JAHA Board Meeting
January 2, 2008

Meeting called to order 5:35 pm.

Present: Chuck, Randy, Matt, Thomas, Julie, Jana, Alice, Maridon, Colin
Guests: Chris Mertl

Colin presented agenda items for the meeting.

Registration. Colin said registration was done. Now need to assess the numbers and finalize the tiers and teams and get the schedule published. The goal is to have the teams and scheduling done by Friday to get sent out over the weekend so games can start Monday. There was comment that next time may need to give a little more time between finalizing the schedule, teams etc and starting games. The Tier structure break-out as follows: Coed A – 5 teams; B – 7 teams; C – 4 teams. Women’s A – 3 teams (although at present only enough for 2); B – 3 teams. The Goalies worked out fine for each Tier except for Coed B. The discussion for Coed B involved two skaters who want to skate out and goal-tend. The resulting discussion was that the players would be goalies first and players second. (Colin – can you describe exactly how this works? I followed the discussion but can’t describe it. Thanks!)

Next Colin wanted to know if any players needed to be moved around (from A to B or vice versa, etc). There was thought to be about 6 players that might fit in that category. It was decided that Tier A & B reps would discuss movement issues after the regular meeting was over.

A question was posed as to what to do about players registering late and how to find out if there were still players that were planning on playing that had not yet signed up. It was decided to take a wait-and-see attitude.

The Tier C rep is still vacant. Colin will put a notice out to the JAHA email list and see if anyone volunteers. Maridon suggested Steve Lewis. Colin said he would follow up.

Alice asked if there was a way to get a list of the Paypal transfers that went into the JAHA account. Colin will get the list to Alice.

Question posed about refunds and etc. Chuck will work with Alice to get a list of folks who need refund to get checks out to them.

CBJ Waivers. Greg Smith told Colin he would look into it. Colin posed the question to the board as to whether or not JAHA should be in charge of the waivers. It was decided that since the waivers are a CBJ function, they should be in charge of it, but JAHA would be willing to help get the forms into the hands of the players to make sure everyone was covered. In the end, the waiver issue will be left to Greg Smith to keep track of.

One final discussion regarding who would work on putting together which teams (Randy and Colin Coed A; Matt will try to get Coed B folks together to figure it out; Jana and Julie in charge of Women’s Tiers A and B respectively.)

Chris Mertl suggested that JAHA try to foster a coaching/mentoring system especially for the new players coming into JAHA with no experience. It was noted that in some of the lower tiers, Coed C and Women’s B in particular, that there was a lack of coaching available to the teams. Chris emphasized that it is important to put extra effort into these lower Tiers as they are the future of JAHA. Discussion followed on how this might be accomplished. Colin will solicit coaches through email and also find out who is already coaching. Colin also said he will make himself available for a new player question and answer session to take place before the season.

No further items for discussion.

Meeting adjourned 6:45 pm.

Next Meeting
January 17, 2008
5:30 pm
Mendenhall Valley Library (note new location)