February 14, 2008
6:30pm
I. The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm with Sam Ketterman, President, presiding. The meeting was moved to this date from the 12th due to inclement weather.
II. The minutes of January 8, 2008 were approved.
III. Old Business:
a) Review of Bylaws: Sam Ketterman and Chris Wright met with Kim Jones to review the current bylaws and suggested changes. Kim suggested that the bylaws be fairly general and in additions establish policies which could be more easily changed if necessary. Kim is going to do the re-write and they will come back to the board as soon as she has finished.
b) Grassroots to Champions Seminar: The brochure has been emailed to the board for feedback. It has already been approved by Audrey Weisiger, the director of Grassroots. It was suggested that we add the names of the club sponsors, which Sam will do. We will also add that all ages are welcome. The board agreed that club members would pay their own ice fees for the private coaching sessions. It was also decided to charge coaches $50.00 to attend the seminar. There was discussion about having lunch catered, but we will consult with Linda Gettier about whether the rink could do it. Chris Wright has agreed to head up the Hospitality committee for this program and Brenda Amrhein will handle registration.
It was also decided that March 7th would be the cut-off date for our club members to have priority for private coaching. After that date, it will be first come, first served.
A motion was made to offer club prices to previous club members who had worked so hard for the club in the past but weren’t able to reap the benefits since no educational programs were held. After a great deal of discussion, the motion failed.
c) Off-ice Programs: Thirty people attended our first off-ice education program and lots of good feedback from attendees was received. Attendees included 4 people from outside the club. The cost to the club was $480.00.
IV. Standing Reports
a) Treasurer: No report since Linda Gettier was not present.
b) Secretary: There was nothing to report from the secretary.
c) Membership: Susan Dennison reported that there are a few new members.
d) Spring Show Committee: No report
e) Fundraising Committee: presented by Roy Wisniewski. Roy brought in a model of what the banners will look like. He will be raffling off a few tickets to the bull roast at the rink.
f) Youth Committee: Molly is resigning as representative to the board and a replacement is being sought.
g) Adult Committee: Congratulations to Heather Cywinski and Heather Piepenburg on their recent competitions.
h) Test Committee: Lynn Tobia was not present to give a report.
i) Publicity Committee: Presented by Sam Ketterman. The Bull Roast is being advertised on the cable TV channel, the Aegis and the County’s tourism calendar.
V. New Business: None
VI. Other: None
VII. Adjournment at 7:47 pm.