CORPORATE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE
DIRECTORS OF THE ONTARIO RINGETTE ASSOCIATION INC., HELD
AT THE DELTA TORONTO AIRPORT WEST, TORONTO, ONTARIO ON SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2004 HEREINAFTER CITED
AS D2-04
Present were:
Jane Casson - President
Rob Evans - Vice President Administration
Grant Lugg - Vice President Technical
Scott Blakey - Vice President Finance
George Saarinen - Vice President Communications
Frances Losier - Athlete Representative
Carolyn Mountjoy - Central Region Director
Harry Hirsimaki - Northeast Region Director
Vacant - Northwest Region Director
Mary Kaiser - Western Region Director
Staff: Mike Beaton - Executive Director (Saturday only)
Regrets: Dave Bennett - Eastern Region Director
Susan Howe - Southern Region Director
ON MOTIONS DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, IT WAS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
D2-04-01 "That the Agenda be adopted".
D2-04-02 "That the Minutes of the May 30, 2004 meeting of the Board of Directors of Ontario Ringette be accepted as printed".
D2-04-03 "That ORA support the 9 players from Ontario who have been selected to Team Canada in the amount of $500.00 each:
Barb Bautista Sharolyn Wouters Katie Lugg
Nicole Madsen Jenna McBride Jennifer Gaudet
Colleen Hagan Beth Hurren
Also the player who has been selected for team USA – Lindsay Giordano".
D2-04-04 "That the Finance Committee for 2004-2005 be comprised of the entire Board of Directors".
D2-04-05 "That all teams submit a Code of Conduct signed by all bench staff and submitted to the Regional Coaching Co-ordinator by November 15th of each year".
D2-04-06 "That Coaching Development supports the reintroduction and implementation of the Provincial Skill Instructor Program by Athlete Development".
D2-04-07 "That Assistant Coach in Training must be CSI trained".
D2-04-08 "That Apprentice Coach must be CSI trained".
D2-04-09 "That at the bottom of page 8, paragraph that begins with Cert. 2, at the end of the paragraph, Introduction Part B and ethics is changed to Introduction Part A or Part B".
D2-04-10 "That page 14 in the chart, Level 1 Theory is changed to Community Sport Initiation. Level 2 Theory is changed to Introduction to Competition - Part A or Part B".
D2-04-11 "That pages 21 and 22, removed all of section 10 up to the NOTE. The sentence after the word Note is to be kept and then followed by the NCCP Multi-Sport Modules Part A and Part B handouts as attached".
D2-04-13 "That Trainers for B and C Novice to Belle levels be changed to First Aid Certification".
D2-04-15 "That Waterloo be accepted as the 2006 Provincial AA host for the event on March 2-5, 2006 if the $200.00 Good Faith cheque is received before the September ORA Board Meeting".
D2-04-16 "That if the January 8th deadline for tournament falls on a weekend the complete weekend results can be used for seeding purposes".
D2-04-18 "That Derek Burger be appointed as Chair of the Officiating Development Program for the 2004-2005 season".
D2-04-19 "That change Membership Services Manual Section 5.iv to read as follows (with additions shown as xxx and deletions shown as xxx). See attached".
iv. Team Fees
National Surcharge $ 20.00
Team Administration $ 80.00
National Surcharge $ 20.00
Team Administration $ 80.00
National Surcharge $150.00
Team Administration $ 80.00
National Surcharge $ 20.00
Team Administration $ 50.00
The fees are payable when teams apply for Adult Provincials.
Registration payment received more than 15 days after their due date shall be levied a 10% late fee".
D2-04-20 "That Membership Services - Volunteer Recognition Program Section 13.c through 13.m be converted to a table format as shown in the attachment. References to the word "above" as in "Nominees shall be determined based on the Provincial Criteria above, yet…:" should be removed since the text is no longer above".
D2-04-22 "That the Athlete Development Committee along with the Adult Development Committee would like to have a web link set up by October 1st describing the how to steps needed to begin High School Ringette, University Ringette and College Ringette".
D2-04-23 "That the Athlete Development and Adult Development Programs would like to create an information package describing the steps to begin Ringette beyond their community based program (university, college or high school). This package would be distributed to Belle aged players and any interested persons at Provincials and at local Regional this season 2004-2005".
D2-04-24 "That Athlete Development would request the approval of the ORA Ringette Store - Skills Awards Program and putting it onto the ORA Website under athlete opportunity".
D2-04-25 "That Athlete Development would like added to the Links the following products on the ORA Web page:
1) Keely Brown - Goaltending Book
2) Lisa Brown - 12 Week Program
3) Shot Puck
The Athlete Development would only list the web addresses of those items for further information and ordering".
D2-04-27 "That the Athlete Development "Athlete Awards" opportunity form be approved".
D2-04-28 "That the Ontario Ringette League will operate as part of the National Ringette League. The member teams will be registered teams within an association or as an association of their own within the Ontario Ringette Association. All players, coaches, managers will be in good standing with the ORA. The league and its members will be responsible for all expenses for the operation of the league. The league members will pay to ORA an additional $250.00 per year league fee over and above other ORA fees. In return, ORA will pay the entry fee for the wild card entry at the Canadian Ringette Championships. The wild card from Ontario at the Open AA National Championships will be the Ontario Ringette League champion.
In the case where the provincial champion and the league champion are the same team, the second place team in the league will be the wild card champion. No team will go to Nationals by winning on paper. The league will determine the tie breaking procedure".
D2-04-29 "That during the Adult Provincial Championship in 2005, one point be awarded to a team losing in overtime and two points to the winning team".
D2-04-30 "That the Open A and Open B divisions be required to use a shot clock for all sanctioned events/tournaments".
D2-04-31 "That a Scholarship/Bursary Fund will be established for 2 currently registered athletes with ORA and are attending a post secondary institution. The criteria will be determined by an Ad Hoc Committee and ready to be publicised by December 31, 2004. The amount to be $1,000.00 each. The name to include "The Jackie Lajeunesse Scholarship/Bursary Award".
D2-04-32 "That Chris Wakefield be authorized to generate funds for the Ontario Ringette Association with the condition he receives a percentage of the monies he raises".
D2-04-33 "That the 2 year sponsorship contact with Hudson Travel Group be accepted as attached and that the Ontario Ringette Association Board of Directors diligently monitor this service".
D2-04-34 "That Mike Beaton, Executive Director of Ontario Ringette Association, be named the Privacy Officer to comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act".
D2-04-35 "That motion to adjourn".