Attendance: John Thompson, John Mack, Kevin Suoja, JJ Begley, Alex Rogosheske, Dino Marino, Mike Kasel, Jen Harnisch, Jerem L’Allier Missing: Kim Schwieters,Dan Lallak, Mike Kasel
Prior Meeting Minutes Approval - previous minutes approved and voted on. John Thompson motioned John Mack 2nd. Presidents Report Nothing to report. VP Report – Still have a few teams left to turn in their jersey’s and all have been contacted. Also the coach bags still need to be turned in. Aaron Larson has updated manual for the DIBS position. New bins are needed for the warming shack for the jerseys. The DEC is now closed and ready for the season. Treasure Reports – Kim absent and all is up to date and nothing to report. Level Directors – Bantam Update - Summer camp sign ups are going well and filling up quickly PeeWee Update – All is quite and nothing to report Squirt Update – Nothing to report and still need to decide on Squirt B1 and B2 for MYHA Mites Update - Absent and nothing to report Girls Update - Nothing to report Sponsorships – MYHA needs a new Golf Chair. Rink Update – Discussion for next meeting D2 Report – Forest lake is pushing to have a B2 Squirt division. District 2 positions are available and positions are, President, D2 Rep, Treasure and Secretary.
PCA(Positive Coaching Alliance) – MHYA( Jen Harnisch) won the “Grow the Game” award. Fun Fair is upcoming in May. The grant we received last year is applied for again this year. 1st Stride is applied for Oct 16th @ 1:55 PM. Free leading your organization PCA class is coming for the board members. Dates to follow. Dates are going to be around the same time as last sessions. We will need to address locker rooms to have an adult present at all times to monitor all players. New Business Bylaws are approved and with minor changes are ready to post to website. Squirt evaluators will pick teams and we will leave coach picks. Jim Harrod has fulfilled his 2016-2017 Dibs for helping with updating the bylaws. Handbook needs updating and will be started this spring and will need approval in upcoming months. Need to post Evaluation process, Organization chart, and bylaws to website. Changes to bylaws on who votes as members coming. A new board member election process will be tried for this upcoming election through online voting via emal. JT will issue email through survey monkey. Will need to try and entice goalies with incentives to get more goalies for the association. Process will be discussed at next meeting. Meeting adjourned 10:35 PM Motioned by John Thompson Second by John Mack