BBLYHA Board Meeting 06/25/17

Board members Present: Tara Hurt, Brian Ramola, Steve Peterson, Dan Hancock, Amy Lear, Brian Kraft, Mike Hughes

Board Members Absent: Brad Weber

Association members present: Jeff Piehl, Sarah Anderson, Neil Anderson, Mark Fredericks, Angie Fredericks

Call to Order: 7:05 PM

Meeting minutes from prior meeting read, motion to accept by Dan, seconded by Brian, motion carries

Open Forum

  • Jeff Piehl requests waiver for his son Ben Piehl to try out for PeeWee A team in Princeton.
  • Jeff Piehl requests waiver signature for his son Nicholas to Princeton (school related), Dan signed waiver.
  • Angie Fredericks requests waiver for her son Cooper Fredericks to Princeton PeeWee A team or other A level association

Heated discussion follows with some inappropriate comments made by members present. Mike Hughes discussed consistency from year to year, Dan responded that we learned the lesson from last year. Jeff Piehl referenced BBL not being able to field a higher level team. Angie Fredericks asked how waivers worked for tryouts.

Motion to approve waiver for Ben Piehl to Princeton, conditional on Ben making the A team, otherwise he returns to BBL. Dan motioned, Mike seconded. Motion does not carry, 2-Yay (Hughes, Kraft) 5-Nay (Lear, Hancock, Peterson, Ramola, Hurt)

Motion to approve waiver for Cooper Fredericks to Princeton, conditional on Cooper making the A team, otherwise he returns to BBL. Dan motioned, Mike seconded. Motion does not carry, 2-Yay (Hughes, Kraft) 5-Nay (Lear, Hancock, Peterson, Ramola, Hurt)

Motion to approve waiver for Dylan Prosser to Bantam A in Princeton conditional on BBL not hosting an A team and he makes the Princeton A team. Dan motioned, Mike seconded. Motion does not carry, 2-Yay (Hughes, Kraft) 5-Nay (Lear, Hancock, Peterson, Ramola, Hurt)

Open forum is closed

President’s Report- Dan

  • D10 update-
  • Presidents meeting 06/26 to review girls program, possibly combining associations regionally. Dan will attend and report at next meeting.
  • Declarations- initial round made by 10/09/17
  • Game scheduling will occur on 10/26/17 and 10/28/17
  • Team manager meeting will be @Rogers arena at 10 AM and noon
  • League play begins 11/13/17
  • Discussion were held regarding the following topics
  • Mite full ice concerns
  • Student coaches policies
  • Pee Wee C level possible
  • Bantam B2 possibly returning to 1 hour games vs 1.5 hour games
  • Next presidents meeting is 07/10, Dan cannot attend, Tara will attend if Brad is unable to
  • Board Positions
  • Apparel Coordinator- Andrea Schmitt, motion made by Brian K, seconded by Dan, motion carries
  • Mite Coordinator- Justin Dugger, motion made by Brian K, seconded by Dan, motion carries
  • Gambling license- tabled until gambling manager is appointed
  • Auto-Ice-
  • Dan will be contacting Joel Heitkamp to get training
  • Training dates being scheduled this week or online
  • We have received the ice from Missy at Princeton, we just need to schedule it

Treasurer’s report- Steve

  • Budget- motion to accept budget made at budget meeting held at Tara’s June 8th. Dan motioned, Mike seconded, motion carries
  • May Financials- motion to accept May financials. Dan motioned, Amy seconded, motion carries

Coaching Committee-

  • Coach Evaluations- Please review and send back to Dan this week. Evaluation date TBD

Eagles Day-

  • Missy was able to get ice time on both East and West rink for Eagles Day

Registration-

  • Schedule- Wednesday 08/23 and Sunday 08/27 6-8 PM @Hideout
  • Contest to design Association t-shirt
  • Must have online piece done first
  • Tara and Amy will handle communication
  • Steve to check on getting yard signs

Misc-

  • We need a coaching coordinator soon, please volunteer if able
  • Tournament scheduling- potentially for the following levels
  • Bantams- A, B1, B2
  • Pee Wee- B1, B2
  • Squirt- B1, B2
  • 10U
  • Parades went well.

Next board meeting July 23rd @ 7PM at the Hideout

Motion to adjourn meeting @ 8:50 PM, motioned by Dan, seconded by Brian K, motion carries.