Mesabi East Youth Hockey 

 

February 2011 Board meeting minutes 

 

Attendance: Mike Hamilton, Jon Skelton, Annie Soular, Patti Dale, Diane Houdek, Amy Mugge, Sherry Craven, and Dr. 
Michele Oman. 

Called meeting to order 7:00 pm 

January minutes approved. 

President Report: 

Mike spoke of recent conduct issues and had incident reports and letters available for review. Concerns with 
this issue are how it affects association’s image. Hoping everyone will be respectful and look at document 
posted on the web. Thanked all who made the Skate A Thon and Kangas Squirt Tourney successful. 

Vice President Report: 

Jon spoke of the recent coaching clinic, good reviews. Also want the association to send a Thank you to Grant 
and the Kokal’s for working with us at the Bantam Cloquet Tourney. 

Treasurer Report: 

Annie shared numbers from recent events. Concerns related to gate fees and the need for re-imbursement 
from the Peewees for Fergus Falls gate fees the Association paid up front with their registration. 

Apparel Report: 

Diane shared that there are some jackets available, will have ME logo put on. Overall apparel covering its costs 
and good promotional tool for our Association. Looking into keeping some items on hand for sale. 

Old Business: 

1. Pop Jamboree – Boone & Tom working on game schedule. Annie attempting to get parents organized, 
difficult given Pop practice schedule. 
2. Districts for Peewees – Jon is going to make the volunteer signup sheet. Diane and Amy working on 
apparel order, attempting to contact all the teams for item count. Discussion for a raffle item were geared 
towards a larger item, Jon spoke of gear package. 
3. Adventure Day – noted it is Feb 25th 
4. Discussed the need for a volunteer/Fundraising position. 
5. Discussed upcoming elections for President (1 yr term), Vice President and Registar positions (2 yr term). 
There is a real need for Association members to step up and get involved. 


New Business: 

1. Spectator Conduct – spoke of the recent outbursts at games. Events both at home ice and away. There is a 
link to a document posted on our web page that all should read. Fairplay points do effect our seeding in 
District standings come playoff time. Mike to contact Sara Mann on specific issue. 
2. Peewee checking proposed rule change – Rule proposal was shared with Board and coaching staff noted 
for comments to go to the District Director with copy to the Board. 
3. Bantam program – need to have discussion as to if this program level will stay at Mesabi East or do we 
want to look into consolidation with Eveleth. Need association input and people to show interest at 
meeting for effective discussion on this issue. 
4. Gate fees – discussed adding gate fees upfront with registration at our home event as we are seeing 
happen at more and more away tourneys. Decided to go with $25/rostered played not to exceed $350 per 
team. Need to ensure this gets on all future home event registration forms prior to posting. 
5. Goalie gear provided by the Association was discussed. Due to player growth, recent changes in 
regulations on size of pads and player safety it was decide to get some reasonably priced gear for a goalie. 
6. Facebook – recent postings on facebook have brought about concern from the board as to the use of our 
name, logos and general impressions those posting could have on the Association. It was decide that a 
posting would be made on our website being our only official site for all MEYHA information. 


 

Next Meeting March 7th same place and time. 

 

Meeting adjourned 8:41 pm