Type of meeting: Meeting minutes recorded by: Attendees: Meeting called to order by: Additions: Approval of Agenda: Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes as reviewed: Old Business Arising out of previous minutes: *all e-mail correspondence have been printed off and attached with the original meeting minutes Bashaw Minor Hockey Association October 3, 2017 7:00pm Bashaw Arena: Centennial Room Bashaw, Alberta Monthly Board Meeting Joni Bjorge Kristy Lourance,, Travis Lourance, Cristy Lidberg, Sarah Congdon, Dion Peoples, Susanne Gulliford, Stephen Holt, Doug Ahenakew,, Stacey Pierson, Melissa Peters, Joni Bjorge @ 7:21pm Bantam Ice Times, Initiation Team, Goossen Letter Approved by: Joni Bjorge Seconded by: Kristy Lourance Approved by: Travis Lourance Seconded by: Kristy Lourance none Standing Reports President Report Doug Ahenakew Discussion: has spoken with Doug Ahenakew regarding the benefit of the President being around full time. Doug Ahenakew will submit in writing to Joni Bjorge his resignation from the President position and his request to remain on the board as a director, fulfilling Craig Dimond s position. Motion made by Stephen Holt to: 1. Appoint as President for remainder of the 2017/2018 season until the AGM in April 2017. 2. Appoint Travis Lourance as Vice President for remainder of the 2017/2018 season until the AGM in April 2017. 3. Appoint Kyle Dyberg as director. 4. Approve Doug Ahenakew s request to remain on the board as director. accepts. Travis Lourance accepts. Kyle Dyberg agreeable prior to meeting. to follow up with Kyle Dyberg to notify him of his appointment. Doug Ahenakew accepts. Seconded by Kristy Lourance. Hockey Alberta AGM September 30 th, 2017 In attendance Susanne Gulliford,, Highlights: When a player is overaged, they can return to their age level for 5 games For the 2018/19 season, expect to see Novice playing on reduced ice surface anticipating that Bashaw arena ice surface will be considered reduced already Smaller associations need to consider combining with other smaller associations to sustain From the 16&60 Meeting attended by Dion Peoples Avoid cancellations and rescheduling (exception: road conditions) Nothing Discipline Director Report Stephen Holt
Player Movement Director Report Stephen Holt 1. Dylan Hillburn won appeal and granted release from Hockey Alberta to play in Stettler for 2017/2018 Bantam 2. Jackson Goossen denied appeal. Did not make AA Camrose, is to return to Bashaw to play. In regards to Jackson, an e-mail was sent from the Wetaskiwin President to. However unable to find the email during the meeting. If retrieved, will be attached to minutes. Stephen Holt to follow up on the phone with Craig Podritske 3. Jack Stoutenberg, an initiation player was released to Stettler for 2017/2018 4. Rachel Nelson. Will need to be transferred back from Camrose girls hockey As of September 30 th, 2017 Treasurer Report General Account $94,368.70 Casino Account $23,871.64 Cash Float $200.00 Total Assets $118,440.34 Melissa Peters Motion made by Kristy Lourance to accept the treasurer s report as presented. Seconded by Stephen Holt. All in favor. Melissa regrettably left after report provided. Bashaw Area Recreation Board (BARB) Report BARB to have a meeting tonight but cancelled. Nothing to report Funding was provided by BARB for 2 kids Registrar Report Susanne Gulliford As of today, October 3 rd, 2017 2017/2018 Season Initiation (7 four year olds) 22 open to Players born in 2011 and subsequent years Novice 14 open to Players born in 2009 and subsequent years Atom 18 open to Players born in 2007 and subsequent years Pee wee 9 open to Players born in 2005 and subsequent years Bantam 12 open to Players born in 2003 and subsequent years Midget 1 open to Players born in 2000 and subsequent years Initiation: received 2 more from Alix Novice: 14 including 2 underage 1. Luke Pierson 2. Danica Bjorge motions that both above stated players be under-aged into Novice for the 2017/2018 season.. Seconded by Stephen Holt Lori Pearson has volunteered to coordinate raffle licensing again this year Communications Directors Report Kristy Lourance Managers need to be determined by mid-september as they are league meetings they should be involved with and deadlines that need to be met prior to.
Coaching Director Report Travis Lourance Initiation Derek Schneider - HC Josh Towpich Devin Peters Jeff Enarson Steve Pierson - HC Tarell Sterner Travis Lourance Cole Fankhannel Dion Peoples Steve Cowan - HC Roy Carlson Nolan Nelson Atom Bantam Novice Trevor Schoff - HC Josh Towpich Jeff Enarson Tarell Sterner Steve Pierson PeeWee??? - HC Carmam Meager - Listed as head coach as he has the qualifications but not the time Nick Holt Chance Szott PeeWee team is in need of a manager and head coach to follow up with Vince Snider *Dallas Bergstrom is willing to fill in wherever he is needed and help all teams. He is a previous Bashaw Star who played for the Camrose Kodiaks (2011-2015) Referee Directors Report Referee Clinic this Saturday, October 7 th. Registration at 8:30am. Melissa Peters will be present to accept fees. Expecting 14-15 to attend Fees: $35 for referees out of association. Free for local refs Stephen Holt will not be present on Saturday. Already completed referee training. Recommend allowing Dylan Hillburn to continue reffing for BMHA if he is willing to do so Stephen Holt Not present. Concession Managers Report Pam Fankhanel Nothing to report. Fundraising Director Report Accepted by: Joni Bjorge Seconded by: Kristy Lourance Standing Reports Acceptance
Old Business Atom team Atom parents met at 6:00pm tonight to discuss options for the team. 27 parents plus 2 board members 18 Registered players (17 + 1 goalie) 1. Play as a whole team 2. Play as 3 pods of 6 3. Affiliate two to three 2 nd year Atoms to Peewee All second year players and parents to discuss the option of under-aging them into PeeWee for the 2017/2018 season No? Yes? Permanently or affiliated only? To reply to Kristy Lourance by Thursday October 5 th by noon. Seat cushions Sample pictures shown. Minimum order is 100qty. cost = $7.86 per cushion Discussion of pricing: sell $8 to parents Afterwards in concession $10 Kristy Lourance Motion made by Stephen Holt to sell all cushions for $10 Seconded by Doug Ahenakew. Will be available for purchase October 17 th Apparel/Picture Night New Policy Amendment: Bashaw Minor Hockey Association Policies 3. Registration f. In the event there is insufficient players to form a team, as determined by the board, players will be released from BMHA for the current season. Releases will be issued to those players who have registered and paid in full by June 30 th. Those players who request releases without registering and paying their registration fees by June 30th, will incur a $200 penalty fee. ** Wording of policy discussed via email, questions of using the word penalty fee vs. administrative fee Also should there be something said about having to register with BMHA before any tryouts or releases Will address this at the next meeting Discussion. Tabled until next meeting New Business RAMP: Team Snap Option There is an option to use RAMP instead of TeamSnap: there is a 50% discount this year = $25/year Team snap is free. Mostly positive feedback about TeamSnap and most know how to use the app. All in agreement to continue using TeamSnap RAMP: Volunteer sign up option Volunteer sign up option on the RAMP BMHA website: concession calendar go online and sign up. No cost Discussed with Pam Fankhanel she will follow up if this option will be used Also could be used with fundraiser and tournaments volunteer sign ups. Will leave this to the discretion of fundraising director and tournament coordinators.
Atom Governor BMHA was still seeking a volunteer to act as the Atom Tier 1 Governor for the NAI. As per e-mail thread beginning on September 23 rd motion made by Kristy Lourance to offer discount or refund registration fees for this position, or dismiss volunteer hour requirements but the person would still be required to sell 4 comedian tickets. Seconded by. E-mail responses show: 1 vote: refund registration fee 10 votes: take the 15 concession hours and registration for 1 kid in the family (most expensive registration) Or dismiss volunteer hours and refund registration fees 2 votes: against reduced concession hours and refund registration fees 2 no votes received Majority votes for removal of concession hours and refund of 1 registration fee. Deanna Bloomquist has volunteered for this position. Thank you Deanna! Bid for Provincials Information for Provincial applications not available yet Discussion Bantam vs Atom Ice surface is 72x172 therefore large enough for Bantam Taryn will continue to follow up Manager Meeting Kristy Lourance Has a manager meeting been set up? Have we had one in the past? Discussion that a meeting should be planned for the beginning of each season amongst all the managers. Able to provide them with passwords for accessing the website. Kristy Lourance will organize and plan for a meeting, Thursday, October 5 th @ 6pm Emergency Appeal Process Discussion regarding the Hillburn appeal as deadline to submit the appeal was in 3 days. No BMHA board discussion/vote was held to file the appeal for $300 Suggest having a policy in place that the Player Movement director, the president and the vice-president can file a first appeal by unanimous decision. 2 nd or 3 rd appeals to be voted upon by the board. Collaboration with Ponoka As Hockey Alberta is suggesting, we need to consider combining with other associations. Via Stephen Holt, Ponoka has expressed interest in combining with BMHA as we are both in the 16&60 League Likely will need to combine next year to have a Bantam team to follow up. Joni Bjorge suggests that during talks with Ponoka, to consider what to do with outlying border members as they will not want to commute to a further town for hockey i.e. those close to Rimbey driving to Bashaw and those close to Donalda driving to Ponoka. Bantam Ice Original ice times for Bantam requested as Monday and Wednesday 7:15-8:30pm However conflicts with figure skating so town suggests no flood between the two groups. Discussion held that a flood is necessary following figure skating. Taryn to follow up with Town of Bashaw
Picture Night Ice Times Kristy Lourance Initiation: 4:30pm 5:00pm Apparel available to order 4:00pm 7:00pm Novice: 5:00pm - 5:30pm Atom: 5:30pm 6:00pm PeeWee: 6:00pm - 6:30pm PeeWee practice: 7:45pm 9:00pm Bantam: 6:30pm 7:00pm Initiation Continued concerns from 4 year old parents regarding ice times and price will address on Saturday morning when he meets with the Initiation Parents at the parent meeting. Joni Bjorge unable to attend but will follow-up with Josh Towpich to see if he can be present as he was on the Initiation Program committee to answer any questions the parents may have. will plan to meet with all 5 teams parents over the first week to discuss parent conduct and general expectations of BMH Goalie equipment Bought new novice goalie equipment approximate total: $524 Also purchased 25 blue pucks for Initiation Travis Lourance Old goalie equipment was denied trade in stores didn t feel like they would be able to sell it. Will display on apparel night. If no one wants the equipment it will be disposed of. Also extra old jerseys to be sold on apparel night to be used as warm-up jerseys, etc. BMHA Locker The state of the board locker is quite disorganized. Boxes state minutes/registration from 1991, provincial documents from the 1980 s Discussion that the board can decide how long to retain documents. New filing cabinet would be ideal. Motion made by Stephen Holt to discard all documents older than 7 years (2010) and to purchase a new filing cabinet. Seconded by. Joni Bjorge, Taryn Sincalir and Kristy Lourance willing to clean up the locker and source a new cabinet. Initiation Hockey Nets / Hockey Alberta Grant Joni Bjorge We received a $2500 grant from Hockey Alberta to set up our initiation program. Plan to move forward with the purchase of intermediate sized nets from Camrose Battle River Sports despite the 11 week wait. Unable to source any other nets for similar price or quality. Joni Bjorge to place the order. Next Meeting Nov 16 th, 2017 @ 7:00pm Meeting Adjourned @ 9:32 by: President Signature Date Secretary Signature Date