The meeting was called to order at 6:40 p.m. by President Duane Hoffmeyer.

Present: Duane Hoffmeyer, Lynn Mills, Mark Jensen, Lisa Soole, Laura Mahaney, Dave Gill, Mark Johnson, Harlan Halverson and Robert Sundlie

Absent: Mike Moreland, Curtis McCline, Tim Marx and Dave LaGree

Guests: Bill Persinger, Shelly Lessard, Robbie Lessard, Dirk Lohry, Roger Kelly and Kirk Lukehart

The Meeting was initiated by introductions by the president of those guests named above. On behalf of the Association, president Hoffmeyer made the presentation of the following awards to the guests:

Bill Persinger was presented with a clock memento in recognition of the appreciation by the Board of Directors of the long standing service to the Association by Bill Persinger and his wife, Lynn Persinger. President Hoffmeyer noted that the leadership of the Persingers in the planning, fund raising, and completion of the IBP Ice Center contributed greatly to the present benefits enjoyed by all Association members as a result of the construction of the Ice Center. Bill was also specifically noted for his long standing service to the Association in his contributions as a member of the Board of Directors and in serving as the Ice Scheduler for the Association. Lynn Persinger was noted for her various volunteer efforts including management of the publication for several years of the Metros High School Season Program.

President Hoffmeyer then presented Shelly Lessard with a clock memento acknowledging the appreciation of the Board of Directors for the various services and efforts extended by Shelly to the Association over the years of participation by her son Robby. President Hoffmeyer specifically mentioned the tremendous amount of work and effort extended by Shelly in managing the acquisition of and scheduling of volunteers for home games for the Metros over the past several years, and particularly for her efforts in spearheading many of the responsibilities placed upon the Association in hosting the Tier II Regional Tournament and the IHSHL Junior Varsity State Tournament two years ago, and the highly successful IHSHL Varsity Tournament hosted by the Association this past year.

President Hoffmeyer then presented the Ted Neby award to Robby Lessard, a four year member of the Sioux City Metros, and a long time participant in SYHA Youth Hockey Programs and other select hockey programs and distinctions that were achieved by Robby over the years. The Neby award is presented annually by the Board of Directors to the Association member selected by the Board of Directors as exhibiting outstanding leadership, community service and in favorable representation of the Association in general.

Robby played with the Metros for the past four years and contributed greatly to the two IHSHL Varsity State Tournament Championships achieved by the Metros in 1997/98 and 1998/99, and to the runner-up finish in the 1999/2000 IHSHL Varsity State Tournament held here at the IBP Ice Center.

President Hoffmeyer then presented a clock memento to Dirk Lohry in recognition of the Board’s appreciation for outstanding service rendered to the Association by Dirk and Bonnie Lohry and the Lohry family over the past several years. The Lohry family business has greatly assisted the Association by making the time and talents of Roger Kelly, a Nutra-Flo employee, available for the benefit of the organization. For years Roger has donated his time, (often during business hours as approved by the Lohry family) in the publication of the Sioux City Metros Season Game Program. In addition, the Lohry’s have offered this year the services of Roger Kelly and the resources of their business in creating and maintaining the SYHA web site known as www.siouxcityhockey.com.

President Hoffmeyer then presented a clock memento to Roger Kelly in recognition of the appreciation of the Board of Directors for the years of services rendered by Roger to the Association. Roger has donated much of his own personal time and later his time during his regular employment in the Lohry business in the publication of the Season Game Program put forth each year by the Sioux City Metros. This past year Roger’s efforts resulted the design, creation, and maintenance of the outstanding SYHA web site known as www.siouxcityhockey.com.

President Hoffmeyer then presented Kirk Lukehart with a clock memento in recognition of the appreciation of the Board of Directors for Kirk’s long standing service to the Association. Kirk has been a past member of the Board of Directors and President of the Association prior to President Hoffmeyer’s term. In addition, during the 1999/2000 season Kirk did a tremendous job that was applauded by many of the members of the Midwest League in his scheduling of all of the qualifying and final rounds of the Midwest Tournaments for all age groups.

After completion of the award presentations, the minutes for the March 15, 2000 meeting of the Board of Directors were reviewed by the Board. Motion by Soole with a second by Sundlie to approve the minutes as set forth. By unanimous vote the minutes were approved.

The Treasurer’s Report for the past two months were described by Treasurer Soole as being incomplete as she is still waiting for ice bills to be submitted to the Association. Therefore, the February and March statement could not be completed or closed. Motion by Gill and second by Mills to table the Treasurer’s Report. The motion unanimously passed.

Shelly Lessard then asked to visit with the Board of Directors concerning the status of the need for replacement of several of the jerseys for the high school team, the Metros. After discussion, the Board accepted her recommendation that three of the black travel jerseys be replaced due to the gift of such jerseys to the three graduating seniors from the 1999/2000 Metros, and that six of the white jerseys that are in particularly bad condition be replaced in the upcoming year.

Lynn Mills provided a brief description of the condition of the high school team’s account. He stated that the bills for the team were primarily paid and that the cash position of the team is in fairly good standing and that the team finished in the black for the year.

Laura Mahaney was assigned by the Board with the responsibility for canvassing last year’s travel coordinators and team treasurers to determine who might be willing to serve in similar capacities during this year. Communication team members then provided their comments. It was reported that Mites "caught-up" their ice time which had been bumped at various times over the year due to events at the Auditorium. Mills mentioned that the coaching committee had received a number of complaints concerning make-up ice for Mites and Tykes being bumped by teams booking travel ice. It was the consensus of the Board that further education efforts should be undertaken in the upcoming season to make the ice scheduler and travel team coordinators aware of the necessity for allowing Mites and Tykes to schedule and arrange for their regular youth hockey ice.

Board of Directors then appointed the following Directors as communication team members for the following age levels:

President Hoffmeyer reported that the Referee in Chief for Travel and Tournament games will be Bob Batchelor for the upcoming season. He further announced that the Referee in Chief for House Leagues will be Mike McClennen.

President Hoffmeyer advised the Board that Kelly Tuttle had completed her service for the coaching committee and the position for a two year term to be served by a member of the Board of Directors was therefore vacant. Further, President Hoffmeyer advised the Board that the timeline for the Board’s annual duties indicated that this is the meeting for election of officers of the Association. A slate of officers and assignment to the coaching committee was discussed. By motion of Jensen and second of Halverson, the following slate was proposed to the Board of Directors:

After discussion, the motion to approve the slate as described above was approved unanimously by the Board.

President Hoffmeyer then gave a report as to the progress of the summer camp. President Hoffmeyer indicated that one more correction to the brick wall was expected. Hoffmeyer reported that Walt Johnson had indicated that the old boards used by the Association will be constructed outside of the IBP Ice Center in connection with the use of the asphalt serface as a "roller rink".

Hoffmeyer reported that the Association has met its commitment to add an additional $10,000.00 (over that amount purchased in 1998-1999) in ice time purchased during 1999-2000 as discussed during contract negotiations last year with the city.

It was reported that we anticipate a determination that approximately $1,000.00 in profit was derived from the Association’s hosting of the USA Central States Tier II Regional Tournament. A report was made by the President as to the Squirt B travel coordinator issue. The travel account with respect to that coordinator is now paid and other items will be corrected in the future at registration for the upcoming season.

The Board then discussed whether a policy should be discussed and implemented concerning travel team members who choose not to attend scheduled tournaments and whether said persons should pay their share of costs for tournaments that they have not attended. Final resolution was tabled and no action was taken at this time.

President Hoffmeyer reported that returning skater registration would be conducted from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday and Monday nights, August 27 and August 28, 2000. A coaches meeting will be scheduled for August 20, 2000 in an attempt to have "try-out" information available for those families registering on August 27 and August 28.

New skater registration is presently scheduled for Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 6:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m.

The Board further approved the commencement of regular youth hockey on October 9, 2000 with House League participation anticipated to commence on or about November 6, 2000.

It is anticipated that Travel and House League coordinators would gather for an instructional meeting on September 10, 2000. Mahaney and Jensen accepted the Board’s delegation to conduct said meeting.

A discussion of the upcoming season for the high school team was then held. Information was reported to the Board that there will possibly be as many as forty-two skaters at the high school level this year. Motion by Gill and second by Jensen that the Board of Directors will require that the high school coaches will not "cut" any of the SYHA skaters who register for participation at the high school level. The motion was unanimously approved. The Board then directed Gill, Soole and Mills to canvas the anticipated returning and new high school skaters over the next month in order to determine the potential numbers of registering high school skaters. This committee will also then be responsible for discussions with Rick Dohrmann, the IHSHL team representative for the high school team, and with the coaches of the high school team as appointed by the Board after nomination by the coaching committee, to implement a program that may combine IHSHL, Midget, and/or possible "Junior Gold" participation in order to afford adequate playing time to all registering high school skaters.

Motion by Gill and second by Soole to adjourn the meeting. Said meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Next scheduled regular meeting of the Board of Directors is 6:30 p.m. on May 17, 2000 at the IBP Ice Center.

Dave Gill, Secretary to the Board

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