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Members Present: Members Absent: Others Attending: Mark Morehead called the meeting to order at 5:45 pm. Mr. Morehead introduced Mr. Bob Batcheller, who has served as the Association’s Referee in Chief for several years. Mr. Batcheller encourage the Board to strongly enforce the Zero Tolerance policy with coaches and parents, especially in House League. He informed the Board that there is an annual referee instructors course put on by USA Hockey each year in Colorado Springs, and he encourage the Board to underwrite someone else to attend the course. He also indicated there were four individuals attending a District Referee camp. They are Rick Chartier, Paul Koskovich, Eric Rapp, and Chad Stewart. He encouraged the Board to help offset some of the cost to attend this camp. Finally, Mr. Batcheller indicated that he would be holding the referee clinic again this fall, and that we would need to look at our pay rates for referees for the upcoming season. Mr. Batcheller then excused himself from the meeting. Mark Johnson gave the Treasurer’s report. He indicated that the Association broke even in the fiscal year that just ended. Puck Stop purchases for Novelties and hockey equipment were recorded as Inventory at year end. Gary Bennier motioned to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented. Pam Colwell seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Reports: Registrar – Lisa Johnson updated the Board on the upcoming registration. Ice Scheduler – Mark Morehead indicated that work is being done on next year’s ice schedule. Musketeer Relations – The Musketeers are seeking volunteers for the Fall Classic to be held at the end of September. Mark Morehead will have posted on the web site. Coaching Committee – All house league and gold travel team coaches have been approved. Corey Clarks has signed his contract. House League – Upon motion made and duly seconded, the Little Joe logo was retired. House league jerseys will have the standard crest which has been used on the travel jerseys for the past few years. Dasher Boards – SYHA has received a proposal from KMNS/KG95. They would provide 56 radio spots in return for a dasher board and a golf team in the SYHA golf tournament. Reported value of the radio spots is $500. Dan Rose will do some further research. Greens – Deb Logsdon reported that our cost on greens will increase this year. Deb proposed increasing the sales price on greens to offset the increase in cost. Upon motion made and duly seconded, the Directors approved an increase in greens prices per Ms. Logsdon recommendation. Pancake Day – Pancake Day is scheduled for January 26, 2008. There was considerable discussion about rescheduling for “hockey day” but no viable dates were determined. There was also a discussion about ways to increase profitability. Brook to follow up with Ihop restaurant regarding free pancake batter. Golf Tournament – Flyers were available for distribution. The tournament is August 25, 2007. Several hole sponsors have been secured, but still need more. Old Business – None. New Business Mr. Johnson reviewed the budget for the upcoming season. There was considerable discussion on rates. The following rates were proposed: Tykes/New skaters 8 years old and under $120 Upon motion made and duly seconded, the
proposed rates were passed by a vote of 9-1. Pam Colwell motioned that greens minimums be raised to $425 for an individual and $525 for a family to reflect the increase in prices. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Mark Morehead reported to the Board that Christy Beller had resigned her position on the Board and the office of Treasurer. Amy Carlson has expressed an interest in the Treasurer position. There was a motion by Gary Bennier, which was seconded by Mark Johnson to appoint Amy Carlson to the vacated Board seat and the office of Treasurer. Motion passed unanimously. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully Submitted, Mark Johnson |