KAMLOOPS MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION MINUTES. Monday, February 14, 2011

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1 KAMLOOPS MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION MINUTES Monday, February 14, 2011 Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Jon Pankuch In Attendance: Nicole Rugolo, Charmaine Walden, Judy Van-Horlick, George Cochrane, Ken Ward, Colleen Bradley, Kirt Harrison, Sandy Bullock, Lesley Moser- Fidanza, Antonio Fidanza, Kris Webb, Rob Dawson, Kathie Fidanza, Ian Shaw- MacLaren, Jon Pankuch, Dean Clark, Shane Steptoe, Kathleen Pryor, Petra Dabels, Kevin Herndier Acceptance of January 17, 2011 Minutes: NO MOTION Acceptance of January 31, 2011 Minutes: NO MOTION Acceptance of Agenda: 1 st Kevin Herndier 2 nd Shane Steptoe President Report: Requested $15, 000 from Blazers Society Denied Blazers Society will continue to support the Coaches Conferene Projects working on Merchandise and Logo Policy more details to follow Construction starts on Wednesday for the new office Hired a carpenter to frame windows Sponsorship committee still working on sponsorship for next year Raffle Idea would like to proceed travel package, ski package, hotel package, smaller prizes as well Gaming licence process looks like we are OK

2 It is about an 8 week process Raffle to be October January (maybe February). Draw in March (maybe nights of Championship) Will do a proposal If anyone knows of larger raffle items - $ $3000 Strategic planning meeting maybe end of March to do it over 3 days in a row Wanting to set new goals and plans prior to the new board Strategic Planning Meetings 6 p.m. March 28, 29 & April 4 Nicole to book Meeting Rooms Rick Kurzac (Home Hardware) - $3500 donation for the office Westco Distributors donating electrical Material Registrar s Report: Kathie Fidanza Sent to George/ Sandy about coaches team officials info so we can update Kathie can print out each coaches/team officials profile so they know what they have and when they got it Kathie to get George a list of all our KMHA Coaches Next year OMAHA will have NO EXCEPTIONS and all non-certified coaches will not be allowed on the bench Coaches on the Rep side hoping to be picked by end of April George to look at coaches clinics earlier in the year Head Coach Report: George Cochrane Blazers donated $5000 to the Coaches Conference for the 3 rd year Playoff update: Midget Tier 1 and Tier 3 are out Midget Tier 2 have a bye to the finals If they play Salmon Arm then they automatically go to Provinials Midget Females have a bye to the finals Bantam Tier 1 have a bye Bantam Tier 2 are in the finals Bantam Tier 3 are playing Revelstoke Bantam Tier 4 are out

3 Bantam Females are in Provincials Pee Wee Tier 1 are in the finals Pee Wee Tier 2 and Tier 3 are out Pee Wee Females have a bye Update on tryouts have an interest from 11 people who would like to be independent evaluators half of them are WHL Scouts Goal t move tryouts was to attract the independent evaluators to come out Menzies donated Posters for tryouts Dates on Website Positive reactions to having tryouts in April 3 Key points independent evaluators; relatively equal opportunity; time crunch to get things organized Rob Dawson said that last year lots of players wanting to go to referee clinics but couldn t attend due to rep tryouts Dates of clinics can be set ASAP (just need projected dates to KMHA) Kirt said biggest complaint is that it is mandatory The dates will be April 11-12; April 18,-21 Females will tryout in September as normal Leslie would like to have the Blazar artwork on the website Kathie wanted to know if we are applying to host the Major Midges we will discuss at the end of March Director Report: Kirt Harrison Pee Wee/Bantam game sheets for Pee Wee a player of a brother on Pee Wee Rec was written on the game sheet Can a midget goalie come out and work with the Bantam goalies Yes they can Players are going on the ice with only helmets, gloves, sticks and just t- shirts Ken Ward Initiation A Problems are getting coaches out on the ice Concessions not being opened

4 Parents complaining about lack of help on the ice Jon needing to have Initiation A meeting with new parents about how are association works Nicole said that maybe teams who have been knocked out of playoffs can come out and help on the ice George to come out on Monday s to help out Colleen Bradley Females Lady just moved to Kamloops excited about getting involved she was a pro in Europe Schedules getting complaints about getting the schedule the night before this person is getting defensive Jon/George say that a solution might be having a scheduling program Splendid City is a scheduling program and we might have found someone to volunteer to do scheduling What are we allowed to access? o Power skating is scheduled girls have not had any power skating Nina was to put a plan together for next year example 2 ice times per team; extra ice would be the cost of the team Do we use her to do extra power skating for us at a charge? Nothing was formalized want to have a contract in place If Rep wants her then they need to pay for her Shane Steptoe Bantam Rec Problems with ref and kids with high hits George sending out s Few issues of the ice but have been dealt with NEW ITEMS: Body Checking Jon Pankuch Started off as vote to keep it in Educating coaches/kids/officials Season went fairly well Playoffs is when problems have come up Bantam big discrepancy in size Still believes body checking is part of the game

5 Princeton/Penticton considering to put in body checking Coaches and officials don t have enough education to manage it properly We as a board can t be at every game If we don t have it then problems go away Coaches not buying in to the program George said going out the the Pee Wee size and skill levels are a big discrepancy Lack of expertise coaching/officiating Some coaches bought in Open up something serious if an injury occurred We should be the same off the ice as all other associations but on the ice we should be competing hard The size difference is very noticeable 3 Kamloops teams did not do very well at tournaments as they are concentrating on hitting Kirt would like to see both body checking and non body checking teams Rob says players have total lack of respect for each other Shane says we will see more players with their heads down when there is non contact Ian says it is no fun for players and parents Antonio says we have enough teams to do contact and non contact. But when we make the jump it is easier Jon says it could become difficult- so having hitting clinics for all AP Players George says by going to non contact we reduce our own liability Have stiffer penalties for body checking Want it to be more enjoyable experience for the certain player Charmaine says in Midget house there is less injuries Jon wants to come to an agreement tonight We can still educate coaches/players about body checking Kevin says we have to go one way or the other We can t monitor all the time Intimidating refs to not make the call Ken says coaches need to follow KMHA philosophy Motion: I would like to put a motion to remove body checking from the Recreation Hockey Programs. 1 st Kirt Harrision

6 2 nd Leslie Moser-Fidanza Discussion: We need to continue to educate on body checking Kris says hockey is still a contact sport Teach to keep head/to take a hit/to hit George says all AP s must take body checking clinics Antonio says AP s go to practice on their AP team to get body checking Rob says contact is allowed but NO BODY CHECKING Leslie wants to know how many injuries due to illegal hits Vote: All in Favour 14 Opposed 1 Abstained 1 CARRIED Pee Wee Coaches Discipline Situation Antonio Fidanza Has there been anything done Jon nothing has been done His suspension not been completed If you want to send something to the discipline committee Nothing else would be done to the other coach Kris called the other coach and talked to him about his behaviour Coach/assistant coach/2 parents and KMHA have talked to them Atom House Tournament Antonio Fidanza Petra did a fantastic job Killer Bees came in 2 nd Refs are to be desirable Edmonton was very polite and we would love them to come back Todd Shyiack thank you for your quick response to save a life Someone should put this in the paper

7 Talk to the family first Thanks to George/Sandy/Jon about the stop sign (Edmonton wanted to know) Kamloops Atom Division Teams 2, 3, 4 top finishing in tournament Volunteer Night - Kathie Fidanza Details to be determined Paid Staff Antonio Fidanza Following up about paid staff Jon says we will put together a committee about the direction we will go Benefits of having full time employees A topic about all other employees came up Eventually we need to get to the point of having more paid employees Volunteers are becoming a dying bread How do we better run the association Better use the people we have Ken says he doesn t know what the responsibilities of the paid employees are Jon has taken the lead and said we need to do something Has gone to the employees and asked what do they do Kris says this is a breath of fresh air We always seem to be running and trying to catch up Ian says for Charmaine to have the office at Mac Island will be better for her Jon is to put a committee together for administration staff Policy & Guidelines Kirt Harrison After reading our policies Kirt can t uphold a suspension Constitution Jon has the right to suspend Bylaws say that both President and head coach can suspend then disciplinary committee decides if the suspension is to continue A coach can suspend 1 game and then disciplinary committee steps in We need to clean up policies/guidlines/bylaws as Kirt says they all clash Bylaws and constitution are first and foremost Player contracts are contrary to A Bylaws and B constitution are null and void

8 Give each player our bylaws and make them read and sign Kirt to Chair Policy & Procedure Committee with Leslie and Sandy (needing one more person on Committee) Motion to adjourn: 1 st Ken Ward 2 nd Antonio Fidanza Meeting Adjourned at 10:17 p.m.