New Richmond Area Youth Hockey Association Meeting
August 20, 2008 at 1900
Present: Mary Jo Hansen, Mary Hailey, Larry Erickson, Aaron Dilley, Perry Hallmark, Chip Norman, Mike Giannini, Brian Olson, Mike McDonald.
Also Present: Charlene Rae Mayry, Adam Swanda, Mark Neitzke, Chuck Hammer.
No additions or changes to the agenda as presented. Agenda approved.
Closed session held from 1905 to 1935. Regular agenda began at 1935.
Approval of July 2008meeting minutes. Take Larry Erickson off of the attendance list. A motion was made to accept the minutes by Aaron Dilley, seconded by Perry Hallmark. Minutes were approved.
Open Forum. No issues for open forum.
Old business: nothing.
Agenda items:
Northern Wisconsin league. Scheduling is Tues., Aug. 26. Hopefully we will know by then if the girls have a place to play. Between Dec 1 & Feb 8 we need to play 5 games in WI. We missed the first meeting last year, they did mostof the scheduling at the second meeting. We will not send schedulers to the first meeting.
Ice will be in Labor Day week end. Compressors will start next week. We will be able to skate on it Sept 7. Open skating can happen the week end after that with the exception of any rental ice that may occur.
Girls coop. A meeting was held last week for U8, U10. We will have a U10 team with kyds possibly playing up by age. Parents want a try out. Discussion regarding how to accomplish this and where. Coop will discuss this. 19 kyds and/or parents represented at the meeting. There is some coaching interest, approxmately 12 people. We need to go through the selection process. There is weakness at U14 level as far as coaches. Discussion regarding what district the girls will be playing in. Approval of the Girls Coop for 2009 is on the WAHA meeting agenda. We should know in the next couple of weeks whether we are approved but we don’t anticipate any problems. Mark Neitzke will speak with Tony Erickson regarding the girls tournaments.
Rick Brown here to have a discussion with the board regarding both of his sons playing at the bantam level. He will register Jesse as a peewee but he will play up most of the time. Motion by Aaron Dilley to allow Jesse Brown to play up to the Bantam level, seconded by Mike Giannini. Discussion regarding numbers. This is a case by case decision. We can use numbers at the Bantam level. Motion carried.
Long Range Planning update. Talked to Simon Electric, $7500 for electric supplies. Dehumidifier $3000.
$150,000 for Phase I for reliable outdoor ice for our youth. We need approval for another $25,000 for addition to Phase I proposal. We are currently at $161,000. We are currently financing thru 1st National Bank at $450/mo. Motion by Brian Olson, seconded by Chip Norman, with discussion following. Where are we going to get the money to pay it off? We need to make presentations to the community regarding fundraising. We need to get to townships. The second piece was to go to the high school, not thinking realistically we would get anything this year. We need to work on dasher boards as well. We don’t know how many years we are out for our plan but are potentially thinking this is a 3-5 year plan. Mary Hailey presented some fund raising ideas. Motion carried. City wants to work with only 1 person so that will be Brian Olson. Brian Olsom has talked with city parks regarding our plans and they will do whatever we need them to do.
Squirt C Plan. Questions regarding travel for Squirt C, are there tryouts, is it 2000 birth year only? 2000 that traveled previously will travel again. One team of 2000 birth year is the plan depending on numbers. If large numbers we could have 2 Squirt C teams.
Tryout evaluators. Evaluators have no ties with the level they are evaluating. Typically 70% of the team is chosen by the evaluators. A coaches may make a decision regarding players on the bubble . Much discussion regarding this.
Tryout schedule. Wed nite concerns. Same exact schedule from last yr. Goalie tryouts are the only different thing this yr. Much discussion regarding tryout schedule. We are moving the tryout schedule around on Wednesday to accommodate Learn to Skate program. Do not schedule Senior men’s practices at this time until Brian Olson approves it.
Inhouse program. Need to think about numbers of kyds on ice. How do we want to handle them? What is our plan? Need to wait to see the numbers. Need to nail down the times for inhouse program before we go to scheduling meetings. Want Wednesday and Sunday times. 5-6 PM on Wed. and Sun. After learn to skate is over shift to 6-7 PM .
Equipment rental. $50 per set. 6 set without helmets $25. None of them have skates. Sets (20) expected in September.
Scheduling updates in next few weeks. We have already touched on some.
Coaching update. Nothing new. More information in September.
Ryan Unger resigned as the assistant high school coach. He will still be helping in many areas.
Financial report. What do we have available as a potential $15,000-$20,000 collateral? Chase is attached to previous loan. $52,000 fund available. Golf registrations have not been deposited yet. All bills are paid. We will return $5000 to the Player Development fund from the General fund. Financially we are probably better off than we have been in a long time. Last year we paid 2 utility bills off. As of today we are up to date in all bills. Income from Fun Fest up from last year. Mary Hailey made a motion to approve the financial report, seconded by Chip Norman. Financial report approved.
Committee reports.
Executive committee. Issues that they are working on have been heard through out the meeting.
Fund raising. Mary Hailey touched on earlier. Township meetings needed. Discussion regarding whether the city should write the lending note versus the bank. Blue Line Club was discussed. Dasher boards revisited.
Long range planning. Done earlier in the agenda.
Hockey operations. Tournaments – Chuck Hammer. Need registration forms. Discussion regarding cost of our tourneys. A motion was made by Mike Giannini to raise every tournament entry fee $50 per team, Mary Hailey seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Building operations. There are things that need to be done on the building, particularly with regard to the interior of the building. If we have building needs we need to contact Dennis Horner, cc Fred Horne, Jim Zajkowski.
Hockey support. Pro shop: every thing we own is paid for. $3000 worth of inventory. Wisemiller to check out skate sharpener.
Concession stand taken care of.
Over socks to match new jerseys $30.00. We will stay with old over socks to save parents money.
Need sign up sheet for concession stand.
Program development. If board wants dry land we need a new facility, as we can’t meet at the airplane hangar we used last year. We don’t have any supplies either. We sold them back to high school.
92 playersregistered tonight.
Discussion regarding paying back coaches for certification was held. The only ones that should be paid are the ones that the board approves.
We are not paying for background checks for the Girls Coop for coaches that are not from New Richmond.
Brian Olson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Chip Norman. Meeting was adjourned at 2135.
Respectfully submitted, Charlene Rae Mayry, Secretary