Meeting Minutes - SMAHL House Board Meeting  12-10-01 (month - December)

Meeting called to order at 7:12 p.m. by Harold St. John

Present:            St. John, Klee, Sorg, Kitz, Heldt, Kuhr, Callan

Absent: Puhl, Holmes

Guests              Joe Reynolds, Ted Tucker, Harlan Joelson, Ken Jarosz, Beck Jarosz

 

Minutes of the November meeting were distributed.  The minutes were approved.

 

Old Business

·         Reiterated that all ice time changes must go through the Scheduler and the rink management.

·         Because of the age changes by USA Hockey, it is even more important that a couple of hours worth of checking clinics be reviewed for new Pee-Wee players.

·         Storage area from the rink is still not resolved.

·         Teams should write the time of that the doors close when the Zamboni is done so that all teams get the allocated 50 minutes.

·         The Tim Horton’s contract has been signed for the house division and will be forwarded to their corporate contacts for final approval.

OFFICE REPORTS

Vice - President (St. John)

·         Would like to start a formalized process for selecting the all-stars teams next year,

·         Because of the balance of the Pee Wee age group, a committee should be assigned to look into removing all-stars from the house division.  If this is done, can the organization absorb additional Travel teams.

·         Working on getting the mailboxes located and keys for the new office.

Secretary (Klee) -

·         No Report

Treasurer (Kitz/Cook) -

·         There is approximately $17,000 in the budget to cover the balance of the year.  Main costs that still need to be considered are the banquet, referees for the balance of the year, and sponsor plaques.

Scheduling (Heldt) -

·         Ice allocation hopes to be distributed by end of December.

·         Lost two hours of ice during December because of a high school issue.

Rules & Discipline (Puhl) -

·         Absent

Equipment (Holmes) -

·         Absent

Coaching - (Sorg) -

·         Rating assignment have been assigned at the last coaches meeting.

·         Look into getting IP certificates for the IP program.

·         John Hirzel, Referee Assignor was in attendance at the coaches meeting.

·         The only major complaint received is parents complaining about parents on the same team.

Finance - (Callan) 

·         All sponsors have been paid.

Public Relations (Kuhr) -

·         Parents Code of Conduct will be posted throughout the rink.

·         Finalized date ofJanuary 26th with The Toledo Jr. Storm as SMAHL night.

·         Tim Horton’s store display will get underway.

·         Card sent to the IP player that was injured.

·         Needs a day from Pat Heldt where most times are on the ice so that the action photos can be taken.

New Business

Þ     Motion for a $50 gift certificate for Santa Claus was made for his 8 hours of work on December 23rd.  Motion seconded and passed unanimously.

·         IP Jerseys and bottles need to be distributed from Tim Horton’s.

·         First order of business for the new board will be looking into jerseys for the 2002-2003 board.

·         Locks for lockers are needed.

·         Joe Reynolds will investigate using a prepaid card with The Loft.

 

The next House Board meeting is January 14, at 7:00 p.m. in the Loft.

There being no other new business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.. 

Submitted by

Daniel Klee