BRAEMAR CITY OF LAKES FIGURE SKATING CLUB – SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES

  1. Meeting called to order – Braemar arena
  2. Board members present:
  3. Sarah Bennett, Secretary
  4. Rosie Hanson, Coach Representative
  5. Ann Kagel, Member-at-Large
  6. Evelyn Bone, Vice President
  7. Loni Keenan, non-voting member/Co-Head Coaching Professional
  8. Carrie Corsaro, Treasurer
  9. Gwen Larson, Member-at-Large
  10. Board reviewed and approved August 2017 Board meeting minutes
  11. Treasurer’s Report (Carrie Corsaro):
  12. Reviewed draft report of Braemar Competition financials
  13. Reviewed draft financials for the Paul Wylie event
  14. Reviewed financials of summer 2017 ice
  15. Confirmed the signatories to the BMO Harris Bank accounts for BCLFSC and discussed consolidation of bank accounts and the resulting service fees. To be further discussed at next meeting as follow-up item.
  16. Carrie Drzewiecki (Guest Attendee):
  17. Discussion of synchro volunteer hours and the need for additional parent engagement for chaperoning synchro trips. Minneapolis FSC has a policy that if the parent volunteers for out-of-town event, the parent’s synchro hours are applied to FSC volunteer hours. Usually need approximately 3-4 chaperones.
  18. Carrie asked the Board to consider allowing BCLFSC to use parent chaperone out-of-town volunteer hours for synchro to be applied to BCLFSC’s volunteer hours. Discussion item at next Board meeting.
  19. Coaches Report (Loni Keenan):
  20. Discussion of club ice: Chad with Braemar Arena asked Loni if BCLFSC could out with ice for EHA and if BCLFSC is willing to give up certain ice sessions.
  21. Discussion of Ensemble class on Monday night and number of skaters signed up for ice time – 12 weeks slotted for Ensemble. Question of what is BCLFSC going to do with ice time once Ensemble class finished?
  22. Discussion of summer 2017 ice and need to determine final financials for summer ice.
  23. East Arena is going to have BCLFSC logo on ice.
  24. Discussion of proposal to purchase new off-ice harness.
  25. Motion to approve purchase of new off-ice harness: motion approved.
  26. Discussion of testing: Katt Parsons is working with a website designer to update BCLFSC’s website. Also discussed the timing of when it is appropriate to open up testing to non-BCLFSC members.
  27. Discussion of parent volunteer hours: Katt Parsons to begin entering parent volunteer hours on Entryeeze. Discussion of increasing parent volunteer hour requirements.
  28. Discussion of email correspondence sent by BCLFSC and need to include Katt Parsons on all BCLFSC email correspondence.
  29. TCFSA Report (Gwen Larson):
  30. Twin Cities Figure Skating policy handbook updated
  31. Celebration of Champions to be held in February 2018
  32. Recognition dinner scheduled for upcoming Sunday (9/24/17)
  33. Increase for J.S. system equipment
  34. Fall Kick-Off Update (Carrie Corsaro):
  35. Fall Kick-Off event went well and received very positive feedback on the Paul Wylie event
  36. Consensus was that attendance could have been greater and BCLFSC should consider increased signage for next year
  37. Holiday Pops Event (Gwen Larson):
  38. Event scheduled for 12/10/17 from 4:30-6:30 pm
  39. Skaters to sign-up for event through Entryeeze
  40. Discussion of bake sale and collection of money at the door
  41. Club Apparel (Rosie Hanson):
  42. Brief discussion of new club apparel and looking at General Sports as an option for the apparel.
  43. Club Membership (Evelyn Bone):
  44. Evelyn briefly provided club membership updates
  45. Safe Sport (Loni Keenan):
  46. Brief discussion of need for printed locker room policy for BCLFSC locker room
  1. Meeting adjourned

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