Wisconsin Minnesota Hockey League
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The Greens, Sparta
Members Present: Terri Lenselink (Sec., WS), Blaine Bill (Reed.), Mike Swanson (Win.), Timm Klemm (Bar.), Marv Lehmann (WS), Dawn Bernamann (Sparta), Tom Steele (Vir.), Dan Lenselink (VP, WS), Dave Long (Stats), Tim Flood (Ona.), Mike Gargaro (Treas., Ona.), Fritz Degner (Sparta), Brent Henry (Tom.), Ron Bryant (La X), Ron Anderson (CRG), Bob Pitel (Pres., La Cresc.)
Members Absent: Kelly Rickert (BRF), Lori Whitis (Altoona, CVG)
Meeting called to order by President Bob Pitel at 7:05 PM.
I. Introductions were made by all members present.
II. Secretary’s Report: as e-mailed to members, Motion by Viroqua to accept, second by Sparta, approved.
III. Treasurer’s Report: Winona is paid up, BRF and CRG still owe. Motion by VP to approve, second by WS, approved.
IV. Commitees
A. Stats: There have been problems with scoresheets being sent in without associations or opponents listed. Many being sent in late. Minnesota teams fill out a form on-line then send to the Statistician. Could look into that. The stats are caught up as of tonight’s meeting. Scorers need to make sure the score sheets include the coach’s names, coaching number, level, and year to make it official. Many people confused about the divisions of WMHL and the WAHA divisions.
B. Selects: Bids are due tonight. There is one bid from Sparta for $2,000 for Division I & II tournaments. This includes practices during the week and games on the weekends. The host association would then get concession, chuck-a-puck, t-shirt sales, and silent auction profits. Tomah made a motion to approve Sparta as the host association for the WMHL Selects Tournament, second by Baraboo, motion carried. Dawn will have information at the next meeting to get to coaches, will include a statement in there about keeping the names confidential. The money and rosters will be due from each association by the Feb. meeting. (Fees will be $35.00, dates of tourneys are: Div. II Mar. 23-25, Div. I Mar. 30-April 1). WS made a motion to approve $20 gift cards for Selects Tourney coaches, second by Tomah, motion carries. SYHA will pay for refs for the weekend, the WMHL reimburses SYHA for the ref fees.
C. Girls Coordinator: No report
D. WAHA: No report. State play-downs are on the WAHA web site.
V. Old Business
A. List of Coaches and Managers: Bob will get them on the website this week. Double check that they are accurate.
B. New Rules: Make sure refs and scorekeepers know the rules WMHL put in place this year to deal with the new USAHockey rule implementation.
VI. New Business
A. Release of player from WS to Ona.: WS has a girl who goes to school at Ona., plays for CRG and has requested to be released by WS and go to Tornado Youth Hockey, both WS and TYH have approved the move. Motion by Tomah to approve the release, second by Sparta, motion approved.
B. La Crosse has a 1st year skater who should be a Bantam but grade level is PeeWee. He has requested to be on the PeeWee B team with friends, has been told he can’t play in tournaments or at State, need to let other teams know a head of time. WAHA needs to be contacted to find out if it is okay to even have him in pick-up games or PeeWee practices. Insurance may be the issue. La Crosse needs to contact Fran Finco or Don Kohlman.
C. Bob was wondering if any rinks have gotten letters from the music union denying the ability to play music during games. La Crescent received a letter stating that any game where they charge a gate fee they have to pay a $2000 fee.
D. WS has an in-house mite team this year and is looking to pick up games, either cross or full ice.
E. Rosters need to be turned in at the January meeting. Bob will have patches at the next meeting, let him know how many you need.
Next meeting: Wednesday, January 10th, 7:00 PM, The Greens
Motion to adjourn by Onalaska, second by CRG, meeting adjourned, 7:50 PM