SCAHA MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

July 14, 2010

LAKEWOOD MALL MEETING ROOM

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENT

Wendy Goldstein (Member Services), Bob Driffill (Treasurer), Rosemary Voulelikas (Secretary), John Silberstein (Parliamentarian) and Kevin Culbertson (Director-at-Large).

 

MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS PRESENT/ABSENT

Present

Absent

CLUB

Present

Absent

CLUB

X

 

Anaheim Junior Ducks

X

 

Los Angeles Jr. Kings

X

 

Anaheim Wildcats

X

 

LA Hockey Club

X

X

California Wave

X

 

OC Hockey Club

 

X

Bakersfield Dragons

X

 

Ontario Eagles

X

 

Bay Harbor Red Wings

 

X

Pasadena Maple Leafs

X

 

Beach City Lightning

X

 

San Diego Gulls

X

 

California Golden Bears

X

 

San Diego Ice Arena

X

 

California Stars

X

 

San Diego Saints

X

 

Channel Islands Riptide

X

 

Valencia Express

X

 

Jr. Reign

X

 

Ventura Mariners/Titans

X

 

La Jolla Jaguars

X

 

West Valley Wolves/Heat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Silberstein called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

 

Minutes

Dave Bigelow moved to approve the minutes of the June 9, 2010 meeting.

                                                                                                (motion SECONDED and PASSED)

 

Commissioner’s Report

John Silberstein spoke on behalf of Bob Doherty who is absent. John Silberstein thanked Mike Kettlecamp for supplying copies of the minutes and agendas.

 

John Silberstein summarized the USA Hockey Annual congress meeting.  Some of the key highlights are:

  1. Locker room attendant is required in the locker rooms of all youth teams. The attendant needs to be successfully screened.
  2. For the 2012-2013 season, there will not be a Pee Wee Nationals tournament.
  3. Bob Doherty, Sandy Blumberg, Laura Ryan, Rosemary Voulelikas, Therese Phillips and Chris Carcerano were all voted in as CAHA directors. Laura Ryan added that the minimum number of votes needed to get elected this year was about 17, 000; 98% of the votes were cast. Usually in the past it was sufficient with 9,000 votes to get elected.
  4. Rosemary Voulelikas summarized some of the key CAHA calendar dates. State tournament for the PW Tier I is scheduled for the Feb. 4-6 weekend and Tier I BN, MD 16U and MD 18U is scheduled for Feb. 11-13. The Tier II playdown weekend is scheduled for Feb. 25-27 and CAHA State tournament for the Tier II is March 3-6. The CAHA calendar will be posted on the CAHA web site shortly.

 

Deputy Commissioner’s Report

No report at this time.

 

Staff Reports

Member Services – Wendy Goldstein reminded the presidents to send in their LOI’s and birth certificates if required. A birth certificate must be submitted to SCAHA for all players new to SCAHA. Player-ups are must be submitted prior to the player participating with the team. Wendy Goldstein informed the board that there are about 700 coaches dropping off the compliance list. Please remind your coaches, managers and locker room attendants that they will need to be screened. Make sure that your coaches have their respective levels for the teams they are coaching.

 

Ice Convener – John Silberstein reported on behalf of Chris Carcerano who is absent. Please send Chris Carcerano a list of players needed on teams. All information must come from the club presidents and not the team coaches and/or managers. Chris will post the information on the SCAHA web site.

 

Preliminary team declarations are due to Chris Carcerano July 23. Chris Carcerano is on vacation from July 27 through to August 4.

 

Statistician – No report at this time. Please submit your player addresses for the play maker and shut-out patches to Annie Fisher if you have not done so.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Bob Driffill distributed the financial statements dated June 30, 2010 to the board. This represents our year end financials. SCAHA’s fiscal year is July 1st to June 30 of every year. Bob Driffill is recommending we table the budget and proceed with last year’s budget until Bob Doherty and Sandy Blumberg are back. Rosemary Voulelikas moved to table the 2010-2011 budget until the next board meeting.

(motion SECONDED and PASSED)

 

Ben Cohen asked if it was possible to increase the financial assistance scholarships. The amount of scholarships was increased last season. Usually the amounts awarded are anywhere from $100-$500. Kevin Culbertson reiterated that applications must be accompanied with the required documentation as indicated on the application forms. Applications will not be considered for financial assistance if there is missing documentation. Kevin Culbertson stated that there is a difference between college scholarships and financial assistance scholarships. The forms for the financial assistance scholarships will be posted shortly on the SCAHA web site.

 

Parliamentarian

No report at this time.

 

A.C.E. Coaching Coordinator Report

John Silberstein reported on behalf of Nancy Hodge who is absent. The Level 1, 2 and 3 coaching

clinics are full. The Level 4 coaching clinic is being held in Las Vegas, August 19-22. It is

being held at the Stratosphere Hotel; cost ~$50 a night. The reservation number is 1-800-998-6937,

and the reservation code is C-UHCS. Nancy Hodge is working on running another Level 1, 2 and 3

clinics in Oct. / Nov. in Oxnard.

 

Old Business

Rosemary Voulelikas asked the Mariners, the Express and the Riptide presidents what the outcome was of the meeting with their Mite parents regarding the ADM.  All three rinks will not be fielding Mite travel teams but rather they will implement the ADM at their rinks. Lynn Crosby stated that they will be hosting a jamboree weekend for these ADM Mite teams during the holiday weekends. Laura Ryan asked if there was going to be a managers’ meeting this year. Details will follow regarding the date, time and location.

 

Adjourn

Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm.