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SoccerSpace Toolkit
January 15, 2000
Michael Karlin
310-854-0898
mjkarlin@soccerspace.org
Objectives
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Comprehensive
resource on soccer field acquisition, development, maintenance and
improvement |
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Capture
experience and knowledge of broad range of experts |
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Empower
community activists |
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Enhance
awareness of soccer community on soccer field issues |
Content - Overview
Four interrelated modules
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Field
location and planning |
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Acquisition |
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Maintenance |
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Enhancement |
These modules provide the framework for
continuous development of the toolkit
Content: Field Location
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Where
and how to look |
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Who
can help? |
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Roles
and responsibilities |
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Size
requirements |
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Environmental
considerations |
Content: Acquisition & Development I
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Overview
of the process |
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Legal
considerations
- Ownership and alternatives (leasing, joint ventures)
- Organization and choice of entity
- Contracts
- Government regulation |
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Working
with government |
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Development
- Budgeting
- ABCs of design (from access to layout to parking to toilets)
- Professionals – planners, developers, architects, engineers,
attorneys, contractors |
Content: Acquisition & Development II
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Risk
Management
- Identifying risk
- Accounting and money management
- Insurance |
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Funding
- Sources
- Government
- Foundations
- Business and individuals |
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ABCs
of Fundraising
- Securing government funding
- Grant writing
- How to ask for money |
Content: Maintenance
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Fields
- Irrigation
- Drainage
- Grass and soil |
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Stands
and structures |
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Costs
and sources of funding |
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Access
and security
- Allocating use
- Regulating access |
Content: Enhancements
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Improvement
projects |
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Drainage
and irrigation projects |
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Redesigning
layout |
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Adding
sports lighting |
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Increasing
access to existing facilities
- Working with cities
- Working with schools |
This is just the first cut at identifying content
The Toolkit
The toolkit will be web-based
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One-stop
shopping |
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Universal
access |
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Source
of information and forum to share experiences |
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Moderated
user groups |
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Public
awareness |
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Vehicle
for sponsorship and recognition |
Developing the Toolkit
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Design |
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Hosting |
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Development
of content |
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Site
administration |
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Funding |
The beauty of the web is that we can get
something on-line almost immediately
January 15, 2000 |
