AAHA Board Meeting
February 1, 2010
Attendees: Sean Fitzgerald, Tom Heenan, Susan Bush, Pam West, Tim Goggins, Mike Flanagan, Lisa Groff, Doug Duehring, Todd Schmidt
Absent: Mike Larabell, Ruth Marquardt
Guest: Ricci Luken, Kerry Arndt
Ricci Luken
Monster Mite Tournament
Monsters On Ice Festival
March 19-21, 2010
Games:
* U8 will play 1/2 ice, 5-on-5, regulation nets with goalies as long as
all teams agree and have appropriate pads. Since the goalie position will
be a new element this year and not previously communicated, should any
registered team be unable to suit a goalie, festival organizers recommend
that all teams will play without a goalie.
* U6 will play 1/3 ice, 5-on-5, small nets, no goalies
* Schedule type - set vs. round robin
Players (existing rules set by AAHA):
*Birth year cutoff for the MOI Festival is 01/01/2002 (8 yrs old). We
have 18 cross-ice mites as well as girls U10, girls U12, squirt, and
peewee players that will need to be informed they are ineligible to play in the MOI festival. Should/could we do something else for them, separate from the weekend?
* No "A" level players are allowed to play - we have a player a Mite A
that dropped down to cross-ice.
*We will be re-aligning teams which means swapping jerseys (?); in
theory not a problem but may upset some parents
Budget:
* Printing (welcome, large schedule, and programs) Does AAHA have a preferred vendor
* Goody bags (snack, cup/water bottle, crayons and activity book, monster
tattoos)
*Participation medals (~150) vendor?
Above are the general rules for the Monster on Ice Torment. AAHA board modified the age limit; 9-year-olds who are not playing Mite A or Girls U10 will be permitted to play in this tournament.
Kerry Arndt
Frigid Frolic
Kerry presented several ideas for the annual fund raiser. Kerry will assemble a committee to work on this annual event under the supervision of the Vice President who is responsible for fund raising.
Kerry will report back to the AAHA board later in the year with a final decision by the committee
Todd Schmidt:
Bantam has chosen to participate in the national playdowns/national team.
President: Sean Fitzgerald
Playdowns are finalized.
Pee Wee C State Tournament. Vice President will over see this tournament.
Team baskets that have been assembled for the Frigid Frolic will be used at Pee Wee C and Monster on Ice Tournament.
Vice President: Tom Heenan
Raffle tickets have been finalized and will be distributed to team managers’ playdown weekend. Team managers will be responsible for ticket distribution and collecting money
Travel Director: Tim Goggins
Distributed revised player evaluation/selection policy for the board to review, make any changes and suggestions. This will be reviewed at the March, 2010 board meeting and voted upon then.
Treasurer: Susan Bush
Funds have dwelled due to a lack of sponsorship money, and unpaid skater fees. All skaters fees must be paid by playdowns or the skater will not skate unless arrangements have been made with the registrar prior to playdowns.
House Director: Tom Reese
Preliminary review of ice time for 2010-2011 season. AAHA hopes to start conditioning on Sept 20, Tryouts 9-27. (These dates are tentative until AAHA meets with AFIC in June, to secure ice time that is needed).
There will be no ice bought on Christmas Eve, or New Years Eve by AAHA.
Member Services: Mike Flanagan
All volunteer hours have been accounted for. Due to no Frigid Frolic there may be a shortage of available volunteer hours. Mike will work with those families who were scheduled to work on Frigid Frolic to complete volunteer credits for this season
Secretary: Debbie Goodchild
Annual Meeting will take place March 16, @ 6:30 @ Superbowl. Annual meeting notice will be posted on the website. Director reports are due to Mike Flanagan by March 9.
Voting for elections will be held February 22, 23, 24 and 25 from 6 to 8 @ AFIC. Bill Haag will be running elections.
Absentee ballots can be obtained by contact the secretary. This will be given for members who are out of town.
Next board meeting March 1, 2010 @ 7:30 at AFIC