Meeting
Minutes -
Meeting
called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Dan Klee
Present:
Klee, Puhl, Sorg, St. John,
Callan,
Henson , Cook, Habusta, Kitz, Gomach, Heldt
Absent:
Old
Business
Meeting
minutes from the November meeting were approved.
No
meeting minutes from the December meeting due to a quorum not being established.
New
Business
·
With the
resignation of Steve Habusta as House V-P, Harold St. John was elected as V-P
for the remainder of the 2000-2001 year.
·
Bruce
Sorg was elected to assume the coaching position vacated by Harold St. John.
·
Sue
Appelhans will fill in as the public relations officer and get the banquet
established.
·
A check
from the Ft. Wayne merchandiser who sells hockey items in the lobby has been
issued to SMAHL and $168 will be divided between house and travel.
·
Issue of
outside hours was discussed with guests from the mini-mite division.
Concern is that five hours is not enough.
·
Proposal
will be taken to the Executive Board to increase the number of outside hours in
the house division.
OFFICE
REPORTS
Vice
- President (St. John) -
·
Need more
emphasis on the IP program. The
structure of the program will go back to the USA Hockey method of using the
instruction cards at each practice.
Secretary
(Klee) -
·
Parents
Code of Conduct has been given to all coaches to distribute to parents.
Treasurer
(Kitz/Cook) -
·
Balance
in the house account for 2000 - 2001 year is $33,830.21 as of 12-31-00
This amount does not include all-star funds..
Scheduling
(Heldt) -
·
Final
schedules have been distributed to all teams.
The issue of the year - long fixed schedule versus three incremental
schedules was discussed. Input
received from coaches is that the three schedules over the course of the year
allows for more flexibility.
·
A letter
was sent to all coaches explaining the availability of hours and a comparison
with the 1999-2000 season.
·
IPA will
need to have 5 hours by themselves at the end of their session to accommodate
full ice scrimmages.
·
Waiting
for ice time from Tam-O to schedule the skills competition in each age group in
lieu of playoffs.
Rules & Discipline (Gomach)
No report
Equipment
(Puhl) -
·
Bantam
All-Stars will need new jerseys for the 2001 - 2002 season
·
New bags
for goalie equipment will also be needed.
·
Looking
into getting all the lockers placed in rink 1
·
Stop
signs for the house jerseys will be put on next year for at least squirts and
up.
·
Some
goalie equipment may also need to be replaced.
·
Need to
order jerseys a couple of weeks earlier if possible.
One option to cut time is when the jerseys come in the numbers and stop
signs can be screened on before the sponsor logos become available.
Coaching
- (Sorg/St. John) -
·
The
goalie clinic next year needs to be divided into two levels.
·
Before
the season starts next year, ice time should be secured for the first year
Pee-Wee players so that they have an introduction to checking.
Also, mini-mites playing in their first year should have a clinic to go
over basic positions and rules such as offside.
Finance - (Callan)
No
report
Public
Relations (Sorg/Appelhans) -
·
Banquet
will be held on March 21st/22nd at the Pinnacle.
Cost will be $10 per person and the Head Coach and players will get in
free. IP/Mini-Mite/Mite will go the
first night. IP/Squirt/Pee Wee/Bantam will go the second night.