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March 2008 Board Minutes

NLSA Board Meeting March 6th, 2007:
Steve Newton, Rob Duncan, Tony Jones, Lesley Kennedy, Kim Newton, Care Leeming, Tom Getliffe, Elaine Bond, Jay Kennedy, Shaun St.Amand


Meeting Agenda:

President’s Report/GLHA:
•        Seeded application by the GLHA is still pending. At this point, no decisions have been made that impact NLSA.
•        Next meeting March 27th

Treasures Report:

•        Financials shared with board.
•        All accounts in good standing.
•        NLSA is looking for an Accountant to assist with the Treasurer – if interested please contact Shaun St. Amand.

Forest City Report:
•        Tournament lists need to be completed and shared by each FC coach asap.
•        GLHA would like to have 2 reps at each meeting going forward.
•        Play-off structure is out. Play offs start March 16th and continues through to April 2nd.

CHL:
•        Play off planning meeting when very well – play off schedule has been set and is under way.
•        Special note: CHL board very impressed with the NLSA representatives and their contributions! Thanks to Jay and Lesley Kennedy & Kim and Steve Newton!
•        Trophy’s for the banquet have been ordered the CHL tournament.
•        Tyke/Mite program will have some type of Skills development day at the end of March – more details to come (Kim Newton & Lesley Kennedy).
•        Sponsor plaques will be ordered by Lesley by end of next week. Shaun will work with Lesley to distribute to all sponosor’s.
•        Banquet set for April 5th – Lesley will be sending out invitations
•        Novice line change forms are mandatory for play offs – Lesley will be sharing a note and will be requesting collections.

Ice Convener:
•        Consulted with Rob Perreria on timelines for next season ice preparation. City of London is sending forms to Steve to complete.
•        Practice Ice has been released up to March 16th, slight delay in sharing remaining practice ice due to FC play off schedule not being released.
•        13 hours of ice were given to HL for play-downs.
•        FC teams should be watching Blade Net daily as schedules are being updated continually. First play off games can be scheduled for Sunday March 16th.
•        ACT: FC reps need to alert Steve/Kim Newton when their season’s are done to ensure ice is given to teams that are still playing.

Sponsor Chair Update:
•        No update at this time

New Business:
•        LMHA board has brought a proposal to the North board. The NLSA board is currently reviewing the proposal with care.   Urgent questions/concerns can be referred to Shaun St.Amand.
•        Motions to approve coaching clinic fees become part of the Team Fee (as needed – if the coach is new and needs the certification). NLSA board will discuss and vote upon at next meeting.
•        New Equipment costs exceeded $10,000 this year. Lots of new goalie equipment was purchased this year, and additional pucks and pylons to cover items that were lost at the beginning of the season. Proposal: Going forward dual signatures for purchases in excess of $5000.
•        Incorporation papers are completed and will be signed tonight by Tom Getliffe, Shaun St.Amand and Rob Duncan.
•        Coaches evaluations will be distributed to the teams to be filled out
•        Coaches applications will be available shortly

The next meeting will be held April 3 at 7pm at the Huron House Restaurant

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North Board Meeting – Feb 7, 2008

Present – Shaun St. Amand, Tom Getliffe, Kim Newton, Lesley Kennedy, Jay Kennedy

Public – Lance Howard

Treasurers Report:
•        Charitable tax credit posted on web (re: receipts to have been printed when your child was enrolled in the hockey season) if you do not have the printout John and Tom will work something out together on the issue.
•        Funds – balance up to Jan 19, breakdowns “other income detail”, “warm-up ice”, “jackets”…
•        TD account transactions, printout shared with board.
•        Sponsors outstanding *to ask Pam for invoices*
•        Tournament summary, outstanding hotel moneys
•        Ice paid up to end of Feb.
•        Final CHL budget funding.
•        Volunteer development coming in slowly
•        North will provide technical director for clinics etc.
•        John Flemming looking for replacement for treasurer
•        Goalie clinics possibly on quick enroll for next year payment by check only from parents for clinics
•        Include tune up ice in the registration cost across the board to save collecting money on per use basis.

Forest City Update:
•        Playoff formats set
•        Sun. Mar 16th, 10 min overtime and shootout
•        No running clock before games, too much wasted ice.
•        Rotate thru extra ice.

Commissioners report:
•        Game sheets not handed in out of town need to have this happen
•        Midget 3 schedule redone
•        Clinics – not to be done thru Quick Enroll
•        Rescheduled games to be done ASAP
•        Tournament updates.
Ice Conveners:
•        Houseleague banquet booked and Monseigneur Bruyere.
•        Insurance required for venue (contact Jill White – Lesley will do this) non-sanctioned form?
•        2 hour custodial fee
•        Next year request form for ice late March if extra ice needed
•        94 hours/week of ice for next year
•        Run early bird tournament
•        North to run checking clinics
•        Tune up ice @ 20 hours
•        Pre season ice – keep in line with other associations
•        If “A-Card” will begin in August (premium ice) 20-30 more hours required
•        Request for extra ice (@FC)
•        Better co-ordination for tryouts
•        Practice ice released after 17th HL playoff schedule

CHL:
•        Make up flyers to advertise to younger players i.e. (schools)
•        Goalie clinics run well, parents will pay $20.00 per clinic if charged next year as they want the clinics monthly.
•        Draft night reinstated next year – Alliance rosters will be done that night and changed as needed after.
•        Coaches meeting went well with a great turnout – Discussed assessments next year, coaching development, who is returning.
•        Coaches handout (Zero Tolerance policy open to interpretation – make progressive disciplinary action, Shaun to review and then send out to coaches
•        Mike Hurst willing to consider CHL position for next year.
•        We have conveners for all divisions except Pee-Wee for next year need to actively seek out volunteer.
•        Who is doing sponsor plaque this year, Lesley to contact Pam.
•        Equipment return? Involve conveners for each division to attend last practices?.
•        Year end Banquet organization started
•        Trophies – CHL will shop around for trophies this year for best price and quality.

Public:
•        Feed back from goalie clinic is outstanding
•        Suggest looking at “What’s up” for promotional items (trophies)
•        Spread out the clinics next year
•        Parents appreciate ice allocation
•        Parents request better assessment and allocation of teams
•        Make process transparent i.e. SSE website posts how assessments are run to avoid questions.
•        Coaching development – forum, mentor program.
•        Team tournament banner was presented to have hung at Carling; we agreed to post the victory on the website.
•        Lance Howard is interested in Sponsorship Chair for next year.

Round Table:

•        Pass Sponsor cost on to the teams for Forest City?
•        Option to put second “MD” or “B” team

Next Meeting – Thursday, March 6, 2008 8:00pm

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December 2007 Board Minutes

NLSA Board Meeting December 13th, 2007:
Tony Jones, Jamie Coombs, Steve Newton, Rob Duncan, Care Leeming

Meeting Agenda:
President’s Report:

•        Nothing to report at this time

GLHA:
•        SSE and LMHA coach’s have been suspended for the remainder of the regular season

Treasures Report:

•        November invoices have been paid, including CHL,ice, referee's, cell phone and Pete's

Forest City Report:


CHL:
•        Police checks that come back questionable will be discussed independently with the Pres., Vice Pres, and appropriate coaching changes will be made if necessary.
•        Balancing of teams still happening with other associations, balancing for most NL teams are complete.
•        Every HL (Head coach) should receive a NL jacket. Head Coaches, please get into Petes’ as soon as possible to order.
•        Lesley Kennedy will be seeking a CHL alternate to join the board
•        True Sports foundation in partnership with Bell Canada has presented Lesley and Jay Kennedy with a grant for $2500.00 due to their high level of volunteerism – Lesley and Jay would like to donate the funds to the HL Goalie Clinics, ice rental and potential new equipment.
•        Lesley has agreed to organize the Goalie clinics – more details to follow


Ice Convener:
•        January practice ice will be out by the end of the week
•        The Tournament schedule will be out by the end of the week
•        Practice Ice is being ‘given back’ and is unused. Going forward, teams that burn ice time will no longer be given replacement ice.
•        New dates for the Early Bird Tournament have been offered by the city – TBD during the January Board meeting.

Sponsor Chair Update:
•        Nothing to share at this time

Tournament:
•        Rob Duncan will be organizing the Time Keepers
•        Jamie will be creating a sign up sheet for the board to schedule themselves for tournament duties
•        Trophy’s are ordered - Jamie
•        Game Sheets are complete - Jamie


Next Meeting will be held January 3, 7pm – Huron House Restaurant

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November 2007 Board Minutes

NLSA Board Meeting November 15th, 2007:
Jamie Coombs, Steve Newton, Rob Duncan, Tony Jones, Lesley Kennedy, Pam Mitchell, Care Leeming, John Davidson, Shaun At. Amand, Cristos V, Tom Getliffe,

Jay Kennedy, Kim Newton, Lorraine Anderson, Carolyn Mackenzie –Caspi, Lance Howard

Meeting Agenda:
President’s Report:
•        All associations need to become Inc. asap
•        Alliance is attempting to ‘define’ the MD status – more details to come
•        Financial statements in good order
•        Brad Pope recognized as Community Sports Volunteer of the Year – Congratulations to Brad from NLSA!
•        Under 17 Hockey – NLSA has opportunity to sell tickets for games, prize structure available to kids that sell tickets.   Tickets will be handed out to CHL and FC teams and more information will be posted at the arenas and on website.
•        Coaching/Trainers clinics may be run within London to cover the final list of folks that require training for this season. ACT: Send names to Shaun St.Amand asap.

GLHA:
•        Still working on a process for refunding coaches/trainer certification

Treasures Report:

•        Financials shared with board.
•        All accounts in good standing.

Forest City Report:
•        Game sheets are not being properly completed prior to games. Refs are to verify game sheets are filled out before starting games.
•        Scores must be sent in immediately after games finished
•        Time keepers need to start clock 13 minutes before game time … buzzer needs to go at 11 minutes as a reminder to teams, so games start on time.

CHL:
•        Need update on Kenan – Shaun will send email to Kenan to validate
•        Jay voted in as CHL alternate to assist Lesley – motion raised, voted and passed
•        Colour conflict list has been created and share with all associations
•        Novice/Tyke update – kids have been moved up where appropriate and teams will be communicated.
•        Police checks – still working on getting all in. Lesley has a listing and will share with Rob/Jamie
•        Goalie Clinic – Cristos will contact John McDonald to organize and work with Steve Newton for Ice
•        Re-Establish draft night next year - gives coaches a chance to meet and greet and go over rules (pend to AGM). Lesley will facilitate for ‘08/’09 season

Ice Convener:
•        Practice ice shared until end of December
•        Lost ice due to tournaments has been returned by the city with different ice times
•        Team Photo’s have been booked and times have been communicated
•        Blue & White tournament - WF ice has been booked for Friday, Stronach being booked for full Friday
•        Kim Newton voted in as assistant Ice Convener and official board member

Sponsor Chair Update:
•        CHL jersey’s done – Lesley shared listing with Pam
•        FC – struggling to get sponsor’s
•        Jamie to communicate with FC coaches they are to find a sponsor for their teams.

New Business:
•        Mentor program for coaches and goalies - want to put the idea out there for next year for both CHL and FC (pended for AGM) (Rob/Jamie/Shaun.)
•        Tournament:
o        Looking to get competitive tournament later in November or December rather than Thanksgiving weekend to allow for opportunity to have more teams and stronger turnout.
o        58 teams registered already for Blue & White
o        Need more Bantam teams – Lesley will approach the CHL board and Bantam conveners within other associations to have more teams.
o        Jamie needs lots of help for tournament – will have full listing of required duties for the December meeting.
•        Registration Update:
o        Need to establish volunteers, coaches and conveners by end of July.
o        Need to ensure that we communicate early that we are closing the registration and not allowing for late registrations after registration closes.
o        Quick Enroll for next year is Credit Card only.
o        John Davidson will create a proposal for what he thinks is best for next year and will share at future meeting.
o        Need to consider how to strengthen volunteer recruitment – eg: $75 = 4 volunteer hours

•        New Logo -
•        NLSA Inc. is pending – waiting to hear from gov’t.
•        Add FAQ to our website – each member of the board is to come up with 5 FAQ’s with the answers to each question – ACTION: share with Shaun asap
•        Outline costs and associated ice distribution for CHL and FC to website.

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October 2007 Board Minutes

NLSA October 4th, 2007 Board Meeting Agenda

In attendance: Shaun St.Amand, Jamie Coombs, Lance Howard, Elaine Bond, Tom Getliffe, Rob Duncan

President’s Report/GLHA Report
•        Important that all FC coaches get their rosters into John Davidson asap
•        Ref costs have been negotiated and set for the year
•        Coaches that have yet to complete certification need to write ‘scheduled’ on game sheets with date of course.
•        Some concerns have been shared at the GLHA level regarding the CHL representation from North London
•        Any complaints should be escalated to the NLSA President (Shaun St. Amand) and will be reviewed and dealt with by the board.

Forest City Report:
•        FC Coaches meeting was held October 1st
•        Ice is out and season ready to go next week
•        Midget 3 requests to have Red and White teams
•        *** FC teams must be ready to play 15 minutes prior to game time ***

Treasures Report:
•        Account statements shared – accounts in good standing
•        FC bump up fees are starting to come in – should be all in by October 15th
•        Be sure to share with Pam Mitchell any leads for prospective sponsors

CHL:
•        No CHL representative present at meeting

Ice Convener:
•        FC Reg schedule – posted on website
•        Practice schedule – Shared for October, November and December to be shared shortly
•        HL Reg schedule – Not yet complete, will be posted shortly
•        Tournament – all scheduled (131 hours of ice)
•        Four hours of additional ice for HL this weekend (Oct 5-7)
•        NEW/ACTION: Weekly report from HL (all divisions) to be provided to Rob/Shaun – Jill/Kenan
•        NEW/ACTION: Weekly report from FC (all divisions) to be provided to Rob/Shaun – Steve Newton

New Business:
•        Sports One Photography will give back 10% of sale proceeds to the association
•        NLSA to start selling clothing/apparel at Carling arena – Rob Duncan to organize
•        ACTION: All board members and coaching staff must have completed Police Background checks into Rob Duncan by Oct. 31st.
•        Coaches Code of Conduct will be completed/reviewed by the next board meeting – Rob Duncan

Next Meeting November 8th – 8pm, Huron House Restaurant

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September 2007 Board Minutes

NLSA September Board Meeting

Attendance: Shaun St. Amand, Jamie Coombs, Tom Getliffe, Tony Jones, John Davidson, Elaine Bond, Rob Duncan, Steve Newton

Lorraine Anderson
Lance Howard

Regrets: Care Leeming

1.        GLHA/President Update
•        Ice for 2007/8 has been allocated
•        NLSA has no large ice pads (i.e. Western Fair) this year
•        Next year each association will be responsible for their own checking clinics
•        Next year refunds from GLHA to individual associations will be in the form of a credit
•        There is a referees meeting on Sunday

2.        FC Update
•        6 suspensions will be carried over from last year
•        Coaches will be notified

3.        CHL Update
•        A convener is still required

4.        Ice Convener Update
•        The city was looking for 4 hours back but has since decided to leave the hours as is
•        The city is trying to get the associations back to home ice

5.        Treasurer Update
•        Tom Getliffe provided official bank statements to the board

6.        New Business

a.        Sponsorships
•        Tom Getliffe will provide the board with a list of contacts for last year’s sponsors
•        If a sponsor chair is not found the board will take on the responsibility


b.        Registration
•        Midget registration will remain open for now
•        Another Novice team will be added
•        It was noted that the switch to Quick Enrolment was worthwhile


c.        IMPACT
•        Coaches will be given information about this program
•        John Davidson will attempt to arrange a 15 minute presentation for the next board meeting

Next meeting will take place at 8m on Thursday, October 4th at the Huron House Restaurant.

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August 2007 Board Minutes

NLSA August Board Meeting Agenda

Attendance:
Tony Jones, Rob Duncan, Jamie Coombs, Care Leeming, Shaun St. Amand, Steve Newton, Lance Howard, Jill Lerzert, Kenan Cejvan,
Elaine Bond

Lorraine Anderson

President’s Report/GLHA Report:
•        FC will no longer have curfewed games
•        Two Referees associations have joined – now one group
•        FC play-off schedule will be shorter this year
•        Rebate chq from GLHA has been received by all associations
•        Many new presidents at the GLHA – Brad Pope has stayed on as president of GLHA
•        LMHA will not be making any allowances for boundary exceptions or further grandfathering

Treasures Report:
•        Lottery account officially closed
•        All outstanding expenses from previous season have been processed

Forest City Report:
•        Association now following the OHF rules & regulations. Each association has the opportunity to create amendments to the r/r as they see fit.
•        FC Coaches meeting was held Aug 23rd. All coaches were in attendance, meeting went very well

CHL:
•        Still in need of two conveners – Novice and Peewee divisions
•        Jill/Kenan will be providing all HL coaches with coaching manual/code of conduct
•        Still in need of additional coaches within all of the divisions – Coaching Applications are available on our website
•        All game changes to go through convener and refs association for upcoming season – not coach to coach
•        CHL has proposed a new 3 tiered system for upcoming season – decision to be made at next CHL meeting (Sept. 25). Note: May be too late to implement for 07/08 season

Ice Convener:
•        Winter ice contract has been created – all ice is at Carling and Stronach
•        Tune up ice & FC Try out schedules are posted on the website

New Business:
•        North to purchase all the head coaches and board members a North Jacket. - Voted on and passed.

•        Updating the logo for North. – Contest posted on our website inviting all players to submit a drawing – board will review all submissions and winner will receive a NL jacket.

•        Registration update - currently sitting at 650 registrations, John will provide another update later week of Aug 27th. Aug 31st Quick Enroll will be closed and families looking to register will need to contact John Davidson via email.

•        Tournament Update - Both tournaments are posted on web. Approx. 25 teams currently registered for Early Bird in Oct. All FC coaches will be entering their teams.
o        Jill suggested having 2 divisions (Red/White) for January tournament and has agreed to assist Jamie in facilitating this process

•        Coaches Clinics – posted on website. Folks are to register and pay for their clinic and then provide their receipt and proof of attendance to a board member to receive their rebate.



Next meeting will take place Thursday September 6th @ 8pm – Huron House restaurant



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June 2007 Meeting

NLSA June Board Meeting - June 21, 2007

Board: Jamie Coombs, Rob Duncan, Steve Newton, Care Leeming
Public: Joel Sandy, Lance Howard

Agenda:
President’s Update:
•        AGM – new president is in place
•        Schedules will now be posted on ‘bladenet’
•        Next meeting takes place next week – hope to have finalized details on how coaches will register for certification (speak out/trainers/checking)

GLHA Report:
•        Brad Pope is returning as GLHA president
•        Money will be refunded to each association from the GLHA surplus
•        Stratford and Woodstock will be in the B loop next year
•        Looking for A cards for our Forest City Tier 1 teams – more details to come
•        Police Background checks are required for all coaches/trainers – Jamie Coombs will ensure communication is sent to all FC coaches asap

FC Update:
•        Nothing to report at this time

CHL Update:
•        Nothing to report at this time

Treasurer’s Report:
•        Budget looking strong for upcoming season

Ice Convener’s Report:
•        Working with city to complete the ice contracts – ice time allocation has been granted
•        Ice trade meeting will take place in August with the other associations
•        Tune up & Try-out ice schedule is in the making – hope to have confirmed by mid-July

Quick Enrollment:
•        Live June 15th
•        Need all coaches to send emails to the past players encouraging early enrollment!

Tournament Update:
•        Both tournaments are on our website ‘Early Bird’ in Oct & ‘Blue&White’ in January
•        Jamie Coombs will send out emails to other associations (alliance) to notify of the tournaments
•        FC Coaches are asked to share with their peers in other associations

New Business:
•        Lottery account and license are closed!!!
•        NLSA did receive the check from Alliance for refund and has been deposited into our account. Approx. $3500
•        FC Coached meeting to take place August 23rd, 8pm @ Huron House – Rob Duncan will act as host and will ensure invitations are sent to the coaches

Next Meeting – Saturday August 25th @9:30am, Huron House Restaurant

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May 2007 Meeting

NLSA AGM Board Meeting 05/31/2007

Board: John Davidson, Tom Getliffe, Rob Duncan, Jill Lerzert, Steve Newton, Care Leeming, Jamie Coombs, Steve Newton, Tony Jones, Cristos Vitsentzatos
Public: Elaine Bond,

Agenda:

President’s Report:
•        Nothing to report at this time

GLHA Report:
•        Nothing to report at this time

Forest City Report:
•        Year End meeting was successful
•        Referee’s have joined associations – stronger supervision is expected

Treasures Report:
•        Financial Statements shared
•        Motion to accept the financials – voted on and passed

CHL:
•        House league banquet when very well – 95% of players in attendance
•        Keenan Cejvan will assume responsibility for CHL representation
•        All HL conveners are set, with the exception of Mite and Peewee

Ice Convener:
•        Fall tune up ice has been booked – will post the dates on the website asap
•        Ice rental costs have gone up by 7% for upcoming season

Quick Enrollment:
•        Family Discount needs to be approved - recommending $200.00 for third or more children.
•        Contact information for North i.e. e-mail address and phone number - John Davidson will arrange
•        Have previous season’s coaches email their groups with Quick Enroll facility and timeframe for online registration for upcoming season.
•        Quick Enroll – Credit Card only – Exceptions will be dealt with by Conveners or Registrar
•        Need to create acceptance and decline emails – John Davidson/Rob Duncan to complete


2007-2008 Fees: Voted on and approved for upcoming season

Division        Year of Birth        Fees
Mite        2003-2004        $290
Tyke        2001-2002        $375
Novice        1999-2000        $375
Atom        1997-1998        $450
Minor PeeWee        1996        $450
Major Pee Wee        1995        $450
Bantam        1994        $450
Midget        1993        $450




FC Fees:
Try Out Fee – $55.00 * $5 increase
Bump Up Fee - $200.00 * $5 increase


New Business:
FC Coaches for upcoming season voted on and approved – All coaches will be contacted by June 10th, then posted on our website

Meeting Adjourned – Year Closed

AGM:
New Board approval –

President – Shaun St.Amand
Past President – Tony Jones
Vice President – Rob Duncan
Registrar/FC Rep Alternate – John Davidson
Treasurer – Tom Getliffe
Secretary – Care Leeming
FC Rep/Equipment Mgr – Jamie Coombs, Cristos Vitsentzatos (need 2 alternates)
CHL – Jill Lerzert, Kenan Cejvan, (need 1 alternate)
Ice Convener – Steve Newton ( Steve Boone)
Communications Liaison – Elaine Bond

Voted on and passed.

Next Meeting Date –June 21, 8pm – Huron House

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April 2007 Meeting

NLSA Board Meeting Minutes – April 12, 2007

In attendance:
Board: Rob Duncan, Peter McConville, Lesley Kennedy, Dave Powell, Jamie Coombs, Shaun St. Amand, Care Leeming, Steve Boone, Tony Jones
Public: Jay Kennedy, Steve Newton, Lorraine Anderson


President’s report:
•        The City has plans to realign the ice alignment, which would provide ice to the associations in which the arena is located … eg: Carling/Stronach to North, Kinsmen to West, etc.
•        Quick Enroll will be used at the GLHA level for enrollment in all coaching clinics
•        Lots of turn over at the President’s level at the GLHA – lots of new openings available
•        Shaun will be working with Huron House to determine scheduling of Volunteer appreciation night – more details to come.

GLHA:
•        No one from the GLHA will be attending the Alliance AGM
•        No other new business to share

Forest City:
•        City finals went very well – all trophy’s have been distributed
•        No new business to share


CHL:
•        Chair of the CHL is stepping down
•        Shaun will be collecting all trophy’s to display at Carling arena
•        ACT: Need a volunteer to arrange for the sponsor plaques to be prepared and distributed

Treasurer:
•        We will not be running a mandatory fundraiser for 2007/2008 season
•        NLSA will not be applying for a lottery license from the city – therefore no team will be able to run any type of lottery fundraiser
•        No other new business to report

Ice Convener:
•        Steve has requested the city move our first tournament to November, rather than October.
•        Tune up ice has been booked for the first week in September

New Business:

Quick Enroll – Rob Duncan/John Davidson are working with the Quick Enroll group and are ready to begin the testing phase.

HL Coaching – Applications for HL coaches will be posted on the website for upcoming season. Applications should be sent to the NLSA P.O. Box. 39004 London Ontario, N5Y 5L1 and should be marked “HL coaching application”
Police Background checks will be required for all Coaches/Volunteers for 2007/2008 season – at the expense of the volunteer.

HL Player evaluation – appreciate the timing needed to make accurate evaluations of the HL players to ensure equal distribution of players. Concern has been shared with the Ice Convener and will do their best to make most of the ice schedule.

HL Budget - NLSA has not raised their fees in 2 years. HL payers get a lot of ice, practices and games throughout the year – much more so than Red Circle provides.
ACTION: Plan to put an outline of ice time on website to demonstrate cost effectiveness to HL families in comparison to FC and Red Circle.

HL Banquet – April 28th 11am-4pm. Plan to have a NLSA info table set up at the banquet, quick enroll pamphlets, etc available to the parents.

Motion to have NLSA become Incorporated – seconded, votes and all in favor. Cristos V has taken on this particular action item.

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March 2007 meeting