Rink Hockey Conference Call

Agenda Minutes Rink Hockey Conference Call Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:00pm EDT

Tom Hughes, Brian Moyer, Don Allen, Mark Brailey, Pat Ferguson, Jim Jost

Still had a horrible echo on the call. Everyone hung up and called back in. It improved a little, but sometimes we were almost unable to hear.

1. Treasurer’s Report:

$2175.22 as of 3/25/14 No Activity in March.

2. USARS Conference Call:

USARS announced it was cutting costs for National Championships held by disciplines that are not growing. Rink hockey is growing so it is not affected at this time.

3. Referee’s Application and Fees:

Application is finished by Mark. Don & Mark will finalize the application in Lubbock at

the April meet. Fees have been established.

4. Coach’s Program Update

Program is now available and the national office will handle the credentials.

5. Men’s “B” Championships Update

Last information was that Spring, Germany is trying to host in November/December.

Coaching staff is Pat and Brian.

6. Ladies World’s Tourcouring, France October 24-November 2:

Coaching staff is Tom & Don.

7. Men’s “A” World Championships:

No knew info. Host is France in June 2015. 8. National Equipment & Staff:

Irene Allen is the official Scorekeeper. Rebecca Guyer will be submitted to be another

compensated scorekeeper. They will be assisted by per game volunteers.

Jim Jost will get quotes for drop back netting.

Schedule will be arranged to get the kids games over by Friday afternoon.

Mark is to provide info on Spanish referee attending nationals. Tom is waiting for

response from Richard regarding expense coverage. Other National Referee’s are Mark

Brailey, Jim Jost, & Duane McMinn.

9. Face Book Page Update:

Don and Tom are working on it.

10. Honor’s Recipients Update:

Tom will submit the names and the Bios will be submitted ASAP. We still need Bio on

recipients.

11. Local Tournaments:

Tom will request that the national office send e-mails to send out reminding people of

tournaments requirements.

12.New Business: None

13.Next Conference Call: Sunday April 27.