DAHA Board of Directors

6/12/2011

6:30 pm

Mountain View Ice Arena

Members Present: Deb Davis (President), Marty Fox (1st VP), Ken Wood (2nd VP), Karen Stoner (Treasurer), Sharon Kazianka (Secretary), Al Hart, Andrew Watkins, Mark Mielcarek and Dennis Perpich.

Members Absent: Barry O’Brien

Others Present: Tina Martinson (MAHA Rep), Tom Healy (ACE Coordinator)

Quorum Established – 6:15 pm

Minutes from previous meeting were read and approved: Motion: Karen Stoner, Second: Mark Mielcarek. Unanimously approved and may be placed on website.

Public Comment – None

Treasurer – Karen submitted P&L and Balance Sheet

Lotto Fund: 3,388.33

General Fund:12,830.41

One Goal Grant money, $1,000, has been received.

Karen presented a comparison between our 2010-11 budget vs actual, it was very close - shows our income was up $1,661.41 and expenses were down $426.47.

All Equip-A-Kid refunds have been mailed, no refunds were given if the families owed concession stand hours or didn’t return the equipment.

Karen will apply for the 2011-12 raffle license (Lotto).

Effective with the new board elections, Deb Davis (President) & Marty Fox (1st Vice President) will be added as signers on the DAHA Bank account, Barry O’Brien and Tom Berndt are to be removed.

Andrew Watkins motioned to approve the financial report and place on file, second Mark Mielcarek. Unanimous.

Fundraising Committee–

  • MarkMillerHockeyAcademy – no report
  • Hannahville – LPGA tournament at Sweetgrass – Mark Mielcarek – sales are going slow – there are many local non-profits selling tickets. Mark will collect unsold tickets and money by the July meeting.
  • Golf Outing – Karen Stoner – date has been changed to 8/14/11, Sunday. 8 am shotgun start, $60 per person included (golfing, cart, lunch, prizes and games)
  • Advertising – Deb Davis
  • Sponsors – Mary Fox
  • Signs – Sharon Kazianka
  • Dinner – Al Hart
  • Prizes – Dennis Perpich
  • 50/50 and Mulligans – Andrew Watkins
  • Econo bagging fundraiser – Al Hart will contact Jeff Uren at Econo – try to get Friday 12/23. PeeWee through Midgets, 2 hour shifts, everyone wears khakis & hockey jerseys, follow-up with Jeff the week before.

Tournament Committee –Andrew Watkins

  • Has not received information from Tom Berndt.
  • Applied for sanction numbers.
  • Will make flyers for coaches to hand out to other coaches at games before the tournaments.
  • Squirt/PeeWee tourney: 12/2-12/4, $375
  • Midget tourney: 1/6-1/8, $500
  • Tina will pass dates along to MAHA.

ADM Program – Barry O’Brien

  • Barry will contact Bob Mancini to schedule 2, 1 hour sessions on Sat, 10/15/11 – all levels (players and coaches) will participate.

Scheduler Report–Lori Jacobson

  • No report.

ACE Report – Tom Healy

  • No report.

Equipment Committee–Marty Fox –

  • Marty will inventory and organize equipment and jerseys.
  • Order socks (red with black stripes) – mites through midgets – approximately 125 pair.
  • Need to re-key locks on equipment room doors.

Registration –Jill Perpich

  • Dennis reports that Jill has been playing phone tag with Tami Olsen from NGIN. On-line registration set-up fee was waived in May, hoping that since original contact was made in May that they will honor.
  • Jill will e-mail an update to the board this week
  • Jill has sent birth certificates to MAHA.
  • Karen reports that people who owe concession stand hours cannot register on-line.
  • There was a discussion regarding encouraging people to register on-line and how to handle the transaction fee.
  • A motion was made by Dennis Perpich to add $10 to each registration made in person, people paying on-line would receive a $10 reduction but have to pay the NGIN credit/debit card transaction fees. Second Al Hart. Unanimous.
  • Will still need to have one registration after school starts and a mini-mite registration.

Concession Stand – Sharon Kazianka

  • Sharon will look into ServSafe training classes.
  • No report

Banners– Al Hart

  • No report

Bylaws – A motion to adopt the by-law changes drafted by Barry O’Brien and posted on the website was made by Andrew Watkins. Second: Ken Wood. Unanimous.

  • Will invite Kevin Kazianka to the next board meeting.
  • Sharon reports that there are 9 interested DAHA members, 2 IRHA squirts are interested but not yet committed, there is 1 more IRHA squirt to contact. Kevin will continue to communicate with other outside players, will contact AA teams in preparation for game schedules, and schedule, advertise and plan for try-outs in Marquette in July.
  • Tom Healy will try to attend try-outs, the board will contact Greg Wadge to see if he is interested in attending as well.

MAHA Report – Tina Martinson

  • MAHA summer meeting on July 7-10. Tina is trying to carpool, will e-mail us if she cannot find a ride – would then need to pay mileage.

MVIA– Marty Fox

  • There was no May meeting. Next meeting is scheduled for 6/13/11 at 6:30 pm.

Website –Mark Mielcarek

  • Working with NGIN to get the Pro Shop up and running before the season starts.

Considerations for Next Year –

  • Weekend practices at beginning of year, keep practice before season to Saturday only.
  • Poker Tournament – 1/27/12? – Mark will apply for license soon.
  • Coaches – Tina will give Tom a coaches application. Need to get commitment earlier.
  • ADM practice schedule – Deb, Karen & Tom will schedule a meeting to work on a practice schedule for next year. Any interested board member or coach can attend.
  • Poker tickets limited to 2 per family at registration
  • Late Bantam practice – will address with scheduling meeting.
  • Better communication & introduction to our organization, especially for new families.

Old Business –

  • Try Hockey for Free Day
  • 2011-12 One Goal Grant application – Barry has completed

New Business –

  • None

Next Meeting: Sunday, 7/10/2011, 6:30 pm at Famers.

Motion to Adjourn: Ken Wood. Second: Karen Stoner. Unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Deborah Davis

President

DAHA Board of Directors