Meeting Minutes - SMAHL House Board Meeting  4-9-01 (month of April)

 

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Harold St. John       Adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

Present:            Klee, Puhl, Sorg, St. John,

Kitz, Gomach, Heldt, Kuhr

Absent:            Callan

Old Business

·         Meeting minutes from the March meeting were reviewed

·         Need to find a new location for the coaches clinic (Sept 2001) due to the construction in the old lobby.

·         No full lunch will be provided for the clinics since they lost money last year due to food costs.  Bagels and coffee will be provided for in the morning and a snack will be provided for the afternoon.

·         No firm times for ice at the clinics will be available until after the second week of August.

New Business

·         Randy Bub from the Mid-Am board will set up the IP clinic for September or early October.  No lunch will be provided for this as well.

·         Flowers will be sent to the Gilmore family from SMAHL.

·         The heat transfer machine needs to be repaired.

·         John Henson would like to see goals from the board for the 2001-2002 season.

·         There is a concern about the number of Bantam teams in the league.  It may be necessary to check with TOYHA and BG if we can schedule games with them.

·         It was reiterated that we need a Pee Wee checking clinic and mini-mite clinic before the season starts to get these groups accustomed to the rules and style of play that they will see.

·         Need to check into having more forward and defenseman clinics this year.

·         Is it possible to utilize Monroe for more ice time?

·         By June, Tam-O-Shanter should have the ice times available.

·         The house program would like to see the ice time more evenly distributed with the travel program in regards to times.

·         Joe Reynolds will be in charge of Ice Chips newsletter and the first edition will be published in April.  Sponsors may be looked at for the newsletter.

·         The house board will attend the travel board meetings on a rotating basis.

·         Bruce Sorg and Ken Jarosz will look into ways of selecting teams to insure competitiveness.

·         The board will utilize its members by forming committees where necessary.

·         Ice time availability is determined by Tam-O-Shanter when looking at other groups using the ice.

·         Uniform supplier still needs to be identified.

·         Issue about how to get more members at the annual meeting was brought up.  Are there alternative methods of holding a vote?  SMAHL should check with other organizations to see how their elections are conducted.

·         Discussion about whether or not SMAHL should supply mouth guards for players.

 

Motion

The following motion was brought to the floor.

Subsequent to the selection of all-star teams, those players making an all-star team will no longer be able to participate in the SMAHL house league.  Motion was made by Tom Kitz and seconded by Harold St. John.  Motion was voted down 7-1.

 

OFFICE REPORTS

Vice - President (St. John) -

Would like Public Relations to follow up with Sue Appelhans about the banquet.

Also would like for Public Relations to check into holding the used equipment sale.

Secretary (Klee) -

No Report

Treasurer (Kitz/Cook) -

·         Needs equipment budget submitted for the 2001-2002 season.  Right now it looks like $1200 for pucks and $400-$500 dollars for mouth guards may be needed. Other equipment will be reviewed and submitted by Chris Puhl.

·         Need receipts for the 60 IP spring jerseys and socks.

·         All fees for the 2001-2002 will be based on if the number of hours is increased.

·         The banquet finished in the black this year.

Scheduling (Heldt) -

·         Copy of the final ice schedule will be given out.  There were 20 hours of house practices and 18 games with the exception of the mini-mite division.

·         The second Pee Wee All-Star team required 4 hours from each all-star team when compared to last year.

·         The second squirt all-star team did not require any ice from other teams.

·         Looking for suggestions on how to notify SMAHL members that all house time was not utilized.  It was suggested that an article in ice chips could be done.

Rules & Discipline (Gomach) -

No report

Equipment (Puhl) -

·         All old equipment will be for sale in the spring.  Needy players should contact Harold

·         St. John  for possible distribution before the sale.

Coaching - (Sorg) -

·         Coaching applications are available in the lobby.

Finance - (Callan) 

No Report

Public Relations (Kuhr) -

No Report

 

Submitted by

Daniel Klee