GMHA
Meeting -
Present: Tim Hamilton, Cindy Staels,
Greg McFadden, Scott Purbrick, Eddie Gould, Rachelle Johnson, Sandy Crosby, Bob
Pearson, Phill Clubb, Jeff Tidball, Brian Deller, Marilyn Gosnell (arrived at
Regrets: Ben Salomon, Debbie Campbell
Guests: Pete Holt, Helena Katsoulakos, Michille Kelly, Tom McCallum, Millar Nicol, Scott Jacobson, Kristina
Henry, Roland McAlpine
Phil Clubb has Jr. Hockey tickets
available for anyone interested
Approval of
Tyke Hockey
-Tim Hamilton explained a “Select Tyke Team” option to
guests present. (Oct 8th minutes)
- Guest concerned about additional cost to be paid by
parents with skaters on the select team.
- Pete Holt was able to locate 13 kids who were
interested in playing on a tyke team for the upcoming season
- Guest does not feel that parents with kids just
starting into our hockey system were
well informed regarding their options in placing their skater in the right
division. New parents coming into our
hockey program are not aware of how it works and were not made aware that they
are allowed to attend board meetings etc.
-Guest felt that most parents with a tyke age skater
did not think their skater was ready to play at a novice level.
-Guest also felt that the Beginner Level
is made up of too many kids who are not able to skate at all and that kids who
are able to skate are not benefiting from sharing the ice with these kids (ice
is being divided). This is a hockey program not a “learn to skate” program.
- A board member informed our guests that all GMHA
information and board members to contact can be found on our web site or posted
on the board in the arena, upcoming events are posted throughout the town and
in our local paper. The information is available but
parents are responsible for locating it.
- A tyke team was built into our original ice budget
and a sponsor is available for this team.
- Parents must be made aware of the extra cost
involved in moving their skater from Beginner to Tyke.
Motion – to have a full tyke team with each player paying full registration
$300 + 100
Eddie/Scott DEFEATED
Motion - to have a full tyke team with
each player paying full registration $300 + 100 BUT 11skaters must
register and paid in full by
Sandy/Rachelle all – yes CARRIED
Guest comment - Pete Holt will take care of the Tyke
team for the next 5yrs
Registration
-Have had 2 outstanding registrations paid in
full. Still waiting on a few more, Tim
and Sandy will stay on top of this to be sure payment is made before the Oct. 30th
deadline
Refunds
-Guest, Tom McCallum
confirmed that the Policy outlined below is the general guideline GMHA has used
in the past regarding refunds
GMHA
Refund Policy
1. If a skater does not go on the ice at all they can
receive a full refund minus the insurance fee
2. If they tryout then quit -
insurance + subsidized portion of tryouts will be deducted from
registration
3. If they quit after Oct 1st - 1/3 deducted off total
registration
4. If they quit after Nov 1st - 2/3 deducted off total
registration
5. If they quit after Dec 1st - no refund will be
given
Motion- to adopt the refund policy
stated above Rachelle/Bob P CARRIED
Shamrock - Cindy Staels
- Troy Carlson of St. Thomas spoke regarding
mentorship etc. Can be available for presentations to our centre.
- With the upcoming flu season and H1N1 virus, it
is not required for the players to take off their gloves when shaking hands
before a game. It is still considered good sportsmanship if gloves remain
on.
- On ice volunteers must be at least 2 years older
than the division age they are associated with. If they are 14 yrs under must
wear full player equipment. 14 yrs. older must wear the same equipment as
on-ice team official (helmet, skates, gloves, etc.)
- Hockey Canada Insurance Fees for "On-Ice
Volunteers" given to Sandy Crosby. List with payment due to OMHA by
- President emailed CINDY – OMHA
does not want coaches and managers from the Shamrock leagues to contact them to
confirm game changes. All confirmations are done through our Shamrock
rep.
- Parkhill Bantam wanting to go A/E
- Some centres curfew games. At least 30 minutes
of hockey must be played before a curfew. Coaches will be made aware of
this on game sheet of home centre.
-Dodge Poster Contest will be displayed in the arena
QUESTION: Are Shamrock games allowed to have a curfew?
ANSWER: Yes, as per OMHA! If a game is curfew’d it must be marked on
the game sheet and signed by the coach.
-Tyke team is expected by TC
league. Could be 9 teams. The Tri-County league sets the playing rules, coaches
and centres cannot override. Tyke games require 2 referees. Play 3 10-minute
period games. Game schedule starts the first of December. Scheduling meeting on
Nov 10th @ 7:30.
-Coaching staff and game
sheets signing requirements.
-All game sheets must have a
Coach, Trainer and Manager signed on to the sheet before any assistant coaches
or trainers are allowed to sign. If a manager is not available, one of the
assistants should sign in as a manager. There is a one-game suspension for each
person signing in with out a manager signature. See section 6.1 of OMHA Operations
Manual and “Action
Bulletin” of Sep
30th for correction.
-Novice “A” moving to LL play.
Cindy has to get OMHA approval
from Sue Michalski. Once approval is given we submit the request to the
Tri-County league and the OMHA rep (
-Teams are reminded to carry
rosters.
-An individual can only be
roster to two teams or one team plus an at large list. The later is
strategically wiser as it allows more flexibility. An individual rostered to
two teams CANNOT hold the same position on both teams; i.e. cannot be head
coach of two teams or cannot be trainer of two teams.
-Coaches are reminded to check
game sheets immediately after the game. They have one-hour to request changes,
after that whatever the game sheet says ids what is officially recorded.
Glencoe has already had numerous game sheet errors this year.
-Coaches are expected to know
penalties and the automatic game suspensions that accompany them. For instance;
an
Girls Report Bob Thirlwall
-We
have the roster in (BIG thanks to
-The
CWL game has been cancelled for Nov 28th and we are hoping to choose
another date for the winter. It was the same weekend as the girls Silver Stick up north. My
recommendation is to cancel our girls tourney that weekend too, as we are
having no luck filling it –
all teams are in Silver Stick.
-Our
team has 1 girl serving a 7 game suspension from the 2007-08 season.
-Girls
are off to a good start
-Girls
are registered as an Intermediate team and as such, I would expect the girls
that paid full price will be receiving a refund back to the $300 level.
-Ladies Hockey Game cancelled
-Girls Tourney Cancelled
Treasurer's
General Account - $70, 693
Bingo - $10,071
Clinics
-last two Sunday 9-10 clinics were given to the Peewee
teams to replace the mandatory checking clinics that were held during two of
their shared practices.
-e-mailed Greg Knight regarding a power skating
clinic, waiting his reply
-Goalie Clinic running this Wednesday
Sponsorship
-Ace Hardware and Moorby’s Garage would like to sponsor the Peewee
LL
-Allen Heating will stay
with the Midgets
-Parnells will sponsor Juveniles
-Sponsor letter was given to Wayne Primeau for
-Every team has a sponsor for the upcoming season
-prizes and donations are coming in
Referee in Chief
-New Time keepers should be trained by the end of the
month
-Ref prefer to be paid by cash
Payment of Refs
- Cash is the easiest, cheques can be done weekly but
is a lot more work for Brian,
- Brian would like to try both ways and will let us
know
Tournament Convenor
-Peewee and Bantam tournament this weekend (4peewee
teams, 11Bantam teams)
-Girls Tournament Nov. 27,28,29 will be cancelled due
to Silver Stick Tournaments being held the same weekend
-Canadian Girls Game has been cancelled
Risk Management
Police check must be completed by Oct 30th
Gatekeeper update- will be paid minimum wage, will
see if he can submit a bill to GMHA for payment
Family pass for year is $80 parents think this is too high - will review for next
year
Ways & Means -
-Hockey Pool's are due this week and are to be handed
in to Cindy
-Dream Hockey Draw tickets are now available to sell.
Tickets are available at Country Depot, Glencoe Grain and Seed and The
Co-operators so far. If any other
businesses are interested please contact Greg or Debbie. Draw is February 28th, deadline
should be set for February 1st so unsold tickets can be collected
and returned for refund. Tickets are
being tracked.
-Card sales are steady, being sold at the arena on the
weekends, looking for volunteers to sit at the table to sell them, a very
responsible high school student in need of volunteer hours may be considered.
-Debbie agrees with Scott regarding a Maple Lodge
Fundraiser, perhaps late winter or early spring.
- Tom McCallum would
like to fundraise for the Juvenile team (looking for businesses to sponsor a
game for $100) looking to pay for Silver Stick Tournament the remainder would
be given to GMHA.
Ice Schedule
-schedule is set for practices, ice will have to be
scheduled in for the Tyke team
-extra ice time will be divided among all teams
-still waiting for teams to re-schedule some of their
games
-complaints have been received from the Peewee A team
regarding shared practices, Greg suggested they bring their complaints to the
board.
Petition Received
-Parents on the Peewee team submitted a petition with
12 signatures regarding shared ice.
-They feel that this age group is too old to be
sharing
-They do not feel that their kids are benefiting from
sharing ice nor do they feel that their skater’s skills are being well
developed.
-The kids on the teams are not happy with shared
ice.
-They also questioned why the 3 Atom teams are given 3
hrs of ice.
- Peewee A team is not concerned with quantity
of ice they are interested in quality.
-The shared ice will not be changed, with the addition
of the Tyke team all Atom teams will now be sharing.
Equipment and Purchasing
-Guardian Drug Store: $55.00 - supplies
for first aid kits
-Herm's Sports: $ 406.79 -
-Herm's Sports: 72.29 - Pad repairs, goal stick
-Sock Sales: Approximately $450 in sales
to date with families waiting for order to arrive.
-Outstanding Purchases: An order for socks has
been made for the following: 10 large white, 10 large green, 10 medium
green and 5 medium white.
prices: Med 8.75 Large
9.75 These were the best prices that I could find.
-Goalie equipment is supplied by GMHA up to and
including Bantam
-Plaque update in hallway - Bob P. will take care of
it
-Glencoe Clothing
- Mary Vanderlinde has provided GMHA with sample sizes
of the products available this year.
The clothing is available at the arena for
Monday and Wednesday practices.
-There has been a good reception for the items
offered
-GMHA will make a small profit from the sales
-Sponsor Bars for Ace Hardware and Moorby’s Garage have arrived
-Coffee travel mugs are available to purchase - sell
for $10 profit of $200 if we order 80
Motion - to purchase coffee travel mugs
for $600 Scott/Rachelle CARRIED
Amalgamation -
Pictures - Envelopes ready to go out
- Scott Purbrick will take care of it
-Cheque for $300 given to GMHA
from the fair board for bartending the fair dance.
-Guest Pete Holt wondered about Land Training
for GMHA – Greg will speak with Ged to see what gyms may be available
In Camera
Motion Scott/Bob P.
Motion to go out Jeff/Cindy
adjourn