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Mid Conn Saints: Board of Directors

POSITION	NAME	HOME	WORK	MOBILE	EMAIL
President	Nancy Thomas	-	-	-	SEND
General Manager	Andrea Allard	-	-	-	SEND
Webmaster	Francie Hoyer	860-966-8654	-	-	SEND

Notes and Minutes:

9-16-03 Team Meeting (added September 16, 2003)

MID CONN FIGHTING SAINTS Minutes of the Team meeting held Tuesday, September 16, 2003.In attendance: Fran Getty, Francie Hoyer, Nancy Thomas, Ann Marie Cowee, Joanne Fitzgerald, Drew Lapointe, Andrea Allard, Natalie Lavergne, Tammy Liberatore, Diane Malone, Laurie Tordonato, Becky Green, Dorothy Sigda, DJ Stein, Nancy Schumann, Meg Nashner, Kailee Poloski, Ruth Nye, Sam Dechene, Dolores St Louis and Jane Moreschi.TEAM ORGANIZATION/ FORMAT: The team captains (Nancy, Francie and Andrea) presented the concept of having the team subdivided into 4 squads; each squad consisting of 3 forwards and 2 defense. These squads would practice together. Squads could be grouped differently for games such as 1 & 3, 2 & 4. Those present debated the advantages/ disadvantages of squads vs 2 teams. An informal vote was taken; there was no obvious majority for either format. The issue was left undecided.

ROSTER: Members present agreed to close the roster once 21 players have made their first payment.

FEES: All players are to make a first payment of $125.00 payable to Mid Conn Fighting Saints, due by the last practice in September, 9/30. $25.00 of the initial payment goes to pay for your USA Hockey registration/insurance. Joanne Fitzgerald continues as our treasurer. All monies go to her.ICE TIME/PRACTICES: The next 2 practices, 9/23 and 9/30, will be@ 8:20. After that our practice ice time will remain Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30 pm. Fran is checking into ice availability for games.SCHEDULE: Dolores St Louis will be our scheduler this year. There was some discussion about having games every other Tuesday. This would help keep the players fees down by using some practice ice for games.JERSEYS: There was discussion about jerseys for new team members. Each player has 2 jerseys for home and away. Last year’s cost was ~90.00 for 2 jerseys. Socks are sold at the SW Pro Shop. There did not appear to be a decision made as to who would be responsible for ordering new jerseys.WEB SITE: DJ Stein is back as our web master. To access the site go to www.esportsdesk.com; search for Mid Conn Fighting Saints.Respectfully submitted,Jane Moreschi

Team Meeting Notes (added April 30, 2002)

Subj: 4/30/02 team meeting minutes Date: 5/1/2002 8:36:06 PM Eastern Daylight TimeFrom: jmoreschi@hotmail.com

MID CONN FIGHTING SAINTS

Minutes of the Team meeting held Tuesday, April 30, 2002.

In attendance: Fran Getty, Francie Hoyer, Sandra Janik, Nancy Thomas, Donna Stein, and Jane Moreschi.

The team had a general discussion of issues which occurred during the season, what we liked and did not like, what works, what we would like to see changed for next year.

Here are some of the highlights of those discussions.

BOARD CHANGES: The team agrees to dissolve the board but keep the positions of Treasurer, Registrar, Secretary and Game Scheduler. Joanne agrees to continue as Treasurer, Jane will continue as Registrar and Secretary (unless someone else desires the secretary position). Andrea is now our Game scheduler. (Web Master was not discussed).

FEES: Jane suggested a monthly payment schedule and the possibility of a student rate. Kathy suggested raising money by doing a car wash. Fran thought we could probably hold a car wash in the SWA parking lot and suggested September and October weekends.

SEASON LENGTH: some members feel it is too long going into April and would prefer ending the season in March which would also keep our fees down. Andrea suggested that those that wanted to continue skating could get together and share the ice rental in the post season.

ICE TIME: members agree that our current ice time of Tuesdays @ 9:30pm works best. The first weeks of ice time in September are usually @ 8:20 until the youth hockey program starts up.

PRACTICES: several members requested that the practices be more organized with more instruction re: skating and skills and better use of the time by keeping players moving most of the time. Fran greed that for next season the coaches can get themselves more organized.

LIABILITY ISSUES: Fran stated that from now on the policy re: wearing protective equipment during practice will be enforced - no protective equipment, no practice. Lack of protective equipment nullifies the individual's USA hockey coverage and makes each team member liable to be sued.Glenn stated that we need to ensure that the teams we play are also USA Hockey insured.

MISSION STATEMENT: Andrea brought up the need for a team mission statement that the team will then use to guide their decision making. This will be defined at our next meeting.

OTHER BEHAVIOR ISSUES: the team discussed what we did not like and did not want to tolerate in player misbehavior. Andrea pointed out that our mission statement could be used as a guide for the team to develop limits/policy on what we as a team would tolerate/not tolerate/zero tolerance re: disruptive behavior.

TEAM/ ROSTER SIZE: Fran brought up the issue of one large team vs 2 teams if the membership was large enough. Andrea suggested that the team should decided if it wants to limit the roster. Kathy recommended that we keep the organization open to new players otherwise it is more likely to fail.

NEXT TEAM MEETING: Date, time and place to be determined. The team agreed to a meeting in the end of August before our first practice in September to make final decisions regarding these issues. Andrea suggested meeting on a Sunday afternoon at a facility she has access to that has a large pool and we can bring the families to swim while we hold our meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Moreschi