Teams Not In Attendance: Warrior Wenches, Birds And The Beaves, Northland Girls,

Meeting took place at Players Athletic Lager and began at roughly 5:15pm

- Team registration forms were filled out by team reps and team deposit payments were made to Dick.

-Future payment deadlines were set as follows: Total team fee paid must be sitting at $1000 by the first week of games(Soft Deadline) Remaining team balance of $600 or less will be due by Nov. 1/11(Hard Deadline)

Any medallions/awards unclaimed from Summer 2010 or Winter 2010/11 were handed out to the team reps who were in attendance. Any team that has yet to obtain these items may contact Dick to arrange pick up or he will distribute at some point during the coming season.

Season set to begin first week of Oct. with Tuesdays being the Primary night for most if not all regular season ladies games. It was explained that bi-weeks will be incorporated into the schedule for all teams and that there will likely be a two week shut down for all ladies teams around the Christmas time frame.

Dick explained that though the majority or possible all regular season games will be played on Tuesday evenings, that come playoffs all teams and their players should be expected to play on other days in the week as well as Tuesdays. Dick will try to keep this to Thursday and Mondays when and if needed.

Dick admittedly dropped the ball for the all-star game in the summer and to make up for that has decided to hold a winter team all-star game for the ladies teams even though winter league generally does not have an all-star game. The date for this game will be posted well in advance and will most likely take place in January on either a Sunday or Tuesday.

Ladies were reminded to have all their players conduct themselves in an appropriate manor while we are at the NLOCC. The issues discussed were largely viewed as ones that pertain to our men's teams but were discussed none the less. These topics included; Spitting on NLOCC walls, disposing of garbage from cars on to the NLOCC parking lot, Vomiting and failing to inform NLOCC staff if it was not contained to a toilet or garbage can, Respecting other NLOCC contracts in the building during, before or after our games, Respecting NLOCC staff at all times and listen to their all commands. If there is a situation where a player/rep does not agree with the authority of an NLOCC staff member they are do listen to the staff member and file a complaint with Melissa Ward or Dick Price who will follow up with the matter if the staff member was rude or in the wrong in any way.

It was agreed that with the Ladies division now sitting at 10 teams and strongly looking to grow by the summer that we are on pace to break the ladies teams into 2 divisions/tiers for the 2012 Summer Season. All Reps agreed that we would base how we broke the teams up into divisions for that season based upon the results of this winter season. Assuming the "Ringers" team was once again back for the 2012 summer season, it was determined that they would automatically be placed in the upper tier as a result of them making the Finals in both of our first two seasons.

With the imminent breakdown into tiers for the ladies teams. Dick briefly went over the option of allowing players to play for multiple teams such as the men's teams do and went over some of the restrictions, pros and cons of this option. It was agreed that this topic would be further discussed at the Spring AGM Meeting.

Rule 1 of Section One under our "Rules And Policies Link was discussed 1. Team rosters on game sheets must be filled out and given to the timekeeper before the start of the game or a player must sit in the box until the sheet has been properly filled out. It is the teams responsibility for the roster sheets to be accurate. Any player arriving late must be previously listed on the game sheet or they will not be permitted to play. If at any point during the game the time keeper notices that a player is not on the game sheet they will address this to a game official and the player will be ejected from the game. The offending team will also be accessed a 2:00 Delay Of Game Penalty and any goals the Illegal player was in on (goal or assist) will be removed from the game score.B>

Those Reps who use stickers or mark down all their players for every game (just in case they show) were recommended to place an "X" beside any players name they did not think were actually going to attend the game. This way, stats would be kept more accurate for awards purposes and credibility of the stats themselves. Any player with a "X" beside their name on the game sheet would not be given credit for a GM played by Dick or Melissa when loading game sheets unless the team rep notified us otherwise or if that players number appeared on the game sheet in the scoring or penalty area for that team in that game. This procedure will help keep stats more accurate as well as cover the player/team should they actually show up for the game.

It was asked if we could look into getting some sort of Trophy Case for trophies and awards to be displayed at Argyle Arena? This will be revisited in the Spring meeting at which time Dick hopes to have an answer.

It was asked whether we could have a trophy case displayed at the NLOCC for all winter league Trophies and Awards. Dick will be looking into this with the facility manager to see if this is possible and if so when it can be arranged?

A motion was put in place to have David Dudzic (or any other person in charge of the Ladies Provincial team) post info on our website and e-mail all team reps to include all players interested when conducting any practices/scrimmages/or anything pertaining to a possible selection process for a provincial team. Dick will follow up with David to ensure that this takes place moving forward.

Officiating was discussed, particularly reviews on the last half of the summer league when our Chief Official hand picked officials to work the last portion of the season after numerous complaints on various officials. It was agreed by all that the officiating from that point on drastically improved and it appeared all team reps were happy with the steps taken and the results they produced. Dick will attempt to use the same officials for games this coming winter but did explain that only half our officials that work summer do winter games, so straying from those selected officials may be necessary to have all games covered on a minimum two official per standpoint.

The possible use of the North Rooms att he NLOCC for teams to change in was asked and discussed by reps as there was many accounts of these rooms being used as change rooms in the past for not only ball hockey but for other sports as well. Dick has since e-mailed the facility manger to inquire about this matter.

Since the addition of a Men's tournament for winter league champs where there was previously no OBHA reward (ie. Provincials) for teams that won winter leagues. Dick said he would look into seeing if now a similar opportunity was available for Ladies Winter Champions?

Beers were drank and stories were told....lol

Meeting adjourned at roughly 6:05pm

Payment deadlines: $1000 due by mid-May (15th); full payment ($1600) due by June 1st, 2011.

LBHA rules/policies: are posted on the website. Please review them and refer to them when in doubt about a rule/policy.

Budget: Dick will e-mail the budget to all team reps.

Officials: If any complaints, or refs are not calling anything (icing, penalties, etc), bring the issue up to Dick Price or Melissa Ward and we will make note of it.

All-star game: We are hoping to have an All-star game around the 7th or 8th game mark in mid-June. The game will be played on a Sunday evening, around 6-7pm. Players from teams 2,4,6 and 8 will be one team, and players from teams 1,3,5 and 7 will be the second team. Goalies will be chosen based on stats after 7 games - the top 4 goalies will be given first choice to participate in the game. There will be a MVP award and prize packs.

Medallions: The league now has enough money to purchase medallions for each member of the winning team. These medallions will be presented at the end of the final championship game; along with the annual trophy.

Awards: Each team will decide who the ‘Most Improved Player’ was that season - this can be done through a team vote, or the team rep decides. Other awards that will be considered at the end of the season are: goalie champ, scoring champ, and 3-star champ.

Annual trophy: the ladies decided on the 'Cup-style' trophy. The winning team is allowed to keep the trophy until roughly the beginning of the next summer season.

Divisions: Most likely summer 2012, we will divide the league into 2 tiers - Upper and lower (or competitive and non-competitive tiers). The upper tier teams would mainly play against themselves; and only play 1 game or so against each lower tier team. At the end of the season, the lowest Upper tier team may move to the lower tier. And the Winning Playoff team from the Lower tier may move to the Upper tier.

The point was brought up that we should have a ladies' Masters Tier. But it was decided the league was still too small, and we would wait to see how much interest there would be after a few years.

Provincials: We will be hosting the Provincials in London, Aug 5-7, 2011. We are allowed 1 team for sure, maybe a second. The ladies decided that we will send the league champs - (the championship game should be held around July 26th). If everyone on the winning team is NOT available that weekend, they are allowed to pick players from other teams. If granted a 2nd team, that team will be an All-star team made up of interested ladies from the remaining 7 teams that did not win the league championship. The league will cover the cost of the provincial fees, except for $100, which will be divided amongst all the players going to provincials.

Suspensions: The LBHA Suspension guideline list was handed out and gone over with all team reps. Reps were fine with the guidelines at this time and raised no issues of concern.

Emergency goalies: Rule 14b was reviewed and explained to all team reps so they are aware of this option prior to the post season. During the regular season, you can borrow any goalie, but we cannot borrow players yet.

Miscellaneous: Shooter girls need 5 more players to fill their roster. -The schedule will begin to be posted on the website around mid-April and should be up completely by the first week of the season -Our 8th team is called - Goal Rushers (Dawn will have a logo designed) *They still need a goalie. They have a backup goalie (Karen) and equipment from the youth league; but are still looking for a regular goalie.

We may have a 9th team if more ladies sign up by mid-April. -If an uneven amount of teams participate in a ladies season, it was agreed that the bottom team would not make the playoffs. This was chosen over a wild card game between the last two seeded teams to decide who would get the last play-off berth.

1) ”LBHA Team Registration Form” this was completed by the team reps on hand and returned with their teams deposit money. Receipts were given to those who wanted them at the conclusion of the meeting.

2) ”2009-10 Winter League Expected Budgetary Statement” This came with the previous two winter season Budgets, the last one being under Bill Dark’s tenure. This explained what league money has gone to the past two seasons and where it is expected to go this coming fall/winter season.

3) ”Agenda” This was the planned agenda for the evening including the proposed tier breakdown of the league.

4) “LBHA Suspension Guideline List” This is the proposed guideline for suspendable offences in the LBHA, agreed upon by team Reps in the spring of 2008.

After all registration forms were completed and deposits were accounted for, Dick briefly went over the budget. Major focal points of interest were the fact that time keepers would receive a $2.00 a game raise to bring their salary to $12.00 a game which will take place immediately. It was explained that Scorekeepers would now be asked to record the shots taken for each team during games they worked. An all-star game as well as MVP’s of the game acknowledgements were worked into the budget. This is new to the winter program as it has never recognized all-stars in previous seasons.

Next, he proposed tiers were looked at and due to no substantial objections the tiers remained as they were projected and due to all 4 tiers having an uneven amount of teams it was explained that the bottom team at the end of the regular season from each tier would not qualify for the playoffs, just as it was in the summer league.

Scheduling was next on the agenda and Dick explained how limited space was for the winter season. The LBHA has Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings booked until the new year but after that the league only had Mondays and Tuesdays confirmed. The league may be able to obtain future Sundays or other time slots in the new year if “Spectrum” programs fail to have enough children sign up for their programs which was how the league obtained their Sundays for the first half of the season. Should that fail the league is working on a number of alternative options and a worse case scenario was laid out for the team reps: Should nothing else be available in regards to a rink dimension, each team may be required to play 2-3 games of their regular season games at an alternative site such as Fanshawe College in their big “J” gym (both sides for 1 game). Different rules may apply if games were played at this venue but it was agreed that this was the next best site (size wise) to accommodate our league and its games. Understanding of the situation, no complaints were voiced in regards to this worse case option. All playoff games will be played at either N.L.O.C.C. or in an actual arena. Due to the amount of teams and limited space, Dick explained that each team may have a few more Bi-weeks then in previous years and that flexibility with the scheduling would not be the same as it was in the summer or past winter seasons. The schedule for the upcoming season is expect to start appearing on the website as early as Sept. 27th until the end of the calendar year with the rest to follow in the weeks to come.

The All-Star Game was discussed and agreed that the same format used in the summer would be used for the winter games. So tier 1 & 2 teams would be involved in one game and tier 3 & 4 teams would play in the second game. Since space is obviously limited, there was no room to inject these games amongst the regular season, so these games will take place after the playoffs and before the summer season. Standings at the conclusion of the season will determine how many players from each team will qualify for the games; this differs from the summer season, which uses the standings at the half way mark of the regular season to determine how many qualify from each team.

League Banquet was next on the list, Dick admitted to being slightly overwhelmed by the growth of the summer program and thus not able to properly plan for a summer banquet. Teams were still in favor of holding this event so it was agreed that a joint banquet would take place mid to late April to celebrate the conclusion of the winter season and it’s Champions/award winners as well as 2009’s Summer champions & award winners that have yet to receive their hardware. Tickets would be printed early in 2010 and sold for $10, this money would be used to go towards dinner that evening and entertainment, any remaining funds would go towards door prizes or drink tickets for those in attendance.

Deadlines for teams to make their next payments were set for Mon. Nov. 16th when teams must have paid off a total of $1000 towards their $1700 team dues. Dec. 1st would mark the last day for teams to have paid off their full balance of $1700. Failing to do so would result in a $100 team fine and depending on what still owed at the time, defaulted games and/or possible ejection from the league.

Players wishing to play for multiple teams in the winter league would be permitted to do so under the same rules that were agreed upon for the 2009 summer season. To view these rules go to the “Rules & Policies” link located on the left hand side of the LBHA league website. A slight adjustment to the postseason goaltending rule was agreed upon. Due to most teams not carrying or unable to carry a quality goalie as a back-up to their #1 net minder, it was agreed that each team would have the option to use an “official roster” spot to sign an in league registered goalie from an opposing team as their back up for the post season. Full time goalies from a team are only permitted to sign with their primary team and 1 team other then their own for emergency post season situations. So should a team for some reason not have their regular goalie available for a post season game they would be able to call upon their emergency in league & registered goalie that they have on their roster. The goalie must be on their official roster and they are only permitted to pick and sign one goalie prior to the registration submission deadline. The same rules as the regular season apply in regards to a goalie moving from tier to tier.

New team rosters were asked to be submitted to Dick prior to the start of the season with jersey numbers, identified “C” & “A’s” as well as their team logo. This is to help Dick prepare the website prior to the first game as he will then be busy with game sheets and stats.

BHI was discussed as they had a rather large booth and set up at the Western Fair this year. Dick explained that BHI had contacted us about joining their organization and leaving the OBHA. Dick had numerous talks with BHI and explained the “Pros” and “Cons” of joining the BHI program. The Cons, largely outweighed the bonuses of being in their system and thus Dick rejected their proposal. After discussion it was evident that there was not much interest in what BHI had to offer compared to existing program that we have in place. Anyone interested in knowing more about what the BHI had to offer and why we did not join forces with their organization please feel free to contact me any time via phone or e-mail and I will be happy to discuss this further with you then.

That was the conclusion of the prepared agenda and an open floor concept then began….it was asked that our top officials work our top games (so finals and semi’s); this was also asked prior to the summer season and conducted for the most part. It was explained that though specific officials may be asked to work certain games, they are not always available for one and cancelations tend to occur from time to time for a second reason, due to this officials further down the list may be asked to work some of these games. A ru

1) "Team Registration Form" this was to be completed by the team rep(s) in attendance and handed back to Dick with their down payment that was documented together with the Team Rep on their registration form.

2) “Cost To Run The League”, this was a sheet explaining the financial breakdown of the league.

3) “Agenda” which listed the topics that teams felt needed to be looked at and/or addressed .

After all registration forms were completed and deposits were accounted for, the “Cost To Run The League” page was explained by Dick to all team reps in attendance. Due to almost double facility rental costs compared to arena time in the summer and the expense of insurance through the OBHA (which Bill never did) there are some major cut backs from the summer league even though registration is nearly the same price. The main differences from the summer league financial breakdown are: instead of 20 games in the regular season the winter league will only have 14, there will be no Chief official nor an all-star game for this winter season as it is not feasible with the registration money that will be collected. The loss of these extras will only affect this winter season and not the upcoming summer league.

Dick Explained that now that the winter league is insured under the OBHA’s carrier we are now eligible to send our tier 1 & 2 Champions to the Eastern Provincial Championships held in New Brunswick each May. The cost of travel to get to this tournament will be the responsibility of the team going but the cost for the tournament itself will be paid for by the league, as it is for the Ontario Provincials in the summer season. Teams going to this tournament will not be permitted to bring any additional players from the league like they can for the Ontario Provincials. Players must be on their official team roster in order to participate.

Only minor questions were asked at the conclusion of the “Cost To Run The League” run down, every one in attendance agreed that the breakdown was just for this upcoming season.

The first issue addressed on the agenda was to break the league into fair tiers based on experience and talent levels of the teams involved. The Team reps in attendance agreed that Tier 1 would include: The Outpatients, Phoenix, Cowboy Up & Fury….Tier 2 would include: Skank Budda, Red Team, Werewolves, Hard Times (formally Vranic Homes) and The Flyers…..Tier 3 would be the largest tier with: The Reapers, Sutherlands, Nexreg Blue Devils (formally 3M Oilers), Blizzards, Shamrocks, Joes Hoes, & Blueliners. Since this meeting Dysfunctional Idiots and Jagger Bombers have been added to the Tier 3 division.

The next topic discussed was about suspensions in the playoffs. Some teams felt during the summer league playoffs that their players were being forced to defend themselves in fighting situations by a team that was in an elimination situation, thus making it so a team would move on in the playoffs with suspended players while the losing team would not have players suspended until the following year…..The two options brought fourth to the team reps in attendance were:

1)Players suspended for a joint altercation in the post season would only serve the suspension if the team involving the other player was still participating in games i.e.) Should a fight occur during the first game of a series then the players involved would sit games until the series was over, if at series end, games were still left to be served by the players then both would not have to serve those games until the beginning of the following season when both teams were again in action on a level playing field. If this fight occurred in the deciding game of a series then neither player would serve a game until the beginning of the following season when both teams were involved in league play.

2) Leave the suspension as it was in the summer league.

Stepping On The Ball; if a player steps on a ball and freezes it for the purpose of getting a whistle a 2 minute minor for delay of game will be called.

Slashing A Player’s Stick; may result in either a 2:00 penalty for interference or a 4:00 penalty for slashing. This will be the officials discretion based on the force of contact on the stick and the manner in which the stick was swung.

Spitting On Player Surface Or Glass; If this is witnessed by an official a 2 minute minor will result for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. Spitting in your teams players bench will not result in a penalty.

Blood; If an incident occurs where a player is bleeding, that player must leave the floor and not return until the bleeding has stopped. If a player gets blood on their Jersey and or pants then those items must be replaced before the player can return to play.

Shin Pads & Elbow Pads: These pieces of equipment must be covered if worn. In years past this equipment only needed to be covered if it had a hard exterior shell. The rule has been revised by the O.B.H.A. stating that all equipment must be covered regardless of the item being soft or hard.

Face Piercing(s); Any player with face piercings may be asked by an official to either remove the jewelry, cover it with tape or cover it with a bandage. This will be left to the official’s discretion as it is a potential safety issue

These are the major rules brought to our attention during this meeting , as for rule interpretation many things were asked and cleared up but for various team reps but I believe that information should be acquired by the team reps not in attendance on their own time or at our next team rep/official joint meeting. Thanks to all who attended.

To begin this meeting, money was collected from all teams in attendance with a reminder that the balance would be due by May 16/08. Everyone was given a copy of the meetings agenda with attached sheets that displayed the playoff format as well as a page that explained the all-star selection process.

Dick explained the play-off format that he thought best suited each tier in our league, as a group we decided that this was indeed the format we would carry out for our first season.

In Tier 1, seeded teams (1) & (2) would receive a first round bi, while seeds (3) & (6) would play a 3 game series as well as seeds (4) & (5). At the end of these series seed (1) would play the lowest seed remaining and seed (2) would play the remaining team both a 3 game series. The two remaining teams would play 3 game series to determine the Tier 1 Champions.

In Tier 2, seeded team (8) & (9) would play a one game wild card match to determine who would move on to the playoffs. The winner of this game would play the (1) seed in the opening round. (2) would play (7), (3) would play (6) and (4) would play (5) all in a best of 3 series. The winners of (1) vs (WC) would play the winner of (4) vs.(5) in a 3 game semi-final series and the winners of (2) vs. (7) would play the winners of (3) vs. (6) in the other best of 3 semi-final series. The winners of each semi final series would face off in a best of 3 Tier 2 final to determine a champion.

In Tier 3, seed (1) would receive a first round bi. Seeds (2) & (7) would play a 3 game series as well as seeds (3) vs. (6) and (4) vs. (5). At the completion of these series seed (1) would face the lowest remaining seeded team in a 3 game series and the remaining two teams would play in the other half of the 3 game semi final series. The two remaining teams after the completion of these series would play a 3 game Tier 3 final to determine a champion.

*Playoff will begin the week of July 15th

The All-Star selection process was discussed next, a team rep will have the break down for you should you wish to know how this will happen in more detail. There will be two all-star games played on Sunday June 22. Lambeth was chosen as the arena of preference. The league will be broken into two for these games. Based on the standings as of June 6th the top 5 teams from tier 2 will join tier 1 in an upper league all-star game. The bottom 4 teams from tier 2 as of this date will join tier 3 for a lower league all-star game. Each game will obviously involve two teams with players selected from the 11 teams involved for each game. Teams will consist of 9 forwards 6 defense and 2 goaltenders. Teams must have their representatives submitted to Dick by no later then June 15th. It was agreed that goaltenders will be selected based on stats and scoring leaders for each tier will receive an automatic invite to the game. Depending on time we may go with 2 20 minute periods opposed to the normal 16 minute frames.

Dick then went over the response from the officials, in regards to our suggestions of suspension changes.

On Fighting; the officials agreed to lower the fighting suspension but not to our 1/3/season format, instead they compromised with a 2/4/season format. Team reps agreed that this was good compromise and this format will be used for this upcoming season.

On The Aggressor; the officials felt that adding a game to the aggressor penalty was not enough and the aggressor should get double what ever the fighting suspension was. The officials opinion on this stems from the believe that a player would have to repeatedly punch a player not wanting to fight in order to receive the aggressor penalty and if this is the case a more severe penalty then just an added game should be handed down to attempt to protect players from these acts. This too will be implemented for our upcoming season.

On Verbal Abuse Of An Official; Player reps wanted verificati

The following is the topics discussed and decisions made by the committee during this meeting:

Dick explained how provincial births were granted and what we as a league were entitled to. It was then discussed and agreed that Tier 1 Champions would go to the “C” Provincials, Tier 2 Champions would go to the “D” Provincials & Tier 3 would enter as a Recreation Tier Under the O.B.H.A.’s eyes and therefore would be registered, insured and receive trophies and awards but would not be sent on to the Provincial Championships. Any Tier 3 team that wished to play for a provincial birth was given the opportunity to move up to a higher tier, no team chose to take this route.

As a group we then broke the league down into 3 tiers which are now illustrated on both the front page of this website as well as on the “Standings” page. It was agreed that Champions from a lower tier should move up and last place finishers from a higher tier should drop down but this will be discussed on a yearly basis, in order to be sensitive to special situations that may incur.

Scheduling was discussed and in particular tier to tier cross over games; it was agreed that both tier 1 and 3 would play 2/3 of their season against their own tier and the remaining 1/3 would be played against tier 2. Tier 2 would play games against all tiers and should there be any remaining games left over, teams would play teams in their own tier to finish off the schedule.

A Chief Official was discussed and it was agreed that this position would be given to Marshal Copp should he wish to take on this duty.

The O.B.H.A. Suspension List was looked over by the committee and for the most part agreed upon. Areas that were looked at to possibly revise were:

1) Fighting- which is set out as a 5 min major, game ejection and a 5 game suspension. The committee would like to see the amount of games dropped to one game for a first offence thus leaving room for error if an altercation was deemed a fight when it really wasn’t, a 2nd offence would be punished with a 3 game suspension, if followed by a 3rd offence then the individual would be suspended for the remainder of the season and playoffs. The committee feels though initially their idea for disciplinary action is less sever then the O.B.H.A. the final result is a player being banished for the year and thus eliminating a problem instead of allowing the problem to keep coming back.

2) Fighting Instigator Or Aggressor: which the O.B.H.A. sets out as a 5 min major, 2 min minor, game ejection, 5 game suspension and an extra two game suspension. The committee felt that the same guideline for their discipline towards fighting should be followed but add an additional game per offence.

3) Third Man In: which is set out by the O.B.H.A. to be a 10 min misconduct, game ejection and a 1 game suspension. The committee agreed with the game ejection and 1 game suspension but felt the 10 minute penalty was pointless and would like to see a 2 min minor given instead.

These revisions are just suggestions at this time, as they are subject to the Officials approval.

The only other issues the committee had with this list was they want clarification on what verbal abuse is towards an official because they fear, depending on what the line is on this matter a 5 game suspension may be too severe. The committee would also like clarification on what is classified as verbal threat of abuse towards players.

To begin this meeting all team reps recieved a package including the following: A Cost Of League Breakdown sheet that showed all money coming in and going out to compare Bill's League (L.B.H.L) and our league (L.B.H.A.) This was verbally and visually broke down for everyone by Dick. A copy of an e-mail response from the O.B.H.A that was 2 pages in length was also included that answered some questions Dick had for the O.B.H.A. and included the benifits a league would recieve if it were to be sanctioned by the O.B.H.A. The 4th peice of information recieved in this package was a point form list of reasons to join the L.B.H.A.(London Ball Hockey Association). Dick elaborated on all of these points before opening the floor for questions and opinions. If anyone wishes to veiw or discuss the materials in this package your team rep should have a copy they can share with you and if not feel free to contact me and I can forward a copy on to you personally.

The following were the topics brought forward and decissions made after Dick's Summer League Proposal:

It was agreed upon that a maximum of 3 team reps would be permitted per meeting but only 1 vote would be granted per team.

If no rep from a team was available to attend a meeting then their opinions or votes in regards to the agenda for that meeting would have to be submitted to Dick before hand. If this did not happen then the team would risk league decisions being made without input from their team.

It was agreed upon that an agenda of topics should be drawn up prior to each meeting so that teams would be prepared in advance for each meeting.

The possibility of merging with Terry Beauchamp's F.C.B.H.L. (Forrest City Ball Hockey League) was discussed. It was agreed that Dick would contact Terry and see if the interest was there and what the possiblity of this happening would be. *Since this meeting Dick has contacted Terry and brought him up to speed with what's going on with our league. During their discussions Terry who wanted the best for his teams and players agreed to make London a one league city once again. Terry will be informing his teams of the situation and expects to add 3-5 teams to our league and have them ready to attend our next meeting. Terry will also be in attendance at our next meeting as he is unsure whether or not he will put a team himself into our league. Regardless, his experience and advice could only prove to be a benifit for our league.

All-Star games & tournaments were agreed to be scheduled for non game days so ther would be no interference with regular scheduling. *After talking with Terry he still displayed a srong interest in running 3on3 tournaments as well as others, so Dick has agreed to endourse his tournaments and help out if need be.

Our next Team rep meeting was set for Sunday April 6 2008 6:30 pm at Friday Night Lights. This date was also agreed upon for the deadline in which teams have to get their $500 deposit submitted.

A team rep/official joint meeting was proposed and agreed upon in which both team reps and officials would have the opertunity to ask questions, raise concerns, and voice expectations from each other for the up coming season. A specific date was not determined but it was agreed that this meeting should occur roughly 2 weeks prior to the season start date.

If a situation arose that games would be needed to be played on a holiday or Sunday then a poll would be done to determine what teams would volunteer to be available for those days.

A cut off date in which new teams had to register for the upcoming season was discussed. It was agreed that a deadline was necessary so that late team entries didn't slow or interfere with the scheduling process. No set date was decided at this time.

The possibility of getting some games filmed (amature) was mentioned and a couple teams are looking into the possibility of this.