MeAHA Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Monthly Meeting
MeAHA Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Monthly Meeting August Monthly Meeting at the Cohen Center in Hallowell started at 6:36 PM Roll Call-Out of 24 voting programs, 8 programs not represented and 16 attended. Voting Members- Bangor, Biddeford, Casco Bay, Casco Bay Travel, Central Me, Freeze, Gladiators, Huskies, Kennebec, Lewiston, Maine Coast Skaters, Maranacook, MidCoast, PVHC, Renegades & Jr. Pirates Not Present- Aroostook (Presque Isle-excused), Auburn, Southern Aroostook (Houlton-excused), Western Maine, So Maine Travel, Hurricanes, Brewer, Gardiner Other attendees-Maine Sternmen Agenda Added Items- Ben Potter Minutes- (Emily Babineau)- Motion to accept the minutes by Lewiston, second by Biddeford. Passes no opposition or discussion Treasurer’s Report (Michael Johnson)- P & L sheet was mailed to everyone. Unable to do a month to month comparison, due to Quickbook limitation. As you can see our Net Income is up over last year, we had no GTG commercial expenses this year. All Level 4 checks have been cut, approx 15 to date. Motion by PVHS, Second by Lewiston. No discussion or opposition. Officer’s ReportsPresident (Tim O’Connor)- Introduce Ben Potter of Adaptive Skate Program run at FIC. A brief history of the program and the founding family the Rubensteins. Meaha presents a grant for $1000 to help with the skate aid costs. Ice is donated every Sunday by Falmouth Ice Arena. Contact and info is listed on Casco Bay’s website. Vice President 1 (Mike Keaney)- - Mike has been talking with Matt RE fees, and there are some different opinions on the state getting involved with setting fees. For now, the fees will stay as they are. Matt will have some involvement at the state playoff games. Those interested in Arbiter need to contact Matt. NED has funds to cover costs. Vice President 2 (Chris Washburn)- Registration season is here. Kevin K was here last month to go over Welcome Back Week. Tim Thomas’s recorded message will be sent out 10/8 to those not signed up to return yet. November5, Try Hockey Free Day. 10 sets of gear to those hosting; goodie bags will go straight to the site.Presented Kevin Kavanagh from USA HockeyCommittee’s ReportAdult Hockey (KC Johnson) – Not present CEP- Not present, We are still waiting on dates on clinics. Disciplinary (Andy Guerin)- No Report Festival Committee 2011 (Tobin Trautz)- Tryouts will be 1/1/12 for 16 and 17 year olds. 1/18/12 for 12,13,14,15 year olds and 1/22/12 will be call backs. Zone 4 is running this year and will be held at Colisee. Registrar (Londa Dennett)- Insurance books and annual guides, please take back to organizations. Referees (Matt Daigle- not present Risk Manager (Emily Babineau)- No report State Hockey Tier IV (Christian Hebert)- Conference call was held 3 weeks ago to discuss the policy for T IV regarding number of games. Motion to change the wording of required number of games from a 14 game minimum to a one home and one away requirement within your Tier IV zone. Motion by Lewiston, second by Central Maine. Some discussion in conferences within the zone. 8 or more teams will need 2 conferences. 16 or more will
MeAHA Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Monthly Meeting require 3. Motion passes with one obstained. The topic of making a playoff at the Tier IV level mandatory in each zone to determine who goes to states has been tabled. Tier II & III (David Weatherbie)- Schedulefest has taken place. All games for T2 and T3 are scheduled. Conference calls are scheduled to discuss the books for each team. 10/21 is opening day. Still waiting on some midget rosters, games can not be posted until all are in. $50 was collected from all Midget T2 teams, this will be deducted from the tournament fee. Biddeford makes as motion to allow Wave B team to withdraw from the league. Second by Midcoast. Passes with out opposition. Women (Meghan MacDonald)- Meeting on going at the same time/place tonight Tournaments (Jeff Thompson)- All details will be posted on Tournament webpage. Website (Jeff Thompson)- Executive Board is looking into cutting costs by exploring new Web companies. Options will be highlighted for the group to make a decision once all data is compiled. Old Business – Nothing New Business Mr. Dostie appeared before the Board in order to request a Transfer waiver for his son to skate T3 Freeze. The family was planning on moving to Zone 5, so that is where he tried out. The move did not take place, and they would like permission to stay on the Freeze. They are requesting that Bryson Dostie be allowed to skate on the Freeze as an exception got he competitive and transfer policies in place. Discussion – Q – Will the Freeze be able to compete without this exception? A – There is an additional goalie on the roster. Q – Did Bryson play CMYHA last year? A – No. he played PJP last year. Q – Your other child is registered with CMHYA? A –yes, he is not a travel player. Lewiston moves to deny the request as presented. Second made by Biddeford. Further Discussion – Q – Why did Bryson not tryout for CMYHA? A – The move was almost a done deal, family was relocating. Q – has this been discussed with CMYHA ? A – No. Vote to deny request 11 for 1 opposed and 3 abstain. Mr Dostie then asks if all his remedies have been exhausted in order to pursue Court Action. Tim O’Connor advises yes, but that decision would need to be made soon, as Bryson would not be eligible to play anywhere while topic of court proceedings. Motion to adjourn 8:10pm NEXT MEETING: October 11, 2011 Cohen Center – Hallowell- 6:30 PM
MeAHA Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Monthly Meeting require 3. Motion passes with one obstained. The topic of making a playoff at the Tier IV level mandatory in each zone to determine who goes to states has been tabled. Tier II & III (David Weatherbie)- Schedulefest has taken place. All games for T2 and T3 are scheduled. Conference calls are scheduled to discuss the books for each team. 10/21 is opening day. Still waiting on some midget rosters, games can not be posted until all are in. $50 was collected from all Midget T2 teams, this will be deducted from the tournament fee. Biddeford makes as motion to allow Wave B team to withdraw from the league. Second by Midcoast. Passes with out opposition. Women (Meghan MacDonald)- Meeting on going at the same time/place tonight Tournaments (Jeff Thompson)- All details will be posted on Tournament webpage. Website (Jeff Thompson)- Executive Board is looking into cutting costs by exploring new Web companies. Options will be highlighted for the group to make a decision once all data is compiled. Old Business – Nothing New Business Mr. Dostie appeared before the Board in order to request a Transfer waiver for his son to skate T3 Freeze. The family was planning on moving to Zone 5, so that is where he tried out. The move did not take place, and they would like permission to stay on the Freeze. They are requesting that Bryson Dostie be allowed to skate on the Freeze as an exception got he competitive and transfer policies in place. Discussion – Q – Will the Freeze be able to compete without this exception? A – There is an additional goalie on the roster. Q – Did Bryson play CMYHA last year? A – No. he played PJP last year. Q – Your other child is registered with CMHYA? A –yes, he is not a travel player. Lewiston moves to deny the request as presented. Second made by Biddeford. Further Discussion – Q – Why did Bryson not tryout for CMYHA? A – The move was almost a done deal, family was relocating. Q – has this been discussed with CMYHA ? A – No. Vote to deny request 11 for 1 opposed and 3 abstain. Mr Dostie then asks if all his remedies have been exhausted in order to pursue Court Action. Tim O’Connor advises yes, but that decision would need to be made soon, as Bryson would not be eligible to play anywhere while topic of court proceedings. Motion to adjourn 8:10pm NEXT MEETING: October 11, 2011 Cohen Center – Hallowell- 6:30 PM
