Alaska State Hockey Association Board Meeting July 15, 2017

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1 Alaska State Hockey Association Board Meeting July 15, 2017 Members present: Justin Marcum, Theresa Austin, Merit Waldrop, Annetta Powell, David Cacciolfi, Dima Kulmanovsky, Ted Barton, Michele Nilson, Keith Morris, Jackie Graeber, Travis Frisk, JJ Johnson (alt), Dan Bare (alt), Joe Barth (alt), Jeff Dick (alt), Monicar Grieg (alt), Kim Carney (alt), Pete Harrison (alt) and Dan Watts (alt). Members excused: Mike Ashley, Reid McDonald, Ron Stadem, Sally Wright, Carlos Gomez, Brandon Harker, Chris Carney, Wayne Sawchuk, Jack Tragis, Ben Roth, Tim Zobel, Joey Merrick, Amber Renshaw, Luther Brice, Kirk Payne, Jason Dinneen, Destry Lind and Carrie Jokiel. Officers present: Darryl Thompson, Jim Newhouse, Brenda Luthi, Matt Shasby, Anna Culley and Carol Hammingh. USA Hockey officials present: Andrew Good, Lisa McPheters, Rick Trupp, Eric Simmons, Steven Thompson and Adam Powell. The meeting was called to order by Darryl Thompson, President. Seating of Board Members: Matt Boline Juneau Hockey Reid McDonald Eagle River Hockey Amber Renshaw Healy Hockey Dima Kulmanovsky Arctic Lions Jeff Dick as an alternate for Brandon Harker Pete Harrison as an alternate for Joey Merrick Kim Carney as an alternate for Chris Carney Monicar Grieg as an alternate for Carlos Gomez Joe Barth as an alternate for Tim Zobel Dan Watts as an alternate for Reid McDonald Dan Bare as an alternate for Jason Dinneen JJ Johnson as an alternate for Destry Lind Introductions were made of all present. The agenda was approved with the addition of Theresa Austin s item. Special Guest Presentation: Darryl Thompson introduced Andy Carroll, the recipient of the Dempsey Anderson Pacific District USA Hockey Award for outstanding lifetime coaching achievement. Andy was presented a plaque and was

2 surrounded by his family, friends past and present players form his teams. Congratulations, Andy, on an award well deserved!! The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as read. There was no correspondence, other than a magazine. Persons to be heard: Kris Knauss sent out an earlier to everyone with his Pacific District report. There was an special meeting held today and he wanted to emphasize the following five points: The Pacific District is moving forward on implementing a concussion protocol with Jamie Campbell being the lead contact person. The Pacific District is updating its travel policy for directors and staff to show more transparency. The Pacific District has established a finance committee with Donna Kauffman as the chair, again for transparency. In his report sent out earlier, he wants to emphasize that Wendy Goldstein, Pacific District Registrar, is implementing a new procedure regarding game count start dates. Please refer to his report for details. Any player, officially rostered on a national championship tournamentbound roster (1T) that participates in a State or District Playoff or Championship with the intent to move forward to a National Championship Tournament, shall have effectively used their one opportunity to secure a playing berth at a USA Hockey National Championship. Such player will not be permitted to be removed from their initial National Championship Tournament-bound roster (1T) and roster on a new National Championship Tournament-bound roster (1T) that has not yet participated in a State or District Playoff or Championship with the intent to move forward to a National Championship Tournament. President s Report: Darryl Thompson reported that USA Hockey is updating their Conflict of Interest policy. He also reported that Jamie Campbell will be coming to Alaska in August to discuss concussion protocols. Finance Report: Jim Newhouse went over the financials, which were sent out in an earlier . Darryl Thompson discussed the MHA embezzlement issue and stated that ASHA adheres to the USA Hockey checks and balances. He reminded all associations to have controls in place in regards to your finances. Ted Barton stated that KPHA has volunteered to donate money to MHA if needed. Joe Barth went over the safeguards associations need to have in place. He is available for associations to go over these ideas. VP Tournaments: Carol Hammingh presented the proposed 2018 State Tournaments (see attached). Carol moved and Annetta Powell seconded to accept the tournament schedules. Discussion followed. The motion passed.

3 VP Comp Council: Matt Shasby reported that try-outs may begin August 1, Please get your try-out dates to Matt and remember to follow the try-out rules. August 25 and 26 will be the Comp scheduling meeting. August 25 th will be from 6-9 pm for U14 through U18, August 26 th will be from 8-11 am for 10U and 12U. VP House Council: Anna Culley reported that she needs the representative names for the House Council from associations. Try Hockey For Free dates are November 4, 2017 and March 3, 2018 for this season. The Bobby Freeline Grants due date is coming up and information is available on the USA Hockey website. The 2 on 2 Hockey Challenge is a program sponsored by USA Hockey where associations are given resources and ideas to grow their U6 and U8 programs and she encourages all to check into it. There are three levels you can achieve. Anna Culley moved and Annetta Powell seconded to approve the Hockey Club Fairbanks Girls Hockey Team. The motion passed. VP Girls/Women Council: Kirk Payne was absent, but he sent the list of expected Girls programs for the upcoming season. The next GWC meeting will be the morning of the next ASHA meeting. They will be planning the next upcoming Selects process KPHA 14U Tier III AHA 14U Tier II 16U Tier I 19U Tier II 10U Tier III 12U Tier III 14U/I 10U Tier IV 12U Tier IV PAHA HCF/AIB 14U Tier II 10U Tier III 12U Tier III 10U Tier IV 12U Tier IV 16U/19U Rec All Stars 19U Tier II Girls High School

4 Three teams in the Anchorage Bowl area. VP Adult Council: No report. VP Player Development: Wayne Sawchuk was absent, but here is his report. The 2017/18 Player Development Select Camp Dates: January (03 s), 16 (02 s) & 17 (01 s) Camp Subway Ice Rink Ice will begin 4:00 pm Friday and end 3:00 pm Sunday. Comp teams need to be aware of these dates when planning Christmas travel. April (05 s) & 14 (04 s) Camp Subway Ice Rink Discipline Committee: No report Associate Risk Manager: No report Associate Registrar: Lisa McPheters reported that there are some changes coming this year. She went over her report (see attached) and answered questions. Attached also is the registrar final numbers report. Referee-in-Chief: Eric Simmons went over the rule changes for this year there are MANY of them. The new rule book will be out soon. The link to the changes was sent out to board members earlier, and they are posted on the website, along with other Referee-in-Chief information. Coach-in-Chief: Rick Trupp reported that the modules are up and running now. He will have a clinic schedule ready by August 1 st. There will be a CEP High Performance Clinic held in Anchorage in August. The information on the clinic is attached. There are five USA Hockey National Office folks coming up for the event. Kris Knauss encouraged coaches to attend. Rick Trupp moved and Carol Hammingh seconded to approve spending $ on a NARCE ASHA sponsorship to help with costs of the clinic, specifically underwrite some USA Hockey officials costs of travel and provide for them a unique Alaskan fishing experience. The motion passed. Darryl Thompson announced that HCF received a $5, Block Grant to help underwrite the costs for HCF coaches to come to Anchorage and participate in this NARCE event. Anna moved and Joe Barth seconded to request $ in matching funds from the general account to help cover the balance of the anticipated costs to underwrite the HCF s coaches costs to come to Anchorage to participate. Hockey Club Fairbanks with NARCE participation. The motion passed. Jr. Hockey: No report.

5 Safe Sport: Mike Ashley was absent, but he wanted all board members reminded to read the information that was sent out earlier and to send him any Safe Sport information to him. Alaska ADM Coordinator: Adam Powell was introduced as our new ADM Coordinator welcome Adam! Adam stressed the importance of age appropriate hockey development, and he wants to be involved in each association. USAH/ASHA Goaltender Coordinator: Steve Thompson was introduced as our USA/ASHA Goaltender Coordinator who works with Wylie Rogers. Steve wants to become more statewide and wants to teach coaches how to coach goalies. He wants to offer monthly goalie clinics in regions of Alaska. They are ready to start scheduling these clinics across the state. ASHA Web Administrator: Andrew Good reported that the new procedure for background screening is coming up. - Justin Marcum moved and Travis Frisk seconded to approve the new bank account dedicated to background screening funds. The motion passed. - Justin Marcum moved and Travis Frisk seconded to approve guideline book change #1, which pertains to background screening wording. The motion passed. - Andrew Good is working on the changes for the new score sheets and will have them ready by the scheduling meeting. The Comp League will use the new score sheets, and the Recreation League will use the old score sheets. - Andrew keeps the website up and running, but he needs the information to put on the website. He would love more information from the GWC and the Adults Leagues. - The 17/18 background screening should be up soon. He is happy to work with team managers to explain the new score sheets. - Andrew is also updating our guideline book, all corrections need to be to him by August 10, Old Business: Guideline book proposed changes (See Attached): - #2 - Carol Hamming moved and Michele Nilson seconded to accept proposal #2, part 1. The motion failed. - #2 - Justin Marcum moved and Travis Frisk seconded to accept proposal #2, part 2. The motion failed. - #2 - Carol Hammingh moved and Justin Marcum seconded to accept proposal #2, part 3. The motion failed. - #3 Annetta Powell moved and Keith Morris seconded to accept proposal #3. The motion passed. - #4 Dan Watts moved and Joe Barth seconded to accept proposal #4. The motion failed.

6 - Hockey Hall of Fame Carol Hammingh moved and Anna Culley seconded to accept the Hockey Hall of Fame proposal. The motion passed. - #5 Annetta Powell moved and Keith Morris seconded to accept proposal #5, part 1. The motion passed. - #5 Carol Hammingh moved and Justin Marcum seconded to accept proposal #5, part 2. The motion passed. - #5 Joe Barth moved and Carol Hammingh seconded to accept proposal #5, part 3. The motion failed. - #5 Joe Barth moved and Carol Hammingh seconded to accept proposal #5, part 4. The motion passed. - #5 Carol Hammingh moved and Justin Marcum seconded to accept proposal #5, part 5. The motion passed. New Business: - Theresa Austin moved and Carol Hammingh seconded to let the Termination Dust Tournament games count toward the league game count. The motion passed. - Carol Hammingh moved and Joe Barth seconded to move the 10 Homer State Tournament to the weekend of March 2 instead of March 30. The motion passed. Board Member Comments: - Travis Frisk commented that the Alaska Wolves Thanksgiving Hockey Classic has been renamed the Dan Rogness Memorial Hockey Tournament. The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 11:00 following the Comp Scheduling meeting at the Coast Inn in Anchorage. Respectfully submitted, Brenda Luthi ASHA Secretary