrott <Heather Dobrott> wrote:
Dear Heather,

Thank you so much for responding. You are not the first to conclude David Arciniega may have his hands in the cookie jar. He is rumored to be a college buddy of Dan Ptak. I know for certain he claimed that he helped to write the player pool algorithm for Jevin so they have a relationship.

Only 3 people can access Jevin financials and bank statements for Garland Soccer. David Arciniega, the office administrator and treasurer (who is not a CPA and thinks that Arciniega said this is sufficient documentation.) I definitely am perplexed by this discount that Arciniega says Ptak gave us reducing his percentage from 10% to 5% for I believe 2 seasons and then to 8% going forward.

I filed grievances with our parent organizations North Texas State Soccer and Us Youth National in a desperate attempt to force Arciniega to give the board proper documentation on this. We are a 501 c 3 charity and not Arciniega Inc. Arciniega ran me off, but we have a board member who is ex law enforcement and a licensed insurance investigator that smelled fraud and wants more info.

Any advice you can give me that would help get this resolved would be greatly appreciated. This controversy tore our board apart and our organization is rapidly shrinking due to this. I have blogged about financial fraud for a decade and am the lead administrator for a website that exposes the same – realscam.com (http://realscam.com). So, I am quite painfully aware that this needs to be handled.

Thanks again!

Heather

From: Heather Byers
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:37 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Cc: Jim Byers;
Subject: Re: Jevin

Heather-

Thank you for reaching out to me. I would be happy to answer your question. I am carboning the president of our league on this email and I am blind copying other leagues in our area that I know use this software so if they want to respond to you they can but I do not want to directly give you their information in case they do not.

Our experience with Jevin has been nothing but great. There are a few items in the software that we would like to change, but I don't know of any software that doesn't have items that don't work exactly like you would want them too as all organizations are so vastly different in how they form teams and manage their rosters.

However, any time we have had questions they have always been right there to answer them. I have had two or more online teleconferences with them so they could walk me through things and help me figure out how to do what I needed to do.

As for our money, it has always been deposited exactly when we would expect it. There has only been one deposit, that I know of that was ever not deposited on time. The deposit was missed in February of 2014, before I became treasurer, and I didn't discover it until November of 2014 when I got the books from the old treasurer and I was looking back to try to balance out the checkbooks.

I contacted support and Dan Ptak and within a couple of weeks we had our money. They didn't have to do that. They could have easily told us the money left their bank and we didn't catch that it didn't hit our bank account and we were out of luck. But they didn't. They worked with me and they got us our money even though I was 9 months late in noticing the missing deposit. (Most banks only give you 30 - 60 days).

We have, and will continue to, recommend Jevin to all the leagues in our area as a great software provider. What it sounds like to me is that Mr. Arciniega has embezzled a lot of money from GSA and instead of taking the fall for it he is trying to blame Jevin.

If you have the bank statements and administrator access to the Jevin account I can easily show you how to prove which happened so you will know for sure. There is a report in Jevin that shows all money collected and all the funds say Jevin when they are deposited into the bank account.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks,
Heather

Heather Byers
Treasurer, Player Agent, Information Officer
Pleasant Hill Little League
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:54 PM, <Heather Dobrott> wrote:

Jevin

I was a board member of the Garland Soccer Association. Garland Soccer president, David Arciniega, claimed that Jevin was unable to pay Garland Soccer over $8,000.00 that was owed to it in June 2013 due to the payment processor. Garland Soccer president, David Arciniega, also alleged that other charities and sports organizations were out money. With the 8 grand owed to GSA, the total of missing funds was actually $50,000.00 according to GSA’s president.
The GSA president claimed Jevin was unable to get a loan for the $8,000.00 owed and that GSA would be accepting a discount from Jevin on future business to recoup its funds. David Arciniega, the GSA president also falsely claimed that Jevin had filed a lawsuit against the payment processor. David Arciniega announced this fictitious lawsuit to all the GSA coaches in the September 2013 meeting and in the November 2013 coaches' letter.
I am checking with other Jevin users to see if they were affected. Please respond if you had any late or missing payments from Jevin.

http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/

Thank you for your kind help.

Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

There have been numerous requests from me and others for NTSSA and US Youth to investigate Garland Soccer, respond to grievances, hear appeals, enforce their own by-laws and more. Kids in Garland are raped and nothing is done. No policies or procedures, coaches education, parent education or any oversight is implemented. Now, US Youth is going to ignore possible financial fraud?

Soapboxmom

08-16-2015, 03:16 PM

From: David Arciniega [mailto:president@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 4:49 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: President Monthly Report for 7/2014

President Monthly Report by David Arciniega

This month [ 7/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Attended the NTSSA President's meeting on June 7, 2014
Attended the NTSSA President's breakfast during the NTSSA AGM
Attended the NTSSA AGM

2
Continued serving on the NTSSA Risk Mitigation Committee

3
Participated in a teleconference and a face to face meeting with Affinity-Sports to go over their on-line registration tool.

4
Helping guide Piney in her VP A&D duties

Miscellaneous

Plans

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

From: David Arciniega [mailto:president@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:33 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: President Monthly Report for 9/2014

President Monthly Report by David Arciniega

This month [ 9/2014 ]

Accomplishments

1
Signed Guest Player Releases.
Signed Player Releases to Outside Associations for players meeting the GSA criteria.
Sent letters to players not meeting the GSA criteria for release letting them know that a decision would be made by September 3rd.
Responded to upset parents who want their kids released to play in another association.

2
Prepared for a Board Appeal Hearing which was postponed from September 2nd to a date yet to be determined.

3
Contacted individuals who did not pass the GSA background check.

Miscellaneous

Plans

Offline Comments (not for the minutes)

For future months:

Plans

GSA by-laws state:

2.3

The Board shall cause to be kept a complete record of its corporate affairs and shall make
such records available for inspection by any member. The Board shall provide for an annual audit of
the financial affairs of the Association by the Auditing Committee and, upon acceptance
thereof, shall make copies thereof available to all Members.

From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 6:13 PM
To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director); Crystal Martin (U6 Boys Director); Darcy Quintana (Publicity and Awards); Don Shell (Major League Director); Don Starkey (Facilities Director); Heather Dobrott (U6 Girls Director); Kathleen Robinson (Special Events); Kim Verity (Vice President); Piney Burch-Walser (U10 Director); Rachel Beltran (U12 Director); Robert Mayfield (Referee Director); Sam Perry (GSA Treasurer); Terry Walser (U8 Girls Director)
Subject: Board Meeting Minutes and Agenda for December 9, 2013 Board Meeting

Board Members,

I have attached the October 7, 2013 Final Board meeting minutes and the draft version of the November 4, 2013 Board meeting. I have also attached the agenda for the December 9, 2013 Board meeting.

As a reminder, the Board Meeting minutes are not to be distributed to anyone other than those individuals on this email.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega

These board member reports have been kept completely secret. The office has never seen them. Only David Arciniega and Don Starkey can access them and they refuse to make them available to even the directors that request copies of their own reports as I discovered. The agendas are kept secret as well. That is beyond ridiculous as the coaches and members should be able to request to be included on said board of directors' meetings' agendas and heard. GSA is supposed to be a charity serving youth soccer players. What in the hell is the big secret?

Obviously, as he is guiding Piney in her VP duties that explains why the A & D process is completely broken and protocol and procedure and totally flouted. There is no ethics committee as NTSSA requires. There is no standing A & D Committee with contact information in the hands of NTSSA as required among many more glaring issues. The coaches should refuse to serve on the panels and can consider all the decisions null and void.

David Arciniega being on the risk management committee also explains why Garland has no policies and procedures in place to keep our kids safe from sexual predators, concussions, heat and cold related issues and much more. And, there are legions of angry coaches and parents who have wanted to play in other associations. Now that the new rule is in effect and all the associations will have the new forms online, Garland will see its mass exodus continue in the spring and the numbers will plummet even more.

David Arciniega is the author of GSA's demise.

Soapboxmom

08-16-2015, 04:00 PM

David Arciniega would be well advised to watch what he says. Garland coaches talk. They are at indoor and the summer DESA league and the gossip is going around lightening fast. All coaches, parents and directors will be on the witness list. Doesn't he realize that folks will talk? It is tragic that his dictatorship is destroying Garland Soccer. Why is he refusing to follow the GSA, NTSSA and US Youth by-laws, state law and IRS regulations? Why isn't Arciniega honestly addressing the issues facing Garland Soccer?

2.3

The Association is an organization exclusively for the charitable, scientific, literary, or
educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or
corresponding Section of any future Federal tax code (hereafter "Internal Revenue Code").....

to serve its members as an affiliate of the North Texas State Soccer Association and to recognize thereby the authority,
rules and regulations of that association;

Soapboxmom

08-16-2015, 07:04 PM

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Kathleen Robinson, the Training and Special Events Director, should be one of the ones fighting to do things above board as she has a background in law enforcement. Why would she support harassing me for voting for who I believe is the best candidate? Why would she stab me in the back for going to the Garland Police when the board was given zero documentation on the missing money? Why did she help prevent the board from holding a special meeting to get to the bottom of the missing money? Why does she support David Arciniega lying to the coaches about what happened to the missing money? Did she approve of the registered sex offender handling rosters and other records? Did she approve of the registered sex offender24500 driving his errant director wife around and violating the Garland Loitering ordinance being around our precious kids and putting them in danger? Why is she not demanding the by-laws be followed? Why was she not demanding fiduciary duties as defined by state law be followed?

It is time the coaches / members demand these directors be held accountable and that David Arciniega and Garland Soccer be thoroughly investigated by NTSSA and US Youth.

Soapboxmom

08-17-2015, 04:51 PM

-----Original Message-----
From: David Arciniega [mailto:darciniega@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:04 AM
To: 'David Arciniega'
Cc: Angela Bowen-Hearn (U8 Boys Director); Crystal Martin; Darcy Quintana (Publicity and Awards); Don Starkey (Facilities Director); Heather Dobrott; Juan Ramirez (Major League Director); Kathleen Robinson (Special Events); Kim Verity (Vice President); Piney Burch-Walser (U10 Director); Rachel Beltran (U12 Director); Robert Mayfield (Referee Director); Sam Perry (GSA Treasurer); Terry Walser; 'Paula Tiffin (GSA Office Manager)'; Rosemary Martinez (GSA Registrar)
Subject: Quick notes from NTSSA Semi-AGM

Everyone,

I attended the NTSSA Semi-AGM on Saturday. Here are a few quick notes.

The NTSSA AGM will be held in Lubbock on July 12th thru the 14th.

Rule Change Proposals (both passed but with serious opposition - I voted against in both cases):
1) Academy players are no longer limited to one practice or one game per week.
2) Guest players for tournaments (both Recreational and Competitive) are now set to five maximum.

Every year at either the AGM or Semi-AGM, I hear about local Association Boards imploding for various reasons. This year was no different. However, in this case, it was the NTSSA Board. I will share more details at our next board meeting. Please do not discuss this with anyone outside the recipients of this email.

We at Garland Soccer continue to do the right things to keep us from falling into the traps that other associations and NTSSA are experiencing. I want to thank everyone for their dedication and as long as we continue to place the proper checks and balances in place, I have no doubt that we will continue to trend in the positive direction.

Regards,

David A. Arciniega
I will guarantee with Arciniega on the NTSSA board now that it will implode again. The bad publicity which is all based on verifiable facts is going to destroy Garland and likely NTSSA as well. Arciniega and his rubber stampers in Garland and state have not been doing the right things and there are no checks and balances in place. The kids who just wanted to kick a soccer ball around are the ones that are going to suffer. Prophetic e-mail to be sure!

Soapboxmom

08-19-2015, 09:12 AM

The citizens of Garland are speaking:

Wow. I just saw reports of your suit against Garland Soccer. Nail the bastards - you're doing the right thing.

I will not rest until Garland Soccer is doing the right things to keep the kids and money safe!

Soapboxmom

08-20-2015, 08:35 AM

https://hccla.org/can-i-represent-two-co-defendants/

Can I represent two co-defendants?

June 7, 2015

Whether or not to represent co-defendants is often the subject of query and debate. While the answer is not always clear, the best practice is certainly to avoid representing co-defendants because of an apparent or potential conflict of interest.
The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct address conflicts of interest in Rules 1.06 through 1.09, with each rule addressing differing situations. A look at Rule 1.06, Conflict of Interest: General Rule, and its comments reveals that conflicts are to be avoided because of the duty of loyalty a lawyer owes to his client.
....But, what about co-defendants? Do they share the same position in relation to the government, as an opposing party? Do they have substantially different possibilities of settlement of the claims or liabilities in question? Is there a substantial discrepancy in their testimony?
It’s important to look at Rule 1.06 and its comments when addressing these questions. “An impermissible conflict may exist or develop by reason of substantial discrepancy in the parties’ testimony, incompatibility in positions in relation to an opposing party or the fact that there are substantially different possibilities of settlement of the claims or liabilities in question.” Texas Rules Rule 1.06 cmt. 3. “Such conflicts can arise in criminal cases as well as civil. The potential for conflict of interest in representing multiple defendants in a criminal case is so grave that ordinarily a lawyer should decline to represent more than one co-defendant.” Id. (emphasis added).
Why is that? Let’s explore a couple of issues, among many that may arise. Where co-defendants have substantially different possibilities of settlement (i.e. different bargaining positions based on culpability or background) there is at least a potential for a conflict of interest between the co-defendants. Where their testimony or version of the facts differs, there again exists at least the possibility of a conflict of interest. As the lawyer, which client’s bargaining position is more important, whose version of facts is more important? That’s the inherent conflict…which client do you favor? Let’s assume two co-defendants, A and B, participated in a robbery. Both have asked you to represent them. A says they worked together and planned and executed the robbery. B tells you that A was the mastermind, having done this sort of thing before, and he should have a lesser or mitigated sentence based on lower culpability. Do you tell A to take the fall and help B get a lesser sentence? Do you tell B that he should keep quiet about A’s planning and leadership so that A can get a lesser sentence? What if both clients want to testify and their version of the facts are not the same? What if their defenses are inconsistent? In this over-simplistic example, it’s clear that one lawyer should not undertake to represent both clients as there is a real conflict......
Where either a conflict exists or an apparent conflict may exist, before you can represent the two clients, the clients must each provide informed consent to the representation..... Informed consent must be thorough and complete with full disclosure to each client of the possible effects of the dual representation on the exercise of the lawyer’s independent professional judgment on behalf of each client. Consent further must be in writing, signed by each client. See Texas Ethics Opinion 448 (1988).....
Should you decide a conflict does not exist or should the clients execute informed consent for dual representation, the court may still prohibit the dual representation.
So, again, you ask, Can I represent two co-defendants? The bottom line is that there could be circumstances in which you could. But all too often a real or potential conflict will keep you from adequately and appropriately protecting each client’s individual interests and advocating each client’s individual position. This is why the comments warn that lawyers should decline, in most cases, to represent more than one co-defendant. The better practice is to simply represent only one!

Register of Actions
Case No. DC-15-02572
(http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500)

HEATHER DOBROTT vs. GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC, et al
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Case Type:
OTHER (CIVIL)

Date Filed:
03/06/2015

Location:
95th District Court

Lead Attorneys

DEFENDANT
ARCINIEGA, DAVID

O LUKE III DAVIS
Retained
972-419-8300(W)

DEFENDANT
GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC

O LUKE III DAVIS
Retained
972-419-8300(W)

PLAINTIFF
DOBROTT, HEATHER

SUSAN JOHNSON FOSTER
Retained
972-673-0440(W)

As David Arciniega is clearly responsible for many of the issues in this litigation and board members know this lawsuit is truthful and necessary, one must ask why these defendants share an attorney. I don't think board members are going to want to commit perjury to protect Arciniega. Nor do I think they want their names involved in this as they have their own reputations and employment to consider. When are these board members going to demand their own lawyers and get the issues in Garland Soccer investigated and resolved so this lawsuit can end? The board knows there are many serious issues that are going to have to be addressed. David Arciniega is completely destroying Garland Soccer!

Soapboxmom

08-22-2015, 10:43 AM

My letter to the entire GSA board:
http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-...html#post84036 (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-kimberley-lawrence-verity-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index2.html#post84036)

Don Starkey's response:

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Starkey [mailto:don@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:51 PM
To:
Subject: RE: Possible Felony Theft

Heather,

Your use of adjectives for the design of creating a thrilling impression upon us is lost in your proposition to assist where your assistance, once again, has not been solicited.

Regards,
DS

So, Garland Soccer is in the middle of possible felony financial fraud (http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/)and contrary to state law (fiduciary responsibilities,) IRS regulations and good business practice, Don Starkey is not willing to document anything. I was treated like I was stupid, attacked and harassed for doing my job as any responsible, honest person would. All board members have the legal obligation and right to get ALL of the information needed to make a well-informed decision. Don Starkey is completely out of line!

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I was desperately trying to save interleague in May 2013. I came to the meeting and shared that I knew for a fact that the Plano Youth Soccer Association was courting Richardson and Wylie (as in taking our interleague away to play with them.) I suggested that we host a lunch meeting and invite all our interleague associations over and see what we could do to fix the problems. I was shot down by Arciniega. I had babysat numerous games in the older age groups U11 and up for interleague teams with legitimate complaints, though I was the U6 Girls Director, because team work is the name of the game and interleague benefits all of GSA. I told the GSA board our late season start, never ending registration and total disorganization was going to cost us interleague and suggested solutions. I offered to serve on the interleague committee as I had gotten well acquainted with many of the coaches, but once again Arciniega shot me down. GSA president David Arciniega and many of the board members just snickered about this whole issue. Arciniega did proclaim that Richardson teams would never drive to Plano. Well.....guess what!!

As to my source, it was the wonderful man who took my boys team over. He had coached in Richardson and Plano for years and was then coaching the University of Texas at Arlington girls and a Plano girls team (he had no child on that team for the record.) He had served on the boards of those other associations and regularly attended their meetings. This coach watched me and the U12 director get brought up on charges when the player pool placed his own son on his team. He saw how poorly run Garland was and ran for president that month. If David Arciniega hadn't had his proxies come marching in, this wonderful coach would be leading Garland Soccer now and I am sure it would be growing and thriving under his leadership.

Starkey and the rubber stampers, who blindly follow Arciniega might want to reconsider who and what the real problems are. I was trying to save interleague. The board as usual did nothing. David Arciniega hired the interleague committee months later after he already knew that those associations had left. He set them up to fail and let them take the blame for his own folly. Arciniega never gets his own hands dirty!

From: Don Starkey [mailto:don@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 1:24 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: Interlegaue Teams

Dear Heather,
Maybe you've heard the expression, "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem"?
I am sure we elected an Interleague Committee months ago that is/was capable of interfacing with outside Associations. You might check with the Chairman and see what actions have been taken to date in regards to your "legitimate concerns".
If you have "legitimate" information sources, name them, otherwise they don't seem very reliable. It doesn't allow for those that may wish to follow up on the information you're offering much to go on. We all have plenty to do (or most of us anyway) without chasing rumors.
Also, there's no need for you to always throw David under the bus with your commentaries. Decisions are made by the Board, not by the President, so give the incessant attempts to discredit the President and the rest of the Board a rest, please.
Thanks,
Dear Don

On 08/09/2014 11:20, Heather Dobrott wrote:
Dear fellow directors,

Please find following the letter PYSA penned. They can now add Richardson Soccer to that list as well from my understanding. This is heartbreaking for my now U14 boys team. We were in spot 8 of 8 and with the loss of the 3 Richardson teams in our age group we won’t have many teams to play that are near our skill level.

I was told by a reliable source that attends both Richardson and Plano meetings and has served on their boards in the past that Plano was actively courting our interleague partners. I came to our board meeting in May 2013 and shared that. I suggested a meeting with refreshments with our interleague associations’ leadership and got no support. Mr. Arciniega quipped that Richardson wouldn’t drive out to Plano and it was laughed off. It seems we don’t always take legitimate concerns seriously.

I already have angry, frustrated parents that are tired of seeing the kids get killed out there. The team has gone from 18 on the roster to only 8 players that are considering registering for this fall.

We really need to open the lines of communication and improve our customer service.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
Beleaguered Manager U14 Boys Pumas

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Welcome Wylie and Rockwall Teams!
Feb 12 2014 - Richard McMakin
Plano Youth Soccer is pleased to welcome 19 teams from Wylie Youth Soccer and 3 teams from Rockwall, joining us for the spring 2014 season. The teams will boost our U12B league by 7 teams, U12G by 10 teams, U14B by 2 teams, and U14G and U19B by 1 team each.

PYSA has long been a host for out-of-town teams from Allen, Frisco, McKinney and other cities in the U16 and u19 leagues, making those league among the strongest in North Texas. Our engagement with Wylie includes playing some games at Founders Park in Wylie. The park is approximately 22 miles and 28 minutes from Carpenter Park. Our goal was to avoid weeknight games between Plano and Wylie teams. While we fell a bit short of that target, the impact to most teams has been minimized. We continue to look for ways to make this endeavor as painless as possible.

Having more teams in our leagues allows for the division of age groups along skill level lines. Being able to have teams play other teams of like skill level is a key goal for the PYSA recreational league. This approach gives teams and players the best opportunity to develop and grow their skills at their own pace. It also gives every team an opportunity to have competitive success, which makes the soccer experience much more enjoyable.

Adding teams, promotion and relegation between the fall and spring seasons, and encouraging our best teams to “play up” when their skill-levels are above their age-group peers are all ways that PYSA looks to manage that “competitive balance” in order to bring teams of like skill levels together.

The PYSA Recreational Coaches’ Panel advised us throughout this process. The group is an ad hoc panel of PYSA rec coaches brought together to discuss key issues facing PYSA. They were instrumental in our decision to move forward with bringing Wylie and Rockwall teams into PYSA.

PYSA is always looking for opportunities to improve your soccer experience. We understand there are tradeoffs with this particular effort related to travel, but we believe that the net benefit for our teams and players outweighs a few extra minutes of drive time a few times a season.

Please join me in welcoming our new friends from Wylie and Rockwall! Thank you for your patience as we work through the growing pains of working together to benefit us all.

Richard McMakin
PYSA VP of Recreational Soccer

Again, instead of attacking the problems and fixing them I was skewered by Starkey and other board members.

The Parks and Recreation Board may be contacted through the Parks and Recreation office at 972-205-2750 or via e-mail at parksandrec@garlandtx.gov.

http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/Board/EdPhoto.png Ed Seghers
District 1
http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/Patsy_1.JPG Patsy Rogers
District 5

http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/Sharon_1.JPGSharon Carstens
District 2
http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/Board/IMG_5450.JPGDon Starkey
District 6

http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/Board/Paul.jpgPaul Hartman Cross
District 3
http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/Laura_1.JPGLaura McLarry
District 7

http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/CecilPhoto.pngD. Cecil Williams II
District 4

Chairman
http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/MollyPhoto.pngMolly Bishop
District 8

http://www.garlandtx.gov/images/parks/Board/robert_1.jpgRobert John Smith
Mayoral Appointee

Don Starkey should be removed from the Garland Soccer Board and the Garland and Parks Board. Starkey is fighting to keep possible felony fraud buried under the rug. He is one of the directors that is harassing and intimidating other directors who are doing their duty under state law. Starkey also likely voted in favor of the No Confidence Petition filed against me that David Arciniega cooked up to oust me for voting my conscience (a candidate running against Starkey's hero David Arciniega), going to the police about missing money and for reporting concerns to NTSSA. This kind of mismanagement and abuse must be stopped immediately! As a coach I would have concerns about Mr. Starkey refereeing games in light of this behavior.

Soapboxmom

08-22-2015, 04:52 PM

The board members better find out just what David Arciniega's attorney is doing. He sure isn't serving them at all. I turned in over 1300 pages of discovery. Absolutely everything I could scrounge up that could possibly be responsive to the requests has been submitted. I assume Arciniega is in control of the clueless attorney representing both parties. The Defendants' attorney turned over zero (0) pages of documents. The answers also did not reflect what is in the by-laws either.

Judges tend to get a bit pissy when parties refuse to honestly and properly answer legitimate requests. Obviously, the board had no part in this as the VP and others would have known the by-laws that should have been cited and would have insisted on doing the right thing and turning over responsive documents. What in the hell is that proven liar David Arciniega doing??? I guess these board members want to spend months in court and completely destroy GSA and their own reputations.

As far as pages produced we are at 1300 to 0. That is some score for Coach Arciniega!

Soapboxmom

08-22-2015, 09:27 PM

I am friends with lots of Garland Soccer coaches. There are major league teams with only 9 or 10 players as of today. They will not get enough players to field 11 players when the season starts in 3 weeks. David Arciniega is completely destroying what little is left of Garland Soccer. Low roster counts will destroy those teams. The teams that are short of players may well implode mid season. That will pretty much guarantee these teams never come back.

David Arciniega is incompetent and a total detriment to Garland Soccer. :pulling_hair_out:

Soapboxmom

08-24-2015, 11:45 AM

From: Juan Ramirez [mailto:jcrv17@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 7:27 PM
To: hdobrott@gmail.com
Cc: David Arciniega; Kim Verity; referee@garlandsoccer.com; sam and laura perry; u8boys@garlandsoccer. com; u8girls@garlandsoccer.com; Rachel Beltran; u10director@garlandsoccer.com; kathleen robinson; Don Starkey
Subject: Re: Spring Coaches Meeting and Elections

Heather,
I just want to pony out that because of many things in this email I have decided to withdraw my self from the organizations a board member. I believe that this email could have been worded differently, as the way that this worded you make it seem as if the board members of today are not acting in the members best interest.

I seriously do hope that in the future you think about what you are sending to your coaches before you send it as you are not only giving all the other board members a bad name you are giving a bad name to your self as well.

Juan Ramirez

On Jun 2, 2013, at 3:23 PM, hdobrott@gmail.com wrote:

Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Dear Coaches,
Thanks for all you did this season for our kids! The general coaches meeting and election of officers and directors is on Tuesday and I hope we will see all of you out there.

SPRING COACHES MEETING
June 4, 2013 – 7:00 pm
Holiday Inn
5110 N. George Bush Tollway
Up the service road from Outback and Olive Garden
I ran for the board because I was really excited about working for the coaches and making some positive changes. I noticed the board meetings were not well publicized, no location was listed and none of the coaches were attending. As a 501 (c) 3 charity, our meetings should be open and our coaches / members should feel welcome. I contacted NTSSA with questions about the board meetings. The VP - Development responded, “we encourage our associations to have open meetings as much as possible and practical.” I want to honor that by seeking out a location for our meetings that will have plenty of parking and seating to accommodate all of our members that would like to attend our meetings. If you have a church home or office that might be a good place for the GSA monthly meetings please let me know so we can get another location lined up as soon as possible.

I would love feedback about the season and any suggestions you have. Your input to your association is vital. In that regard, I would like to see meeting agendas published on our website a week before the meetings and a process in place for coaches to submit items for the agenda as well.

GSA By-laws state, “any member of the Association may submit By-Laws or Rule changes to the committee.” As coaches you may bring your concerns and “any questions or problems brought out by the parents for action or consideration by the Board” to my attention as well and I welcome that. So, any member coach seeing something that is outdated, conflicting, unclear or that you would like to see changed on our website, please send it to me so that I can forward it to the rules and by-law committee for consideration.

Every team gets one vote and a member can only vote on behalf of one team, so any of you with multiple teams please fill out the proxy form linked following and bring adults from your team so that every team may cast a vote.
http://www.garlandsoccer.com/_private/_documents/GSA_Voting_Proxy_Form.pdf
(http://www.garlandsoccer.com/_private/_documents/GSA_Voting_Proxy_Form.pdf)
Please come to the meeting and get to know all the candidates running for office. There are wonderful people running who are committed to open meetings, transparency and truly serving our coaches and players. It is time for positive changes! This is your association and you have the power!
Please feel free to contact me with questions and concerns. I serve you!

Thanks,
Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649

P.S.
The June board meeting is on June 10th at 7:00 p.m. at 1917 Apollo Rd.
Garland, TX 75044.

From: Juan Ramirez <jcrv17@gmail.com>
Date: March 2, 2013 7:45:04 AM CST
To: "U12director@garlandsoccer.com" <U12director@garlandsoccer.com>
Subject: Re: GSA Board meeting March 4
Rachel,
This meeting is a Board members meeting not a coaches or member meeting.

Juan Ramirez

On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:59 PM, U12director@garlandsoccer.com wrote:

Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Hello Coaches Reminder GSA Board March 4 -Monday at GSA office 7pm 1917. Apollo rd. Garland Be involved Come. See how the GSA Board representing you

Juan Ramirez signed:

Originally Posted by Soapboxmom http://www.realscam.com/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/#post83068) No Confidence Letter.pdf (http://www.realscam.com/attachments/f14/9655d1425932905-heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-no-confidence-letter.pdf)

So, the following are grounds for removal from office:

1. How one votes in a board meeting.

2. Supporting a candidate other than David Arciniega.

3. Making a police report in response to missing money.

4. Discussing public Facebook postings.

5. Complaining to a service provider listed on domainstools.com and numerous other sites about the Garland Soccer website being down for weeks.

6. Contacting the North Texas State Soccer Association to file an appeal, grievance or to ask a question.

This former board member was totally corrupted by David Arciniega. He now coaches at least 4 teams and numerous parents complain about him not practicing with the kids and even missing games. He does not like to have assistants. No individual should have more than 2 or possibly 3 teams. And, others need to lead teams so this rubber stamper of David Arciniega cannot bring in armies of proxies to vote the way Arciniega dictates. Why are they coercing members to vote for Arciniega? Why the secrecy? This individual should not be coaching or refereeing as obviously he has no comprehension of how this charity should operate and participates in harassing and intimidating members of this association.

Soapboxmom

08-25-2015, 12:42 PM

Roster counts for major league teams are still sitting as low as 9 or 10 players on some teams. GSA is imploding and probably has many teams that do not have enough players to field a team at a scheduled game. Parents should demand 100% refunds today! US Youth needs to finish its investigation and step in and reorganize this disaster of a charity.

Soapboxmom

08-26-2015, 02:08 PM

Coaches have reported to me that Arciniega not only forbade them to discuss the lawsuit at the general coaches meeting, but then had the nerve to brag that he and GSA would win on June 12th. Pleas to jurisdiction have nothing to do with the issues or merit of a case. He also insisted that everything in my filing was a lie.

The coaches were intimidated into silence by 3 North Texas board members that have supported Arciniega's antics and the presence of police who they knew would escort them out if they dared to say anything. If GSA is in such crisis the coaches have to be intimidated by law enforcement it is time for US Youth Soccer to step in and clean house.

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Welcome to your soccer meeting!!!
The next General Coaches Meeting is Thursday August 27th. Veteran coaches say as many as five NTSSA board members were there to intimidate them into silence last time. They want to know if David Arciniega will have the SWAT team instead of just police officers in light of the coaches being completely fed up with this mismanaged and dishonest charity.

Here is the e-mail I sent out to the GSA coaches:

Garland Soccer 9 or 10 Players on Major League Rosters

Dear Coaches,

1. Major League teams as of today have rosters counts as low as 9 and 10 players on teams.

2. The shroud of secrecy continues. I produced over 1300 pages of documents in response to discovery requests in the ongoing lawsuit. GSA and David Arciniega produced zero pages.

3. Why is there no paper trail that shows what really happened to the over 8 grand in missing money? David Arciniega lied at the General Coaches' Meeting in September 2013 claiming there was ongoing litigation between Jevin and the payment processor Corduro when no suit was ever filed.

4. Coaches have a right to have ANY question or problem addressed at the general coaches meeting as the by-laws state. Do not let David Arciniega shut anyone down again!
Rule 3 A:
General meetings initiated by the Board:

The meeting shall cover: ..... any questions or problems from the floor.

GSA is a charity, why is it not open and transparent?

Article I, Section 2.3
The Association is an organization exclusively for the charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding Section of any future Federal tax code (hereafter "Internal Revenue Code").

Thanks,
Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

Soapboxmom

08-30-2015, 09:29 AM

Coaches that attended the General Coaches Meeting are talking. I have been told that a U19 girls team from Garland Soccer that made the unfortunate choice to register in Garland again is not welcome to play in Garland and is desperately looking for somewhere to play this season. Some associations started playing yesterday and all the others closed off registration weeks ago and have schedules set unlike the unorganized and chaotic Garland Soccer where registration goes on endlessly.

President David Arciniega is incompetent. When are US Youth Soccer and North Texas Soccer going to step in and end this nightmare for the kids and families of Garland?

Soapboxmom

08-31-2015, 10:01 AM

Garland Soccer turned over 0 documents to my 1300+ documents. The response to discovery requests following shows that David Arciniega and GSA have outright lied about what the by-laws for GSA and NTSSA say and left out numerous applicable by-laws. I will be posting the related filings as they go in. The Vice President, Piney Burch-Walser and other board members should be well aware of the applicable by-laws that should have been referenced in the response and insisting on turning over all the documents requested. The VP and board are not doing their jobs and that is most likely due to the fact they are prevented from doing so by David Arciniega. What does GSA as a public charity have to hide?

As usual David Arciniega is likely completely bypassing the board and making all the decisions on his own. When I was on the board he ruled with an iron fist and the board members had no access to necessary documents. The GSA by-laws state that the board runs the association. I would bet the board members are completely in the dark about all of the legal filings and issues and against the by-laws and state law are not being given a shred of documentation or their rightful say and vote on these vital matters. David Arciniega is manipulating the legal mess to his advantage and protecting only himself. The board should be advocating for GSA which belongs to the coaches and families participating and not protecting a dishonest and dubious leader. As I noted before the board should not under any circumstances be sharing an attorney with that liar Arciniega.

11921

(http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index8.html#post89044)

Soapboxmom

09-01-2015, 03:34 PM

Veteran coaches are questioning why David Arciniega insists on using Jevin when every other association in North Texas is using Gotsoccer. GSA pays more for Jevin by far and since North Texas State uses Gotsoccer, Garland coaches must do a background check through Gotsoccer anyway. Garland Soccer also has to upload all its files to North Texas using Gotsoccer. So, Garland is forced to use Gotsoccer. Jevin is a total waste of funds (http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-3939/)and clearly cannot be trusted with Garland's money.

http://www.gotsport.com/Content/directors/upimg/dir8934/parent%20and%20player%20handbook.pdf

Gotsoccer does so much more than Jevin. Individual and team pictures can be uploaded. Professional looking ID cards can easily be printed. Any official with a smartphone can do an instant roster check with those photos. College coaches can checkout U15 and older players and so much more. Why is David Arciniega insisting on using that Jevin crap???

Soapboxmom

09-02-2015, 08:59 AM

Rowlett starts on September 12th just like Garland. Notice that they have final schedules out. Garland is no doubt still scrambling to find coaches and registration is open for weeks to come so the chaos will never end. The chances Garland will have its schedules out on time (Saturday September 5th) are quite slim judging from past history.

9/12/2015

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GREENVILLE STRIKERS (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3113813&action=Go)

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ROWLETT YSA VILLAINS 04 (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3058182&action=Go)

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ROYSE CITY RAPTORS (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3113676&action=Go)

ROWLETT YSA SHARKS 04 (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3058159&action=Go)

U12 Walker Hawk U12 (http://events.gotsport.com/events/fields.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=100152)

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ROWLETT YSA GATORS 04 (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3058130&action=Go)

ROYSE CITY SCORPIONS (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3113677&action=Go)

Community Park E (http://events.gotsport.com/events/fields.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=22206)

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ROWLETT YSA ROWLETT RAIDERS FC 05 (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3058156&action=Go)

GREENVILLE PUNISHERS (http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=0&applicationID=3113807&action=Go)

Community Park E (http://events.gotsport.com/events/fields.aspx?eventid=46173&FieldID=22206)

Soapboxmom

09-02-2015, 11:33 AM

Register of Actions

Case No. DF-06-02707
(http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=3127055&CaseCategoryKeys=FAM&NodeID=230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237)

SANDRA ARCINIEGA vs. DAVID ARCINIEGA
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Case Type:
DIVORCE

Subtype:
DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN

Date Filed:
02/16/2006

Location:
254th District Court

Lead Attorneys

MINOR CHILD
ARCINEGA, MARCOS

MINOR CHILD
ARCINEGA, RENE

MINOR CHILD
ARCINIEGA, CRISTINA

PETITIONER
ARCINIEGA, SANDRA

JANE ASHLEY MCMILLAN
Retained
972-422-2424(W)

RESPONDENT
ARCINIEGA, DAVID ARTURO

SHARON CORSENTINO
Retained
214-423-5100(W)

DISPOSITIONS

09/08/2006

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION (Judicial Officer: COEN, JEFF)
Vol./Book 5133, Page 308, 1 pages

OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS

02/16/2006

ORIGINAL PETITION (OCA)

02/16/2006

ISSUE CITATION

02/16/2006

ISSUE NOTICE

02/16/2006

NOTICE

ARCINIEGA, DAVID ARTURO

Served
02/17/2006

02/16/2006

CITATION

ARCINIEGA, DAVID ARTURO

Served
02/17/2006

02/16/2006

NOTICE OF HEARING / FIATVol./Book 4154, Page 15, 1 pages

02/24/2006

ORIGINAL ANSWER - GENERAL DENIAL

03/02/2006

CANCELED TEMPORARY ORDERS HEARING (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer TEN EYCK, C. ANDREW) AGREEMENT BY PARTIES

03/16/2006

TEMPORARY ORDERS HEARING (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer TEN EYCK, C. ANDREW)

03/22/2006

ORDER - TEMPORARY INJUNCTIONmutual temp injunction
Vol./Book 4181, Page 133, 1 pages

04/25/2006

CANCELED TEMPORARY ORDERS HEARING (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer TEN EYCK, C. ANDREW) AGREEMENT BY PARTIES
INJUNCTION

09/07/2006

DISMISSAL FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer COEN, JEFF) Result: DISMISSED

Garland Soccer President, David Arciniega, saw his wife file for divorce in 2006. God bless her. Many coaches and directors know the real Arciniega and are well aware how dishonest he is. Garland Soccer has been a horrible experience for some and has driven off so many great coaches and wonderful families due to this guy. May Sandra Arciniega find the courage to do what is right for her.

More recently filed court records would be free to access online with just a click. These must be accessed at the court house. I guess it is time for a trip to find out more about the real David Arciniega.

Soapboxmom

09-02-2015, 03:58 PM

From: majorleagueboys@garlandsoccer.com [mailto:majorleagueboys@garlandsoccer.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:48 PM
To: hdobrott@gmail.com
Subject: Voting Elections & GSA Coaches Meeting December 2nd Tuesday 7pm at Holiday Inn Garland

Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Dear Heather Dobrott,

Major League Coaches U13 to U19,

The GSA Board voted on Monday November 3rd to consolidate the Major League Directors position from two Directors back to only one person as a Director for this position. While Donna Freeman, Major League Girls Director, and I were completely against this decision, we were out voted in this matter. Unfortunately, Donna Freeman, Major League Girls Director, and I are now forced to run against each other on Tuesday night December 2nd at the GSA Coaches meeting for the Major League Director position.

I want the record to stand that I think Donna Freeman has done and excellent job as the Major League Girls Director and that I have really enjoyed working with her throughout this past year as she takes care of all of the girl teams and I take care of all of the boy teams.

We would appreciate your vote whether it be for Donna or me as your Major League Director. The GSA Board was created to serve you as the coaches. If you as coaches feel that this is something you do NOT want to see happen on Tuesday night December 2nd, then you as coaches have every right to stand up that night and voice your opinion about this matter. Remember, this League belongs to you.

Again, I want to thank every coach, assistant coach, and team manager that has put there time and energy into making each of your teams great as they are. I truly salute each of you and I am humbled by all of your sacrifices that you make to these young men and women that play on your teams.

Donna and I are not perfect and we certainly have our faults, but we do love and care for all of the coaches as well as these young men and women that play in GSA.

We hope to see you all Tuesday December 2nd at 7pm at the Holiday Inn in Garland, TX to voice your opinion on this Major League Director matter.

We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving coming up and that you have a great Fall GSA season as it comes to a close.

Warm Regards,

DON SHELL
GSA Major League BOYS Director
majorleagueboys@garlandsoccer.com

Garland has some wonderful, honest and caring directors like this. They can't serve their coaches as David Arciniega and his rubber stampers are always up to their antics. Mr. Shell is mirroring me exactly. The directors are voted in at large to serve the coaches and kids. Garland Soccer is a 501 c 3 and should be completely transparent and responsive to its membership. Mr. Shell is doing what I spent years doing. He is pointing out the obvious because the dishonest and dubious president, David Arciniega, is ruling with an iron fist and totally out of control.

When are NTSSA and US Youth going to clean up this totally corrupt organization so the directors that are really there to serve can save what little is left of Garland Soccer? The honest and ethical directors are getting no support from GSA's parent organizations.

Soapboxmom

09-03-2015, 09:30 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 4:16 PM
To: COdenwal@garlandisd.net
Subject: 7th & 8th Grade Soccer Schedules

Dear Cliff,

Thank you for visiting with me this morning. The Garland Soccer Association has players in the 7th and 8th grade who are excited about playing for their schools while also staying on the recreational teams they have played with. If you could reply with the schedules for the 7th and 8th grade soccer teams for each middle school that would be greatly appreciated.

I also noticed that your website lists athletic opportunities for children in 6th grade and below. GISD Athletics Department (http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/athletics/index.asp) The Garland Soccer Association would very much appreciate being listed on that page if that is possible. http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_main.php We are a 501 c 3 under the umbrella of the North Texas State Soccer Association that has been proudly serving the youth ( ages 3-19) of Garland for the past 40 years.

Please let me know if there is anything else GSA can do to coordinate with the school system. We want to do everything possible to support and encourage our young athletes.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director for the Garland Soccer Association
972 496-3649
GSA's president, David Arciniega, sabotaged any attempt to build relationships that would help build and benefit Garland Soccer. GSA was never listed on that page as many others organizations had been before the city links were given. The other directors that have tried to build a relationship with GISD have been met with resistance. GSA does not coordinate our schedules with the junior highs' schedules. With no communication with the school district, GSA is seriously hampered in its efforts to see that all children are made aware of the opportunities in recreational soccer that GSA offers. GSA's president is sinking GSA like the Titanic.

Soapboxmom

09-04-2015, 07:37 PM

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 5:57 PM
To: 'Don Shell'; 'Don Starkey'; 'Rob Mayfield'
Cc: darciniega@verizon.net; crystal.martin.gsa@gmail.com;
Subject: RE: Medical Emergency Tonight - Thursday - 10/24/2013 on Winters Field 6-Player Cristian

Dear Don,

Thank you so much for the update. I am so relieved your young man is doing well.

Bryce &*()#@ should absolutely be commended for taking swift action. He is my hero!

I had a player several years ago that had been hospitalized for potentially fatal heart arrhythmias. And, I myself am dealing with some issues.

I asked for the AED code months ago and Starkey kindly gave it to me. That definitely needs to be made known to more trustworthy people. I also bought up CPR / First Aid classes for directors, coaches and parents. I definitely think it is time we get on that and schedule one. I have a name of a good certified trainer and I know there are many firefighter / paramedics out there that teach classes.

I want to do everything possible to keep all those in our soccer family safe!

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
GSA almost had a real tragedy. A major league player was in trouble. Thankfully, a young referee ran to the field house and broke the cabinet to get to the AED ASAP. Thanks to that wonderful ref. Only senior refs and me being a nosy old bag knew the code. My board reports reflect that I pushed for first aid / CPR training several times and David Arciniega shoveled that under the rug as well. So, again who is the trouble maker here. David Arciniega is blocking every effort to do the right things to keep GSA's participants safe and grow the organization.

When I joined the board the first thing David Arciniega did when he could corner me alone in the field house was to tell me that the U10 director (now Vice President) Piney Bursh-Walser doesn't know what she is doing. Then he said the U12 director was a big mouth and causing trouble. He is still bad mouthing me and other directors and the coaches are all talking. Arciniega is completely dividing and destroying GSA. North Texas and US Youth Soccer not acting makes it clear they are totally inept and corrupt as well. It is high time US Club Soccer or another reputable organization take over this territory.

littleroundman

09-05-2015, 02:03 AM

Only senior refs and me being a nosy old bag knew the code.

WHAT ????

Are you bloody kidding me ???

Soapboxmom

09-05-2015, 11:23 AM

http://www.bisasoccer.com/webadmin/uploads/NTSSAAandDManual.pdf

A written decision, with the reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of record
issued in a timely fashion and including appeal rights and procedures;....
The A&D Chairman must advise both parties of the next step of their appeal rights.

The written notification ... include....Appeal rights including fee, time frame for filing, and method of appeal

Rule 11
PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY:
The Appeals and Disciplinary Committee is responsible for the investigating, hearing and disposing of, in an equitable manner, all matters that are contrary to the By-Laws and Rules of the Association. All players, coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parents, spectators, administrators, and others who are registered in GSA and/or participate in soccer activities within the jurisdiction of Garland Soccer Association, Incorporated shall abide by the By-Laws and Rules of Garland Soccer Association, Inc., and will be subject to the decisions made by the GSA A&D Committee.

11.1.1 All Member Associations are directed to form their own ethics committee and to hold hearings--WITH THE PARTIES HAVING THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT--on alleged violations of the Code of Ethics when properly

11.4 NTSSA CODE OF ETHICS FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, STATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND MEMBER ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATORS. None of us arrives at any administrative level, volunteer or not, without spending some "grass roots" time somewhere. We are appointed or elected to our positions because enough people had confidence in us, appreciation for what we had done in the past and assurance that we could lead them in a positive, productive future. This responsibility of accepting such a challenge, especially in a volunteer capacity, must have some guidelines.

It is important to remember that as board members we are very high profile. It is equally important that we remember that we are primarily a service organization and that we treat fellow volunteers as partners with a common goal - the organization, development and promotion of soccer. We should maintain high standards and serve by example. Have respect for the game, players, officials, parents, coaches, member association volunteers and fellow board members and deal with them in a patient, courteous and consistent manner.

Criticism channeled through the proper quarter should be educational, constructive, balanced and positive. Under no circumstances should it be demeaning or detrimental to the self-respect of the individuals involved.

Administrators should be informed and available. As facilitators they should know the right questions, have the ability to elicit the right answers and foster creativity with accountability within their committee or area.

Regarding committeemen and other volunteers: they should be praised for time spent and jobs well done; their suggestions welcomed, evaluated and conclusions communicated to them. Abilities should be recognized and encouraged.

Above all-courtesy, self-control and loyalty. We are role models for the youngest players to the newest association. Our responsibility is to serve them well as we work toward our common goal.

IV. NTSSA WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY

The Code of Ethics and Conduct (“Code”) requires directors, officers, and employees, to observe high standards of business and personal ethics in the conduct of their duties and responsibilities. As representatives of the Organization, directors, officers, and employees must practice honesty and integrity in fulfilling their responsibilities and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. It is the responsibility of all directors, officers, and employees to comply with the Code and to report violations or suspected violations in accordance with this Whistlebower Policy. No director, officer, or employee who in good faith reports a violation of the Code shall suffer harassment or retaliation . . . Violations or suspected violations may be submitted on a confidential basis by the complainant or may be submitted anonymously. Reports of violations or suspected violations will be kept confidential to the extent possible, consistent with the need to conduct an adequate investigation.

David Arciniega filed bogus A & D charges against me and the U12 director because a child was placed (by the player pool) on his own father's (the head coach) team. He openly flouted the rule requiring a written decision to prevent us from appealing. Now, that he is the target of my lawsuit he is once again up to his antics. The lawyer who is representing both David Arciniega and the board has turned over a totally bogus response. The lawyer states that all my lawyer's questions about appeals and exhausting all my internal remedies must be directed to North Texas (NTSSA.) That is untrue. GSA's decision letters must include all appeal rights and procedures. So, GSA is required to be familiar with them and see that all members get that information. Virtually every complaint, grievance, or question starts at the local level. GSA's clueless attorney wrote that any complaints against Arciniega or the board members must start with North Texas State Soccer. Again, there is no truth to that either.

The lawyer is either incompetent, or listening to his lying dirt-bag of a client, David Arciniega. I would bet the lawyer is signing these lie-filled, garbage answers without ever giving the board as a whole a chance to review and approve these answers. The Vice President (keeper of the rules and by-laws) is obviously incompetent as well or being blocked by that manipulative liar, David Arciniega, as she is not making sure these filings are correct. The board of directors is going to go down on this Titanic with David Arciniega because they aren't standing up and running this charity as the by-laws and state laws dictate. GSA is supposed to be run by the board. Obviously, David Arciniega is once again keeping the board completely in the dark and leaving them responsible for these lie-filled, worthless responses when they probably have no idea what is being filed or prepared.

CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE

TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL

SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 10. SANCTIONS FOR FRIVOLOUS PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

Sec. 10.001. SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS. The signing of a pleading or motion as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure constitutes a certificate by the signatory that to the signatory's best knowledge, information, and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry:
(1) the pleading or motion is not being presented for any improper purpose, including to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
(2) each claim, defense, or other legal contention in the pleading or motion is warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law;
(3) each allegation or other factual contention in the pleading or motion has evidentiary support or, for a specifically identified allegation or factual contention, is likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and
(4) each denial in the pleading or motion of a factual contention is warranted on the evidence or, for a specifically identified denial, is reasonably based on a lack of information or belief.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 10.002. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS. (a) A party may make a motion for sanctions, describing the specific conduct violating Section 10.001 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us//GetStatute.aspx?Code=CP&Value=10.001&Date=6/28/2014).
(b) The court on its own initiative may enter an order describing the specific conduct that appears to violate Section 10.001 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us//GetStatute.aspx?Code=CP&Value=10.001&Date=6/28/2014) and direct the alleged violator to show cause why the conduct has not violated that section.
(c) The court may award to a party prevailing on a motion under this section the reasonable expenses and attorney's fees incurred in presenting or opposing the motion, and if no due diligence is shown the court may award to the prevailing party all costs for inconvenience, harassment, and out-of-pocket expenses incurred or caused by the subject litigation.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

The latest answer GSA filed included 0 documents to the over 1300 pages I produced and cited only 1 single rule. It is an obvious attempt to run up attorney fees for me and delay this case. The purpose of my lawsuit was to get things investigated and see positive change in GSA. GSA is simply trying to spend me into oblivion instead of addressing the myriad of serious problems plaguing this totally corrupt charity. North Texas and US Youth are just as corrupt as they totally ignore their own by-laws and do not perform according to those by-laws. All these organizations should lose their non-profit status as they are circling their wagons around Arciniega and instead of serving their members.

Soapboxmom

09-05-2015, 02:42 PM

Page 18 of 38

The Right to Appeal
Appeals are a very important part of the A&D process.

1.
The request must be made in writing
2.
Determination of the merit or validity of request
3.
Chairman sets the time, date, and place for the appeal hearing
4.
The Appeal hearing follows the same guidelines and procedures as
the initial hearing
The difference between the initial request for a hearing and a request for an
appeal hearing is typically the grounds for the appeal. Typical grounds are:
1.
Failure to comply with appropriate bylaws, rule, or regulations
2.
Bylaw, rule, or regulation fails to conform with the rules of US Youth, USSF, or FIFA or the rule has
been applied arbitrarily under the facts of the appeal
3.
Disagreement as to the facts as determined by
the entity whose decision is being appealed
4.
Failure of the entity whose decision is being appealed to provide the
party with due process

Some of the most common reasons appeal hearings are granted and could

otherwise be avoided are involving lack of due process. The two most common of those

are not having a hearing before a fair and impartial committee; and lack of proper notification of their appeal rights.

This is why David Arrciniega refused to issue a required decision letter after his phony baloney made up procedure, the "board hearing" that he used to bring the U12 director and I up on phony charges when the player landed on his own parent's team (so placed by the player pool and not us mind you.) Arciniega knew since he brought us before the board first that the level of appeal would be North Texas State. Chris Kotschi of North Texas state reiterated that we had to have a decision letter to appeal. I told her that I was sure that none would be forthcoming and I was right. She said we should file a grievance in that case (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index4.html#post86275). We both did, but as usual Carlos Quinones protected Arciniega and we were refused any investigation or hearing. The North Texas State Soccer Association has not followed its by-laws to "provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of grievances" for several years now. US Youth Soccer needs to investigate and possibly terminate the membership of NTSSA and form a replacement organization that they can govern so the problems in Garland Soccer and other associations can be resolved. NTSSA is ineffective and becoming totally corrupt as evidenced by the problems in Garland Soccer. There is no reason for members being blocked from filing grievances and appeals. There is a huge scandal in soccer and it goes from Garland to North Texas State and all the way to US Youth Soccer.

David Arciniega is always bragging that he is doing all the right things. Well, then where are the decisions letters the U12 director and I are due from the charges he personally filed??? The U12 director and I produced 132 pages of documentation for that hearing while Arciniega produced only 2 pages and that is all that can be taken to the appeal. So, we defendants have plenty of material to support our position. What is Arciniega afraid of? If he is so sure why not go forward as the rules require? Is that arrogant liar afraid his friends at NTSSA and US Youth won't be able to save him if all the issues I have raised are investigated and the requested hearings held? Why is the board not demanding the rules be followed? Are they totally corrupt and dirty as well?

No coach, player or parent is safe in GSA as it is nothing more than David Arciniega's personal playground where he uses, abuses and twists the rules and by-laws to intimidate and harass coaches and directors that won't cow-tow to him. As long as he is running loose and wild this organization cannot serve its members and its non-profit status should be revoked. Arciniega knows that if hearings were held and unbiased panel members heard them that he would be nailed to the wall. Time for the GSA board to insist on due process for everyone! If the board is too inept or scared of Arciniega to act in the best interest of this charity, then the coaches need to vote to dissolve this corrupt organization.

Soapboxmom

09-05-2015, 03:25 PM

GSA Board Directors & Staff

President:
David Arciniega (president@garlandsoccer.com)
Vice President:
Piney Burch-Walser (vicepresident@garlandsoccer.com)
Treasurer:
Sam Perry (treasurer@garlandsoccer.com)
Office Manager:
Paula Tiffin (office@garlandsoccer.com)
Registrar:
Rosemary Martinez (registrar@garlandsoccer.com)
Facility & Equipment Director:
Don Starkey (fields@garlandsoccer.com)
Special Events & Training Director:
Kathleen Robinson (events@garlandsoccer.com)
Publicity & Awards Director:
Donna Freeman (publicity@garlandsoccer.com)
Referee Director:
Robert Mayfield (referee@garlandsoccer.com)
Referee Assignor:
Gayle Brandt (assignor@garlandsoccer.com)
U4 - U6 Director:
David Blair (u6director@garlandsoccer.com)
U7 - U8 Director:
Michelle Keramidas (u8director@garlandsoccer.com)
U9 - U10 Director:
Jesse Flores (u10director@garlandsoccer.com)
U11 - U12 Director:
Rachel Beltran (u12director@garlandsoccer.com)
Major League Director:
Don Shell (majorleague@garlandsoccer.com)

Charity members and the media should be hounding this board for real answers.

Soapboxmom

09-06-2015, 09:39 PM

The team numbers continue to drop as the mass exodus continues. The U19 girl's division has only 3 teams and only 1 of those hails from Garland, so they will have to play each opponent 5 times. The U19 boys has 4 teams total which are all from Garland, but they will be stuck playing each opponent at least 3 times each in this fall season.

Fall 2014 234 teams
Spring 2015 207 teams
Fall 2015 193 teams

More coaches would be gone, but the rule change allowing teams and players to play wherever they wanted passed in late July. Most of the neighboring associations closed registration around July 30th and these teams couldn't get enough players together quickly enough to jump. The Garland numbers will plummet again next season as disgruntled coaches and upset parents bail.

When are North Texas and US Youth Soccer going to follow their own by-laws and clean up this corrupt Garland association?

Soapboxmom

09-07-2015, 10:29 AM

http://www.nebraskastatesoccer.org/about_us/board_of_directors/Board of Directors

Strategic Plan 2013
A Collaborative Vision for Nebraska State Soccer
The Board of Director’s felt it was time to create a 5-year Strategic Plan to steer the board’s direction, focus and vision. Below is a direct link to plan:

Click here to view the Strategic Plan (http://www.nebraskastatesoccer.org/assets/957/15/Strategic%20Plan%202013%20Presentation%20for%20AGM .pdf)

Purpose
The purpose of this corporation is to educate players and parents, coaches, referees, and administrators in the state of Nebraska in the rules and skills of soccer, to develop qualities of leadership, self-discipline and sportsmanship in youth and adults, to develop physical fitness through competently planned and conducted clinics and competition, and to resolve questions and controversies not resolved at and under the Laws of the Game of soccer established by the Federation Internationale De Football Association or the rules of soccer leagues affiliated with this Association.

The purpose of the Board of Director is to uphold the Vision, Mission and Values of the corporation, create policy and give direction to Staff on the day to day operations.

Board Meeting Open Forum
The Board welcomes members to come and speak, but understand that we must stay on task. For this reason time for each person will be limited. Please read the Open Forum Policy (http://www.nebraskastatesoccer.org/assets/957/UserFiles/file/board/Open_Forum_Procedure.doc)if you would like to provide information or comments at any meeting.

Again, North Texas State Soccer and Garland Soccer under dictator David Arciniega, why are your meetings secret and the members constantly shut down at their own coaches' meetings? What is the big secret in Garland and Texas?

Soapboxmom

09-08-2015, 07:42 PM

BRACKET B

Batmen (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)

Infinite FC (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)
Salty Dogs (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)
The Minions (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)
New Team (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)
Schedule (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Schedule_Standing.php?gender=BOYS#)

The team count of 193 must be questioned. The Minions are listed and I counted them, but they are not included in the schedule.

Only 16 interleague teams joined GSA this fall. Among them is 1 team from Richardson. Richardson told several people they would never play in Garland again. We know that is thanks to the president, David Arciniega not being willing to address legitimate concerns with them. So, knowing Richardson had registration open for longer than Plano where all the other teams from Richardson are playing I suspect they missed Plano's deadline to get on the schedule. I spoke to Plano about a few things and I was told they were turning teams away. Plano is growing by leaps and bounds.

Only 1 team from Lake Highlands was willing to play in Garland. Again, I suspect they were not ready to go in time to play with the rest of the teams that are playing elsewhere.

Referee/Field Assignor
John Brown
lhsareferee@lhsasoccer.org

U9 Girls
John Brown
214-718-9165
U9Girls@lhsasoccer.org

Mr. Brown is the father of GSA's own former Major League Girl's Director and current Publicity and Awards Director, Donna Freeman. If her own father can't get Lake Highlands teams to agree to play in Garland (with her no doubt begging profusely,) there is a reason.

Royse City, Greenville and Rowlett are playing together again in the boys divisions and I would not be surprised to see the 8 girl's teams from Rowlett that are with Garland this fall bail for greener pastures in the spring. Chamber Classic sent over a mere 4 teams. The rest are playing interleague with Lake Highlands and Plano. These teams I am suspect will be leaving in the spring as Garland is disorganized and chaotic. The horrendous internal issues in Garland Soccer are destroying the league and driving everyone away.

Garland is the incredible shrinking soccer league. When are US Youth, NTSSA and the city of Garland going to step in, investigate and stop the bleeding??

Soapboxmom

09-08-2015, 08:51 PM

Why Should I Tell My Lawyer Everything? The Case of the Likely to Lose Liar | MALIS|LAW Blog (http://malislaw.com/blog/?p=182)

Here’s a client guide I recently posted on Avvo.com concerning the importance of making a full disclosure to your lawyer:....
The attorney-client relationship is primarily based on trust..... If you’d like to see your attorney become truly unmotivated, lie to him or withhold evidence and watch what happens when the truth comes out …

2. TRUTH = SUCCESS. Most litigation is not won or lost based upon the merits of the claim; it’s won or lost based upon whom the jury believes. Document trails, witness statements, photographic evidence, scientific evidence, are all support structures for the ultimate issue — who’s lying, and who’s not. If you initiate your relationship without disclosing all you know or strategically withholding evidence, the lawyer will build the case on that structure. If it’s an inaccurate or untruthful “foundation”, the case becomes a house of cards, and you’re sure to lose.

3. YOU’LL HOGTIE YOUR LAWYER WITH A LIE OR INCORRECT FACTS....Trust me, I’ve seen it happen, and often on the most insignificant of facts (like Furman lying about racial bias, which had nothing to do with the OJ Simpson investigation)...

4. JURIES LOVE FULL DISCLOSURE....

5. YOU’LL FEEL BETTER. Do you remember when you were kid and threw out a fib, and spent the rest of the day worrying about whether you’d be caught?.....

6. YOUR LIE WILL BE DISCOVERED — THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT “DISCOVERY”. Civil and criminal cases require that lawyers exchange information about their cases in a process called “discovery”. In my field, civil practice, discovery is very extensive, with subpoenas, written questions, document requests, and lengthy depositions, all designed to ensure that there are no surprises at trial. Everyone leaves some kind of paper trail, especially someone who’s been untruthful. Don’t think you can hide a secret in civil litigation; they inevitably come out, whether it’s through finding a contradictory business record; a subpoena of your email records or Facebook postings (and don’t think THAT doesn’t happen!), or just your squirming in the witness chair when asked just the right question.

7. A COVER-UP CAN BE MORE POWERFUL THAN A TRUTHFUL ADMISSION — REMEMBER WATERGATE?....

It is obvious David Arciniega is behind the ridiculous answers the NTSSA lawyer is providing. The board better get ready to explain why they are not running GSA and seeing that the answers are complete and truthful. 1 by-law and 0 documents is not going to fly. What does a 501 c 3 charity have to hide???

Soapboxmom

09-08-2015, 09:01 PM

3 teams still need coaches and the games start on Saturday September 12th. More than 10 have no name, so they are still unorganized and will be scrambling to be ready. Chaos and confusion every season. I also note that several very experienced coaches who swore they were done coaching in this nightmare of an association are back coaching as no one wants to step up for those teams.

Soapboxmom

09-09-2015, 08:19 AM

Rule 13 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provides in full:

The signatures of attorneys or parties constitute a certificate by them that they have read the pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry the instrument is not groundless and brought in bad faith or groundless and brought for the purpose of harassment. Attorneys or parties who shall bring a fictitious suit as an experiment to get an opinion of the court, or who shall file any fictitious pleading in a cause for such a purpose, or shall make statements in pleading which they know to be groundless and false, for the purpose of securing a delay of the trial of the cause, shall be held guilty of a contempt. If a pleading, motion or other paper is signed in violation of this rule, the court, upon motion or upon its own initiative, after notice and hearing, shall impose an appropriate sanction available under Rule 215-2b, upon the person who signed it, a represented party, or both.
Again, 1 by-law and zero documents in a completely ludicrous response, really? The board runs GSA and they are responsible.

Attorney says:
Subornation of Perjury: Tad Nelson & Associates (http://tadnelsonlaw.com/other-crimes/subornation-of-perjury/)

Perjury is a criminal offense under Texas Penal Code Chapter 37. Speaking in general terms, perjury is knowingly or willfully making a false statement under oath. The severity of a perjury charge can range from a class A misdemeanor to a third-degree felony. Procuring another party to commit perjury is called "subornation of perjury" and is also subject to serious criminal charges......While many people have heard of perjury, not as commonly known is "subornation of perjury." Subornation of perjury is when someone willfully procures another party to make a false statement under oath or swear to the truth of a false statement previously made and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under oath.
How far is the board going to go to protect David Arciniega? When is the board going to get its own legal counsel and start making the changes needed to save what is left of GSA?

Soapboxmom

09-09-2015, 12:26 PM

Since it is obvious that the GSA board isn't going to step up and handle anything, I believe it is time to talk about what is really going on behind the scenes.

Terry Walser in 2010 and Piney Burch-Walser in 2012 ran for the position of Vice President of Garland Soccer. Both were defeated by Kim Verity. Part of the reason they lost was referees being brought in by the referee assignor Gayle Brandt. There is a referee who will testify under oath that he was instructed to come in and help and that he was told that he was to vote for Verity. Elections being rigged has been a concern that has been discussed among the veteran coaches for years, but no Vice President (who has the authority mind you) or North Texas after complaints would step in and do their job. David Arciniega has board members afraid to stand up and do their job with the hostile environment he created and the fear of retaliation.

Everyone who has been around knows that in order to win an election one may have to be nominated from the floor without David Arciniega or his rubber stampers finding out someone is running so that the legions of proxies won't be there to control the vote. Piney Burch-Walser had the support of a portion of the board when she was nominated from the floor for VP in 2014. It worked. As the armies of proxies were not there and only a few coaches (some of whom came in just to vote for her,) she was able to win the seat.

Burch -Walser had promised that she would stand up to David Arciniega and conduct all investigations and hearings related to his actions that were requested. She also promised to form the committees required under the by-laws that had not been in place for years due to Arciniega including the Ethics and A & D Committees. She promised to totally clean up the A & D process and follow the proper protocols and procedures and for the first time in years have fair hearings. She promised that she would do what was right no matter what Arciniega pulled.

Those of us that voted for her feel totally betrayed and misled. She has done nothing that she promised to do. She has the duty to step up if David Arciniega refuses to act and could resolve all these issues, but she cowers in fear and does nothing.

1.2 Vice President: The Vice President shall act in the place and stead of the President in the event
of his absence, inability or refusal to act, and shall exercise and discharge such duties as may be
required of him by the Board. He shall chair the Appeals and Disciplinary Committee, and is
the official delegate of the Association to the NTSSA.

A number of current and former directors have been communicating with veteran coaches and they have stated flat out that David Arciniega needs to go. The GSA board is hopelessly divided into the directors wanting to run things honestly and those that are rubber stampers for David Arciniega. None of us that know Arciniega needs to be removed are vengeful or prone to gossip. There are so many serious issues in Garland Soccer and most of them trace back to Arciniega. Arciniega running this organization in a shroud of secrecy, openly flouting by-laws and creating a hostile environment with everyone afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation is destroying this organization. There is nothing personal here.

It is about following fiduciary duties as prescribed by state law and running this charity openly and honestly. If US Youth doesn't step in immediately, there will be almost nothing left of GSA to save. The board is totally divided and the veteran coaches are totally fed up. As No Confidence votes will never be let past Arciniega and his rubber stampers so the coaches may have their rightful say, the coaches will have no choice but to dissolve this corrupt organization and demand US Youth step in to supervise rebuilding ti from scratch.

Soapboxmom

09-09-2015, 06:02 PM

Plano is the association everyone wants to play in and there are many reasons why

Injuries and Prevention

Plano Youth Soccer provides onsite professional athletic training/medical staff at Russell Creek Park and Carpenter Park for weekend games.
Trainers provide immediate medical attention for game day injuries, but also offer support services such as ankle taping.
PYSA is the only recreational soccer league in DFW to offer medical/athletic training services during league play.

They also have the following on their website:

.....
Steve's Websites:
Sports Med Central (http://sportsmedcentral.net/) - injury prevention and treatment videos
SoccerSmart.org (http://www.soccersmart.org/) - valuable information and resources for the prevention and management of injuries common among youth soccer players.

Other Resources

ACL Prevention Video (http://youtu.be/OAHpXkTEx8Q)
Steve Parker's Checklist for Head Injuries in Youth Sports (http://www.soccersmart.org/SoccerSmart.org/Steves_Tips.html)
Concussion FAQ (http://www.pysa.org/UserFiles/files/FAQ/Concussion%20Center%20Home%20Care%20Flyer.pdf)

I and several other directors begged for First Aid and CPR training for directors and coaches and directors on duty at all times to help on the fields, but as usual David Arciniega refused to implement any safety improvements for our kids. Many more teams will leave Garland to benefit from the excellent services in Plano!

Soapboxmom

09-10-2015, 09:54 AM

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No doubt Charles Cummings at Ultimate Exposure will run for the hills. In fall 2014 he was left to deal with Mrs. Sex Offender who completely ignored him and did not do her job as the Publicity and Awards director. I came up to photo day and asked how he was doing. He knew me as a longtime coach/manager and director and said the Publicity and Awards director had not been responding to him at all. I gave him my contact info and assured him that the VP and I would do anything needed to assist him. He was horrified to find out that the Publicity and Awards Director's chauffeur/husband was a registered sex offender with a child victim. No one wanted that scary couple around the kids, so her not showing up as expected on photo day was something of a relief on that front.

Ultimate Exposures paid for advertising for GSA, but as GSA's reputation is really bad now and the number of players and teams are plummeting I expect that he will bail. Ultimate Exposures is in business to make money and doesn't have the time to deal with GSA's horrific problems. GSA and UE are businesses. Why is GSA not run like one?

Soapboxmom

09-10-2015, 02:24 PM

[QUOTE]09/10/2015

MOTION - CONTINUANCE (http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&EventID=123612065&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500)Joint Motion for Continuance and Entry of Agreed Scheduling Order

Trial date in May 2016 proposed. I bet the board of directors has no idea what is going on. This sordid saga just keeps dragging on while Garland Soccer implodes and the kids leave their own hometown to play elsewhere.

Soapboxmom

09-10-2015, 03:22 PM

Neighboring soccer association says:

PASO Board Meeting Schedule & Minutes

In accordance with the PASO League Bylaws the board meets regularly and minutes are recorded. Once the minutes are approved, according to procedure, they are posted. Board meetings are open to the public and may be attended by anyone wanting to learn more about how the board operates or wishing to address the board.

Unless otherwise indicated all PASO board meetings are held at 6PM on the third Sunday of each month at the Prosper Town Chambers: 108 W. Broadway, Prosper TX.

2015 Board Meeting Minutes

January (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20January%2018th%202015.pdf )
February (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20February%2018th%202015.pd f)
March (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20March%2015th%202015.pdf)
April (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20April%2019th%202015.pdf)

May (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20May%2017th%202015.pdf)
June (http://www.prospersoccer.org/docs/PASO%20Board%20Meeting%20June%2028th%202015.pdf)

From: Heather Dobrott
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 9:38 PM
To:
Subject: Thank You Coaches

Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Dear Coaches,

Thank you so much for volunteering this season to work with the kids! You are what makes Garland Soccer wonderful!

I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve all of you as your representative on the GSA board. I am your liaison to the board. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns that need to be addressed.

The board meetings are on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. and are open to the public. Our next meeting is on Monday March 4th at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the office on 1917 Apollo Rd. I hope you all will feel welcome to join us any time.

I want to encourage all of you to get more involved. The next election will be at our May GSA meeting. I hope you will get to know your board and come out and vote.

I will be out at the fields and look forward to seeing all of you out there!!!

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director
972 496-3649

On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:59 PM, U12director@garlandsoccer.com wrote:

Garland Soccer Association
www.garlandsoccer.com (http://www.garlandsoccer.com)

Hello Coaches Reminder GSA Board March 4 -Monday at GSA office 7pm 1917. Apollo rd. Garland Be involved Come. See how the GSA Board representing you

From: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Board Meetings Open ot Members?
To: jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org
Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 6:02 PM
Dear Ms. Campbell,

I am the U6 Girls Director for the Garland Soccer Association. All of you at NTSSA have been so helpful to me in the past. I was hoping you could kindly direct me to information concerning youth soccer association board meetings. Are these meetings open to the members? Are they generally open to the public? What issues would necessitate a closed session?

The following e-mails sent out to Garland coaches got a very negative response from our board president and another board member. I would appreciate clarification on the policies related to board meeting attendance. I very much want to encourage our coaches to give us more feedback and get more involved.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
U6 Girls Director

From: projsocc@yahoo.com [mailto:projsocc@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:57 PM
To: 'Heather Dobrott'
Cc: 'Campbell'; 'Billy Babcock'
Subject: RE: Board Meetings Open to Members?

Heather,
This email was forwarded to me by Janet since this is my area.
Board meetings can be either open or closed to their members or guests. Typically if a meeting is not declared as closed it is generally understood to be open. We encourage our associations to have open meetings as much as possible and practical. There are times when meetings (due to the agenda and content) where meetings can be considered special meetings or closed. Regular open meetings can also go into executive session where all parties must vacate the premises if confidential material needs to be discussed. Executive sessions have special requirements where discussion is free but no actions are taken and no minutes are kept. An example would be if you wanted to discuss contract details between bid proposals. Once executive session has ended the meeting can resume and then action may be taken by the board. Using the above scenario as an example, the sealed bids may be presented in regular session, and executive session called for closer examination and a determination on which bid to select. Executive session ends and then the official vote taken. The only reflection in the minutes would be the bids presented and voted on by the board. Executive session also carries confidentiality and privilege so no discussion outside the executive session may be relayed to parties not present during executive session.

I hope this helps, but feel free to email me back if you have additional questions.

Sincerely,
David Crawford
NTSSA VP-Development

Why is David Arciniega operating Garland Soccer in a shroud of secrecy? Why did Arciniega and his goon squad harass me for insisting the charity be operated in an above board and transparent manner as the IRS regulations and state law require? Why is the meeting location secret and held in a place with no parking for guests? Why is Arciniega openly flouting what North Texas State Soccer is instructing him to do? About the only thing Garland should close a meeting for is background check appeal. What else would be secret in a youth sports charity???

The board is so totally corrupt that the coaches will have no alternative but to dissolve the board and ask US Youth to step in reorganize this disaster of a charity. David Arcinega and his goon squad are completely out of control!

Soapboxmom

09-10-2015, 05:20 PM

Major league soccer teams with as few as 12 players and games start in 2 days??? Another low roster season that will destroy teams and run off many players and their families. How many years is this mismanagement going to go on? A team my team played against several years ago only had 12 on the roster and folded after that 1 season. As far as I know, only 2 of those players came back in the spring to play soccer again. The numbers are going to continue to plummet until things change drastically.

GSA also has some real competition in the quality of meetings. I hear that Dallas East Soccer served food and had beer at their meeting this week. Couldn't Garland at least offer their coaches a light meal and drinks at these torture sessions?

Soapboxmom

09-16-2015, 10:27 PM

Garland Soccer continues to implode. 1 team has folded and another still has no coach after the season has started. Teams with no coach should not even be scheduled to begin with. Completely disorganized and chaotic.

David Arciniega is incompetent. The organization continues its downhill plunge under his leadership even as housing prices soar and Garland grows with new companies coming in.

The team counts are abysmal:

fall 2014 234
spring 2015 207
fall 2015 191 or 192 depending on the no coach team's final status.

12076

Soapboxmom

09-17-2015, 07:42 AM

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index7.html#post88448

I just got a Valpak coupon for Garland Soccer in the envelope I received in the mail yesterday, September 16th. Games are already in progress. The youngest teams are full and cannot take any more players. The older teams are short, but now these kids will come in after the first game and the coach will have to order more uniforms and put kids in a game that they have never laid eyes on before. That runs off coaches and these latecomers (players) often don't return as they have a bad experience.

The coupon tells parents that there is a $10 late fee after August 15th. Hello, registration should have ended long ago and early registrants should have been offered an incentive discount. This dishonest ad also talks of teams formed every season, when schedules were out almost 2 weeks ago and no more teams could be formed now. No other association is taking players now. Almost all the neighboring associations ended registration around July 30th. This complete chaos and total disorganization is why so many are leaving unhappy and the numbers for GSA continue to plummet. When are US Youth and North Texas State Soccer going to come in an clean up this mess?

Soapboxmom

09-21-2015, 07:40 PM

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John Sutter, the president of US Youth Soccer is a licensed insurance agent in Texas. Does he conduct his insurance business the way he conducts business for the national youth soccer charity? Though he promised to investigate Garland Soccer and look into the financial issues and many other serious concerns, he has never completed the promised investigation. As usual no decision letter was prepared and no update given. US Youth, NTSSA and Garland Soccer do not follow their by-laws and grievances and appeals are not promptly resolved.

The following issues in Garland Soccer need to be investigated:

Garland’s children were harmed by sexual predator Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman. Garland Soccer made numerous promises in the media. “We’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,” David Arciniega blocked every attempt I made to institute proper policies and procedures to keep Garland’s children safe. Garland Soccer has done nothing in response to children being raped.
A director married to a registered for life, level 2 sex offender with a child victim was letting him handle rosters and other records. This director did not drive and this offender accompanied her everywhere. The president insisted on keeping her on the board knowing the sex offender would be around at every soccer activity possibly putting our children in danger. This clearly violated Garland’s Loitering ordinance.
This same director and her husband were bragging that they would be meeting the association president, David Arciniega, to discuss construction work for GSA when no open bidding was in progress.
$8,000.00 of “missing funds” has no proper documentation as the board is routinely denied documentation by David Arciniega.
Garland Soccer Association president, David Arciniega, lied to the GSA member coaches about those “missing funds” claiming there was ongoing litigation between the software provider, Jevin and the payment processor, Corduro. 2 years later no litigation is on record anywhere.
A former Coach and director were brought up on phony charges when the player pool placed children of the correct age with their coaching parents. Why would children be placed on teams competing against their own parent's teams?
The president, David Arciniega, runs this organization like a dictatorship and flouts the GSA, North Texas State and US Youth Soccer by-laws.
State law concerning fiduciary duties is not being followed.
Elections in Garland Soccer have been rigged for years.
Arciniega filed a No Confidence Petition in an attempt to remove a director who spoke on behalf of a candidate running against him. Members are afraid to vote their conscience.
The number of players and coaches are dropping as folks leave unhappy with their experience in Garland Soccer.
Garland Soccer has lost almost all of its interleague play with neighboring associations. Richardson, Wylie and Chamber Classic have left Garland Soccer. Plano Soccer will not invite us to join them all. The U13 and up depend on interleague to have enough teams to play in their correct age groups.
The coaches are shut down at meetings and their voices are not heard.
The Garland Soccer Association is operated in a shroud of secrecy even though it is in fact a 501 c 3 charity and should be completely transparent.
Members of the association and the public have not been welcomed to the board meetings.
Board meeting agendas, board meeting minutes and board member reports are kept secret.
GSA has no Ethics Committee as North Texas State requires as Arciniega refuses to form one.
GSA has no A & D Committee as required by the by-laws as David Arciniega refuses to allow one to be formed. The A & D process is completely broken and as protocol and procedures are totally flouted all of the hearings are illegal.
David Arciniega and Kim Verity refused to issue A & D decision letters in direct violation of North Texas rules which places Garland Soccer NOT in Good Standing.
A hearing that was called to decide the placement of a child that was placed on his own father's team by the player pool was called by David Arciniega without informing this coach that the placement of his child was being decided.
The Garland Soccer website is not in Spanish though there have been numerous requests over the years for that to happen as much of GSA’s player base is simply not being served.
Garland Soccer puts kids in soccer that are in danger themselves and a danger to others as there is no TOPSoccer program in place for kids that would benefit from it. I was working to form a league for special needs players before Arciniega pushed me out. Now, that has been dropped and these wonderful kids are not being served.

Garland Soccer is totally corrupt! How did David Arciniega get elected to the NTSSA state board when he totally mismanages Garland Soccer and does not deal honestly? I should not have had to file suit to get the issues in Garland resolved for our kids and coaches.

This organization has coaches in fear of retaliation if they speak out. It is a hostile and unwelcoming environment.

Check out my on camera interview:
Garland Soccer Coach Arrested for Child Indecency | CW33 NewsFix (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/)

From: John Sutter [mailto:john.sutter@CoVerica.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:32 PM
To: 'Heather'
Cc: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; 'egill@usyouthsoccer.org'; Chris Moore (cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org); 'Rob Martella'; 'Todd Roby | US Youth Soccer'; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; 'squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Dear Ms. Dobrott:

I apologize for the delay in responding to your initial email.

As the traditional application of the Bylaw you cited has previously been used almost exclusively in response to filed criminal actions, we are currently evaluating the civil suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega for Bylaw applicability and jurisdiction.

As we do not have a corporate General Counsel, I ask your indulgence for the time involved in our review process.
I expect the review to conclude in the very near future.

Sincerely,

John

John Sutter
Chairman
US Youth Soccer

jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org
www.usyouthsoccer.org (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org)

From: Heather
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:04 PM
To: jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org; egill@ysyouthsoccer.org; cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org; rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org; troby@usyouthsoccer.org; bpodewils@usyouthsoccer.org; jharrell@usyouthsoccer.org; squreshi@usyouthsoccer.org; ssnow@usyouthsoccer.org; jparker@usyouthsoccer.org; nnottke@usyouthsoccer.org; chouseknecht@usyouthsoccer.org; mfreitag@usyouthsoccer.org
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

The courtesy of a reply would be very much appreciated.

From: Soapboxmom
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:42 AM
To: 'jsutter@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'egill@ysyouthsoccer.org'; 'cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org'; 'troby@usyouthsoccer.org'
Subject: Heather Dobrott vs. Garland Soccer Association / David Arciniega

Please find following links to US Youth Soccer By-laws that pertain to litigation and terminations and the suit against Garland Soccer Association and David Arciniega. Please accept this as my formal request for U.S. Youth Soccer to take action in regard to Mr. Arciniega in accordance with said by-laws.

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-...885/#post83070 (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/#post83070)

http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-...ociation-3885/ (http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-3885/)

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

By-laws say:

ARTICLE VII 206 FEES AND DISCIPLINE 207
208
Section 1. Annual Fees. 209
A. Organization Member. Each organization member shall pay to USYSA annual fees 210 recommended by the board of directors and approved by the National Council. 211
B. Individual and Sustaining Members. The fees for individual and sustaining members 212 shall be as prescribed by the board of directors. 213

Section 2. Suspensions and Terminations. 214
A. Suspension. 215
1. Failure to Pay Fees. Any member failing to pay any fees due USYSA shall be 216 provided written notice of the delinquency. If those fees are not paid within 30 days 217 after the date of the notice of delinquency, the delinquent member may be 218 suspended from membership in USYSA after a proper hearing pursuant to 219 Subsection 3B of this Article. The member shall be notified in writing of any 220 suspension and the date on which membership will be terminated if the fees remain 221 unpaid. 222
2. Due to Litigation. 223
(a) Any person participating in a USYSA program, or in a program of a state 224 association or a program of a member of a state association, who becomes a 225 defendant in litigation detrimental to the welfare of youth players or litigation 226 based on activities detrimental to the welfare of youth players, shall be 227 suspended from all soccer-related activities. Suspensions under this bylaw shall 228 be determined by the appropriate state association or the USYSA Board of 229 Directors. Matters detrimental to the welfare of youth players shall include, but 230
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not be limited to, crimes of moral turpitude and felonies. The person has a right 231 to appeal the suspension only over whether the matter which is the substance of 232 the accusation, if true, is detrimental to the welfare of youth players. 233
(b) On completion of the litigation, the suspended person may inform the body 234 suspending the person under Subsection 2A2(a) of this Article that the litigation 235 has been completed and request that the suspension be terminated and the 236 person reinstated. The suspending body may grant the request of the person or, 237 if the decision of the litigation was adverse to the person, may continue the 238 suspension for a period specified by the suspending body, fine the person, 239 terminate all membership of that person with the suspending body and its 240 members, or any combination of those authorized penalties. 241
B. Termination. 242
1. The membership of a state association may be terminated by the National Council 243 for cause by a two-thirds vote of the National Council. 244
2. If the membership of a state association is terminated either by resignation from 245 USYSA or under Subsection 2A1 or Subsection 2B1 of this Article, USYSA shall 246 immediately undertake actions to replace that organization with another 247 organization having the same USYSA jurisdiction as the organization whose 248 membership is terminated. That replacement organization may include an 249 organization established and temporarily operated by USYSA. 250
3. The board of directors may terminate the membership of a sustaining member as 251 prescribed in Section 3A of this Article. 252

Section 3. Suspension, Termination and Other Penalties. 253
A. The board of directors may suspend, fine, terminate and/or impose any other penalty 254 on any member of USYSA, if the board determines that: 255
1. the conduct of the member is adverse to the best interests of soccer or USYSA; or 256
2. the member has not complied with the requirements of its membership in USYSA. 257
B. The board of directors may act under this Article only after a hearing, reasonable 258 notice to the member of the time and place of the hearing, and providing the member 259 with a reasonable opportunity to present evidence in support of the member’s position. 260

Section 4. Effect. A suspension or other disciplinary action imposed by USYSA in accordance 261 with these bylaws shall be recognized by all members of USYSA on notification by USYSA. 262 Suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed by members of USYSA shall be 263 recognized by USYSA and all other USYSA members on proper notification to USYSA. 264
265

Soapboxmom

09-22-2015, 11:41 AM

Low roster counts are a horrific problem and getting much worse. Major league teams are out there with no subs and as the season goes on they will be forced to play short the number of players needed on the field. Combining age groups is proving disastrous in this already difficult situation.

Coaches are also expressing serious concern over the quality of the officiating. Garland Soccer has been bleeding referees for years. The major league will disappear as there will not be enough teams to form any leagues. Several divisions are already playing with only 3 teams and those teams all play one another 5 times each.

If US Youth Soccer and North Texas State do not step in and take drastic action there will be little left of Garland Soccer to save. The corruption and mismanagement are sinking GSA like the Titanic.

Soapboxmom

09-23-2015, 10:18 AM

Compass Point, by Jan Masaoka
1
DRAFT - Board Member Agreement
I, _____________ understand that as a member of the Board of Directors of the XXX
organization. I have a legal, fiduciary and moral responsibility to ensure that XXX does
the best work possible in pursuit of its goals. I believe in the purpose and the mission
of XXX, and I will act responsibly and prudently as its steward.
As part of my responsibilities as a XXX board member:
1. I will interpret the XXX's work and values to the community, represent the organization,
and act as an enthusiastic ambassador. I will be able to do these things because I have
been given sufficient opportunities to fully understand XXX’s vision, mission, investment
strategy and other key organizational information.
2. I will make XXX’s work a priority for my time by attending at least 75% of board
meetings, committee meetings and special events.
3. I will demonstrate my personal commitment to the work of XXX by making a personal
financial contribution at a level that is meaningful to me.
4. I will actively participate in other fundraising activities, whenever appropriate.
5. I will act in the best interests of the organization, and excuse myself from discussions
and votes where I have a conflict of interest. I will observe bias in my response to
financial decisions and take care to disclose those, as well. I will sign the XXX statement
of conflict of interests on an annual basis and list my potential conflicts with any
decisions to be made at a given meeting.
6. I will participate in board education activities. I will stay informed about what's going on
at XXX, in our community and the field. I will ask questions and request information. I
will seek to understand how best to manage our risks, but I will seek to encourage
optimism and boldness in our organizational strategies. I will participate in and take
responsibility for making decisions on issues, policies and other board matters.
7. I will work in good faith with staff and other board members as partners towards
achievement of our goals.
8. I will expect my time to be strictly respected and that every attempt will be made to use
my time strategically and for matters of real importance to XXX.
9. If I don't fulfill these commitments to the organization, I will expect the board president
to call me and discuss my responsibilities with me.
In turn, XXX will be responsible to me in several ways:
1. I will be sent, without request, quarterly financial reports and an update of
organizational activities that allow me to meet the "prudent person" section of
the law.
2. Opportunities will be offered to me to discuss with the executive director and the
board president the organization's programs, goals, activities, and status;
additionally, I can request such opportunities.
3. Board members and staff will respond in a straightforward fashion to questions I
have that I feel are necessary to carry out my fiscal, legal and moral
responsibilities to this organization. Board members and staff will work in good
faith with me towards achievement of our goals.
4. If the organization does not fulfill its commitments to me, I can call on the board
president and executive director to discuss these responsibilities.
Signed:
________________________________
Date: ___________________
Member, Board of Directors
________________________________
Date: ___________________
President, Board of Directors

Straight from US Youth Soccer. This clarifies many issues I brought up. David Arciniega openly flouts these policies thus violating numerous by-laws, state laws and IRS regulations. When are his lies and the shroud of secrecy going to end?

David Arciniega insists on retaining errant directors that do not attend meetings and fulfill their duties. David Arciniega keeps records secret from the board and denies them access to records in the office that are needed for directors to fulfill their fiscal, legal and moral responsibilities to Garland Soccer. The office manager will not allow board members any access to records.

Garland Soccer has been driving off players and coaches in now record numbers. The organization has clearly been in crisis for the last several years due to the mismanagement and dishonest dealings of the president, David Arciniega.

One of the errant directors who had been boasting that David Arciniega was going to meet her and her husband to privately discuss construction work for GSA also had a member of law enforcement discuss that that was totally inappropriate and a conflict of interest with her. That member of law enforcement was also concerned that her sex offender husband 24500 was involved with the soccer association. So, Arciniega's antics are no secret at all!

I pointed out that David Arciniega was not fulfilling his obligation to the board members, but NTSSA and US Youth let this clown run a dishonest operation where the environment is hostile and intimidation and harassment goes on unchecked. Garland Soccer's implosion reflects badly on every association under North Texas and on US Youth Soccer itself as it speaks to their unwillingness to follow their own by-laws and investigate and their horrific mismanagement as well.

Soapboxmom

09-23-2015, 11:36 AM

Fraudulent or Dishonest Conduct & Whistleblower Policy Statement

The United States Youth Soccer Association, Inc. will investigate any possible fraudulent or dishonest use or misuse of the Association’s resources or property by management, staff, volunteers, or members. Anyone found to have engaged in a fraudulent or dishonest conduct is subject to disciplinary action by the Association.

All members of the Association community are encouraged to report possible fraudulent or dishonest conduct (i.e., a whistleblower). An employee should report his or her concerns to a supervisor or manager. If for any reason an employee finds it difficult to report his or her concern to a manager or supervisor, the employee can report it directly to the President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations.

Managers or supervisors are required to report suspected fraudulent or dishonest conduct to the President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations.
For more information about definitions, rights and responsibilities, procedures, and contacts read the following.

Definitions
Baseless Allegations: allegations made with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity. People making such allegations may be subject to institutional disciplinary action.

Fraudulent or Dishonest Conduct: a deliberate act or failure to act with the intention of obtaining an unauthorized benefit. Examples of such conduct include, but are not limited to:
o forgery or alteration of documents
o unauthorized alteration or manipulation of computer files
o fraudulent financial reporting
o pursuit of a benefit or advantage in violation of the Association’s conflict of interest policy
o misappropriation or misuse of the Association resources, such as funds, supplies, or other assets
o authorizing or receiving compensation for goods not received or services not performed
o authorizing or receiving compensation for hours not worked

Whistleblower: an employee who informs a manager, supervisor or the President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations about an activity which that person believes to be fraudulent or dishonest.

Rights and Responsibilities

Managers or Supervisors

Managers or supervisors are required to report suspected fraudulent or dishonest conduct to the President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations. In addition, managers or supervisors are responsible for maintaining a system of management controls, which detect and deter fraudulent or dishonest conduct. Failure by a manager or supervisor to establish management controls or report misconduct within the scope of this policy may result in adverse personnel action against the manager or supervisor, up to and including dismissal. The President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations are available to assist management in establishing management systems and recognizing improper conduct.

Reasonable care should be taken in dealing with suspected misconduct to avoid:
o baseless allegations
o premature notice to persons suspected of misconduct and/or disclosure of suspected misconduct to others not involved with the investigation
o violations of a person's rights under law
Accordingly, a manager or supervisor faced with a suspected misconduct:
o should not contact the person suspected to further investigate the matter or demand restitution
o should not discuss the case with anyone other than the President, General Counsel, Executive Director or Director of Membership and Business Operations.
o should direct all inquiries from any attorney retained by the suspected individual to the General Counsel
o should direct all inquiries from the media to the President or the Executive Director.

Whistleblower Protection

The Association will protect whistleblowers as follows:
o The Association will use best efforts to protect whistleblowers against retaliation, as described below. It cannot guarantee confidentiality, however, and there is no such thing as an "unofficial" or "off the record" report. The Association will keep the whistleblower's identity confidential, unless (1) the person agrees to be identified; (2) identification is necessary to allow the Association or law enforcement officials to investigate or respond effectively to the report; (3) identification is required by law; or (4) the person accused of Fraud Policy violations is entitled to the information as a matter of legal right in disciplinary proceedings.
o Association employees may not retaliate against a whistleblower with the intent or effect of adversely affecting the terms or conditions of employment (including but not limited to, threats of physical harm, loss of job, punitive work assignments, or impact on salary or wages). Whistleblowers who believe that they have been retaliated against may file a written complaint with the Executive Director or President. A proven complaint of retaliation shall result in a proper remedy for the person harmed and the initiation of disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, against the retaliating person. This protection from retaliation is not intended to prohibit managers or supervisors from taking action, including disciplinary action, in the usual scope of their duties and based on valid performance-related factors.
o Whistleblowers must be cautious to avoid baseless allegations (as described earlier in the definitions section of this policy).

Contacts
Questions related to the interpretation of this policy should be directed to:

Jim Cosgrove
Executive Director
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034

Effective Date 12/03/05

US Youth does not follow these policies. US Youth has jurisdiction over North Texas State and Garland Soccer. As GSA and NTSSA clearly refuse to follow the policies set forth by US Youth, then US Youth should take jurisdiciton and deal with the issues in Garland Soccer.

I reported possible felony financial fraud, sex offenders having access to children and records, records being kept secret in violation of by-laws, state laws and IRS regulations and other very serious matters. I was constantly harassed and intimidated for doing the right thing. I had to fight a bogus No Confidence Petition that was filed to retaliate against me for going to the police about missing money, filing proper grievances with NTSSA and for voting for a candidate running against David Arciniega for president. Since when can charity members be removed from office for voting for what they deem the most qualified and honest candidate? I was brought up on phony charges because the player pool placed a child on his father's own team. Why on earth would GSA have a child play on an opposing team in the same age group as his parent's team? What families would play and coach under those circumstances.

I was constantly humiliated and undermined by David Arciniega in front of the board for rightly demanding documentation and asking necessary questions in an effort to see things were run honestly and above board. US Youth was informed of these egregious problems and even sent a courtesy copy of the lawsuit before it was filed to try and get action taken according to the by-laws. US Youth, North Texas and Garland Soccer are all part of the good ol' boy gang and everything gets swept under the rug.

Soapboxmom

09-24-2015, 03:18 PM

Guideline E, Personal Conduct
AG ¶ 15 expresses the security concern pertaining to personal conduct:
Conduct involving questionable judgment, lack of candor, dishonesty, or
unwillingness to comply with rules and regulations can raise questions
about an individual's reliability, trustworthiness and ability to protect
classified information....

AG ¶ 16 describes a condition that could raise a security concern and may be
disqualifying in this case:
(e) personal conduct, or concealment of information about one's conduct,
that creates a vulnerability to exploitation, manipulation, or duress, such
as (1) engaging in activities which, if known, may affect the person's
personal, professional, or community standing....
I have worked with various law enforcement agencies and authorities over the years. In light of this quoted information I have made the necessary formal complaints. How the dishonesty, manipulation, harassment, open flouting of by-laws, state non-profit laws and IRS regulations is allowed to go on in Garland Soccer is beyond me. My reputation has been ruined by David Arciniega and his goon squad for doing the right things and what was necessary to run this charity as by-laws, state laws and IRS dictate. This abuse will not go unchecked.

Soapboxmom

09-24-2015, 04:43 PM

“The general standard is that a clearance maybe granted only when ‘clearly consistent with the interests of the national security.’” Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518, 528 (1988). See also Directive, Enclosure 2 ¶ 2(b): “Any doubt concerning personnel being considered for access to classified information will be resolved in favor of the national security.”

Garland Soccer is a charity run under a shroud of secrecy. The "missing funds" issue has no paper trail. President David Arciniega refused to produce any documentation period. He flat out lied to the coaches about the nature of the problem. The wild tale of litigation was a complete fabrication and the board and members have never gotten the truth.

Though a multitude of promises were made in the media, Garland Soccer has made no changes in policies and procedures, education of parents, players and coaches or increased oversight in response to children being harmed by a sexual predator.

Arciniega keeping a director that couldn't drive that was married to a registered for life level II sex offender with a child victim. That director and her husband were running around bragging that David Arciniega was going to meet them to discuss construction work for Garland Soccer. Garland Soccer had no open bidding in progress and it was a clear conflict of interest. A member of law enforcement will concur that this was discussed.

Phony charges for children being placed on their own parents team when they are the correct age and filing a No Confidence Petition against a director in order to harass them for voting for who they deemed the best candidate for the office of president, going to NTSSA for help and reporting the "missing funds" to the police also show that David Arciniega is dishonest, manipulative, and clearly not trustworthy.

Operating Garland Soccer without regard to the by-laws, state non-profit laws and IRS regulations clearly demonstrate that this individual is to be doubted and his trustworthiness is very questionable.

Should the City of Garland allow this group to use city fields under these conditions? Should the taxpayers demand the City Council and Parks and Rec complete their investigation and demand changes?

Soapboxmom

09-27-2015, 06:55 PM

I hope the Department of Defense will do a real thorough investigation and ge to the gottom of what's been going on for years.

AG ¶ 16 describes conditions that could raise a trustworthiness concern and may be disqualifying. The following disqualifying condition is potentially applicable:
(e) personal conduct, or concealment of information about one’s conduct, that creates a vulnerability to exploitation, manipulation, or duress, such as . . . engaging in activities which, if known, may affect the person’s personal, professional, or community standing.

AG ¶ 16 describes conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying in this case. The following disqualifying condition is potentially applicable:
(c) credible adverse information in several adjudicative issue areas that is not sufficient for an adverse determination under any other single guideline, but which, when considered as a whole, supports a whole-person assessment of questionable judgment, trustworthiness,
unreliability, lack of candor, unwillingness to comply with rules and
regulations, or other characteristics indicating that the person may not
properly safeguard protected information.

AG ¶ 16 describes conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying in this case. The following disqualifying condition is potentially applicable:
(a) deliberate omission, concealment, or falsification of relevant facts from any personnel security questionnaire, personal history statement, or similar form used to conduct investigations, determine employment
qualifications, award benefits or status, determine security clearance
eligibility or trustworthiness, or award fiduciary responsibilities.

How did David Arciniega get past a nominating committee and get to run for office in North Texas State Soccer in light of the shenanigans going on in Garland Soccer? It is high time a thorough investigation is completed and the findings made public as this is a charity that is supposed to be serving the children of Garland.

Soapboxmom

10-02-2015, 01:16 PM

David Arciniega assured the coaches that the lawsuit would be over in June 2015. Well, attorney O. Luke Davis III has bailed. I suspect Davis was being paid by North Texas State Soccer Association as they have continued to flout their by-laws and support David Arciniega and protect him from legitimate complaints on numerous fronts. North Texas State Soccer is corrupt plain and simple and the member associations need to take a stand. Was NTSSA unwilling to keep funding the legal costs (if they were indeed paying?) Did Davis withdraw as David Arciniega wasn't producing documents and properly citing by-laws for him?

The new attorneys I suspect are under the insurance company, Pullen Insurance. I bet those attorneys will not be amused by David Arciniega citing only 1 by-law and producing no documents in response to my requests. They will have lots of fun reading the 1300+ pages I turned over so far. A Motion to Compel was forthcoming before my attorney graciously agreed to the substitution.

Will these attorneys go forward representing both Arciniega and the charity? I know there are board members that are painfully aware of how dishonestly things have been run and that are unwilling to lie for Arciniega. The attorneys hands will be tied by those honest directors. One current director was brought up on the same phony charges for a child being placed on his father's team (by the player pool with no involvement by us whatsoever.) I bet the board doesn't even know what is going on. Not to mention representing multiple parties is almost never advisable.

(http://www.realscam.com/f14/heather-dobrott-vs-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-association-us-youth-soccer-north-texas-state-soccer-3885/index8.html#post89044)

09/10/2015

NON-SIGNED PROPOSED ORDER/JUDGMENT (http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&EventID=123614903&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500)Proposed Order Setting Trial Date and Deadlines

09/10/2015

NOTE - CLERKSORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND DEADLINES SUBMITTED TO ADMIN QUEUE

10/01/2015

MOTION - SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL (http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&EventID=123731395&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500)AGREED MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL

10/01/2015

NON-SIGNED PROPOSED ORDER/JUDGMENT (http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&EventID=123731396&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500)

10/01/2015

NOTE - CLERKSORDER SUBS COUNSEL - ADMIN QUE

01/04/2016

Non Jury Trial (http://courts.dallascounty.org/CaseDocuments.aspx?CaseID=4984420&EventID=123047405&CaseCategoryKeys=CV&NodeID=200,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219 ,220,221,222,223,500) (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer MOLBERG, KEN)

Soapboxmom

10-03-2015, 10:19 AM

http://www.mississippisoccer.org/Assets/D+and+O+Ins.pdf (http://www.mississippisoccer.org/Assets/D+and+O+Ins.pdf)

Who Does a Non-Profit Liability
Cover?
•
Covers the organization and insured
individual
•
Insured individual means:
–
Duly appointed or elected director, trustee or
officer, employee, volunteer or member of the
staff and duly constituted committee of the
organization......

Key Exclusions
•
Fraudulent or dishonest acts
•
Bodily injury claims, sickness, disease
•
Property damage claims
•
Breach of contract claims except for EPL
claims
•
Failure to maintain insurance
•
Insured vs. Insured except for EPL claims
•
Prior known and reported wrongful acts

Pullen Insurance is the same company that provides coverage for North Texas. I have been sued for my blogging, so I was already well aware of how all this works. I kicked a$$ in Summary Judgment and round 1 in those cases as I had never made a false statement of fact or done anything wrong.

David Arciniega may have a real problem now as the lawsuit centers around his dishonest acts. Arciniega's handling of the "missing funds" and flouting state non-profit law, by-laws and IRS regulations concerning the proper running of a non-profit will be among the issues the insurance attorneys will be looking at. His filing charges against me for the child placed on the team by the player pool and refusing to issue the required decision letter, the phony No Confidence Petition he was behind to harass me for demanding documentation on the money issue and for voting against him in an election will be evaluated. The questionable handling of elections and his refusal to follow the GSA, NTSSA and US youth by-laws in numerous other circumstances will also be weighed. The insurance may well refuse coverage. In a nutshell the attorneys work for the insurance company period!

Soapboxmom

10-03-2015, 11:55 AM

Note to anyone still following and worshiping David Arciniega. Hyperbole, opinion and well stupidity are generally not actionable. As for everything else, good luck getting the insurance to cover it......

Soapboxmom

10-03-2015, 05:11 PM

Dishonesty Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Claim Based in Part Upon Knowingly Wrongful or Fraudulent Acts (http://www.wileyrein.com/newsroom-newsletters-item-4561.html)

The dishonesty exclusion precluded coverage for claims “based in whole or in part on any knowingly wrongful, dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or malicious act committed by or at the direction of any ‘Insured' in the course of providing ‘professional services.'” The policyholder conceded that the complaint, at least in part, alleged fraud and knowingly wrongful acts, but argued that the insurer nonetheless had a duty to defend because the complaint could be construed as also alleging negligence. The court disagreed, attaching importance to the language “in whole or in part” in the exclusion. Because at least some of the allegations in the complaint were based on knowingly wrongful, dishonest or fraudulent acts, the insurer lacked a duty to defend notwithstanding other allegations of arguably negligent conduct.

It will be delightful to see how the Pullen Insurance policy reads and see if they deny David Arciniega coverage. The board should definitely have its own attorney and be looking out for the interest of the charity and not continuing to be tangled up with Arciniega.

Soapboxmom

10-04-2015, 09:59 AM

http://www.mississippisoccer.org/Assets/D+and+O+Ins.pdf (http://www.mississippisoccer.org/Assets/D+and+O+Ins.pdf)

Key Exclusions
•
Fraudulent or dishonest acts
•
Prior known and reported wrongful acts

From: Victim of David Arciniega’s Phony charges
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:14 PM
To: Soapboxmom
Subject: board hearing

can you ask david Crawford-whats a "board hearing"-only nothing else

From: Soapboxmom < (http://www.mississippisoccer.org/Assets/D+and+O+Ins.pdf)
soapboxmom@hotmail.com>
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:03 PM
Subject: A & D Hearings

Chris Kotschi called me this morning. She is handing this entire mess of a board over to David Crawford as my original questions to Crawford concerned meetings. I just pointed out the members are attacking one another under the direction of David Arciniega and NTSSA might need to step in. I told her I wanted these meetings open to our members, the public and the media.

Call me when you have a moment.

Thanks,

Heather

From: Victim of David Arciniega’s Phony Charges
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:04 PM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Re: NTSSA Hearing!

What are you kidding me-OMG-I hope they take in consideration of Kali #$^* too-we will better be prepared-I get &^%$ Coach and *&^% Coach-I will also get %&** form $%&* too bear wittness on unfair GSA is about-Need also to get the GSA board chastsed too for not looking themselves on how GSA bylaws, league rules, and web sitecontridicted each other. If tried to point it out-get bully or false charges against us-an mental angish!!!!
Will Call you tomorrow
YEAH!!!!!!!!!

From: Heather Dobrott <>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:18 PM
Subject: NTSSA Hearing!

Dear *&^%,

Chris Kotschi called me from her office at 6:45. She thinks they will be scheduling a hearing for our cases as she has looked at the paperwork. She had not seen Kaeli’s appeal, but will ask for that and look at it tomorrow. She seemed quite surprised that we were not allowed to see David’s report to NTSSA about Kaeli and our team formation practices.

I got a hold of $&*^ He wants to get a new president in and continue coaching soccer.

Thanks,

Heather
Chris Kotschi told me we would get a hearing on the phony A & D charges because of the many blatant by-law violations by Arciniega. A Board Hearing is a procedure cooked up by Arciniega to harass me and my fellow director. The board is always the first level of appeal in an A & D process and never the starting point. Also a decision letter is required after an A & D regardless of the outcome. David Arciniega refused to produce one in an effort to stop us from appealing. The decision letter is what is needed to appeal.

David Arciniega looked shocked when I went lawyer on him and came in with a 132 page response at the phony Board Hearing and handed them out to all the board members, so he was desperately trying to keep me from getting an appeal at North Texas State Soccer. I quoted numerous by-laws that had been violated and nailed him on the fact he had no evidence. My fellow director and I had nothing to do with the placement of that player in any way and couldn't have as all player assignments are handled by the player pool alone (except in rare circumstance of a player getting approval to play up with a sibling or down because of a medical issue etc.)

Arciniega's refusal to produce a decision letter puts GSA NOT in good standing.
I did not get the required decision letter and the other violations were not addressed. So, according to the NTSSA (North Texas State Soccer Association by-laws GSA is not in good standing.

Revised February 2015

2.1.3
Good Standing of Member Association
To be in good standing in the Association, a Member Association
must meet all of the following requirements:
(1-4 redacted)
5.Member Associations will provide equitable and prompt hearing and appeal procedures to guarantee the rights of individuals to participate and compete and insure due process to the accused. In all hearings conducted, the parties shall be accorded:

a.Notice of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing and possible

consequences if the charges are found to be true;

b.Reasonable time between receipt of the notice of charges and the hearing within which

to prepare a defense;

c.The right to have the hearing conducted at a time and place so as to make it practicable

for the person charged to attend;

d.A hearing before a disinterested and impartial body of fact finders;
e.The right to be assisted in the preparation of one’s case at the hearing;
f.The right to call witnesses and present oral and written evidence and argument; Notice

of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing

g.The right to confront witnesses, including the right to be provided the identity of

witnesses in advance of the hearing if requested;

h.The right to have a record made of the hearing if requested in advance, with all costs

to be paid by the requester;
i.
A written decision, with the reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of

record issued in a timely fashion and including appeal rights and procedures.
j.

Notice of any substantive and material action of the hearing panel in the course of the

proceedings.

k.Equality concerning communications and no ex parte communication is permitted

between a party and any person involved in making a decision or procedural
determination except to provide explanations involving procedures to be followed.

6.Member Associations will, at all times, recognize the authority, rules, rulings, constitution and
bylaws of the Association, which comply with the authority of the United States Soccer
Federation, and its National Associations of which North Texas State Soccer Association is a
member.

7.Failure to comply with one or more of the Subsections 1–6 Section 2.1.3, will result in the

Executive Committee determining the Member Association is not in good standing. Failure to
be in good standing is further defined as meaning players and teams registered through the

Member Association will not be allowed to participate in any tournament/event sponsored or
sanctioned by NTSSA, nor will they be certified to play outside of the NTSSA in any games,

tournaments or other competitions for which they might have been otherwise eligible. The

Member Association may not vote on any matter at any meeting of the Association while it is
not in good standing.

8.A Member Association failing to meet any requirements of good standing for a period of sixty

(60) days shall have its territory declared open and shall not be entitled to vote or to any

protection, services or competitions of this Association.

The hearings Chris Kotschi said we were to have scheduled never happened because the good ol' boy network came into play.

Vice President - Appeals & Disciplinary
Carlos Quinones (cquinones@ntxsoccer.org)
(214) 297-5022 ext.203

David's buddy, Carlos Quinones, flagrantly violated all the rules and protected David Arciniega from being held accountable. North Texas is corrupt and the scandals like those at FIFA are happening at all levels of soccer. As I had no decision letter and couldn't appeal I filed grievances with North Texas and US Youth Soccer. I intend to fight until it is cleaned up. The scandal at North Texas involves more as there have been complaints of David Arciniega being protected and given preferential treatment for years.

Soapboxmom

10-04-2015, 12:44 PM

Carlos Quinones has had complaints coming his way, but obviously from his own board report there are almost no hearings taking place. I am not the only member that was denied their rights under the by-laws.

12235
The media has interviewed me 3 times since June. How much more bad publicity are North Texas, US Youth and Garland Soccer going to generate???

Soapboxmom

10-04-2015, 01:28 PM

http://www.ntxsoccer.org/UserFiles/file/approved%20minutes%20--%20december%202014.pdf
Please note that NTSSA minutes are public and available. David Arciniega keeps those for Garland Soccer secret and if one must have them, he colors most of the information out. It is high time scammer Arciniega get the boot and the honest and transparent running of GSA begins.

From the November 2014 minutes:

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The fall 2014 advertising did not help Garland Soccer. GSA had 234 teams. As Arciniega forced me out and continued to shut the coaches down and carry on with his antics the team count dropped to 207 in spring 2015(usually in the spring there is quite an increase in numbers.) Then the numbers plummeted further in fall 2015 and only 192 teams hail from Garland today. The rule change allowing players to register wherever they wish happened late in July, so teams that wanted to leave were not all able bail. By spring 2016 the rule change will see many more teams leave.

The Major League is disappearing and the short rostered teams are having a horrible season and in other divisions they are stuck playing the same teams 3, 4 or even 5 times each. Arciniega has also consistently refused to host a Spanish version of the website when 49% of the students in GISD are in fact Hispanic. That is hurting numbers and fostering a negative relationship with the community as well. David Arciniega has done serious damage to Garland Soccer and is driving the taxpayers of Garland to spend their time and money playing in other cities.

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10-17-2015, 07:19 PM

At 7:02 I got a threatening phone call. Some lowlife male with a low resonant voice said, "take it down." I of course answered with, "pardon me...take down what" as the idiot hung up. I blog about numerous lovely topics, so which one was it? And, anyone who has read me knows the more annoyed that I am the more snarky my posts become. As it could well be some member of David Arciniega's fan club I will naturally be giving this topic a lot more attention!

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10-30-2015, 09:55 AM

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The discovery is still overdue. I turned over 1300 pages and meaningful responses. David Arciniega and the former attorney quoted 1 by-law turned over no documents. Will these new attorneys allow Arciniega to continue to lie and conceal information? Will the new attorneys allow David Arciniega to keep the board (which has the sole power to run the organization) in the dark and continue his antics?

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11-02-2015, 10:41 PM

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Gee, then why does Arciniega tell the office people they cannot come and do everything possible to keep the meetings, agendas, minutes and board member reports secret from the coaches, members and public in Garland?

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11-03-2015, 12:27 PM

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Then please do answer all these vital questions, address these issues and please follow the by-laws and investigate. I must ask that a written decision be issued so that I can appeal.
Thanks,
Heather Dobrott

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:11 AM
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Dear Mr. Martella,
Thank you so much for making the time to speak with me. Garland Soccer is in crisis and US Youth Soccer very much needs to investigate and take appropriate action.
My son has a serious chronic medical condition and is tube fed elemental formula. He had to quit playing soccer after 6 wonderful years in November 2012. I had taken the F Clinic and coached a U12 team with him to keep it from being folded. As he was very sick, I needed to find a new coach for the team that spring. When the new head coach came in his son was placed on the team by the player pool. David Arciniega filed phony A & D charges against me and the U12 director and took us before a “board hearing” because he claimed we had “instructed” in the placement of a player and coach. There is no such thing as a board hearing as that is the level of appeal for an A & D charge. We have nothing to do with the player pool and would not be able to contact them. Why in the world would GSA not put children of the correct age with their coaching parents??? Why were we given no decision letter after NTSSA made it clear it is required? Why was our grievance not heard as we could not appeal without a letter?

There was serious conflict over having open board meetings. Proper documentation was routinely denied to the board by president Arciniega. David Arciniega would not respond to legitimate complaints from associations playing interleague with us and now Richardson, Wylie and Chamber Classic are gone and Plano will not invite us to join them. Our registration is unlike any other association’s and our seasons almost always start late and are very chaotic and unorganized. Our major league will not be able to play soon due to the low number of remaining teams. Our overall numbers keep dropping as well as coaches and parents are unhappy and leave.

When over 8 thousand dollars went missing Arciniega refused to provide the board any documentation whatsoever. He proceeded to lie to the coaches and spun a ridiculous tale about the software provider Jevin couldn’t pay us because of the payment processor Corduro. Arciniega brayed to the member coaches about Jevin having sued Corduro and that the litigation was ongoing and that the NTSSA lawyers said it must be kept secret. Since when is deliberately lying to the coaches acceptable? Several directors tried for the last 2 years to get answers on this.

I was brought up on a No Confidence Petition in August 2013 because in the May 2013 election I had spoken for the candidate running against Arciniega, demanded documentation on a serious money issue and had asked questions and filed a grievances with NTSSA in response to the A & D charges and other pressing issues. That was nothing more than pure harassment for doing my job as state law requires.
Elections have been rigged for years. That should be investigated, but filing a formal complaint with the VP was once again useless. She is afraid of David Arciniega and is prevented from doing her job. No action was taken and the VP knows that she can’t go to NTSSA for help. Arciniega can do whatever he wishes and knows he will never be held accountable.

I reported that a dangerous sex offender 24500 was married to a director who could not drive and that she was letting him handle rosters and other records and David Arciniega and NTSSA proceeded to out me to this dangerous offender in violation of the Whistleblowers Policy. The board is a hostile environment and Arciniega has always run it like a dictatorship.

The director with the sex offender husband had many more serious issues of which Arciniega was aware. Her home mysteriously burned down in 2013. She was bragging then of David Arciniega meeting her and her husband about doing construction work for GSA. My family decided to test out their business. They were paid in full for a stone job at our home. They had not costed that small job out correctly and we had to write another check so that they could purchase the materials to finish the job. I searched permits and the BBB and other sites and talked to many former customers who had paid them thousands of dollars only to have the money lost as the (&*^% left the jobs in shambles and unfinished. One customer told me of Mr. )*(&^’s sex offender status..... the whistleblower’s policy had been once again ignored and I was outed to this dangerous offender and his wife....... NTSSA refused my request and I was intimidated again. So, are NTSSA and Arciniega going to actively discourage folks from cooperating with law enforcement now?

I sent in a formal request for the Vice President to check the attendance records of a director that it turned out had missed 62% of the meetings and see if she had to be removed as the by-laws state. I had sent my concern only to the VP. She forwarded it to Arciniega. He made sure the director in question got it and she publicly attacked me outside the field house during our fall tournament while David Arciniega looked on apparently amused. Once again he lied and told everyone present that I had sent it to the whole board. I told him that was nonsense and that these antics must stop. There is no ethics committee in GSA though the by-laws state one must be formed. The VP is terrified of Arciniega and once again would not file charges against him.

The infighting on the Garland Soccer board is destroying that association. Several of my then fellow directors were well aware of the lawsuit. They know the allegations are factual. They know the US Youth by-laws state Arciniega shall be removed. That should finally spur a real investigation into what has been going on in GSA and NTSSA. If the dishonest leadership gets removed perhaps those of us who truly care about these kids and coaches can save what is left and rebuild relationships with the neighboring associations so the major league players will still be able to play. It is inexcusable that these serious problems have been allowed to go unchecked for years.

There are so many serious challenges facing GSA Please complete the investigation that Mr. Sutter said was underway. There are many people with information that US Youth should be talking to. When is US Youth going to follow up with me for the names of those folks and for clarification and further documentation?

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US Youth Soccer does not follow its own by-laws. It does not complete investigations that is says are ongoing. And, in order to prevent appeals they are not issuing written decisions. Totally mismanaged and corrupt! Removing these Facebook posts is not getting these issues resolved!

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11-06-2015, 11:42 PM

I spent lots of time with my boys team over at the Indoor Soccer Zone during off season and for fun pick-up games. Around 30 Garland coaches would be there during any given season. A group of Garland Soccer parents and coaches came running up to me and asked for help. A Garland Coach was being accused of not inviting a player to the tournament and soon after was accused of having 2 illegal players. He didn't want to go to his hearing even after we all begged him to do so. He signed a power of attorney for me to go in his place and represent him in that matter and any related appeals. Thankfully, on the day of the hearing he decided to go. Normally, as a director I would not be involved as I would be on the panel (the next level of appeal,) but as I was already tainted I was glad to help him.

That coaches in Garland don't want to go to A & D hearings because they know they may be railroaded and that the hearings are not fair. The broken and corrupt A & D process is running off Garland coaches and players. This coach got railroaded and left GSA to play elsewhere. He considered appealing, but decided he would just rather get out as it is such a miserable experience playing in Garland and it is such poorly run association. I had helped him prepare his appeal:

I am requesting a board appeal of my A & D decisions for the following reasons:

This A & D did not follow the rules. According to GSA Rule # 11 A. 1, the investigation must include an interview with the accused to determine if charges will be filed. I was not called or e-mailed. I found out I had been charged in the first letter I received that was dated June 5th. That letter mentioned only 1 charge. I was accused of not inviting a player to the tournament.
I received only the letters and nothing else. I got no documentation. I was not able to prepare my defense well. Doesn’t the evidence on record against me have to be included with the letter?
I questioned why I was being charged when I had done nothing wrong. I said that I didn’t think the A & D process followed the GSA rules and the charges against me should be dismissed immediately. That resulted in yet another letter and more charges. My daughter and her friend were then brought up on charges for playing for 2 teams. I was brought up on charges for having them on 2 teams and our team could have all their games forfeited according to the letter. I feel like this was in retaliation for questioning how the A & D was being done. Where did these charges come from in July? That is a fishing expedition.
I received my second letter on July 8, 2014. That was only two days before my hearing which was scheduled for July 10th. The NTSSA A & D Manuel page 12 states that 7 days minimum from the time the letter is received should be allowed for the accused to prepare a defense.
When I again questioned how the A & D was being done at the hearing I was immediately shut down by the Vice President, Piney Burch-Walser.
I was found in violation of the following rule:
“RULE 6. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A. Standard Registration Forms:Players must be registered with only one team at a time, except for players who may also be members of official school teams. All registration documentation must be complete and submitted to the Association 48 hours prior to the first regular season game.”
I understood that to mean my daughter could only play on 1 GSA team. I had no idea that I was violating any rule. Lots of kids play on other indoor and outdoor teams. Is it fair to punish a coach with suspension and the players with a forfeit of all their games for violating a rule that is not clear?
Jared Hirschowitz at 904 521-6083 / Jared@gotsport.com confirmed that if GSA was using GotSoccer as NTSSA and the other associations under them are, then the girls would have been flagged the minute they showed up as registered for a second team in NTSSA. I shouldn’t be punished when the software was not flagging the players. The girls played on 2 teams all year and it was never flagged.

My whole team had all of their games forfeited because of my mistake. Why are the kids being punished for my mistake? I respectfully request that the decisions against me be set aside and that my girls get the trophies that they earned.

I had called Jared for him. David Arciniega was made aware of this horrific problem numerous times, but insisted on staying with the Jevin software (http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-3939/). Why use a software provider that left the board worried about financial fraud (as Arciniega refused to produce any records) and one that doesn't interface with GotSoccer and catch duplicate registrations? These kids and coaches are brought up on charges for something that using Got Soccer would solve. Got Soccer would register them for select and then if any player tried to register for a second team such as Garland Soccer's recreational program, then they would be tagged and blocked. There is a reason that virtually all the other associations use GotSoccer and that GSA is the only one using Jevin. The corrupt president, David Arciniega and his VPs that are abusing the A & D process need to be removed! Both VP, Burch-Walser, and the corrupt president shut down the coaches and refuse to hear their pleas that the rules and by-laws are not being followed. The VP was furious with me for helping this coach, but North Texas guarantees their right to help in preparing for their hearings and I knew that wasn't happening. I was there for the coaches and the kids all the way!

Soapboxmom

11-07-2015, 11:11 AM

Perry Don Starkey ‏@StarkeyDon (https://twitter.com/StarkeyDon) 8m8 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/StarkeyDon/status/663022846990389248) Trying to salvage City Championships. #GSACup (https://twitter.com/hashtag/GSACup?src=hash) #lovedrainuntiltoday (https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovedrainuntiltoday?src=hash)

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Perhaps, Mr. Starkey needs to ponder how to save the city's soccer program in general. Garland Soccer has been been going downhill for years under David Arciniega's corrupt dictatorship.

Soapboxmom

11-08-2015, 08:30 PM

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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What is the Wylie Cup?
A: The Wylie Cup is an annual tournament, played at the end of the fall season. For U9 and above teams, this tournament will determine which teams will represent Wylie in the Tournament of Champions. For U7/U8 teams, The Cup is a fun and exciting way to end the season and give the players a tournament experience. The U4-U6 teams will play the last two games of their 10 game season on this Saturday, surrounded by the exciting atmosphere created by the DJ, the vendors, and the competition on the fields.

Q: Who can play in The Cup?
A: The Cup is open to all WYSA Fall recreational teams.

Q: How much does The Cup cost?
A: The Cup is provided at no additional charge to the player, team, or coach.

Q: I only have enough referee money left to cover two games. How will referees be paid during The Cup?
A: For U5/U6 teams, there will only be two games so this is not an issue. For all other teams, coaches will receive additional referee fees at registration.

Q: When are participation trophies available for pick-up?
A: These will be available after your final game. Please come by the pavilion to pick them up. There will be a Wylie Cup banner for team pictures and the DJ will announce your team. You are welcome to present your trophies and give your team speech at the banner if you desire.

Boring in Garland Soccer Costs:

REGISTRATION FEES

U4 - U6:
$75

U7 - U8:
$85

U9 - U10:
$95

U11 - U14:
$135

U15 - U19:
$150

Garland Soccer is shrinking and totally mismanaged. The tournaments are very boring and expensive to enter compared to free! Though numerous coaches and parents have complained and several board members and I noted it in our reports and tried to make changes, nothing has been done to improve the Garland Cup. So, there is no music, no atmosphere, no decorations, no vendors save for Children's Medical Center in the past and no referees for the younger teams. The tournament is indistinguishable from the regular season games and the number of teams participating has been dropping dramatically. It is obvious why the numbers are plummeting in Garland. David Arciniega blocks any effort to improve things unless it is his own personal agenda. The coaches and families are ignored and the board is completely powerless.

Garland players have the option to register in whatever association they wish. David Arciniega can no longer refuse to sign releases as all players have to do is fill out a 1 page online form that is free of charge now! Mesquite, Richardson, Plano, Wylie and many more in the area have fantastic programs and incredibly good customer service!

Soapboxmom

11-08-2015, 10:05 PM

To: Wylie area Community Partners
Re: Youth Sports Sponsorship Opportunity

Wylie Youth Soccer Association is excited to announce the 4th annual Wylie Cup to be played on the weekend of November 6th. This exciting 3 day event will host 140+ teams of boys and girls aged 5 to 19 and will attract over 7,000 people to Founders Park. The WYSA Wylie Cup prides itself in providing an outstanding experience, team support, quality fields, and the best referees in North Texas.

We are seeking to partner with local area business for sponsorship opportunities for our community youth.

Why become Wylie Cup Sponsor:

We offer many levels of sponsorship to fit your budget, details are below.
Branding opportunity with over 1,700 families in the Wylie, Murphy and Sachse area.
Support the largest 501c youth sports organization in the area.
Promote community youth outreach. WYSA has many programs in which we cover costs for families in need so every child may participate.
Opportunity to promote your products or services at our event.

We offer our sponsors the opportunity to have tent display in which you can sell your goods, allow for samples or promote yourselves with giveaways
Place your coupons or promotional items in a team goody bag
Placement of your banners at the fields
Website presence on the WYSA Facebook and websites

Your partnership and support will enable us to continue to provide our community with a life enriching experience for the families to participate in youth soccer.
Our tournament offers you a fantastic way to raise your company's visibility at one of the best youth soccer tournaments in the area. Score big profits with this opportunity to reach thousands of athletic minded youths, their coaches, families and friends. At Founders Park, there is plenty of room to accommodate large displays, interactive activities, food, beverage and product sampling.

Let us know if you have any questions concerning our sponsorship opportunities!
Sincerely,

Candise Heiner
Vice President Recreational WYSA
Email: wysa.league@wyliesoccer.com

Platinum - $3,000 (1 available) includes all packages and the following for total of 13 items:

Sponsor of Championship Field
Ten company banners placed in designated areas
Large company banner created/provided by league
Company logo on champions photo backdrop

Gold - $1000 includes Basic/Bronze/Silver package and the following for total of 10 items:

Field Sponsorship with company banner placed on field
Sponsorship of a field
Six company banners placed in designated areas
Company name mentioned in local newspaper/s with pictures of winning teams

Silver - $500 - includes Basic/Bronze package and the following for total of 6 items:

Company logo placement area within entrance to Founders fields throughout tournament
Company hyperlink on WYSA website

Bronze - $300 - includes Basic package and the following for total of 4 items:

Company banner placement in designated area throughout tournament
Company logo placed on tournament shirts, flyers, and WYSA website

Basic - $100

Acknowledged by DJ hourly as a sponsor
Ability to give away free "swag" at the tournament and set up table in designated area

We have a fully customizable dual tournament Elite sponsorship opportunity, which includes the upcoming North Texas Soccer Box Car Blast in Wylie.

For additional information please contact wysa.events@wyliesoccer.com.

Wylie Youth Soccer Association is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the U.S., federal tax identification number 75-2809103. Gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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Wylie has incredible sponsors so the tournament is free to the participants. Wylie has cool t-shirts and way more teams playing than Garland has had in years. Wylie has awesome media coverage for its tournament. The only media coverage Garland has gotten is for coaches raping and abusing players.

Garland Soccer has had 0 / zero sponsors for years. David Arciniega. Mrs Sex Offender (the publicity director) and his rubber stampers refused to let other enthusiastic board members like myself go out and solicit sponsors and grow Garland. David Arciniega is totally incompetent and has run Garland Soccer into the ground! He must be removed immediately and the city must bring in a reputable group to run its soccer program and quit wasting tax dollars on Arciniega's Folly! :pulling_hair_out:

Soapboxmom

11-13-2015, 06:23 PM

Darcene "Darcy" Quintana phoned me last night. This former Publicity and Awards Director for Garland Soccer had apparently just read my e-mail about the poorly planned and boring Garland Soccer Tournament as contrasted with the incredible tournament put on by GSA's former interleague partner association, Wylie Soccer Association. I was told my informative e-mails were harassment. Apparently, she was unaware of the unsubscribe button and as I offered to take care of that for her she hung up on me.

Quintana was a long time board member. Her husband Erick Renato Quintana Carias is a long time coach and referee in the association. They have been blind followers of David Arciniega for years. David Arciniega is brilliant. He never gets his hands dirty. The clueless Vice President Kim Verity is the one who put her name on the No Confidence vote. The No Confidence vote had to have member coaches signatures according to the by-laws. So, 2 directors, Juan Ramirez and Crystal Martin (Mrs. Sex Offender who couldn't drive) were asked to sign as they were also coaches. Quintana and another director had their husbands sign as they were not head coaches and could not sign themselves.

2.3

Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed from office by a vote of no confidence in his ability to remain in office and perform the duties thereof.

2.4
Any three (3) Team Representatives may petition for a vote of no confidence provided that the
petition shall be in writing and must be submitted to the Board of Directors. The Board of

Directors shall review the petition and submit a copy thereof to all members within fourteen
(14) days of receipt of same.
2.5
The vote of no confidence must carry by a three-fourths (3/4) majority of all members present

and voting. The vote shall not be taken sooner than fourteen (14) nor more than twenty-one

(21) days after written notice has been given member teams.

9655

So, the following are grounds for removal from office:

1. How one votes in a board meeting.

2. Supporting a candidate other than David Arciniega.

3. Making a police report in response to missing money.

4. Discussing public Facebook postings.

5. Complaining to a service provider listed on domaintools.com and numerous other sites about the Garland Soccer website being down for weeks.

6. Contacting the North Texas State Soccer Association to file an appeal, grievance or to ask a question.
State laws concerning non-profit corporations dictate that each director act in the best interest of the corporation. That means that I as a director had a legal obligation to vote for the most qualified candidate for president. The wonderful coach that took over my son's team when his chronic illness became too severe for him to ever play again ran for president. This coach, Dan Medina, did a fantastic job of working with our special needs player, coached a college girl's team and had experience on other local association boards. I supported him and was 1 of 3 that spoke on his behalf at the election. I was bound by state law to vote for him as he was the best leader available for GSA and had the absolute right as a member of the charity to vote for the candidate I wished.

Erick Quintana signing a No Confidence Petition to remove me for voting as state law and my conscience dictates is unethical, immoral and an attempt to prevent me from doing my duties as prescribed by state law. Quintana signed that knowing it would be mailed out to all the members of the charity (Garland Soccer Association) and be decided at a public meeting. He should have read that lie-filled garbage before signing it. Quintana had to know I would defend myself publicly. So, if the Quintanas are unhappy about this they should hold David Arciniega accountable. They chose to get involved in this conflict. Arciniega was coaching a team and could have signed, but he was smart enough to get all these folks to do his dirty work for him.

As Quintana signed that egregious No Confidence Petition, he should not be allowed to serve as a referee. How can the coaches trust him to make unbiased, fair calls in light of this unethical and immoral behavior? All those who signed the petition should be brought up on charges and removed from participating in soccer.

Many coaches don't attend meetings. Why bother when it is obvious the elections are rigged and those that don't vote for Arciniega are publicly attacked and harassed as I was.

Soapboxmom

11-15-2015, 08:53 PM

Rowlett Youth Soccer Association (https://www.facebook.com/rowlettsoccer/?fref=nf)

November 4 at 7:47pm ·

Parents and players,
The Spring 2016 registration is now open! Registration is open now through 1/15/16, and then late fees will apply.
To register please click on this link: http://www.rowlettsoccer.org/…/538777-registration-info-and… (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rowlettsoccer.org%2Fpage% 2Fshow%2F538777-registration-info-and-news&h=eAQEeGVPbAQGm0oNYkvpqMOK2VkI7JuofwSXdlevuzZ0J7g&enc=AZN-xA4lU6xLYNKTglpzq2B3bL-PC5Da8y944LVP4nKhxP-Cj4GYjYTlYEEPeFIUjl44mNEtB8yKN1DY_p3aMyvMyIBYnCScZ Htce_EXEXDy0tQ-dnlxTnjhCFCs2ZQKAlbyuYepQdZ4T9WYCCBEFXwFx6vU5vo11S ucdFUXitrcju8o3ZQCSo372W-AeJdQpYjPWZsyqATLDCvyTeF_gYrs&s=1) or go to www.rowlettsoccer.org (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rowlettsoccer.org%2F&h=bAQFYs5bmAQFX6HOq6LS81Q89NWZLu6T8WIiXANVR-wFZGg&enc=AZP82c9pmGzmuhM570qxEKWy1Kx0kzVV_g6M-u-tvOamb6Rp1nTXMdL4qUZPTI7B_5rIMduXZhGB4TCTupiYqkBPn ICrqFn82XsgIRr160ODDMrBEL6ROiPjtdK3uYLTLpe3v5FfJ78 U7e4lEbg7spsTGKCcvvAiC58HdONI-kNQsBII1rd34OAf48N-hL7JZ_WMNyKz75mLBUcKViS3priz&s=1) and click on the registration page!
We are excited to see you all come back next season! Bring your friends!!!

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This was the last and the only association that sent all their older age group girls' teams and a boys' team over to play interleague with GSA. The few other teams from other associations were apparently stray teams that missed deadlines in Plano and the other associations where the rest of their own association teams were playing. Notice that Rowlett is registering for spring already. Arciniega won't even let the Garland Soccer board discuss registration for spring until the December board meetings.

Garland is never ready to play on time and every season start is totally unorganized and chaotic. All the neighboring associations close registration weeks before the start of the next season and coaches get final rosters weeks before the season starts. Garland dumps players through the 5th game and leave coaches dealing with new players and buying uniforms sometimes 4 times per season. Coaches and players leave in droves each season after a miserable experience and disastrous season. The board is powerless to change things with dictator Arciniega in charge.

The question is will Rowlett continue to send teams over to this imploding association with a board that is infighting and prevented by Arciniega from running the association. Will they want to to be tangled up with Garland and Arciniega as they fight the ongoing litigation with me? Arciniega is still turning over nothing with the discovery months overdue and I suspect the board has no clue how the case is progressing. I bet that Arciniega is preparing to throw the Garland Soccer board under the bus. He has done it before! There is no way to know if Arciniega will be removed by US Youth and / or North Texas or if the city of Garland will decide to take action and deny Garland Soccer the use of the city fields in light of what is going on.

Soapboxmom

11-17-2015, 05:43 PM

GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION
Board Meeting Minutes
August 5, 2013

Call to Order: David Arciniega, President, called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Roll Call and Vote Accreditation:

Board Members

Number of votes
Title
Name
In
Attendance

1
President
David Arciniega
X

1
Vice President
Kim Verity
X

1
Treasurer
Sam Perry
X

1
Facilities Director
Don Starkey
X

1
Training & Special Events
Kathleen Robinson
X

1
Publicity/Awards Director
Darcy Quintana
X

1
Referee Director
Robert Mayfield
x
Arrived 7:15pm

1
Major League Director
Don Shell
X

1
U12 Director
Rachel Beltran
X

1
U10 Director
Piney Burch-Walser
X

1
U8 Girls Director
Terry Walser
X

1
U8 Boys Director
Angela Bowen-Hearn
x
Arrived 7:15pm

1
U6 Girls Director
Heather Dobrott
X

1
U6 Boys Director
Crystal Martin
X

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So, the following are grounds for removal from office:

1. How one votes in a board meeting.

2. Supporting a candidate other than David Arciniega.

3. Making a police report in response to missing money.

4. Discussing public Facebook postings.

5. Complaining to a service provider listed on domaintools.com and numerous other sites about the Garland Soccer website being down for weeks.

6. Contacting the North Texas State Soccer Association to file an appeal, grievance or to ask a question.
Proof positive that the elections are rigged. All those in red voted to put me up on a No Confidence vote at that meeting. I have a legal obligation and every right to vote as I wish. Garland member coaches live in fear of retaliation, intimidation and harassment. They know they can't vote as they wish and that the elections are dirty due to tactics like this and referees coming in with proxies having been instructed to vote for specific candidates.

All those directors in red that voted in favor of this blatant harassment and intimidation should be brought up on formal charges and suspended or banned from all soccer activities. Garland Soccer ignores state law concerning non-profits and certainly is not run as a legitimate charitable organization.

Referees Kathleen Robinson and Don Starkey should not be allowed to referee any longer as it is clear they use poor judgment and can be manipulated into doing things that are totally unethical and immoral.

III.

CODES OF ETHICS
A.
USSF CODE OF ETHICS FOR REFEREES
1.
I will maintain the utmost respect for the game of soccer.

2.
I will conduct myself honorably at all times and maintain the dignity of my position.

Being involved in the horrific corruption in GSA is not conducting oneself in an honorable manner!

Soapboxmom

11-18-2015, 02:05 PM

Proposed by:
Michelle Keramidas, U8 Director
Submitted: 7/21/15
JUSTIFICATION:
Update the rule to include the requirement for responsible coach, assistant coach or
team manager to display GSA-issued ID card during a game.

Removed parent as an option for a team’s responsible adult since parents do not go thru the GSA background check and will not be issued ID cards.
GSA Board of Directors Recommendation
For:
11
Against:
0
Existing Rule:
Rule 5.B.3
Teams
A coach, assistant coach or a parent must be present with and responsible for the team and spectators
during any game. Otherwise, the team must forfeit. Coaches should refrain from instructing from the
sidelines. This will promote player thinking and communicating during the game. Limited positive
instruction will be permitted from coaches in the Under Six (6) and Eight (8) divisions.
Proposed Change:
Rule 5.B.3
Teams
A coach, assistant coach or a parent team manager, with a valid,
visibly displayed GSAI/Interleague Association/NTSSA-issued
photo ID card, must be present with and responsible for the team and
spectators during any the entire duration of each game.
Otherwise, the team must forfeit. Coaches should refrain from instructing from the sidelines. This will promote player thinking and communicating during the game. Limited positive instruction will be permitted from coaches in the Under Six (6) and Eight (8) divisions.
New Rule:
Rule 5.B.3
Teams
A coach, assistant coach or team manager, with a visibly displayed GSA-issued photo
ID card, must be present with and responsible for the team and spectators during any game.
Otherwise, the team must forfeit. Coaches should refrain from instructing from the sidelines. This will promote player thinking and communicating during the game. Limited positive instruction will be permitted from
coaches in the Under Six (6) and Eight (8) divisions.
GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS GENERAL MEETING
Proposed
Bylaw/
Rule Changes

Hilarious! When I encouraged my coaches in the U6 division to fill their rosters with assistants, managers and team moms so that background checked folks would be with the kids at all times I was viciously attacked for it. David Arciniega had all the directors air their feelings at a meeting and I have no doubt that he was behind Angela Bowen-Hearn attacking me for doing the right thing to protect the kids. Now, that Arciniega and the board look as clueless and corrupt, there has been a complete 180 and the things I pushed for such as ID cards and background checked adults are being supported by Arciniega's stooges.

And, why did the board not address the rest of that rule. Is GSA going to bring every coach in U9 and above up on A & D charges that instructs from the sidelines? I pointed that problem out as well.

When is this board that is supposed to be running this charity going to turn over the discovery that was due on August 21st? Arciniega (who is obviously still the out of control dictator in charge) has as of today turned over zero documents. What does the dubious dictator have to hide? Why did the board look the other way when Arciniega lied to the North Texas attorney as evidenced by the filings he made before he bailed? Why are they not doing their job?

The coaches need to demand US Youth step in. The problem of all the neighboring associations save for Rowlett not being willing to play with Garland must be addressed immediately as the older age divisions are imploding and disappearing. David Arciniega's gross mismanagement has destroyed Garland Soccer. The coaches may need as voting members to dissolve the non-profit corporation as Texas law allows so that Garland Soccer can be completely reorganized under competent leadership.

When Arciniega became president there were 4000 players. The number now is barely over 2000. With the mass exodus continuing and North Texas now open territory, the number will continue to drop.

Soapboxmom

11-19-2015, 07:24 PM

From the Garland Soccer Association outdated website:

Playershttp://www.garlandsoccer.com/images/arr_white_2.gif

Age Chart/Fees (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)
Online Registration (http://www2.jevin.net/login.aspx?Data=2gCz5TzTSrgrKCWszBI4cA==)
Clinics (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)
Player Release Form (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)
FAQs (http://www.garlandsoccer.com/page_Home.php#)

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Sleazebag Garland Soccer president, David Arciniega, is also on the North Texas State Soccer Board. He is so dishonest that he has left up the old Player Release Form in what I suspect is a desperate attempt to keep players in Garland. North Texas passed a rule change in July that eliminates those releases allowing players to register and play wherever they wish. There is now one online page that is filled out for players wishing to play outside their home association and it is free!

Why does Arciniega not link that proper form on the GSA site?

https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=1215

Notice that hilariously Garland is mentioned as the first association players may be leaving. Hint, hint.....

Soapboxmom

11-27-2015, 01:46 PM

Garland Texas - News Details (http://ht.ly/V4IQU)

Garland Parks and Recreation has a new Managing Director! Hopefully, he will come in and investigate the soccer program and see that our kids are safe and that money is properly accounted for. It is time to serve the kids and taxpayers and end Arciniega's dictatorship!

Soapboxmom

11-27-2015, 04:21 PM

I am not surprised at all that Warren Bird was sent packing! Obviously, his departure was sudden judging from his automatic e-mail reply stating he would be back in the office on November 30th. His replacement will be there instead!

The question is did David Arciniega and Don Starkey and their total mismanagement of Garland Soccer have anything to do with his departure?

Please read from the bottom up. Note that the city manager claimed that there had been some investigation, when in fact none of the longtime coaches or trustworthy directors I asked them to contact heard from the city. I offered Warren Bird documentation and he didn't bother to request anything. Bird actually resides 3 minutes away from Arciniega in Sachse.

Hopefully, now the city of Garland and its Parks and Recreation Department will thoroughly investigate the charity, Garland Soccer, that they have sponsored and then clean house. The kids and taxpayers in Garland should know that their safety is a top priority and that their money is being handled properly as well. It is time Garland Soccer change leadership and be forced to be transparent as a charity should be or ship out of Garland so a trustworthy, reputable organization can come in and run a real soccer program for our kids!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bird, Warren [mailto:WBird@garlandtx.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:35 AM
To: Heather Dobrott
Subject: Automatic reply: Garland Soccer Association

Hi! I will be out of the office until Monday, November 30. If you need immediate assistance, please call the Parks and Recreation Administration office at 972-205-2750.

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:35 AM
To: council1@garlandtx.gov; council2@garlandtx.gov; council3@garlandtx.gov; council4@garlandtx.gov; council5@garlandtx.gov; council6@garlandtx.gov; council7@garlandtx.gov; council8@garlandtx.gov; mayor@garlandtx.gov; admin@garlandtx.gov; 'Bird, Warren'; MGlenn@garlandtx.gov
Cc: newstips@cw33.com; news@ktvt.com; Richard.Ray@foxtv.com
Subject: FW: Garland Soccer Association

Dear all,

Please read the following and see that the issues are addressed. I am still waiting for a copy of the City’s Coordinated Sports Organization Policies and a written record of the investigation that was said to have been completed.

I am a taxpayer in Garland. David Arciniega is a citizen of Sachse. The taxpayers and voters in Garland should expect these serious concerns to be addressed. Please see that a written response is prepared.

Thanks,

Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

From: Heather Dobrott []
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 12:11 PM
To: 'Bird, Warren'
Subject: FW: Garland Soccer Association

Dear Mr. Bird,

I would be happy to pay any reasonable copying cost. Do the City’s Coordinated Sports Organization Policies allow organizations that flout IRS regulations, ignore state laws concerning fiduciary duties, fail to enact proper protocols and procedures to protect children from abuse, and that drive Garland’s taxpayers out of the city to play elsewhere?

Please advise.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott

From: Heather Dobrott []
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 2:48 PM
To: 'Bird, Warren'
Subject: FW: Garland Soccer Association

Dear Mr. Bird,

Please kindly send me a copy of or the link to the City’s Coordinated Sports Organization Policies. Please also send me a brief written summary of the results of your investigation.

Thanks for your kind help.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott

From: Glenn, Martin [mailto:MGlenn@garlandtx.gov (MGlenn@garlandtx.gov)]
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 1:57 PM
To: 'hdobrott@gmail.com'
Subject: Garland Soccer Association

Ms. Dobrott,

Staff have investigated your allegations against the Garland Soccer Association (GSA) that you sent on August 16th. They found no violation of the City’s Coordinated Sports Organization policies nor the GSA Facility Use Agreement. Please contact the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department should you have additional concerns for the City of Garland coordinated sports organizations.

Sincerely,

Martin E. Glenn
Deputy City Manager

From: Heather Dobrott []
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 12:35 PM
To: 'Bird, Warren'
Subject: RE: Garland Soccer Association

Dear Mr. Bird,

Thank you for your kind response. I will be happy to provide you with whatever documentation you may need. There are other directors in Garland Soccer that are very concerned with the multitude of issues not being addressed that would be happy to speak with you as well.

Sincerely,

Heather Dobrott
Lead Administrator for Realscam.com

From: Bird, Warren []
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 10:48 AM
To: Heather Dobrott; Parks and Rec
Subject: RE: Garland Soccer Association

Ms. Dobrott,

We will investigate these issues immediately. Thank you for bringing them to our attention.

Warren Bird, CPRP
Recreation Director
Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department
972-205-2758
www.garlandparks.com (http://www.garlandparks.com)
Making Garland an active, fun and inviting city

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From: Heather Dobrott []
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 2:26 PM
To: Parks and Rec
Subject: FW: Garland Soccer Association

From: Heather Dobrott [mailto:hdobrott@gmail.com (hdobrott@gmail.com)]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 11:25 AM
To: mayor@garlandtx.gov; council1@garlandtx.gov; council2@garlandtx.gov; council3@garlandtx.gov; council4@garlandtx.gov; council5@garlandtx.gov; council6@garlandtx.gov; council7@garlandtx.gov; council8@garlandtx.gov; bbabcock@ntxsoccer.org; dmetivier@ntxsoccer.org; jcampbell@ntxsoccer.org; pmcfarlin@ntxsoccer.org; cquinones@ntxsoccer.org; jmills@ntxsoccer.org; gfinch@ntxsoccer.org; newstips@cw33.com; 'John Sutter'; lrhodes@ntxsoccer.org; epfarner@ntxsoccer.org; lhall@ntxsoccer.org; fhiler@ntxsoccer.org; 'Jesse Harrell'; cmoore@usyouthsoccer.org; rmartella@usyouthsoccer.org; news@ktvt.com; Richard.Ray@foxtv.com
Subject: Garland Soccer Association

The safety of the children participating in Garland Soccer should be examined. How the money belonging to these families is being handled by this charity should also be questioned. The City of Garland should not sign a field use agreement with this organization until it is thoroughly investigated by The City of Garland, the North Texas State Soccer Association and US Youth Soccer.
The following issues in Garland Soccer need to be investigated:

Garland’s children were harmed by sexual predator Bernardo Mondragon-Guzman. Garland Soccer made numerous promises in the media. “We’re going to do everything we can to protect our children. And if we need to change things, we’ll do, we’ll change things,” David Arciniega blocked every attempt I made to institute proper policies and procedures to keep Garland’s children safe. Garland Soccer has done nothing in response to children being raped.
A director married to a registered for life, level 2 sex offender with a child victim was letting him handle rosters and other records. This director did not drive and this offender accompanied her everywhere. The president insisted on keeping her on the board knowing the sex offender would be around at every soccer activity possibly putting our children in danger. This clearly violated Garland’s Loitering ordinance.
This same director and her husband were bragging that they would be meeting the association president, David Arciniega, to discuss construction work for GSA when no open bidding was in progress.
$8,000.00 of “missing funds” has no proper documentation as the board is routinely denied documentation by David Arciniega.
Garland Soccer Association president, David Arciniega, lied to the GSA member coaches about those “missing funds” claiming there was ongoing litigation between the software provider, Jevin and the payment processor, Corduro. 2 years later no litigation is on record anywhere.
A former Coach and director were brought up on phony charges when the player pool placed children of the correct age with their coaching parents. Why would children be placed on teams competing against their own parent's teams?
The president, David Arciniega, runs this organization like a dictatorship and flouts the GSA, North Texas State and US Youth Soccer by-laws.
State law concerning fiduciary duties is not being followed.
Elections in Garland Soccer have been rigged for years.
Arciniega filed a No Confidence Petition in an attempt to remove a director who spoke on behalf of a candidate running against him. Members are afraid to vote their conscience.
The number of players and coaches are dropping as folks leave unhappy with their experience in Garland Soccer.
Garland Soccer has lost almost all of its interleague play with neighboring associations. Richardson, Wylie and Chamber Classic have left Garland Soccer. Plano Soccer will not invite us to join them all. The U13 and up depend on interleague to have enough teams to play in their correct age groups.
The coaches are shut down at meetings and their voices are not heard.
The Garland Soccer Association is operated in a shroud of secrecy even though it is in fact a 501 c 3 charity and should be completely transparent.
Members of the association and the public have not been welcomed to the board meetings.
Board meeting agendas, board meeting minutes and board member reports are kept secret.
GSA has no Ethics Committee as North Texas State requires as Arciniega refuses to form one.
GSA has no A & D Committee as required by the by-laws as David Arciniega refuses to allow one to be formed. The A & D process is completely broken and as protocol and procedures are totally flouted all of the hearings are illegal.
David Arciniega and Kim Verity refused to issue A & D decision letters in direct violation of North Texas rules which places Garland Soccer NOT in Good Standing.
A hearing that was called to decide the placement of a child that was placed on his own father's team by the player pool was called by David Arciniega without informing this coach that the placement of his child was being decided.
The Garland Soccer website is not in Spanish though there have been numerous requests over the years for that to happen as much of GSA’s player base is simply not being served.
Garland Soccer puts kids in soccer that are in danger themselves and a danger to others as there is no TOPSoccer program in place for kids that would benefit from it. I was working to form a league for special needs players before Arciniega pushed me out. Now, that has been dropped and these wonderful kids are not being served.

Garland Soccer is totally corrupt! How did David Arciniega get elected to the NTSSA state board when he totally mismanages Garland Soccer and does not deal honestly? I should not have had to file suit to get the issues in Garland resolved for our kids and coaches.

Garland Soccer Coach Arrested for Child Indecency | CW33 NewsFix (http://cw33.com/2015/06/16/north-texas-soccer-coach-arrested-for-child-indecency/)

11.1.1
All Member Associations are directed to form their own ethics committee and to hold hearings--WITH THE PARTIES HAVING THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT--on alleged violations of the Code of Ethics when properly submitted.

Page 60 GSA Bylaws and League rules.....
Revised February 2015

2.1.3
Good Standing of Member Association
To be in good standing in the Association, a Member Association
must meet all of the following requirements:
(1-4 redacted)

5.Member Associations will provide equitable and prompt hearing and appeal procedures to guarantee the rights of individuals to participate and compete and insure due process to the
accused. In all hearings conducted, the parties shall be accorded:
a.Notice of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing and possible
consequences if the charges are found to be true;

b.Reasonable time between receipt of the notice of charges and the hearing within which

to prepare a defense;

c.The right to have the hearing conducted at a time and place so as to make it practicable

for the person charged to attend;

d.A hearing before a disinterested and impartial body of fact finders;
e.The right to be assisted in the preparation of one’s case at the hearing;
f.The right to call witnesses and present oral and written evidence and argument; Notice

of all specific charges or alleged violations in writing

g.The right to confront witnesses, including the right to be provided the identity of

witnesses in advance of the hearing if requested;

h.The right to have a record made of the hearing if requested in advance, with all costs

to be paid by the requester;
i.
A written decision, with the reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of

record issued in a timely fashion and including appeal rights and procedures.

j.

Notice of any substantive and material action of the hearing panel in the course of the

proceedings.

k.Equality concerning communications and no ex parte communication is permitted between a party and any person involved in making a decision or proceduraldetermination except to provide explanations involving procedures to be followed.

Honor all orders of suspension of persons issued by this Association or one of its Member Associations.

6.Member Associations will, at all times, recognize the authority, rules, rulings, constitution and
bylaws of the Association, which comply with the authority of the United States Soccer
Federation, and its National Associations of which North Texas State Soccer Association is a
member.

7.Failure to comply with one or more of the Subsections 1–6 Section 2.1.3, will result in the Executive Committee determining the Member Association is not in good standing. Failure to
be in good standing is further defined as meaning players and teams registered through the
Member Association will not be allowed to participate in any tournament/event sponsored or
sanctioned by NTSSA, nor will they be certified to play outside of the NTSSA in any games,
tournaments or other competitions for which they might have been otherwise eligible. The
Member Association may not vote on any matter at any meeting of the Association while it is
not in good standing.

8.A Member Association failing to meet any requirements of good standing for a period of sixty

(60) days shall have its territory declared open and shall not be entitled to vote or to any protection, services or competitions of this Association.
Thanks,
Heather Dobrott
Administrator for Realscam.com

Soapboxmom

11-27-2015, 04:29 PM

The new Parks and Rec Director has incredible credentials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jermel-stevenson-47174b11

No doubt he will take out David Arciniega and his stooges and clean up the disastrous mess that is Garland Soccer!

Soapboxmom

12-07-2015, 04:15 PM

Spring 2016 Registration Dates
Spring 2016 Registration Fees

Registration is completed On-line at the RED link below.
Regular Registration: Nov 1 - Dec 13
Late Registration: Dec 14-20 Add $15 per player, not refundable.
Wait List Registration: Starts Dec 21 - Credit Card info is required but will not be charged until team placement is confirmed at a later date.
New Players - Date of Birth must be verified for players new to Frisco Soccer. Provide birth certificate or passport by:
Email - Contactus@friscosoccer.org
Upload - to your players GotSoccer Account
Show at the FSA office
Once you register, the next contact will be from the Coach 2 -3 weeks prior to the start of the season.

The defunct Garland Soccer Association board meets tonight. No doubt they haven't set season dates and will just now be talking about starting registration. That is why the players and coaches are leaving in droves. While Frisco, Allen, Richardson, Wylie, Chamber Classic and more will all be in Plano playing together and having a blast, Garland Soccer will still be scrambling to register players and fill teams. Mesquite won't play with Garland either. Lake Highlands was brought in by Director Freeman. Her dad works at Lake Highlands and they left as well save for 2 teams that registered late and couldn't play anywhere else.

No other associations, save Rowlett with its older girls and Greater Hunt County with 2 U16 Boys teams planned to play in Garland this past fall and may well jump ship this spring. David Arciniega has destroyed Garland's relationship with almost all of the neighboring associations and the school district as well. Garland Soccer is completely imploding....the Arciniega Effect!

Soapboxmom

12-08-2015, 03:34 PM

The General Coaches Meeting last week showed an association in collapse. Only about a dozen coaches bothered to show up for the phony election as they know their vote is wasted as past elections have been rigged. They also know the board is powerless and that dictator Arciniega is really running everything behind the scenes. Only 10 of 12 board members showed. President David Arciniega, who inexplicably scheduled the meeting on the same night as his North Texas State Soccer Association board meeting, was a no show. Of course, he must be aware that his dishonesty and mismanagement is driving off more and more soccer coaches and families. He has still, months later, not turned over a single document or cited more than the 1 by-law he submitted for the last lie-filled response filed by the North Texas State Soccer attorney (that has since bailed from my whistleblower lawsuit.)

Arciniega should be terrified that the coaches are going to confront him and demand to know what really happened to the money, why interleague is disappearing, why Garland Soccer (a charity) is run like a dictatorship under a shroud of secrecy, why the A & D hearings are illegal and why he did not triumph in the lawsuit already in June as promised.

Reports from the meeting indicate that Paula Tiffin, the office manager, admitted that there were 18 illegal players in the league. That of course is entirely David Arciniega's fault. The rest of the associations under the North Texas State Soccer umbrella use GotSoccer. GotSoccer would catch duplicate registrations of players already on a select team that then later try to register on a recreational team. Since David Arciniega insists on Garland being the only association using Jevin these poor parents that unknowingly sign up their kids on select and recreational teams simultaneously get the kids, coach and whole team punished weeks later when Garland Soccer uploads all the player records in GotSoccer(North Texas uses GotSoccer, so Garland is forced to use it after registration as well.) The rules require that teams using illegal players forfeit every game in which that player is used. That means the whole team loses almost all of their games as the player isn't identified until the season is almost over. This is unexcusable. Several directors and I tried to get Garland Soccer to use GotSoccer like the rest of North Texas to resolve this problem, but David Arciniega who clearly has an inappropriate relationship with Dan Ptak and his Jevin software company won't allow Garland to use the proper registration software. These teams effected by this should file grievances with North Texas and demand that Arciniega be removed for his gross incompetence in failing to address this issue after years of complaints and total dishonesty about where the money paid to Jevin is going.

At the meeting Paula Tiffin also discussed how there were coaches out there that had not been background checked and should not be coaching. Garland Soccer has been aware of this problem for years and hasn't acted appropriately to resolve that serious issue either. Garland Soccer in essence knowingly allowed people who shouldn't be coaching continue to do so. Garland has no idea who is really out there. I insisted on ID cards in 2013 and as usual Arciniega blocked me. I also wanted practice locations and times kept on record so that more oversight was possible in light of our kids being raped and was shot down. Sex offenders are likely to go elsewhere if there is strict oversight. I also recommended the Positive Coaching Alliance and was shot down as my board reports reflect. That would have provided education for coaches, players and parents to further reduce the risk of sex offenders harming our kids. Arciniega shot that down only to have US Youth Soccer partner with them this year. Arciniega has actively worked to sabotage any effort to keep the kids safer and run the program according to the law and IRS regulations.

This association has been plagued with A & D problems. The hearings have been illegal for years. Though Arciniega refused to allow an A & D Committee and an Ethics Committee to be formed as the by-laws require, coaches report that the Vice President bragged of having a committee in place. I bet if I call NTSSA to see if the committee members names have been submitted I will find that they have nothing on record. Coaches are calling the VP crooked. She promised to clean up Garland, form the required committees, follow the by-laws and bring David Arciniega up numerous charges that were clearly warranted. She lied to the member coaches to get votes and the coaches are furious that she has not followed through on any of the things she promised.

The association lost another director and now the U10 director, Jesse Flores, is also in charge of the major league division. The major league is such a disaster with all the associations that refuse to play with Garland that about all he can do with the older age teams is help them take advantage of North Texas being open territory and help them find a neighboring association to register and play in.

(http://www.realscam.com/f12/jevin-inc-dan-ptak-online-sports-organization-management-software-hell-david-arciniega-garland-soccer-3939/)

Soapboxmom

12-08-2015, 08:38 PM

There are wonderful alternatives until US Youth, North Texas State Soccer and the City of Garland address the many serious concerns in Garland Soccer.

Where to register:

Richardson:
Registration - Richardson Soccer Association (http://www.richardsonsoccer.org/registration.php)
Registration for the Spring 2016 season

Please read the following notes before registering:
Eligibility:
A copy of the birth certificate (or passport) is REQUIRED for all NEW players. A $10.00 late fee will be charged if not received by January 10th.
**Players will not be placed on a team until the date of birth is verified.
Player Requests:
While every effort will be made to grant a player's request, there are no guarantees and RSA must adhere to Team Formation Guidelines (http://www.richardsonsoccer.org/docs/RSATeamFormation.pdf).

Refund Policy:
Registration fees may be refunded less a $15.00 processing fee. Late fees are not refundable and no refunds will be made after the first game. Please note: If RSA is unable to place player on a team, the processing fee will be waived and a FULL refund will be issued.
http://www.richardsonsoccer.org/images/signupnow.jpg (https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=43509&Type=PLAYER) If the above link does not work, copy and paste the URL below into your browser:
https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=43509&Type=PLAYER
If you have questions email the RSA Office at: Registrar/Office Manager (registrar@richardsonsoccer.org)
Registration Dates and Deadlines:

Early registration (on-line only): November 30th - December 18th
* Use Voucher Code "D_ES16SQKVQJ" for $5.00 discount (EXPIRES 12/18/15)
Regular Registration: December 19th - January 10th
* Normal registration fees
* Office hours begin on January 4th, 2016
Late Registration/Wait List: Begins January 11th
* Late fee of $10.00 and no guarantee of returning to the same team * Late fee is non-refundable
NOTE: Late fees do not apply to high school ages

Spring 2016 Season Start Dates:

U4 - U8 Age Groups: February 20th, 2016 - PROPOSED
U9 - U14 Age Groups: February 13th, 2016 - PROPOSED
U15 - U19 Age Groups: March 22nd, 2016 - PROPOSED

2015 - 2016 Regular Recreational Registration Fees:

Under 4 - Under 5:
$50.00 ++

Under 6:
$50.00 **

Under 7 - Under 8:
$55.00

Under 9 - Under 10:
$65.00

Under 11 - Under 14:
$70.00

Under 15 - Under 19:
$75.00

++ Fee includes game shirt (new players only); please note that U4 & U5 teams may be co-ed.
** Additional uniform fee of $30.00 required for NEW or TRANSFERRING players; uniforms include jersey, shorts and socks.
Use Voucher Code "D_ES16SQKVQJ" for $5.00 discount (EXPIRES 12/18/15)
Additional $10 fee for late registrations beginning January 11th

Required Registration Documents:

Player application (online begins November 30, 2015, in office begins January 4, 2016)
Copy of birth certificate or passport (new players only)
Payment of fees (online: credit card, in office: cash, check, credit card)

Age Requirements:
View the age division chart for the current soccer yearhttp://www.richardsonsoccer.org/images/pdf-icon.gif (http://www.richardsonsoccer.org/docs/Agechart.pdf)
Players must turn 4 years old on or before July 31, 2016 to play; this is an NTSSA rule and there are NO EXCEPTIONS
RSA Boundaries:
RSA boundaries are the city limits of Richardson. If you do not live in the city of Richardson, please complete the on-line release form (https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=1215). This form is informational only and does not require any approval before you register with us.

On-line registration steps:

Click the "Sign Up Now" button above
Returning players use the "Individual Users - Existing Account" to log in using the user name and password for your player. New players will need to create a new account.
Complete the registration form and your credit card will be charged at the end of the process.
(MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express accepted)

Wylie:
http://www.wyliesoccer.com/page/show/661023-registration-faq-s (http://www.wyliesoccer.com/page/show/661023-registration-faq-s)
Frequently Asked Questions

SPRING 2016

When is Spring 2016 Registration deadline? January 11, 2016
When is SPRING 2016 Season? The Spring Schedule is TENTATIVE at this time.

U4-U8 March 19th-May 21st.

Inner-League with PYSA U9-U14 February 13th-April 24th.
U15-U19 March 22nd-May 15th.
WYLIE CUP SOCCER INVITATIONAL (http://www.wyliesoccer.com/page/show/978564-wylie-cup-soccer-invitational(awesome) free tournament)
Mesquite:
Creating Champions since 1968 - (Mesquite, TX) - powered by LeagueLineup.com (http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=mesquitesoccer)
All games are conveniently played at Eastfield college.
Plano:
Recreational Registration (http://rec.pysa.org/page/show/1229969-recreational-registration)
The season will begin

Saturday February 13, 2016 for the U4-U14
Tuesday March 22, 2016 for the U16
Thursday March 24, 2016 for the U19