Southern Illinois IceHawks - Board of Directors Meeting
May 3, 2011
Members Present: Pat McLeod, Rob Weimers, Lisa Constance, Brenda Marshall, Matt Foster, Chris Burns, Jason Powers, Denise Campo, Art Stutsman
Members Absent:Natalie Stinson, Beth Ricciardi, Gary Ricciardi, Eric Kirkpatrick
President’s Opening Remarks – Pat McLeod
-Subcommittee Members - Denise Campo and Liz Smith invited to join meeting to discuss their potential role as sub-committee chairs. Denise was present. Did not discuss specifics.
-Reminded board and new members of the tendency to slow down at this time of the year but now is actually the time to ramp up to prepare for the upcoming season.
-Update on ADM - MOHockey announced upcoming changes to Mite cross ice play for the upcoming season and beyond. There will be one more year for Mite AA, which will still be full ice. Awaiting vote on checking elimination at PeeWee level. We will need an ADM rep. Chris Burns volunteered to fulfill the role.
-Update on Meramec AA Partnership–Both SIIH and Meramecboards have approved the AA partnership. Awaiting vote from MOHockey. Terms will be based on participation. SIIH will provide half the evaluators and any coaches we have to offer. Levels will be Mite, SQ, PeeWee.
* Before next meeting we’ll have a draft set of rules, regulations and policies for partnership, specifically conduct.
US Ice Sports and Missouri Youth Hockey Division Updates
US Ice Sports Complex – Gary/Beth Ricciardi – No report
MYHD Rep - Jason Power
-Dealing with girls hockey. Previously girls were allowed to roster for all teams but had to declare a roster if they were on a team going to Nationals. Ruling has been made that girls have to pick a club. ----Will now play with 3 refs instead of 2. Fees will be less but refs will get more games.
SIIH Apparel Contract – Proposal Discussion
Brenda met with Town Hall and Total Hockey. Town Hall is willing to keep everything as it is and give us 5% over the counter sales of logo & 5% of orders. Comments were made that it has been a challenge to keep track of walk-in business and also, teams are going in on their own and placing orders and for merchandise including warm ups, for which SIIH is not getting credit. Town Hall has overstock that will need to be liquidated.
Action: Vote and approved the continued relationship with Town Hall for logo wear and spirit apparel. SIIH will set several dates for mass sales. All team sales must go through Hawks. Sub-committee chair will be chosen to assist in Town Hall and Total Hockey management.
Will also stay with Total Hockey for jerseys and warm ups. Will stay with current jersey style and design. Will go with Easton warm-ups.
SIIH Annual Calendar
Pat has created the long range calendar for the 2011/2012 season which includes all dates posted on MOHockey website. Board to review calendar and make adjustments where necessary. Calendar will be posted on the website for membership to see.
Website Transition - GoalLine or Active Sports or something else
More discussion on the issue and more options offered including NGIN, which is used by US ice. No decision made but more online discussion will take place with a goal of June 1 transition. Derick will help with transition.
Summer Programs - Discussion
Summer Prep Camps
Prep Camp ($75) - IceHawks will host 5 week program to lead up to evaluations June – July 17
US Ice will offer Power Skating and 3v3
Girls Program
Girls – Summer program won’t work here because it will cost too much. Revisiting partnership with Twin Bridges for girls program.
Evaluations
-Will follow the same program as in the past; Pre skates the week before, actual evals, 6 independent evaluators, no parents at their own level.
-1 fee for evals thru tryouts $30.
Adjourn - Proposed next SIIH Board meeting to be June 6, 2011