Meeting Minutes
SMAHL Travel Board
July 6, 2004

Mark Kennedy called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm

Attendees
Mark Kennedy, Wendy Payette, Mike Frey, Todd Koback, John Weber, Bob Felser

Guests
Mark Boze, Jerry Parker, Joe Reynolds, Shauna Easton, Mark Korn, Kathy LaVoy


June 7 and June 13 minutes were distributed and reviewed.  Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by Mike.  Motion carried.

Vice President Report – Mark Kennedy
no report

Treasurers Report - Mark Kennedy (interim)
no report

Scheduler Report - John Weber
The contract has been signed for SMAHL to broker ice at the Sports Arena.  Tom Duly will head up the project.  All ice will be prepaid on a monthly basis by check or credit card.

 

Coaching - Bob Felser
Bob held a coaches meeting.  General information was reviewed and discussed with nothing notable to report.

 
Equipment Report - Todd Koback
The charge for uncollected jerseys was discussed and set at $120 per set.  Uncollected jerseys will be appropriately charged as of August 1.

Finance Report - Mike Frey
The golf outing will be held on Sunday, August 29th at 8:00 am at Bedford Hills.  Registration fee was set at $85 per player and includes food.  Mike is having a meeting with Dave Faulkner to coordinate details.  Information will be distributed at house registration on August 3 and will also be posted on the website.

 

Rules and Discipline - Bruce Sorg
absent

New Business
Mark Boze brought up a situation of offensive statements being made about him on a local website chat forum.  Mark will hold a parents meeting at his tryouts to disclose and discuss the remarks, with Mark Kennedy and Joe Reynolds in attendance to address any concerns parents may have.  A motion was made by Bob Felser to have legal counsel pursue opportunities that would reveal the instigator of the comments, motion 2nd by Mike Frey.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

An ad for the Fall Face-Off Tournament was placed in Hockey weekly, and coaches from last years’ LCAHL teams have been notified of the event.  Commitments have been slow to date.

 

Six or 7 players have committed to the Bantam AA team.  Mark Kennedy will contact the coach to review the status of the team.

 

Coaching applications were reviewed for B level teams.  Coaching assignments will be made after the A and AA tryouts.

 

Players will be notified immediately that they must attend the appropriate A or AA tryout and be cut from that team in order to be eligible for the Buckeye or B teams.  This guideline is intended to prevent our organization from competing against itself for players.

 

Coaches / team members are being asked to clean out lockers as new lockers are being assigned.  Locks will be removed from lockers if need be.

 

The concept of synthetic ice was reviewed and will be investigated and discussed with Tom Kline.

 

Promedica would like to be a sponsor for SMAHL.  Thank You!!

 

Joe Reynolds made a motion to assign a new bookkeeper.  Motion 2nd by John Weber, motion carried.

 

Mark Korn has agreed to the position of Travel Treasurer and Kathy LaVoy has agreed to the position of Public Relations.  Mike Frey motioned to accept the assignments, 2nd by John Weber.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

There will be another Midget Preteam if there is enough interest from players.

 

Todd collected feedback from board members on the latest logo design.  The feedback will be relayed to the designer.

 

 Motion to adjourn at 9:35 pm.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Wendy Payette

SMAHL Travel Secretary