NOT PRESENT:Dan Griffin and Mike Chapman

PRESENT: Joe Breen, Herb Post, Anthony Grieco, Sean McDonough, Kevin Andriolo, Sean O'Keefe, Brian Kierce, Christine Cremin, Jennifer Sovie, BJ Doherty

NOT PRESENT:Dan Griffin and Mike Chapman

General Members in Attendance: 9

General Business:

• Meeting called to order at 8:30 PM.
• Meeting minutes for February and March approved unanimously.
• Annual Election held on April 5th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

General Roundtable

• President - Joe Breen

• Congratulations to the Mite AA on their championship win in the Valley League and also to the U12 Redcats, as they won their championship game in the Middlesex Girls League
• Valley League Registrations for next season teams due by April 22, 2016
• Confirms that the tryout and player placement for the 2016-2017 season complies with TYSA rules.
• An update on behalf of the absence of the treasurer: All bills have been paid to date with the exception of the April Invoice for Breakaway Ice Center which is anticipated at the end of April. The savings account has a balance of $34,598.34; the checking account has a balance of $7,714.87 and we have outstanding receivables from the 2015-2016 season and prior of $11,663.63

• Vice President – Brian Kierce

• Nothing to report

• Player Agent – Sean O’Keefe

• Reminder on scholarships as we had an inquiry on application availability on website

• Secretary – Anthony Grieco

• Nothing to report

• Registrar - Sean McDonough

• Three players not registered but have paid registration as walk-ups at tryouts. Sean will reach out to each family to see if they attempted to register online.

• Head Coach - Herb Post

• Tryouts completed
• Mites will have 3 teams of 11
• Squirts AAA 12 players + goalie
• Squirts AA 13 players + goalie
• PeeWee AAA 12 players + goalie
• PeeWee AA 12 players +goalie
• PeeWee A 11 players + goalie
• Bantam AAA 10 players + 2 goalies
• Bantam AA/A 7 players + goalie (TYSA will be reaching out to surrounding organizations to get the number of players up to at least 10. TYSA will also be able to have PeeWee players play up for games
• Herb make a motion to submit team levels and number of players per team as outlined. Motion is seconded by Joe Breen and is approved unanimously.
• Players will be notified by their coaches of team placement after Valley League playoffs are completed.
• Assistant Coach recommendations by team coaches:
• Mite AAA – Jim Hatch, Kevin Andriolo, and Mike Chapman
• Mite AA – No assistant coaches yet
• Mite A – Colin McGuinness, Jay Harrington, and Brian Abruzi
• Squirt AAA – Jim Doherty and Steve Borgeua
• Squirt AA - No assistant coaches yet
• PeeWee AAA – BJ Doherty and Sean O’Keefe
• PeeWee AA – Dan Wentzell
• PeeWee A –Mike Walsh and Colin Foley
• Bantam Levels – No assistant coaches yet
• Motion to approve assistant coaches as submitted by Herb Post. Joe Breen seconds the motion which is unanimously approved.
• Squirt AA head coach request as co-coaches of Joe Breen and Herb Post. Motion for approval of Squirt AA head coaches submitted by Christine Cremin and seconded by Jenn Sovie and unanimously approved.

• LTS - Kevin Andriolo

• Nothing to report

• Fundraising – Jenn Sovie

• Nothing to report

• Events – Christin Cremin
• Working on date for golf tournament

• Head Coach - Herb Post
• Confirmed that email has been sent to all coaches to have jerseys returned.
• General Members presented concerns on Bantam level player numbers for the 2016-2017 season as well as how TYSA approached attracting players who had left the program or never played in the program but are Tewksbury residents.
• Board members confirmed that many families were trying out for other town organizations such as Andover, Wilmington and Lowell. Primary reasons because parents were looking to have a back-up plan; concerned that TYSA would not have enough players to have a team next season. TYSA also confirmed that families were also looking elsewhere because they did not want their players playing with AA or A level players.TYSA board members tried to convey that if parents committed to staying with TYSA, that TYSA would be able to confirm two teams at the bantam level for next season. TYSA board members also confirmed that based on current registration numbers that they would be reaching out to surrounding programs to see if they could get players to play for Tewksbury.
• General member questioned if TYSA believed they would be able to collect on outstanding receivables. Joe Breen confirmed that with the exception of one family balance; TYSA would collect on outstanding receivables.

• Election Results
• President – Joe Connors with 56 votes – Unopposed
• Treasurer – Yvette Story with 56 vote – Unopposed
• Secretary – Anthony Grieco 51 votes – Unopposed
• League Representative – Mike Chapman with 52 votes – Unopposed
• Head Coach – Herb Post with 54 votes and Marc Whynot with 2 votes
• Player Agent – Jennifer DiFranco with 56 votes – Unopposed
• Equipment Manager – BJ Doherty with 56 votes – Unopposed

• Motion to adjourn meeting by Joe Breen at 10:01pm

Second: Sean O’Keefe

Motion approved unanimously.