President Carey called the meeting to order at
Present: Wiegand, Starrett, Carey, Nordquist, Burggrabe, Froberg, Lykins
Absent: Winslow, Olson
A. Agenda
1. Motion to approve the agenda as presented by Starrett. 2nd: Wiegand. Motion carries.
B. Secretary’s Report
1. Motion by Burggrabe to approve the minutes of the October board meeting. 2nd: Wiegand. Motion carries.
C. Treasurer’s Report- none
D. Public Comment
1.
Peewee teams scheduled only on the Olson and
E. Division Directors’ Reports- none
F. Travel Team Director’s Report
1. September bills are out.
G. MJHC Director’s Report- see attached
H. Review Action Items
I. Facilities Committee
1.
The Parks and Rec advisory board will discuss the
Lakeview Arena Evaluation report next Wednesday at
J. Sponsorship Committee
1. Hardee’s will not sponsor this season. There are sponsors waiting for a team.
K. Fundraising
1. Collecting advertising checks for the tournament programs.
L. Electrician’s- no report
M. Tournament Committee
1. Lakeview Arena staff was excellent during the tournament.
2. The tournament photographer sold little because of the Mining Journal photographer undercutting his prices.
3. The National Tournament application was rejected.
4. Munising is hosting a peewee house tournament the same weekend as our Holiday Tournament.
N. Coaches Committee
1. ACE Director Robinson requested cones. Motion by Wiegand to purchase cones. 2nd: Nordquist. Motion carries.
2. The following names are proposed as coaches: Derek Swajanen, Brett Peterson, Barb Salmela, Rick Doucette, John Simmons, Bruce Olson, Randy Larson, Gavin Leach, and Aaron McGrath. Motion to approve the coaches pending all screenings and certifications by Lykins. 2nd: Wiegand. Motion carries.
3. The student coach requirements were discussed. All players under the age of 18 helping with a team must wear full equipment unless they are a certified student coach.
4. All coaches must wear helmets.
O. Equipment Committee
1. We are missing an entire set of McDonald’s jerseys. Coach says he turned them in at the banquet. Another set was ordered.
2. The equipment and jersey check-in procedure will be changed.
3. A travel team passed out the jerseys to the players to handle individually. Wiegand will inform the team that they should be collected by and cared for by a responsible adult or they will be given other jerseys.
4. There was a complaint regarding the sizes of the midget house jerseys. Motion by Lykins to collect the oversized jerseys for use next season and order replacements that are size appropriate. 2nd: Burggrabe. Motion carries.
P. Officials- no report
Q. Golf Outing- no report
R. Scheduling Committee
1. The practice and game schedules are out. There is still a need to tweak some things and add the playoff games to the schedule.
2. The scheduling program is still not being used to its full potential. We need to do this earlier in the season.
S. Lease Agreement
1. The rental agreement needs to be signed. The city is moving toward charging $8.00/square foot.
2. Motion by Froberg to instruct Carey to sign the lease agreement. 2nd: Lykins. Motion carries.
T. Ice Usage Agreement Review
1. The contract from the city was discussed. We will not use all of the ice laid out in the contract. Carey will not sign the agreement with the city at this time.
U. Website Ad
1. Motion by Lykins to allow Curtis Aho to advertise his hockey nets on the MJHC website. He will donate $5.00/ net sold. 2nd: Burggrabe. Motion carries.
V. Team Decals
1. Liz Beckman will design car decals using the MJHC logo.
W. Coaches Contact Information
1. McIntosh will contact the coaches for their preferences regarding whether they want their contact information on our website.
X. Review Action Items
Y. Public Comment
1. Use scheduling program to its potential. We can have four users.
2. Internet connection in the office is too slow.
Z. Adjourn
1.
Motion to Wiegand to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at
2.
The next monthly meeting of the MJHC board of Directors
will be held