CORPORATE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE

D5-05-01 "That the Agenda be accepted as presented".

D5-05-02 "That the Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting for February 24-26, 2006 be accepted as presented".

D5-05-03 "That Section 8a of the Membership Services Section of the Operating Manual be revised as follows:

viii. A Player Release granted on "Level of Play" will only be released to the closest association offering that level of play. Closest association shall be governed by the player’s home Region policy.

ix. For purposes of determining the closest association, the associations within the player’s home Region will have priority over associations in another Region regardless of proximity. The Executive of player’s home Region will resolve any disputed situations.

x. Where a release is approved by the player’s home Region for release to another Region, determination of closest association shall be governed by the receiving Region’s policy.

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

D5-05-04 "That Membership Services requests the ORA office to automatically submit the Provincial Volunteer Award winners to the Ontario Sports Awards if they meet the required criteria".

D5-05-05 "That Athlete Development creates a PSIP and The Ringette Store Skills Program flyer".

D5-05-06 "That Samantha Hodgson receives the Defensive Performance Award".

D5-05-07 "That the 2008 Provincials (A and AA) shall use a 10-team maximum per division system, with an unbalanced round robin format".

D5-05-08 "That G&T Operating Manual 4.g.iii be moved to 1 and ii moved to iii. Iii will now read ‘The criteria for selection of a Wild Card entry shall be determined on the following basis, by the Games and Tournaments Standing Committee:

- Games between ORA teams only will be used in head to head competition, could be in province or out of province tournament or in a different division or level in a tournament.

- All team wins, losses and ties against teams within their division and level will be recorded with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 for a loss.

- The specific framework for final ranking of teams will be issued and distributed as a Membership Notice by September before the season of effect. It will be based on the Winning % of teams against other teams in their division and level and on the participation (exposure to Ontario teams) in Tournaments both overall and outside their specific regions in the Province of Ontario.

ORA Sanctioned Event Tie-Breaking Rules would be necessary".

D5-05-09 "That the 2007 Provincial AA event, Tween through Open, shall use a maximum of 10 per division system, with an unbalanced round robin format".

D5-05-10 "That the 2007 Provincial A Host (Chatham) will be offered the opportunity to use a 10 team maximum per team division (Petite through Open) system, with an unbalanced round robin format".

D5-05-13 "That any team not booking through approved Travel Agency shall be fined $500.00 payable to Ontario Ringette".

D5-05-15 "That the tie-breaking section of the G&T Operating Manual be changed as follows:

#5 and 6 be reversed, #9 and 10 be reversed, and #11-13 be added".

D5-05-17 "That G&T recommends that a partnership between the G&T Committee and Oshawa Ringette be considered as a test case for a co-operative hosting for the 2008 ‘A’ Provincial event. Subject to ORA completing an agreement with Oshawa Ringette".

D5-05-18 "That goalies from A teams be allowed to be added as an additional goalie for the Provincial AA tournament to give a team a maximum of 2 goalies. This will permit an increase in the roster by 1. G&T approval is required. All other Provincial participation rules apply".

D5-05-19 "That the Adult Challenge Cup be held on the second weekend of April, regardless of whether the weekend is Easter or not".

D5-05-20 "That Open Substitutes for Invitational Tournaments can only be from an appropriate age and from the same calibre or less (Open 19 and above; Masters 30 and above)".

D5-05-21 "That players may play as a substitute for TWO tournaments per season. Goaltenders are exempt when substituting as goaltenders. If a goaltender substitutes as a skater, she is then restricted to two tournaments per season".

D5-05-22 "That the following text be added to the rules about the number of substitute players and roster size:

Masters C and Masters Rec. teams may increase their roster size with the use of additional players to a maximum of 13 skaters and a goalie. The maximum number of additional players is three. Substitute rules still apply as defined under ADP and G&T".

D5-05-23 "That the shot clock be used at all sanctioned events for Adult C divisions".

D5-05-24 "That affiliate players be allowed to substitute at Provincials at the discretion of the Games and Tournaments Committee. ‘The player can only participate in Provincials with her home team. If her team is not going to Provincials, affiliate players can be allowed to substitute at Provincials at the discretion of the Games and Tournaments Committee".

D5-05-25 "That ORA accept Laura Pfanner (Prov. Adult), Janyce Gunn (Official), Sharolyn Wouters (Player), Paul Youldon (Coach), Connect Tech Inc. (Corporate Sponsor), City of Ottawa Ringette Association (Association), Mary Kaiser (Provincial Builder), Julie Davis, Darrell Furgoch, Kelly Verhoeve, Cecelia Curtis, Mike Glazier, Jeff Francom, John Ikola, Fred Cathrae, Terry Nosal and Al Hutton (Community Builder) as the Volunteer Recognition Committee recipients of the 2006 Hall of Fame Awards".

D5-05-26 "That Kerry Doucette and Karen Stafford be accepted as 2006 Jackie Lajeunesse Scholarship Award recipients".

D5-05-27 "That add the word ‘electronically’ to G&T 8.d. to read as follows:

Failure, by the Host, to electronically submit required completed result matrixes for all divisions in a sanctioned tournament within five (5) days following the event to the Regional Games and Tournaments Co-ordinator, may result in a fine up to $500.00. Most hosts already have the format".

D5-05-28 "That the new section in the Sanctioned Event Listing ‘1. Special Events’ have the following regulations:

The charity must be identified in promotional material".

D5-05-29 "That the Provincial AA dates be February 28 to March 2, 2008".

D5-05-30 "That the Provincial A dates be March 20-23, 2008".

D5-05-31 "That pending receipt of the ice contract for February 28 to March 2, 2008, Whitby be approved as the Provincial AA host".

D5-05-32 "That ORA acquire two identical Provincial Championships trophies, one for AA and one for A for future Provincial event presentation. Sponsors will be sought to pay for these trophies".

D5-05-33 "That for the 2006-2007 playing season the Provincial Petite seeding deadline be extended to include the Whitby tournament weekend but no later than January 14, 2007".

D5-05-34 "That the ORA office staff ensure changes are made to the Coaching Section of the manual as marked on the copy of this Section handed into the office".

D5-05-35 "That the Operating Manual, Officiating Section be changed to:

ii. Receive the electronic listing of evaluations from all certified evaluators in the province and completed evaluations from out of province evaluators …

iv. delete