MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes
MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes Kennebec Ice Arena Called to Order at 6:30 PM ROLL CALL: Present- Auburn, Bangor, Brewer, Casco Bay, CMYH, Gardiner, Huskies, Kennebec, Lewiston, MidCoast, PVHC, Portland Jr Pirates, Renegades, & Western Me Also- Maine Freeze, Hurricanes Not in Attendance- Aroostook, Biddeford, MCSA, Southern Aroostook & Maranacook State Officials not present- Risk Manager Cheri Bonawitz, Referee in Chief Matt Daigle, Disciplinary Chair Andy Guerin, Adult Chair KC Johnson, CEP Chad Foye, Women’s Brigitte Massey Minutes-Emily Babineau- Motion made by PVHC to approve the minutes, Seconded by Auburn; no discussion- Approved no opposition Treasurer’s Report -Michael Johnson- Passed out reports, Festival Ice bill still outstanding but will be paid this month, Brewer motion to accept report as presented; 2nd by Gardiner, no discussion, Approved no opposition Officer’s Reports President -Tim O’Connor- NED Winter Meeting was held. Topic of discussion was Coach Modules. 20112012, modules will be required to take age appropriate module for whichever age group coaching that season. Must take one for each team they coach, (Midgets and mites etc). Level 3 coaches can only recertify twice; meaning there are 40 coaches in the system that will have to get their level 4 in order to continue. Going forward, all certifications will be good for 2 years. 2011-2012 is a Rule Changing year. Hot Topic for Annual Congress is not checking at Peewee level. There are many pros to this move; all information available on MEAHA and USA Hockey sites. Body contact will be taught as part of the peewee progression of skills. Some discussion on interpretation, but there are already tools in place for this…ie.. Girls programs. RBC Hockey- Grants w USA Hockey- Responsible Coaching, $100k a year given out, Degree Jersey program last year gave away 90k free jerseys, Total Hockey has a $2500 grant program, there are many others, check the web for details. Maine total number of skaters grew this year. We had 816 new skaters, and retained 925. We met our 2+2, but were short of our retention goal at only 93.5%. We still had 250 unclaimed skaters, we MUST focus on retention. Vice President -Mike Keaney- State Tourney this weekend. Time slots at Brewer are set, just waiting on teams. An email should go out to all parents reminding them of acceptable behavior. Tier 2 & 3 packets will be reposted with teams info filled in. Vice President -Chris Washburn- Working with CO to set up a survey to all new registrants, all info will be shared with groups. Annual meeting in May Initiative….Think of GTG ideas and bring to Chris for Budget consideration.
Committee’s Report- OPEN League Adult Hockey-KC Johnson- – Not present CEP- Coaching Education Program ADM & Level 1- Kris Wing-Nothing to report on Level 1. There will be trainings forthcoming for the modules, be on the lookout for those. MEAHA has given out $9250 in grant money this year for one goal gear and cross ice boards.
MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes Level 2-5 Chad Foye- Not Present Disciplinary Andy Guerin- Not present Festival Committee 2011 Jeff Thompson- “all good” details being ironed out on pricing and hotel assignment, info will be shared shortly. 16’s this year will experience a camp like setting in order to allow coaches to be with the kids and see how they interact . All teams will be posted by the 11th. Policies and By-Law (open)- we need to e sure to abide by deadlines and protocol for changing or implementing new policies and/bylaws. Registrar Londa Dennett- Winter Conference discussion, managers and team reps will be able to register with USA Hockey free of charge. They will be listed on the roster but have no bench access. New registration season opens April 1. There is a new Special Events form for NE…please see Londa. Canadian teams can now play in US with POI, so you will still be covered if you play them over the season. Be sure to register all tourneys with Londa. Referees Matt Daigle- Not present Risk Manager Cheri Bonawitz- Not Present State Hockey Tier IV Christian HebertClosed League-Squirt-Bantams- Bangor started discussion with Tier IV issue as it pertains to # of games required. They had 2 skaters register late, both by Dec 31, one was a transfer from one team to another within Bangor org. They will not have met the 50% games played rule… recommend at Tier IV we let that rule slide as the number of required games was up for discussion and mass confusion this season. There will be a clearer picture for next year. Open League Midgets- some discussion on Tier IV Midgets. He will facilitate a web page in order to create a central location for contacts. This will make it easier to schedule games. Tier II & III-Jeff ThompsonClosed League-Squirt thru Bantams- Bantam team seeding to be posted this week. Question rose by Bangor, second by Casco, that MEAHA foot the bill for the state tourney trophies in stead of each association. This will cost the state approx $3000. Passed with 2 opposed. Maine will not be represented at Peewee T2 Nationals. Tournament has gone from 48 teams to 20, for travel and cost reasons. Open League Midgets- Open League Midgets polled for the interest in having an A and B tier within Tier II. Some discussion on tournament structure and location being different, in an attempt to increase the number of teams. Women’s Brigitte Massey-Not Present. Tournament Jeff Thompson- Reminder- $5 to get in for Championship day Website Jeff Thompson- currently overloaded with info. Working in a way to streamline, and become less cumbersome for user. Old Business New Business Some discussion on our Affiliation fee. This past season, by not charging for kids under 6, and decreasing the adult fee, we took a $16k hit. Tim Recommends we make no changes this coming year, and if we can hold the balance steady, recommend looking at a decrease for 2012-2013. Motion by Casco to leave the current Fee structure . Passes without opposition. Annual meeting will be held on May 1 at Civic Center.
MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes Cheryl to be the Nomination Committee for this year. Open spot are Treasurer and VP2. Auburn moves to do away with closed league transfer requirement. Two kids who left Lewiston now with Auburn, have played all season and unable to play in State tourney. He proposed that any registered skater with enough qualifying games played, be eligible to compete. 2nd by David.. discussion, this opens up for team harvesting and small associations will suffer from the movement. We voted on this in May, June ,and July voted down every time. Some question the timing of this, as States is this Friday. Policy in place to be sure all associations are treated fairly, and to prevent jumping ship because the families were not happy with tryout results. Waiver explains eligibility and ws signed by parents. Vote results 4 in favor 6 opposed. Motion fails Motion to adjourn by Lewiston at 8:15pm
NEXT MEETING: March 8, 2011 @ KIA
Committee’s Report- OPEN League Adult Hockey-KC Johnson- – Not present CEP- Coaching Education Program ADM & Level 1- Kris Wing-Nothing to report on Level 1. There will be trainings forthcoming for the modules, be on the lookout for those. MEAHA has given out $9250 in grant money this year for one goal gear and cross ice boards.
MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes Level 2-5 Chad Foye- Not Present Disciplinary Andy Guerin- Not present Festival Committee 2011 Jeff Thompson- “all good” details being ironed out on pricing and hotel assignment, info will be shared shortly. 16’s this year will experience a camp like setting in order to allow coaches to be with the kids and see how they interact . All teams will be posted by the 11th. Policies and By-Law (open)- we need to e sure to abide by deadlines and protocol for changing or implementing new policies and/bylaws. Registrar Londa Dennett- Winter Conference discussion, managers and team reps will be able to register with USA Hockey free of charge. They will be listed on the roster but have no bench access. New registration season opens April 1. There is a new Special Events form for NE…please see Londa. Canadian teams can now play in US with POI, so you will still be covered if you play them over the season. Be sure to register all tourneys with Londa. Referees Matt Daigle- Not present Risk Manager Cheri Bonawitz- Not Present State Hockey Tier IV Christian HebertClosed League-Squirt-Bantams- Bangor started discussion with Tier IV issue as it pertains to # of games required. They had 2 skaters register late, both by Dec 31, one was a transfer from one team to another within Bangor org. They will not have met the 50% games played rule… recommend at Tier IV we let that rule slide as the number of required games was up for discussion and mass confusion this season. There will be a clearer picture for next year. Open League Midgets- some discussion on Tier IV Midgets. He will facilitate a web page in order to create a central location for contacts. This will make it easier to schedule games. Tier II & III-Jeff ThompsonClosed League-Squirt thru Bantams- Bantam team seeding to be posted this week. Question rose by Bangor, second by Casco, that MEAHA foot the bill for the state tourney trophies in stead of each association. This will cost the state approx $3000. Passed with 2 opposed. Maine will not be represented at Peewee T2 Nationals. Tournament has gone from 48 teams to 20, for travel and cost reasons. Open League Midgets- Open League Midgets polled for the interest in having an A and B tier within Tier II. Some discussion on tournament structure and location being different, in an attempt to increase the number of teams. Women’s Brigitte Massey-Not Present. Tournament Jeff Thompson- Reminder- $5 to get in for Championship day Website Jeff Thompson- currently overloaded with info. Working in a way to streamline, and become less cumbersome for user. Old Business New Business Some discussion on our Affiliation fee. This past season, by not charging for kids under 6, and decreasing the adult fee, we took a $16k hit. Tim Recommends we make no changes this coming year, and if we can hold the balance steady, recommend looking at a decrease for 2012-2013. Motion by Casco to leave the current Fee structure . Passes without opposition. Annual meeting will be held on May 1 at Civic Center.
MeAHA Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Monthly Minutes Cheryl to be the Nomination Committee for this year. Open spot are Treasurer and VP2. Auburn moves to do away with closed league transfer requirement. Two kids who left Lewiston now with Auburn, have played all season and unable to play in State tourney. He proposed that any registered skater with enough qualifying games played, be eligible to compete. 2nd by David.. discussion, this opens up for team harvesting and small associations will suffer from the movement. We voted on this in May, June ,and July voted down every time. Some question the timing of this, as States is this Friday. Policy in place to be sure all associations are treated fairly, and to prevent jumping ship because the families were not happy with tryout results. Waiver explains eligibility and ws signed by parents. Vote results 4 in favor 6 opposed. Motion fails Motion to adjourn by Lewiston at 8:15pm
NEXT MEETING: March 8, 2011 @ KIA
