MEMBERS ABSENT: Julee Elstad, Pam Harp, Marty Holmes and Curtis McCline

OTHERS PRESENT : Dan Holzrichter

MINUTES of the February 20th, 2002 board of directors meeting were reviewed. Minutes had been previously sent to the board members. Minutes were amended in the discussion of novelties and the Board Awards. The minutes, as amended, were approved after Motion by Mills and seconded by Johnson.

TREASURES REPORT: Johnson presented the treasures report with a review of the check register and income statement. Ice bills have been received through February 2002. All teams have then billed. The Pee Wee A account is of some concern and Johnson will explore this further. Motion by Buckmeier and seconded by Logsdon to approve the treasures report as presented. Motion passed.

DIRECTORS REPORTS
High School Treasurer: Mills presented the report. The team started with a carryover $3,600 this year and presently has $12-$1,300 in receivables. They are working on paying the account to Record Printing. Their year budget will be extremely close.

Registrar: Soole confirmed Jean Marsh will be resigning as registrar for next year. We will follow up to get a replacement. Pam Harp, who filled this role in Colorado, has expressed an interest in being registrar. Moreland will follow up with her on this position and her interest in it.

Executive Committee: no action taken

Coaching Committee: The board was made aware Mills will be resigning from this committee and no longer on our board after the April meeting. Moreland will check with Kam Smith to see if he will stay on the coaching committee. Present board members on the committee are McCline and Holmes with a this interested third party. Last year coach Sisciolano served in this position and we will check to see if he will do so again. One (minimum) member of the new board will need to be elected to this committee. Board members were reminded that those individuals on the coaching committee cannot vote on the coach for any age division their child is in.

Ice Scheduler: Holzrichter reported he is done for the year. Any future ice request should go through Jim at the Auditorium. Holzrichter is working on revising and I schedule for next year taking into consideration the increased high-school skaters, PeeWees on Wednesday night and potentially splitting the ice for younger skaters. Anyone with a suggestion is encouraged to contact Holzrichter as soon as possible. The board discussed some recent news accounts of a second sheet of ice. Moreland reported there are no City plans for a second sheet at the present time and the news accounts were of the city's long-range plan. The board discussed if or when we should start a campaign to build a second sheet. Further discussion will take place on the this issue.

Player Development: The board approved spending up to $500 for any skaters (total) going to the Chicago showcase providing those attending are current with their SYHA account. Motion by Hoffmeyer and seconded by Buckmeier. Hoffmeyer reported all coaches had received information on the Tri-State select team tryouts. Preliminary indications are a dozen or so SYHA skaters may try out. Upcoming camps were discussed (Northern Edge, Chelios and SYHA (Jeff Gray) session one and two). In addition, the city will be having drop in Hockey.

House league: Sundlie reported all the leagues finished well. He believes he has gotten patches, certificates etc. to all house league coordinators' to distribute to the skaters. If anyone is aware of omitted skaters-they should contact him. A discussion did take place on the behavior of some parents. The board will take steps to insure all new parents see the new skater video provided by USA Hockey this upcoming year. This video was not required last year. Also, it was mentioned we may develop a player and parent Code of conduct for next year with the expectation the skater and parents would have to sign. This should give SYHA some additional enforcement options for inappropriate behavior by our parents and players.

Publicity: The Midwest League banners have been hung at the Ice Center and looked great. Thanks to the Peewee A team members who got them hung prior to their final tournament. The cops for kids Hockey benefit is expected to net SYHA approximately $6,000. A special thanks to Sioux City police officer Chad Sheehan will be arranged.

Musketeer Relations: Strachen reports things continue to go well. SYHA will be involved in a couple of chuck a puck contests before the end of the year.

Referee (house league): some board members told of referees not showing up for house league games. It was suggested McClennan should provide a list of those scheduled to the coordinators' and we should make sure the coordinators' let McClennan know when there is a no show-So no payment is made.

OLD BUSINESS
City contract-still being finalized Board Awards-this will be delayed to the April board meeting because the recipients were unavailable this month in.

NEW BUSINESS Bantam A-A locker room complaint was lodged against this team by the Quad Cities with the Midwest League. Hoffmeyer read letters from the captain's to the board members. A discussion took place. Hoffmeyer will contact the coach and manager with the boards thoughts. This will be reviewed to determine if any board action or discipline is needed.

Marketing plan: The board discussed how we can begin our marketing efforts for next year. We discussed hiring an agency, contacting USA Hockey and determined we will check out all of our alternatives and try to decide what would work best for SYHA recruitment of new skaters and retention of our present skaters.

Elections: nominations for expiring board positions were taken. For a discussion of those nominees took place. All are was mentioned to get age division balance we need someone in the Tyke and high-school age divisions. An election took place. Those board members elected are Mike Moreland, Lisa Soole, Julee Elstad and Dan Holzrichter. Next month there will be an election of officers and a different committees. Hoffmeyer reported he does not want to continue as secretary.

Hoffmeyer reminded everyone the Auditorium will not be available for next month's board meeting and he will be out of town and unable to attend. Moreland will notify everyone of when and where the board meeting will take place. Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Duane E Hoffmeyer,
secretary

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