November 12, 2016 Marriott Gateway Hotel ONTARIO LACROSSE ASSOCIATION MINUTES OF THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 130th Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Lacrosse Association was held at the Niagara Falls Marriott Gateway Hotel on Saturday November 12, 2016. ATTENDANCE: Total Voting Delegates: 157 O.L.A. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: John Doherty Chuck Miller George MacDonald Jim Bomhof Marion Ladouceur Joe Hiltz Frank Lawrence Mike Varanesi Jim Brady Sharon McKeachnie Dave Vernon Lisa Cartman Peter Debrone Sue Powless John Mayo Glen Flippance Mark Schuetzkowski Shelly Nobile Mike McKay Sonya Crossey Jenn Matheson Nicole Roe Dave Wilson Wendy Bennett O.L.A. Office Stan Cockerton Ron MacSpadyen Jeramie Bailey Bruce Codd Peter Flook President Past President V.P. Finance V.P. Administration - Major V.P. Administration Minor V. P. Administration Field V. P. Officiating V.P. Development Major Commissioner Sr. B Commissioner Jr. B Commissioner Jr. C Commissioner Minor Field Commissioner Women s Box Commissioner Women s Field Commissioner Senior Field Commissioner Junior Field Commissioner Zone 4 Director Zone 5 Director Zone 6 Director Zone 7 Director Zone 8 Director Zone 9 Director Zone 10 Director Executive Director Program & Marketing Director Promotions Director Technical Director Asst. Administration
LIFE MEMBERS: Barb Cormier Ruby Lang O.L.A. MAJOR O.L.A. SENIOR Oakville Rock * Wallaceburg Brampton *Oakville * Brooklin Redman *Brooklin Peterborough *Ennismore * Cobourg * Owen Sound * Six Nations *Six Nations O.L.A. JUNIOR A O.L.A. JUNIOR B Akwesasne Markham *Barrie Elora Niagara *Brampton Gloucester *Oakville Burlington Green Gaels Orangeville *Kitchener-Waterloo *Guelph *Orillia Mimico Halton Hills Owen Sound *Peterborough Hamilton Point Edward Orangeville Kahnawake Six Nations *Six Nations *London Spartan St. Catharines Brampton Wallaceburg *Toronto Beaches *Mississauga Welland *Whitby *Nepean Windsor Newmarket O.L.A. JUNIOR C Barrie, *Brantford,*Caledon, *Clarington,*Cornwall,* Fergus, *Gloucester, *Halton Hills, Huntsville, *Mimico, *Oakville, Shelburne, *Six Nations,* Peterborough, *Whitby, *Wilmot O.L.A. MINOR BOX ORGANIZATIONS *Akwesasne Arthur Barrie Brampton Brantford *Burlington Caledon Cambridge Clarington Ctr. Wellington *Cornwall *Fort Erie Gloucester Guelph Halton Hills Hamilton Huntsville *Innisfil Kahnawake *Kawartha Lakes Kitchener
*Kingston *Lincoln London Markham Midland *Milton Mimico Mississauga Nepean Newmarket *New Tecumseth *N.O.T.L. *North Bay *North Perth Northumberland Oakville Orangeville *Orillia *Oshawa Owen Sound Peterborough St. Catharines Sarnia *Sault Ste. Marie Shelburne *Simcoe Six Nations Stayner *Sudbury *Sun County *Thunder Bay *Tri-Towns Toronto Beaches *Toronto Stars Uxbridge Wallaceburg Welland West Durham Whitby Windsor O.L.A. MINOR FIELD Barrie Brampton Burlington Caledon Ctr. Wellington Clarington Guelph Halton Hills Hamilton Huntsville *Innisfil *Kawartha Lakes Kitchener London *Milton Mississauga. *Nepean Newmarket *N.O.T.L. Northumberland Oakville Orangeville *Oshawa Peterborough St. Catharines Toronto Beaches Toronto Stars West Durham Whitby Orillia Uxbridge Brantford Mimico Stayner O.L.A. JUNIOR FIELD Barrie Ctr. Wellington Brampton Halton Hills Hamilton Kitchener London Mississauga Niagara Newmarket Oakville Orangeville Oshawa Ottawa Peterborough Toronto Beaches Mimico Owen Sound O.L.A. SENIOR FIELD Burlington C/Wellington Hamilton Kitchener London Orangeville Toronto O.L.A. WOMEN S FIELD
Brampton Halton Hills Hamilton Kitchener Mimico Oakville Orangeville Oshawa St. Catharines Six Nations Toronto Beaches Owen Sound Orillia Kawartha Lakes Newmarket O.L.A WOMEN S BOX TEAMS Arthur *Hamilton *Akwesasne *Durham *Grand River *Kahnawake *Niagara *Toronto Stars * Denotes ineligible to vote * CALL TO ORDER: OLA Executive Director, Mr. Stan Cockerton called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Mr. Cockerton began by thanking the 2016 OLA Board of Directors, Board of Governors and the OLA Staff for their hard work and dedication. Included in his commendation of the OLA Staff was the official introduction of the OLA s Technical Director, Mr. Bruce Codd, who was seated in attendance. Mr. Cockerton stated that the strength of lacrosse was in our volunteers and thanked all of those who contribute annually to the growth of the sport. He wished to congratulate all of the provincial and national champions on their successes. Mr. Cockerton then thanked the OLA s corporate sponsors who continue to invest in the sport of lacrosse. Finally, Mr. Cockerton addressed OLA President John Doherty directly. Mr. Doherty elected to stand down after 11 years of service to the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Mr. Cockerton praised Mr. Doherty as a great leader and ambassador for the game, and thanked him for keeping the OLA on the right track during his tenure. Mr. Cockerton invited Mr. Doherty to give his farewell speech as President, which included formal recognition of CLA and OLA Hall of Fame members in attendance, as well as OLA Life Members, the OLA Board of Governors and the OLA Board of Directors, all of whom were invited to stand for applause. VOTING PROCEDURES: Mr. Stan Cockerton, Executive Director gave an overview of the voting procedures and amendment protocol when going to the microphone on your Amendment please state your name and the association you are from and please show your voting card. Also that you require 2/3 majority to have the amendment pass. Scrutineers were named as Chuck Miller and Sharon Hrinco; if required, these individuals would be responsible for counting the votes on close voting issues. Mr. Cockerton introduced Mr. Drew Girard who would make sure that the Roberts Rules of Order were followed correctly for the meeting. VOTING DELEGATES: Mr. Chuck Miller announced that this year s voting delegates numbered 157 and the 2/3 majority vote number would be 105.
PREVIOUS MINUTES: MOTION: It was regularly moved and seconded the Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting be approved. (Glen Flippance/Mary Sticca) PRESIDENT S REPORT: Stan Cockerton introduced OLA President, Mr. John Doherty. Welcome to the Ontario Lacrosse Association s 2016 AGM. This year was very busy and extremely successful for Ontario Lacrosse with many fantastic accomplishments coming out of our membership. I want to thank everyone who has given me their assistance and with the great group of people I had the privilege to work with, there was no doubt that we would have another banner year for Lacrosse in Ontario. I want to thank the OLA Board of Directors, Board of Governors, Stan and the Office Staff for their assistance over the last 11 years. Everyone worked well together and when there was a job to do there were many hands to help with the task at hand. Most importantly everyone had fun, making sure that the quality of Lacrosse that we play in Ontario was second to none, anywhere in Canada or the World. Internationally, Team Canada s 2016 U19 Men s Field Lacrosse team had an exceptional performance at the 2016 U19 Men s Field Lacrosse Championship bringing home the silver medal losing to the US by 1 goal. There were 21 players from Ontario out of a total of 26 on the Team Canada roster. 2016 was another outstanding year for Ontario Lacrosse at the National Championships. Team Ontario Bantam and Midget Girls won their respective Gold National Girls Championship in Calgary, Alberta. Team Ontario Peewees and Midgets won their respective National Championships in Whitby, Ontario and Team Ontario Bantams captured the Bantam National Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. From the National Junior to Major box lacrosse viewpoint, Ontario Teams performed very well. The Orangeville Jr. B Northmen won the 2016 Founders Cup Jr. B National Championship that was played at home in Orangeville. At the 2016 Minto Cup Jr. A National Championship that was held in Langley, BC, the Orangeville Jr. A Northmen brought home the silver medal. At the 2016 Presidents Cup Sr. B National Championship hosted in Leduc, Alberta, the Brooklin Merchants returned to Ontario with the Bronze medal. The 2016 Mann Cup, Sr. A National Championship was won by the Six Nations Chiefs which was held in Six Nations. The U15 Alumni Cup National Championship was won by the U15 Team Ontario and the U18 First Nations Trophy Field Lacrosse Championship was captured by the U18 Team Ontario. The Tournament was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba in September. Congratulations to both teams. Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the OLA Provincials held during the 2016 Ontario Lacrosse Festival. This year was the 13 th anniversary for the Ontario Lacrosse Festival and over the 10 days of the Festival we saw over 470 teams with more than 10,600
participants competing for 36 Provincial and National Championships. The successful planning and management by Ron MacSpadyen along with his dedicated group of volunteers made the 2016 Festival outstanding and enjoyed by all participants and spectators. Thanks to everyone who volunteered this year at the festival. This event was tremendously successful due to your help. Overall, lacrosse in Ontario had an outstanding year and as it comes to an end I feel somewhat torn as after 11 years of being your President, I have chosen not to stand again for this position and I will move on to the role of Past President. Thank you to all of my Lacrosse friends who have provided me their assistance and cooperation over the years to work to grow our great game of Lacrosse. Thank You TREASURER S REPORT: Financial Statement copies were circulated by V.P. Finance George MacDonald. It was regularly moved and seconded that the 2016 OLA Audited Financial Statement be accepted as presented. (Marg Boldt/Laurie Hansen) It was regularly moved and seconded by that Beckett, Lowden & Read be accepted as OLA 2017 Auditors. (Jim Bomhof/Kent Davis) It was regularly moved and seconded that the 2017 Audit Committee be accepted consisting of Dean McLeod, Ruby Lang, Mary Sticca. (Jenn Matheson/Cheryl Laplante) A moment of silence was observed for our Canadian Veterans as well as Lacrosse volunteers who had passed away during the 2016 season. AMENDMENTS: B3.08 OR4.01(g) ORII R6.36(a) R6.38(a) R17.04 Defeated R18.07 R19.01 Defeated MR1.01 MR1.06 MR1.07 MR2.01
MR2.02 MR2.03 MR2.04 MR2.06 MR2.12 MR3.11 MR3.13 MR3.14 MR4.01 MR4.02 MR6.02 MR7.01 MR7.07 MR8.04 MR8.06 MR8.07 MR8.10 MR8.11 MRI-MRXII MRV MR1.05 MR1.09 MR1.09 MR1.09 MR1.11(a) MR1.11(b) MR2.08(a) MR2.08(a) MR2.09(a) MR2.10 MR2.10 NOTE MR2.11 MR3.05-MR3.14 MR3.01 MR3.01 MR3.01 MR3.01 MR3.02 MR3.02 MR3.02-MR3.04 MR3.03 MR3.03 MR3.05 MR4.11(a) MR4.11(b) Amended/ Defeated Amended/ Amended/ Defeated Defeated
MR7.02 MR7.02(a) MR7.03 MR7.03(c) MR7.03(c) MR7.03(c) MR7.13 MR8.12 MR17.01 MR11.07(g)(h)(i) Amended/ Defeated Amended/ MARKETING DIRECTOR S REPORT: Ron MacSpadyen presented a package which included a proposal to adjust the fees collected for the Ontario Lacrosse Magazine. The proposal requested for the current $1.50/player to be increased to $3.50/player in order to offset the rising costs associated with publishing the Ontario Lacrosse Magazine. It was moved and seconded that the per-registrant fee for the magazine be increased to $3.50/player for the 2017 season. (Chuck Miller/Shelly Nobile) O.L.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS: President V.P. Field V.P. Technical-Officiating V.P. Minor V.P. Promotion Marion Ladouceur-Acclamation 2 yr. term Joe Hiltz-Acclamation- 2 yr. term Frank Lawrence-Acclamation 2 yr. term Lynn Brandwood, Laurie Hansen and Shelly Nobile to stand for election Laurie Hansen elected by popular vote Tina Manning and Lynn Orth to stand for election Lynn Orth elected by popular vote Motion to destroy ballots (Dave Wilson/Nicole Roe) NEW BUSINESS - Barb Cormier asked how the Ontario Lacrosse Association intends to address the situation involving Kevin Johnston. Stan responded that the situation is currently under review by the Board of Directors. Motion to adjourn (Marg Boldt/Lynn Swindells)