MARQUETTE JUNIOR HOCKEY

July 2, 2008

 

President Lykins called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

 

Present:  Starrett, Winslow, Ely, Carey, Wiegand, Lykins

Absent:  Nordquist, Froberg, Olson

 

A.                 Agenda

1.                  Add communication from Westwood Mall to New Business

2.                  Add New Policy to New Business.

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

B.                 Secretary’s Report

1.                  Motion by Wiegand to accept the minutes from the June board meeting.  2nd: Ely.  Motion carries.

C.                 Treasurer’s Report

1.                  Budget is posted on website.

2.                  Insurance for the director is going up 10.8%.

3.                  Received a donation from the photographer.

4.                  Delinquent accounts are at about $15,900.00.

5.                  Winslow talked to the accountant regarding an audit.  It requires 450 checklists and cannot do anything in the past.  Base fee is $3000 plus add ons.  This is not a forensic audit.

6.                  Motion by Carey to approve the treasurer’s report.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion carries.

D.                 Public Comment-none

E.                  Travel Team Director’s Report- none

F.                  MJHC Director’s Report- see attached.

G.                 Review Action Items

H.                 Facilities Committee- Lykins- no report

I.                    Sponsorship Committee- Lykins- no report

J.                   Fundraising Committee- Lykins- no report

K.                Tournament Committee- Winslow

1.                  Iron Sticks Tournament will host JV, Bantam AA, Peewee AA and Squirt AA divisions.

2.                  Holiday Tournament will be Squirt and Peewee B.

L.                  Electricians- Andrews

1.                  Sixteen teams in the Fall Classic.

M.               Coaches Committee- Robinson

1.                  Dennis Robinson resigned as ACE Director effective immediately.  He recommends John Diddams as his replacement.

N.                Equipment Committee- Wiegand

1.                  Some socks and jerseys have arrived.

O.                Officials Committee- no report

P.                  Golf Outing- Lykins

1.                  Outing was down to fifteen teams.  May change the weekend next year.

Q.                Scheduling- Wiegand

1.                  Wiegand has a projected player count.  Based on those projections we will have more teams this coming season.

2.                  Wiegand wants to start the scheduling process.

R.                 Division Director Appointments

1.                  Lykins presented Wayne Olivier as Mite Director.  Motion by Starrett to approve the appointment.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion carries.

S.                  AA Coach Approval

1.                  Motion by Winslow to approve the Squirt AA, Peewee AA and JV coaches.  2nd: none.  The motion was withdrawn by Winslow.

2.                  Motion by Winslow to appoint Dirk Denbeste as the Squirt AA team coach.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion carries.

3.                  Motion by Winslow to appoint Randy Larson as the Peewee AA coach.  2nd: Carey.  Motion carries.

4.                  Motion by Winslow to appoint Mark Nebel as the Junior Varsity coach.  2nd: Wiegand.  Motion carries.

T.                  Back to School Expo

1.                  Westwood Mall has invited us to take part in their event on August 1, 2008. 

2.                  Motion by Winslow to participate in this event.  2nd: Carey.  Motion carries.

U.                 New Policy

1.                  The standards committee presented the following policy for approval.  “Under no circumstances will MJHC field an ‘A’ level team without having a ‘AA’ level team in place.  This does not include the midget division where both A and AA teams are Tier II.”  2nd: Ely.  Motion carries.

V.                 Review New Action Items

W.               Public Comment

1.                  Email confidentiality issues

2.                  No assistant coaches have been approved.

3.                  Coach evaluations.

4.                  Sands Twp. Pavilion

X.                 Adjourn

1.                  Motion to adjourn by Wiegand.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:04 PM.

2.                  The next monthly meeting of the Marquette Junior Hockey Board of Directors will take place August 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Citizen’s Forum at Lakeview Arena.