Meeting Minutes - SMAHL House Board Meeting  1-14-02 (month - January)

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

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

Absent: none

Guests              Diane Cook, Carol Unice

 

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

 

Old Business

·         Bottles from Tim Horton’s still need to be distributed to the IP players.

·         Curfew clock - see Vice- President report.

·         The scheduling of bantam games with other area associations is still being worked on.

·         The scorebooth is to be run by the home team.  This includes the game clock and scoresheet.  If a member of the visiting team wishes to be in the booth, that is their prerogative.  Once the time remaining on the clock equals the time left in the allocated 50 minutes, the game clock goes to running time.

OFFICE REPORTS

Vice - President (St. John)

·         Issue of curfew time for house games has surfaced again after a problem in a mite game.  Should SMAHL be looking a curfew clock?  The question is who is responsible for the expense?  After discussion it was decided that the using the rink clock once the doors shut should be sufficient for timing 50 minutes.

Secretary (Klee) -

·         No Report

Treasurer (Kitz/Cook) -

·         All-Star statements through November 30th have been sent out.

Scheduling (Heldt) -

·         List of yearly hour allocation has been completed.

·         Team 23 has an issue with the ice time during Feb 8 through the 10th because they scheduled an outside tournament.

·         Continuing to experience problems with the Rink computer not matching the SMAHL schedule, causing confusion and people showing up at the wrong times.  Working with the Rink to ensure that the schedules are entered correctly.

Rules & Discipline (Puhl) -

·         Due to an issue with the mite all-star team, the code of conduct has been reviewed with the coaches and parents of that time.

Equipment (Holmes) -

·         Will deliver water bottles to Bud Butler for distribution to the IP kids.

Coaching - (Sorg) -

·         Working to finalize the rating procedure for all coaches.

·         The parents code of conduct will be distributed to all coaches, who should the give to all parents.

Finance - (Callan) 

·         Invoices for IP jerseys need to be sent to Tim Horton’s.

·         Mike Mankowski from the pro shop was at a convention has 4 samples of jerseys coming in for next year to review.

·         Plaques need to be ordered.

·         Team pictures from Domar are needed for plaques

Public Relations (Kuhr) -

·         Posters with the Code of Conduct have been posted in the rink.

·         Santa’s appearance was a success with the younger kids just before the holidays.

·         Storm SMAHL night info will be posted on the website.

·         The banquet has been set for March 20th (IP, Mini-Mites, Mites) and the 21st (Squirts, Pee Wee, Bantam)  Still looking to secure entertainment, speakers.  It was discussed that the cost will be $10 per person.  Players, Coach, and one assistant will get the free tickets.

·         Working on obtaining donated items for the banquet raffle.

·         Copy of the Tim Horton’s contract has been faxed to them in Columbus.

New Business

̃     Motion - Motion by St. John and seconded by Puhl to allocate up to $400 for the purchase of a mail box system for the coaches.  The previous one was destroyed during the renovations.  It was provided at no cost to SMAHL previously so there was no actual monetary loss associated with these boxes.  Motion passed unanimously.

̃     Motion - Motion made to make Bob Felser the paid IP instructor for the spring was passed unanimously.  Amount of compensation not to exceed $500.  Pat Heldt will the spring IP assistant.

·         IP sign-up for spring will be February 21st from 6-7 p.m.  The cost will $225 and will run from April 1st through May. (approximate)

·         The subject of expanding the Travel “B” program in the Buckeye Travel League will be explored through March.  Decisions to be made are what divisions should be included?  Is there enough ice available?  What effect on the all-star program will this have?

The next House Board meeting is February 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Loft.

There being no other new business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.. 

Submitted by

Daniel Klee