MARQUETTE JUNIOR HOCKEY

October 3, 2007

 

President Carey called the meeting to order at 7:11 PM

 

Present: Froberg, Nordquist, Carey, Wiegand, Winslow, Starrett, Lykins

Absent: Burggrabe, Olson

 

A.                 Approval of Agenda

1.                  Carey moves player movement to division director’s reports with public comment following.

2.                  McIntosh combines scheduling committee report with facilities committee report.

3.                  Motion by Lykins to approve the agenda as amended.  2nd:  Wiegand.  Motion carries.

B.                 Secretary’s Report

1.                  Motion to approve the minutes of the September meeting by Lykins.  2nd: Froberg.  Motion carries.

C.                 Treasurer’s Report

1.                  Motion to approve the treasurer’s report by Lykins.  2nd: Starrett.  Motion carries.

D.                 Division Director’s Reports

1.                  Bantam Director Shane Place reports things are going well.  There are an abundance of coaches.

2.                  Girls Director Dave Wiegand Sr. presented his recommendations for the breakdown of girl teams.

3.                  A list of players requesting to move divisions was presented.  Motion by Wiegand to approve the player movements as proposed and supported by the division directors.  2nd: Froberg.  Motion carries.

4.                  Discussion was held regarding who and where the girls’ teams should play.  Motion by Winslow to accept the division director’s recommendations and report.  2nd: Starrett.  Motion carries.

E.                  Travel Team Director’s Report

1.                  All tryouts have been held.  No Squirt A or Peewee A teams will be fielded.  The bantam team is a bantam development team.

2.                  Motion by Winslow to approve the following travel team managers:

                  Bantam Dev.:    Lisa Baker

                  Midget AAA:   Paul Hogan

                  Peewee AA:     Scott Boyak

                  Girls 16U:         Christi Pentecost

      2nd: Froberg.  Motion carries.

F.                  Review Action Items

G.                 MJHC Director’s Report- see attached

H.                 Facilities Committee Report- no report

I.                    Scheduling Committee

1.                  McIntosh and Wiegand have been working on the scheduling.

J.                   Sponsorship Committee- no report

K.                Fundraising Committee

1.   Legion asked about a raffle. 

L.                  Draft Questions

1.                  Questions were asked about draft procedure.  McIntosh explained that MJHC submits the draft rules to District 8 and they are supervised by a district director.

M.               Electrician’s Committee

1.                  Fall Classic begins tomorrow morning.

N.                Tournament Committee

1.                  Iron Sticks is Oct. 26-28.

2.                  Holiday tournament is a peewee B tournament.

3.                  Mite tournament is in March.

4.                  No State tournament this year.

5.                  Winslow will check regarding a girl’s tournament.

O.                Coaches Committee

1.                  Russ Modell was presented as the new Skills Development Director.

2.                  The following names were presented for approval as house league team coaches:

a.                   Mites: Erick Bordson, Don Sibilsky, Brian Young, Joe Gaffney, Brett Peterson, Derrick Fries, Kevin McCarthy, Scott Guidebeck, Jason Whitaker, Tom Dunleavy, Wayne Olivier and Jon Kamps.

b.                  Squirts: Dan Gannon and Jim Higgins.

c.                   Peewee: Shane Place, Brad Adams, Mike Zorza, Rob Kivela, Greg Klinger and Scott Ely.

d.                  Bantam: Thomas Johnston, Adam Jolcolver, Derrick Fries and George Fries.

e.                   Midget: Curt Gustafson, Dan Johnson, Kyle Burdick, Jamie Patterson, Scott Ely and Mark Johnson.

f.                    Girls: Russ Boyer, Tony Rabittaile, Dave Brugman and Craig Robbert.

3.                  Motion by Starrett to approve those listed above pending all screenings and the attainment of proper level coaching certification.  2nd: Winslow.  Motion carries.

P.                  Equipment Committee

1.                  The Skill Development equipment disbursal went well.  The Rangers helped out.  There were 73 players and 60 sets of gear.  Extras have been ordered.

2.                  Motion by Winslow to pay for the extra equipment.  2nd: Starrett.  Motion carries.

3.                  All the travel teams have their jerseys. 

4.                  One Rec Room jersey is missing.  Team should pay for that jersey.

5.                  Gear for Kids brought in about 40 kids.  About 20 of them were outfitted from head-to-toe.  Wiegand is now looking for donations for next year’s event.

O.                Officials Committee

1.   118 attended the recent ref’s clinic.

P.                  Golf Outing –no report yet.

1.                  No report yet.

2.                  Lykins has a form to apply for next year’s golf outing.

Q.                Internet

1.                  Rangers offer was declined.

2.                  Our provider has options for a secure connection.

R.                 Affiliate Agreement

1.                  Motion by Lykins to instruct Carey to sign the affiliate agreement and submit it to d-8.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion carries.

S.                  Cell Phone Policy

1.                  Motion by Lykins to establish a policy that under no circumstances do we allow cell phones in the locker room.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion fails.

2.                  Motion by Lykins to ban the usage of cell phones in the locker rooms.  2nd: Froberg.  Motion carries.

T.                  Review New Action Items

U.                 Blended vs. Actual Rate

1.                  Motion by Winslow to use a blended rate to calculate all teams ice hours.  2nd: Lykins.  Motion carries.

V.                 Ice Block Costs

1.   Lykins requests a clarification of the ice costs on this year’s contract.

W.               Public Comment

1.                  31 kids expressed an interest in a squirt skills skate.

2.                  Travel team tryouts were discussed.

X.                 Adjourn

1.                  Motion to adjourn by Lykins.  The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 PM.

2.                  The next monthly meeting of the MJHC board of directors will be held November 7, 2007 at 7:00 PM at Lakeview Arena.