CORPORATE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS OF THE ONTARIO RINGETTE ASSOCIATION INC., HELD

AT THE DELTA AIRPORT WEST, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO ON

MAY 7-9, 2004 HEREINAFTER CITED

AS D5-03

Present were:

Jane Casson - Vice President Technical

Bill Fryer - Vice President Administration

Scott Blakey - Vice President Finance

George Saarinen - Vice President Communications

Carolyn Mountjoy - Central Region Director

Grant Lugg - Eastern Region Director

Harry Hirsimaki - Northeast Region Director

Rob Evans - Southern Region Director

Mary Kaiser - Western Region Director

Staff: Chris Flood - Technical Director (Saturday)

Absent:

Jackie Lajeunesse - President

Margaret Cunningham- Northwest Region Director

 

ON MOTIONS DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, IT WAS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

D5-03-01 "That the Agenda be adopted as amended".

D5-03-02 "That the Minutes of the Board of Directors January 30 – February 1, 2004 meeting be accepted".

D5-03-03 "That the 2004-2005 ORA Operating Budget as amended be accepted".

D5-03-05 "That add to ORA Manual Membership Services Section 8. a following item ix:

x. A Provincial Petite player cannot be released for level of play".

D5-03-06 "That as of 2006, the Open A division be included in the Provincial Championships under the auspices of the Games and Tournaments Committee".

D5-03-08 "That Markham be approved to host the 2005 Adult Provincial Championships on the proposed dates of March 31 to April 1 through 3, 2005".

D5-03-09 "That the definitions under the Level of Play, in the ADP Section of the manual, Page 1, Section 1-B be changed to:

      1. A: For the highly competitive athlete coming from the elite and competitive ranks of the minor system.

      2. B: For the competitive athlete who plays with others of the same calibre; with few exceptions, players coming from the minor system would find this level most suitable.

      3. C: For players with good skating and Ringette skills and may have come up through the minor leagues.

      4. Recreational/Novice: The least skilled of the levels, enjoyed by players new to the sport as well as those with experience. Includes: beginners/schools/outreach".

D5-03-12 "That to hold an Adult Getaway Camp in September 2005".

D5-03-17 "That the Athlete Development Standing Committee recommends the changes in the ORA Operating Manual as outlined in the attached, be accepted".

D5-03-20 "That the City of Ottawa be approved to host the 2005 Provincial "AA" Championships on March 10-13 and that Upper Ottawa Valley be approved as host of the 2005 Provincial "A" Championships, March 17-20, 2005".

D5-03-21 "That dates for the 2006 Provincial Championships will be: March 23-26 for A and March 2-5 for the AA. These dates to be sent out as a Membership Notice as soon as possible. Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2004".

D5-03-22 "That Regional representation at the Petite "AA" level will not be guaranteed".

D5-03-23 "That the Provincial "AA" host association will be guaranteed an entry in each division".

D5-03-24 "That players who have been denied a release may not enter into a 2 team player agreement with the team they were denied the release to".

D5-03-26 "That the Operating Manual changes in the G&T section be accepted as attached".

D5-03-27 "That the manual be changed: Page 12 G&T g) Selection of Wild Card Entries

Tournament Results: Games between ORA teams only, will be used in head-to-head could be in a Quebec tournament or a different division in a tournament. Any false information filed will result in the team being disqualified from this process.

Use of the following procedures in order to determine the Wild Card Entry or entries as required. Once a Wild Card Entry is established, no further criteria will be used or reviewed. If more than 1 Wild Card spot, the first will be filled and then beginning the process over again will fill subsequent spots".

i. Head-to-head tourney results – if still not determined proceed to ii;

ii. Tourney results vs other Regional representatives and host – if still not determined proceed to iii;

iii. Tournament winning percentage – total tournament games won divided by total tournament games played – if still not determined proceed to iv;

Teams within the same Region will be prioritized by final standing at the Provincial qualifiers or equivalent".

 

D5-03-28 "That the Registered Observer Coach will submit an ORA Expense Form according to the ORA travel policies".

D5-03-29 "That on Page 23, replace all "Level 1 Theory" with CBET Introduction to Competition Multi Sport A".

D5-03-30 "That letters to all coaches eligible for the Regional AAA to be sent by September 30, 2004 applications to be in by October 25, 2004. Head Coaches to be selected by November 15, 2004".

D5-03-31 "That letters to all players eligible for AAA to be sent by January 15, 2005 responses to be in by March 31, 2005. Tryouts may commence after April 25, 2005 team must be selected (with alternates) by August 31, 2005".

D5-03-32 "That any deficit in the proposed Team Canada exhibition game to be covered by ORA as provided in Elite budget to a maximum of $2,500.00. Any profit generated to be donated to Team Canada".

D5-03-33 "That Manual Change

Regional All Star Team Page 3 b ii

Each of the six (6) geographical regions is responsible for organizing, training and maintaining an elite "squad" of athletes to participate on Regional All Star Teams ("AAA") in elite competition such as the Ontario Winter Games and Regional Challenge Cup Tournaments. The exact number of athletes is left to each region to decide, up to a maximum of 18. It is also the regions’ responsibility to select their team’s bench staff".

D5-03-34 "That Page 12 Officiating #5 Referee Assignment Guidelines

      1. Level of Play AA and A all age divisions $20.00 and B and C $18.00".

D5-03-35 "That the Policy Manual be changed to read that eligible officials for the AA Provincial Championships must attend 2 AA tournaments".

D5-03-37 "That the Rule Change Procedure (Equipment) be added to the ORA Manual as i (e) Page 3 as set out on attached sheet".

 D5-03-38 "That the Rules Development 1 (c) of the manual read as follows:

Added after vii Page 2 Provincial Rules Development Committee

That the six members of the Ontario Ringette Association Rules Development Committee selected by the Chair hold their positions for a one-year term, and that during the two years when other rules change suggestions are not entertained they be selected only if needed to consider equipment rule change suggestions".

D5-03-39 "That the Rules Development Committee recommends that the Ontario Ringette Association representative to the Ringette Canada Annual General Meeting in June 2004 voting in favour of all eight submissions in the National Rule Change Package".

D5-03-40 "That if an association makes an inadvertent error on their TRF (this is not to be corrected until after January 8th) which results in a Provincial Level player(s) being omitted, that a fine of $250.00 be assessed".

D5-03-41 "That Games and Tournaments

We add to Page 10 G&T part b Provincial AA and A Region Representatives (at least one outside the region) after….at least two (2) tournaments.

Add to Page 10 G&T part c i extra bullet "To be eligible to attend a Provincial Championship a team must have attended two tournaments at the Provincial Petite Level (one of which must be out of the region)".

D5-03-42 "That we add to Page 28 G&T Section 8 "Violation of Sanction Rules" a failure by the host to submit required, completed approved result matrices for all divisions in a sanctioned tournament within 5 days following the event to the Region Games and Tournament Co-ordinator may result in a fine of up to $500.00".

D5-03-43 "That the following people be installed as members of the Ontario Ringette Hall of Fame:

Recognition Awards for Ontario Ringette 2003-2004:

Coach of the Year – Donna Laramee-Kelly

Official of the Year – Lynne Philion

Association of the Year – Richmond Hill Ringette Association

Player Offensive of the Year – Haley Silbernagel

Goaltender of the Year – Julia Wood

Player of the Year – Kara-Laina Ikola

Community Builders:

Eastern – Andre Astle

Northeast – Herb Villneff

Northwest – Michael McKinnon

Southern- Kathy Davis

Glen Gaudet

Tim Cain

Rob Crandall

Western- Wendy Cathrae

Mike Off

John Jalbert

Provincial Builders: Jean Narozanski

Jackie Lajeunesse"

D5-03-44 "That direction from the ORA Board of Directors is that electronic forms move forward to be available to our members for the 2004-2005 playing season. E.g.: Info Change Form, ORA Team Registration (short) Form, etc".

D5-03-45 "That Glen Gaudet be named Head Coach of Team Ontario 2007 and that Sharolyn Wouters and Lary Allen be named Assistant Coaches".

D5-03-46 "That the Reports of the Regional Directors and Executive Members be accepted as presented".

D5-03-47 "That Southern Region be accepted as the Host of the ORA AGM for the 2005 upon receipt of $200.00 good faith cheque".