Northwest Chargers Hockey Association
Board of Directors’ Meeting
February 11, 2008

Regular Meeting Minutes

 The regular meeting of the Northwest Chargers Hockey Association was called to order at 6:40pm.  Present at the meeting where Linda Becker, Fuss Fitton, Doug Grupe, Melba Hartman, Scott Larsen, David Miller, Gene Raffone, Lori Sall, Chris Sciortino and Jim Zeman. Not in attendance was Mike Silenzi.  Also in attendance was Ken Smith.

 Old Business: The minutes of the regular meeting held on January 14^th, 2008 and minutes of the executive board meeting on January 28, 2008 and February 5, 2008 where unanimously approved.

 Hockey Director: Pat was not in attendance at the meeting.

 Communications:  Mike was not in attendance at the meeting.

 Equipment: Dave gave a written proposal to purchase additional socks from Jerry’s for the upcoming spring and Fall Season.  The sock purchase was approved by the board.

 Fund Raising: Chris reminded the board that the Annual Player Banquet is on Thursday,

March 6, 2008 at the Avalon Banquets.  Board members should arrive around 5:30pm to assist with final preparations.  We will be holding a 50/50 Raffle during the award presentation.

 League: Scott reported that at the last NIHL meeting there was discussion on forming a B-Tournament.  The Southwest Spring league approved the addition of the St. Jude Knights and Admirals into the league.  The SWSL voted to reduce the season to 10 games to alleviate scheduling difficulties with such a short season. The SWSL is also reviewing their current by-laws.

Linda mentioned that the Chargers will need to reapply with the Central States league for Midget Minor as well as apply for a probationary Midget Major Team.  All requests must be submitted to the Central States League no later than April 15, 2008.

 Registrar:  Lori had no additional information to report.

 Rules & Ethics: Jim had no additional information to report. 

 Scheduler: Ken reported that he will working on the Spring League ice schedule as well as ice for the next two weeks for teams that have made the State Round Robin. Ken also noted that due to Hoffman closing down one of their rinks for renovation the Chargers will loss 4-ice slots per week during the spring at Hoffman.  Both West Meadows and the Sports Complex should be able to help accommodate these slots. 

Tournament: Doug noted that he will be putting together a spreadsheet of all of the team’s upcoming State Tournament games.  This will be sent out in an e-mail formatted and posted on the web-site.

 Treasurer: Russ gave the treasurer’s report.

 New Business:

Brent Dolan was introduced to the board as the new Hockey Director.  Brent’s first assignment as the new Hockey Director will be to begin putting coaches in place for the upcoming spring and fall season.  Brent is hoping to have a coaching slate in place to present to the board by the end of the month.  At that time, the board will schedule a special meeting to review and discuss Brent’s recommendation for the coaching staff.

 The members of the hockey director committee will be having a follow up meeting to discuss the final structure for the hockey director position.

 Melba Hartman will be heading up the Hockey Weekend Across America the weekend of February 15^th.  The Chargers and the Renegades will be hosting a Give Hockey a Try on Sunday, February 17^th from 10:30am-11:45am at West Meadows.

 The board will recognize Pat Smith for his dedication to Chargers Hockey at the Annual Players Banquet on March 6, 2008.

 Our next board meeting will be help on March 10, 2008 at the West Meadows Ice Arena. The meeting adjourned at 9:25pm.

 Respectfully submitted, 

Chris Sciortino, Secretary