MEMBERS ABSENT: Julee Elstad, Pam Harp, Marty Holmes, Duane Hoffmeyer, Jeamie Strachan

OTHERS PRESENT: Mark Jensen, Roger Kelly, Steve Noel

MINUTES of March 20th, 2002 board of directors meeting were reviewed. Minutes had been previously sent to the board members. Minutes were approved.

TREASURERS REPORT: Johnson presented the treasures report with a review for the check register and income statement. In absence of the $32,028.00 building contribution we have a net loss of $2,050.82 from operations. There was discussion on the PeeWee A travel balance of $6,251.25 still being a concern. Motion by Mills and second by Logsdon to approve the treasures report as presented. Motion passed.

DIRECTORS REPORTS:
High School Treasures Report: Lynn Mills presented the Metros financial reports. The high school is currently short for the 200 1/2002 year. We currently owe $1,600.00 for printing expenses. The printing bill came in $2,000.00 over budget. There are also past due accounts, which we are trying to collect of $1,644.58. Discussion on the need to send two coaches to the Advanced Certificate Clinic in Chicago came up at this point. TJ Reinch and Dirk Richou were approved to attend the Clinic in May as they were willing to go and we could not wait until after the June USA Hockey meeting to determine what coaching level will be required at the High School and Midget Level. Mark Jensen reminded us that all coaches must be certified by next year.

Registrar: Pam Harp has volunteered to be the SYHA Registrar for the upcoming season. We all thanked Jane Marsh for her prior years of volunteering.

Executive Committee: No action taken.

Coaching Committee: Kam Smith has resigned, Lynn Mills term is up. Curtis and Marty need to elect new members. Bob Sundlie is willing to serve on this committee. Marty is going to run the ad in the Journal for coaches.

Risk Manager: Lynn will continue to serve as the risk manager.

Ice Scheduler: nothing to report.

Player Development: Two coaches clinics are scheduled in Sioux City. Dan will schedule times. Spring Session I started on April 15tho The cost is $15.00 for a drop-in and $80.00 for the whole session. Attendance was 15 the first night and 25 the second. Julee Elstad is collecting the money. The information is on the web sight.

Travel League: we have an opening for a travel league director next season.

House League: Bob told us the Pee Wee patches and bars were late. They were given to Joe Tuttle and as of yet have not been given out. The Pee Wee year-end tournament was not completed.

Publicity: Maxine updated us on the proceeds from the benefit hockey game. Chad Shehan thought the profits would be approximately $12,500 to $13,000 and would be split between SYFIA and Make-A-Wish. Mike, Julee, Maxine and Jan Paulson met to form a formal marketing plan. Maxine will bring a plan to us by the summer. They mentioned a new brochure to use year after year. Curtis mentioned the intent of the dasher board income was for further advertising. This income is approximately $4,000.00 per year. The emphasis on the advertising should be the house league program.

Equipment: Dan Cownie is doing a great job controlling the equipment inventory. We would all like to acknowledge the wonderful job he is doing. We collected $475.00 selling old jerseys.

League Representatives: We need an IP Clinic prior to October 19th. The Tri-State & Midwest Meeting on the 27th - Age Classification is on the agenda. Wichita, Cedar Rapids and St. Joe have the same concerns we have relating to the age change. Omaha and Des Moines do not have real concerns. The age classification seems to be set and in place. We may need to follow through. Very few people are interested in going the way of Minnesota and not conform. Mike is willing to make a motion at the Tri-State meeting not to go with the age change. However, the overall feeling is that we would be a minority. The feeling is to expand the Midwest format. A Midget B program will be available through Midwest. Probably five weekends and a final.

Mike attended the Tri-State Coaching Directors' meeting in Des Moines on April 6th Please refer to the memo at the last meeting. The points are Sioux City will host an Associate Level clinic on Saturday, October 19. And an Intermediate Level clinic on Saturday, November 2.

The cost this year for the advance clinic is $425.00 per person and the board has approved the cost for two individuals.

OLD BUSINESS

City Contract still waiting for final approval.

Bantam A -Quad City locker room incident. Duane sent the matter back to Dink Lobry for a final solution. We need a correspondence to Quad Cities. The Coordinator needs to do this job.

Jersey Sales - as previously mentioned we collect $457.00

Neby Award - given to Casey Mills at the Metros Banquet - we received a wonderful thank you letter from Casey and Mike Moreland read it.

NEW BUSINESS

Board Awards were presented to Mark Jensen and Steve Noel at the meeting. These are to honor all their efforts and time they have put into our program. Mike presented the awards at separate times during the meeting.

Officer Elections: Nominations were made for Treasurer - Motion for Mark Johnson to remain as treasurer was made by Soole and second by McCline. Motion passed. Motion was made to nominate Lisa for Secretary by Logsdon and second by Buckmeier. Motion passed. Motion was made by Soole to nominate Maxine for Vice President. second by Holzrichter. Motion passed. Nomination for Mike to remain as President was made by Buckmeier and second by Soole. Motion passed. The fifth tie breaker on the executive committee will be Marty Holmes. A motion was made nominate Bob Sundlie to the coaching committee by Logsdon and second by McCline. Motion passed.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting by Mills and second by Buckmeier.

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Soole, Secretary

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