MINUTES-APRIL 2004

Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association General Membership Meeting April 5, 2004 Meeting called to order at 8:30 p.m. The minutes from the March meeting were distributed and approved unanimously. Meeting minutes will be on the ELLGHA website for one year, except for meetings involving discipinary actions. Yevet announced that the 19U and 14U teams were reimbursed by EYHA for 5.25 hours of ice time. The money will be credited to the girls 2004-05 registrations. We have two sponsors already. The prices for the 2004-05 season are on the website. The cost of ice is not yet firm. Girl Scouts Program Put the Biscuit in the Net We will conduct a total of three three-night sessions for Girl Scouts. 7 The first will be on April 27, 28 and 29. 7 The second and third will be on May 4, 5 and 6. 7 Each participant will get a six-month subscription to American Hockey magazine. 7 Each participant will also get a patch, pin and booklet. 7 We will use Igloo and JMC rental skates 7 We already have some equipment, and present players will bring equipment to lend. This equipment must be clearly marked with their name. 7 We will also need sticks for the girls to use starting on the second night. 7 Pam Campbell suggested having a presentation table with slides to acquaint the Girls Scouts with the ELLGHA program. 7 On April 27 we must have people at the Igloo at 5:00 p.m. to greet the girls, fit equipment, lace skates. 7 There will be 10 to 12 instructors on the ice six coaches and four to six current players. 7 Scott Campbell will take pictures to be used (with his permission) in an American Hockey article Volunteers for the Erie Girl Scout program will meet again at the Igloo Cafi, on April 23 (Friday) at 6:30 p.m. All five Mid-Am District states will conduct Girl Scout programs. These will be followed by Alaska and the west coast (Pacific District). The back of the Put the Biscuit in the Net booklet will have local program information. Sign-up sheets were passed for volunteers for April 21 at JMC, pulling skates April 22 at Yevets, sorting equipment April 26 trucks needed to haul equipment April 27 at Igloo to greet girls, fit equipment, tie skates, etc. The girls will wear helmets, gloves, shin pads, and elbow pads. Photo consent forms will be taken care of by the Girl Scouts. Registration Registration would be conducted at the May 3 general membership meeting and will also be available at the May 8 banquet at the Siebenbuerger Club. Girls must be registered by June 15 to participate in summer fundraising. Waiver and consent to treat will not be completed at registration time but must be completed before the girls go on the ice. Fundraising/Promotion Michele Hermsdorf will chair our participation in the zoo parade. Walkers in the parade would hand out candy and flyers, possibly stamp hands with a paw print stamp. We will learn after the zoo parade when JMC will be available for our garage sale and car wash. All fundraising activities will be partially credited to the accounts of the girls who participate. Austin OToole reported that he is looking for locations for a pancake breakfast to be held on the Saturday morning of the Sara Backstrom tournament weekend. He has contacted several potential locations and several more were suggested at the meeting. He will be following up on this. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Acting secretary

MAY 2004 MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES

Erie Lady Liona Girls Hockey Association General Membership Meeting Minutes May 3, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m. The minutes from last months meeting were distributed, and an attendance sign-up sheet was passed. The minutes were unanimously approved. Yevet reported that the first week of the Girl Scouts Put the Biscuit in the Net program was a terrific success. We will host two more groups later this week. More volunteers will be needed, since some volunteers from last week will not be able to come. Treasurers report Gretchen reported that we currently have no funds. She will set up a bank account for the organization in preparation for receiving registration and sponsorship money and disbursing money for referees, ice time, etc. Scott McAuley reported that he and Yevet picked up Krispy Kreme fundraiser cards. Pre-registration cost will be $150 plus $100 for ten Krispy Kreme cards. Pre-registerers will be credited $1 for each Krispy Kreme card they sell. Buy-out to avoid selling the cards will be $50, since that is the amount the organization will get from ten cards after purchasing them for our members to sell. Krispy Kreme is willing to donate $150 worth of donuts if someone is willing to sell them. For this, Krispy Kreme will get a sponsor tag. Scott also reported on parades we will have a signup sheet at the May 8 banquet for the zoo parade on May 15 and the Cherry Festival parade on July 10 at 4:00 p.m. Yevet and Scott met with Sean of the Erie Otters. They discussed several promotional ideas, including intermission skates, information tables at Otters games, a discount to Otters games for Sarah Backstrom tournament attendees, and a joint Otters game night with the Girl Scouts. They are also open to other suggestions from us. Yevet reported on the Coach Phil fund. A golf outing is scheduled for June 18, at which our organization can have a Chinese auction or basket raffle. The fund recently helped a girl from Fort Wayne IN, whose firefighter father died in a fire rescue, to attend a district camp. The board presented the newly-approved fundraising rules: All fundraising must be approved by the board. There will be two categories of fundraising: Organizational sponsored by the board with the split of proceeds determinted by the board. Group or Team proposed by a group or team, split of proceeds and purpose of the fundraiser to be proposed by the group/team and approved or disapproved by board. All fundraising for registration purposes must be completed by October 15. Moneys left in individual accounts at the end of the fiscal year, April 30, will go into the general fund if it is not used by the girls for the following years pre-registration. Girls can start getting sponsors any time now. 7 We will put a sponsor board up in our home rink, listing all our sponsors. 7 Yevet recommended that girls should hand-write a thank-you letter to their sponsors, on ELLGHA letterhead that we will supply. 7 We cannot dictate which businesses our membership patronizes, we would ask that they support our sponsors whenever possible. 7 Girls can have multiple sponsors. Patches, helmet decals, etc. can be arranged to accommodate multiple sponsors. Yevet reported that we are still pursuing funds from EYHA for last years Backstrom tournament. Austin OToole reported on his progress on the tournament pancake breakfast. 7 He is still scouting out locations. 7 Central High will allow us to use their facilities, but they are not adequate for making pancakes. 7 Family First Sports Park was a possibility, but they want to attach conditions that we are not willing to assent to. 7 The Zukor Club will hold upt to 250 people at once. This sounds promising, and Austin will invite the club president, John Scully, to our next general membership meeting on June 7. Donna Shaw recommended getting any fundraising details in writing to avoid problems she encountered in another fundraising effort. Addition to By-Laws Yevet also reported that the state requires that we add two clauses to our by-laws in order to receive our final 503(c)(3) status, along with providing a breakdown of the percentages of our work that will be instruction and recreation and a schedule of our fees. Yevet will provide the instruction/recreation breakdown and use the fee schedule posted on our website, www.erieladylions.com. She read the clauses as follows: A. Not withstanding any other provision of this document, the organization shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or by (b) by an organization, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. B. Upon the dissolution of the organization, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to the state or local government, for a public purpose. Any such assets not disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the principal office of the organization is then located, exclusively of such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes. After some explanation and discussion, Yevet moved that we approve the addition of the two clauses, and Austin OToole seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously and the clauses will be inserted into our by-laws. The next board and general membership meetings will take place on June 7. The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary

JUNE 2004 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association Board Meeting June 7, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. Backstrom Tournament pancake breakfast Austin OToole introduced John Scully and Barbara Keck from the Zukor Club. John discussed the possibilities of having a pancake breakfast on the Saturday morning of the Backstrom tournament in February. He stated that, between the upstairs and downstairs rooms, they could accommodate up to 300 people at a time. We could also invite the community to this event. The Zukor Club is a non-profit entity. They would not charge us for the use of the rooms. We would pay only the cost of the food and minimal staff cooks and a minimum of one waitress to supervise serving. We can use plastic utensils and plates to cut down on clean-up tasks. We might even provide an opportunity to purchase breakfast tickets in advance when teams register. They are also open to making their downstairs room available to us evenings during the tournament. This would serve as a hospitality room of sorts for tournament attendees and would be an added plus for our tournament. Breakfast and lunch are open to the public. We propose serving from 8:00 to 11:00. John will write a proposal for us to include pancakes and one meat, either sausage or bacon, plus coffee and juice. General Discussion Yevet reported that she made seven presentations regarding the Put the Biscuit in the Net program at a June USA Hockey meeting in Colorado. Scott Campbell showed the DVD that was used in the presentations, and all were impressed. Gretchen Smith presented the 2004-05 budget. There were no questions about it. Yevet reported that we officially have our 501(c)(3) status. She will open bank accounts this week. The Erie Womens Hockey Booster Association account will be closed. Scott McAuley discussed possible car wash sites and dates. The dates of July 24 and 31 were proposed, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will not have a set price for a car wash, it will be for donations only. The proceeds will go into the accounts of the participating girls. Scott will call Duchinis and Country Fair. We will use our banners to lt potention customers know who they will be supporting with their donation. Michelle Hermsdorf will call Ron at the Igloo to discuss the possibility of having a garage sale there. This will be an association fundraiser rather than an individual fundraiser. Yevet reminded us of the June 18 Coach Phil golf outing. Michelle Hermsdorf and Gina Santiago will sell 50-50 tickets to benefit ELLGHA at the outing. There will be two dates for registration: 7 Thursday, July 22, 6:00 8:00 p.m. at the Igloo. This will follow the Taste of Hockey camp. 7 Saturday, August 14, 1:00 3:00 p.m., at the Igloo. This will coincide with team tryouts. In addition, girls can print the application from our website and mail it in. Pierre is willing to build a locker/storage area for us in The Igloo if we finish it. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Our next meeting will be on July 12. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary

2004 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES

Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association General Membership Meeting August 9, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. Minutes from the last meeting were distributed and approved unanimously. Gretchen Smith distributed a financial statement showing net income so far of $7654.68, and noted that we made about $50 on the Intro to Hockey camp. Car wash and garage sale revenues were not reflected on the statement that was distributed. The treasurers report was approved unanimously. There were three activities for fundraising in the last month. The first car wash had 16 girls participate. Average donation was $7.53 per car, earning $226. The second had 14 girls participate, $7.25 per car, earning $166.76. Scott calculated all the hours and hourly rate and allocated funds to the girls accounts according to hours worked to. The grand total made for the association was $392.76. Michelle reported that the rummage sale netted $324 for the association. Association fundraisers will help everyone. The International Institute thrift shop picked up the sale leftovers at end. Most fundraising will wait till teams are formed. Scott will call Millcreek Mall about using community booth. We may sell mums there. Scott is also discussing with Otters discounts to participants of tournament, and having the girls skate between periods. Hes also working with the Otters on the 40th anniversary of Erie lions and Girl Scout night. Jeff McIntyre reported that the UPSs annual pig roast on September 11 will allow us to raffle something off. Maybe next year we could even have a pig roast ourselves on Jeffs friends land. Yevet may be able to get a USA Hockey jersey to raffle off. Jeff will take this over. Tim and Ken are recruiting experienced, certified coaches. Coaches may join us from other local organizations. Two ex-Lady Lions will be coaching this fall. They will take levels one and two Krystal Champagne and Jill Gloeckler. Julie Smith, a current lady lion, will get her level 3 also. PAHL will be A/AA this year. There are also Cleveland and Buffalo leagues. Players must attend tryouts to determine which leagues/divisions we will have this year. Team tryouts will be this weekend. Tryouts for birth years 85-91 will be Sat 12:45 2:45. Birth years 92-93 will be Sunday 2-3. Fee is $5 per tryout. Costs to play and travel costs in other associations were discussed, and Erie compares favorably. Yevet introduced Bob Fulton of Fulton Concrete who will sponsor the Sarah Backstrom Tournament next year. We have about 20 registrations at this point. Many more are expected after tryouts this weekend. Scott advised he will start working Monday nights. Yevet suggested moving meeting times back. General membership meeting will be moved back to 8:15, with the board meeting at 7:30. We discussed sending a letter to EYHA, requesting donation of some of the proceeds of last years Backstrom tournament. Craig Nicholson asked about possible grants. Yevet met with Sally Capotiss sister, who has volunteered to help write grants, and also with Liz Becker of Second Harvest. NHL ASSIST, NHL Diversity, Womens Sports Foundation, and Erie Insurance grants are possible. National Fuel may be a possibility also. Jo Ellen Presnar will work with Jeff Ludrof at Erie Insurance on this. Perhaps also Don Alstadt at LORD. The next meeting will be on September 13. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary

2004 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association General Membership Meeting August 9, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. Minutes from the last meeting were distributed and approved unanimously. Gretchen Smith distributed a financial statement showing net income so far of $7654.68, and noted that we made about $50 on the Intro to Hockey camp. Car wash and garage sale revenues were not reflected on the statement that was distributed. The treasurers report was approved unanimously. There were three activities for fundraising in the last month. The first car wash had 16 girls participate. Average donation was $7.53 per car, earning $226. The second had 14 girls participate, $7.25 per car, earning $166.76. Scott calculated all the hours and hourly rate and allocated funds to the girls accounts according to hours worked to. The grand total made for the association was $392.76. Michelle reported that the rummage sale netted $324 for the association. Association fundraisers will help everyone. The International Institute thrift shop picked up the sale leftovers at end. Most fundraising will wait till teams are formed. Scott will call Millcreek Mall about using community booth. We may sell mums there. Scott is also discussing with Otters discounts to participants of tournament, and having the girls skate between periods. Hes also working with the Otters on the 40th anniversary of Erie lions and Girl Scout night. Jeff McIntyre reported that the UPSs annual pig roast on September 11 will allow us to raffle something off. Maybe next year we could even have a pig roast ourselves on Jeffs friends land. Yevet may be able to get a USA Hockey jersey to raffle off. Jeff will take this over. Tim and Ken are recruiting experienced, certified coaches. Coaches may join us from other local organizations. Two ex-Lady Lions will be coaching this fall. They will take levels one and two Krystal Champagne and Jill Gloeckler. Julie Smith, a current lady lion, will get her level 3 also. PAHL will be A/AA this year. There are also Cleveland and Buffalo leagues. Players must attend tryouts to determine which leagues/divisions we will have this year. Team tryouts will be this weekend. Tryouts for birth years 85-91 will be Sat 12:45 2:45. Birth years 92-93 will be Sunday 2-3. Fee is $5 per tryout. Costs to play and travel costs in other associations were discussed, and Erie compares favorably. Yevet introduced Bob Fulton of Fulton Concrete who will sponsor the Sarah Backstrom Tournament next year. We have about 20 registrations at this point. Many more are expected after tryouts this weekend. Scott advised he will start working Monday nights. Yevet suggested moving meeting times back. General membership meeting will be moved back to 8:15, with the board meeting at 7:30. We discussed sending a letter to EYHA, requesting donation of some of the proceeds of last years Backstrom tournament. Craig Nicholson asked about possible grants. Yevet met with Sally Capotiss sister, who has volunteered to help write grants, and also with Liz Becker of Second Harvest. NHL ASSIST, NHL Diversity, Womens Sports Foundation, and Erie Insurance grants are possible. National Fuel may be a possibility also. Jo Ellen Presnar will work with Jeff Ludrof at Erie Insurance on this. Perhaps also Don Alstadt at LORD. The next meeting will be on September 13. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary

SEPTEMBER 2004 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MINUTES Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association Combined Board and General Membership Meeting September 13, 2004 Board members present: Ken Hinkle, Jeff Shaw, Pam Nolan, Gretchen Smith, Yevet Anderson, Tim Dugan, Scott McAuley, Michelle Hermsdorf, Pam Campbell, Gina Santiago. Since association members came early, a combined board and general membership meeting was called to order at 7:35. The minutes from the August meetings were reviewed by the board and membership and approved unanimously. Directors report: Scheduling in PAHL will be this weekend for 12U and 16U. 16U is already scheduled for the Cleveland Sugar n Spice league. We have already received 17 applications for the Backstrom tournament. Yevet has met with Best Western on I-90 and Country Inn and Suites by the Mall. They have provided rates and will be two of our host hotels for the tournament. Both have indoor pools. She will be meeting with four more hotels in the next week. We will post tournament results on the internet rather than having them posted at each rink. We may also have results available at the hotels front desks for those who cannot access the internet. Yevet proposed that each team be responsible for selling ten ads in the tournament program. Alternately, each team member could be required to sell one ad. Gretchen recommended setting up a tournament committee as soon as possible. Team managers (all of whom were in attendance) were directed to start soliciting for volunteers. We will also need other volunteers as follows: Someone to be responsible for the printing and picking up of the programs Off-ice officials Day directors Someone to be in charge of off-ice officials Each team should provide at least 30 hours of volunteerism Admissions volunteers Someone to be in charge of admissions volunteers. We will continue keeping tournament participation fee lower by charging admissions. Need someone in charge of awards Someone in charge of baskets/50-50/raffle We will have a stick signed by the World Cup team with a certificate of authenticity from IIHF. It has a very high value; tickets could be sold for $10. Yevet will get the media involved in November. Scott will see if we can sell tickets at an Otters game. Yevet will bring a form for the ads to the next board/general membership meeting. Yevet will fill out the USA Hockey tournament sanction form and get it to Gretchen to send a check with it. Schedule is up on our website through end of September. We are double-rostering some younger 16s on the 12U team and some older 16s on the 19U team to build teams and players. Players must carry their jerseys in a garment bag on hangers. This will prolong the lives of the jerseys. Rented jerseys will require the signing of a rental agreement along with a $125 deposit. If you buy your jerseys, you can put your own nameplates on. If they are rented, they will be $1 per plate. Yevet will put on the sponsor tags. Yevet will have jersey forms Tuesday 9/21. Managers will then collect the jerseys to have tags put on them. For girls who play on more than one team, jersey numbers have been allocated so they will not conflict. Socks will be $10.50 a pair. These will be the same socks as last year and they should be purchased through the association to make sure the striping is the same. Any money made on jerseys goes back to the association. Vice Presidents report: Scott reported that Mercyhurst professors are excited about having their Sports Management students work on our tournament. There will be mandatory participation for those students. The Otters are offering $7 tickets to tournament participants. They want money to come to us, then we would get the money to the Otters by Jan. 19. Normally tickets are $10. Yevet proposed that we charge $8 per ticket, and we retain $1 per ticket for handling. We would prefer to have ticket applicationss be returned directly to the Otters because we dont have the capability of accepting credit cards. Scott will address this with the Otters. On October 17 we have the community booth at Millcreek Mall for that day only, 11:00 to 6:00. Prior to October 17 we must agree to 12 terms for use of their facility. We will need special event insurance, which we will get from USA Hockey. We can do a tag day, too, just in the immediate area of the booth. We can only have four representatives in the booth at any one time. The mall will provide two eight-foot tables. We cannot use any hand-written signs. We can sell our merchandise but no baked goods. Raffles are okay. Yevet will call Mike Presnar regarding team rosters we must get them signed before scheduling this weekend. Jeff McIntyre suggested sales of sub cards to raise money. If we sell $100 worth, they will give us $1 per card. A representative from Italian Deli Express will come to the next board meeting October 4 at 7:30. A flyer describing the sale is attached to the original copy of these minutes. We may feature Nunzis as the official restaurant of the tournament since they provide a meeting room for us for free every month. Treasurers report: Gretchen distributed a statement that shows income, expenses and budget through the end of August. Bills were presented for payment approval and were approved unanimously. Re: officers and directors insurance: USA Hockey has yet to provide information about this we will know by month end how much this will cost us. The financial report was approved unanimously. Secretarys report: Pam N. reported that she sent a letter to Pete Zaphiris, and Jeff Shaw took a copy to Rich Perhacs, requesting EYHAs consideration of a contribution of some of the proceeds from the 2004 Backstrom tournament. They responded that their board considered this and did not approve it. Jeff Shaw read the text of the letter to the membership. The letter is attached to the original copy of these minutes. General discussion Gina is handling the banquet committee. She is looking for team representatives for this committee. For clarification, garment bags, warm-up jackets and pants, are mandatory for all team members. A patch will be available for those who wish to cover the old EYHA logo on their jackets. We will begin collecting at the beginning of October info from those who want this. The cost to us of a pancake breakfast at the Zukor Club during the Backstrom tournament will be $3.98 including tax. The club will provide the food and cook it and we will use volunteer servers. This breakfast will be open to participating teams and to the community. Holding the breakfast, with a $5 cost to diners, was voted on and approved unanimously. Tim spoke for the coaching directors and reported that our schedules are front-loaded with more practices at the beginning of the season. He and Ken commented that all of our coaches work together, with all participating in player instruction, ensuring that assistant coaches develop as coaches and that more experienced coaches provide guidance to more junior coaches. We viewed a video of one of our association players, Megan McIntyre, receiving an award from the Erie Otters for her spirit and participation. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Our next meeting will be on October 4, 2004. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary MEETING MINUTES-OCTOBER 2004 Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association Combined Board and General Membership Meeting October 4, 2004 Board members present: Jeff Shaw, Pam Nolan, Gretchen Smith, Yevet Anderson, Mike Presnar, Ken Hinkle, Pam Campbell, Scott McAuley A combined board and general membership meeting was called to order at 7:40 p.m. at the Igloo Ice Arena. Directors report: We are now scheduled in all three leagues PAHL, SugarnSpice and SWGHL. Yevet has talked to four hotels about the Sarah tournament have now added Fairfield and Homewood Suites, she has three appointments this week with other hotels. For the tournament it looks like we will have 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U and two senior womens divisions. We are still pursuing Directors and Officers insurance. This must be obtained through USA Hockey at $15 per team after January 1, 2005. Yevet is working on getting us a policy to cover us from now to January 1. Sanction fee for the Sarah tournament is going in the mail tomorrow. USA Hockey thanks us for instituting the BITN program, Yevet called Sonneys re team pictures. She will talk to them October 5. Scott Campbell is willing to take pictures of teams home games if team manager will call him or email him at scampbel@adelphia.net and request it. We have had inquiries about purchasing jerseys for parents/coaches. Motioned and seconded to discuss. Yevet proposes different color than players jerseys. Same jersey but orange Yevet called ProJoy and they will let us know what the prices would be. They will have the same design as the players jersey. Also, a friend of Yevet is going to produce ELLGHA pucks for the original Erie Lions 40 th anniversary/ELLGHA inaugural year. Yevet is willing to offer some ELLGHA clothing such as etc. A motion to offer fan wear to include replica jersey, half fleece, varsity jacket, white mock turtle neck, polo shirts, hoodies, yoga pants, hats, etc. was unanimously approved. Sales will be done through website. Teamwear 2000 will donate 10% of proceeds back to ELLGHA. Yevet has been in contact with (COMPANY) main office and hockey development program, requesting starting of a (PROGRAM) program for diversity children and also getting them as a major sponsor for the SB tournament. Vice Presidents report: Scott talked to Otters and we have permission to sell tickets for game the weekend of SB tournament for $8, and we will receive $1 per ticket. Also, we will post application for tickets on web and money will go to Otters since we dont have facilities to accept charge cards. He is also working on having the 12Us skate during the Otters game intermission on Feb 5. We have Millcreek Mall reserved for October 17 community booth. But we will all be playing out of town that day. Scott will cancel and we will try again for sometime in the spring. Scott will approach Otters regarding setting up a table to sell tickets for Otters and world cup stick. Treasurers report: Gretchen distributed profit and loss statement for May through September 2004. She reported that we have recouped our expenditure for jerseys since most players bought their jerseys rather than renting them. Secretarys report: Minutes from last meeting were approved unanimously. Pam N arranged for heads up program to be held at the Erie Insurance auditorium, but they do not supply a/v equipment. Pam C will check with her church to see if we can hold the heads up hockey program there since they have a big-screen there and VCR player. Pam C will check on October 25 or November 1. This was moved and seconded, and approved unanimously. General discussion Rick Bannister from Italian Deli Express presented their fundraising program. We would sell certificates for $5 that could be redeemed for two 10 subs or one large cheese pizza. They suggest a 10-14 day sales period and two-month redemption period. The board discussed pursuing this as either a team or association fundraiser. Since association fundraising was to be completed by October 1, it was proposed as a team fundraiser. Bannister requested that a single person be in charge of collecting the money association-wide. One person from each team would be in charge of collecting the money for their team. Coupons must be paid for when they are taken by a team member, not when they sell them. We will ask the teams if they want to participate, and who will coordinate it, with responses due back to Jeff McIntyre. Yevet will also ask members of the senior league to buy coupons, with the senior league money possibly going to the Coach Phil Fund. Out of all Biscuit program local attendees, 17 girls have joined teams in the NW PA area. There is an October 19 PAHL meeting; we must attend but cannot vote because we are a new association. Jeff, Scott and Yevet and Mike are approved to go. Mike Presnar will see if his schedule permits and let Yevet know by October 10. Jeff and Pam N went to the PAHL meeting. Jeff recapped the meeting. PAHL is encouraging, but not mandating, the playing of the National Anthem before each PAHL game. Some board members expressed concern about the loss of playing time as a result of playing the anthem. This is a special concern with our one-hour time slots on some Saturdays. PAHL is also stressing the curfew clock. All volunteers must be screened via USA Hockey online screening, including board members, coaches and team managers. Mike Presnar reported that all teams are officially rostered with USA Hockey. Team managers must have signed consents to treat, code of conduct, association rules, waivers of liability, plus birth certificates, in their team books for each player. JoEllen Presnar will take care of stats for teams and calling scores into the Times-News. Yevet will call Matt Martin and send .jpg of logo to paper. Team managers will email score to JoEllen and send her the original score sheets after copying it for their records. Yevet has PAHL score sheets. She will bring them to practice tomorrow and give them to team managers. Ken reported that our coaching staff if developing well all have met or exceeded the certification requirements for the level of teams they coach. Pam C will develop some nutritional guidelines for our athletes. Yevet is director for girls/womens national championships in Colorado. A 1999-2000 Otter stick was donated to us by Harry Edwards via Austin OToole. It is to be used as a fundraiser. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Our next meeting will be on November 8, 2004, the second Monday of November. Respectfully submitted, Pam Nolan Board Secretary