OTHERS PRESENT: Bob Harp, Chuck and Chad Corbett, Dirk and Kevin Lohry, Mike Bennett, Mark Jensen and Roger

MINUTES of the November 21st, 2001 board of directors meeting were reviewed. Copies of the minutes had been previously e-mail to the board members (except Julee). There was no meeting in December 2001. Motion by Sundlie and seconded by Harp that the minutes be approved. Motion passed.

TREASURES REPORT was presented by Mark Johnson. Handouts were provided to all board members for our review. Discussion took place. Johnson explained he has just received the ice bills from the city and only through August. Motion by Buckmeier and seconded by Mills to approve the Treasurer's report as presented. Motion passed.

CORBETT SUSPENSION: The board suspended the agenda to take up this suspension matter at the beginning of the hearing. The suspension hearing was held and the board took the matter under advisement. A separate ruling was entered and is attached here to. The board at the end of the meeting determined the match penalty should be reduced to a game misconduct.

Mark Jensen: Jensen spoke and urged us to use our youth hockey ice time solely for our house league programs and not travel teams. Mr. Jensen spoke from a historical perspective on each occasion travel teams have been a priority our membership has dropped. Hoffmeyer mentioned Minnesota has categorized it Mite hockey as developmental and discourages travel teams. Minnesota is also evaluating the Squirt program and may move this to a developmental (no travel) status.

HIGH-SCHOOL TREASURES REPORT was presented by Mills. A balance sheet showing the total liabilities and equity was given to each board member. The player fee was $936. There are currently $6,090 in ads to be collected.

RISK MANAGER: Mills reported we are in compliance with all of Tri-State Hockey 's requirements.

ICE SCHEDULER: Dan Holzrichter was present and reported we will lose ice at the Auditorium the week of February 7th thru the 15th and he will be making scheduling changes. The board notified Mr. Holzrichter the youth hockey season will end March 12th, 2002.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Hoffmeyer reported in addition to the Corbett incident there had been one other incident at the Squirt A level where a father had behaved inappropriately and was asked to leave. Moreland will notify the father that he is formally warned with any future violation to result in a penalty to be determined.

COACHING COMMITTEE: The board had received an inquiry into whether we had a policy on when a skater would be permitted to return to the ice after sustaining a concussion. Siouxland Youth Hockey does not have a policy. The board will investigate this further. Should a parents OK be enough or should we require a medical release?

COMMUNICATION TEAM COMMENTS :
Tyke: discussion took place on the format to be followed for the rest of the year. The consensus of the board was to continue the team format throughout the rest of the year and not go to the A/B format.

Squirt: Buckmeier reported a vote took place on the house league format with seven votes for keeping the teams the same, 15 votes to change and the others not caring either way. Concern was expressed on referees not showing up four games.

High-school: a parents' meeting has been scheduled for those parents with concerns to voice their opinions.

PUBLICITY: Buckmeier reported the police benefit "Cops for kids" will take place on February 24th, 2002. It is our responsibility to sell raffle tickets for this benefit. The proceeds will be split equally between Siouxland Youth Hockey and Make A Wish. Each board member received a packet of tickets to sell.

MUSKETEER RELATIONS: Strachan reported from our Sioux City Musketeer chuck a puck we had received $1,842 and with the upcoming games we should make over $2,000 for the year.

FUND-RAISING: Sundlie reported he is ready for pancake day and will be getting out age division work schedules shortly. Logsdon the the Christmas green results. Handouts were presented to each board member. Expected profit is $29,150 or approximately $135 per skater. This is down slightly from prior years profits. Our enrollment is down 2.9% from last year. We have to 239 skaters this year compared to 246 skaters last year. We had 299 skaters for the 1997-1998 year. More skaters will increase our profit.

LEGAL COMMITTEE: Buckmeier reported our contract with the city is still unsigned and we have involved USA Hockey with the Sioux City risk manager to help resolve language disputes that have prevented its being signed by all parties.

NOVELTIES: this was mentioned as a problematic area. There appears to be some inconsistency that we need to follow-up on. Hoffmeyer or Moreland will speak with the novelty chairperson.

OLD BUSINESS: Rink Pledges: Moreland reimported we have received $28,300 of the uncollected pledges since we took over this process.

Midwest League Banners: Moreland reported four banners are being prepared by Avery's to be posted at the ice rink. These banners represent Midwest League championships won since the IBP Ice Center opened.

Meeting adjourned upon motion made and seconded.

Respectfully submitted,
Duane E Hoffmeyer
Secretary

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