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Northwest Chargers Hockey Association
Board of Directors’ Meeting
January 14, 2008
Regular Meeting Minutes
The regular meeting of the
Northwest Chargers Hockey Association was called to
order at 6:40pm. Present at the meeting were Linda
Becker, Russ Fitton, Doug Grupe,
Melba Hartman, Scott Larsen, David
Miller, Lori Sall, Chris Sciortino, Mike Silenzi and Jim
Zeman. Also in attendance were Pat Smith and Ken Smith.
Old Business: The minutes of the
regular meeting held on December 10, 2007 where
unanimously approved.
Hockey Director: Pat
discussed plans relative to helping transition once new
hockey director is in place.
Communications: Mike had no
additional information to report.
Equipment: Dave Miller
requested to purchase additional pucks. The board made
a decision that if the coaches needed additional pucks
for the remainder of the season, there would be a
deduction for the expense on the coach’s final check.
This is due to the fact that the lock boxes at the rinks
have been left open several times, causing the pucks to
be taken or misplaced.
Fund Raising: Chris
reported the Annual Player Banquet and Award Ceremony
will take be held on March 6, 2008 at the Avalon
Banquets.
League: Scot had no
additional information to report. Scott did volunteer to
become the Chargers Club liaison with the Southwest
Spring League.
Registrar: Lori had no
additional information to report.
Rules & Ethics: Jim
requested that all Rules & Ethics issues be directed to
his attention as soon as incident occurs.
Scheduler: Ken went over
the ice slots available for Meet the Coach and Spring
League tryouts. Meet the Coach will be help on March 3rd
and 4th. Spring League tryouts will be held
March 9th-March 13th.
Tournament: Doug reported
that he attended the State Tournament meeting and that
teams should be receiving information in the next couple
of weeks on tournament positions.
Treasurer: Russ had no
additional information to report.
New Business:
Board Position:
The Board interviewed Gene Raffone
to fill vacant positions. The Board agreed without
objection to appoint Gene to the Board to fill vacancies
left by resigning members.
Coaching and Team Concerns:
Barb Carbone a parent on the Bantam
Gold team attended the meeting to voice concerns
regarding the behavior of the team coaches along with
other team issues. The Board and Pat Smith decided to
hold a parents meeting with the team to discuss these
matters further with the parents of the Bantam Gold
Team. These issues had already been addressed in length
with the coaches of the team back in late December. Mrs.
Carbone also made a suggestion that we add verbiage to
our registration forms regarding team slush funds. The
Board agreed to look into having this information added
to our fall registration form.
Spring League:
The board discussed and agreed on
the fees for 2008 Spring League season. The Northwest
Chargers will play in the Southwest Spring League. In
addition, the Midget Teams will also be participating in
the Southwest Spring this season. Meet the Coach will be
held on March 3rd and March 4th.
Spring tryouts will be held March 9th through
March 13th. We will be posting an ad for
coaches in Hockey Stop.
Hockey Director Position:
It was agreed that the Board would
set up a separate Committee in assisting with looking
for a new Hockey Director, to replace Pat Smith, who
will be resigning from the position at the end of
February. Our next meeting regarding filling the open
Hockey Director position is scheduled for January 28th
at 7:30pm.
Socks:
Linda mentioned that Jerry’s has a
very low supply of hockey socks. The Board agreed to
move forward with having Jerry’s order additional pairs
of socks.
Our next regular scheduled board
meeting will be held on February 11th at
6:30pm. The meeting adjourned at 10:10pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Sciortino, Secretary |
