MEMBERS ABSENT: Duane Hoffmeyer, Marty Holmes, Dan Holzichter, Deb Logsdon

OTHERS PRESENT: Roger Kelly

MINUTES of May 15th, 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 $3,570.12 from operations as of May 31, 2002. There was discussion on the PeeWee A travel balance of $2,151.25 still being a concern. Motion by Soole and second by Moreland to approve the treasure report as presented. Motion passed.

DIRECTORS REPORTS:

High School Treasures Report: Discussion to pay the remaining balance to Record Printing for the Metros Program of approximately $2,000.00 due to the fact the High School did not budget enough the cover the expense. A motion was made by Sundlie to pay the bill a second by Harp. Motion passed.

Registrar: Pam Harp has received all the files to begin the registrar position.

Executive Committee: No action taken.

Coaching Committee: The Coaching Committee comprised of Curtis McCline, Bob Sundlie, Marty Holmes, Dave Sicliano, Walt Johnson, submitted the slate of coaches they recommended as follows: HS - Jeff Gray, MIDGETS - T.J. Reinsch/Dirk Richou, BANTAM A - Mark Adam, BANTAM B - Dave LeGree, PW A - Jeff Zyda, PW B - Jeff Kempter, SQT A - Dan Holzrichter, SQT B - Larry Tobin, MITES - Steve Kramer, TYKES - Mike Kramer. Seventeen coaches applied for 10 positions. A motion was made by McCline to accept the slate of coaches. Second by Elstad. Motion passed.

A recommendation was made by Dave Sciliano to the coaching committee to appoint one head coach. This head coach would mentor all the coaches and review and recommend drills. After much discussion by the board we recommended Jeamie Strachan is a candidate to fill the position now referred to as the ACE Coaching Coordinator. This position would keep lines of communication open between the coaches. Grow the program. Develop coaches for the house league program. Moreland will find out what the USA Hockey ACE Coaching Coordinator job description reads. Jeamie was nominated to fill this position by Buckmeier and 2nd by Moreland. Motion passed.

McCline brought up discussion on House League Ice time, not being used for travel practice. Discussion was deferred to the next scheduled board meeting.

Risk Manager: Nothing to report.

Ice Scheduler: Holzrichter submitted first draft by memo. The schedule was reviewed and discussion was made on the Tyke schedule and the High School schedule. The Tykes are scheduled two times per week as opposed to 3 times in previous years. We will see a new draft at the next meeting.

Player Development: nothing to report.

Travel League: nothing to report.

House League: nothing to report.

Communication Team Comments: nothing to report.

Publicity: Maxine updated us on a formal marketing plan. The presentation was made which included television and newspaper advertising. The formal plan was handed out. A motion was made by McCline to budget up to $8,000.00 for the implementation of the marketing plan. Second by Sundlie. Motion passed.

Equipment: High School jerseys were ordered to anticipate the 50 skaters we will have in the program this season. Dan needs to submit a proposal for new mess socks for the program, which we could begin using at the Metro level. Marty Holmes needs to collect the jerseys for his team.

Fund Raising: Bricks are still here but not yet put on the wall. Dashers have now been billed for last season. Chuck-A-Puck at the Musketeer games generated revenue of $2,277.00 and expenses of $350.00 for pucks. The pucks seem to disappear when we loan them out to other groups. A motion was made by McCline and second by Sundlie to buy new pucks for $300.00 for the upcoming season. Motion passed.

Legal Committee: Buckmeier informed the board no action has been made on the City Contract.

Novelty Committee: A major source of revenue has been missed in the last couple of years. Discussion on who and what we can do. Lynn Hardenbrook and Christy Ward were recommended to head this committee.

League Representatives: nothing to report.

OLD BUSINESS City Contract still waiting for final approval.

USAH Insurance question was reviewed. The question of Minnesota hockey game coverage was researched and the answer from USA Hockey is that the games will be covered if we play in Minnesota Tournaments.

NEW BUSINESS We will discuss the Tyke Time/Pricing issue at the July meeting. Discussion on attendance by board members. Thank you to the coaching committee for all your time. Motion made to adjourn the meeting by Harp and second by Buckmeier.

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Soole, Secretary

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