00-01 Minutes

Wakefield Youth Skating Association
P.O. Box 281
Wakefield, Ma. 01880

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Annual Meeting - May 21,2001
Meeting begins at 7:30 PM
27 Members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Chris Labriola, Paul Giancola, Janet Filoramo, Frank Micelli, Fred Mansfield, Ed Audet, Kim Audet, Bob Fonzi, Rich Dalton, Rocco Scippa, Carol Brown, Scott Haley, Lisa Haley, Linda Giancola, Ed Bennett, Chuck Mauceri, Gary Muise, Mark Hannigan, Tom Struthers, Bill Boylan, Frank Tuminelli, Susan Tuminelli, Patty Tomsyck, Randy Tomsyck

I.) Election Results

Number of members voting: 63 Rich Brown: 36, Janet Filoramo: 27, Blanks: 0
Squirt director from May 2001 until May 2003: Rich Brown Thank-you to Janet Filoramo for offering to help.

II.) Annual Awards:

The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award

The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award is given annually to a second year defenseman who plays in the "B" level of the Mites, Squirts, and PeeWees. One award is given annually at each level.
The trophy's recipient is selected by the Head Coach. In addition to hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon sportsmanship, cooperation, hard work, and love of the game.
Gentile Mite: Ben Tomsyck, Gentile Squirt: Ryan Barry, Gentile Peewee: Angelo Scippa
Thank-you to Dennis Gentile Sr. (Dennis’ father) for coming down and presenting the Awards. (617-387-8700)
Dennis spoke briefly to Congratulate the winners and Thank WYSA for continuing to award.

The Deane Ramsdell Memorial Trophy
The Deane Ramsdell Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player on the Bantam "A" team. The Deane Ramsdell Memorial fund was established in 1991 by Deane’s family and friends to honor his many years of support for, and contribution to, the Wakefield Youth Hockey program in general, and the Bantam team in particular. Deane was a long time head coach at the Bantam "A" level. The memorial was established in lieu of flowers at Deane's request.

Selection Criteria The trophy recipient is selected exclusively by the Bantam "A" team coaches. In addition to exceptional hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon other characteristics valued by Deane, including sportsmanship, leadership, cooperation, hard work, dedication, and love of the game.

Ramsdell Winner : Edmond Audet Thank-you to Barry Ramsdell ( Deane’s son) for coming down and presenting the Award.

Donald "Chops" MacKay Award
Donald "Chops" MacKay was born in Wakefield in 1919 and passed away in 1995. He graduated High School in 1938. In 1937 Donald , Charles Kirk and a few friends organized the first Wakefield High School hockey team. In 1950 Donald and Charles Kirk started and organized the Wakefield Youth Hockey Association. They organized the Peewee and later the Bantam program. Games were played in the Greater Boston League. Donald was an assistant coach at WHS during the 1950's and early 60's.

Selection Criteria To be awarded annually to a volunteer who donates a significant amount of to the youth of Wakefield.

MacKay: Al Sabbatelli. Thank-you to Michael Mackay ("Chops" son) for coming down and presenting the Award.

Charles T. Kirk Award:
Selection should be based on a varsity hockey player at Wakefield High School who has played in the Wakefield Youth Hockey Association and has best developed his potential and has shown continued improvement throughout his high school career.

Kirk: Pat Doherty presented by Bob Fonzi

III.) 2001-2002 Board of Directors

President - OPEN (cannot be filled until May 2002) Vice- President – OPEN

Treasurer Secretary Midgets Bantams PeeWees
Brian Carney Gail Severt Eliminated Rocco Scippa Fred Massaro

Squirts Mites Instructional Mites Clinic Director Coaching Coordinator
Rich Brown Bob Casaletto Bob Gorton Brian Donahoe OPEN

Other Board Nominated Positions:
Nominating Committee Chairman: OPEN
Kirk Committee: Bill MacKay
Equipment Manager : Brian Donahoe
District 10 Rep : Carol Brown volunteered
Valley League Representative : Frank Longo
Dual State Representative : Patty Tomsyck volunteered

Open positions Vacancies on the Board except for President and Treasurer shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Such vacancies must be advertised two (2) consecutive Thursdays before the next board meeting so that a formal presentation of applications and nominations may be made before the board members present at the next announced meeting. The appointed Board members shall serve the duration of the term of the individual being replaced.

IV) Treasurers Report (Brian Carney):

As of April 30, 2001 ASSETS

Checking/Savings

10000 · Bank Operating Account 12,650.19

10010 · Money Market 55,558.89

10011 · Other Bank Accounts 5,787.27

Total Checking/Savings 73,996.35

Other Current Assets

1300 · Prepaid Expenses 2,550.00

1500 · Bounced Checks -752.50

Total Other Current Assets 1,797.50

Total Current Assets 75,793.85

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Current Liabilities

Other Current Liabilities

2001 · Accrued Expense 16,147.80

2200 · Deferred Revenue 27,700.00
Total Liabilities 43,847.8

Equity

30100 · Retained Earnings 21,790.27

Net Income 10,155.78

Total Equity 31,946.05

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 75,793.85

Wakefield Youth Skating Association, Inc 05/30/01Profit & Loss May 2000 through April 2001

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

40010 · Participants Fees

40011 · Bantams - participants fees 32,300.00

40012 · Peewees- participants fees 42,640.00

40013 · Squirts- participants fees 45,856.20

40014 · Mites- participants fees 49,410.90

40015 · Instructional Mites- participan 16,189.00

Total 40010 · Participants Fees 186,396.10

40100 · Clinic and Misc Income 19,095.70

41000 · Payment Discounts -10,607.78

41100 · Board Voted Assistance -1,367.50

Total Income 193,516.52

Expense

50000 · Refunds 0.00

50005 · H-Works + Goalie - sun, tu, th 11,400.00

50010 · Dual State, Valley, Stoneham 103,969.00

50025 · Prac + Clinic + MDC 65,307.00

50035 · Shirts & Socks, and Misc eeq 8,752.10

50044 · Coaches Patching 135.00

50050 · Registration Fees - Expenses 8,458.00

50070 · Administration Expenses 7,663.72

50080 · General Expenses 2,045.45

6999 · Uncategorized Expenses 0.00

Total Expense 207,730.27

Net Ordinary Income -14,213.75

Other Income/Expense

60010 · Sponsors Book 4,510.90

60027 · Raffle 15,909.30

60030 · Sponsors 4,310.00

60050 · Interest Income 529.33

Total Other Income 24,369.53

Net Other Income 24,369.53

Net Income 10,155.78

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli / Mark Hannigan)

FY 2000-2001 - PRELIMINARY
INCOME
	Total Income (from Members)	$ 189,000	est.

EXPENSES
	Total Expenses (for Members)	$ 207,000	est.

	Profit/(Loss)	$ (18,000)	est.		Excluding fundraising
FUNDRAISING
	Total Fundraising Income	$ 41,800	est.

	Total Fundraising Expenses	$ 18,000	est.	43%	Fundraising Expense Ratio
	Net Fundraising Income	$ 23,800	est.

SUMMARY	Total Income	$ 230,800			Members + Fundraising
	Total Expenses	$ 225,000			Members + Fundraising
	WYSA Proft / (Loss)	$ 5,800	est.	2.8%	Expense Buffer vs 5-10% Target
	Fundraising % of Income	10.3%

TAKE AWAY MESSAGE

Fundraising Is CRITICAL to keep MEMBER costs down

FY2001 FUNDRAISING PLAN

- Continue Mandatory Raffle

- Necessary evil without increasing fees across the board

- Increase results of program (currently $89/player)

- Continue Yearbook program

- Necessary evil without increasing fees across the board

- Consider ways to improve yield (75% expense ratio)

- Increase results from Sponsorship program

- Expand reach into local business community

- Motivate business community to increase support of program

- Develop positive message marketing

- Promote "Happy Hockey"

- Increase options for sponsors

- Association Sponsor

$1,000

- Clinic Sponsor

$500

- Team Sponsor

$300

- Develop new fundraising options

Collaborate with vendors to grow sponsorship program

Sell the 28 spots on the Boards at Hockeytown

Matching contributions

Golf tournament, etc.

TAKE AWAY MESSAGE

Get Involved - We need your HELP

VI.) 2000-2001 Recap

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.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

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.

May 14, 2001- Open Meeting

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

I.) Secretary's Report

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.

II.) Treasurers Report (Brian Carney):

- 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.

III.) Director's Reports

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.

IV.) Representative's Reports

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

V.) Committee Reports

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

VI.) Old Business

Post-tryout results / teams

Division

# at Tryouts

1^st 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).

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

Team

Puck Bag with Pucks

Cones

Dry Erase Board

Goalie Equipment

Pull-overs

Imite White

Imite Black

Valley Buzzer 2

Valley Buzzer 1

Mite C

Mite B

Mite A

Squirt B-White

Squirt B-Red

Squirt A

Peewee C

Peewee B

Peewee A

Bantam B

Bantam A

VII.) New Business

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

Sponsor book – need to complete by June 15,2001 to meet August 16^th delivery.
Frank Micelli offered to complete. Need pictures / articles.

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.

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).

VIII.) Good of the Association:

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.

April 9, 2001- Closed Meeting

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

Minutes from March 12, 2001 reviewed.

Corrections required: None Items missed: Valley League letters to be added Issues: None

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

II.) Treasurers Report (Brian Carney):

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

$ 27,700 is 01-02 Registration fees
$ 270 of outstanding 00-01 member payments (remaining payment plans)

New Bills: $9,165 to Hockeytown for March practices / Sunday Clinic (44 sheets)
$750 to Valley League for 01-02 Team Registration
Received Sponsor money from HoneyDew Donuts of East Boston and Liberty Cheverlot – Thank-you!
Estimated remaining 00-01 bills = $4,000
Apr practice ice = $3,120 (16 sheets)
Trophies for Annual Awards and Updating of plaques = $500

01-02 Bills Paid to date = $798 (Tryout numbers, Registration ad)

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

III.) Director's Reports

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.

Instructional Mites (Bob Gorton): Season over – all went very well
Both teams had break-up parties.

Mites (Bob Casaletto): New 01-02 head coaches identified & notified

Squirts (Steve Colella):
Squirt "A" in the Valley League playoffs. "B" team finished the season strong. "C" team continued to struggle.
Director will work to get all equipment turned in.

PeeWees (Fred Massaro): Season over for "A" & "B" teams. "C" team in Dual State Playoffs.
"B" player was suspended for major penalty.
"A" goalie quit 4/4/01 for remainder of season due to player problems & vulgar language from other "A" team players
The Board was requested to leave the matter alone by the player’s parent.

Bantams (Bill McKay):

Bantam "A" went 0-3-0 in the State Tournament.
The last week of games for Valley League (4/3/01) & Dual State (4/4/01) resulted in the missed / cancelled games

Gail Severt (Dual State Rep) to review with Dual State.

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

IV.) Representative's Reports

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

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

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.

Gentile, Ramsdell, Kirk, and MacKay awards.
Need Mite Gentile , Ransdell and MacKay awards identified

VII.) New Business

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

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

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

March 12, 2001- Open Meeting

Meeting begins at 8:05 PM (due to final night of registration)
17 Members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Ernie Smith, Janet Filoramo, Gino Moro, Stephen Waitt, James Woolbert, Ron Cahill, Frank Tuminelli, Susan Tuminelli, Paul Giancola, Mike Surette, Bill Recko, Jeff Pond, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Hannigan

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from February 13, 2001 reviewed.

Corrections required: None Items missed: None Issues: None

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

II.) Treasurers Report (Brian Carney):

- Account balances reported.
$ 57,111 in accounts as of 10-Mar-01

$ 10,375 is 01-02 Registration fees
$ 488 of outstanding 00-01 member payments (remaining payment plans)

New Bills: $9,165 to Hockeytown for February practices / Sunday Clinic (44 sheets)
$750 to Valley League for 01-02 Team Registration
$385 to Sports Printers for 01-02 Tryout numbers & pins

$412.80 to Daily Item for 01-02 Registration Ad.

Received Sponsor money from Boston Tailored, American Concrete Cutting, and Dynamic Sports (ck#9270) – Thank-you1

Estimated remaining 00-01 bills = $ 17,095
Mar practice ice = $9165 (47 sheets), Apr practice ice = $3,120 (16 sheets)
MDC ice (additional 7:00 AM & new 8:00 AM) = $2000, Trophies for Annual Awards and Updating of plaques = $500
Phil Wallace / HockeyWorks (Sunday Clinic) $2, 310

01-02 Bills Paid to date = $1548 (Valley Registration, Tryout numbers, Registration ad)

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic (Brian Donahoe): Only 2 weeks left. Ice on 4/1/01 & 4/8/01 must be sold or used for make-up games.

Instructional Mites (Bob Gorton): 2 games left – no major issues

Mites (Bob Casaletto): Mite fun tournament March 16 – 18 and 30 – April 1. Mite A-C & Valley Buzzers teams are entered.

Squirts (Steve Colella): - Squirt "A" team went 2-1 in the State Tournament losing to the eventual champion – Revere
- Squirt "A" cancelled game against Winchester – will not be made up

- All 2^nd yr. Squirts have been notified of the checking clinic – 12 – 15 expected out of 24 possible

PeeWees (Fred Massaro):

Peewee B player was suspended during a 3/12/01 Dual State game – Fred Massaro & Gail Severt to review.

Ernie Smith to work with Gail Severt to get Peewee C make-up game with Gardner – Gardner has been offered several times, but has not agreed. Dual State to be contacted.

Bantams (Bill McKay): No report
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
Make-up games must be completed by 4/1/01.
01-02 Registration has been confirmed – 5/1/01 is due date.

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
- Season will end 4/14/01
- Mike Surette has been suspended from the Valley League until 1-Jan-02 due to violation of VL: Rule #24:
"The game is a sport, and the rule of fair play and sportsmanship are mandatory in the Valley League. We are guiding and teaching the young leaders of tomorrow. They will emulate our actions.
- Any coach who forgets he or she is teaching young children and behaves in a less than gentlemanly manner either during, before or after the game will receive a suspension from the league." Written notification has not been received as of 3/13/01. Post Meeting Information – Notification was received on 3/17/01. See below

- Chris Moro was injured (3 stitches & 3 other marks just below right eye) in a game at Wilmington on 3/10/01 against Danvers. The injury was a result of 2 kicks to the head by a Danver’s player (#35). No penalties were called and the referees did not assist in any fashion. A request for additional information has been made to the Valley League.
Several of the parents in attendance spoke regarding the incident;

- The same refs as the Mike Surette incident (Bradbury & Crowley)
– Bradbury was late – showed up after 10 – 15 minutes

- There was no timekeeper – Clock was set at 48 minutes and was left to run
– Rink Manager (Mike Surette to get name) commented that the Valley League is always like this with the older kids

Gino Moro commented that he was concerned with the lack of attention by the referees. They did not access the injury or even stop play. Gino requested a written response from the Valley League.

- Bradbury claims he did not see the play – even though it occurred in front of him (Bradbury was in the corner at the goal line)

- There was blood on Chris Moro’s jersey – play did not stop , it actually continued down to the other end of the ice
Stephen Waitt asked to take the player off the ice – the ref’s did not respond. Stephen took Chris across the ice just as the ref’s we about to drop the puck for a face-off.

- Leo McMillian was kicked out of the rink for a Zero Tolerance violation even though he was trying to get the ref’s attention about the injured player coming across the ice.
Jeff Pond felt that Bradbury was the closest and should have moved in to break up the players prior to the kicks closest
Bob Gorton will review the incident with Howie Aborn at the District 10 meeting.
POST Meeting Information – Written response was received 3/21/01– unsigned – see below

District 10: (Jim Pickens)

- Wakefield still owes Mass Hockey $5.00 for the PeeWee Roster change.

- Revere won the State Championship . Wakefield’s Squirt "A" team went 2-1 losing to Revere in the Quarterfinals.
Next District 10 meeting is Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 7:00 PM at the Civic Center. Bob Gorton to attend.

District 10 needs 1 more check for the Mite Fun Tournament – Brian Carney gave check to Bob Gorton

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli / Mark Hannigan)
- Liberty Chevrolet is in for $100 but can't do the $300.
Frank Micelli to check with American Limo, Doug Earp, Greenwood Food Mart, Yearbook Inc., Kipo's, &Hockey Hut.

- Mary Taglieferro volunteered to help out next year
– Only 2/3 of the 99-00 sponsors were picked up for 00-01 – Mark Hannigan to update spreadsheet and pass to Brian Carney / Brian Donahoe
– Frank Micelli & Mark Hannigan will provide a plan for 01-02 at the annual Meeting.

Kirk Committee (Bill MacKay) – Selection has been made – No announcement yet.

VI.) Old Business

Final Tryout schedule
Instructional Mites: Mon, March 19 at 5:20 PM and Mon, March 26 at 5:20 PM
Mites: Mon, March 19 at 6:30 PM, Wed, March 21 at 6:30 PM and Fri, March 24 at 5:40 PM
Squirts: Wed, March 21 at 5:20 PM, Fri, March 23 at 5:20 PM, and 6:30 (Back to back for Scrimmages)
PeeWees: Wed, March 21 at 6:30 PM, and Fri, March 30 at 5:20 PM
Bantams: Wed, March 26 at 6:50 PM and Fri, March 30 at 6:30 PM

Preliminary 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

Checking clinic for the 2^nd Year Squirts going to Peewees – Scheduled for 3/13/01 at Flynn. Jim Pickens / Steve Evangelista to lead. There have been 12 calls to date.
Post meeting information – Clinic went very well – 15 2^nd yr. Squirts were given checking instruction.

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 - 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 – Squirt Director, Rocco Scippa – Bantam Director, Rich Brown – undeclared
Nominations close on April 16, 200 – Bylaws require 30 day notification of an election.

01-02 Saturday AM ice – Powerskating instruction
Steve Evangelista and Steve Cameron will try to get quotes for the 01-02 season
Bob Houston will charge $95 per hr and direct WYSA Coaches. Bob suggested running 6-week blocks for different skills.

Gentile, Ramsdell, Kirk, and MacKay awards.
Need Mite Gentile winner, Ramsdell winner identified.
Board needs to vote on Gentile criteria – 2^nd yr. Defenseman Vs. 2^nd year player. – The Gentile family agreed with this change. Motion made to change the Gentile criteria from a 2^nd yr. Defenseman to a 2^nd yr. Player. Seconded. Discussion: The suggested change is based on the fact that we do not tryout by position and at the Mite & Squirt levels (especially) players rotate into different positions. Vote: Unanimous approval.

VII.) New Business

00-01 Head coaches evaluations received from: Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Rich Dalton, Ed Audet, Joe Filoramo, Bill Boylan. Directors are to contact all remaining coaches.

Registration numbers / projected teams: Imites: 31 / 2 teams, Returning Imites: 23 / 2 teams, Mites: 38 / 3 teams, Squirts 48 / 3 or 4 teams, Peewees 34/ 2 or 3 teams, Bantams 33 / 2 teams

00-01 Equipment turn-in date – All equipment must be turned in by 4/15/01. Directors are to notify all their coaches

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Roger Maloney spoke briefly on the effort of 5 groups trying to get a parcel of land for open space / recreational use.
Roger requested that anyone present read the petition and sign it if they agreed with its premise.

Motion made to have a final late registration at Hockeytown on Sunday, March 18 between 1:00 – 2:00 PM.
Motion seconded. Discussion: Motion amended to add a $25 late fee to the $150 fee and a $5 fee to the $25 fee for 1^st time players. Also any player who drops out prior to the start of that divisions tryouts will have $25 deducted from the $150 or $5 from the $25 fee. Amended seconded. Vote: 5 in favor / 2 opposed. Motion passes.

There will be a 01-02 Head coach / evaluators meeting at the Civic Center on March 12, 2001 as a final pre-tryout prep.

Janet Filoramo requested that the Board look into supplying water bottle next year & that she would get quotes.

Janet also volunteered to investigate the Middlesex, North Suburban, and Bay State leagues for the 02-03 seasons.
The Board gave Janet permission to gather the information.

Joe Magnarelli commented that the Bantam "A" team could have used more call-ups for some games. Joe mentioned that is was not a complaint – just an observation. A few close games were lost because, in Joe’s opinion, the team "ran out of gas". Steve Colella mentioned that several times players missed games without notifying Tom MacKay. If Tom’s not notified, he doesn’t know players are needed.

Mike Surette suggested the Board consider moving out of the Valley League at the Bantam level due to the treatment received this year. Due to Mike suspension – he will miss 10 – 12 Valley League games as part of his suspension.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 9:55 PM Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for April 9, 2001 – This is Closed meeting.

February 13, 2001 – Closed Meeting

Meeting begins 7:30 PM
7 Members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Mike McCarthy, Larry Ellis, Fred Mansfield, and Mike Surette

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from January 8, 2001 reviewed. Corrections required: None Items missed: None Issues: None

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

II.) Treasurers Report (Brian Carney):

- Account balances reported.
$ 59,000 in accounts as of 11-Feb-01
$ 2,261 of outstanding member payments (all have payment plans)

New Bills: $9,165 to Hockeytown for January practices / Sunday Clinic
$710 for the Board Crime & Liability Insurance – 1 year.
$6,240 to Hockeyworks for Sunday Clinic

$435 for USA / Mass Hockey Sunday Clinic Registrations / Team Rosters

$70 to Network Solutions for Web ID ("wysa.net") – 2 year registration
$1,000 to Mike Geragosian – Goalie Clinic final payment

Estimated remaining 00-01 bills = $24,615
Feb practice ice = $8580 (44 sheets), Mar practice ice = $9165 (47 sheets), Apr practice ice = $3,120 (16 sheets)
MDC ice (additional 7:00 AM & new 8:00 AM) = $2000, State Tournaments for Squirts & Bantams = $1,250, Trophies for Annual Awards and Updating of plaques = $500
Treasurer set-up Fleet (Quick & Reilly) account to get better interest rates. $50,000 has been transferred.
Motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic (Brian Donahoe):
As of Feb 12 there are 122 total signed up. All going well. Parents were given a letter explaining the Tryout process and who was recommended to tryout for instructional mites. Clinic should be +$2,700 for the year.

Instructional Mites (Bob Gorton):
Video taped game from January 14 was played on WCAT on Thursday, February 8, 2001 It will be on several more times.
There are 4 –5 game left – teams are progressing.

Mites (Bob Casaletto-absent):
- Mite C team is playing on Friday 2/23/01 prior to the LockMonster’s game. Contact Janet Filoramo for details / tickets.
- Mite A, B, C, and VB1 teams are registered for the March Mite Fun Tournament. The VB2 team is on a waiting list. Only 4 slots were available per town. Tournament will be played in the LoConte MDC Rink in Medford (near Meadowglen Mall) the weekend of March 17 – 18. The first game has been paid for. If a team wins and continues, they must collect $150 for each additional game played.

Squirts (Steve Colella):

District 10 Squirt A Championship game played on January 15 will be shown on WCAT on Thursday, February 15, 2001.

- Make-up games: Squirt A against Cape Ann on 2/18/01 and Haverhill due to Valley League and Dual State game overlaps.

- All Squirt teams have been notified of the Sat AM ice at LoConte.

- Squirt C played a Dual State game ahead of schedule.

PeeWees (Fred Massaro):

Make-up games - Peewee C with Gardner from 1/21/01 / 1 more from PW B

- Peewee B to play at Umass Boston game / No game 2/16/01

- Peewee B make-up game at LoConte was confusing – Dual State did not supply timekeeper. Game had to go to running time in 3^rd period due to lost time prior to start.

Bantams (Bill McKay): Varsity players – Quigley and Jackson were given rebates. Moores needs to receive rebate.

- Bantam "B" needs to make-up 12/24/00 game

- Bantam "A" needs to make-up 2 games – 1 Dual State from TBD) and 1 Valley League (from 1/15/01)

- Eric Mitza could not be reached by phone regarding 01-02 coaching selections – no answering machine. He hasn’t been seen since.
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
Make-up games must be completed by 4/1/01.

Gail to verify 01-02 registration date for teams from WYSA – May is the date that was given by Dual State – Betty Ferraro

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
– 01-02 Registration & fees due 3/1/01

- Frank can try to call and use "other cancelled" ice if a WYSA game needs to be changed from the published schedule

- Final Valley League Schedules will be available 2/16/01.

- Mike Surette suspended for 3 games for Zero Tolerance. VL may holding hearing regarding game at Merrimack College.

District 10: (Jim Pickens)

Sunday Clinic registration complete.

- Howie Aborn (District 10 Registrar) did review the cutoff dates for girls (Dec 31^st) VS boys (June 30^th). If we register teams using the boy’s cutoff dates the entire association is considered the same. The only way to use the girl’s cutoff dates is to start a girl’s team.
–Howie, Cheryl Verity (Dist 10 Director / Risk Manager) and Jean Ann Nigro (Dist 10 Committee member & former WYSA Board member) met with the Board on January 29 in executive session to discuss a request for waiver.

Parents from the Squirt C team attended and were told by Howie to talk to their coach about concerns and issues and to be part of the solution. The District and the Board should not be involved with issues that can be handled between the parents and coaching staff.

- Squirt State Championships March 9-11, 2001 hosted by Stoneham & Melrose and will be played at the Stoneham and Flynn arenas. Bantam A State Tournament is March 23-25 in Springfield. Cost $650. John Crocker, Tom MacKay, and Dist Rep will attend a mandatory State Championships meeting Sunday, February 25, 2001 at 1:00 PM at the K of C in Charlestown, MA. The Squirt Tournament Fee is $625.00 while the Bantam Tournament fee is $650. Howie warned all associations again about coaches being patched. They will be checked at states!

- District 10 is looking for volunteers to be On-Site Directors for the Squirt Tier II Tournament. They are looking for volunteers for Friday March 9^th 5 – 10 PM, Saturday March 10^th (AM & PM) at both Stoneham & Flynn and Sunday March 11^th (AM & PM) at Stoneham only. If anyone would like to be an On-Site Director, please call Jim Pickens 246-3056.

- Due to increased #’s in other districts and slight decreases in #’s in District 10, only District 10 Champions will get automatic berths to the State Championships next year. First time in many years District 10 will not have runner-ups at the States.

- Howie Aborn apologized for mistakes made on some rosters. Some District 10 Programs had teams eliminated and forfeited during playdowns due to roster errors. Howie reminded programs to get rosters in early and make changes correctly.

- District 10 Mite Fun Tournament is being run by Rob Reppucci 617-389-1510. There are only 4 openings for each association at this time (A, B, C & D). They will let us know if there are any other openings so we can get our other D team in. Jim will submit Rosters to Rob Reppucci on 2/15/01. Games are $150.00 each and are pay as you go. The first game for each of the 4 teams has already been paid for.

- Wakefield still owes Mass Hockey $5.00 for the PeeWee Roster change.

- District 10 Scholarship. District 10 will award (4) scholarships to college bound seniors and PG’s in high school. Also there is a letter and tryout application for Team Massachusetts. This team will compete in the Chicago Showcase Tournament in April. Jim Pickens has applications and will pass along to Wakefield Varsity Coach McCarthy.

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli / Mark Hannigan)

- Dynamic Sport is in for $300 sponsorship for 00-01 – will think about Hockeytown & "Board" ads
- Jeff at Liberty Chevrolet is in for $100 but can't do the $300.

- Tim MacDonald at American Concrete is in. He wants us to send him an invoice.

- Bob at Boston Tailored is in for $300. Mark Hannigan to pick up $$.
Frank Micelli to check with American Limo, Doug Earp, Greenwood Food Mart (past due), Yearbook Inc. , Kipo's, and Hockey Hut.

- Frank and Mark are expected to have a report at the March 12, 2001 Board meeting.

Banquet Committee (Bob Fonzi) – Motion made to eliminate the formal Banquet for 00-01. Motion seconded. Discussion: With the limited time, lack of speaker, lack of volunteers (other than Bob Fonzi and Janet Filoramo), and amount spent on MDC ice the banquet would not be as good as last year’s. Also, due to the amount of money spent on MDC ice, the association will not be giving $150 per team for year-end break-up parties. The association may have an Awards night for the winners of the Annual Awards and the families that sponsor them. Vote: Unanimous approval

Kirk Committee (Bill MacKay) – Award to be announced by March 8, 2001

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – Steve Colella received prices of $950 - $1150 for pre-made cases. The Board will continue to look at alternatives to display the plaques purchased in March of 2000.

MDC Ice Status – Another great job by Mike McCarthy – the Sat ice is at 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM. Mike feels confident that we will get both sheets next year starting around Thanksgiving.

Tuesdays – Mites / Squirts: Last night is Feb 20
Thursdays – Peewees / Bantams - Last night is Feb 22
Goalies – 6 goalies – Last night is Feb 22

Saturday AM: Numbers are better at the Mite level – averaging 25 players

The association will spend approx. $5,000 on MDC ice this year after all collections and the $2,500 donation has been applied. This ice has been 80% subsidized by the association. Utilization has been poor at the Squirt, Peewee and Bantam levels.

Goaltenders for 01-02 – Incentives / Discounts?
Motion made to give a 30% discount to a player who has been a full time goaltender for 3 or more complete seasons, 20% for 2 complete seasons, and 10% for 1 complete season. These discounts apply for full-time goaltenders only. Motion seconded. Discussion: The 30% discount applies for a goalie starting the 4^th consecutive season fulltime, the 20% applies to a goalie starting their 3^rd consecutive year fulltime and the 10% applies to a goalie starting their 2^nd consecutive season fulltime. Vote: Unanimous approval

Tryout schedule
For information : Valley League Tryouts for Jr. Warriors will be held March 5 – 7, 2001
Metro (Metropolitan Boston Hockey League) - tryouts will commence on or after March 26, 2001.

WYSA Registration: Monday, February 26, 2001,
Monday, March 5, 2001 between 6:00 - 8:00 PM,
or Monday, March 12, 2001 between 6:00 - 7:30 PM at the Civic Center. Registration for new players will be held at Hockeytown, Rt. 1 S on Sunday, March 4, 2001 between 1:30 - 3:00 PM.
The non-refundable, non-transferable registration fee is $150 per player, maximum $300 per family. New Instructional Mite level skaters will pay a $25 non-refundable, registration fee, maximum $50 per family. Registration fees are part of the 01-02 season bill.

Tryout schedule:
Instructional Mites: Mon, March 19 at 5:20 PM and Fri, March 24 at 5:20 PM
Mites: Mon, March 19 at 6:30 PM, Wed, March 21 at 5:20 PM and Fri, March 24 at 5:40 PM
Squirts: Wed, March 21 at 6:30 PM, Fri, March 23 at 6:30 PM, and Mon, March 26 at 5:20
OR Friday, March 30 at 5:20 PM
PeeWees: Mon, March 26 at 6:30 PM, Wed, March 28 at 6:30 PM, and Fri, March 30 at 5:40 PM
Bantams: Wed, March 21 at 6:50 PM, Wed, March 28 at 6:50 PM and Fri, March 30 at 6:30 PM
Goaltenders – No separate tryout. Head coach will pick.

Preliminary 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

Checking clinic for the 2^nd Year Squirts going to Peewees
Mike McCarthy to check for the availability of the Flynn rink prior to tryouts. – possibly Mar 6^th or 13^th

VII.) New Business

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

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 – Squirt Director

Team placement / registration fees – Dual State – we will register additional teams in the Peewee and Squirt Divisions to reserve slots. Registration will dictate the actual number of teams.
Divisions are : A level – East / West / North,
B – D level – East / West/ Northeast/ Northwest/ North / Southeast/ Southwest / South

Division / Team

1^{st team}

2^{nd team}

3^{rd team}

4^{th team}

Bantam

West

Northeast

N/A

N/A

Peewee

West

Northeast

South

N/A

Squir

East

West

North

North

Team placement / registration fees – Valley – we will register additional teams in the Peewee, Squirt and Mite Divisions to reserve slots. Registration will dictate the actual number of teams.
Divisions are : A level : Color = White, Divisions = North / South / East / Central
B level : Color = Blue, Divisions = North / South / East / Central
C level & below : Color = Red, Silver, or Gold , Divisions = North / South / East / Central
Buzzer level: Buzzer North / South / East

Division / Team

1^{st team}

2^{nd team}

3^{rd team}

4^{th team}

5^{th team}

6^{th team}

Bantam

White South

Blue South

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Peewee

White Central

Blue Central

Red Central

N/A

N/A

N/A

Squirt

White South

Blue Central

Red Central

Red Central

N/A

N/A

Mite

White East

Blue Central

Red Central

Silver

Buzzer N

Buzzer S

01-02 Saturday AM ice – Powerskating instruction – quotes?
Steve Evangelista and Steve Cameron will try to get quotes for the 01-02 season

Award presentations – Gentile, Ramsdell, Kirk, MacKay
Motion made to have an "Awards" night for the winners, their parents, coaches and the families sponsoring the awards.
Motion seconded. Discussion: This is being done in lieu of a Banquet so that the children may be properly recognized, along with parents and coaches and the familes who donate money to support the awards. Deatials are to be worked. Possible dates March 1^st of March 8. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Purchase of trophies for awards – Bob Fonzi has volunteered. All directors are to get the Award winners names to Bob Fonzi by 2/24/01 to allow try for the plaques to be updated and trophies engraved.
Steve Colella to contact the Gentile family to review the Criteria of a 2^nd yr. Defenseman oppsed to a 2^nd yr player – since we do not try out by position.

Bantam split season? Cost of playing with JV / Varsity impact during Nov – Feb
Steve Colella is to try to gather information by registration.
Valley League does have "half season teams" that can continue to play thru the year.
Possibility of playing in only 1 League was raised during the JV and Varsity seasons.
Mike Surette is opposed to a spliut season, in light of the players that may not may JV or Varsity

"Grace period" between tryouts and team announcements for partial refund of $150 registration fee – decide yes or no
Motion made to allow a player registered to back out by 4/4/01 (prior to team announcements) and receive 75% of their registration fee. Motion Seconded. Discussion: The majority of the Board felt this defeated the purpose of the increase fee. It was pointed out that the Canton fee is $185.00 non-refundable. Some favored the drop-out allowance . Vote: 2 in favor, 5 opposed. Motion defeated. No grace period allowed.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Gail Severt offered to help at the registration and tryouts

00-01 Head coach’s evaluation forms were given to Jim Pickens, Frank Longo, Mike Surette, Mike McCarthy, Fred Mansfield (for Rich Dalton & Ron Cahill), Larry Ellis (for John Crocker and Chuck Mauceri), and Bill MacKay (for Tom MacKay). Post meeting – Forms were give to Jay Paiva, Joe Filoramo, Ernie Smith, and Paul Giancola on 2/21/01.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 10:30 PM Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for March 12, 2000 – This is Open meeting.
Executive session – Player Payments

January 8, 2001 – Open Meeting

Meeting begins 7:30 PM
6 members in Good Standing in attendance: Gail Severt, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, Sean Tracy, Ron Cahill, Janet Filoramo

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from December 11, 2000 reviewed.Corrections required: Mite C team did not play in Winthrop Christmas Tournament. Items missed: None. Issues: None
Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported.
$ 69,919 in account as of 7-Jan-01 (including approx. $4000 from Sponsor Book)
$ 4,596 in outstanding member payments (those with payment plans).

New Bills: $8580 to Hockeytown for December practices / Sunday Clinic (33 sheets for practice / 9 sheets for clinic)

The Board made a $100 donation the Wakefield High School Spaghetti dinner planned for Thursday, January 11, 2001.
Estimated remaining 00-01 bills = $38, 770
Jan practice ice = $9165 (47 sheets), Feb practice ice = $8580 (44 sheets), Mar practice ice = $9165 (47 sheets), Apr practice ice = $3,120 (16 sheets), Phil Wallace for Sunday Clinic = $6240, Clinic USA / Mass Hockey Registrations = $1000, Goalie Clinic instructor = $1500
Treasurer to set-up account, Tuesday, January 9, 2001 with Fleet (Quick & Reilly) to get better interest rates.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
As of Jan 6 there are 116 total signed up. All seems to be going well. Additional players are expected for the 2^nd & 3^rd hour.

2 out of 16 Squirt C’s took advantage of the Sunday Clinic on 7-Jan-01. Lesson plan that was set for the Squirt C team had to be thrown out. Peewee C team will be offered the same ice after the next round of schedules is available.

Instructional Mites:
Patching status: Robertson not patched. – Must be patched to coach next year.

We will try to videotape the Black VS White team game this Sunday.

Mites:
Mite B player was suspended for 3 weeks and placed on probation for the remainder of the season for unsportsman like behavior during a Mite B game. Return date: January 8, 2001
2^nd Mite B player was suspended for 1 game & 1 practice for being escorted off the ice by referee for attempting to kick an opposing player after being knocked down. (Referee did not fill out game sheet with Major penalty)
Mite C team is playing on Friday 2/23/01 prior to the LockMonster’s game. Contact Janet Filoramo for details / tickets.

Squirts:
Patching status: Masse not patched will not allowed on bench during games / playdowns.
Squirt A team played at Tsongas Arena between Merrimack / U Lowell game.
B team needs to make-up a cancelled game.
All coaches are aware of District 10 Playdown schedule.
Only 2 squirt players attended the free Sunday Clinic

PeeWees:
Waiver status for Peewee B – registered letter sent to Howie Aborn confirming verbal agreement with Fred Massaro.
Peewee A player suspended for 3 weeks and placed on probation for the remainder of the season for unsportsman like behavior during a Peewee A game. Return date: January 8, 2001
Peter Boyson was suspended from attending his son’s games and practices for 1 week for violation of the Parents Code of Conduct.
Ron Cahill noted his unhappiness with the parity of the suspensions. One player involved received a 3-week suspension, a parent involved received a 1-week suspension, and the second player involved did not receive any suspension. The Board tabled the discussion after 15 minutes. The decision on suspensions was made, reviewed, modified, and will not be changed again.

Bantams: Varsity players: Brett Jackson and Matt Quigley – Congratulations!
– Bill MacKay to contact Chris Thibodeau to check on injury status.
12/30/00 – 1 Dual State & I Valley League game cancelled.
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
Gail to inform Dual State of our Tryout schedule
We need to supply Gail with the District 10 stamped rosters.
Gail needs to tell the Dual State how many teams we will register next year.

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
Frank to inform Valley League of our Tryout schedule

New schedules to be picked up on Wednesday, January 10, 2001.
Squirt C team to be moved down in the Valley League.

District 10: (TBD) Leeca Holleran resigned 12/23/00 due to personal issues.
Jim Pickens volunteered to replace Leeca for the remainder of this season.
Motion made to appoint Jim Pickens as the District 10 Representative for the remainder of the season. Motion seconded.
Discussion: None. Vote: Unanimous approval.
Jim will clear up any remaining roster changes and provide Gail Severt with copies.
Jim will attend the District 10 meeting on Thursday, January 11, 2001 at the Civic Center.

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli) – No report

Banquet Committee (Bob Fonzi) – No report

Kirk Committee (Bill MacKay) –
Bill McKay has Jeananne Nigro and Wayne Brown on the committee.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – no status

Chops MacKay Criteria- background information – Bill to provide to Brian D.
Award created in May of 2000 – 1^st awarded to Bill MacKay

On-ice helpers. Instructional Mite White & Black, along with Valley Buzzer 1 & 2 have requested helpers.
Request to be posted on the web, at Hockeytown, and in the Daily Item. Cut-off to be January 15, 2001.

MDC Ice Status:

Tuesdays – Mites / Squirts – 4 Squirts / 3 mites
Thursdays – Peewees / Bantams 1 Bantam / 8 Peewees
Goalies – 6 goalies

Saturday AM: Averaging 10 – 12 players per week – 1 – 2 head coaches

Date

Group

# Players

Date

Group

# Players

11/11/00

Imites+VB2

11

1/20/01

Mites

30

11/18/00

VB1+Mites

13

1/27/01

Squirts/Peewees

8

11/25/00

Squirts

6

2/3/01

Mites

12/2/00

Peewees

5

2/10/01

Squirts/Peewees

12/9/00

Mites

22

2/17/01

Mites

12/16/00

Squirts/Peewees

12

2/24/01

Squirts/Peewees

12/23/00

Mites

11

3/3/01

No ice

12/30/00

Squirts/Peewees

3

3/10/01

No ice

1/6/01

Mites

8

3/17/01

Mites at Cronin Rink in Revere

1/13/01

OPEN to all

12

There is a possibility that Mike McCarthy may be able to get 7:00 AM or 8:00 AM ice at LoConte starting on the 13^th. This will be confirmed by 1/11/01. It appears that for 01-02 we may be able to get 7:00 & 8:00 AM at LoConte. Great job by Mike!

Goaltenders for 01-02 (Rebates? / Discounts?)
Everett – No charge for Mites. Metro = 50% Discount

Coaching Interviews – scheduled for Monday, January 22, 2001 beginning at 6:00 PM. Board will interview all applicants on January 22, 2001. Schedule to be posted by 1/11/01

Coaches meeting agenda – Start at 6:00 PM at Hockeytown will some practice / drill suggestions. Then more to Big Dog in Lynnfield to review tryouts / MDC ice / Problems / issues.

Tryout / registration fee –$150 per player – Max $300 per family, which is Non –refundable and applies to the 01-02 bill. New mites will pay a registration fee of $25 if child makes a team.

Tryout schedule:
Instructional Mites: Mon, March 19 at 5:20 PM and Fri, March 24 at 5:20 PM
Mites: Mon, March 19 at 6:30 PM, Wed, March 21 at 5:20 PM and Fri, March 24 at 5:40 PM
Squirts: Wed, March 21 at 6:30 PM, Fri, March 23 at 6:30 PM, and Mon, March 26 at 5:20
OR Friday, March 30 at 5:20 PM
PeeWees: Mon, March 26 at 6:30 PM, Wed, March 28 at 6:30 PM, and Fri, March 30 at 5:40 PM
Bantams: Wed, March 21 at 6:50 PM, Wed, March 28 at 6:50 PM and Fri, March 30 at 6:30 PM
Goaltenders – No separate tryout. Head coach will pick.

Tryout method – Evaluation process – 55 point maximum – Current Head coach + Tryout evaluation
Current head coach = 15 point max: 1-3 for game play, 1-3 for "coachability", 3, 6, or 9 for attendance
Tryouts: 40 points max: 1-10 for skating skills, 1-10 for puck skills, 1-20 for scrimmage play

00-01 (55 points MAX)

99-00 (60 points MAX)

98-99 (50 Points Max)

Rating

Points

% of Rating

% of Total

Points

% of Rating

% of Total

Points

% of Rating

% of Total

Tryouts

Skating

10

25%

18%

10

22%

17%

10

29%

20%

Puck

10

25%

18%

10

22%

17%

10

29%

20%

Scrimmage

20

50%

36%

25

56%

41%

15

42%

30%

Head Coach

Attendance

9

60%

16%

9

60%

15%

9

60%

18%

Coachability

3

20%

6%

3

20%

5%

3

20%

6%

Game Play

3

20%

6%

3

20%

5%

3

20%

6%

Motion made to accept the proposed point system for 01-02. Motion seconded. Discussion: Points are an adjustment in the amount of points in the scrimmage play section only. Member asked what is being looked at during the 3 on 3 play. It appears that the players that holds the pucks and is the most aggressive will get the most points. Steve Evangelista passed on the Mite & Squirt level skills that are outlined by USA hockey to the member. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Based on the Survey response the Board proposed the following modifications to the tryouts.
Bantams – Evaluations system picks team, expect 2 picks, if head coach has seen possible teams 2 times
Peewees – Evaluations system picks team, expect 2 picks, if head coach has seen possible teams 3 times
Squirts – Evaluations system picks team, expect 2 picks, if head coach has seen possible teams 3 times
Mites – Evaluations system only
Imites – Evaluations system – only safety issues dropped

Preliminary 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

VII.) New Business

Registration dates – need to reserve room at the Civic Center
Monday, February 26, 2001: 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Civic Center
Monday, March 5, 2001: 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Civic Center
Sunday, March 11, 2001: 1:30 – 3:00 PM at Hockeytown
Monday, March 12, 2001: 6:00 – 7:30 PM at the Civic Center

Open Slots on 01 -02 Teams – Motion made to fill the teams immediately after tryouts. No open slots on any teams. Motion seconded. Discussion: None. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Tryout attendance: Medical absences will require a Dr.’s note. Any players unexcused from tryout will be dropped to the lowest team in their division.

Open tryouts: Motion made to eliminate open tryouts. Motion seconded. Discussion: If Squirts play in the Peewee division, they will play on the lowest level team, like 00-01 Squirts on the PW C team. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Voting Process for 01-02 Head Coaches: Motion made to use a simple majority for the 01-02 selections. Ties can only be broken by a re-vote. Motion seconded. Discussion: Why the question?. Because with 3 applicants for a team a coach can be appointed with 3 out of 8 votes: 2 vote for coach "A", 2 vote for coach "B", one votes to "leave open" and 3 vote for "C". "C" gets the team. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantams Head coaches for 01-02: Motion made to appoint the "A" coach in each division, then name 3 additional tryout evaluators, who cannot have a child at the level being evaluated. Motion seconded. Discussion: All applicants are expected to see games to allow for picks. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Savings Bank Grant application – need a volunteer to submit

Disciplinary issues- there have been at least 5 special meeting and countless hours spent on the phone by parents, coaches, and Board members regarding behavior since early November. There have been 12 issues that have resulted in suspensions, probation, or letters of reprimand. The Board is requesting that the Coaching Coordinator require each head coach have a mandatory team meeting to "air" out any issues. Any parent that has an issue must address it with the head coach 1^st. There is considerable time, energy, and emotion being wasted on the "grapevine". A coach cannot deal with an issue or a problem if it is not brought to their attention. If the coach doesn’t deal with it then the parent should contact the Coaching coordinator. The chain of command is team staff (head coach, assistant coach, team manager), Coaching Coordinator, Director, and then the Board. Parents should not be calling the District Rep, District Registrar, or USA Hockey officials without exhausting the WYSA chain of command.

Waivers – all waivers must be requested from Howie Aborn – District 10 Registrar – he will require a letter from WYSA stating a players is free to join another association, has no financial obligation to WYSA and a letter from the new association inviting the player. Waivers are not granted because parents / players are unhappy with the organization, tryout results, coaching, etc.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

1.) Board will try to schedule a checking clinic for the 2^nd Year Squirts going to Peewees prior to tryouts

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 10:10 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for February 12, 2000 – This is closed meeting.
Executive session – Player Payments

December 11, 2000 – Closed Meeting

Meeting begins 7:30 PM
3 Members in good standing in attendance: Mark Hannigan, Ron Cahill, Frank Longo

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from November 20, 2000 reviewed.

Corrections required: None. Items missed: None Issues: None

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

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported.
$ 85,000 in account as of 11-Dec-00
$ 6,500 in outstanding member payments (those with payment plans) One player has been dropped due to payment issues.

Bills to be paid: $9,300 to Dual State – Final payment, MDC $5,400, Hockeytown (Nov Practices) - $7,500

Outstanding bills: $41,000 Hockeytown, $5,700 Hockeyworks (Sunday Clinic), $2,160 Hockeyworks (MDC Skills), $2,300 Goalie clinic

Treasurer to set-up account with Quick & Reilly to get better interest rates. To be completed by 12/31/00.

Estimated end of year balance = $12,000. Fundraising efforts may bring the total to $25,000
End of year balance for 99-00 revised to $9,000 – In May of 99 there was $26,000 in account including $9,000 of 00-01 payments and $8,000 of 99-00 bills needed to be paid. $26,000-$9,000-$8,000 = $9,000 EOY.

Received the second $500 of a $2500 anonymous donation for MDC ice.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
As of Dec 11 there are 114 total signed up. 75 signed up for the 1^st hour

38 I-Mites – Squirts are using the 2^nd & 3^rd hours. Clinic is in the Black.

All CORI forms have been signed.

1^st Hour going very well, 2^nd & 3^rd will required close attention once sign-ups are done.

Instructional Mites:
Patching status: Black team: Masse White team: Robertson. Bob Gorton to review and inform coaches of 12/17/00 patching clinic

- No issues in I-mites

Mites:

Patching status: VB2:Grassa , Finnochio. Bob Casaletto to review and inform coaches of 12/17/00 patching clinic

If not patched coaches will not be allowed on the bench during games.
– Winthrop Christmas Tournament – Mite A teams is in. There are openings for ALL WYSA teams.
Mite B & C teams are playing in the Hockeytown Tournament.

Squirts:

Patching status: Squirt C: Masse -TBD

Squirt "C" team incident at the December 3, 2000 game in Peabody. At an emergency meeting on Monday, December 5, 2000 with a majority of the Squirt C team parents, coaching staff and the Board of Directors the incident was discussed and both sides were heard. Following the meeting, with recommendations from District 10 and Mass Hockey’s Executive Board, Joe Roberto has been suspended until 2/1/01 with a 1-year probation period ending 2/1/02.
The Board made a motion to suspend Peter Bernard until 12/31/00 with a probation period ending 6/30/00 due to violations of the Parents Code of Conduct and complaints from the other parents on the Squirt C team. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: The Board will also issue a letter to Bill Boylan (Squirt C head coach) on expected conduct with parents. Vote: Unanimous approval.
– Squirt "C" team had parent meeting on Fri 12/8/00 at Hockeytown to try to resolve all issues and move forward for the rest of the season.

– Motion made to offer 2 weeks of the Sunday Clinic to the Peewee C & Squirt C teams. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: Steve Colella and Fred Massaro to contact the parents on each of the teams to determine to level of commitment and allow for scheduling. Current Dual State and Valley league schedules do not allow the teams to attend up through 1/14/01.
Steve & Fred will inform Brian Donahoe on the number of players that will attend.
Vote: Unanimous approval.

PeeWees:

Patching status: All coaches / managers are patched
- Jim Grenham is still coaching on the Peewee C team.
- Brett Prowse dropped off "A" team to play for NH club team
- Ron Cahill requested unlimited call-ups from the "B" team. Ron will contact the players directly, following the call-up policy and inform Fred Massaro of who has been called up.
- Call-up limit is 5 times per season. Fred Massaro to get waivers for the "B" team to support the "A" team.

- Fred Massaro, Steve Evangelista, and Ron Cahill addressed the fooling around and 2^nd yr players picking on 1^st yr players on the Peewee A & B practice ice.

-The Board issued a written reprimand to Rich Dalton and Paul Jordan for an incident that occurred during and after a Peewee B game on November 25, 2000 at Hockeytown. The Board held a special meeting on November 29,2000 to review and discuss the incident and allow both sides of the issues to be told.

Bantams:

Patching status: Bantam B: Waitte S , Waitte J, Bill MacKay to review.
Any Haley has not been playing? Gary Haley has not been coaching.

Motion made to appoint Tom Campbell as team manager. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: The chain of command is MacKay, Jackson, Mitza, then Campbell. The Board / District 10 must modify the team roster. Vote: Unanimous approval.

- Brett Jackson and Doug Moores have made the High School team – Congratulations!
- "A" team remained in the same divisions after parity.
- B team has moved down.
– Bill MacKay to contact Chris Thibodeau to check on injury status.
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt- No report due to business travel)
Gail to inform Dual State of our Tryout schedule

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
Frank to inform Valley League of our Tryout schedule

- Frank to have the Squirt "C" head coach changed from Mike McCarthy to Bill Boylan.
– Frank to request that the Squirt "C" team be moved into a lower division to allow them to be competitive.

District 10: (Leeca Holleran – No report due to work commitment)

V.) Committee Reports

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli – No report)

Motion made to appoint Mark Hannigan as the sponsor focal point. Motion Seconded. Discussion: The Board needs to move out on the 00-01 sponsors, especially to allow a 2000 tax year benefit. Mark will contact all last years sponsors and try to get information needed to have a new sponsor flag made and hung at Hockeytown by Martin Luther King weekend in January.
Vote: Unanimous approval. Brian Donahoe and Fred Massaro to contact Frank to review other fundraising issues.

Banquet Committee (Bob Fonzi)
Motion made to plan the 00-01 Banquet for March 1, 2000 at Anthony’s in Malden. Motion Seconded. Discussion: Steve Evangelista, Bob Gorton, Bob Casaletto, and Fred Massaro to begin trying to get a speaker. The goal will be to fund the banquet entirely through fundraising. The High school team will be invited and is expected to follow the semi-formal dress code. Brian Donahoe to review details with Bob Fonzi. Vote: Unanimous approval.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – status.
Effort underway to completed by 12/31/00.

MDC ice – Posted information at Hockeytown, and changed rotation again to increase the number of skaters per week.
See coaches minutes – below

Coaches meeting –December 5 at the Big Dog in N. Reading, Cost $270 for room / pizza / tonic– paid by Honeydew of East Boston Attendees: Steve Evanglista, Brian Donahoe, Fred Massaro, Bob Casaletto, Bob Gorton, Steve Colella, Mike McCarthy, Ed Audet, Ron Cahill, Paul Charos, Fred Mansfield, Kevin Robbins, Bill Boylan, Dan Brown, Paul Giancola, Steve Cameron, Jim Flynn, Chuck Mauceri, Rich Dalton

MDC ice: Coaches / Board members agreed to try to "fill" the slots.

Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Mites – full at 24 skaters – Bob Casaletto to move 5 MA & MB players to the Squirt rotation and allow additional mites to sign-up. Squirts– 7 signed up - 8 slots open – Mites will fill 5 – 3 will be open to Squirts or additional mites. 1^st come 1^st serve!

Thursdays 7:00 PM = Goalie Clinic – Number of Goalies = 12 – 15

Thursdays 8:00 PM
Peewees: 11 signed up, plus 1 Squirt (CCD conflict) 5 open slots Bantams: 9 signed up – 6 open slots
Fred Massaro to combine the 2 groups so they go every week or add Squirts who cannot make Tues, get players

Saturday AM Ice at Loconte – after 5 weeks of 5:45 AM to 7:30 AM ice: 44 players total – New Rotation below

Wk

Assigned

Date

6

All Mites including Instructional

12/09/00

7

Squirts + Peewees+Bantams

12/16/00

8

All Mites including Instructional

12/23/00

9

Squirts + Peewees+Bantams

12/30/00

10

All Mites including Instructional

01/06/01

11

Squirts + Peewees+Bantams

01/13/01

12

All Mites including Instructional

01/20/01

13

Squirts + Peewees+Bantams

01/27/01

Sunday Clinic: All WYSA players can sign-up for 2 hours per Sunday for the remaining 14 weeks for $130.
That comes to $4.65 per hour. The skill levels will be broken into ability level groups once a stable number of players are attending. Contact Brian Donahoe.

2000-2001 Call-up Policy – Steve reviewed the following portion of the policy with the coaches in attendance.
Additions / changes are underlined.

4-11: If a team needs players and the team directly below has a conflict the head coach / team manager must contact the head coach directly and request a player. The two coaches will review number of players needed, number of players available, the competition levels that each team will be playing and make a decision. If the lower coach does not agree to the call-up the upper level team must go to the team 2 levels below. Teams must play together and eliminating the team concept from a lower level team to support an upper level teams destroys that message.

Game sheets for September / October/November - All game sheets are to be handed in up to the Dec 3 games.
All coaches were informed at the meeting.

Initial pass at 00-01 numbers in each division / announce preliminary coaching needs per division
Instructional Mites – 2 teams (28 skaters)
Mites – 5 teams (66 skaters + 1 goalie) – A-C, then decide on Valley Buzzer or Stoneham
(we should maintain 2 teams in Stoneham until we can have our own in-house program.
Squirts – 3 teams (52 skaters + 1 goalie)
Peewees – 2 teams (40 skaters + 4 goalies)
Bantams – 2 teams (36 skaters + 4 goalies)
These number assume ALL current players are returning.

Tryout survey results- brief discussion on the results
216 letters were sent out - 79 self-addressed, stamped postcards were returned.
9 selected Head coach pick, 36 selected the 99-00 / 00-01 rating system, 34 selected the proposed 60% / 40% system
Coaches were informed that the Board will try to finalize the policy prior to the interviews.
Changes that may be made from last year will include the same sheet being used at each tryout, a possible reduction in the number of points used for the scrimmages, and the possibility of District 10 sending an independent evaluator to act as a gauge to the other evaluators. There was limited discussion of the possibility of allow Bantam level coaches having 2 – 3 picks, Peewee coaches have 1-2 picks, and Squirt Coaches have a pick IF they attend enough games to justify their decision.

On-ice helpers from upper level teams:
Limit 2 helpers per team
– must be at least 1 full age division above the team: Squirts to mite, Peewees to Squirts, Bantams to Peewees)
– Head coaches will be asked at the coaches meeting if helpers are wanted
– Notifications will be placed in the paper advertising the team & time
– Volunteers will be used on a rotational basis. Attendance and behavior can be grounds for eliminating a helper.
– Volunteers must wear helmet and gloves and are to be used for demonstration purposes only.
Teams requesting helpers: Valley Buzzer 1, Instructional Mite White & Black

Awards – Coaches were given the following information regarding the annual awards.
Kirk Award (High School player) Awarded by the Kirk Committee - "The Charles T. Kirk Trophy should be awarded to the varsity hockey player who has played in the Wakefield Youth Hockey Association and who has best developed his potential and has continued to improve throughout high school"

Gentile Award- The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award is given annually to a second year defenseman who plays in the "B" level of the Mites, Squirts, and PeeWees. One award is given annually at each level. The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award was established by his family to honor his years to the Wakefield Youth Hockey Program. The Head Coach selects the trophy’s recipient. In addition to hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon sportsmanship, cooperation, hard work, and love of the game

Ramsdell Award – Background - The Deane Ramsdell Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player on the Bantam "A" team. The Deane Ramsdell Memorial fund was established in 1991 by Deane’s family and friends to honor his many years of support for, and contribution to, the Wakefield Youth Hockey program in general, and the Bantam team in particular. Selection Criteria - The trophy recipient is selected exclusively by the Bantam "A" team coaches. In addition to exceptional hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon other characteristics valued by Deane, including sportsmanship, leadership, cooperation, hard work, dedication, and love of the game.

Skill / Drill Books – Steve informed the coaches that Bob Gorton had donated 20 copies of the book and that several are still available for distribution.

Coaching from the Bench– Steve requested that the coaches try to work a system on the bench were the head coach watches the game and informs the assistant coaches on what a player / line coming off the ice needs to be coached on. Steve wants coaches to stop yelling instructions to players during shifts. Allow them to make mistakes and improve.

Communications– Steve provided copies of the Mike Souza article from the Daily Item that highlighted that a weakness that Mike had at the Pro level was skating skill. Mike won the Middlesex League Skill & Skating Competition while at WHS. Steve pointed out that the coaches need to communicate that basic skills always need to be worked on. In 38 years of the WYSA on 12 players have gone on to Division 1 schools to play, on 5 of those 12 played beyond Div I.
Steve suggested that each head coach conduct a survey of the parents. Ask them about practices, games, positions, skills that need to be addressed, etc. Allow the parents to return the survey anonymously – then have a parents meeting to address the concerns.
– If parents are causing problems or getting in your face, step back, walk away, and try to let the situation cool down. The kids are having fun; the adults need to be able to work issues out.

Future meetings: Ed Audet suggested having handouts of suggested drills / skills- especially at the Peewee and Bantam level.

Next meeting: Tuesday, January 16 at 6:30 PM at Hockeytown –Streethockey rink. Demo by coaches on several practice drills followed by meeting.

Chops MacKay Criteria- Request to get background information on Chops MacKay. Schools, Accomplishments, other Awards etc. Bill MacKay & family to provide by Dec 11 meeting.

Goaltenders for 01-02 –discounts / rebates / etc.- Reading & Tewksbury do not provide any discounts, but do allow goalies to attend all skill clinics and additional practices for free. The Board will review this again next month after getting additional information and developing proposals.

VII.) New Business

Coaching applications received by 12/11/00 .
Instructional Mites: None
Valley Buzzer Mites: None
Mites: Mike McCarthy "A" team, Frank Longo and Jim Pickens – undeclared teams
Squirts: Larry Ellis "A" team, Mike McCarthy "B" team, Frank Longo - undeclared
Peewees: Phil McAuffile "B" team, Chuck Mauceri "B" team, Jim Pickens - undeclared
Bantams: Tom MacKay – ":A" team
Midgets: None
- Motion made to consider the above applications as the coaches being considered and any late applications will be set aside. If the above applicants are qualified they will be given the teams they applied for. Motion seconded. Discussion: The Board needs to set deadlines and stick to them.
They are several individuals considering coaching, but haven’t submitted applications. Motion withdrawn.
- Motion made to extend the application deadline to 12/18/00. Motion seconded. Discussion: Applications must be handed to a member of the Board of Directors. Vote : 5 in favor / 2 against / 1 abstained

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Head coaching interview dates / process – all applicants to be interviewed. The January head coaches meeting will be used to review any Board issues and the tryout procedure.

Tryout dates / times – the last 2 weeks of March as listed in the "Red" folder.

Tryout / registration fee – Motion made to make the registration fee for 01-02 $150 per player – Max $300 per family
which is Non –refundable and applies to the 01-02 bill. Motion seconded. Discussion: The Board feels this is necessary to establish the commitment to the WYSA program and not have to reduce teams after tryouts have been settled.
New mites will pay a registration fee of $25 if child makes a team.

Tryout method – proposal ONLY – Board members will review and Steve Evangelista will review at the Jan coaches meeting.
Bantams – Current system + 3 picks if head coach has seen possible teams 4 times
Peewees – Current system + 2 picks if head coach has seen possible teams 4 times
Squirts – Current system + 1 pick if head coach has seen possible teams 4 times
Mites – Current system – no picks**
Imites – Current system – only safety issues dropped**
** Based on the # of mites expected we will split the division in 2 and pull the top 10 – 15 I-mites to the mite tryout for placement.

Preliminary 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

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 11:00 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for January 9, 2000 – This is open meeting.

November 20, 2000 – Open Meeting

Meeting begins at 7:40 PM
10 Members in good standing in attendance: Frank Micelli, Doreen McGowan, Leeca Holleran, Janet Filoramo, Paul Giancola, Steve Cameron, Jim Pickens, Sean Tracy, Ed Audet, Frank Longo
Raffle drawing held first. Frank Micelli – former President WYSA pulled tickets – 1^st Place ticket pulled 1^st (see below)

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from October 9, 2000 reviewed.
Corrections required: Mite "A" team scrimmaged Winthrop not Quincy.
Items missed: None. Issues: None
Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported.
$ 68,000 in account as of 18-Nov-00 (not including $16,000 in raffle proceeds)
$12,000 in outstanding member payments (7 owe $500 or more)

Bills to be paid: $9,300 Dual State final payment, $6,800 Dynamic Sports – jerseys, misc. equipment - $6,800, Civic Center - $100, Stoneham Youth Hockey - $5,600 for Imites, Hockeytown - $6,630 (for 10/15-10/30) practices, $16,000 to Valley League final payment, $24 for Internet
MDC ice bill? Brian Carney to contact Mike McCarthy to get information.
Treasurer / Board needs to establish remaining monthly bills to estimate year-end balance.

Received the first $500 of a $2500 anonymous donation for MDC ice.
Received $300 donation from Total Temperature Control (John Ambrosino) to help sponsor players
Received $75 donation from North Shore Custom Homes (Bob Casaletto) to help sponsor players

Received $300 donation from North Shore Custom Homes to sponsor the last coaches meeting.
Received $150 Donation from Brownson Insurance (Michael Brownson) to help sponsor players

Motion made by the Treasurer to establish an interest bearing money market account with Fidelity. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: This should add $2000 - $3000 in interest for the Association. Vote: Unanimous approval.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
As of Nov 13 there are 94 total signed up
61 signed up for the 1^st hour

23 Instructional Mites / Valley Buzzer Mites for the 2^nd hour

10 Mites for the 3^rd hour. At this point we will keep the 3^rd hour for the first 4 weeks to see if the High School girls program or others sign-up. We are (-$3000) for 20 weeks of ice for all 3 hours. For the 16 weeks of the clinic (alone), we are (-$700).

Instructional Mites:
Welcome to Bob Gorton – thanks for volunteering!
Patching status:

Black team: Longo - OK , Cameron - OK , Gorton – OK, , Masse - TBD

White team: Pickens-OK , Robertson-TBD , MacDonald - OK , Losco - OK

Both teams are playing at / near .500. There is an issue with how the games are being played. Every game is played differently – face-offs, no face-offs, etc. Bob Gorton to contact Stoneham director and resolve.
11 Players – Black, White and VBII showed up at the 11/4/00 LoConte practice.
Mites:

Patching status:
Mite A: Giancola - OK , Tracy- OK , Cameron-OK , Donahoe-OK
Mite B: Paiva-OK , Cannata - OK , Colangelo - OK , Longo - OK
Mite C: Filoramo - OK , Wilson -OK , Rudzinsky-OK , Filoramo- Not req’ed
VB1: Audet- OK , Cardillo-TBD , Morris -OK , Donahoe-OK
VB2: McCarthy- OK , White-OK , Grassa - TBD , Finnochio- TBD

All teams moved up in the Valley League after parity.

Still need to have discussion with coaches on rotating players to all positions. Board feels it up to the Head coach. Parents are encouraged to discuss directly with head coach any / all issues.

13 Players between VB1, MC, MA showed up at the 11/11/00 LoConte practice

Squirts:

Patching status:
Squirt A: Crocker - OK , Riley - OK , Losco - OK , Flynn-OK
Squirt B: Mauceri-OK , McCarthy-OK , Robbins-OK , Ellis-OK
Squirt C: Boylan-OK , Tuminelli-OK , Masse -TBD , Brown-Not req’ed

Motion made by Squirt Director to set the refund at $130. Motioned Seconded.
Discussion: Treasurer will issue checks by 12/7/00. Any outstanding financial issues will be cause the refund to be reduced (raffle, outstanding payments) Vote: Unanimous approval.

- The "B" team doesn’t want to play "A" level teams.

- "C" team is becoming more competitive after the parity moves. Squirt C goalie played for the "A" & "B" teams.

- Only 5 Squirts showed up at the 11/18/00 LoConte practice – Squirt "A" team had a game conflict.

PeeWees:

Patching status:
Peewee A: Cahill - OK , Charos- OK , Evangelista - OK , Riley-OK
Peewee B: Dalton-OK , Mansfield-OK , Massaro-OK , DiNaploi-TBD
Peewee C: Smith-OK , Jackson-OK , Grenham-OK

- 11 Peewee skaters were at the Thursday PM MDC skills

- Call-ups still an issue, but to a lesser extent. Call-ups have been reduced from 3-4 per game to 1-2.

- Fred Massaro to review waiver requirements with Valley / Dual and District 10.

Bantams: - No report - director absent due to meeting conflict
Patching status:
Bantam A: MacKay , Haley , Mitza , Jackson
Bantam B: Surette , Recko , Waitte S , Waitte J
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt-)
No report – rep absent due to business trip.
Dan Brown picked up and delivered the new schedules to the Board. Thank-you Dan!
Fred Massaro to make copies and provide to Bantam and Squirt Directors

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
All rosters are in. No suspensions have been reported.
The next round of schedules may be a partial one!

Frank provided the Valley League with all the coaches’ email addresses. This will help simplify the notification process for schedule issues. Please copy Frank on all emails between Valley League & WYSA – email = monoq@mediaone.net
Linda Davis’ email = ldavis@valley-associates.com

District 10: (Leeca Holleran)

- Team applications are needed from Bantam A & B, Instructional Mite White & Black

- Team rosters are needed from Bantam B, Valley Buzzer I & II, Instructional Mite White

- Applications are required for the Squirt – Bantam Playdowns for Martin Luther King Weekend in January 01.
- Coaches are requested to bring pull-overs in case of jersey issues.

- Everett MDC opens after Thanksgiving

– Any injuries are to be reported to Cheryl Veritz – Risk Manager 781-391-6385
– All IMR’s were officially accepted by Mass / USA Hockey on 11/20/00
– All referees must have 2000-2001 patch on jersey
– Leeca to provide a list of CORI forms missing

For future reference: If players are going to play "up" a division (Squirts in Peewees) for the season, roster them on one of the lower division teams so they can play at the lower level as fill-ins. (Howie Aborn suggestion to Jim Pickens

V.) Committee Reports

Fund Raising: Janet Filoramo (Raffle)
1^st Prize – Caroline Gorton – Ticket sold by AJ Gorton
2^nd Prize – Sue Cimino – Ticket sold by Kevin Holleran
3^rd Prize - Nancy Freni – Ticket sold by John Carano
Winning team- Mite B team
Winning sales- Mike Weaver – 1600 tickets
Total proceeds- $15, 909
Issues - Some members still turned in cash. Squirt division was the most challenging due to refund issues.

Changes for 01-02: None– Janet Filoramo was happy with the entire process. Multiple player families need to return unsold tickets (after the 100 required)

The Board thanked Janet for her efforts in making the raffle a success!

Lowell Lock Monsters Fundraiser : involves players signing up sponsors for a per "shot on net" limit. If every player in the association got 10 sponsors at 10 cents a shot and the Lock Monsters took 25 shots on net during a game the association would get 10*216*.10*25 = $5400 from the Lock Monsters. WYSA must sell 125 tickets ($1000 worth) to the game. Frank Micelli and the Board agreed that this is a great idea, but it requires each of our members to raise money. Members would have to get the pledges, wait for the game , then collect. All felt it was too much to ask, especially after the raffle. The Board told Janet to cancel the date she had reserved in January.

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli) –

- Potential Members – 3 members have contacted Frank – Mary Tagliaferro, Mike Bourque and Doreen McGowen

- RCN status – no action taken since last meeting. Brian Donahoe to provide information to Frank again.

- Sponsors – Brian Carney to send invoice to all sponsors

- Sponsor Flag – set goal to get sponsors identified and flag printed by Martin Luther King Day

- Mission statement – No action yet

- Sponsor book – Starting within 2 weeks – Production Marketing Services – Steve Zelonzick
- Other
– Larry Abbott – Hockeytown – Frank has approached Larry about selling board signs at $1000 - $1500 per year. There are about 14 locations on the far side of each rink that could be sold. Frank to contact Frank Chisolm. Fuddruckers to begin a promotion were the referee pick spectators as winners of hamburgers!

- Bob Casaletto wants to begin a $5000 fundraising effort using his out of town business suppliers. Frank and Bob to meet to decide on letter to send and amount to request.

- Larry Abbott is considering changing the indoor street hockey rink back to a small ice rink – as it was when Hockeytown opened. Street hockey interest is declining. The floor is already plumbed for refrigeration There may be a possible financial interest for WYSA. Do we want to invest? Larry estimates a $100,000 to $150,000 to return the rink to an ice surface.
- Frank also mentioned that he has been approached by a private donor who is interested in building a rink for cost for Wakefield in the name of a Wakefield bank
– Frank has a listing of all the Wakefield businesses from the Chamber of Commerce. This will be used to establish what level of donation could be asked for.
– Frank also mentioned the great job that Ellen Taylor & Valerie Yianacopolus did in raising $13,000 for PopWarner.

Banquet Committee (Bob Fonzi)
Date: March 1 or March 8 - need to choose so we can schedule speakers, tickets, trophies, and other important incidentals. Bob will take care of the trophies and tickets.

Suggested ticket charges:

Skater in good standing Mite thru Bantam------------------------------------------ no charge

Invited guest (speaker, sponsor, H S Hockey team, etc.)----------------------- no charge

One parent, regardless of how many children they have skating--------------no charge

Second parent, Aunt, Uncle,Sibling, etc.--------------------cost of meal +20% or about $12.00

We can not charge the first parent is because they are responsible for getting the skater to and from the banquet safely.

Maintain the "semi-formal" Dress code – dress shirts with ties for boys / slacks / dresses for girls
Seating arrangement may want to be changed
We should collect tickets this year.

We should get more background on the Kirk, Gentile, and Ramsdell awards (pictures / stories)
Board decided to put the entire effort on hold until the finances are reviewed completely – MDC ice costs VS utilization may cost the association $5000 - $8000 dollars.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – status.
Bob Casaletto to complete by 12/31/00

MDC ice – Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Mites / Squirts: Mites signed up: 24 Squirts: 8
(Squirt clinic to be filled by Mites if other Squirts do not attend)
Thursdays 7:00 PM = Goalie Clinic – Number of Goalies = 12 – 15 – Including Jessie Paiva – HS girls team – she is paying to attend.
Thursdays 8:00 PM Peewees / Bantams: Peewees Signed up – 11, Bantams: 11-15 – try to fill with Peewees or Squirts that have a conflict with CCD on Tuesday.

Saturday AM Ice at Loconte
Week 1 Instructional Black & White, Valley Buzzer 2 = Attendance = 11 between the Imite Black/White & Valley Buzzer 2
Week 2 Valley Buzzer 1, Mite A – C. Attendance = 13
Week 3 Squirts attendance – 6 – "A" team had a game
Week 4 Peewees / Bantams – 5 players

Motion made to change to a 3 week rotation: Instructional Mites & Valley Buzzer Mites, Mites, then Squirts / Peewees / Bantams. Motion also included charging $5.00 per player regardless of number of players attending.
Motioned Seconded. Discussion: If there are game conflicts with the Valley Buzzer teams or the mite teams they can attend the other session. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Coaches meeting –October 23 Big Dog, Cost $300 for room / pizza / tonic– paid by North Shore Custom Homes
20 Coaches / Board members in attendance
Topics covered: - Call-up policy (see below) and On ice helpers (see below)

- Next meeting scheduled for December 5, 2000 at the Big Dog in N. Reading: sponsored by Honeydew of East Boston

Call-up policy – from the Coaches meeting on October 23:

2000-2001 Call-up Policy

Call-ups will not be made unless there are 10 or less players and 1 goalie expected to play.

Call-ups will be limited to 5 games in Dual State and 5 games in the Valley League
(10 possible call-up games per player) – This needs to be verified with Howie – Leeca Holleran to check

Head coach / team manager will call the head coach / team manager of the team directly below, requesting 2^nd year players 1^st -must go alphabetical completely around the roster of 2^nd year players.

If 2nd year players cannot / will not play - 1^st year players will be called - again, must go alphabetical completely around the roster of 1^st year players.
Note: The call-ups start with 2^nd yr. players and continue to the 1^st year players. There is no going back to 2^nd yr. players who could / would not play for whatever reason.

Example:
Abbott - 2^nd yr. player - called first - no - had school project to finish - goes to bottom of list
Brown - 2^nd yr. player - called second - no - could not make game at that time - goes to bottom of list
Carr - 2^nd yr. player - called third - yes - then goes to the bottom of the list
Devin - 2^nd yr. player - called fourth - yes - then goes to the bottom of the list
Evans - 2^nd yr. player - Will be the next player asked to play for the NEXT call-up game
Friend - 2^nd yr. player - does not want to play up - excluded from rotation until parents contact Director.
Goodwin - 2^nd yr. player - will be the second player called for the NEXT call-up game
Apple - 1^st year player - will be the 3^rd player called for the NEXT call-up game

Coaches / Directors must exhaust the remaining roster before returning to "Abbott"

If players are not available from the team directly below, the head coach / team manager can call players from 2 teams below, including the division below - following item #’s 3 & 4 from above.

The head coach / team manager, along with the coaching coordinator and director may identify potential safety issues in which case they may contact the parent / guardian of the player involved and discuss. In such an event, if in the opinion of the coaching coordinator, coach and director the safety of the player may be compromised, the player may be bypassed from call-ups.

The head coach / team manager supplying players and Director of that division must maintain a list of who has been called / who has played / who has refused / and what League they played in.

If the head coach / team manager of the team needing players cannot get enough call-up players, the game must be rescheduled, swapped, or cancelled.

If a team needs players and the team directly below has a conflict the head coach / team manager must go to the team 2 levels below. Teams must play together and eliminating the team concept from a lower level team to support an upper level teams destroys that message.

The Board understands that very short notice and emergency situations may differ from the letter of the above policy. The coaches / Director must make note such situations to ensure a fair call-up policy for all members of the association.

Players / Members who are not up to date financially will be excluded from call-ups

Players who have attendance / discipline problems with the rostered team will be excluded from call-ups

Motion made to accept the above policy for the 00-01 season. Motion seconded.
Discussion: Steve Evanglista wanted to review with the coaches the team concept Vs getting the next level down – Item 4-11. This will be reviewed at the coaches meeting. Any changes will be addressed at the Dec 11, 2000 Board of Director’s meeting. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Game sheets for September / October – This was postponed until the 12/11/00 meeting. All game sheets are to be handed in up to the Dec 3 games.
Identify number of call-ups / if the rotation policy is being followed / sheets not correctly filled out

Chops MacKay Criteria- Request to get background information on Chops MacKay. Schools, Accomplishments, other Awards etc. Bill MacKay & family to provide by Dec 11 meeting.

Initial pass at 00-01 numbers in each division / announce preliminary coaching needs per division
Instructional Mites – 2 teams (28 skaters)
Mites – 5 teams (66 skaters + 1 goalie) – A-C, then decide on Valley Buzzer or Stoneham
(we should maintain 2 teams in Stoneham until we can have our own in-house program.
Squirts – 3 teams (52 skaters + 1 goalie)
Peewees – 2 teams (40 skaters + 4 goalies)
Bantams – 2 teams (36 skaters + 4 goalies)
We need to develop goaltenders at the lower levels

VII.) New Business

Tryout survey results
216 letters were sent out
79 self-addressed , stamped postcards were returned, 0 were unsigned & discarded
9 selected Head coach pick, 36 selected the 99-00 / 00-01 rating system, 34 selected the proposed 60% / 40% system
Discussion:

The Board was disappointed in the poor response rate – 36%. The results will be discussed at the coaches meeting for their direct input. The Board will make its tryout decision for 00-01 prior to the head coaching interviews – late Jan / early Feb 01.

On-ice helpers from upper level teams – Board to make policy & vote
Motion made to establish the following on-ice helper policy:

- Limit 2 helpers per team
– must be at least 1 full age division above the team: Squirts to mite, Peewees to Squirts, Bantams to Peewees)
– Head coaches will be asked at the coaches meeting if helpers are wanted
– Notifications will be placed in the paper advertising the team & time
– Volunteers will be used on a rotational basis. Attendance and behavior can be grounds for eliminating a helper.
– Volunteers must wear helmet and gloves and are to be used for demonstration purposes only.
Motion seconded. Discussion: This information will be presented at the coaches meeting.
Vote: Vote: Unanimous approval.

00-01 Awards – Kirk for High School , Ramsdell- Bantam A , and Gentile for 2^nd yr. defenseman – Mites – Bantams
Each director will get a copy of the award criteria listed below to the coaches who must make the award selections.

Director's will review with the coaches and make sure the selection is per the criteria. If there are issues the director will report to the entire Board.

Kirk Award (High School player) Awarded by the Kirk Committee - "The Charles T. Kirk Trophy should be awarded to the varsity hockey player who has played in the Wakefield Youth Hockey Association and who has best developed his potential and has continued to improve throughout high school" T

Gentile Award- The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award is given annually to a second year defenseman who plays in the "B" level of the Mites, Squirts, and PeeWees. One award is given annually at each level. The Dennis Gentile Memorial Award was established by his family to honor his years to the Wakefield Youth Hockey Program. The Head Coach selects the trophy’s recipient. In addition to hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon sportsmanship, cooperation, hard work, and love of the game

Ramsdell Award – Background - The Deane Ramsdell Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player on the Bantam "A" team. The Deane Ramsdell Memorial fund was established in 1991 by Deane’s family and friends to honor his many years of support for, and contribution to, the Wakefield Youth Hockey program in general, and the Bantam team in particular. Selection Criteria - The trophy recipient is selected exclusively by the Bantam "A" team coaches. In addition to exceptional hockey skills, the coaches are encouraged to base their decision upon other characteristics valued by Deane, including sportsmanship, leadership, cooperation, hard work, dedication, and love of the game.

Coaching applications received to date.
Chuck Mauceri for Peewee B for 01-02.

Goaltenders for 01-02 – We need to get information from other communities / associations on discounts / rebates / etc.
to help encourage goaltenders at the Mite / Squirt level
Bob Casaletto and Steve Evanglista to contact other associations to get information.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

1. There are 4 Sundays of Clinic Ice Available:

Sunday Dec 24, Dec 31, Apr 1 and Apr 8 at 11:50 AM, 1:00 PM, and 2:10 PM.
Motion made to sell the Dec 24 & 31 ice. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None. Vote: Unanimous approval.

2. Brian Donahoe thanked the members of the Board and association for the flowers and cards that were sent for the Wake & Funeral of his father.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 11:20 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for December 11, 2000 – This is closed meeting.

Executive Session:
- Review of outstanding payments.
Motion made suspend any player who is not up to date with payments by 12/1/00. Head coaches will be notified at the December 5, 2000 coaches meeting. Any head coach who allows a player to participate without the Treasurer’s / Director’s / Secretary’s approval will be suspended. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None. Vote: Unanimous approval.

October 9, 2000 – Closed Meeting

Meeting begins at 6:00 PM
0 Members in good standing in attendance.

I.) Secretary's Report
Minutes from September 11, 2000 reviewed.

Corrections required: None, Items missed: None, Issues: None
Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported.
$ 104,000 in account as of 7-Oct-00
(After payments of 18,000 to Valley League, $6000 to Hockeytown, and $4862 to Mass Hockey)

$ 18,648 is outstanding in member payments (last payments were due on 9/15/00)
Some members are on payment plans, while others are late wit the Sept payment.
Received sponsors checks from - M & R Plumbing, Christopher Barrett Realtors, & Total Temperature Control.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
Phil Wallace / Hockeyworks will run the 00-01 Clinic beginning on Sunday, November 26 and running for 16 weeks, excluding December 24^th and 31^st. Sign-up dates will be Monday, October 30and Monday, November 6 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and Monday, November 13 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM. Hour I will be Learn to Skate. Hour III will be graduates from Hr I and Instructional Mites & Valley Buzzer Mites. Hr II will be all Mites & Squirts. Total costs expected to be $20,000: $12, 000 for ice, $6000 for Hockeyworks, $500 in printing & advertising, and $1500 for USA registration / insurance. Costs for new skaters / players - $175. Costs for current registered WYSA players - $135
Need 70 new skaters & 50 WYSA players to break even.

Instructional Mites:
Games started in Stoneham on 10/8/00. We have 2 very young teams.
1 definite drop-out from the Black team (McNulty) and 1 possible from the White team.

Still have 2 players on the waiting list. Will review with coaches this week on possible additions.

Valley Buzzer 1 coach (Audet) watched both of the Instructional games in Stoneham on Sunday. He feels that all the players are playing where they belong and that if the VB1 team needs players and the VB2 team has a conflict , only 1 or 2 will be ready to play. We will continue to watch the games and progress of the players.

Mites:
Mite A & B team scrimmaged Winthrop A & B teams over the weekend as a tune-up for the Quincy teams. WYSA does not have to reciprocate the ice / referee.

Squirts:
Josh Bennett (Squirt B skater) will fill in as goalie for Squirt C on an emergency basis.

PeeWees:
The Board dealt with an incident involving 2 players & 3 coaches at the October 4^th PA / PB practice. 2 players were disciplined by Fred Mansfield for stick play during the warm-up skate. Both were told to stop & do 10 push-ups. 1 player complied, the other did not. At a second request, with Rich Dalton present, the 2^nd player violated the Zero Tolerance policy, and was told to get off the ice. Ron Cahill questioned the player on why he was sent off the ice. The player told Ron what happened. Ron and Rich got into a heated argument. This went on for several minutes, in front of all the players. The Board, after talking to the parents of the 2 skaters, one of the 2 players, and all the coaches on the A & B teams decided on the following actions. The player who stopped and did the push-ups received no further discipline. The 2^nd player will be give a written notification of the violation of the 00-01 Association rules (#4-Behavior), must apologize to Rich Dalton for the Zero Tolerance violation, and was informed that his coaching staff will address any further violations immediately with a suspension (shift / period / game / practice). Rich Dalton was suspended for 1 practice and must talk to the A & B teams with Ron Cahill to apologize for his actions. Ron Cahill was suspended for 1 practice and 2 games and must talk to the A & B teams with Rich Dalton to apologize for his actions. All parties involved understood the issue at hand and did not challenge the Board decisions.
Motion to accept the above proposal. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: 4 in favor, 0 opposed, Steve Evangelista and Fred Massaro abstained due to their involvement at the Peewee level.

Bantams:
Bantam A beat Stoneham and Everett in the District 10 playdowns, qualifying for the State Tournament. The will play in the District 10 finals on Sunday, October 15, 2000.
Bantam A team will switch Monday 6:30 PM practice for the next 7 weeks with the PA & PB (6:50 PM Wednesday) teams due to Dual State schedule – 6 of the next 7 Dual State games are on Monday night.

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

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt- emailed report due to business trip)
- Joe Ferraro has been notified by phone and mail that the first round of schedules for the Bantam A team conflicted with their practice schedule. He has been requested to take into consideration our practice times on future schedules. Joe has been sent a list of all the teams and their practice days and times.

- Apologies to the Squirt A team for having to get up for a 6:50 am game only to find that there had been a schedule change and they had a bye week. We did not receive a revised schedule for the Squirt A team, therefore not send it out. Joe and Betty were called that day and planed to mail me the revised schedule on Saturday. As soon as we receive the changes, we will get them out to the appropriate people.

- The SQ B, PW B & C teams did receive revised schedules, they were given to Fred Massaro as PW Director and Asst Coach, Ernie Smith, Chuck Mauceri, Steve Colella, Steve Evangelista and Brian Donahoe.

- Next Dual State payment of $9,000 is due on October 15th.

Valley League: (Frank Longo) – Rep absent – no report.
Post meeting information: Next round of schedules will be picked up on Friday, October 13, 2000.

District 10: (Leeca Holleran) – rep absent – no report
Mass Hockey registration = $4862 for 41 Coaches, 9 Managers, 180 Players, and 39 players born after 1994.

V.) Committee Reports

Fund Raising: Janet Filoramo (Raffle) – No report
Proceeds, in a check made out to WYSA-Raffle" are due 11/1/00. Drawing will be held at the 11/13/00 BOD meeting. Post meeting information: Janet provided a potential fundraising idea involving the Lowell LockMonsters and WYSA. The fund raiser involves players signing up sponsors for a per "shot on net" limit. If every player in the association got 10 sponsors at 10 cents a shot and the LockMonsters took 25 shots on net during a game the association would get 10*216*.10*25 = $5400 from the LockMonsters. Janet has reserved a date in late February , so Frank and the Board can decide if we will participate. There is no obligation on WYSA to sell tickets to the game.

Finance Committee (Frank Micelli) – No report. There are 3 individuals who have told Frank they are willing to help with the association long term goals. Also, Bob Casaletto, Steve Evangelista, and Mark Colangelo plan to meet with Frank to begin a near term fundraising effort to help defray the cost of MDC ice.

Kirk Committee (Bill Mackay) – Bill will name 2 – 3 committee members once the High School season begins.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – status. Bob Casaletto will take care of this.

MDC ice – Thursdays: 3 hours Flynn small rink + Saturdays 6:00 AM – Cost / plan with Hockeyworks / Garagosian
need plan for use, primary focus for each session, policy for shooters at goalie clinic, limitation on skaters allowed, address goaltender training , cost of additional goalie equipment, divisional rotation, who’s running the Sat AM ice, player cost or Association subsidize – this ice + Hockeyworks & Garagosian is worth $10,000!

Coaches meeting – need minutes from the 2 meetings , next meeting date.
To be added !!

Call-up policy – will be finalized at the October 23, 2000 coaches meeting for the November 13 BOD meeting.

Game sheets for September –postponed until Nov 13 meeting due to missing games sheets.

USA Patches - Hat Trick, Playmaker, Shutout –these will be done at the coaches discretion. If a team does not put in for the patches and a parent on the teams wants one – they must contact their Director to have the information submitted.

Coaching Coordinator System & Skills – status to be added

Chops MacKay Criteria- "The award is to be given to an unselfish individual who has devoted many years or significant time to the Youth of Wakefield." This does not limit the award to a people involved with just Hockey.

½ Sheet of Practice Ice – Final Schedule
10/6 – PeeWee C 10/13 – Squirt A 10/20 – Squirt B 10/27 – Mite A
11/3 – Mite B 11/10 – Mite C 11/17 – VB I 11/24 – VB II

12/1 – Squirt C 12/8 – Bantam A & B 12/15 – PeeWee A 12/22 – PeeWee B
12/29 – PeeWee C 1/5 – Squirt A 1/12 – Squirt B 1/19 – Mite A
1/26 – Mite B 2/2 – Mite C 2/9 – VB I 2/16 – VB II

2/23 – Squirt C 3/2 – Bantam A & B 3/9 – PeeWee A 3/16 – PeeWee B
Note: The Bantams may alternate depending on who has the most available players.
Changes can be made to the schedule as long as the coaches / directors involved agree.

10. Cost of playing for 01-02.
Cost of Playing Issue:
Projected Team Costs:
Valley League = $180/game * 28 games+ $75 registration fee = $5115 per team
(built in playoffs & 5% increase)

Dual State = $165/game* 32 games+150 registration fee = $5,430 per team
(built in playoffs & 5% increase)

for Bantams, Peewees and Squirts to play in 2 leagues costs = $10,545 per team

Player Costs:
Practice = 8 sheets* 30 weeks*$205/sheet = $49,200 built in 5% increase
At 210 skaters = $235/player for practice
:
Overhead = $60/player
Shirt = $28/player
Socks = $10/player
Registration = $25/player
District 10 Playdowns = $12
Costs per player, to outfit, register, and practice = $370 per player

Overall Status Quo Bantam, Peewee and Squirt Costs for Dual, Valley and Hockeytown:
If we put 16 players per team costs = $10,545/16 + $370 = $1030 per player
If we put 15 players per team costs = $10,545/15 + $370 = $1075 per player
If we put 14 players per team costs = $10,545/14 + $370 = $1125 per player
If we put 13 players per team costs = $10,545/13 + $370 = $1180 per player

Potential reductions!
Replace Hockeytown with MDC ice: reduce bill by $75/player
Replace Valley with Middlesex League: reduce bill by $70/player
Replace Dual with North Suburban League reduce bill by $75/player

Make all 3 changes and the bill drops by $220!

If we can get $25,000 in fundraising and apply $100 per player the bill drops down to the $700 - 850 range!
This is inline with Woburn / Winchester costs!
If we got MDC Ice at Flynn - 3 teams could use the 2 MDC sheets at any given time, we could cut out 2 sheets and reduce the bill an additional $45 OR
have 8 half sheets of ADDITIONAL ice available to the entire association for the same $750 - $800 cost.
(8 Sheets covers 16 teams at Hockeytown, 8 sheets at Flynn would cover 24 teams!)

Initial pass at 00-01 numbers in each division / announce preliminary coaching needs per division
Instructional Mites – 2 teams (28 skaters)
Mites – 5 teams (66 skaters + 1 goalie)
Squirts – 3 teams (52 skaters + 1 goalie)
Peewees – 2 teams (40 skaters + 4 goalies)
Bantams – 2 teams (36 skaters + 4 goalies)

VII.) New Business

Peewee division issues-
As of 10/9/00 Fred Massaro will be the focal point for all call-ups. Coaches will make the calls but Fred must be kept informed.
The A & B teams will rotate with the Bantam A team on Monday practices due to the number of BA conflicts in Dual on Mondays.
Fred Massaro will contact Melrose Youth Hockey to see if there are 4 – 6 Peewee players available. Melrose has contacted District 10 looking for additional Peewees to complete a team. Maybe we can add players to the "C" team , move "C" players up, and "B" players up to reduce the call-ups.

Bob Gorton volunteered for Board of Directors.
Motion made to appoint Bob Gorton as Instructional Mite Director and move Brian Donahoe into the position of Clinic Director. Motion seconded. Discussion: Bob will remain Instructional Mite Director until the the Annual Meeting in 2001, while Brian will remain as Clinic Director until the Annual Meeting in 2002 as defined by the WYSA Bylaws: Article III – "Government" Vote: Unanimous

Effect of MDC ice on Sunday Skills Clinic. This will be discussed at the November 13, 2000 BOD meeting after the 3 Clinic sign-ups have occurred. Concern is that the 3^rd hour may need to be eliminated / sold.

Banquet plans / status - Bob Fonzi has done some groundwork to reserve hall while trying to get a speaker.
Bob is checking on a Thursday, March 1^st or 8^th date at Anthony’s in Malden (same site as the 99-00 banquet).
Motion made to nominate Bob Fonzi as the Banquet Committee Chairman. Motion seconded. Discussion: Several members of the Board commented on the positive effect of last years Banquet and how well it was run.
Vote: Unanimous.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

There are 4 Sundays of Clinic Ice Available:
Sunday Dec 24, Dec 31, Apr 1 and Apr 8 at 11:50, AM, 1:00 PM, and 2:10 PM. The Board may assign some of the hours in Dec to the Imites to make up for them missing the ½ sheet ice rotation (Fri 5:20 PM normal prac VS 5:20 PM ½ sheet)

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 11:50 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for November 13, 2000 – This is an OPEN meeting.
Executive Session:
- Review of outstanding payments.

September 11, 2000 – Open Meeting

Meeting begins at 9:00 PM
10 Members in good standing in attendance: Ed Audet, Rick Jackson, Mike Surette, Frank Micelli, Diana Burke, Janet Filoramo, Bob Gorton, Frank Longo, Mike McCarthy

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from August 14, 2000 reviewed. Corrections required: None, Items missed: None
Issues: Board still must make donation to Costin Family fund – Lynnfield
Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported.
$ 118,400 in account as of 11-Sep-00
$ 30,000 is outstanding in member payments (last payments are due on 9/15/00)

Approximate balances: $50,000 - Valley League, $27,000 - Dual State, $47,000 - Hockeytown, $5800 - Stoneham, $6,600 - Mass Hockey, $7000 - Dynamic Sports, $3000 – Overhead (patching, printing, insurance, registrations, stamps, etc.)
Approximate outstanding bills = 146,400

- $25,000 paid to the Valley League – the 1^st of 3 payments

- $9,000 paid to Dual State – 1^st of 4 payments

Signature power from Joe Engels to Brian Carney has been completed, Frank Micelli signed the form to make it official.
Motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
Phil Wallace / Hockeyworks will run the 00-01 Clinic beginning on Sunday, November 26 and running for 16 weeks, excluding December 24^th and 31^st. Costs & sign-up dates will be determined by October 1.
Costs should be close to 99-00: $125- $135 for current players, $160 - $170 for new skaters.

Instructional Mites:
Great start by Jim Picken & Frank Longo. May have 1 or 2 drop-outs. There are 2 children on the waiting list. One player may need to be moved to the Valley Buzzer II team based on ability. Valley & Imite Coaches along with the director’s and coaching coordinator will review potential movement by October 1.

Mites:
Remaining Assistant Coaches / Managers
Mite A –Manager = Brian Donahoe, Mite B –Manager = Frank Longo
Valley Buzzer 1 – name Ed Audet as permanent head coach – no longer a Director as of 8/21/00.

Valley Buzzer 2 –Manager = Paul Finocchio
Motion made to accept the above staff assignments. Motion seconded. Discussion: None. Vote Unanimous

Squirts:
Due to the late drop-out of 3 more players the Squirt Division has to be consolidated into 3 teams.
"D" team eliminated. Why? Five players dropped off "D" roster since May – Cremin, Morris, Butler, Foley, and O’Brien. One goaltender left program – Stewart. "A" team had one player choose football & basketball over hockey –Kennedy. The 5 Squirts players that went to PeeWees would not have helped the "D" team and the Mites only have 1 full time goalie. The use of rotations was discussed. The Board and Coaches felt this was not a workable solution. Squirt division had 44 total skaters on 4 teams with 3 goalies. Rotations between Squirt teams and up from the Mites was determined to be too much of a headache – over 240 call-ups would have to be made to support "D" team.

The Board met with the "A", "B", and "C" coaches on Tuesday, Sept 5^th to finalize the division.
"A" coach selected 4 players – Colella, Doucette, McBride, and Pickens

"B" coach selected 7 players – Adragna, Bennett, Demaso, MacDonald, McCarthy, Petitto, and Rossa
"C" team was created by combining the remaining players.

How were selections made?
Tryout evaluation was used for information only. Coaches were shown the batting order of the players.
John Crocker, Chuck Mauceri, and Mike McCarthy, along with Steve Colella, Brian Donahoe, Steve Evanglista, Bill MacKay, and Fred Massaro discussed age, level played at last season, strengths and weakness of individual players, etc. Selections were geared towards 2^nd year players if cases of equal or close to equal ability. The process was consistent with the way the Bantams, Peewees, and Mites moved players after the initial rosters had been filled from the tryouts.

Remaining Coaching Positions:
Squirt C – Mike McCarthy resigned a "C" team Head Coach
Squirt C – Head Coach : Bill Boylan, Assistants Frank Tuminelli, Ron Masse, Manager- Dan Brown
Squirt B – Jim Pickens replaced by Mike McCarthy as "B" assistant.

Motion made to accept the above staff assignments. Motion seconded. Discussion: None. Vote Unanimous

Squirt costs: Once the final agreement are reached with the Valley & Dual State Leagues and the player count is finalized the bills will be adjusted. This will be in the late October time frame.

PeeWees:
Ed Audet resigned as Director on August 21, 2000. Fred Massaro to be Acting Peewee Director until a volunteer steps forward to be Secretary or Peewee Director.

Bantams:
Bantam "A" roster finalized on August 21, 2000 – Z. Surette and R. Campbell are final 2 picks.
L. Guttadauro dropped from "A" team on shirt pick-up night.
Practices started 9/11/00 – all went well.
Game on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2000 for the "A" team was cancelled.

Midgets:
Midget program cancelled on August 21, 2000. Only 5 players signed up. Fred Massaro returned the registration checks with a note explaining the situation.
According to the By-laws the Midget Director’s position will be eliminated for 00-01 season.
Bill MacKay volunteered to be the Bantam Director for the remainder of the Director’s term (May 2001)

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

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
Parity round schedules picked up provided to the Board.
We are NOT getting billed for the 1^st set of games for the Squirt "D" team. Team was replaced by another town.

Valley League: (Frank Longo)
Squirt "D" team missed its 1^st game. Frank to contact Linda Davis at the Valley League to discuss options for the remaining "D" games.
Post meeting information: The Squirt "C" team can play the Sept 16^th "D" game. The remaining "D" games will be cancelled.

District 10: (Leeca Holleran)
Leeca has been very busy dealing with family illness. Jim Pickens has volunteered to get the electronic registration done. Brian Donahoe to assist.

All Board members, Coaches, Assistant coaches, team managers, volunteers, representatives must fill out CORI forms.
Need a volunteer to attend the September 14, 2000 meeting at the Civic Center at 7:00 PM

Post meeting information: Brian Donahoe attended briefly to pick up the 2000-2001 Mass & USA Hockey Booklets, Patching Schedule, and District Playdown forms.

V.) Committee Reports

Fund Raising: Janet Filoramo (Raffle)
Do we want invoices sent to each family? Yes. Janet has a list of all families and the number tickets each one has. One family has completed its raffle obligation and another has requested additional tickets. Contact Janet for additional tickets. Remember to turn in checks for the raffle – no cash.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – Bob Casaletto to donate the materials and contact a carpenter

Fund Raising -
Frank Micelli volunteered to be the 2000-2001 Fundraising Committee Chairman.
Frank would like 5 volunteers to work on the committee to establish a 3 – 5 yr. Marketing plan that differentiates WYSA fundraising from all others – "we need to separate from the pack".
The members of the committee must be good soldiers and work together. Frank requested that the Board place all fundraising activities under the Committee.
Motion made to accept Frank Micelli as the 00-01 Fundraising / Finance Committee Chairman, allow him to work with 5 volunteers, who get Board approval, and place all Fundraising activities under this Committee. Motion seconded. Discussion: Frank was requested to update the Board at the November 13^th open meeting. Vote: Unanimous

Just for info: Woburn get approximately $65,000 in Fundraising between Snack Bar, Advertising at Rink, Beano, Candy sales, and donations.

Sponsor flag at Hockeytown – Frank Micelli to contact all prior sponsors for 00-01 sponsorships.

Picture Night - Thursday, October 5, 2000 at the Galvin School.
Crowley Photo selected again.
Tentative Schedule: - arrive 30 - 45 minutes early – already dressed!.
Will make adjustments after Dual State schedules are reviewed.
4:30 PM I - Mite "White" & Black 5:00 PM Mite "A"
5:30 PM Mite B 6:00 PM Mite C and Valley Buzzer 1
6:30 PM Mite Buzzer 2 7:00 PM Squirt A
7:30 PM Squirt B and C 8:00 PM Squirt C and Peewee A
8:30 PM PeeWee B & C 9:00 PM Bantam A & Bantam B
Full equipment (including skates!) is required !!!.

MDC ice – Mike McCarthy met with Dave Balfour on Tuesday, August 15, 2000 to try to get MDC ice for Wakefield Youth Skating! Mike has been sucessful in getting in the door!
Ice available: Saturday’s starting in October, Where:LoConte (Medford), Time: 6:00 AM, Cost: $140/sheet . Use: Skills for each level. Once the ice is confirmed the Board along with the Coaches can decide the best use. The Board will have to determine the per player cost once all information is received. Frank Randell schedules all MDC ice. He will call WYSA with any cancellations. Frank may offer more ice during the season to allow us "to get further in the door, now that WYSA has the blessing of Commissioner ". Rentals in rinks like Flynn (also in Medford) include the small ice surface and it is OK to use use pucks. Frank Randell will be contacting the other towns renting Flynn to check on availability of the small rink. The Board wants to start up the goaltending clinic and made this a top priority item for Mike McCarthy as he continues to work with the MDC.

Outstanding effort by Mike McCarthy !

Coaches meeting – overview
Approximately 30 head coaches, assistant coaches, and team managers attended the 1^st meeting. Steve Evanglista presented an overview of his objectives for 00-01 and requested that the coaches be part of the system and make it better, by tailoring it to the needs of their teams.
Next coaches meeting will be Tuesday, September 26 starting at 6:00 PM at Prince Pizza.

Team rules – There are 4 rules for 00-01 as established by the Board, Coaching Coordinator and Coaches:
1.) Practice Attendance:
All players are required to attend all regularly scheduled practices. If a player cannot attend a practice, a phone call must be made to the Head Coach / Assistant Coach or Team Manager no less than 2 hours before it’s scheduled start time. We ask this because without a full team the practice plan could change dramatically.

2.) Game Attendance:
All players are required to attend all games. If a player cannot attend a game, a phone call must be made to the Head Coach / Assistant Coach or Team Manager no less than 24 hours before its scheduled start time. We ask to allow time for call-ups.

3.) Dressed & Ready
Practices: All players must be fully dressed and ready to practice prior to the Zamboni leaving the ice surface.

Games: All players must be fully dressed and ready to play 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a game. This will allow for mental preparation and "blackboard" sessions

4.) Behavior:
Any player who engages in arguments with fellow players or the team staff will be disciplined accordingly.

The rules are simple all really common courtesy.
First problem Squirt "C" team – 15 Skaters / 1 Goalie – 1^st game 8 of 15 showed – there were only 2 phone calls.

Call-up policy – results of coaches meeting
Coaches formulated the following call-up policy for 00-01:

All calls must be coach to coach, only can go 1 team down. Coach can make make request for any player her wants, but must give equal opportunity for all players on that team before returning to a player that has already been called once. If a safety issue exists the player cannot be called and an explanation given to the parents.
Motion made to accept the above call-up policy for 00-01. Motioned seconded. Discussion: Question was asked about change from prior call-up policy (2 teams below 2^nd yr players 1^st, 1^st yr players 2^nd, in order). Coaching coordinator explained the coaches wanted a very simple call-up policy.

Game sheet requirements for 00-01-review
Board voted to require game sheets once a month.
Note: A new 00-01 Dual State rule prohibits the noting of a protest or any marking of the official game sheet. The coach will be suspended for 30 days if the rule is broken.

USA Patches - Hat Trick, Playmaker, Shutout- Status from Coaches meeting
The discussion on the Board leaned towards doing patches at the Mite & Squirt level, but not at the Peewee and Bantam levels. This will be an agenda item at the next Coaches meeting.

Coaching Coordinator System & Skills – Postponed until the next meeting

Chops MacKay Criteria – The initial criteria from Bill MacKay and family is: "The award is to be given to an unselfish individual who has devoted many years or significant time to the Youth of Wakefield."

September ice at Hockeytown
All sessions were taken by other towns prior to Wakefield committing to the sessions. The Board will try to get the ice set by July 2001 or set-up a full week pre-season clinic for 01-02.

VII.) New Business

Cost of playing for 01-02.

1 or 2 leagues, Middlesex / North Suburban League / Dual / Valley
b.) 3 teams on practice ice,
c.) 15 skaters MIN per team
d.) Hockeytown ice for practice.
These issues will be discussed in detail at the Oct or Nov Board meeting.

Kirk Committee – Chairperson. Bill MacKay volunteered.
Motionmade to accept Bill MacKay as the Kirk Committee Chairperson. Motion seconded. Discussion: Bill must name his helpers by the November Board meeting. Vote: Unanimous

RCN Sponsorship / Sign-up Deals- RCN has contacted several Board members concerning sponsorship. Frank Micelli will be the focal point.

Sponsor Book for 00-01 – use same company?
20 / 80 split – WYSA is guaranteed $4000. We just supply pictures and contents for book.
Frank will lead the effort. Motion made to use the same company for the 00-01 book that published the 98-99 and 99-00 books. Motion seconded. Discussion: This may be the last year we use this company. With additional volunteers we may be able to get more money by doing the book ourselves. Vote: Unanimous.

Use of ½ sheet of ice Fri’s at 5:20 PM.
Squirt "C"s used full sheet – Proposed rotation:
9/8 – Squirt C 9/15 – Bantam A & B 9/22 – PeeWee A 9/29 – PeeWee B
10/6 – PeeWee C 10/13 – Squirt A 10/20 – Squirt B 10/27 – Mite A
11/3 – Mite B 11/10 – Mite C 11/17 – VB I 11/24 – VB II

12/1 – Squirt C 12/8 – Bantam A & B 12/15 – PeeWee A 12/22 – PeeWee B
12/29 – PeeWee C 1/5 – Squirt A 1/12 – Squirt B 1/19 – Mite A
1/26 – Mite B 2/2 – Mite C 2/9 – VB I 2/16 – VB II

2/23 – Squirt C 3/2 – Bantam A & B 3/9 – PeeWee A 3/16 – PeeWee B
Note: The Bantams may alternate depending on who has the most available players.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Ed Audet requested that the MDC ice be slanted towards the Imites and Valley Buzzer teams.

There are 4 Sundays of Clinic Ice Available:
Sunday Dec 24, Dec 31, Apr 1 and Apr 8 at 11:50, AM, 1:00 PM, and 2:10 PM. The Board may assign some of the hours in Dec to the Imtes to make up for them missing the ½ sheet ice rotation (Fri 5:20 PM normal prac VS 5:20 PM ½ sheet)

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 11:10 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for September 18, 2000 – This is an OPEN meeting to deal with start of season issues ONLY.

Executive Session:
- Review of outstanding payments.
- Squirt "C" parents
- Bantam "A" & "B" Coach / Midget Director
Bantam Director – Bill MacKay approved as Bantam Director.

August 14, 2000 – Closed Meeting

Meeting begins at 7:40 - 5 Members in good standing in attendance (Tom Campbell, Tom MacKay for Agenda Item on Bantams, Gail Severt – Dual State Rep report, Leeca Holleran – Dist 10 Rep report, and Janet Filoramo – Raffle Proposal)

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from July 10, 2000 reviewed. Corrections required: None, Items missed: None

Issues: Board still must make donation to Costin Family fund – Lynnfield

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

II.) Treasurers Report:

Treasurer absent – report made by Brian Donahoe

Account balances reported. $97,000 in account, $0 owed to Valley League, $0 owed to Dual State,
$ 0 owed to Hockeytown, and $0 owed to Stoneham.

- $25,000 already paid to the Valley League – the first of 3 payments

- Ice Costs for 00-01 expected to be approximately $175,000 – Valley League, Dual State, Stoneham, and Hockeytown – excluding the Clinic. Equipment (shirts / socks, etc), registration to Mass & USA hockey, along with overhead (patching clinics, insurance, accountant, Civic Center, etc) will bring our total costs close to $200,000.

- $69,000 is outstanding in member payments. Everyone returned a signed financial contract agreeing to the Payment schedule. Only 1 invoice out of 179 (families) was returned for a wrong address. Notification of payment requirement was put in Sports Brief section with Shirt Pick-up night info, and some phone calls have been made. Some have asked verbally for a payment schedule. Any member requesting a different payment schedule must put it in writing and provide to Brian Carney for Board approval. Board will review the list of outstanding payments in Executive Session.

Policy for shirt night – Board will make phone calls this week. All accounts must be up to date – 2/3 paid, Paid in full, or the Board must be provided with a note outlining payment plans for approval. If not received by Saturday, August 19, the Board will begin to make players alternates on teams, or eliminating teams. The Board will meet on August 21 to determine who is up to date.

– Hockeytown raised price of ice from $188/sheet to $195/sheet ($2 more than expected)

- Fred Massaro signed & mailed (on 7/14/00) the official paperwork to change Fiscal Year End to April.

– Brian Donahoe sent a letter to the Savings Bank requesting the change in signature power from Joe Engels to Brian Carney. Frank Micelli must sign the form to make it official.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic:
Brian Donahoe has contacted Phil Wallace / Hockeyworks to start discussions for the 00-01 clinic.
Phil has been asked to provide more individual attention and divide the talent better in the 2^nd and 3^rd hours, along with a few other suggestions. Clinic will begin Sunday, November 26 and run for 16 weeks, excluding December 24^th and 31^st. Costs & sign-up dates will be determined by October 1.

Steve Evangelista to contact the N.E. Edge to negotiate a possible discount for the association for the Sunday evening clinics held at Hockeytown.

Instructional Mites: 2 teams finalized / 14 players per team. 1 dropped out / 1 pulled from waiting list.
Jim Pickens evaluated the new player at a public skating session. There is still 1 child on the waiting list.

Mites:
Mite A – Assistants / Manager: Steve Cameron & Sean Tracy, Manager = TBD
Mite B – Assistants / Manager: - Mark Colangelo & Joe Cannata, Manager = TBD
Valley Buzzer 1 – Assistants / Manager: Dan Cardillo and Keith Morris, Manager = Brian Donahoe

Valley Buzzer 2 – Assistants / Manager: Frank White & Tony Grassa, Manager = TBD
The Board voted and approved all the assistants and managers named above.

Squirts:
Squirt C - Assistants / Manager: all TBD
Squirt D – Assistants / Manager: Frank Tuminelli
Goaltending at C & D level – Josh Bennett will fill in as goalie on the Squirt "C" team.
Based on the latest info on player payments we are in danger of losing the "D" team

PeeWees:
PeeWee C practice issue: Steve Evangelista and Steve Colella will contact Keith Morris (Squirt D) to request changing the Squirt D to Wednesday at 6:30 with Mite B team and moving the Peewee C to Friday at 5:20 with the Squirt C. A Peewee C move to Monday night with the Squirt A team was rejected.

If Keith cannot make the change the Peewee C team will practice with the Mite B team on Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Practice schedule will be finalized on Monday, August 21, 2000.

John Riley named as Peewee A team manager. Board voted and approved John as team manager.
If there are any drop-outs in the Peewee level the Board may have to consolidate to 2 teams.

Bantams:
The Board met with Tom Campbell and Tom MacKay concerning adding Ryan Campbell into the Bantams. The Board agreed to add Ryan to the Bantam "B" team after calls have been made to those whose payments are not up to date. If all players currently assigned to the "A" and "B" team are going to play, Tom MacKay will choose 2 players from the "B" team to balance the division with 16 skaters and 2 goalies on each team. Bantam division roster will be finalized by Monday, August 21, 2000.

Midgets:
Number of players signed up – 5. We need 9 – 10 move players to have a midget program.
Bill MacKay to make phone calls to possible players. Decision will be made Monday, August 21, 2000.

Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.
IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: (Gail Severt)
We can use the "stamped" USA hockey roster – no Dual State Roster form required for 00-01.
Registration forms and $450 check mailed on July 15, 2000. We are Paid & Registered according to Betty Fererro of the Dual State League. Schedules to be available on Monday, September 11, 2000

Valley League: (Frank Longo – absent)
Most of the issues will be dealt with electronically through the Valley League web site.
Frank Micelli delivered the 00-01 book – to be given to Frank Longo
Schedules to be available: Thursday, August 31, 2000 after 6:30 PM

District 10: (Leeca Holleran)
All Board members, Coaches, Assistant coaches, team managers, volunteers, representatives must fill out CORI forms. Leeca will get the due date for the forms. Everyone in the association will receive a CORI from as part of the "Red Folder" – attached to the Head Coaches application.

WYSA has been asked by Howie Aborn (Dist 10 Registrar) to sponsor a Tee at the Golf Tournament scheduled for October. Brian Donahoe forwarded WYSA’s By-laws and Board of Director’s for 00-01 to Howie Aborn on July 13.

There is a $50 fine for missing a District 10 meeting – up from $10 last year

The Individual Membership Registration (IMR) software will be picked up this week and loaded on Leeca’s computer to begin the 00-01 registration process. Registration & Rosters are due by September 15, 2000

The Tier II District 10 playdowns for Midgets and Bantams will be held on Columbus Day weekend in October. State Tournament will be November 15^th

V.) Committee Reports

Fund Raising: Janet Filoramo (Raffle)
Janet presented 2 options – one with 50% of the sales over $100 being kept by the seller and a second with prizes being awarded to the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place sellers. The Board voted and approved the 50% option. The Raffle tickets will be included in the "Red Folder" along with a sheet explaining the entire process. Prizes will be $1000 / $500 / $250. Sellers can keep 50% of the sales over $100 and the top selling team will receive $300 towards a team party. Numbered tickets have already been printed and picked-up. Estimated proceeds = $15,000 after prizes and printing costs.

VI.) Old Business

Display case at HockeyTown – Bob Casaletto to donate the materials, Steve Colella and Ed Audet to try to contact a carpenter to donate the labor to construct a larger display case at Hockeytown for our Award plaques and announcements.

Equipment status / ordered / 99-00 equipment missing. Shirts are printed – names to be added this week – delivery expected by Aug 21^st. Socks have been delivered. Additional goalie equipment to be ordered to cover Mite & Squirt teams without goaltenders.

99-00 Equipment still missing: The Mite B, Bantam B & C, and Midget level puck bags and medical kits are still missing. . Most of the coaches drill books and dry erase boards are missing.

Shirt pick-up night – August 31, 2000 6- 9 PM at the Civic Center:
Red folder – contents reviewed. Duty officer – Brian Donahoe to contact police

Re-Review survey for Tryout proposal – "SAMPLE BELOW"
"Rules"

The survey MUST be signed to be counted

The survey must be returned by October 6 ,2000

Parents with more than 1 child in the program will get 1 survey for each player.

The results of the survey, if more than a simple majority, will help determine the Board’s policy for 01-02 Tryouts. If there is no clear preference, the Board will call a special meeting to provide more details, answer questions, and hear comments on all three methods.

01-02 Tryout Options

Option 1 – Head Coach picks team – last used for 1997-1998:

Each coach can have their own criteria for tryouts

There is no formal information used from the current head coach

New coaches will be asked to see some number of games of qualifying players.

Teams are picked based on head coaches’ decision only

Goaltenders are picked by head coach only

Option 2 – 1998-1999 & 1999-2000 Evaluation Process

Each age division uses a common format for tryouts – 70% of evaluation is determined by skating skills, puck skills and scrimmage play.

Current head coach provides 30% of the evaluation – game play , attendance and coachability

No requirement to see current year game play – head coaches’ evaluation provides the info

Teams are picked based rating system until teams are initially filled. (Example: the players who evaluated 1 –13 are on the "A" team, 14 – 26 are on the "B", etc.)

Head coach picks goaltenders.

Option 3 – Proposed 2000-2001 Tryout Process

Each age division uses a common format for tryouts – 100% of evaluation is determined by skating skills, puck skills and scrimmage play.

Current head coach provides a formal evaluation – game play , attendance and "coachability" for use in the head coaches’ selection

Coaches will be required to see 2 games from the current level team plus the 2 or 3 team below. If coach doesn’t see a team play, the 40% gets reduced – details to be worked, proof of attendance, % reduction if games are not seen, etc.

Teams are picked based rating system until 60% of that team is initially filled. Then the head coach picks the remaining 40%, including the goalie(s) – Example: a 13 skater / 1 goalie team would have the first 8 assigned from the evaluation process, then the head coach picks 5 skaters and 1 goalie from the remainder of the division.

Practices - schedule
- Monday 5:20 – Squirt A & B *, Monday 6:30 – Bantam A & B *
- Tuesday 9:10 – Midgets **
- Wednesday 5:20 – Mite A & C, 6:30, Mite B & PeeWee C, 6:50 – PeeWee A & B
- Friday 5:20 – Squirt C & Squirt D *, 5:40 – Imite Black & White, 6:30 – Mite Buzzer 1 & Buzzer 2

* = Time was requested by the lead head coach
**= Historical practice slot This schedule will be finalized on Monday, August 21, 2000 !

Fund Raising -
Need a lead person for Sponsor’s- Steve Evangelista mentioned that Frank Micelli, Karen Crocker, and Joe Lally have expressed interest in helping.

Brian Donahoe has already contacted Easton Sports, Itech, CCM, Bauer, Mission Hockey, Edgewater Technology, and Comverse on becoming sponsors or providing discounts or free equipment. Itech responded with a new contact person who has yet to call. Discussion was postponed until the next regular meeting.

Picture Night - Thursday, October 5, 2000
Still struggling to get the Civic Center - downstairs is may be too small!
Tentative Schedule: - arrive 30 - 45 minutes early – already dressed!
Steve Colella to contact Galvin School and the Civic Center to make arrangements.
4:30 PM Instructional Mite "White" 5:00 PM Instructional Mite "Black"

5:30 PM Mite A & B 6:00 PM Mite C

6:30 PM Mite Buzzer 1 & Mite Buzzer 2 7:00 PM Squirt A

7:30 PM Squirt B 8:00 PM Squirt C & D

8:30 PM PeeWee A 9:00 PM PeeWee B & C
9:30 PM Bantam A & Bantam B
Full equipment (including skates!) is required !!!.

MDC ice – Mike McCarthy to meet with David Balfour on Tuesday, August 15, 2000 to try to get MDC ice for Wakefield Youth Skating

VII.) New Business

1.Review call-up policy (from Oct 12, 1999 meeting)
"Rotations: Current policy is: Team needing player calls next lower team ("A" calls "B", "B" calls "C", "C" calls "D" OR "A" team from age division below). Calls are made to 2nd year players, then 1st year players, if there is a game conflict or no players are available from that team the rotation goes to the next team down (2nd yr. players 1st, 1st yr. players 2nd).

Call-ups will be made using the team directly below, including the highest team in the division below. The coach needing players must make the calls. Only can go down 2 teams - if not enough players are available, forfeit or re-schedule game. Coach must speak to the player's parents, whenever possible, to confirm ability to make game or refusal to attend. Players must play with their own team in cases of overlapping games.

The 00-01 Board reviewed the above policy and agreed to leave it as is, until after the upcoming coaches meeting. Changes may be made based on the input.

2. Game sheet requirements for 00-01 – are we going to require coaches to in copies once a month?
Motion made to require all team managers to turn in a copy of the game sheets once a month to their director. Motion Seconded. Discussion: The game sheets must be filled out properly – call-ups must be identified as "ALT" and signed by the player, only players that are in attendance can be on the roster, and the head coach has overall responsibility for the roster. Vote: Unanimous approval.

USA Patches - Hat Trick, Playmaker, Shutout – Will we require coaches to participate or let each coach decide, or can the director do them based on game sheets turned in?
This will be discussed at the upcoming coaches meeting. The discussion on the Board leaned towards doing patches at the Mite & Squirt level, but not at the Peewee and Bantam levels.
The Board will probably leave this up to the individual coaches.

4. Coaches meeting – Steve Evangelista to provide date by Monday, August 21, 2000

5. September ice available at Hockeytown - Skills / Goalies / Coaches?
Saturdays: 6:00 AM, 7:10 AM and 8:20 AM on Sept 9, 16, 23, 30
Sundays: 6:00 AM, 7:10 AM and 8:20 AM on Sept 10, 17, 24, Oct 1
The Board decided to set-up 3 clinics: (providing enough players sign-up)

1 - Saturday 7:10 AM for Mite A, B, & C, and Squirts on Sept 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd, and 30th
2 - Saturday 8:20 AM for PeeWees, and Bantams on Sept 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd, and 30th
3 - Sunday 7:10 AM for Mite Valley Buzzer & Instructional Mites on Sept 10th, and 17th
Each hour will be limited to 35 players / Sign-up will be August 31, 2000 (Shirt Pick-up night) / No walk-ons allowed. Cost - $25 for 4 sessions for the Saturday sessions
$15 for 2 session for the Mite Valley Buzzer & Instructional Mites

6. Sponsors - Flag at Hockeytown – need a fundraising focal point Postponed to next regular meeting

7. Team rules / Association Rules / Policies – Steve Evangelista to review with coaches.

8. Bantam division & additional player(s) - See Bantam director report

Goaltenders - Mites and Squirts - Mites have 1 goalie, Squirts have 3 for 4 teams
Can we use mites who want to learn of who have played in a rotation as fill-ins at the squirt level?
Steve Colella to contact the Squirt coaches to determine a plan to go forward with.

Coaching coordinator – Assistants – Steve requested John Crocker be named as an assistant to him.
Board voted and approved John as assistant coaching coordinator. Steve & John will present the system they want to introduce and the skills required at each level (Mites / Squirts / Peewees/ Bantams) to the coaches at the upcoming coaches meeting. The opinions of all will be considered prior to rolling out the master plan.

"Chops" MacKay award criteria. Bill MacKay to review with his family

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Tom Campbell thanked the Association for its kindness during the recent passing of his mother.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 11:10 PM
Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval
Next meeting scheduled for September 11, 2000 – This is an OPEN meeting.

Executive Session: Review of outstanding payments.

July 10, 2000 – Open Meeting

Meeting begins at 7:40 PM

8 members in good standing in attendance:
Brian Carney, Rick Jackson, Gail Severt, Janet Filoramo, Frank Longo, Joe Magnerelli, Steve Evangelista, and Ernie Smith.

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from June 12, 2000reviewed. Corrections required: None Items missed: None

No issues. Motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

- Account balances reported. $46,000 in account, $___0_____ owed to Valley League, $___0___ owed to Dual State, $___0___ owed to Hockeytown, $__0____ owed to Stoneham.

- 1,500 owed to accountant.

- Fred Massaro to sign official paperwork to change Fiscal Year End to April.

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

III.) Director's Reports

Clinic : - Time to start planning with Phil Wallace or another party if the Association can afford them.

Instructional Mites : 2 teams finalized / 14 players per team.
There are 2 children on the waiting list.

Mites : Director absent - no report

Squirts : No "C" & "D" assistant coaches named yet
Josh Bennett may play goalie part-time for the "C" team

PeeWees: Director absent - no report
Instructional Mite Director mentions PeeWee C coach's concern over practicing with the Mite B team.

Bantams : acting Director absent - no report

Midgets : Bill MacKay to verify registration in the North Suburban League, games are at 8:20 or 9:30 at Kasabuski in Saugus.

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

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: Gail Severt volunteered to be the 00-01 Rep

Valley League: Frank Longo Volunteered to be the 00-01 Rep

District 10: Leeca Holleran called ahead - family illness requires her to be home

V.) Committee Reports

Fund Raising: Janet Filoramo volunteered to had up the raffle for 00-01. Janet has already reviewed the format used over the last 2 years and will provide the Board with a detail plan by the August BOD meeting. Janet voiced concern over the 50% return for the sellers with more than 100 tickets sold, and the amount of money that was being awarded to the top sellers.
POST MEETING information: Karen Crocker contacted Fred Massaro and offered to help with the raffle.

VI.) Old Business

Identify remaining assistant coaches for each division - (vote in executive session)
Instructional Mite Black team: Steve Cameron and Bob Gorton
Instructional Mite White team: Tim MacDonald and Bill Robertson, Jim Grenham as on-ice helper.
Mite C team: Mike Wilson, David Rudzinsky - Assistant coaches, Mike Surette as on-ice helper.
PeeWee C: Rick Jackson and Jim Grenham

2. Dual State registration status - not officially registered
POST MEETING information: Registration forms and $450 check mailed on July 15, 2000.

3. Valley Registration status: Registered, but no response from Gilmartin on lowering some of the teams starting positions for parity (Mites and Bantams especially)

4. Display case at HockeyTown – Bob Casaletto absent - no update

5. Equipment status:
Missing : Imite Red & Black , Mite B, PeeWee B, and Bantam A, B, and C, and Midget equipment.
Midgets did not return the white jerseys they were loaned.
Of the 7 teams that did return equipment: only 3 dry erase boards were returned, 4 of the bags returned 0 out of 30 pucks, only 1 returned the coaching coordinator’s book. There is over $2000 of equipment missing !
Jnaet Filoramo has the Imite Red Equipment and will drop it off at the Imte Director's house.

5a.) Equipment ordered: Shirts ordered from Dynamic Sports in Reading, Socks, Sweatpants, and Mite Level goalie sticks ordered from Hockeyhut in Wakefield. Additional goalie equipment to be ordered.
Midget shirts will be ordered after sign-ups - CMM "off the rack" style, not the Pro-replica type that was not returned last year.

6. Content of "red" folder at Shirt pick-up night.
-Team Rosters
- Raffle information
- Practice Schedule
- Important dates for 00-01
- By-Laws
- List of Sponsors
- Head coaching applications
- Zero Tolerance Package

7. Review survey for Tryout proposal (per Steve Evanglista on July 10)

Goaltenders - Coach pick? Coach’s pick as part of the 40%, Independent tryout- Yes

Number of tryouts per level - currently 3 for everyone except Imites, which is 2. Stay with 3, except Imites!

Timing for tryouts- Same as 00-01 end of March

Will there be a requirement for new coaches / evaluators to see games? Yes How many? Minimum of 2 from that level team + 3 teams below , what if they don't get there? Reduction in coach’s picking %

Will 2nd year players be given an advantage? Yes How? Follow current policy in case of equal talent / close to equal.

Will players be "protected" – Yes, no downward movement. No player can drop down from a team they are currently on? Agree This could be a problem when a division goes from 2 to 4 teams.

Can age director's overrule the 40% selection if it’s an obvious bag job. No! Coach is responsible

Will there be open slots? No

What will the tryout evaluation include? - Skating, Puck Skills, Scrimmage Play are what was used under the current method. Keep the same as last year.

Will there be a point scale 1-10, 1-3, 1-5, or will a "player type" letter be used "A", "B", "C", "D", "baseball player"?
Keep the same as last year.

If there is a point scale will the skill categories be evaluated equally or will peer group scrimmages be worth more?
Keep the same as last year.

Can the system adapt to missing head coaches / not enough evaluators? Deal with later
Ideally there will be 5 evaluators only 3 will evaluate with no children at the age division.
Deal with later
Can this proposal work with that ? Deal with later

Should part of the proposal be that obvious "A" and "D" players be told after the 1st or 2nd tryout what team they will be on to allow a better look at the remaining players? Deal with later

VII.) New Business

1. By-laws- Discuss / Members vote / Board Votes -

Changes due to Coaching Coordinator Board Position:

Article III - Government

The members of the Wakefield Youth Skating Association Inc., shall be governed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of all officers, the immediate past-president and the directors of the following programs: Instructional Mite, Mite, Squirt, PeeWee, bantam, Midget Jr. A and Clinic (if the program exists).

Proposed Changes to Article III
The Board of Directors shall govern the members of the Wakefield Youth Skating Association Inc. The Board of Directors shall consist of a President, Vice President, appointed Treasurer, Secretary, Immediate Past-President, Coaching Coordinator, and Directors of the following programs: Instructional Mite, Mite, Squirt, PeeWee, Bantam, Midget, and Clinic (if programs exist at those levels).

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

(D1) 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 odd years, and the Secretary, Instructional Mite, Squirt, and Bantams positions will be voted on in even years.

Proposed Changes to Article III D1
(D1) 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.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Article V - Coaches
(D) All coaches shall be responsible to the Board of Directors while under the direct supervision of the division director in regard to their conduct, coaching ability and, management of their team.

Proposed Changes to Article V D
(D) All coaches shall be responsible to the Board of Directors while under the direct supervision of the division director and coaching coordinator in regard to their conduct, coaching ability, and management of their team.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

(G) The misconduct or actions of any youth shall be dealt with immediately by the coach directly associated with the incident. The coach shall have the right to suspend the offending parties for the duration of the game, practice, or clinic session and the following game, practice, or clinic session at his /her discretion. If additional action is requested by the coach, a written report must be submitted to the age director for review by the Board. A 2/3 vote of the Board of Directors must be accomplished in order for further action to be taken.

Proposed Changes to Article V G
(G) The misconduct or actions of any youth shall be dealt with immediately by the coach directly associated with the incident. The coach shall have the right to suspend the offending parties for the duration of the game, practice, or clinic session and the following game, practice, or clinic session at their discretion. If additional action is requested by the coach, a written report must be submitted to the age director and coaching coordinator within 14 days for review by the Board. Any additional disciplinary action is subject to a 2/3 vote of the Board.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

6 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Article XII Duties of Remaining Board Members

(B) The Instructional Mite, Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee, Bantam, Junior "A", Midget, and Clinic Directors shall serve as members of the Board of Directors,

Proposed Changes to Article XII B
(B) The Director’s of the Clinic, Instructional Mites, Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams, and Midgets, along with the Coaching Coordinator shall serve as members of the Board of Directors.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Changes to clarify Bylaws:
Article III - Government
(D2) The treasurer shall be appointed by a 2/3 vote of the Board of Directors for a 2 year term within 30 days of the annual meeting. The treasurers position will follow the same election schedule as the Secretary.

Proposed Changes to Article III D2
(D2) The treasurer shall be appointed by a 2/3 vote of the Board of Directors for a 2-year term within 30 days of the annual meeting. The treasurer’s appointed position will follow the same election schedule as the Secretary.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Article IV - Meetings
(C) The 12 regular scheduled meetings will have Six (6) meetings open to the membership, and six (6) meetings closed. Even month meetings will be closed, and odd month meetings open.

Proposed Changes to Article IV C
(C) The 12 regular scheduled meetings will have Six (6) meetings open to the membership, and six (6) meetings closed. Meetings held in January, March, May, July, September, and November, will be considered open to the general membership. Meetings held in February, April, June, August, October, and December will be considered closed to the general membership. District and League Representatives are required to attend all meetings and provide reports.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

5 1 0 ** 5 0 0

(F) Additional meetings may be called by the President or requested of the President by a minimum of (3) Members of the Board, or 10 members in good standing.

Proposed Changes to Article IV F
(F) Additional meetings may be called by the President or requested of the President by a minimum of three (3) Members of the Board, or ten (10) members in good standing.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

6 0 0 ** 5 0 0

(O) Notice of regular Board of Directors meetings shall be published in the Wakefield Item at least three (3) days prior to such meetings. The membership of the association shall have the right to be present and participate at any open Board of Directors meetings.

Proposed Changes to Article IV E
(O) Notice of regular Board of Directors meetings shall be published in the Wakefield Item at least three (3) days prior to such meetings. The membership of the association shall have the right to be present and participate at any open Board of Directors meetings. Any member can request a meeting with the Board in Executive Session by contacting any member of the Board of Director’s at least 3 days prior to the next meeting.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

6 0 0 ** 5 0 0

ARTICLE XIII - Violation of By-laws and Policies
(A)Any infractions of the stated bylaws and policies will be reviewed by the board and action if deemed necessary will be taken.
Proposed Changes to Article XIII A
(A)Any violations of the stated bylaws and policies will be reviewed by the Board and action, if deemed necessary, will require a 2/3 vote of the Board.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Changes to punctuation, grammar, or spelling:
Article VI – Membership
(A1) Membership shall be granted to all Wakefield youth skating association players, coaches, managers, parents and guardians of players.
Proposed Changes to Article XI A
(A1) Membership shall be granted to all Wakefield Youth Skating Association players, coaches, managers, and the parent(s) or guardian(s) of players.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Article VII - Financial Policy
(A) The Board of Directors shall decide all maters pertaining to the finances of the association, and it shall be the permanent policy to place all income in a common association treasury, directing the expenditure of same in such manner as will give no individual or team advantage over the others as to equipment, ice facilities, etc.
Proposed Changes to Article XII A
(A) The Board of Directors shall decide all matters pertaining to the finances of the association. It shall be the permanent policy to place all income in a common association bank account. The Board shall direct the expenditure of said account in such manner as will give no individual, team, or division, advantage over the others as to equipment, ice facilities, etc.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

6 0 0 ** 5 0 0

(C) Bonding of the Treasurer and / or his assistants shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The expense of said bond will be borne by the association.
Proposed Changes to Article XII C
(C) Bonding of the Treasurer and assistants (if any) shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The Association shall pay for such bond.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

6 0 0 ** 5 0 0

Article XI Duties of Officers
(A1) The President shall supervise the associations affairs and activities, shall make an annual report to the general membership and shall be chairman of the Board of Directors presiding at all meetings. The President shall appoint an auditor to examine the association’s account annually.
(A2) The president may participate but may not vote on any standing committee. The President may also appoint a single board member to participate on the President’s behalf.

Proposed Changes to Article XI A1 & A2
(A1) The Officers of the Board are: the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

(A2) The President shall supervise the Association’s affairs and activities, shall make an annual report to the general membership and shall be Chairman of the Board of Directors presiding at all meetings. The President shall appoint an accountant to review the Association’s financial statement annually.
(A3) The President may participate but may not vote on any standing committee. The President may also appoint a single board member to participate on the President’s behalf.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 4 0 0

(G) All changes to teams must be submitted in writing to the board by the director.
Proposed Changes to Article XII G
(G) All changes to teams must be submitted in writing to the Board by the Director.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 4 0 0

Proposed Amended or New Bylaws:

Article IX Amendments
Proposed Admendments to Article IX A

(A2) The general membership can propose changes to the by-laws by submitting a petition, signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the members in good standing from the current or immediate past season, to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

(A3) Board members can propose changes to the by-laws by submitting a petition, signed by fifty percent (50%) of the Board members prior to the Annual Meeting.

(A4) Clerical errors, missing punctuation, and spelling errors can be corrected at any open meeting, following a 2/3 vote of the general membership in attendance, followed by a 2/3 vote of the board of directors in attendance. These corrections do not require special notification in the Wakefield Daily Item.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 4 0 0

Article XIV – Dismissal from the Board of Directors

Any member of the Board of Directors can be dismissed if:
(A1) a petition, stating the reason(s) to remove a Director, is provided to the Board, signed by a simple majority of members in good standing from that division during the current or immediate past season (i.e. Clinic, Instructional Mites, Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams, or Midgets) under that individual’s responsibility

OR

(A2) a petition, stating the reason(s) to remove the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, or Coaching Coordinator , is provided to the Board, signed by 1/3 (33%) of the members in good standing for the current or immediate past season under that individual’s responsibility

AND

(A3) the Board of Directors, after reviewing the petition, has a 2/3 vote to remove the individual from the Board.

Membership Vote   Board of Directors’ Vote

Accept

Reject

Abstain
**
Accept

Reject

Abstain

7 0 0 ** 5 0 0

**************************END of BYLAW Changes **************************************

2. Shirt Pick-up night-date - Tentative date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 (6:00 to 8:30 PM)
Need to get Civic Center or West Side Social Club
Need volunteers to help with handouts, lines, etc. If PAID in Full by August 15 – No waiting in lines
Post Meeting Info: Steve Colella has confirmed the Civic Center gym for Thursday , August 31.

3. Picture Night - Thursday, October 5, 2000
You do not have to buy anything , buy we need the players for team photos that are used for our sponsors and the sponsor book! Last year the Bantam division had a terrible turn-out.
Need to get Civic Center or West Side Social Club, Need volunteers
Post Meeting Info: Brian Donahoe has confirmed Crowley Photo for Thursday ,October 5.
Tentative Schedule: - arrive 30 - 45 minutes early – already dressed !
4:30 PM Instructional Mite "White"                5:00 PM Instructional Mite "Black"

5:30 PM Mite A & B                                6:00 PM Mite C

6:30 PM Mite Buzzer 1 & Mite Buzzer 2        7:00 PM Squirt A

7:30 PM Squirt B                                    8:00 PM Squirt C & D

8:30 PM PeeWee A                                9:00 PM PeeWee B & C

9:30 PM Bantam A & Bantam B
Full equipment (including skates!!) is required !!!.

4. Fund-raising - Plan for 30 Sponsors – need a focal point
Brian Donahoe has already contacted: Easton Sports, Itech, CCM, Bauer, Mission Hockey, Edgewater Technology, and Comverse on becoming sponsors or providing discounts or free equipment

5. Raffle – need a focal point ($100 per family)
Tickets to given out at shirt night. Checks or Money Orders for $100 must be turned in – No cash. Tentative turn-in date : October 30,2000. Drawing to be held at the November 13, 2000 BOD meeting
50% of the amount sold over $100 is kept by the seller. We will not collect all the proceeds then refund the 50% portion

6. Practice Schedule

- Monday 5:20 – Squirt A & B *, Monday 6:30 – Bantam A & B *
- Tuesday 9:10 – Midgets **
- Wednesday 5:20 – Mite A & C, 6:30, Mite B & PeeWee C, 6:50 – PeeWee A & B
- Friday 5:20 – Mite Buzzer 2 & Imite White*, 5:40 – Mite Buzzer 1 & Imite Black, 6:30 – Squirt C & Squirt D *
* = Time was requested by the lead head coach
**= Historical practice slot
PeeWee C coach, Ernie Smith expressed concern for the safety of the children from the Mite B team and the difficulty that the 2 teams would have during the full ice drills. Steve Colella to contact the Squirt B & D head coaches to see if they would be interested in changing practices.
Brian Donahoe explained to Ernie the requests from the senior head coaches and how filling their needs set the practice schedule. After setting the Squirt A, Bantam A, Squirt C, and Valley Buzzer 2 teams practice ice the Board was left with a 3rd PeeWee team and a request from a Mite B coach for 6:30 PM practice ice.

7. New treasurer - Brian Carney has volunteered. Brian Donahoe nominates Brian Carney to be appointed to the Treasurer's position vacated by Joe Engels. To be voted in Executive Session.

VIII.) Good of the Association:

Gail Severt offered to match any donation given by WYSA to the Costin Family Fund.
Board was requested to give $1000 by a member, but the Board will donate $100.

Gail also asked why Hockeytown will not give us anymore ice.
Brian Donahoe answered that the times and days that were requested are not avialable. Other hours: earlier in the afternoon (3:00 PM, 4:10) and late at night are available, but not useable to WYSA.

Fred Massaro requested that a donation be made from WYSA to Karen Crocker's late mother.

Next regular meeting to be held at 7:30 PM. This will be an Open / Closed meeting

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 10:30 PM Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Unanimous approval.

Executive Session: Vote on Coaches, Volunteers, Treasurer

June 12, 2000 – Closed Meeting
Meeting begins at 7:30 PM

I.) Secretary's Report

Minutes from June 5,2000 (Annual Meeting) reviewed.

2 corrections identified – Ed Audet was an Interim head coach at the instructional level
and Jim Flynn commented on shirts not Dan Flynn.
Motion to accept the revised Secretary's Report. Discussion: None. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: None.
Vote: Unanimous approval.

II.) Treasurers Report:

Treasurer absent – no report.

III.) Director's Reports
Note: Any player movement between teams is a combination of tryout rating (to replace players who have dropped out) and head coach’s pick for players above the number originally on the team_

Clinic :

2 – 3 bills still outstanding – this will be dealt with once the 00-01 bills are issued.

Instructional Mites :

- Stoneham is limiting us to 2 teams. Meeting planned for Wednesday evening with the 2 instructional coaches, the mite director, and third imite coach.
- Motion made to appoint Mike McCarthy head coach of the remaining team in the Instructional Mite level. Motion seconded. Discussion: None. Vote: Unanimous approval.

Black Team - Frank Longo

White team :Jim Pickens

BROWN

CAMERON
DEVLIN
GORTON
KOSTOPLULOS
LONGO
MASI
MASSE
MCNULTY
PARAD Sa
SANDORSE
SEVERT
STRUTHERS
YIANACOPOLUS

ALMQUIST
CERULO
COMEAU
GAFFNEY
GRENHAM
HEGARTY
LEARY
LOSCO
MACDONALD
PICKENS
REILLY
ROBERTO
ROBERTSON
SEIBAL

14 Skaters

14 Skaters

Post Meeting Information:
Mike McCarthy, Frank Longo, Jim Pickens, and Brian Donahoe met on June 14, 2000.
The decision was made to create 2 Valley Buzzer teams – Ed Audet will be interim head coach of 1 and Mike McCarthy of the other. The players were placed on these teams based on tryout score and age. Children with 1 year left in the mite division were placed on these teams over players who had 2 – 4 years remaining in the mites to help prepare them for the Squirt division. Brian Donahoe called all the players in the Instructional Mite / Mite Division that were effected by these decisions.

Mite Report : - Joe Filoramo interviewed for Mite "C" team. Mike Surette was also interested in being head coach. Both have agreed to work with each other regardless of the outcome.

- Motion made to appoint Joe Filoramo Mite "C" coach for the 00-01 Season. Motion seconded. Discussion: Mike Surette is already the Bantam "A’ head coach. Vote: Unanimous approval.

- Motion made to appoint Ed Audet interim head coach of the Mite D team
Motion seconded. Discussion: Board is not violating the By-Laws as long as Ed is the interim head coach. If a qualified candidate is avialable they will become head coach. Vote: Unanimous approval.

"A" team = 13 skaters 1 goalie = add: Brown, Cameron, Caseletto, and Donahoe
"B" team = 13 skaters = add: Ambrosino, Bourque, Cannata, Holleran, Looby, and McCarthy
"C" team = 14 skaters = add: Doherty, Labriola, Leone, Prateek, Silk, Watts, Wilson
Valley Buzzer 1 team = 13 skaters = see roster below

Valley Buzzer 2 team = 13 skaters = see roster below

None of the coaches in the Mite Division have named potential assistant coaches or team managers.

A

B

C

Mite Buzzer 1

Mite Buzzer 2

Paul Giancola

Jay Paiva

Joe Filoramo

Ed Audet

Mike McCarthy

13 Skaters 1 Goalie

13 Skaters 0 Goalie

14 Skaters 0 Goalie

13 Skaters

13 Skaters

BROWN
CAMERON
CASALETTO
CRONIN
DALTON-Goalie
DONAHOE
GIANCOLA
GORTON
GRAHAM
HALEY
PROWSE
ROBERTO
SEVERT
TRACY

AMBROSINO
BOURQUE
CANNATA
HOLLERAN
JOLY
LONGO
LOOBY
MCCARTHY
PAIVA
PAPAGNO
TOMSYCK
TRYDER
WEAVER

CARANO
DOHERTY
FILORAMO
HERNANDEZ
LABRIOLA
LEONE
MEADE
PRATEEK
RUDZINSKY
SILK
SURETTE
TUMINELLI
WATTS
WILSON

AUDET
BOURQUE
BROWN
BURKE
CARDILLO
CARNEY
DONAHOE
GERNDT
HALEY
KORDIS
LINCOFF
MATHEWS
MORRIS

BEEBE
BUONFIGLIO
DOUCETTE
FINOCCHIO
GRASSA
LEONE
MCCARTHY
MCCLORY
PARAD St
RUSSO
WOOLBERT D.
WOOLBERT A
WHITE

Squirt Division Report: 4 teams – Gerry, Labriola, MacKay, Malone, and Sullivan moved to PeeWee C
- Maguire moved to B team, - Steve Cremin, new Squirt, to start on "D" team
- "A" & "B" team assistant coaches were nominated, voted on and approved as shown below.

Team

A

B

C

D

Head Coach

John Crocker

Chuck Mauceri

Mike McCarthy

Keith Morris

Asst Coach

John Riley

Jim Pickens

TBD

TBD

Asst Coach

Kevin Robbins

TBD

TBD

Team Manager

Dan Flynn

Larry Ellis

TBD

TBD

11 Skaters 1 Goalie

12 Skaters 1 Goalie

12 Skaters 0 Goalie

12 Skaters 1 Goalie

Players

CROCKER
EARP
FITZPATRICK
FLYNN
GRIFFIN
KENNEDY
LOSCO
ORLOWITZ
PARISI - Goalie
RILEY
ROBERTO
TEIXEIRA

BARRY
BROWN R.
COLELLA
DELLAROCCO
DOUCETTE
ELLIS - Goalie
GUTTADAURO
MAGUIRE
MAUCERI
MCBRIDE
PICKENS
ROBBINS
WULFF

ADRAGNA
BENNETT
BERNARD
BOYLAN
BROWN C.
DEMASO
LAWTON
MACDONALD
MCCARTHY
PETITTO
ROSSA
TAGLIAFERRO

CASS
CREMIN
HANNIGAN
HOLBROOK
HOLLERAN
MASSE
McAULIFFE
MORRIS
ROBERTO-Goalie
SMITH
STRUTHERS
TERHUNE
TUMINELLI

PeeWee Report:
- Eric Mitza provided a written resignation from the PeeWee "A" head coaching position

Ron Cahill was the other PeeWee "A" candidate during the February interviews. He is still interested in being the head coach. Motion made to appoint Ron Cahill PeeWee "A" coach for the 00-01 Season.
Motion seconded. Discussion: Ron will be making the picks to fill the PeeWee A roster. Vote: Unanimous approval.

- PeeWee "A" add: Boyson, Hogan, McMillan, Riordan
- PeeWee "B" add: Curry, Dalton, DiNapoli, Scippa
- PeeWee "C" add: 5 Squirts - Gerry, Labriola, MacKay, Malone, and Sullivan

- "A" & "B" team assistant coaches were nominated, voted on and approved as shown below.

Team

A

B

C

Head Coach

Ron Cahill

Rich Dalton

Ernie Smith

Asst Coach

Paul Charos

Fred Mansfield

TBD

Asst Coach

Steve Evanglista

Fred Massaro

TBD

Team Manager

TBD

TBD

TBD

12 Skaters/1Goalie

12 Skaters/1Goalie

12 Skaters/1Goalie

Players

BOYSON
CAHILL
CHAROS
CORACCIO
CRONIN
EVANGLISTA -Goalie
HOGAN
MICELLI
MCMILLAN
PROWSE
RILEY III
RIORDAN
TAYLOR

CURRY
DALTON
DINAPOLI
DOUCETTE
FIORE
JORDAN
LALLY - Goalie
MANSFIELD
MASSARO
MCCLORY
MCDONOUGH
MCGOWAN
SCIPPA

ALONGI
DEVLIN
GERRY
JACKSON
LABRIOLA-Goalie
MACKAY
MALONE
MATTHESON
MUISE
RODRIGUES
SMITH D
SMITH J
SULLIVAN

Bantam Report
- Bantam "A" add: Carnevale, Cass, and Magnarelli (additional moves may be made depending on additions to dropouts from the Bantam division.

- None of the Bantams were interested in being alternates (pay for practices up front & games as required)

– Ryan Campbell now wants to play in Wakefield – may be added as an alternate

- "A" & "B" team assistant coaches were nominated, voted on and approved as shown below.

Jared Waite was nominated as team manager for the Bantam "B" team, but was not voted on. The Mite director will be confirming his availability between September and December due a college football commitment .

Team

A

B

Head Coach

Tom MacKay

Mike Surette

Asst Coach

Andy Haley

Bill Recko

Asst Coach

Eric Mitza

Steve Waite

Team Manager

Rick Jackson

TBD

14 Skaters / 2 Goalies

17 Skaters / 2 Goalies

AUDET
COLELLA
CARNEVALE - Goalie
CASS
DANGELO
DEGUGLIELMO
GUTTADAURO
HALEY
JACKSON - Goalie
MACKAY
MAGNARELLI
MOORES
MORRIS
PIRRELLO
QUIGLEY
VERCELLINI

BRENNAN
CARTER
DOWNEY
KOEHLER- Goalie
MCMILLAN
MORO
NITCHE - Goalie
POND C
POND T
RECKO
RUSH
SMITH C.
SOMERS
SUGAR
SURETTE M
SURETTE Z
THIBODEAU
TURNER
WONOSKI

Midget Report:
Sign-ups will be August 7 & 14 between 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Americal Civic Center. - Midget Director to get the team registered in the North Suburban League for 00-01 (Valley League will be 2^nd choice)
Motion to accept the Directors' Report. Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval.

IV.) Representative's Reports

Dual State: No rep / No report

Valley League: No rep / No report

District 10: Motion made to appoint Leeca Holleran as the 00-01 District 10 Rep. Motioned Seconded. Discussion: Leeca will be attending the June 13 meeting at the Civic center . Vote: Unanimous approval.

V.) Committee Reports

Banquet Committee: Janet Filoramo has volunteered to be chairperson. Once the season is underway and surveys are complete, the Board will decide if a Banquet Committee is required.

VI.) Old Business

- Association rules - Not covered at this meeting

- Prices for 00-01 (these prices include any deposits already made)

Instructional Mites - $580, Mites: $750, Squirts & PeeWees - $1100, Bantams - $950
Payments are due: July 15 (Paid in Full = 10% discount), August 15, and September 15 for single player families,
2 player families get until October 15, three player families must have full payment by Nov 15.

- Squirt PeeWee and Bantam prices are based on: the want to have 3 teams in the PeeWees, the coaches request for small teams in the Squirts, and the lack of players (and historical attendance) in the Bantam division. The Board had decided in May about the number of teams based on the returned registration forms.

- Registration in the Dual State : Joe Deguglielmo will attend the meeting in June.

- North Suburban League info (Brian Donahoe) - Cost of these games are $120 VS Valley League $170 !
The N.S.H.L. is broken into 3 or 4 divisions at each age level.(mite,squirt,peewee,bantam) These divisions are Red (A-level), White (weak A, strong B level), or Blue (weak B, or C level). In some age brackets, due to the volume of teams, there is a green level which is similiar to the Blue level. When submitting applications to the league, the participating program places each team where they feel they belong based on the above descriptions. Each team plays approx. 25 games including 8 parity games. Near the conclusion of the parity schedule, there is a cut-off date for submitting requests for moving any of your teams. The onus is on the participating programs to monitor the parity rounds and determine if the team is playing at the appropriate level. The N.S.H.L. directors may suggest or inquire if a move may be in the best interests of a participant but a move is never made without first conferring with the program's rep. Once parity is over and moves are made, no more moves are made unless the N.S.H.L. Director can find a willing member of the desired division that will agree to a 1 for 1 swap with the requesting program. The schedules are issued for the whole season after parity and everyone is pretty much locked in place.
Some of the N.S.H.L. members include: Charlestown, Danvers, East Boston, Everett, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Marblehead, Masco, Medford, Melrose, Peabody, Revere, Salem/Swampscott, Saugus, Stoneham, Triton, and Winthrop. Games are played at Kasabuski in Saugus, Winthrop, East Boston, and Lynn.

Display case at HockeyTown – Bob Casaletto to try to get this done

Hockeytown (Larry Abbott) has been asked for:
-1 additional sheet of ice to support the 3^rd & 4^th Instructional mite team practices
- 2 additional sheets of ice for an in-house "buzzer" program
- 1 additional sheet of ice for Goalie clinic, Squirt, and PeeWee power skating.
Hockeytown has also been asked to move the Midget and Bantam practices back to Tuesday nights.
UPDATE: Hockeytown will not be giving any additional ice to WYSA this year.

- All equipment must be turned in . Director’s are required to collect all puck, pennies, bags, clipboards, cones, goalie equipment etc. Update: Over 50% of the equipment given out has not been returned

VII.) New Business
Donation to be made to Tom Cambell’s mother on behalf of the association
Frank Micelli resigned as Past-President
Preliminary 00-01 Practice Schedule :
Monday 5:20 – Squirt A & B *, Monday 6:30 – Bantam A & B *
Tuesday 9:10 – Midgets **
Wednesday 5:20 – Mite A & C, 6:30, Mite B & PeeWee C, 6:50 – PeeWee A & B
Friday 5:20 – Mite Buzzer 2 & Imite White*, 5:40 – Mite Buzzer 1 & Imite Black, 6:30 – Squirt C & D*
* = Time was requested by the lead head coach
**= Historical practice slot
- Bob Casaletto trying to get Dale Dunbar to provide a skills clinic for Wakefield in August
VIII.) Good of the Association:

No topics presented.

Next regular meeting to be held ,July 10 at 7:30 PM. This will be a Open meeting By-laws will be voted on.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting made at 9:45 PM Motioned Seconded. Unanimous approval.