Bvl Meeting Minutes Sept. 30Th 2013

BVL MEETING MINUTES SEPT. 30TH 2013

Start Time: 7:12pm.

ATTENDEES: Indru Gidvani, Marg Lundrigan, James Tilley, Anthony Emanuel, Theresa Le, Leo Hauser, Donna Johnson

Agenda Item 1-Indru

Beach Wrap Up

-City of Brampton has proposed a plan to possibly change 3 of the existing courts at Chinguacousy Park to 2 FIVB regulation courts for Pan Am teams wishing to practice

-suggestions for improvement of the summer socials included additional food available after games, BBQ nights, and less expensive prices for snacks

Agenda Item 2-Donna/Anthony

Indoor registration/division numbers

-registration went well except some registrants had problems with the website as well as paypal but everything has been resolved

-Thursday may go to 88 teams –we have 86 at present

-initial team rankings were prepared by Marg and have been approved

Agenda Item 3-James

Facility Update

-correction to permits in our favour

-we lost a couple of courts but were able to secure others such as (new) Gore Meadows Rec. Centre from 9-11pm.

Agenda Item 4-Leo

Financials

-all public and catholic board permits are paid

-costs may be incurred buying new nets for Castlebrook and North Park courts

-the league did well over the summer season

-as we have made cost cutting improvements in other areas, we will be able to hold the beach fees the same for the following year

-courts for the youth division were not always used and were left empty

Agenda Item 5-Theresa

Indoor Clinics, pick up plans

-the first indoor clinic for the season will be held Oct.25th; the second will be Nov. 1st.

-the first clinic will be offense and the second will be defense

-both clinics will be at Chinguacousy Secondary at a cost of $15 each

-suggestions for coaches were discussed

-pick up will start Oct.7th but will be cancelled the following week due to Thanksgiving

Agenda Item 6-Marg.

Banquet-set date, location

-space for the banquet was an improvement over last year but it was suggested that we go back to our previous DJ

-April 26 is the date booked for next year’s banquet

-two restaurants have offered specials to all teams-Joey’s Place in the south and Ellen’s in the north end of Brampton

Referees;

-each time slot will allow a 5 minute grace time only

Agenda Item 7-Anthony

Website

-BVL’s new website will be launched soon with a new logo

-more information will follow in the coming weeks

-executive were given a brief preview of changes and improvements

Adjourn-9:30pm.