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SCAHA MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LAKEWOOD MALL MEETING ROOM
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENT
Bob Doherty (Commissioner), Sandy Blumberg (Deputy Commissioner), Wendy
Goldstein (Member Services), Rosemary Voulelikas (Secretary), John
Silberstein (Parliamentarian), Annie Fisher (Statistician), Chris
Carcerano (Ice Convener), Nancy Hodge (A.C.E. Coordinator) and Kevin
Culbertson (Director-at-Large).
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS PRESENT/ABSENT
GUESTS PRESENT
Melissa Tambasco –
Steve Laing – CAHA
President
Norm Kitano – LAHOA
President
Chris Bain – LA Kings Fan
Development
Bob Doherty called the
meeting to order at
Minutes
Laura Ryan motioned to
approve the minutes of the
Guest Speaker
Chris Bain, LA Kings Fan Development is hosting a SCAHA night next
Wednesday’s Kings game vs. Carolina Hurricanes. He informed the
directors that prior to the game the Kings are hosting the ADM coach’s
clinics. And finally, the rink tour where the Kings’ players go to 6
different rinks is occurring this week and the Kings Charity event,
Tip-a-King is on
Melissa Tambasco from the CA State Games highlighted some of the key
events regarding the President Day Tournament.
Steve Laing, CAHA President, addressed the directors and spoke about some
of the Tier II issues, penalty minutes. Steve Laing asked the presidents
to monitor their score sheets and penalty minutes. He distributed a one
page summary highlighting the number of penalties that have occurred so
far in the first 6 weeks of the season. Steve Laing reminded the board
of the helmet rule for coaches and a letter was distributed to all
member associations via email outlining the penalties and fines of the
helmet policy enforcement rule. Steve Laing encouraged the presidents to
implement the locker room supervision policy. And finally, he spoke
briefly about injuries and concussions. He handed out a concussion
handout to all. Steve Laing’s email address is cahapres@yahoo.com.
Commissioner’s Report
Bob Doherty reminded the
presidents that when the schedule is sent as a draft, it is the
responsibility of the club to review the schedule and to bring up any
issues if any.
Bob Doherty informed the
board that SCAHA will be forming a Mite Committee to review Mites in
travel and/or how to handle the Mite division in general.
This season we have 3
teams in the Mite A division and in order to make sure that all teams
are playing and to minimize bye weekends SCAHA scheduled exhibition
games between the Squirt B teams and the Mite A teams. These SCAHA
exhibition games must use the blue puck in all of their USAH sanctioned
games and practices. The blue puck is a USA Hockey rule for Mites and it
is not optional.
And finally, teams with
51% of their roster needing a player-up must first obtain approval from
the SCAHA executive committee. Clubs cannot petition the league at the
final hour to move for example, their SQ A team up to the Pee Wee A
division (Pee Wee B is not an option).
Deputy Commissioner’s Report
Sandy Blumberg stated that she is concerned about the
increase in penalties in the Tier II divisions. Sandy Blumberg
reiterated that the first line of defense is to mandate your Tier teams
to maintain stats and to report them to you.
Sandy Blumberg spoke about the process when clubs
hold hearings. If you have the stats then you have the data that will
empower clubs to deal with difficult issues such as suspending coaches,
players, etc., that are not adhering to USAH’s zero tolerance policy. It
is important to establish the culture within one’s club that insures the
support of its board of directors, coaches, managers and members.
Establishing a culture will in turn help to create a strong board and
when difficult issues occur, like having to reprimand and/or suspend a
“star” coach, everyone will be on the same page.
Sandy Blumberg informed the board that we have
already reviewed two match penalties and are scheduling two more.
LAHOA Report
No report.
Staff Reports
Member Services
– Registrar’s are doing a great job and we have had very few issues this
year.
Statistician
– Annie informed the board that she will be emailing the preseason penalty
reports to the clubs within the next week or so.
Ice Convener –
Chris Carcerano recapped the process of reviewing the pre-season games
and the final team declarations prior to drafting the regular season
schedule. Chris stated he had to add 28 games to the schedule to make up
for the exhibition games with the girls. Chris stated that he has
completed the entire schedule but is reviewing the match-ups and
providing he has all of the information he will be releasing worst case
scenario half of the schedule by October 15. Chris Carcerano stated that
the blackout weekends have a significant impact on the SCAHA schedule
and it is something that we should review.
Treasurer’s
Report
Bob Doherty reported on behalf of Bob Driffill who is absent. We have
$40,327.00 in the checking account and $208,808 in the securities
account. Our net income for the month of September was $39,693.00 and
our expenses were $1067.00.
Director-at-Large Report
Kevin Culbertson reported that we received 143 applicants for the
financial scholarship assistance program. Kevin Culbertson stated that
we should be able to award the scholarships in the next few weeks before
the next board meeting.
Parliamentarian Report
John Silberstein reviewed the Locker Room policy. He stated that it does
not have to be a rostered coach, as long as it is a responsible adult,
who has successfully screened and is listed on the CAHA Compliance list.
Clubs should be adopting policies on when the locker room attendants
need to be in the locker rooms before and after games and practices,
etc. In addition, the use of cameras should be prohibited in the locker
room. And finally, John Silberstein stated that as the Pacific District
Risk Manager he only needs to be informed about catastrophic injuries. A
fatality is not considered a catastrophic injury. Anything that is
almost life threatening is considered a catastrophic injury. If it is a
routine injury, you need to get the claim form from your club’s
registrar and the club’s Cyber Sport program.
A.C.E. Coaching Coordinator Report
Nancy Hodge informed the board that the next series of coaching
certification clinics
Level 1, 2 and 3 will be held the weekend of
send Nancy Hodge your club’s ACE Coordinator.
Adjourn
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