Synopsis

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LRA Board Meeting September 5th , 2013

Synopsis Attendees: Richard Beswitherick Shawn LeBlue Garry Sindlinger Brad Robinson Regrets: Christine Loseth

Sue Stevenson Paige Sauter Tanya Miller Jessica Ursel

Ed Zarowny Shari Harding Kristen Millband Mariko Boulet

Agenda Item

Sonny Zgurski

Discussion

Call to Order

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1. Additions to the Agenda

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2. Approval of Agenda

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3. Business Arising From Last Meeting Minutes

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7:00

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Business 4. President’s Report (Richard)

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Send in the bond cheque for $600

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We have a U7 coach if there is a team.

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To Ringette AB –Teams need to be AX by Sept 15 -

 5. U of L

Need to tell them the # of teams we have by division and the level they will play at (A, B, C)

AB Winter games- We need 2 reps on the committee- Greg Marten and Richard will do it. They will help with the process of voting for a coach.

 Try outs to be help: Sept 12, 18  12 returning players and about 25 ladies to try out this year.  Want to go in about 4 or 5 tournaments.  They will have about 6 people for the CTR  They will host their 1 ringette camp at Nicholas Sheran Sept 14 from 8:004:00. st

Action

6. Treasurer’s Report (Sonny)

 $8300 revenue  New Bingo Hall is worth doing the bingos. It is bringing in money for the LRA.  We spent $2200 on uniforms and have about $8000 left to spend.

7. Old Business: 8. New Business: 9. Vice President (Shawn)

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There is a bingo form on line so people can sign up ON LINE

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We still need 3 more people for the back room at the Bingo Hall

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Website is up and running and looks AWESOME!

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We have a TWITTER account – LRA ringette

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Shawn will meet with Mark Campbell to discuss LRA

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Shawn will meet with Dylan Purcell to discuss LRA, ringette and CTR

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 We want to put the scores in the paper for the U12 and higher age groups  We NEED a PROMOTIONS person so please bring names forward as this is a huge part of our association. 

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10. Fundraising Report (Christine) 11. Promotions (Susan)

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none

11. Equipment (Ed)

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none

13. Registrar’s Report (Tanya)

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So far we have the following signed up in each division:  U7 – 2 U14 – 9  U9 – 15 U16 - 13  U10 – 7 U19 - 2  U12 - 13  We have coaches for all the age groups.  We need a female on the bench for the U7s.  Coaching clinics will be held in Calgary and Airdrie so look on line to find one that’s convenient for you.

14. Director of Coaching (Gary)

15. Referee Report (Jessica)

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Talked to RA (Lorn) and he said that the minimum age to ref is 14 however we can get younger refs for this year if anyone is interested.

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Mariko – will ask U of L players if they are

16. Ice Allocator (Brad)

17. Tournament Report (Shari)

18. Director of Player Development (Sue)

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Clinic to be held in Med. Hat Sept 14

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Level 1 refresher is Sunday Oct 13 here in Lethbridge

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Level 2 clinic will be held in Med Hat at some point.

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Sept 13 is a diner for the refs – so they can get together as a group.

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Refing rates are: U8-U12 - $20, U14 and U16 - $25, U19 - $30 and U of L is $35

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No one qualifies to do the Open games

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The Twin Rinks are dedicated to tournaments on weekends

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1 rink for Minor Hockey

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1 rink for figure skating

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We would like to gain access to the Adams arena for our home office when LMHA moves out.

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The plan is to build another twin arena in 2024

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The plan is to close Civic and Adams in 2020

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Ice times have been allocated for the U7 and U9 on Mondays and the U10 and U12s on Tuesdays. See website for all other practice schedules.

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Game Cancellation: - has to go through the coaches

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Decide if you can use the ice as a practice

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Last resort is to call Brad

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Need 2 weeks notice otherwise LRA get CHARGED

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The Lodge will have group booking and will partner with us for out of town teams.

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Will form a committee.

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Need to get together at the beginning of October to talk about the Chinook Tournament.

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The schedule has been set for the conditioning camp.

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Friday power skating has been set up with 2 different instructors

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interested in reefing

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Jessica to send flowers to Christy and her family for the loss of a family member.

9. Date Of Next meeting

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10. Meeting Adjourned

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October 3 at 7:00 at Teamworks