Meeting Minutes
2011 Meeting Minutes
November 21, 2011
Members present- Jeff, Chris, John, Jason, Shawn, Jay, Layton, Ryan
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting- John motion to approve minutes, second by Shawn, motion carried
Guest Dave Zimmerman
Treasure report- given by Jay, Jason motion to approve treasure report, second by Shawn, motion carried
Card Savers-Done
Equipment-all jerseys should be completed and to everyone by Wednesday November 23rd
Mites-discussion was held on the White mite coach situation- Jay would contact coordinator Rob McIvor to address parent concerns
Coordinator Report- no report given, Rob unavailable for meeting
Gun raffle-Layton gave update on number sold- sales are ongoing and money can be turned in at anytime
Signs-John informed that bills were sent out
Referees-Jeff reported all is well and he will pay the refs every 2 weeks. Refs will be paid as follows: Mite games- $20, Squirt games- $25, Pee Wee games- $35, and Bantam games- $45 per game
Gaming-report given by John-he reported that the machine at The Old Main has been fixed and hopeful that the problems are resolved. Jeff motioned to purchase a new machine for the Old Main site if problems do continue, second by Layton, motion carried
Trading pins-new design of trading pins was introduced, John motion to order 3000 new pins, second by Jason, motion carried
Jeff motion for pins to be paid for with money from gaming, second by Chris, motion carried
Red mite team had a request to go to a tournament in Minot in March, Ryan motion to approve request and pay half of the registration for tournament, second by Jeff, motion carried
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
October 2011
Director's present-Jason, Jay, Eric, John, Lance, Chris, Shawn, Ryan, Layton, Jeff, and Scott
Meeting Called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meetings- Jeff motion to accept minutes from previous meeting, second by John, motion carried.
Minutes from DLBLC special meeting, motion by Eric to approve minutes, second by John, motion carried.
Treasure report- given by Eric, John motion to approve treasure report, second by Lance, motion carried.
Coordinator report- Rob reported that he had filled the coaching positions and informed the DLBLC that they would be having 2 Pee Wee teams- 1 A team 1 B team.
Tryouts to start on October 18th and team selections will be on October 27th.
Dry land training for Squirts, Pee Wee, Bantams was discussed, Layton motion for the DLBLC to pay Jake Thompson to run the dry land training, second by John, motion carried.
Layton motion for Jay to apply to DLAF for equipment, second by Shawn motion carried, Eric abstained.
Registered player numbers- Squirts 26, Pee Wee 34, Bantams 26, Mites 32, Termites 25.
Discussion was held on the Mite tournaments, Jay will contact Terry Wallace to see if DLPB will pay fees or partial tournament fees.
Gun raffle- Layton said all tickets are out, and is ready to start collecting money.
Reds-N-Blues- Eric said they are all out, and would like sold tickets turned in soon.
Signs-Market Place Motors getting a new 4x8.
Steak Fry-Lance said numbers were down.
Eric motion for Jeff to open a checking account to pay referees, second by Lance, motion carried.
Gaming- report given by John- John motion for gaming to give DL Basketball boosters $200 per Razors request, second by Eric, motion carried.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
Special Meeting September 13, 2011
Directors present-Eric, Jason, Layton, Lance, Ryan, Jeff, John, Chris, Shawn
Meeting called to order by Vice President John Dahlen
Guests present-Coordinator Rob Mcivor, Todd Thompson, Dave Zimmerman, Sean Lovin, Eric Klemetsrud, Terry Wallace, Kale Stromme, Tom Roule
Jason shared that termite/mite power skating is a go, Robyn Jerome and Alexis Peterson have agreed to coach it
Pee Wee team situation- Coordinator Rob Mcivor shared information on 2 larger teams vs. 3 smaller teams. Dave Zimmerman shared his thoughts on the situation, much discussion followed on actual number of registrants, ice time, player development, conditioning, etc. Many of the guest shared thoughts and ideas
Motion by Jason to continue scheduling for 3 Pee Wee teams, with the decision to have 3 teams to be made after tryouts and the A team has been selected, the coaches and coordinator will then decide 1 or 2 B teams, second by Eric, Chris opposed
Eric called for a roll call vote Lance opposed, Shawn yes, Ryan yes, Chris opposed, Jason yes, Eric yes, Layton yes, Jeff yes, John yes, motion carried
September 12, 2011
Director's present-Jay, Jason, Chris, Lance, Ryan, Jeff, Shawn, John
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Guest's present-Dave Zimmerman, Heather Brandvold, Terry Wallace, Kale Stromme
Minutes from previous meeting-Lance motion to approve minutes, second by Chris, motion carried
Guests-Heather shared information/changes etc. on USA hockey. Terry informed on Northern Lights league, and updated on scheduling. Terry shared that David Hoff will come to DL and demo/instruct on the new Pee Wee contact rules if requested. Kale shared info on referees/potential refs and level of current refs.
Gun raffle-tickets will go out at registration
Steak Fry-October 1st at Proz
Gaming-report given by John
Coordinator report-Rob talked on coaches, Rob also discussed the Pee Wee numbers situation and 2 or 3 teams. Much discussion followed.
Chris motion to have 2 Pee Wee teams, second by Ryan, motion carried
Ice will be on week of October 3rd, practice is scheduled to begin week of October 17th
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
August 15, 2011
Directors present: Eric, Jason, John, Jay, Jeff, Lance, Chris, Scott, Layton, Ryan, Shawn
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting, Eric motion to approve minutes, second by Lance, motion carried
Treasure report-given by Eric, Chris motion to approve treasure report, second by Shawn, motion carried
Guest Terry Wallace- needs names for the two Pee Wee B teams-they will be scheduled as Red and Blue. He also updated on scheduling. Dave Zimmerman asked Terry if anything had been discussed/decided on the placement of the blue lines, Terry said he would check with others around the state and get back to everyone.
Coaches- discussion on coaches for 2011-12.
Tournaments-Jason motion to pay tournament gates out of team's $1800 tournament budget, any fees over $1800 budget will still be collected from the parents, second by Lance, motion carried
Power Skating for Mites/Termites-Jason contact Robin Jerome for possibility of coaching, wage, and availability
Registration-September 13th and 14th
Gun raffle-this year it will be 21 guns, with each registered player being required to sell 10, there will be no cash buy back if you win a gun
September meeting will be on the 12th
Dollar saver cards-Jason said they are mostly out; anyone needing some can contact him
Recruiting-Ryan will contact the schools, place signs etc.
Equipment-Lance and Chris have been contacting players to get equipment turned in
Steak Fry-Lance will get a date set
Reds-N-Blues-Eric has them ready to go out next month
Referees-Jeff is getting started, he is scheduling meetings, clinics, etc.
Parent liaisons-Eric will handle Bantams, Layton Squirts, and Ryan Pee Wees, this group along with Coordinator Rob Mcgyver will make up the disciplinary committee
Gaming report given by John
Eric motion to move $10,000 from gaming expense to the trust account, then from the trust to the DLBLC expense account for jersey purchase, second by Chris, motion carried
Layton motion to remove jersey fee/jersey policy, as the DLBLC will buy and retain the jerseys, second by Jason, motion carried
Chris going to order the jerseys
Jay talked on a DLBLC lot; an individual is interested in purchasing the lot. Jay will contact a realtor to get a value and bring information to next meeting
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
July 18, 2011
Directors present: Jason, Jay, John, Chris, Eric, Scott, Lance, Ryan, Shawn
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Treasure report-given by Eric, Jason motion to approve treasure report, second by Lance, motion carried
Summer ice-had 94 registered, DLBLC has talked to Terry Wallace and has requested 3 weeks for ice again in June 2012, it was scheduled
Guest Dave Zimmerman discussed Boys and Girls HS practice times this upcoming season. He also shared his thoughts on the Pee Wee numbers and the 3 team idea. He endorsed the 3 team idea saying it will help develop all players.
Pee Wee teams-discussion followed on the numbers expected, Eric motion to have 3 teams provided we have 33 or more players at time of registration, second by Jason, Chris opposed, motion carried
Eric revised goalie and jersey policies, John motion to accept revised policies, second by Lance, motion carried
John motion to sell old Bantam jerseys to last year's players first, then whoever would want one at $25 per set, second by Eric, motion carried
Jerseys-Shawn and Chris showed examples and shared info, will order 120 sets after next meeting
Recruiting-Shawn and Layton will be working with schools, radio, etc.
Registration-will be on September 13th-14th, Scott and Ryan will head up registration
Card Savers-Jason shared that they are out and anyone still needing or wanting card savers should contact him
Gun Raffle-Layton-each registered player will be required to sell 10 tickets
Steak Fry-Lance will set a date with Proz
Gaming-report given by John, new gaming site up and running
Tournaments-Eric motion that Shawn Martinson will schedule squirts and Todd Thompson will do pee wee and bantam, each team will have $1800 tournament per team budget, second by Ryan, motion carried
Eric motion that the Devils Lake Bantam and Pee Wee tournaments will be for B teams only, second by Lance, motion carried
Jay informed us that Rob McGyver has accepted the coordinators position, this is a paid position. The salary is $1500.
Meeting adjourned
June 20, 2011
Directors present-Jason, Jay, Eric, Ryan, Shawn, Lance, Layton, Jeff
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-Lance motion to approve minutes, second by Shawn, motion carried
Treasure report-given by Eric-Jason motion to approve treasure report, second by Jeff, motion carried
Summer ice-94 registrations received-Eric motion to make request for summer ice from the DLPB for around the same time in June 2012, second by Layton, motion carried
Registration- dates are set for September 13th-14th
USA hockey registration for mites through bantams is to be done by parents online-the fee is $45 paid by the player/parent and needs to be done before player can register-termites do not need to register
Eric introduced a goalie incentive plan- discussion followed, revision were made, Layton motion to approve goalie incentive plan, second by Lance, motion carried
Eric introduce a jersey replacement plan he and John have put together-discussion followed, Eric will make changes/revisions for next meeting, Jason motion to approve jersey replacement plan, second by Lance, motion carried
Jerseys-Shawn and Chris will get designs, brands etc. together so a decision can be made at July meeting
Equipment-need to have equipment turned in-portfolio holders are going to work on this
Gaming-site pending-Eric motion to put $275 aside quarterly, for site rent, second by Lance, motion carried
Discussion was held on the possibility of enough numbers in Pee Wees for 3 teams, tabled for now
Discussion was held on coordinator position and the duties/responsibilities this position would include
Discussion was held on putting together a disciplinary committee, ideas and suggestions to be discussed at next meeting
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
May 16, 2011
Director's present-Jason, Eric, Jay, Ryan, John, Lance
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-Eric motioned to approve minutes, second by John, motion carried.
Treasure report given by Eric. Motion by Jason to approve treasure report, second by John, motion carried.
Guest-Terry Wallace went over state hockey meetiing info, talked on coaching requirements, rental equipment, and shared that state tournament dates and sites are set. Explained that the Mite and Termite proposal would be a three year contract-$3200.00 for ice-the Blue Line will take over rental equipment and the revenue from it to keep cost down.
Dave Zimmerman-shared on summer ice, skate fry at Lotta's on June 3rd to help with cost of summer ice and shared that the high school hockey received a $2000.00 grant for summer ice.
Summer ice-discussion followed on possibility of Keaton Wolf getting Sioux players to help with camp, Eric shared registration numbers, meeting set for May 31st to make decision on whether to proceed with summer ice.
Card savers-middle of June they will be handed out, Mites will also be asked to sell with all money to be turned in to DLBLC.
Equipment-Jay going to get list of needed equipment and purchase.
Team numbers-Eric talked on possibility of three Pee Wee teams. It was tabled until the next meeting.
Signs-almost all paid, John shared that all second billings were out.
Coordinator position-discussion was held on job description/duties.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
April 18, 2011
Directors present: Eric, Jason, John, Jay, Jeff K, Layton
DLBLC meeting called to order by President Jay Schindle
Minutes from previous meeting-motion by Layton to approve minutes, second by John, motion carried
Treasure report-given by Eric, Jason motion to approve treasure report, second by Lance, motion carried
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
Annual meeting April 18, 2011
3- DLBLC full term board positions open and 1- one year term
Jason Kraft nominated for 1 year term
Shawn Martinson for nominated 3 year term
Scott Schmaltz nominated for 3 year term
Ryan Stromme nominated for 3 year term
Eric moved for a unanimous ballot, second by John, unanimous ballot carried
Executive board election
Eric nominated Jay Schindle for President, second by Lance, carried
Lance nominated John Dahlen for Vice President, second by Shawn, carried
Jay nominated Eric Boren for treasure, second by John, carried
Eric nominated Jason Kraft for secretary, second by Lance, carried
Portfolios- Jay talked on possibility of DLBLC hiring a coordinator
Card Savers-Jason
Banquet-Jason
Registration-Jason, Scott, Ryan
Equipment-Lance, Chris, Shawn
Gun raffle-Layton
Signs-John
Gaming-John
Reds-N-Blues-Eric
Referees-Jeff K
Eric discussed his concern on the goalie shortage and shared some ideas/incentives encouraging players to come out for goalie
Jay informed on summer ice- Jason shared what the Lake Region Figure Skating Club is interested in renting/scheduling
Jay informed on the meeting he had with Dave Zimmerman and Terry Wallace on the mite/termite program. Guest Mark Hendrickson, who is a Devils Lake Park Board Commissioner, asks that the DLBLC bring a proposal to the DLPB meeting. Jay will do so.
Guest Dave Duckworth shared information on the DLBLC and DLPB equipment agreement
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
March 24, 2011
Directors present: John, Layton, Chris, Jay, Jason, Kyle, Jeff O
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-Layton motion to approve minutes, second by Kyle, motion carried
Summer ice-prelim schedule/update given by Jay
Guest Bruce Dick was wondering about the possibility of getting Sunday games to start after noon-discussion followed
Jay informed that he would be meeting with Dave Zimmerman and Terry Wallace about mite/termite program
Equipment-Chris informed that he had an updated list of what is needed, plus he showed the board some examples of jerseys. He will get a few more options and some prices
Referees-Jeff O discussed the referee portfolio position
Banquet-Jason motion to get participation awards from Reslock Printing, and hats from Creative Impressions for players, Kyle second, Layton opposed-motion carried
Gaming-John had a site request from Razors for $240, Kyle motion to give Razors $240 request from gaming, second by Layton, motion carried
Kyle motion for gaming to pay for player participation awards and hats, second by Chris, motion carried
Jeff O resigned-he had one year left on his term
Kyle motion to give players attending National tournaments/festivals $100, second by Chris, motion carried
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
February 28, 2011
Director's present-Jay, John, Lance, Layton, Eric, Jason, Jeff O, Jeff K, Chris
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-Eric motion to approve minutes, second by Layton, motion carried
Treasure report given by Eric, John motion to approve treasure report, second by Lance, motion carried
Guest Dave Zimmerman shared thoughts that the DLBLC should advertise for next season coaches as soon as season is over. Dave also asked for an updated email list of blue line members, so he could get in touch with them about summer ice and summer shooting/stick handling drills.
Summer ice-Date is set at June 10th, 2011
Much discussion followed on summer ice, Jay informed the DLBLC that he had placed the $1000 deposit with DLPB, this deposit was made from Jay's personal account, and at this point much discussion followed regarding who was actually renting/running summer ice as the ice cost has not yet been reduced. Jeff Klemetsrud motion that the DLBLC would take over/assume the summer ice costs and operation, John second, motion carried, Jason opposed
Jay informed the DLBLC that he visited with Terry Wallace about the possibility of the mites/termites coming under DLBLC administration; it was tabled until next meeting. This suggestion is coming from Dave Zimmerman.
Chris informed that he would like DLBLC to look at hiring a coordinator once again, discussion followed
Layton motion to move $15000 from expense to trust account, trust to operating account for raffle proceeds, Eric second motion carried
Equipment check in is March 7th, 14th, 21st
Gaming- John motion to give Razors a $100 site request for them to donate to LRFSC annual ice show, second by Eric motion carried
Banquet- March 28th, 2011 at 6pm Eric will talk to Jeff Huber about the meal, Jason will email team managers about the raffle baskets
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
January 17, 2011
Directors present: Jason, John, Eric, Jay, Chris, Lance, Jeff O, and Layton
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
New business-Jeff Klemetsrud will be filling the board position that was held by Paul Halko
Minutes from previous meeting-Eric motion to approve minutes, second by John, motion carried
Treasure report given by Eric-John motion to approve treasure report, second by Jason, motion carried
Guest Dave Zimmerman informed that the boy's high school players would be out skating with some of the youth teams this week, he also said that he would be attending DLPB meeting for the cost issue of summer ice
Discussion then followed on summer ice and the cost issue.
Equipment-Jay to talk to Terry Wallace and see if DLPB will match the $2222 from DLAF for needed equipment
Reds-N-Blues-all were turned in sold
Gun Raffle-Layton informed there was 1202 tickets sold so far, the drawing is to be on January 18, 2011 at Razors and the winners will be announced between the 2nd and 3RD period of Boys Hockey game on January 18, 2011
Banquet-March 28, 2011
Skate-A-Thon-discussion was held
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
2010 Meeting Minutes
December 20, 2010
Directors present: Jay, Jason, Jeff O, Layton, and Lance
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting- John motion to approve minutes, second by Jeff O, motion carried
Treasure report: Eric not present, none given
New business- Bantam B goalie situation, Jay is checking on use of all other available goalies
Guests- Jamie beck asked the board to waive half of his son’s player fee for the work he does as referee scheduler which is $180, John motion to reduce Beck fee $180, second by Lance motion carried.
Portfolios: card savers have been paid
Equipment: received grant from DLAF in the amount of $2222 to purchase needed equipment
Gun Raffle-Layton, informed there is 608 sold tickets, the turn back date for unsold tickets is Jan 1 2011, The DLBLB will meet on Jan 3 20011 for ticket redistribution.
Reds-N-Blues- Need to be all sold and money in by Jan 1 2011
Banquet-Jason informed date is set for March 28 2011
Gaming- Audit report is back, John went through audit report
Coaches pay- Eric working on reallocating of the $4000 coaching budget per team so that $1500 is for expenses and $2500 is for wages, Layton motion to approve the $1500 expense allowance and $2500 wages per team, second by Jeff O, motion carried
John motion to pay Terry Wallace $599 for wages earned and Heather Brandvold $250 for wages earned, second by lance motion carried
Summer ice- discussion was held on proposed cost of summer ice
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
November 15, 2010 Minutes
Directors present: Jason, Lance, John, Eric, Jeff O, Chris, Paul, Layton, Jay
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-Paul motion to approve minutes, second by Lance, motion carried.
Treasure report-given by Eric, motion to approve treasure report by John, second by Jason, motion carried.
Guests: Mark Hendrickson-informed the board of a new sound mixer that was purchased that can be used for games, etc. Had a request that the board give non parent coaches a $300 expense check, discussion followed- John motion to pay the non parent coaches $300 for expenses, second by Paul, motion carried.
Terry Wallace- informed that Wednesday night practices are optional and schedule will state that.
Referees-report given by Jamie Beck- 26 total refs, 6 level 3, 10 level 2, 10 level 1, he asked to continue bringing Tom Michaels for help at all levels, board agreed.
Power Skating camp had 74 participants, coaching cost was $1500.
Portfolios-card savers, try to get back unsold cards and final numbers ASAP.
Equipment-goalie gear needed for mite/smaller size players, motion by Eric that Chris buy needed equipment, second by Lance, motion carried.
Jason made motion for gaming to purchase jackets for coaches who need them, second by Layton, motion carried.
Gun raffle- Layton said we need to get money/sold tickets turned in.
Banquet-Jason will get a date set after March 15, 2011.
Gaming-report given by John, taxes are paid up, Eric motion to transfer $3000 from gaming expense account to trust account, second by Chris, motion carried
Signs-about half the sign revenue in, Jeff O motion to bid 5% of sign revenue for the Burdick arena, second by Chris, motion carried- Eric motion to bid 5% of sign revenue for the Jerome arena, second by Jeff O, motion carried.
New Business:
Dave Duckworth requested donation for mite/termite ice program-Lance motion to donate $500 to DLPB for youth ice, second by Eric, motion carried.
Check with Devils Lake Area Foundation requesting grant money for equipment- Jason motion for Jay Schindele to submit application with DLAF, second by Jeff O, motion carried, Eric abstained from the vote.
Summer Ice-$3500 per week, Eric motion for Jay to work on ice cost, Lance second, motion carried.
Dry land- Eric motion for parents to pay DLBLC the fee for dry land work outs if there player chooses to enroll. DLBLC will then pay Jake Thompson, second by John, motion carried.
Incident with interpreter, Jay informed the board of an incident with the interpreter and the Bantam group, discussion followed. Jay will talk with Steve Swointek on the matter.
Discussion about applying to Devils Lake Youth Activities for money to replace jerseys, John motion that the $5000 application to DLYA would be used for jerseys, second by Eric, motion carried.
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft DLBLC Secretary
October 18, 2010
Directors present: John, Jason, Jay, Chris, Paul
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting- John motion to approve minutes, second by Paul, motion carried
Treasure Report- Given by Jay- John motion to approve treasure report, second by Jason, treasure report approved
Guests: Nicole Parker was in with questions on practice facilities and about Pee Wee level hockey/checking
Terry Wallace said schedules are done and on website, he informed that the practice ice scheduling meeting was on Weds. October 20, 2010. He also informed that all the home hockey tournaments are full, and the Bill Jerome ice will be ready on November 8th, 2010
Dave Zimmerman said the power skating camp is set. He informed that he was at the DLBLC coaches meeting, and gave out handouts, etc. The High School players will again be working with the termite/mite/squirt/pee wee groups. He has the Fargo Force coaching staff scheduled to come up and work with the High School; he said all youth coaches are welcome to attend these practices.
Team selection letters to go out on October 26th
Portfolios- Pictures will be set up by Jason
Card Savers- going to be finishing up soon
Equipment-some jerseys at Gerrells getting numbers replaced
Gun Raffle-tickets almost all handed out
Reds-N-Blues-Blue tickets need to be turned in by November 15
Gaming-report given by John-he explained that we need to pay taxes not accounted for by Britsch and Associates PC that dates back from 2005. Paul made motion to pay $4147 gaming tax to ND state tax, second by Chris, motion carried
Signs-Cenex will be a new sign, Mercy Hospital sign getting a new face, and the Devils Lake Park Board informed that the DLBLC will have to bid the advertising space for all signs, discussion followed
Referees- all good, clinic on October 31, and the referee pay will be the same as 2009/2010 season
New Business- coaches need to be USA hockey certified, the fee for this is $40, John made motion to pay coaches USA fee, second Jason, motion carried
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
September 20, 2010
Directors Present: Eric, Jay, Jeff P, Jeff O, Kyle, Paul, Layton, Jason, Lance, Chris, John
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting-motion by Kyle to approve minutes, second by Jeff P, minutes approved
Treasure report – given by Eric, Jeff O motion to approve treasure report, second by Layton, treasure report approved
Guests- Dave Zimmerman updated board on power skating clinic. Also, asked if High School Boys Hockey could explore the calendar raffle, board did not object
Warren Michaels gave update on his skating camp, numbers, etc
Terry Wallace said scheduling is about 75% done. State meeting on September 25 at Great American Inn
Coordinator-Dave Duckworth asked board to revise coach’s pay policy. After discussion, Kyle motion to change policy to $4000 per team, the head coach and coordinator will negotiate head coach, asst. coach pay, this is a test year only, second by Chris, motion carried
Eric motion to revise coach expense pay policy to eliminate all paid expenses for parent and non parent coaches, and raise the pay to $4000 per team, second by Lance, motion carried
Petitions- to move players up. Discussion. Eric motion to approve Klemetsrud and Halko petition, second by Layton, motion carried, Paul abstained
Carson Lovin- to move from Squirts to Peewees. Jason questioned the policy. After long discussion, Jason motion to deny Lovin petition, second by Kyle, motion carried, Jason opposed, and Paul abstained. Jason was in formed he needs to call for roll call vote, Kyle –yes, Jeff O-yes, Jeff P-yes, Layton-yes, Chris-yes, John-yes, Eric-yes, Lance-yes on motion to deny Lovin petition
Jeff Panzer will coordinate termites/mites
Portfolios-referees- Jamie Beck asked when referees would be paid, it was decided it would be once a month on the 15th of the month, plus he reminded the board referee clinic is Oct 31st in Devils Lake
Registration-went well, 23 Bantams, 32 Pee Wee, and 21 Squirts signed up at registration
Card Savers-Jason, sales are still going, still have cards available
Recruiting-Kyle, went well, thanks to Radio works, the Devils Lake journal, and the DLPB for the help
Equipment-Jersey inventory/replacement, Jeff O, Kyle looking at what needs to be replaced. Chris reported he order the equipment needed from registration, Eric motion to pay $500 from gaming for new equipment, second by Jason, motion carried Jay informed the board of a couple of boxes of old jerseys, Lance will look through them
Gun raffle-Layton, most tickets out in circulation-going well
Gaming-report given by John
Reds-N-Blues- given out by Eric
Steak fry- Lance, October 2nd at Proz
Discussion on possible Schwan Foods fundraiser, Jay will get back with more information
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully submitted by, Jason Kraft
August 16, 2010
Directors Present: John, Jay, Lance, Chris, Eric, Jason, Kyle, Jeff O, Jeff P, Paul, and Layton
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes from previous meeting- Kyle motioned to approve, second by Eric, minutes approved
Treasure report- given by Eric, Paul motion to approve treasure report, second by Chris, treasure report approved
Guests- Representative Susie Bysch, from Cabelas fishing tournament to ask for workers at weigh ins. 5 families needed each day Friday/Saturday 8/20 &8/21, Jay said he would ask for volunteers and get back to her
Dustin Moser – ideas for fall/summer ice skills clinics, shared thoughts on way to utilize the ice as a fundraiser
Terry Wallace- scheduling will be this week, going to schedule same number of games for each level as last season
Coordinator- Dave Duckworth brought up parent coach’s expense policy, asked board to revisit the policy, after much discussion, Lance made motion to revisit policy, second by Chris, motion carried 6-4
Card Savers- going well, will be done at registration
Registration-Sept 14/15. Kyle, Jason, Jeff P will do mailers, drop information with schools, put up banners
Gun Raffle- 15 Guns, ticket books of 5 will be going out drawing will be Jan.18th at home High School game. Eric made motion for Layton and Paul to put together prizes for top 5 sellers totaling $500, motion second by Kyle, motion carried
Equipment- Jeff and Kyle are looking into jerseys. Chris is taking care of small size gloves, elbow pads, shin pads.
Reds-N-Blues- Jay getting list together for Eric.
Steak Fry- Lance said it will be Oct. 2nd or 9th $15 per ticket 5pm until gone
Referees- Jeff O reported the referee clinic for Devils Lake will be Oct 31st at 9am
Gaming- report given by John, Eric moved to approve gaming report, motion second by Jeff O, gaming report approved
John motion to move $3000 from gaming expense to trust, second by Jeff O. motion carried
New Business- Power Skating camp Nov 4th thru 6th Eric motion to pay airfare and for motels rooms for power skating instructors, second by Lance, motion carried. John made motion for gaming to pay player fee, for all blue line skaters, for power skating camp. Second by Eric, motion carried
Disciplinary Policy- tabled until next meeting
Jersey Hand Out- we will update handbook, it will say that jersey selection will be that the A team will get first pick of numbers, and then by age within the team if more than one player wants the same jersey/number
Sears- Eric said the Devils Lake Sears will donate 3% of its sales on Saturday, Sept 18th to the DLBLC, Kyle made motion to except the fundraising offer, second by Jason, motion carried
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully Submitted by, Jason Kraft
July 19, 2010
Directors Present: Jay, Eric, Jason, Paul, Layton, Jeff O., Kyle, and John
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele.
Minutes from previous meeting-Kyle motion to approve, second by Jeff O, minutes approved.
Treasure report given by Eric-$3475 in tournament fees, $7000 balance, will give us ending balance of $3525-motion to approve treasure report by Jason, second by Layton, treasure report approved
Guest- Dustin Moser with questions on Level 4 coaching and parent coach’s pay policy, Discussion followed on both, it was decided not to do the Level 4 coaching clinic in Montana, and the board may revisit the policy change on expenses.
Coordinator report-Dave Duckworth- he is now looking for coaches, anyone interested should contact Dave or one of the board members, he will be heading up the termite/mite ice program, we are in need of about $3200 and discussion was held on USA hockey locker room supervision policy.
Dave Zimmerman informed the board that the stick handling/off ice skills is going very well. He also said he is working on figuring out the placement of the ice logos. The power skating clinic he has been working on will be November 5th thru 7th. And lastly, that we all need to try and figure out a summer ice date for 2011 soon, so we can get it scheduled with DLPB.
Card Savers-Jason said they are out and going well
Jerseys-Kyle has started working on design etc.
Gun Raffle-Paul and Layton- update on progress, this will be a 15 gun raffle with 1500 tickets.
Registration-Kyle, Jason, Jeff P- dates were set for September14-15-16
Gaming- report on profit/loss comparison from John
Referees-Jeff O-checking into updates, changes, etc.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted by Jason Kraft
June 21, 2010
Directors Present: Lance, Jason, Layton, Eric, Chris, John, Jay, and Kyle
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele.
Dave Zimmerman shared information on possible power skating clinic, discussion followed about possible dates etc. Dave said he would have more info at next meeting
Minutes from previous meeting. John motioned to approve, second by Eric, minutes approved.
Treasure report given by Eric-2 sign sponsors paid, we also received $250 from volunteer fire dept. Layton moved to approve treasure report, second by Jason, treasure report approved.
Coach’s pay revision, Eric clarified the no voucher/receipt part.
Coordinator- We will be asking Dave Duckworth if he is interested in position, John moved to ask him, second by Chris, carried.
Card Savers-Jason will contact team managers, they will be out this week.
Recruiting-We will be doing skate, sticks, and free registration for first year players again this year.
Equipment-still need some turned in, purchase 20 more sets of youth size.
Golf tournament-Eric moved to drop, Layton second, motion to drop golf tournament carried.
Gun Raffle-discussion to do a gun raffle and drop the dlblc calendar, Lance motioned to go with gun raffle and drop calendar raffle, second by Chris, motion carried.
Motion by Eric for Layton and Paul H to head up gun raffle, second by Lance motion carried.
Reds-n-Blues: Update the list.
Steak Fry- will be led by Lance.
Gaming- Report from John.
Jerseys-Kyle and Chris will start looking at options, designs, etc.
Scheduling-will need to get on squirt international application asap, and will go ahead and schedule for 2 bantam teams for 2010 and 11.
Tournaments- motion made by Eric to raise tournament allowance from $1500 per team to $1800 per team, second by Layton, motion carried.
Discussion on tournament gate fees followed, the DLBLC will not pay any gate fees.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Jason Kraft
May 2010
Minutes of DLBLC May 17, 2010
Directors present: Jay, Jeff P., Jeff O., Lance, Eric, Jason, John, and Kyle
Meeting called to order by President Jay Schindele.
Minutes from previous meeting. Kyle moved to approve minutes, second by Eric, minutes approved.
Treasurer's report-Eric. Ending balance is $11,600. Jason moved to approved treasurer's report, second by Jeff P, treasurer's report approved.
Discussion was held to pay I Design another $200 for ice logos as there was a miscommunication on the cost, John moved to pay the $200, second by Lance, Eric opposed, motion carried.
Terry Wallace shared with board that scheduling will be done in late August, and the fall ice date is October 4th.
Dave Zimmerman discussed incorporating more high school involvement with our youth program.
Discussion was held on coordinator position, tabled until next meeting.
Registration will be the second week of September.
Card Savers will be getting handed out soon.
Golf tournament will be a go again this year, planning and preparation under way.
Equipment that has not been turned in needs to be by May 21st, list of names that did not turn in equipment were handed out, Lance will contact.
Handbook discussion was held. The coach’s pay and expenses were discussed and revised. Motion to revise expenses by Kyle, second by Jeff P., motion carried.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Jason Kraft
April 2010
DLBLC April 19, 2010 Annual Meeting
Directors present: Kyle, Chris, Jeff O, Jeff P, Glenn, Mark, Sean, John, Eric, Jason and Jay
Meeting Called to order by President Jay Schindele
Minutes read from previous meeting. Mark moved to approve minutes, second by Kyle, minutes approved.
Treasurer's report – Eric. All bills paid, balance of $7400.00. Sean moved to approve treasurer's report, second by Jason, treasurer's report approved.
Dave Zimmerman requested a donation from Blue Line Club to buy shooting, stick handling and passing equipment. Each of the high school teams are also contributing. Motion for gaming to buy equipment by Eric, second by John, motion approved.
Coordinator's report: One coach certification expense to be paid.
Banquet went well.
Gaming: Request for 500 dollars to help pay for bleachers at the high school sport complex. Motion for 500 to the bleachers by John, second by Kyle, motion approved.
Need to pay $31.02 for Razors for uniform. Motion by Eric, second by Jason, motion approved
Motion to move $4000.00 from gaming expense to the trust account, Jeff O, second by Jason, motion approved.
Business meeting adjourned.
Annual Meeting
Elections
Director’s terms that are up: Mark, Glenn, Jay and Sean
Nominations for directors: Lance Forsberg, Sean Lovin, Tom Ruele, Jay Schindele, Paul Halko, Jeff Klemetsrud, Layton White and Ryan Stromme. Motion to cease nominations by Eric, second by John.
New board members are Jay Schindele, Layton White, Paul Halko and Lance Forsberg.
Terms that expire in April 2011 are Kyle, Jeff P and Jason.
Officers for 2010-11
President – Jay Schindele
Vice President- John Dahlen
Treasure – Eric Boren
Secretary – Jason Kraft
Portfolios:
Registration- Kyle, Jason and Jeff P
Card Savers – Jason
Recruiting – Kyle and Layton
Equipment – Chris, Jeff O and Lance
Golf Tournament – Chris
Calendar – Paul and Layton
Reds and Blues – Eric
Signs – John
Steak Frys – Lance
Skate-a-thon – Jeff P
Referees – Jeff O
Banquet – Kyle and Jason
Gaming – John
Discussion on fund raising.
Meeting adjourned
March 2010
BLC Meeting Minutes from March 15, 2010
Jason Kraft was appointed to fill the vacant board position.
Minutes of the previous month's meeting were read. Eric moved to accept the minutes and John seconded the motion, the motion passed.
Treasurer report was given by Eric, after a discussion John moved to approve seconded by Jason, motion passed.
Coordinators report:
Dave reported on the state tournaments. He received many positive comments about the PeeWee A Tournament hosted by Devils lake. There were some disciplinary actions reported on. Game suspensions at the Bantam B State Tournament, three players for fighting, and one player for five penalties in a game. Dave shared a letter regarding another disciplinary action, a squirt coach received an additional game suspension for his behavior during a recent game. Discussion regarding developing a subcommittee for dealing with issues that arise needing attention prior to regular scheduled board meetings.
Portfolios wer reviewed:
Registration: still some outstanding balances for some player fees.
Card savers:
Recruiting:
Equipment: Check in for equipment is listed on current ice schedule.
Golf Tournament:
Calendar Raffle: John volunteered to take over the portfolio form existing board member, Mark.
Steak Fry
Skate-a-thon scheduled for Thursday March 18th. There were 26 players that are eligible to participate. Pizza and beverages will be served to the skaters
Referees
Banquet: April 15 at the Memorial building, Discussion, menu spaghetti dinner, Free will offering recieved, Jason will contact team managers re: team baskets for raffle. Prizes for calendar sales, (1 prize for each 10 calendars sold)
Other Awards: Doug Bachmeier award for volunteerism, and the Elmer Stoe, Bantam award.
Signs: a second billing was completed.
Gaming
Requests from gaming location
Lake Region skating Club $100.00 Eric move to honor their request, Jeff O. seconded, motion passed.
Local Dart league $82.00 for team shirts Eric moved to honor their request, Chris seconded, motion passed.
Location requested to donate funds to support the banquet. Mark moved to purchase the player participation awards (sticks) from Creative Impressions, and purchase the prizes for Calendar also with these funds. Eric second, motion passed.
Motion by Eric to transfer $2500 from the Expense account to the trust account. Jeff O. seconded, motion passed.
The Audit was completed and the report will be sent to the Blueline at later date.
Fundraising General discussion: Utilizing one large fundraiser instead of many smaller efforts, discussion on fees,
Northeast district report: Dave reported that the meeting in Lakota covered issues regarding some girls hockey issues and a unanimous vote to defeat the proposal of forming a one state league at the PeeWee and Bantam A level.
Respectfully submitted by Jeff Olson
February 2010
DEVILS LAKE BLUE LINE CLUB
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
7:00 PM
PRESENT: JAY, SEAN, JEFF O., ERIC, JOHN, GLEN, JEFF P., CHRIS, AND MARK
-MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
-MINUTES APPROVED BY ERIC, 2ND BY JEFF O.
-TREASURES REPORT - ERIC
ALL BILLS PAID
REVENUE DOWN
EXPENSES FLAT
-DISCUSSION ON PAYING REGISTRATION
KIDS THAT HAVEN'T PAID
SPECIAL SPENDING TEAMS
1ST MOTION TO APPROVE - SEAN, 2ND JEFF P
GUESTS: TERRY
VOTE ON PEEWEE/BANTAM-STATEWIDE VOTE FOR NO BRACKETS NORTH/SOUTH
NO SUPPORT FROM BOARD
MOTION TO VOTE NO ON NDAHA AMENDMENT - 1ST BY ERIC, 2ND MARK
PROBLEMS WITH PARENTS HELPING AT TOURNAMENTS - DISCUSSION
COORDINATORS
EXPENSE REPORT-MEALS DISCUSSION
MEETINGS WEDS. - 4 PLAYERS/30 DAY SUSPENSION/10 DAYS
DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE - JAY, MARK, ERIC
EQUIPMENT
CLEANED BY MINI H
CHECKIN DATES TO BE SET
CALENDARS
NAMES ON WEBSITE - MARK
SIGNS
$4450-TO COLLECT
REBILL THIS WEEK
STEAK FRY
SKATEATHON
BANQUET
AS PLANNED
SEAN WILL TALK TO HUBER
PRIZES - NEED 43 (4 PER PERSON)
APRIL 15TH 600PM MEMORIAL BUILDING
GAMING
ALL GOOD
MOTION FOR RAZORS REQUEST TO BUY UNIFORMS 1ST BY ERIC, 2ND BY GLEN
MOTION CARRIED
REFS
PAID ONCE A MONTH
RUNNING FOR NDAHA NE DISTRICT REP
TODD THOMPSON
DAVE DUCKWORTH
BOARD SUPPORTS DAVE
JERSEY COLLECTED
MEETING ADJOURNED - 1ST BY CHRIS, 2ND BY JEFF P
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
JEFF PANZER
January 2010
BLUE LINE CLUB MEETING
BURDICK ARENA
January 18, 2010
-Meeting called to order:
Members present: Glen, John, Kyle, Jay, Mark, Eric, Sean, Chris, Jeff O.
-Treasurers report:
Tiffany submitted a letter of resignation to the board as the treasurer and board member. No current balance submitted by Tiffany. Jay will work on updating infor into Quick Books and will ahve a checkbook balance at the next meeting. Reviewed players with outstanding registration balances. Reviewed P&L report. Eric moved to approve Treasurers report, seconded by John. Mark made a motion to appoint Eric as the new treasurer. Sean seconded motion and approved by board in a unanimous vote.
-Coordinators:
Kale reported on the program and mentioned coaches pay needed to be taken care of. Numbers are strong and most kids remain in the program.
- Equipment: Gear needs to be gone through. many jerseys need to be replaced. Team sponsors would be one idea to fund new uniforms.
- Calendars: Mark reported 692 sold. At this point 150 less than last year.
- Signs: John reported all signs have been invoices.
- Fundraising: Board talked about additional fund raiser. Checking to see if Anna Halko would be willing to spearhead.
- Skate-a-thon, getting labels and setting up. There will be a party for the kids that participate in the skat-a-thon fund raiser. Set date options.
- Referees: Everything going well.
- Banquet: Going as planned. need to be thinking of (43) prizes.
- Gaming: All bills in and paid. Books at accountant.
- Discussion on the new Devils lake Youth Hockey Foundation.
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully submitted.
Kyle Blanchfield.
2009 Meeting Minutes
December 2009
BLUE LINE CLUB MEETING
BURDICK ARENA
DECEMBER 21, 2009
-MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
MEMBERS PRESENT: KYLE, JAY, TIFFANY, JEFF P., JEFF O., MARK, GLEN, JOHN, ERIC
-TREASURES REPORT: $26,129.74
BILL FOR SKATES $2400.00 –PAID
RESLOCK BILL
YEAR END BILLS
CARD SAVER MONEY TURNED IN
TREASURES REPORT MOTION APPROVE BY ERIC 2ND BY MARK, APPROVED
-ADD JEFF O. TO COMMITEE REVIEWING THE HANDBOOK
-DISCUSSION ON PAYING FOR HALF OF THE $1700.00 FOR ICE IN OCTOBER KYLE MOTIONED, ERIC 2ND, APPROVED, ROLL CALL VOTE MOTION CARRIED. MARK ABSTAINED WITH ERIC VOTING NO
-DISCUSSION ON EQUIPMENT
CHIN PROTECTOR FOR GOALIE – BUY
-DISCUSSION ON CALENDARS
-FIRST DRAWINGS – JANUARY 1ST RED/BLUE TICKETS
-SIGNS
INVOICES SENT OUT
CHECK ON CHEERLEADERS HANGING SIGNS OVER ADVERTISING SIGNS
-COACHES WILL BE PAID EQUALLY
FIRST PAYMENT- FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, SECOND PAYMENT - FIRST WEEK IN MARCH
-DISCISSION ON FUTURE STEAK FRY EVENTS
-GAMING
NEW MACHINE
MONEY PAID FOR PINS
ALL BILLS ARE PAID TO DATE
-COORDINATORS REPORT
COACHES & CLUBS MEMBERS NEED TO WORK WITH OUR COORDINATORS ON ISSUES
DISCUSSION ON LOCKER ROOMS
-DISCUSSION ON TERRY & HEATHER’S PAY
TERRY -$599.00
HEATHER- $250.00
VOTE MOTIONED BY TIFFANY, 2ND BY JOHN MOTION CARRIED, MARK ABSTAINED, ERIC NO
-SQUIRT INTERNATIONAL
DISCUSSION ON PAYING ENTIRE $1900.00 TOURNAMENT FEE. MOTIONED BY ERIC, 2ND BY MARK, MOTION CARRIED TO PAY FULL AMOUNT JOHN OPPOSED
-STATE PEEWEE TOURNAMENT
DISCUSSION ON TOURNAMENT WORKERS.
-MEETING ADJOURNED.
November 16, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting at the Burdick Arena on Nov. 16, 2009.
The minutes from October’s meeting were approved.
Members present:
Kyle, Glen, Jay, Jeff P, Jeff O, Mark, Sean, John, Chris and Eric.
Treasurers Report: Balance of 24,005.55
Coach David Zimmerman high school head hockey coach was present. He volunteered players to help with the squirts, mites and pee wee programs. High school numbers: 36 skaters, 3 goalies.
Anna Halko was present and discussed a possible fund raiser.
Terry Wallace reported scheduled were complete, the Devils Lake Tourney Bantam A 1 team, Pee Wee A 5 teams, Pee Wee B 7 teams , Squirt B 8 teams, Squirt A 5 teams, Mite 1st and 2nd were full as of date.
Coordinator: Kale talked about puck bags and Jackets for coaches.
Registration: Eric did not have a solid number from the Bantams.
He was going to get names of players who did not pay their fees yet.
Card savers were returned.
Kyle stated we donated 45 pairs of skates and sticks.
Mark: Calendars were coming out next Tuesday. Also noticed the red/blue tickets had the wrong dates. Blue were turned in.
John: Sign bills are out. Nothing else with signs.
Glen: Steak fry sold 150 tickets nut sure of income yet.
Referees: Twenty seven total 6 are level 3 and 6 are level 2 and the rest are level 1.
Banquet: Slated for March, on the calendar. Sean and Kyle are working on them.
Gaming: John received a letter from the NDAC they wanted to see if we wanted to join their membership. Eric made the motion to switch out some machines, motion approved. Loan for gaming machine has been paid back.
New Business:
Bill for $1700.00 for October ice from the Park Board. Agreed to pay half, and other half is the skating clubs responsiblity.
Discussion on petition to move up players. Motion made by Mark seconded by Sean to move 3 squirts, 2 bantams up.
Discussion on changing handbook and changing wording John made a motion to approve Chris seconded it. Mark, Sean, Kale and Jeff P agreed to look through the handbook.
Bylaws tabled until next meeting.
There was discussion about a player that violated the zero tolerance rule. There was unanimous decision to suspend the player one week.
Sean adjourned the meeting and Mark seconded it.
Jeff Panzer, Secretary
The Blue Line Club held its regular monthly meeting Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Burdick Arena.
Board Members present were: Jeff P., Sean, Glen, Eric, John, Tiffany, Jeff O. Jay & Chris
Jay called meeting to order.
Jamie Beck was present
Coordinators named the coaches
Discussion on Bantam coaches whether we should have 3 coaches or not, coordinators decide on the pay – Expenses to Tiffany
Girls need their own locker room.
Motion carried
Treasure report: Balance of $30, 113.33 – motion to approve
Discussion on the donation of skate to first time skaters – a deadline of November 1st was set for any participants to get their skates
Terry gave approximate number of games per team
Bantam A 35 +/-
Bantam B 28
PeeWee A 33 +/-
PeeWee B 33 +/-
Squirt A 33 +/-
Squirt B 33 +/-
Each team will be at home 1 weekend per month
Discussion on whether to increase the refs wages or keep the same. Will be checking around to see an average as to how we compare.
Pins were ordered the cost will be $3000.00 they will be $1.35 each. All remaining pins will be sold at $3.00/each
Due to the flu season all Squirts, Peewees & Bantams should bring their own water bottles provided by the parents.
Equipment is still being distributed but we will be wrapping up soon.
Calendar pictures will be Thursday, October 22, 2009.
Working on a date for the end of the season banquet.
Signs, most are done, few pending.
Still selling Steak Fry & Red/Blue Tickets
Gaming-all is good here.
Waiting for an insurance quote due to all the current break ins.
Discussion on the dollars put into trust.
Eric moved to adjourn, 2nd by Tiffany
Respectfully,
Jeff Panzer
The Blue line Held it regular monthly meeting September 21, 2009 at the Burdick arena
Board members present: Jay, Tiffany, Jeff, Glenn, Mark. Chris, Eric, John, Sean, Kyle, Jeff Olson
Jay called the meeting to order Eric moved to approve the minutes Sean 2nd.
Jeff Panzer has filled the secretary position.
Treasurer Report: Balance of $37,294.39 motion to approve by Mark 2nd by Kyle
Terry: 10 scorebooks have been ordered the cost of those will be $77.50. Schedules are close to being completed. Discussion on holiday tournaments.
Coordinators: Dave thanked all the volunteers for the work on the rink. Most of the coaches in place. Will be meeting with the Bantam parents for a second time regarding teams. Kyle motioned to have a vote of confidence to the coordinators for whatever decision is made regarding one or two teams. Eric 2nd the motion all in favor.
Signs: The bills will be going out for the signs. There was an issue about the signs on the end walls. Use of the east wall for new signs and above the doors on the west wall. Need park board approval for the use. Blue Line will bring it to the park board for the use of the walls. Sean motioned to go the park board to ask for sign space Tiffany seconds all in favor. Chris suggested signage right in the ice. Eric motioned to have Chris take of the arrangements Kyle 2nd all in favor.
Registration: Went well, had a very good turn out for the mites and termites. Need to work on retention on all these new members. Had Record mite members this year.
Suggested Jersey fridays for the kids at school. Let them wear there jerseys try to gain some interest.
Equipment; Eric motioned to buy more equipment 2nd by Kyle.
Application from NDAHA for grant of $500 matched from the BLC if approved.
Gaming application for $5000 grant from Youth Activities Associations to be used for equipment, Jay will be completing
Calendars; all good, schedules are at Reslock’s printing.
Red & Blues: Need Blue tickets in by November 1st.
Steak Fry October 24th at Proz need raffles and Silent auctions items
Gaming; Everythings good. All the bills are paid. Repayment of loan from general fund on track.
Discussion to transfer money to the Youth Hockey Endowment fund. Mark motioned to move $7500 into the endowment fund second by Sean. Motion carried, unanimous vote. Eric was not present for this motion.
Park Board approved the east side wall for sign use.
Discussion on the possibility of Langdon kids coming to DL for hockey.
Discussion on Bottineau College coming to DL and play a game will need $3000 to come in to play.
Mark moved to adjourn 2nd by Glenn
Respectfully submitted
Tiffany Sebelius
August 17, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting August 17, 2009 at the Burdick Arena
Members present were Jay, Tiffany, Jeff, Glenn, Kyle, Chris, Eric, John, Sean.
Treasurers Report: Balance of $21,035.33 motioned to approve by Jeff 2nd by Chris.
Jeff Panzer has been appointed to fill the board position that was open.
Gaming: $3,059.15 in Trust account; $2,490.43 in Expense account. All the bills are paid to date. Sean motioned to spend $50 to join the ND Gaming Association Eric 2nd motion carried.
Steak Fry scheduled for October 23 at Proz.
Registration scheduled for September 14th and 15th 5 – 6:30
Coordinators: suggesting changes to the schedule this year. Will be working with Terry to get the schedules done.
Dollar Saver cards are out.
Kyle is working on recruiting with letters going out. Working with the Park Board to waive equipment fees for 1st year players at the termite and mites levels. First years no fees, a free pair of skates, and a stick.
Equipment: Good, Elbow pad, shoulder pads in need.
Calendars: Everything at Reslock Printing to be printed.
Red & Blues: Reslock printing those as well.
Signs: Razors Edge and I Design 2 looking at a sign for the Burdick. Other businesses to be contacted.
Move to adjourn by Eric 2nd by Glenn.
Respectfully submitted
Tiffany Sebelius
July 20, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting July 20, 2009 at 7:0pm in the Burdick Arena.
Members present Jay, Sean, Eric, John, Glen, Mark, and Jeff.
Guest(s) Kale
President Jay S. called the meeting to order
Eric motioned to approve the minutes, Mark seconded vote 6-0 approved
Treasurers report presented by Mark,
Current balance of $20,217.14, with a couple of checks outstanding.
Eric moved to accept the treasurer report and Glen seconded the motion , short discussion regarding the expenses turned in. vote 6- 0 approved
Gaming report (John) balance in the expense account approx. $5000. 00 (with one check outstanding) Trust account balance is $3259.15
New gaming site(s) update : Elk’s site is up and running. New establishment is waiting for their LLC to be completed before our license can be approved. There is some start up costs needed for this site that would exceed our current expense account balance.
Eric moved to have a loan transaction from DLBLC general fund account for $2500.00 to the DLBLC Gaming expense account. Sean seconded. Some discussion regarding repayment period, this would be short term. Vote 6-0 approved
Eric made a motion for requests of other organizations whom are sending players to participate in the DLBLC be assessed a fee of $250.00 per player per year, seconded by John vote 6- 0 approved.
Coordinator update
Kale reported that no applications have been received but there has been discussion with some interested individuals.
Registration for the upcoming year
Request from Terry W. to adjust days, not to conflict with the regular DLPB meeting. New dates for registration Monday September 14th and Tuesday September 15th
Fundraisers:
Calendar, Mark presented the bids for the calendar, board approved the bid from Reslock Printing vote 7-0.
Steak Fry, Glen reported a tentative day , 3rd Friday in October.
Golf Tourney, Mark reported there is currently no teams signed up for the tournament.
Sean reported that the there are 39 hole sponsors. This a considerable decline from previous years.
Signs , nothing new at this time.
Referee report: Jeff reported the Devils Lake Referee clinic will held on November 1, 2009.
Discussion regarding the reimbursement of referees for their clinic fees. Jeff will confer with previous members and Terry W. to clarify whom was reimbursed and present back to the board if there are others t to be reimbursed.
Eric moved to continue a share cost agreement with Lake Region Skating Club for ice prior to DLBLC schedule practices. John Seconded. Vote 6-0 approved Mark abstained from the vote
Sean moved to continue with the practice of registering both our A & B squirt teams in the Squirt International and the DLBLC paying ½ of the registration fee. Seconded by Eric vote 6-0 approved
The board accepted the resignation of Amy Lee. Effective July 19, 2009. A search will be conducted for a replacement for her position.
Sean moved to adjourn Eric seconded and vote 6-0 approved
Respectfully submitted
Jeff Olson
June 11, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting June 11, 2009 at The Burdick Arena.
Members present were Jay S, Sean, Glen, Mark, John, Eric, Amy, Jeff, Kyle, Chris
President Jay Schindele called meeting to order. The minutes from last meeting were read; Eric wanted it noted that he was absent from last months meeting. Tiffany had accidentally put him on the attendance. Motion to approve by Kyle and seconded by Mark all in favor “Aye”.
Treasures Report: Balance of $21,719.02 One coach turned in expense report. Calendar drawings are being done and mailed out. Motion to approve treasures report was made by John seconded by Amy, all in favor “Aye”.
Gaming: John will go and see about another gaming machine, if positive levels then leave.
Coordinators: They are working on coaches.
Portfolios:
Registration: September 15th & 16th from 5-6:30pm. Need to start in August by getting letters to kids and letters to schools by Friday September 11th.
Card Savers: It was decided that Eric will distribute at Registration.
Recruiting: Go to schools and do mailings to kids in area.
Equipment: Need to apply for donation to the youth activities foundation.
Golf Tournament: Sean in charge of signs – 5-6:30 supper and registration with 7pm Tee-off. Cost will be $35 per person, Tiff will check with Lake Chevy to get sponsor for hole in one.
Calendars – Mark is working on bids from Hoiberg’s & Reslock’s, should have bid by Friday.
Steak Fry – October – Glenn will call for date.
Skate-A-Thon- should mail letter in registration packet.
Buy-out option on fundraising – there is not going to be one available at this time.
Idea was made that we could have a member of the blue line club with a fee or donation to the club. Idea was tabled.
Policy rewording – Initial registration as hockey player all fees are waived. Will look at providing skates and sticks to player for first year starting in program.
Sean brought up the Grassroots sponsorship grant, we need to apply.
Mark made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Kyle.
Respectfully Submitted,
Amy Lee, DLBLC Sec.
May 18, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting May 18, 2009 at the Burdick Arena.
Members present were Jay S, Tiffany, Sean, Glen, Mark, Chris, John, Eric, Jeff
Guests present were David & Kale
President Jay Schindele called meeting to order.
Minutes were read with a motion from Mark to approve, seconded by Sean.
Treasures Report: Balance of $21,246.66
Gaming: Looking at another machine for a new site. Company from Fargo will charge $800 to $2000 to purchase a machine but will let us rent it for $1 a month if we could consider buying our tickets from them. If the new site isn't beneficial to the machine they will look at taking it back. Has not spoken with the Elks regarding the $25 a month for rent of the machine.
Coordinators: Dave brought a discussion to the table regarding the $1700 the club pays for ice at the beginning of the season. The question being if the Bill Jerome is not used for three weeks in March why are we putting ice on two weeks early. If there a better use for the $1700.
Mark motioned to donate $500 to the weight room from gaming for the project at the High School, seconded by Sean.
Golf tournament scheduled for July 24th need to start getting hole sponsors - try to have them collected by next meeting.
Sean motioned to adjourn meeting, seconded by Glen.
Respectfully submitted,
Tiffany Sebelius
April 20, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting April 20, 2009 at The Burdick Arena.
Members present were Jay S, Tiffany, Sean, Glen, Mark, Jamie, John, Eric, Pete, Amy
Guests: David, Kale, Chris, Roed, Deanna & Kevin Anderson
President Jay Schindele called meeting to order. The minutes from last meeting were read; need to make correction to Bylaws – clarification to amend them. Motion to approve by John and seconded by Mark all in favor “Aye”.
Treasures Report: Balance of $22,676 .41. Need to pay accountant bill yet. Motion to approve treasures report was made by Jamie seconded by John.
Gaming: Book are at Britsch’s office. John would like to move all three bank accounts from Ramsey to Bremer. Duckworth brought up the conflict of interest, Tiffany stated she has no authority to bank accounts. Eric made motion to move all three accounts to Bremer Bank seconded by Pete, all in favor “Aye”. John also brought up that he would like to put a machine in at the Elks establishment. Purchase a new machine and take old machine to Elks. John will get proposal from Elks stating rental and service agreements and will bring to next meeting. Eric made a motion to offer $25/mo rent for 6 months and then revisit. Tiffany seconded the motion. Mark, Jamie, and Sean opposed the rest in favor. Motion carried.
Eric made a motion to adjourn, Mark seconded.
Respectfully Submitted,
Amy Lee, DLBLC Sec.
March 17, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting March 17, 2009 at Proz End of the Line.
Members present were Jamie, Mark, Pete, Sean, Glen, John, Amy, TIffany, Eric, Kyle, and Jay S Guests; David Duckworth and Terry Wallace, Kale Stromme
President Jay Schindele called the meeting to order. The minutes were read from last meeting, Motion to approve the minutes was made by Kyle seconded by Tiffany. Mark did want it noted that he abstained from approving due to not being present at the meeting.
Treasures Report: Balance of $30,119, will finish off the year with a balance of $17,250. Motion to approve mintues made by Tiffany seconded by Mark. All in favor.
Motion that on behalf of Coach Thompson 1/2 of his pay will be donated to the High School Boosters.
Duckworth asked for a new set of game nets with possible 50/50 match from the DL Parkboard? Terry approved. All Jerseys are turned in except for the Squirt B's, the coaches pay will be held until turned into Kim. It would be ok to mail all other checks out.
Kale: Things went pretty smooth for the most part. Hope to get some of the coaches back next year. He does know that two coaches will not be back next year. There will be a level 4 clinic in Sioux Falls in August- wonder if Blue Line could help out for the coaches that want to attend. Registration Fee is $250 plus mileage. Two years ago we paid for half.
Banquet: Food taken care of. The flyers are done and out. Sean took care of the drinks from Pepsi. Prizes are good, get a couple more things. Still need to get coaches gifts. Buchmeier Award.
Equipment: Check in will be March 17, 24, and 26th
Steak Fry: Saturday night at Lotta's be there at 4:30pm
Calendars: Paying out to the winners
New Business: By Laws, need to amend some of the articles. Changes will be made and approved at a later date.
Nominating Committe: Sean, Amy, and Kyle for getting new people on board
Annual Meeting Date: April 20, 2009 7pm at the Burdick Arena - our regular meeting. Annual meeting to start at 7:30pm, will be published in paper.
Future Meetings: They will be held at the Burdick Arena in the meeting room. The third monday of each month at 7pm, if there are any changes made to this date or time it will be posted on the DLBLC website.
Duckworth: 2 kids are going to the Chicago Showcase, would like to give each $100, all in favor, Aye Pete motioned to adjourn the meeting seconded by Amy
Respectfully Submitted,
Amy Lee, Sec. DLBLC
February 16, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting February 16, 2009 at Lotta’s.
Members present were Sean, Mark, Amy, Tiff, Jay, Kyle, Pete, Jamie, Glen, John
Guests: David
President Jay Schindele called meeting to order.
The minutes from last meeting were read. Mark would like to amount that he did not vote on the grade policy change. Jay brought to his attention that there was no abstention or opposition on his behalf at the time of the vote and he should not come back later and change his vote. This also applied to all other board members on votes. The minutes were then approved with a motion made by Pete and seconded by Mark.
Treasures Report: Balance of $40,682 sill have the coach’s expenses to take care of motion to approve by Mark seconded by Kyle.
Budget: Buy-out option, will take vote at banquet to see what interest the parents have and their take on the card saver cards. All outstanding fees have been taken care of.
Mark made mention of forming a sub-committee before banquet to evaluate the current fund raisers and to look at possible new ones. Jay appointed Pete, Tiffany, Mark, and Kyle on the sub-committee. The will present something to the board next months meeting.
Coordinator: An issue was raised with one of the coaches; Dave will talk with the coach and see how it can be handled. Discussion about next years team coordinators.
Red & Blue’s: Tiffany will take over
Calendars: 816 sold
Skate-A-Thon: $4600 raised so far, money still coming in
Signs: 10 outstanding
Steak Fry: Saturday, March 21st at Lotta’s , board members will have tickets
Banquet: March 23rd, need to look for auction items for silent auction. Jeff Panzer will be a guest speaker. Tiff will check on the food items, Mark will be in charge of the program, Sean will check on the drinks, and Kyle will get the awards for kids.
Equipment: 5 new large helmets are available, purchased from Gerrell’s. Mark made a motion to pay for them out of gaming being seconded by Tiffany. Coaches will be in charge of the jerseys, medical equipment, water bottles – must return to club. Jerseys can be dropped off at Minnie H to be cleaned. Jamie made a motion to hold check until all equipment is turned back in seconded by Sean. Equipment check in date looks like it will be March 25th & 26th at the Burdick.
Bylaws: need to amend them, will be emailed out to everyone. Review and report back to Jay.
Pete made a motion to adjourn seconded by Mark.
Respectfully Submitted,
Amy Lee DLBC
January 16, 2009
The DLBLC held its regular meeting January 19, 2009 at The Old Main.
Members present were Jay S, Jay J, Tiffany, Sean, Glen, Mark, Jamie, John, Eric, Kyle
Guests: David, Terry, Kale
President Jay Schindele called meeting to order. The minutes from last meeting were read and approved with a motion from Tiffany and seconded by Pete.
A motion to amend last months minutes correcting that Mark have a year and a half left of the board. Motion made by Kyle seconded by John.
Treasures Report: Balance of $42,654 .18. Pete stated that we finish the year as he started it. Motion to approve treasures report was made by Mark seconded by Sean.
Gaming: Balance of $6200 in the expense account, $3700 in the trust account. All bills are current. John will have a full gaming report by next meeting. Currently looking for another gaming site. Motion to approve the gaming report.
Dry Land: Cabinet is complete and needs to be picked up and taken to the Burdick.
Steak Fry: Sometime in March, Glen will check with Lisa
Red & Blue: There are some tickets out there that need to be collected.
Banquet: The budget for the banquet will be discussed and decided at the next meeting.
Calendars: Final calendars sold were 806. Discussion of printing more calendars next year to include the upcoming mites.
Skate-A-Thon: Participation was about half from the kids in the program
Registration: Needs someone to take care of this portfolio
Golf: Mark will take care of the Gold Tournament this year but someone should work with him so they can take over next summer.
Grades: Discussion about the current grade policy. A lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of keeping or abolishing the grade policy by the board members and coordinators. Pete made a motion to suspend the current grade policy to do extraordinary circumstances, but there was no second. Motion defeated. Eric made a motion to abolish the grade policy and seconded by Sean. Motion voted on and approved with no opposition.
Signs: Have been billed out, still some outstanding. Need to contact Liquor Locker to see if they want to continue theirs. If not it will be removed.
Jamie and Mark will schedule the refs for the remainder of the year. Anyone receiving any complaints about refs should direct them to Kale, Mark, or Jamie.
Jay motioned to adjourn seconded by Tiffany.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tiffany Sebelius, DLBLC
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