Lowlights:
1.) Number of Zero Tolerance issues was unacceptable, especially since the Reading tragedy last July.
Occurred at all levels- Clinic, Mites, Squirt, Peewees, and Bantams. Incidents involved: players, parents, coaches, referees.
The Board had to have 6 – 10 special meetings and suspend several members / players. The new Board will develop a strong, clearly worded , set of rules, including the proper chain of command for problem resolution! The District 10 registrar and / or USA hockey are not to be involved until the Board has been involved.

2.) Communication between parents / coaches / Board members. All involved should try to keep talking in a respectful manner. Hockey is only a small part of life and all involved are volunteers.

3.) Use of Extra ice by the Squirt, Peewee, and Bantam levels. We need to try to get more involvement at the older levels or focus on the mite / imite level only. Memberships wants more ice, but only at certain times and certain locations.

4.) Membership fundraising – need to get more volunteers 2 volunteers cannot get it done - need large corporate sponsors.

The raffle netted approximately $14,000 on the backs of the membership while the Sponsor book netted about $5000 on a 20 / 80% split. WYSA gets the 20%. Why? 3 weeks of 5-10 callers to obtain donations, collection of donations, setting up the book for all the ads, printing, and distribution costs. Bottom line: about a 50 / 50 split between what we get and want the professional marketing service actually clears.

5.) Post tryout behavior- More restraint is needed by parents in discussions with individual coaches / Board members as at least 6 people are involved with player placements: 2 – 4 evaluators, 3 - 5 current year coaches, and 1-2 Board members.
Results are reviewed and questioned if necessary. Any unique circumstances are dealt with by the entire Board.

6.) The "negative grapevine" – people who are not involved, who don’t attend, continue to pass so called facts to other members without complete information.

Highlights:
1.) Team accomplishments
Squirt A team winning the District 10 championship, going to the State tournament, winning the Valley League championship
Bantam A team being runner-up at District 10 and going to the State tournament
Peewee C , Mite C, Valley Buzzer 1 & 2 teams playing in League Championships.

2.) Additional ice (35% more ice available now than 2 years ago) – Thanks Mike McCarthy!
Added 18 weeks of Skills at Flynn and 30 sheets at LoConte to the 18 weeks of Goaltender clinic and 18 weeks of existing skills. We will continue to obtain more ice at long as we can afford it.
The Association subsidized approx. 70% of the cost out of the general fund.

3.) Restructured clinic: Combined the 2^nd & 3^RD into 1 session allowing for greater use of skill stations for skating, passing, and shooting. Cost was approx $4.25 per hour for players who attended all 16 weeks.

4.) First full season with the Coaching coordinator. Several coaches meetings were held to get all on the same page. Need to continue and improve these meeting.

5.) Size of the Association:
The program continues to grow at the Clinic / Mite levels. Overall we’ve had over 210 players each year.

Tryout policies: Chris Labriola requested that the Board explain the policy of attendance.
Fred Massaro and Brian Donahoe replied that players were required to attend all tryouts for their level unless they had a medical excuse or a long planned family vacation. Several players missed 1 or 2 or their tryouts due to vacations – all informed the Board of these vacations at registration (well in advance of tryouts). Several members had planned their vacations based on the August 31, 2000 tryout schedule and were surprised at the changes that had occurred.

The 01-02 tryout schedule that was published in the "Red folder" was a tentative schedule and subject to change. The Board had to accommodate business trips for evaulators, along with avoiding Metro tryouts for the Mites and Squirts.
Parents, guardians, and coaches should avoid planning tournaments / make-up games the last 2 weeks of March 2002.

Chris commented that the players on the 00-01 Peewee C team had to attend tryouts even though they were scheduled to play in a Tournament at Waterville Valley. Brian Donahoe responded that the Board was informed of this tournament on March 11 during the final registration, after a Tryout schedule had been worked. The Board went out a got 2 sheets of ice at the Cambridge MDC on Thursday, March 29 to hold the final Peewee and Bantam tryouts. The Board then thought it was not fair to the other Peewees and Bantams to have a tryout moved to a different rink on a different night to accommodate a single team, especially since the team was scheduled to plan on Saturday, not on Friday.

Chris requested that the Board provide a clear call-up policy for goaltenders for 01-02.

Scott Haley questioned the medical excuse policy, as he was told by a Board member that his son had to attend otherwise he’d be placed on the lowest team. Brian Donahoe responded that Scott had called looking for advice regarding his son who was sick for 2 days in a row. Scott was told if his son went to school the day of tryouts, he should made a judgement call on his ability to attend tryouts without negatively effecting his performance. Brian Donahoe did inform all three evaluators at the Squirt tryout that Scott’s son had been sick for several days. Steve Colella was never contacted by Scott.

The Board will have to make clear the vacation & Medical excuses for the 02-03 tryouts, possibly requiring notification by January 31 for vacations and a note from a Dr for medical excuses.

Tryout registration fee: Brian Donahoe explained the reason for the $150 registration fee. For 00-01 there were 254 players that registered at $15 per player, but only 210 ended up playing. The Bantams, Squirts, and Mites had to consolidate teams due to the dropouts. The majority of dropouts were to play elsewhere. This year the Board wanted to eliminate the need to consolidate by raising the registration fee to $150. To date: 218 players registered, 214 have made 1^st payments, 2 left for other programs, and 2 are not playing anymore. The $150 fee protected the people who want to play / stay in Wakefield, eliminated the need to consolidate teams and is allowing the Board to get a head start on the 01-02 season, instead of chasing people for commitments.

Additional Ice: Gail Severt commented that her children didn’t attend the MDC skill because she wanted exposure to more game play / situations. Steve Evangelista suggested that those type of activities be done in a locker room with a Blackboard or using the upstairs streethockey rink at Hockeytown. Steve went on to say that all the kids at all levels need to work on skating, passing , and shooting. At one on the coaches meeting Steve handed out an article that included a comment from Mike Sousa’s Pro coach that his skating skills were lacking for the pro level. Mike had won every award in the Middlesex League and had a great college career, but still needed to work on skills. Steve expressed his disappointment with the use of the "extra" ice. He commented that his was a big critic of the lack of ice, but now sees how it wasn’t used.

Frank Micelli commented that only a small group of hard core hockey parents would be in support of changing from 2 games and 1 practice to 1 game and 2 practices. Most parents want to see their children play.

Game Cancellations: Gail Severt suggested that all coaches play all scheduled games unless it is impossible, not just inconvenient. If WYSA cancels, the Association pays for the game scheduled and then must pay for the rescheduled game, timekeeper, and referees. This topic will be addressed at the first 01-02 coaches meeting.|

Coaches meetings: Steve Evangelista spoke briefly on the benefits of the coaches meetings and will be willing to coordinate them for the 01-02 Board. Chuck Mauceri thought the meetings were good to get all on the same pages and suggested that an attendance policy be established to make sure all teams remain consistent.

Street hockey RInk: Steve Evangelista explained WYSA will be signing a contract with Hockeytown to allow use of the streethockey rink when it is not scheduled for leagues or parties. We will not be billed. During the 00-01 season only a few teams took advantage of this. It was suggested that teams plan a 2 hour practice – 1 on ice followed by 1 on the dry rink.

Sunday Clinic: Gail Severt commented several times her 2 children were paired up even thought their skills levels are different and that there was too much standing around. Steve Evangelista commented Phil Wallace (Hockeyworks) does a good job and that "Dynamic Skating has been widely criticized for amount of skaters that are allowed on each sheet of ice – upwards of 70 skaters. The Sunday Clinic usually had 30-35 skaters broken in to 2 – 4 groups over a 2 hour period.
Janet Filoramo will be getting a quote from the NE Edge to run the Sunday Clinic (all three hours).

Misc:

It was requested that the Board try to get the preseason camp (last 2 weeks of August) going again.

It was also suggested that we have a checking clinic. Steve Evangelista commented that Bob Houston can be hired to run 4 – 6 week programs at the LoConte rink (Saturday 7 or 8 AM) for checking, shooting, skating, etc. The new Board will have to first confirm the MDC ice, then try to make the best use of it.

Any new / returning players to the program will be placed based on game play, must start and the lowest team in their division, and are not guaranteed upward movement. The exception is the Bantams – with 16 skaters on each team, any additional players will be offered alternates slots – attend all practices, but only play games if needed.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 9:40 PM Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval

Next regular meeting scheduled for June 11, 2001 – This is a CLOSED meeting.
Executive Session: Mite B incident, Payments, New /returning player placement.

Meeting begins at 7:30 PM
9 Members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Larry Ellis, Chris Labriola, Paul Giancola, Janet Filoramo, Frank Micelli, Fred Mansfield

Minutes from April 9, 2001 reviewed. Corrections required: None Items missed: None Issues: None

Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

- Account balances reported.
$ 140,000 in accounts as of 12-May-01 ( no reconciliation)

$ 116,000 is 01-02 fees
$ 0 of outstanding 00-01 member payments

New Bills: $14,040 to Hockeytown for March & Apr practices / Sunday Clinic (44 sheets)
$1050 to Valley League for 01-02 Team Registration ($750 paid for by ck#277 3/2/01)
$100 to WCAT for membership for 01-02
$72 for Internet (web site host)
$2800 for Valley League 00-01 Playoffs (16 games @ $175/game)
$400 for Daily Item Registration ad
$1,500 for March MDC ice
$75 for 01-02 goaltender evaluator at Peewee level
$94 for copies of forms for results / contracts
$82 for stamps to mail tryout results
Received $200 donation from the Gentile Family for Award – Thank-you!
Estimated remaining 00-01 bills = $0
Trophies for Annual Awards and Updating of plaques = $500

01-02 Bills Paid to date = $398 Tryout numbers,

Motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

Clinic (Brian Donahoe): Clinic over, no report to give

Instructional Mites (Bob Gorton): Season over -No report to give.

Mites (Bob Casaletto): Season over -No report to give..

Squirts (Steve Colella): Squirt A team won the Valley League Championship for their division.

PeeWees (Fred Massaro): Season over -No report to give.

Bantams (Bill McKay):

Need to review payments for injured Bantam B player. Missed 00-01 season.

Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
Registration for Dual State required by 6/8/01 - $50/team- Cost per game is TBD.
Peewee C was Dual State runner. Trophies were given to Ernie Smith.
POST meeting info: Check for $400 (8 teams) was mailed on 5/15/01.
Gail requested a copy of the practice schedule for the Dual State League. Expect to be able to do that by June meeting.

Valley League: (Frank Longo) – No new info. Teams are registered for 01-02.

District 10: (Jim Pickens) - from May 10^th meeting.

- TV 38's Dan Shea was at the meeting promoting a new hockey magazine called Hockey MVP's New England. Their new promotion is a fundraiser for associations. For every $20.00 subscription sold, the association get's $10.00.

- District 10 gave out 7 scholarships of $400.00 each to Seniors going on to college who had played in District 10.

- The vote on waivers will be at the annual meeting June 15-17. Howie suggests ALL associations come up with verbiage that deals with waivers and put into their by-laws. (Standard verbiage being worked on.)

- Next years DST 10 meetings will be the 2nd Monday of every month.

- WYSA do registrations / rosters with current version of software.

- The District 10 Annual Golf Tourney will be Oct 10, 2001 at the Hillview Golf Course in North Reading. Each program is expected to provide at least one sponsor ($100) and send at least one (1) foursome. This is how they raised the money for the scholarships.

- Next year, all District 10 Squirt & Peewee Playdowns will be a Tsongas in Lowell.

- Mass Hockey has rec'd assurances from David P. Panza Executive VP and Registrar on the Metropolitan Boston Hockey League that their participating teams will no longer schedule games against Club Hockey teams.

- Malden Youth Hockey has put out a request to all surrounding towns for goalies at the Bantam level.

- District 10 needs list of all Board Members by the state meeting in June

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli / Mark Hannigan) – No report

1. Post-tryout results / teams

Division	# at Tryouts	1st Payment	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
Imites	24	24	12 skaters	12 skaters	N/A
Valley Buzzer	25	25	12 skaters 1 goalie	12 skaters	N/A
Mites	40	39 1 dropout	11 skaters 0 goalie	12 skaters 2 goalies	12 skaters 1 goalie
Squirts	46	42 2 missing 2 dropouts	13 skaters 1 goalie	14 skaters 1 goalie	12 skaters 1 goalie
Peewees	47*	45* 1 missing 1 dropout	12 skaters 1 goalie	14 skaters 1 goalie	15 skaters 1 goalies
Bantams	36	32 4 missing	16 skaters 2 goalies	13 skaters 1 goalie	N/A
Totals	218	207


4 Known drops – Christian Roberto (PA), Ryan Dalton (MA), Mike Tagliaferro (SB-W), Paul Watts(SB-W)

4 Requested additions – Smith & Mansfield in Imites, Grenham in Valley Buzzer level, Weaver in Mites and Spinale in Bantams. Board will work with the Coaches to establish a fair placement process. Bantam request may be as an alternate only (currently 16 skaters / 2 goalies per team).

2. 00-01 Equipment turn-in status (to be updated by June meeting)

1. 01-02 coaches- Proposed Assistant coaches / Team managers / other on-ice helpers
   (The list was not voted or approved)

Team	Head Coach	Assistant	Assistant	Manager	On-ice
Imite White	John McCarthy	Bob Casaletto
Imite Black	Bob Gorton**
Valley Buzzer 2	Mark Roberto	Ron Masse
Valley Buzzer 1	Tim MacDonald	Jim Pickens
Mite C	Frank White
Mite B	Ed Audet	Dan Cardillo	Keith Morris	AJ Beebe	Ed Mathews
Mite A	Mike McCarthy
Squirt B-White	TBD
Squirt B-Red	Frank Longo	Steve Cameron
Squirt A	Larry Ellis	John Crocker	Kevin Robbins	Jack Losco	Alex May
Peewee C	Steve Evangelista	Phil MaCauliffe	Ernie Smith
Peewee B	Jim Pickens	Jack Sullivan	Rich Dalton	Jim Flynn
Peewee A	Fred Mansfield	John Riley	Rick Jackson	Fred Massaro
Bantam B	Bob DiNapoli	Ernie Smith	Jim Grenham	Frank Micelli	Steve Evangelista
Bantam A	Mike Surette	Jared Waitt	Stephen Waitt

2. Sponsor book – need to complete by June 15,2001 to meet August 16^th delivery.
   Frank Micelli offered to complete. Need pictures / articles.
   
   
3. Pictures: Crowley or Colorgrahpics.
   Motion to retain Crowley Photo for the 01-02 photos. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: The Baord felt that Roy Crowley was the bast option. Neither company had any cost advantages to the membership / association.
   Vote: Unanimous approval.
   
   
4. New / returning players that did not tryout. 4 Requested additions – Smith & Mansfield in Imites, Grenham in Valley Buzzer level, Weaver in Mites and Spinale in Bantams. Board will work with the Coaches to establish a fair placement process. Bantam request may be as an alternate only (currently 16 skaters / 2 goalies per team).
   
   

1.) Brian Donahoe reported that an anonymous letter regarding Peewee tryouts was received at the P.O box. As is the Board’s policy, the letter was not discussed and was destroyed. All letters must be signed for Board action.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 8:25 PM Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next regular meeting scheduled for June 11, 2001 – This is a CLOSED meeting.
Executive Session: Mite B incident, Payments, New /returning player placement.

Meeting begins at 6:50 PM
4 Members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Jay Paiva

I.) Secretary's Report

- Account balances reported.
$ 60,845 in accounts as of 7-Apr-01 ( no reconciliation)

Clinic (Brian Donahoe): Clinic over. Very successful year. Clinic ended appox. $2000 in the Black.
Plan to start next year with Hour I ask learn-to-skate and combine Hrs II & III like this year evolved into. The combined hours allowed the use of skill stations for passing / shooting / stickhanding / etc.
Thank-you to all the on-ice volunteers, especially Al Sabetelli who has been there for the 3^rd yr. in a row.

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
01-02 Registration has been confirmed – 5/1/01 is due date. Playoff rules were handed out to all Directors.

Peewee "C" team has Playoff game on 4/13/01 at Skate 3 – White at 8:00 PM

Bantam "B" team has Playoff game on 4/10/01 at Skate 3 – Blue at 9:10 PM.
Brian Carney wrote out 2 checks, each for $155 to the Dual State for the above playoff games. Bill MacKay took the Peewee "C" check, Mike Surette came down for the Bantam "B" check.

Valley League: (Frank Longo) – season will end on 4/14/01
Frank reminded all directors to make sure the teams that are in the playoffs know their schedules.
Frank Volunteered to be the 01-02 Valley League Rep
A letter from the Valley League was read regarding support of the "Elite" program -

Frank will review the call-up policy for playoff games. Valley Buzzer 1 team needs to call-up due to vacations.

District 10: (Jim Pickens)

Summary Notes of the District 10 Meeting - March 14, 2001:

- Reminder to all programs that any 'gripes' should go through your board first, don't go directly to the district or the state.

- All registrations for the 2001-02 year must be in by 4/1/01. This includes learn-to-skates, girls figure skating and men's leagues that register through the program. This is important because the higher the registrations for the district, the better chance to get more teams into the state tournament.

- District 10 still waiting to receive scholarship applications. There are 5 - $500 scholarships to be awarded and no apps have been received. Mass. Hockey also has scholarships available (see their website for info.)

- They also haven't received any award nominations - coaches, assistants, directors, reps, etc.

- Program information to be put into the Mass Hockey book is due to the district by June 17th.

- The annual meeting for Mass Hockey will be June 15-17 on the Cape. They will be pulling a rep. name out of a hat to go with them to this meeting.

- The 2nd annual golf tournament will be Oct. 1 at Hillview CC in N. Reading. They would like the programs to find corporate sponsors for $100 to sponsor a green or a hole. They aren't looking for the programs to do the sponsoring, but rather to find companies interested.

From the April 5^th meeting:
- The 01-02 meeting will be held on the 2^nd Monday of every month.

– District 10 is requiring all programs to supply: a listing of the Board of Directors, League Representatives, Electronic registration contact person, CORI forms for new volunteers, and updated bylaws by 6/1/01.

– WYSA needs to determine if a volunteer will attend the Annual meeting on the Cape – June 15 – 17. Jim Pickens to decide if he will go by 4/15/01. The Board pays for the accommodations.

– WYSA was requested to review the patching status book and remove any inactive coaches. The Board decided to eliminate only coaches who have been inactive for 5 years.

– District 10 Mite Fun tournament may be eliminated due to the poor behavior of some of the parents (not WYSA).
Howie Aborn to reconsider, possibility of suspending the towns that were involved with the poor behavior.

– 01-02 Squirt Playdowns will be at the Tsongas Arena

- The change to a yearly age change 1/1/xx – 12/31/xx may take place as soon as the 02-03 season. It is felt that the proposal will pass at the Annual USA Hockey meeting in Colorado. This may result in some players spending 3 years in an age division. Details are to be worked out.

Next meeting is May 3, 2001.

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli / Mark Hannigan) - No report

VI.) Old Business

1. Post-tryout schedule
   April 16, 2001 Results mailed
   May 4, 2001- 1^st payment due – all members requesting payment plan must have written request submitted
   May 14, 2001 – May Board of Directors meeting teams consolidated by the rating system.
   Any drop-outs after May 14 become coaches’ picks.
   May 15, 2001 - Jerseys / socks ordered , June 1, 2001 – 2^nd payment due, June 11, 2001 – New Board’s 1^st meeting
   July 6, 2001 – 3^rd payment due August 18, 2001 – Final Payment Due
   

 

2. Nominating committee for 01-02 Board:
   For the May Annual Meeting:
   Secretary, Instructional Mite, Squirt , Bantam and Coaching coordinator positions are to be voted on.
   The remaining positions, except President, are appointed positions until the May 2002 Annual Meeting.
   Bill MacKay - term expires May 21, 01 - IN Fred Massaro - term expires May 21, 01 - TBD
   Steve Colella - term expires May 21, 01 - Not returning Bob Casaletto - term expires May 02
   Bob Gorton - term expires May 21, 01 - IN Brian Donahoe - term expires May 02
   Brian Carney - term expires May 02 Steve Evangelista – term expires May 21, 01 - Not returning
   
   New: Janet Filoramo & Rich Brown – Squirt Director
   Bantams: Bill MacKay & Rocco Scippa
   Secretary: Gail Severt
   Patty Tomsyck & Carol Brown have offered to help as reps
   Nominations are closed.
   
3. Gentile, Ramsdell, Kirk, and MacKay awards.
   Need Mite Gentile , Ransdell and MacKay awards identified
   

VII.) New Business

1. 01-02 Head coaches appointed at an April 2, 2001 Special Board of Director’s meeting.
   Instructional Mites: Bob Gorton as interim coach
   Valley Buzzer1: Tim MacDonald, Valley Buzzer2: Mark Roberto
   Mite C: Frank White Mite B: Ed Audet
   Squirt B-Red : Frank Longo
   Peewee B: Jim Pickens
   Bantam B: Bob DiNapoli
   
2. Teams / Sizes
   Between Steve Colella, Brian Donahoe, and Steve Evangelista all the parents of 2^nd yr. squirts were asked if they were interested in playing at the Peewee C level. They were asked to make this decision without knowing where their child placed in the Squirt division. The Board felt that it wasn’t fair to allow parents / players 2 choices when the remainder of the Association is given one. Seven (7) players volunteered to be moved and all 7 will be moved to the Peewee C.
   John Crocker said his son would play on the Peewee "C" if he could be the head coach and pick the players he wanted to move to the Peewees. The Board declined this offer.

Once the 7 players were removed from the Squirt ratings the coaches were selected for the Squirt B-White and Peewee C teams.

The Board voted Jay Paiva as the Squirt B White Coach and Steve Evangelista as the Peewee C coach.

Division	# at Tryouts	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
Imites	24	12 skaters	12 skaters	N/A
Valley Buzzer	25	12 skaters 1 goalie	12 skaters	N/A
Mites	40	12 skaters 1 goalie	12 skaters 2 goalies	12 skaters 1 goalie
Squirts	46	13 skaters 1 goalie	14 skaters 1 goalie	16 skaters 1 goalie
Peewees	47*	13 skaters 1 goalie	14 skaters 1 goalie	16 skaters 2 goalies
Bantams	36	16 skaters 2 goalies	16 skaters 2 goalies	N/A

* Includes 7 Squirts

3. Bantam "A" / Bantam "B"

Returning "A" team parent’s surveyed all Bantam parents regarding the number of Leagues and requested input.
A majority of parents wanted to go to the 1 league. The Board received a signed petition from the returning "A" parents requesting the Board vote & approve the 1 League option. The Board voted and approved the 1 League. Primary concern was the late games – in the Valley League 15 of the last 16 games were after 9:00 PM. 11 of those 15 were on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – school nights. With the JV & Varsity hockey program effect on the "A" team over the last several years, the Board agreed that the players would get enough ice between the 1 practice and 1 League through WYSA and the optional Tournaments that the "A" team parents had already investigated.
1 League / "B" team 2 Leagues – use evaluations – Voted and approved this option

4. Tryout Review – what worked / what didn’t / suggestions to improve – The following are from the Head coaches / evaluators frm the Imite to Bantam divisions.

These are quotes from those involved evaluating

"Pee Wee and IMite tryouts went pretty well this year"
"the format should stay as is"
"…identify the I-Mites that will go to the next Mite tryout"

"2 hours is plenty for under 40 skaters. For over 40 skaters you may want a 3rd hour"

".. 3 evaluators is the correct #."

"…players should be protected from moving down unless a division goes from 3 teams to 4 teams from one year to the next.

…returning "A" players should attend all tryouts. Need them for comparison sake."

"… (2) hour second tryout gave us the opportunity to check out the skills one more time with a clean slate. If the kids had a bad first night, they had a chance for a second look. Approx. 90 minute scrimmage was great. I think everyone thought they got a fair look."

"Not enough pullovers."

"Need written policy on tryout attendance, sign-up, etc."

"If the association wants anonymity in tryouts, I think it has been accomplished. During the 3 hours, I probably recognized 4-5 players (matching looks, tryout number and name) due to drills and speed."

Was 3 enough in the Mites & Squirts? Yes, with the 2 successive hours.

Did we have the right # of evaluators? Yes. Recommend 3 min. and 4 max.

Should players be protected from moving "down"?
"Yes, provided they made the team by EVALUATION. If they are there by consolidation and players are moved past the rank they were EVALUATED at, then no."

Should returning "A" players attend tryouts? "Yes, they are the benchmark for comparison."

How should the Imite to Mite transition be done? "Hold the existing Imite tryouts a week or so earlier. Then pick the top XX players and have them at the Mite tryouts."

5.) Clear rules & policies regarding parental behavior- Benches / Language / Chain of Command
This effort will be kicked off in May.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

No items presented.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 10:17 PM. Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for April 14, 2001 – This is an OPEN meeting.
Executive Session: Peewee tryouts / Mite B incident

1. New "A" coaches:
   The Board met on January 29 to listen to the membership comment on all the applicants.
   Rocco Scippa, Jim Fiore, John Rush, Steve Carter, Frank Micelli, and Bob Fonzi
   spoke on behalf on Mike Surette.
   Ed Audet spoke on behalf of Eric Mitza.
   
   Selected "A" coaches:
   Mike McCarthy – Mite A, Larry Ellis – Squirt A, Fred Mansfield – Peewee A, Mike Surette – Bantam A
   All other positions were "left open" until after tryouts

Division	Lead	Evaluators	On-ice Helpers
Instructional	John McCarthy	Mark Roberto
Mites	Mike McCarthy
Squirts	Larry Ellis
Peewees	Fred Mansfield
Bantams	Mike Surette


- Potential player listings – the new "A" coaches were given a listing of potential players within their division based on the 00-01 season.

- Returning players – "A" players to be at all tryouts. They will not be evaluated.

- "A" coaches and evaluators will not rate their own children. The average score from the other evaluators will be used.

New coach must see a team play at least 2x to pick a player that does not make team by evaluation rating.
Bantam A – should see: BB / PA / PB
Peewee A – should see: PB / PC / SA
Squirt A – should see: SB / SC/ MA / MB

Each division should establish what the scrimmage play criteria is – highest scores will be given to, most aggressive, most goals, most assists, best position, best defensive play, best positional player, etc.

Mite division: potential of 38 returning Mites (3 from A, 7 from B, 6 from C, 11 from VB1 and 11 from VB 11) along with

26 from the Instructional Mites, and 20 – 40 from the clinic – how do we want to proceed

How will we handle 4 teams in the Squirts or 3 teams in the Peewees? Discussion was to evaluate the children, place them by the evaluation, call them both "C" teams and place them in the same divisions for parity in the Dual State and Valley League.

Motion made to have a special meeting with the new "A" coaches only on Tuesday, February 27 at the Civic Center. Motion Seconded. Discussion: The coaches need time to pick evaulators and review all the questions that need to be asnwered. Vote: Unanimous approval


2. Nominating committee for 01-02 Board:
   (from the By-Laws : "All Board positions shall hold a term of 2 years, with voting of individual positions taken place in alternating years. The President, Vice President, Clinic, Mite, Peewee and Midget positions will be voted on in even years, and the Secretary, Instructional Mite, Squirt, Bantam, and Coaching Coordinator positions will be voted on in odd years")
   For the May Annual Meeting:
   Secretary, Instructional Mite, Squirt , Bantam and Coaching coordinator positions are to be voted on.
   The remaining positions, except President, are appointed positions until the May 2002 Annual Meeting.
   Bill MacKay - term expires May 21, 01 - IN Fred Massaro - term expires May 21, 01 - TBD
   Steve Colella - term expires May 21, 01 - OUT Bob Casaletto - term expires May 02
   Bob Gorton - term expires May 21, 01 - IN Brian Donahoe - term expires May 02
   Brian Carney - term expires May 02 Steve Evangelista – term expires May 21, 01 - TBD
   New: Janet Filoramo – Sq