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Siouxland Youth Hockey Association |
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Meeting brought to order by: Mark Morehead Present: Mark Johnson, Mark Morehead, Gary Bennier, Brian Thiele, Troy Hedlund, Dan Rose, Deb Logsdon, Deb Menzenberg, and (non-board member) Lisa Johnson. Absent: Pam Colwell, Cory Schlotfeldt, Scott Newman, Brook Schultz, Christy Beller, and John Ward. Minutes for March 28, 2007 meeting: corrected (first motion for Kinsella camp was made by Mark Johnson and not Mark Morehead). After correction was made, D. Logsdon motioned to approve the minutes and D. Menzenberg seconded the motion. Motion unanimously approved. Treasurer’s Report given by: Mark Johnson. D. Logsdon motioned to approve the report and G. Bennier seconded the motion. Motion unanimously approved. Chairperson Reports: 1. Operations (Morehead): Registrar: L. Johnson reports no new business and that Joe Strako and USA Hockey have been notified of the change in registrar. Ice Scheduler: M. Morehead per B. Schultz reports that times have been set for Bobby Kinsella camps for Thursday, May 17th 6pm-7pm for tykes and mites and 7:15-8:15 for squirts and peewees and 2 other sessions are scheduled for Saturday, May 19th and Monday, May 21st. Early June is being looked at for sessions for bantams and high school players. It was discussed that bantams should be added to the squirt/peewee sessions. The cost was set at $55 per player for the 3 sessions. G. Bennier motioned to approve the camp and M. Johnson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously approved. Membership: M. Morehead had no new business. Musketeer Relations: M. Morehead briefly discussed the USHL Fall Classic and encouraged SYHA’s participation. City/Rink Relations: M. Morehead has no recent contact with Denny Gann. Legal: M. Buckmeier. No new business. Risk Management: G. Bennier. No new business. 2. Coaches/Player Development (Morehead): Coach Recruitment: D. Logsdon reported only 4 coaching applications have been turned in—2 for high school, 1 for peewees, and 1 for mites and asked members to remind people to get their applications in. There was discussion regarding the stipend of the head coach of high school. It was suggested that per diem expense reimbursements should be reviewed and that the coaching checks should be cut from the SYHA general account instead of the high school account. Coaches Selection: D. Logsdon. No new business. Coaches Education: D. Logsdon. No new business. Player Development: Walt Johnson. No new business. I.P. Coordinator: Walt Johnson. No new business. A.C.E. Coordinator: Walt Johnson. No new business. Clinics and Camps: B. Schultz as reported by M. Morehead—Marty Quarters would like to schedule some camps at the end of June for 3-4 nights at a rate of $10 per player per night. 3. House League (Bennier): Coordinators: Pam Colwell will oversee house league coordinators. Referees: M. Morehead reports that Dan Holzrichter oversaw the house league referees this year and has agreed to do so again next year. Equipment and jerseys: Bennier/Carlson. No new business. End of the year tournament: G. Bennier. No new business. Patches/Award/Bars G. Bennier. The chenille “S’s” and bars are in and have been given to the coordinators to hand out. 4. Travel Teams (Logsdon/Hedlund): Coordinators: T. Hedlund. No new business. Team Oversight No new business Tournament Scheduler: T. Hedlund. No new business. 5. Finance/Fundraising (Johnson): Fundraising: Dasher Boards: S. Newman. No new business. HL Jerseys: C. Schlotfeldt. No new business. Greens: D. Logsdon. No new business. Pancake Day: B. Schultz. No new business. Novelties: L. Johnson reports many new items have been ordered will be available soon. Chuck-a-puck: D. Menzenberg. No new business. Musketeer Programs: D. Menzenberg. No new business. Golf Tournament: C. Schlotfeldt. No new business. Pictures: B. Schultz. Val’s Photography is interested in taking pictures again next season. Minnesota Wild Day will be done as tailgate party in conjunction with S.C. Explorers game on June 26th. Wild provides 200 hotdogs and pop. B. Schultz to follow-up. 6. Administration: Executive Committee: Morehead, Johnson, Colwell, Bennier, and Rose. No new business. League Reps Tri-state: M. Morehead reports he will be attending the spring meeting on Saturday. Midwest: M. Morehead reports he will be attending the spring meeting on Saturday. High School: D. Rose. No new business. 7. Metros: D. Rose reports that the league meeting is scheduled for May 5th. They get 3 schedule request per season and usually only one is granted—even though it was a lot of work, they will do at least one game at Tyson again. The players really appreciated having their game broadcasted on the radio. 8. Communication Committee: High school: D. Rose. No new business. Bantams: D. Logsdon. No new business. Peewees: M. Morehead. No new business. Squirts: P. Colwell. No new business. Mites: M. Johnson. No new business. Tykes: M. Morehead. No new business. 9. Old Business: Per Article III, Section 6 of the Association’s bylaws, John Ward was automatically removed from the board due to attendance reasons. Action confirmed by unanimous vote of the Board. 10. New Business: Derrick Schmidt from Fremont, NE contacted Morehead because they are starting a youth hockey organization. They are hoping to have 2 mite teams, 2 squirt teams, and 1 peewee/bantam team and would like some games with our teams. New executive officers were proposed: M. Morehead President; Gary Bennier Vice President; Mark Johnson Secretary; and Christy Beller Treasurer. D. Logsdon motioned for approval of these officers and D. Menzenberg seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. It was discussed that there are currently 3 board positions open and 3 new members would be appointed next meeting provided a quorum was present. (Currently, there are 6 applications for the open positions.) 11. Adjournment by: M. Morehead. |