Time/Place: 12/3/01,
7:00 P.M., Jett Hall Rm. 283, NMSSU
Present: Eli Best, Peter Kane, Tom King, Danny Miranda, Gabriel Sanchez Joe
Short, Dario Silva, Patty Walters, Derrik Wootton
Minutes:
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Referees: Discussed paying referees during the spring playing season to get
better cooperation and accountability. Refs will be paid out of league funds as
follows: $5.00 per ref per game for youth leagues. 10-13 league would need 1
ref per game; 14-16 would need 2 refs per game. Adults to ref their own games.
Total approximate cost for refs based on the number of teams we had in the fall
would be about $45.00 per Saturday, added to the $20.00 per Saturday for set-up
and teardown. Will set up a donation jar at every game for the refs – this
money will be redeposited in the account and will hopefully cover most if not
all of the added expense. Derrik moved to implement the new ref procedures in
the spring as outlined above. Joe Short seconded, and the motion was passed
unanimously.
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Resignations: David
Rockstraw has resigned as Treasurer effective January 1, 2002. Possibilities
for his replacement include Margie Narramore, who Joe Short will sound out
before volunteering her. Dario Silva said he might be willing to do it if
Margie can’t since he is already handling the Registrar duties and will be
receiving most of the registration monies. Derrik & Chris are also
authorized to sign on the account. Checks need two signatures, and these two
can handle disbursements until a new Treasurer is named. At that time Dave’s
name will be deleted and the new person will be added to the signature card.
Danny Miranda also resigned as Equipment Manager. Board discussed not replacing
him at this time. Joe will do the scheduling, and the set-up and teardown crews
will take equipment out and put it away, monitored by the adults on site. Eli
Best made a formal motion not to fill the Equipment Manager position at this
time and to reassign his duties as outlined above. Derrik seconded and the
motion was passed unanimously.
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Age Brackets: Dennis Downey reportedly had shown some interest in changing the age
brackets in our league to comply with those of USA Inline. Most Board &
Association members present felt that this would not be feasible at this time
because we don’t yet have enough players to fill the different age groups that
USA Inline has. Moreover, wherever you move the brackets, there are always
going to be kids moving up. We will continue to follow the USA Inline guideline
that a player’s age on January 1st of each year will be their
playing age for the year. Players will still have to play in either the 14-16
bracket or the O16 bracket (if approved to play up), they can’t play in both.
Motion was made and passed unanimously to keep brackets the same for the time
being.
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Borders: There are ten in bad shape. Derrik will take care of getting them
repaired during the break between seasons. Chris has researched their cost new
and found them to be $120.00 per section; this will give Derrik a frame of
reference for a reasonable repair cost.
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Additional Insurance: Has never been obtained as
discussed and passed in the September 20th Board meeting. Peter Kane
volunteered to follow up on and take care of this chore.
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Scheduling Matters: Rain out policy for the spring season was discussed. Three weekends
will be kept free at the end of the season for make-up games. If none of these
are needed for make-up games, we will proceed directly to the end of the season
tournament. Joe will schedule around
conflicts to the best of his ability when rescheduling games. If adult games
are rained out, it won’t necessarily mean youth games will be (rink may be
playable later in the day). A Board Member and an Officer will make the call
jointly on canceling youth games. Once a youth game is cancelled, games will be
called for the rest of the day. Extra effort will need to be made to advise
players & coaches of cancelled games using this system, but it will
hopefully result in less cancelled games. If there is a forfeiture due to confusion
over playing status using this system the Board can use its discretion to
reschedule the game. On other scheduling matters, Derrik suggested putting a
half hour buffer between games to help prevent running behind all day when one
game is delayed. Also discussed was the possibility of looking into a software
package to do the scheduling when the number of players in the league grows to
the 200+ mark.
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Special Effort Awards: Recipients of special awards were discussed and agreed upon as
follows:
ü Richard Best to get a $100.00 gift certificate from Sports Authority.
Derrik to handle purchase.
ü The following individuals will get medals: Diego Acosta,
ü David Rockstraw will get a Team USA jersey in special recognition for
his efforts in getting the league up and running. Danny Miranda will handle the
purchase.
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Awards Ceremony: Due to a lack of time for planning anything more formal, awards will
be given out on Saturday 12/8/01 at the end of the tournament at approximately
3:30 p.m. on the rink behind Meerscheidt.
Derrik will give out the awards and also notify Dave so the date and
time can be posted on the website.
Respectfully submitted by Patty
Walters, Secretary, LCIHA