DAHA Board of Directors Meeting

5/9/2010

6:30 pm

Mountain View Ice Arena

Members Present: Barry O’Brien, Karen Stoner, Deb Davis, Ken Wood, Angela Anderson, Al Hart, Mark Mielcarek, and Pat Dantes.

Absent: Julia Berglund, Tom Berndt

Quorum Established – 6:40 pm

Minutes from previous meeting were read and approved: Motion: Karen Stoner, Second: Al Hart. Unanimously approved.

Public Comment – None.

MVIA Report – None.

Treasurer – Karen Stoner submitted the P & L and Balance Sheet - they are attached.

52 Lotto Fund:$ 1,663.57

General Fund: $13,782.25

One Goal Grant reimbursement has not yet been received - Barry will look into it. Sales Tax has been paid.

Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament – Mark Mielcarek stated that we have received our license #. There are 4 definite dealers (Tyler Stoner, Mike Berglund, Greg LaFraniere, Dave St. Aubin), others that may be willing if we need them. Mark will e-mail Jeff Harvey and Rick Bieti to see if they are interested in helping out. Mark will e-mail Burt Angeli at The Daily News to see if we can get another article next week. Karen proposes that she and Mark work together to complete all paperwork the night of the event.

One $150 door prize will be awarded before play begins, There will be a minimum of 2 50/50 drawings. $1,325 will be awarded as prizes (500, 250, 125, 100, 80, 75, 60, 50, 45, 40).

Ballots – Election – Ballots were counted by Angela Anderson. Winners are: Barry O’Brien, Julia Berglund, Mark Mielcarek, Andrew Watkins, and Marty Fox. Barry will notify winners and invite them to our next meeting.

MVIA Membership Drive – ongoing, they have received some. Elections are to be held in June/July.

Karen will e-mail the MVIA Membership information to Jim Waisenen to distribute to Dad’s League.

Golf Outing – It was noted that the date of the golf outing (8/28) is the first day of youth football, consensus was to try to get it changed to the week prior. Karen will contact Spike to see if that is possible. Karen will try to coordinate the dates with John Mande’s private golf outing. Need to find someone to do signs for sponsors, Steve Roell has done in the past, we have previous years signs as samples – ask Greg Wadge?

Banners / Notecards / Letterhead – Julia submitted a quote for state tourney banners from CJ Graphics in the amount of $160. Need to make sure that it fits with MAHA guidelines, check with MAHA to see if they have a supplier. Karen has the logo on her computer to make our own letterhead.

Hockey Camp in Iron Mountain – Mark Miller has contacted Barry with interest in holding a camp early season, long-weekend. Barry has e-mailed for cost and availability. Contact is Miller Hockey, 6458 Black Hawk Lane, Twin Lake, MI 49457 Cell (231)670-0574, Phone (877)559-PUCK, ,

USA Hockey Correspondence – Barry received letter from Dave Ogrean, USA Hockey, regarding monitoring locker rooms whenever players are present, and locking them when players are on the ice. Letter is attached.

Fundraiser Policy - Karen submitted a draft of a letter to be distributed to members. Letter is attached. A few minor changes were suggested. Discussion will be done via e-mail before the letter is sent.

Scheduling – Pat needs more referee’s for the upcoming year. Information on upcoming referee clinics will be sent to all players peewee age and up. Referee fees will be increasing this year.

Website – The current website is not working. Mark will look into other options and will present them to the board. Needs to be done soon, Karen and Jill will be working together to get registration information streamlined and on-line before next season.

Concussion Seminar at DCH – Barry and Tom attended the seminar for “IMPACT” screening for all contact sports. They do an on-line baseline test for interested participants, then retest after injury to determine when kids can return to play. The information can be accessed by out of town doctors. The cost is $30/kid, there is a break if the organization pays for all kids to be tested. If kids play multiple sports they only need to take the test once.

Old Business – None.

Next Meeting: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 6:30 pm at MVIA.

Motion to Adjourn: Pat. Second: Ken. Unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Deborah Davis

Secretary

DAHA Board of Directors