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ACADIA MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Meeting
Wednesday, September 9th, 2004
Port Williams Elementary School

Present: Dave Duncan, Harold Fisher, Dave Upton, Brian Rhodenizer, Ed Sherman, Larry Rodrigues, John Currie, Paul Murphy, Carrie Hemmings, Doug Eaton, Mike Graves, Dave Deacon, Lynn Connors, Sheila Bower-Jacquard

The Minutes for the previous meeting were approved.

UPDATE ON REGISTRATION NUMBERS

East Kings registration occurred the previous weekend at the old Cornwallis School.

UPDATE ON NOVICE QUICK START REGISTRATION AND FUNDING

Mike Graves will oversee the fitting of the registrants on 2 set nights at Cleve's. There were 35 Notice Quick Start registrants through East Kings and more calls have been received. There were 17 calls received in relation to the KAMHA. It is anticipated there will be at least 60 children in the Program.

VALLEY HOUSE LEAGUE, NOVICE TO MIDGET C

Discussions are ongoing in relation to the reestablishment of the Eastern Valley House League to encompass a valley wide house league at all levels in Minor Hockey.

UPDATE ON CANNING ARENA

It is anticipated at this point that ice will be ready at the Canning arena for tryouts on September 20th, 2004. If the ice was ready, the Pee Wees would have their Checking Clinic on September 19th, 2004 in the Canning arena. This will result in the Conditioning Camps being more stream lined. The charge for 8 sessions is $60.00 and players will either attend Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday for their hour Conditioning Camp. Players will divided alphabetically. West Hants will be included in the same time slot. Paul Murphy and Will Brown will conduct the Checking Camp together. The PeeWee coaches will be on the ice and working various stations.

HOCKEY SCHOOL IN EAST KINGS

This will be run by Robin Foley at a cost of $65.00 for 8 one-hour sessions. This hockey school is for younger and House League players.

FEMALE TRYOUTS

Because of the numbers registered for female teams, there will be no official try outs. However, the female team coaches have requested accessibility to ice time.

BANTAM AAA

David Keith resigned as the President of the Mainland Bantam League as a result of Terry Beck's insistence that our team become part of that league. Randy Hussey of West Hants advised that approximately 68 Bantams are currently registered and also advised that he felt they did not have enough numbers to form a AAA team.

WEST HANTS ATOM NUMBERS

Randy Hussey of West Hants reported that there were 40-50 Atoms already registered in West Hants which were significantly up from last year. There was a possibility of a Atom AAA team being run out of West Hants.

DIRECTOR'S LIABILITY INSURANCE

Mike Graves reported that because of the amalgamation, he believed that the new Association was covered under KAMHA's insurance policy. Lynn advised that from her perspective without having looked at the policy, they clearly could not be the case. Mike Graves advised that he would ask Randall Balcome, secretary for KAMHA, to contact the insurers and advise.

BLUE/WHITE GAME

Mike Graves and Ed Sherman are looking after the chuck-a-puck. Shelley Jeffrey is organizing the 50/50. Dave Upton was looking after the printing of the tickets. Lynn is covering advertising and promotion. Sherry Benjamin is handling door prizes and ordering ball caps for sale.

DEVELOPMENT WEEKEND

Provincial Hockey Development weekend is scheduled for November 13th and 14th, 2004. Darren Booth will be running a Trainer's Program.

MIDGET AAA AND HIGHSCHOOL ISSUES

There is a lengthy debate on how to resolve the conflict between Midget AAA Tryouts and the High school Tryouts. The board unanimously agreed to the following course of action:

• Brian will contact the Highschool coaches to set up a meeting and ask if they could make their decisions concerning their team in advance of the conclusion of our try out process;
• The Board will advise all Midget players that in order to be registered to play with the Association, they must be evaluated as part of our tryout process and communicate this in writing to the parents;
• The Board will post this requirement to register and try out on our Web Site;
• The Board will accept last minute Midget registrations immediately before the try outs commence.

Motion by Sheila Bower-Jacquard. That in relation to any player who ceases playing, their registration fees shall be returned on a pro rata basis based on a 20 week season. Motion seconded by Brian and passed unanimously.

Sheila will prepare a letter and pass it out at registration for Midget players. Further, $50.00 of the registration fee for Midgets is non-refundable. It covers insurance.

OTHER

The on-ice instruction for the on-ice evaluators is scheduled for next Thursday night from 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Acadia University. Coach Burns will review the drills and go through the process with the lead on-ice evaluator, and on-ice evaluators. A lust of 40 names has been compiled and the Division Managers will make contact with potential on-ice and off-ice evaluators.

A discussion occurred over an individual who had applied for a coaching position was turned down and was seeking a response. Dave Duncan would write with the appropriate response.

Meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
LYNN M. CONNORS
Secretary