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Northwest
Chargers Hockey Association
Board of
Directors’ Meeting
November 12,
2007
Regular
Meeting Minutes
The regular meeting
of the Northwest Chargers Hockey Association was
called to order at 6:35pm. Present at the
meeting where Linda Becker, Fuss Fitton, Doug
Grupe, Melba Hartman, Scott Larsen, David
Miller, Lori Sall, Chris Sciortino, Mike
Silenzi, and Jim Zeman. Not in attendance was
Tom Rittondale. Also in attendance were Pat
Smith and Ken Smith.
Old Business:
The minutes of the regular meeting held on
October 8, 2007 where unanimously approved.
Hockey Director:
Pat reported that the goalie instructors have
been out at least once to every team. A bill
for goalie clinics has not been received by the
board as of current date. Pat is to contact Tom
regarding a detailed current bill indicating the
date of the instruction and for which team.
This will then be brought to date and be sent to
the board on a monthly basis for approval and
payment. Pat also discussed that he has 12
families interested in our A-2 program. The
board approved a motion of charge each A-2
player a total cost of $395.00. This fee will
include 10-games, 10-practices and player
banquet.
Communications:
Mike noted that he is pushing to get the Charger
Chatter together for distribution via our
web-site. The delay Mike has faced is getting
the information for the team. Mike and Mark are
also working on some cosmetic changes to the
web-site.
Equipment:
Dave indicated to the need for the organization
to order additional pucks, we are down to 100
pucks. Additional jersey order placed with
Jerry’s should be in within the next 2-weeks.
The board decided that if we need to use the
older style jerseys for the A2 team, we would
add the 25th anniversary patch to
each jersey.
Fund Raising:
Chris discussed the disappointment with the turn
out as well as the money raised at this year’s
annual dinner dance and silent auction. We will
be looking to come up with alternative fund
raising solutions for next year. This
discussion included the possibility of
eliminating the dinner dance and having
something more casual at the beginning of the
season; more as a meet and greet.
League: Tom
was not present at the meeting to report on any
new league business.
Registrar:
A-2 team tryouts will be help on December1st at
1:10pm at the Hoffman Ice Arena. Final A-2 team
count is due by December 12th.
Scheduling of A-2 games is due to Sue by
December 15th. A-2 season begins on
January 5, 2008. Lori reported that Bob Veller
has requested adding an additional coach to
squirt gold team roster.
Rules & Ethics:
Jim had no additional information to
report. All incidents should be reported to
Jim.
Scheduler:
Ken reported that he will working on having the
Chargers host a NIHL tournament. Currently the
organization has sufficient ice to host one
division of the tournament. The Chargers will
be trying to obtain NIHL approval to host either
the Squirt Bronze or Bantam Silver division.
Tournament:
Doug reported that he did sell some 25th
anniversary pins at the dinner dance. Sales of
the pin have been slower than anticipated.
Treasurer:
Russ gave the treasurer’s report. November 1st
payments are coming in. Credit Card payments
were not posted to some accounts due to the
change in companies. This issue will be
resolved. Coaches’ checks will be going out of
November 15, 2007. Final travel payment is due
December 1.
New Business:
Hoffman Ice: Linda
will be calling the Hoffman Estates rink to
discuss the issues the teams are having with the
ice not being ready at the scheduled time, as
well as the rink not having the proper ice slots
and/or teams posted on the board.
Board meeting
attendance: Per our by-laws, board members who
miss 3 meetings in one year will be put on the
agenda for discussion. Such a situation has
arisen. Linda will have a personal conversation
with the board member to find out what their
intentions are on continuation with their board
position.
Our next board
meeting will be our holiday dinner and will be
held on December 10th at Cafe
Clemenza in Hoffman Estates at 6:30pm. The
meeting adjourned at 8:01pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Chris Sciortino,
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