Slave Lake Minor Hockey Association

Minutes

Mar 7, 2012

Call to Order: 7:10pm

Present: Kim, Joe, Bobbi, Dave, Kevin, Owen, Jamie, Michelle, Fil, Alana

Absent Robyn, Margo, Chris, Terry, Richard, Lisa

Adopt Agenda: Joe, 2nd Bobbi

Adopt Previous Minutes: Jan – Joe, 2nd Bobbi

Feb - (Joe to bring to April meeting)

New Business:

·  Pictures booked for Nov 13, 2012

·  ATC Goalie Clinic Sep 29 – 30, 2012

·  Artic Winter Games overview – Boys and Girls won Gold

·  Spruce Grove vs Bonnyville overview – approx $1500.00 brought in

·  Advertise for AGM and bylaw change proposals (PROPOSALS TO BE IN BY March 30)

o  Michelle will advertise in paper

o  Joe Street

o  Kevin website

o  Facebook

o  Cable???

·  RBC Play Hockey Grant – apply for coach clinics, powerskate, instructors, ice times, goalie camps. Michelle will look into this

·  MOTION: Tanis Blocka and Kelly Person receive half off registration for one child for 2012/13 season for volunteer efforts to Sturgeon Pembina and Elk Island to represent Slave Lake. FAVOR – 7, AGAINST – 0 CARRIED

·  Girls Team “Fundraising” –

o  $1500 fine for league games, SLMHA may be thrown from Sturgeon Pembina

o  MOTION to be made by Lisa for the Girls to keep the $1200 they made from fundraising IF there is no fine handed down from missed league games.

Treasurer:

Reviewed Financials

$1000.00 in donations and lost money in registrations (1st year players and players who lost

homes)

Registrar Report –

·  Anyone wanting hockey Alberta numbers to play in native provincials is not a SLMHA issue, players are to contact hockey AB

·  Michelle will check into protocol for getting peoples Hockey AB numbers

Fundraising:

·  Find someone to get people in the stands and help raise money for minor hockey

·  Have large fundraiser instead of numerous little ones

·  Wind down for year end with a dance? Xmas party?

Ice Scheduler:

Practices are winding down, only a few teams left

Hockey AB –

No suspensions to date, get suspensions to Owen asap

Sturgeon Pembina:

Meeting in Whitecourt April 1st 10am (may be thrown from league)

Elk Island:

Wrapped up for year

Midget AA:

·  Provincials this weekend. Rumor that grads to get $ for helping out. Stated last year after Atom provincials that this was unacceptable and not to happen again without boards consent

·  Imports let teams down, any $ left owing by imports must be paid before registration will be accepted

Bantam AA:

·  SPHL - tourney in Edmonton Mar 25th

-  Few problems throughout the year

-  Good coach!!!

·  ERBHL - done for year

Peewee:

PeeWee B in Eagles tourney end of March

Atom:

Atom A in tourney at end of March

Atom b in tourney in Edmonton

Pre-Novice/Novice:

Pre-Novice: problems with the team! Tourney at end of month in GP

Novice: good games

Girls:

Issues regarding fundraising and possible fine for missed leage games with possibility of having league thrown from Sturgeon pembina

Girls Non-Travel:

Wrapping up for year

Ref in Chief:

No report

Equipment Manager

No report

Bylaw Committee:

o  registration cut off to Jun 30 - Rules pg 5

o  mouth guards mandatory for Atoms – Midgets. Goalies are exempt Rules pg 10

o  bump teiring fee to Nov 30 – rules pg 5

o  Crim Check note stating nothing changed since last year form “Change of Inditable offense” to be added to bylaw forms

o  Social networking Bullying see Spruce Grove Social Cyber Bully policy Bylaws pg 30 sec 3.3

o  Registrar position to go back to unpaid pg 20 Bylaws

o  AA teams to keep bank accounts open for next year start up. Pg 11 #5 rules

o  SLMHA has right NOT to fill AA team roster page 2 #f mission Statement

o  TABLED: Mandatory Checking Clinic with affiliated atoms

o  TABLED: Quiters/Joiners/Quiters again

o  Offer ½ registration to the people who volunteer for outside leagues representing SLMHA

o  Treasurer to have signing authourity on any teams open accounts

o  Initiation and Novice attachment for registrastion form

Meeting Date: April 9 at 7PM

Coach Coordinator: No report

Meeting Date:

April 11, 2012 7:00pm at NLC

AGM April 30, 2012 7:00pm at NLC

May 2, 2012 7:00pm at NLC

Meeting Adjourned 9:30pm