SCAHA MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS May 13, 2009 GLACIAL GARDENS LAKEWOOD BALLET ROOM
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENT Robert Doherty (Commissioner), Sandy Blumberg (Deputy Commissioner), Rosemary Voulelikas (Secretary), Bob Driffill (Treasurer), Wendy Goldstein (Member Services) and Chris Carcerano (Ice Convener).
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS PRESENT/ABSENT
Robert Doherty called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm.
Minutes Art Trottier motioned to approve the minutes of the April 8, 2009 meeting. (motion SECONDED and PASSED)
Commissioner’s Report Bob Doherty informed the board that SCAHA will schedule the Rule Changes Committee after CAHA’s Youth Council has had a chance to present its rule changes to the CAHA Board of Directors for ratification. The SCAHA Annual Board of Director’s meeting will be in July, after the CAHA annual in June.
Bob Doherty reminded the director’s to cast their ballots for the CAHA Director elections.
Deputy Commissioner’s Report Sandy Blumberg asked for rules suggestions and advised the board that the rules committee will meet the weekend of June 26. Those interested in participating on the committee should email Sandy as well as email any suggestions for rule changes.
LAHOA Report Brent Tubbs informed the board that LAHOA’s annual meeting is at the end of June. They have 10 board members and the terms are three-3 year terms. There are three new director’s positions up for voting this year. The officials’ seminars will occur once again in August this year. All those interested in becoming a referee or recertifying should attend the seminars. They are usually held on weekends- Saturdays and Sundays for about 8-9 hours. There is also a written test that candidates must pass with a minimum grade of 70%.
Staff ReportsMember Services – Wendy Goldstein distributed the LOI’s to the club presidents. She informed the board that the new CAHA screening instructions are now available on the CAHA web site. There are three-3 sets of instructions; in-house, officials and travel. Those whose screening expires September 1, 2009 can resubmit starting now. Wendy reminded the presidents that all coaches, volunteers and managers who have routine access to minors must be compliant prior to being rostered this year. There is no grace period for anyone, not even new to coaching and/or managing, etc. Wendy also spoke about the league wide delinquency list and shared some data. Last year at this time the outstanding amount owed to clubs by delinquent players was ~ $210,000. This year the amount is ~ $114,000. The amount of money owed by “aged-out” players has remained the same, roughly ~ $22,000.
Statistician – Annie Fisher informed the board that she is still working on the list for award patches and will be sending her request to clubs for the mailing addresses of players in order to mail out the hat trick, shut out and play maker patches.
Ice Convener – Chris Carcerano informed the board that he was working on the SCAHA calendar and proposed some changes. Last year we had 5 pre-season games and 17 regular season games. This year Labor Day starts late and we could possibly have a pre-season weekend before Labor Day. We can also possibly eliminate games during MLK weekend or Silversticks weekend. In addition, Chris would like to propose that for the Tier II divisions that a minimum of 12 weekends be used for scheduling. Single round robin games for teams within their respective division works well for divisions with many teams, whereas, divisions with low numbers had their season end early. Last year the Tier II SCAHA scheduled games were completed by: Nov. 9 AA18U Feb. 1 AA16U Jan. 11 AA14U Oct. 19 AA12U
Dave Bigelow motioned to schedule a minimum of 12 games for all Tier II divisions. (motion SECONDED and PASSED)
Treasurer’s Report Bob Driffill distributed the financial statements dated April 30, 2009. Laura Ryan asked if it would be possible to email a copy of the March financials since there was no report given at that time. Bob informed the board that the fiscal year end is June 30.
A.C.E. Coordinator No report at this time.
Parliamentarian No report at this time.
Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 8:22 pm |