Fort Wayne Youth Hockey, Inc.
Board of Directors Meeting
March 29, 2010
A meeting of the Fort Wayne Youth Hockey, Inc., Board of Directors was held at the Canlan Ice Arena, Fort Wayne, Indiana on Monday, March 29, 2010 beginning at 6:34 p.m., pursuant to notice duly given.
Present: Ted Scholten Rusty Richardson Chris Shoppell Julie Roach
Angie Gottschalk Coleen Houlihan Dawn Cummings-Keesler
Rick Wynn Mike Swartz Randy Kwapis Charlie Hire
Bob Kohlmeyer Roy Davis Mitzi Toepfer
Greg Chess Chuck Reddinger Matt Robison
Absent: Colin Chaulk Andrew Achenbach Terry Reincke
Guest: Deanna Fisher
As a quorum was present Rick Wynn, called the meeting to order.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None scheduled.
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
A motion to approve the March 8, 2010 minutes was made by Greg Chess, seconded by Rusty Richardson, motion approved.
TREASURER
Rick Wynn provided a copy of the Treasurer’s Report dated March 29, 2010 prepared by Terry Reincke. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Greg Chess, seconded by Rusty Richardson, motion approved. Greg said the State tournament had a net loss of $165.00. Rick Wynn thanked Greg Chess and the entire State Championship committee and all the volunteers for the tireless efforts all weekend.
A motion to approve FWYH giving $1000.00 to the PW AA to assist the team with the additional expenses associated with attending the National Championships was made Greg Chess, seconded by Rusty Richardson, motion approved.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Rick Wynn presented the letter from State High School director. Open discussion about high school hockey being absorbed by FWYH.
Open discussion about the U16 midget program and the NAPS League. A motion to approve FWYH paying $600.00 to make application to the NAPS league was made by Greg Chess, seconded by Roy Davis.
Discussion about having a meeting with all the 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 birth year players and parents to see if there is an interest in the U18 and U16 levels. Mike will work with Ron to choose a date for the meeting.
The date for the annual meeting is set for Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 2pm to 4 pm. Canlan is offering $10.00 for skating and bouncing. FWYH will offset 50% for FWYH members and offer this to them for $5.00 from 2-4 during the meeting.
VICE PRESIDENT
Nothing to report.
HOUSE LEAGUE
PARKS DEPARTMENT
TRAVEL
Rusty Richardson reported
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Coleen Houlihan reported that the raffles are doing very well. The raffles will be split 12 ways and each team will get roughly $817.00.
COACHING
Mike Swartz reported that his committee met and spent 3 evenings of multiple hours over last several weeks.
Mike Swartz presented a list of candidates for approval as follows:
TEAM CANDIDATE MOTION APPROVED BY:
Squirt A Bob Kohlmeyer Greg Chess, Rusty Richardson
Squirt AA Steve Hundersmarck Rusty Richardson, Julie Roach
PeeWee A Ian Boyce Greg Chess, Julie Roach
PeeWee AA Roy Davis Randy Kwapis, Rusty Richardson
Bantam B TBD
Bantam A Derek Ray Greg Chess, Rusty Richardson
Bantam AA Mike Olinger Greg Chess, Rusty Richardson
U16 Ron Leef Julie Roach, Rusty Richardson
Girls Coach needed
U18 Coach needed
DISCIPLINE
REFEREE
BYLAWS
LONG RANGE PLANNING
NOMINATING
Julie Roach advised that she has her slate of nominees for 2010-2011 season.
ICE SCHEDULING
REGISTRAR
INTERNET SERVICES
Coleen Houlihan reported that she met with Kevin Zion tonight. They are working to separate our site from others. Teri Freeby will back up to Coleen for the website.
ACE COORDINATOR/RISK MANAGEMENT
HOUSE/IP
ACE CLINICS
SILVER STICK
Greg Chess reported that the final tally for the 2009 Silver Sticks Tournament. Members of the Silver Stick will be attending the Annual General Meeting for Silver Stick International to secure continued tournament sanctioning and to apply for a Sled Hockey Silver Stick Finals to be held in Fort Wayne.
GIRLS HOCKEY
SLED HOCKEY
Randy Kwapis reported that he took a team to Grand Rapids last weekend and they finished 3rd in the youth program.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Ice Contracts. Successor planning. Do we continue on with the $10.00 fee to be collected by Can-lan from the house league players? Select program. Storage. Suit-up for hockey inventory. High School Hockey. Fort Wayne Youth Hockey Board for posting.
NEW BUSINESS
NEXT MEETING: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010 AT 6:30 P.M.
FUTURE MEETING DATES: MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 AT 6:00 P.M., ANNUAL MEETING
There being no further business, Greg Chess, made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Rusty Richardson, seconded, meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Angie Gottschalk
Recording Secretary