Parkissimo Hockey League - Fall Meeting Minutes Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 - Shoal Lake Communi-Plex – 7:30 pm 1. Meeting called to order by Roz Maddess at 7:30 pm 2. Attendance and Introductions: Dean Gamache, Darcy Archambault, Ste. Rose; Zeta Mowbray, Melinda Haney, St. Lazare; Shaun Seib, Russell; Barry Good, Rodney Robinson, Minnedosa; Kevin Bachewich, Mike Collyer, Onanole; Dave Clary, Troy Brister, Neepawa; Tobi Geekie, Strathclair; Dave Barnesky, Rossburn; Jeff Maddess, Rosalyn Maddess, Danielle Lanouette, Alison Murray, Shoal Lake; Kent Wareham, Trevor Veitch, Tri-Town; Ross Emerick, Steve Desjardin, Birtle; John Guthrie, Brandon; Kristen Rubenik, Grand Plains; Dennis Kyle, Elkhorn; Marc Hazlewood, McCreary; Sherry Beyak, Winnipegosis; Jerry Crampain, Hamiota; Scott Wotton, Foxwarren; Dale Guttman, Dauphin; Darcy Clarke, Virden. 3. Minutes arising from Spring Meeting: None 4. Financial Report: Bank Balance - $14, 463 • 4 cheques paid out in 2012-2013 year. • Website unpaid. Covered by Foxwarren Minor and Rosalyn Maddess Motion made to transfer account to Strathclair Credit Union, Shoal Lake Branch Change signing officers to any 2 of 3; Rosalyn Maddess, Danielle Lanouette, Alison Murray Motion: Erickson -Onanole / 2nd – Strathclair 5. League Statistician/ Webmaster – Greg/Ryan Nesbitt (not in attendance). • Ryan wants longer break between end of regular season and start of playoffs to update website. • Reminder to managers to ensure that game sheets have the game number on them and identify the team name, especially if association has multiple teams in an age group. • Please ensure game sheets are turned in within 24 hours of when game was played. • Please send a courtesy email to Greg or Ryan when games are rebooked. A request was made for contact email addresses to be available on the website so that people without Outlook Express can access them. 6. Old Business: Constitution Changes: Motion: A maximum of 2 overage players may be rostered in a game, either league or playoffs. Exceptions may be allowed at the discretion of the league membership. Teams must declare the overage players on the roster. Motion - Erickson/Onanole / 2nd – Birtle Concerns raised: A) Do we need a motion or should it be based on complaints to Hockey Manitoba when we feel that players are being over aged unnecessarily or without good cause? B) Since we don’t have the exact wording from the spring meeting should we wait until next meeting? Answer: Since we already have a Motion and a Seconder we must proceed with a vote Vote: In Favor – 5 / Against – 4 / Abstained – 4 Motion Carried Motion: Two referees should be required for all Novice, Atom and Peewee level games; league and playoffs. In the event of the absence of one scheduled referee the teams must both be in agreement to proceed. Recommendation: Put this on the website as a guideline instead of making a constitutional amendment. Decision: It will be a recommendation for the 2013-2014 reason and reviewed again at the spring meeting. 7. League Information • Home Ice Times – Hand in, Fax to 204-759-2828, Email [email protected] NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013 • Contact sheet – Hand in, Fax 204-579-2828 (Roz) and 204-759-2521 (Webmaster), Email [email protected] (Roz) and [email protected] (Webmaster) NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2013 – Sheets handed out at this meeting 8. New Business New Member Application: Grand Plains Minor Hockey – Submitted a written application to become a Parkissimo member starting in the 2013-2014 season. They would be entering Peewee and Bantam teams this year All non-member associations asked to leave while members consider the request. Discussion: Concerns raised about driving distance. If Grand Plains is a member we would be obligated to send all age groups up to Grandview / Gilbert Plains to play. It was felt that this would be too much travelling time for younger age groups such as novice. If league needed to hold emergency meetings the 4 hour possible driving distances would make it difficult to schedule. Concern raised as to whether or not they would be committed long term. Other teams keep taking leaves of absence and this is frustrating for the other members in the region. Vote: In favour – 1 / Opposed – 12 Decision made to deny Grand Plains membership for the 2013-2014 season. League Fees: $40 for Members $100 for Non-members League structure: Projected team numbers Squirts – 15 teams Parkissimo Tournament - tentatively scheduled for Feb 13th – 16th 2014 in Shoal Lake Novice – 19 teams (6 non-members) 3 divisions 12 game schedule – home and away within own division Atom – 18 teams (5 non-members) 3 divisions 16 game schedule – home and away within division and then one crossover game between divisions Peewee – 14 teams (6 non-members) 2 divisions: East/West 18 game schedule - home and away within division and then one crossover game between divisions Bantam – Deadline for declaring teams for bantam – Sept 25th @ 5 pm - Notify Rosalyn Maddess League Start/End dates: League Starting Saturday, October 26th 1013 and ending Monday, February 3rd 2014. Make-up games must be completed by Monday, February 10th 2014. Playoffs will start Sunday, February 15th 2014. Playoff Format: Novice/Atom 3 divisions – copy format from the 2012-2013 Novice schedule Peewee – Top 4 teams play in championship round – Bottom 4 teams play in consolation round – First 2 rounds played within division – Bottom 2 teams playoff 1 game for final playoff spot 9. Other Business – Virden noted that they may take a leave of absence in the 2014-2015 season, in which case league books would be transferred over to Hamiota as they are next in line. Date for Spring Meeting: Wednesday April 9th 2014 @ 7:30pm in Shoal Lake Meeting adJourned by Dennis Kyle at 9:52 pm .