Crystal Gove                            Bill Smythe                              Liz Minty

Shelley Smith                           Denise Becker                          Kim Miller

Gerald Blystone                       Tim Keilty                                Andrew Hill

Jodi Breitkreuz                         Brad Koning                            Gregg Wilson

Wade Parker                            Bela Blystone                          Jennifer Scherban

Brenda Mraz                            Sherry Sorensen                       Sean Anderson

Regrets:

Darren McWatters                   Rory Smith                             

Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM

MOTION – to approve August minutes (Bela/Andrew) – carried

Executive Reports

Head Coach (Wade) – no report

Vice-president (Gerald)

• At this time, 10 businesses for advertising on arena boards and 4 team sponsors have been confirmed.

Initiation Coordinator (Gregg) – no report

Treasurer (Liz)

• see Income Statement (May 1- Sept. 1, 2009) attached

Fundraising Coordinator (Jodi)

• Additional fundraising can be done by individual teams.

Member at Large (Andrew) – no report

Risk Manager (Tim)

• Medical information cards are ready to be printed.

Referee in Chief (Brad)

• See August 2009 Report (attached)

Tournament Coordinator (Kim) – no report

Equipment Manager (Bill)

• Bill is compiling the goalie gear that is required.

Ice Manager (Shelley)

• Shelley is working on the practice schedule.
• Ice costs:

Ø      $38.06/hr for early morning

Ø      $63.00/hr other practice times

Ø      $74.55/hr tournaments

Member at Large (Brenda)

• Brenda is looking into purchasing 60 Timbits jerseys.
• Socks and sundries will be on sale at the swap.

Registrar (Denise)

• See  registration summary (attached)

Head Convenor (Bela/Sherry)

• Managers’ manuals are being compiled.

President (Crystal) – no report

OLD BUSINESS

• SMHA Skills Camp update:

Ø      At this time, over 80 players are registered.

Ø      The schedule has been posted on the SMHA website.

• Policy update – tabled to next meeting

NEW BUSINESS

• If SMHA declares an Atom Development team, they will host the Dec. 28-30 tournament.

MOTION – To allow the midget-aged female goalie to play on the Bantam House team. (Denise/Gregg) – carried

• Based on expressed interest at this time, SMHA will attempt to put together a Female Midget Team.

MOTION – To amend the official’s rates for SMHA as outlined (Brad/Brenda) - carried

• Brad recommends the SMHA establishes an official’s fund or incentive program to acknowledge the efforts of junior and senior officials. The recipients’ names could be posted on the web site, bulletin board and newspaper.
• Shelley and Gregg will discuss any schedule changes that are needed.
• The coaches/managers meeting date has been set for Sunday, October 4 at 7:00 in the Arena Banquet Room.

Meeting adjourned at 9:28 PM (Bela)

Next meeting – October 13, 2009