LCIHA Board and General Membership Meeting
05-16-2006, Meerscheidt

Members in Attendance (* indicates current Board member):

• Tom King
• Nancy Peckham
• *Pat Coughlin
• *Dennis Downey
• Kelly King
• Matt Mossburg
• Mark Dubbin
• Collin King
• Dan Sarkozy
• *Emma Norris
• Tammy Lample
• Dan Lample
• Mary Dudley
• Tony Norris
• Joyce Martin
• Owen Boberg
• Bobbi Quirico
• *Ray Meyer
• Jeff Rabe
• Maj-Liz Downey
• *Heather Mercer
• Cindy Armijo
• *Cyndy Clark

Agenda

• Election of New Officers
• Election of New Board Members
• Appoint committee members
• Fall 2006 season
• Open Forum
• Documentation of BOD email votes

Meeting started at 6:45 pm in the Multi-purpose room

New LCIHA Officer Elections

• The following individuals were nominated by the general membership or volunteered :
  
  President – Pat Coughlin
  Vice President – Chris Christesen
  Secretary – Maj-Liz Downey
  Treasurer – no nominations
  
  
• Cyndi Clark motioned to accept the nominees en-total. Dennis Downey 2^nd the motion. All board members present unanimously voted for the nominees via a count of hands

New BOD members election

• 6 current members of the BOD are stepping down:
  John Jacobs, Pat Coughlin, Chris Christeson, Dennis Downey, Cyndi Clark (as of 5/17/06), and Phillip Zakahi
  
  
• After much discussion about increasing the maximum number of BOD members, it was determined that the by-laws already state the BOD must consist of 5-12 members. The following nominees for BOD membership were put forward either by volunteering or nominated by a member of the general membership present:
  
  Bill Ash Dan Quirico
  Jeff Rabe Owen Boberg
  Shirley Flores Dan Sarkozy
  Cindy Armijo Kelly King
  Tony Castelo Tammy Lample
  Joyce Martin
  
  
• Each nominee present introduced themselves and explained their reasoning for wanting to be on the LCIHA board. Tom King spoke for Shirley Flores and Bill Ash.
  
  
• Each nominee was assigned a number 1-11. All 23 members of the LCIHA membership present voted via secret ballot for no more than 7 of the nominees. Maj-Liz Downey and Nancy Peckham tallied and verified the secret ballot votes as follows:
  
  Bill Ash-10 Dan Quirico-14
  Jeff Rabe-18 Owen Boberg-15
  Shirley Flores-3 Dan Sarkozy-18
  Cindy Armijo-8 Kelly King-15
  Tony Castelo-8 Tammy Lample-12
  Joyce Martin-15
  
  
• The following are the 7 newly elected Board members, bringing the BOD to 11 members:
  
  Jeff Rabe Kelly King
  Dan Sarkozy Dan Quirico
  Joyce Martin Tammy Lample
  Owen Boberg

Appointed positions and Committees elections

• The following people either volunteered or were nominated by the general membership present for the following appointed positions:
  
  League Manager-Tom King
  League Commissioner-Derrik Wootten
  Statistician-Matt Mossburg
  Equipment Manager-NONE
  Webmaster-David Rockstraw
  Head of Referees-Ray Meyer
  Registrar-Nancy Peckham
  
  
• Cyndi Clark motioned to accept the nominees en-total, Jeff Rabe 2^nd the motion – all BOD present voted unanimously in favor by a voice vote.
  
  
• INFRACTIONS COMMITTEE: A discussion regarding whether Youth can be appointed to the infractions committee was held. By-laws state each division should/will have a representative on the committee, implying that youth can participate. However, there is uncertainty whether youth can vote. The Infractions Committee nominees are as follows:
  
  Wendy Hamilton
  Dolores Howie
  Cindy Armijo
  Yvonne Talamantes
  
  
• Board members present confirmed by majority vote each nominated committee member except for Yvonne Talamantes as she has not formally accepted the nomination
  
  
• SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: Current members are Pat Coughlin, Maxine Turner, Tom Kellner, and John Jacobs. No action was taken regarding this committee
  
  

Fall 2006 Season

• A discussion regarding instituting an ALL YOUTH divisions draft ensued. The LCIHA by-laws would need to be changed to allow this to happen
• All BOD presents unanimously voted in favor of instituting an ALL YOUTH divisions draft in the fall. The BOD will decide during a Fall meeting on the exact procedures to accomplish this

Open Forum

• Kelly King suggested a new appointed position called the High School League Administrator
• Pat Coughlin agreed, but suggested this be best addressed in the Fall – perhaps a HS Czar.
• Tom King gave an historical perspective on how the HS league was formed and the direction it was intended to go. The initial idea was to have the school system incorporate HS hockey as a school sport. That hasn’t happened.
• A discussion ensued regarding HS hockey sportsmanship and referee issues. Cindy Armijo commented that 3 referees work much better than 2.
• Cyndy Clarke suggested we adopt the same rules for participation in sports as the High Schools do – ie, minimum grade point average, class attendance requirements, etc… In this way the High Schools would take our hockey league more seriously.
• Much discussion regarding teaching the H.S. participants responsibility and their role in development of younger players ensued.

Meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm

BOD Email votes

• 03/09/06 – Vote on PA system: 8 yes, 2 not voting. Chris C. to purchase the PA system and score booth
• 01/27/06-Vote on portable scoreboard: 6 yes, 1 no, 3 not voting Chris C. to purchase
• 11/11/05-Playtime advisement letter filed in Secretary notes
• 10/13/05-Scholarship for ?????: 5 yes, ??? scholarshiped for both USAHI and LCIHA fees. ???? will play for the Landsharks.
• 10/05/05-Doug Brown approved for playup: 6 yes votes, 3 not voting
• 08/31/05-Purchase laptop and quickbooks: 5 yes votes. Pat C. will purchase, install, and setup.