Las Cruces Inline Hockey Association

Board Meeting

January 9th 2007

 

Members present:

 

Pat Coughlin

Nancy Clein

Chris Christeson

Tom King

Kelly King

Ray Mayer

Jeff Rabe

Cynthia Clark

Dave Rockstraw

Maj-Liz Downey

Cindy Armijo

 

Members absent:

 

Dan Sarkozy

Heather Mercer

Derrik Wootton

 

Agenda:

 

  1. Spring season

·        Registration will be open on-line this week, walk-in registration will Saturday Jan 27th, 9-4 pm, at Meerscheidt.

·        All forms and monies due will need to be completed before participating in games. A coaches list will be kept at the score table to assist in determination of eligible players.

·        A full draft was implemented last season and continues with this season

·        Team formation and coaches meeting will be held January 30th, 2007 6:30 pm in Jett Hall on NMSU campus room 283.

·        The season starts on February 17th 2007. The regular season will consist of 9 games.

·        Weekends scheduled off, no games, are March 17th and April 7th

·        Tournament dates are May 5th and May 12th

·        A marketing plan was discussed and a motion made by Tom King to budget up to $ 500.00 for cost of advertisement for the Spring Season 2007, motion was seconded by David Rockstraw and then passed by all. Cynthia Clark will contact The Bulletin for ads; Pat Coughlin is working with Meerscheidt regarding a trophy case.  PSA’s and ads in the Sun News were also considered and will be researched.

·        Player recruitment; a motion was made by Cindy to offer $ 20.00 gift cards, for a local vendor yet to be determined, to existing players who recruit a new player to the league. A new player is someone who has not played with LCIHA for > 1 year. Motion was seconded by Dave Rockstraw and passed by all.

·        A skills camp will be held January 27th during registration at Meerscheidt, from 10 – 2 pm.

·        Referee issues; on February 3rd 10-12 am at Meerscheidt youth referee training will be offered by Chris Christeson.

·        All players 17 and under will receive a new jersey this season with logo designed by Cynthia Clark on the front and a number on the back. A

$ 5.00 fee has been added to registration which will be matched with                                   another $ 5.00 by LCIHA.

·        Season awards were discussed and the league will continue with T-shirts, certificates and special awards as implemented last season.

 

  1. High School Season

 

    • Extensive discussion was held on the administrative aspects of the High School league, at this time the Board will continue the current format and be responsible for this league.
    • Applications can be picked up from coaches, registration is $ 30.00
    • A player does NOT need to register for both the city league and the High School league to play in the High School league.
    • Try out’s and roosters will be completed by coaches on February 3rd.
    • High school games start on February 23 with regular season end on April 27th.
    • There will be no game on March 23rd during Spring Break, and no game on April 6th due to Easter Holiday, that game will be played on Thursday April 5th instead.
    • High school finals will be held May 4th, 10th and 11th.
    • A trophy will be presented to the winning team.