MINUTES of the October 17th, 2001 were reviewed by the board of directors. Motion made by Johnson and seconded by Hoffmeyer to approve the minutes as printed. Motion passed.

The TREASURER'S REPORT was given by Johnson. General question and answer session took place. Motion by McCline and seconded by Soole to approve the treasurer's report as presented. Motion passed.

DIRECTORS REPORTS:
Midwest League: Mark Jensen, president of the Midwest League was present and informed us we would be hosting 7 Midwest League tournaments'. Mr. Jensen indicated nothing is final but things have been tentatively arranged. At present the peewee B teams will have to arrange one game on their own and the league will reimburse them for this cost. (NOTE: this has changed since our meeting)

High-school Treasurer: Mills presented the high-school financial report. No questions were asked.

Registrar: We have 238 skaters as of October 17th, 2001. Great amount of time was spent discussing the effects of the U.S. hockey age change. Next year we will have 54 skaters in high school, 32 in Bantam, 47 in peewee, 48 in squirts, 32 in mites and 15 in the tykes. These numbers represent returning skaters only. A discussion took place and the board of directors was opposed to the USA Hockey age change. Mike Moreland was directed to write a letter and send it to Tri-State hockey voicing our opinion. We were told Minnesota hockey is not going to go along with the age change. Obviously, when many of our teams skate in Minnesota, this could pose compliance problems for our association if we want to skate in Minnesota.

Executive committee: no action

Coaching committee: No activity

Risk Manager: Mills told us he has spoken with USA Hockey and the contract indemnification language requested by the city of Sioux City will not be approved by USA Hockey. We will need to make this change in our city contract. Mills mention also there is no indemnification for emotional distress.

Ice scheduler: Everything seems to be going OK. No changes to our master schedule were requested by the figure skating group or the city of Sioux staff. Dan Holzrichter was present to answer any questions and to speak in general opposition to the USA Hockey age change. On pancake day there is a potential conflict between Midwest League games, Musketeer hockey game and a wedding. The board mentioned we should get as many of our younger age division games in as the schedule permits but not be concerned with getting the older age divisions in if scheduling problems exist.

Travel League: Moreland held a meeting of Travel Team coordinators and treasurers on October 14th, 2001. The slate of coordinators' and treasures has been previously approved.

House league: House league will start the week of November 12th, 2001. Tyke sponsors are Midwest Equipment, Bankers Life, Play It Again Sports and Levine Cleaners. Mite sponsors are Dr. Kahler, HyVee (Market Place), Chesterman bottling and Standard Ready Mix. Squirt sponsors are CNOS, Security National Bank, Townhouse and Salomon Smith Barney. Peewee sponsors are Chris Hansen Construction, Nutra-Flo, Biomedical and Sioux City Foundry

COMMUNICATION COMMENTS: Bantams-each team is short on numbers, each team already has injuries-, probably will be necessary for kids to be double roster in case further problems arise.

PeeWees-general uncertainty as to who is in charge of peewee house league-both coach and coordinator. Mills will check the coaching committee notes to determine who is the house league coach so we can be in contact with them regarding expressed concerns. No negative comments regarding any of the other age divisions.

Publicity: Mike Moreland was interviewed on the noon program at KCAU. An article will be published on youth hockey in Sports Source. We will be asking the Sioux City Musketeers to run our video during their games and a shortened version will be used for public service announcements. We will also be working and utilizing the Sioux City Musketeer "Chuck A Puck" contest as a fund-raiser and a means of getting our program out to the public. At present, 238 pucks are being sold per game. There is some dispute as to who owns these pucks. Motion made to authorize up to $300 plus tax to purchase pucks for this fund-raising opportunity. Motion passed. Strachan will coordinate this activity.

Fund-raising: past dasher board sponsors were reviewed. Additional sponsors are being sought. Cost is $350 for preparation of the dasher board plus $250 per year for three years. Anyone interested should contact Curtis McCline.

Legal committee: No activity other than finalizing the Sioux City contract/indemnification language conflicts with USA Hockey.

Referee in chief (travel): Bob Batchellar will take care of reporting referee expenses to the Treasurer. Coordinators' DO NOT need to take care of this responsibility.

Referee in chief (house league): adjustments in the pay scale were discussed and will be mentioned in new business.

Initiation program: Strachan will be in charge of setting up a clinic and will notify all prospective attendees and/or have it posted on the web page.

OLD BUSINESS
City contract addendum is being finalized once we know how to handle the indemnification issue with USA Hockey. We need to make sure anything we signed is in compliance with USA Hockey so our coverage is not jeopardized.

Rink pledges were discussed. Moreland mentioned we have a list of those who still owe pledge money but are missing the addresses. Moreland will send out those known and we will see if we can get addresses for the other pledges.

City Ice Users luncheon- was held by the city of Sioux City and all Ice users were invited. There was a general discussion concerning needs and concerns. No changes are anticipated in our overall Youth Hockey schedule. Moreland will be our Hockey representative on the event Center Development Committee.

The video, previous authorized, was reviewed. The response was extremely positive.

NEW BUSINESS
House League referee fee schedule was discussed. At present Mite and Tyke games are paid at $5 per game; Squirt and Peewee games at $7.50. Motion by McCline and seconded by Logsdon to pay $7.50 for Tyke and Mite games; $10 for Squirt games; and $12 for Peewee games. Motion PASSED

Board vacancy was discussed. Numerous nominations were received. Vote took place. Julee Elstad was voted to complete the unexpired term. This position will expire 2002.

Motion to adjourn. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,
Duane E Hoffmeyer, Secretary

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