GREELY HOCKEY BOOSTER MEETING MINUTES
August  17, 2004

PRESENT: Paul Godin , Maria Bowden, Tom Allen, Damian Bolduc, Jennifer and Jeff Daigle, Nick Knight, John Stevenson, Susan Bisbing.

 I. Treasurer’s Report

 A. Golf Tournament:
   1. We have received $7460.16 in profits to date.
   2. The Committee will be following up on the approximately 7 tee signs for which payments need to be collected.

 B. Boys‚ Summer Pick-Up Hockey.
   1. Damian has deposits for two sessions.
   2. We have not been billed for ice, but have enough money to cover this account receivable.

 C. John Stevenson made a motion to accept the report, Maria Bowden seconded, and the motion passed.

II. Secretary’s Report
 A. Greg Leighton made a motion to accept the June minutes, and Damain Bolduc seconded.
 B. The motion passed.

III. Committees
 A. Ad Book- No report available.
 B. Middle School Dances: Maria reporting for Ruth Stevenson: the organization of the dances and booking of the dates has begun.
 C. Girls‚ Sanctioning: Paul reporting for Joel Harris:
   1. The proposal by the team for Club Team sanctioning has gone to and been approved by Jack Hardy.
   2. Jack is scheduling a presentation by the team to the School Board for either the September or October School Board meeting.
 D. Transition Committee
   1. Discussion of the committee’s proposals was held at the June meeting. At that time a vote was proposed for this (August) meeting.
   2. It was proposed and approved that the vote be deferred until next month’s meeting due to low attendance. 
E. Golf Committee
   1. Two more people are needed to join the committee to run the tournament for June, 2005. Tom Allen and John Stevenson will remain in their roles. If anyone from either program would be willing to volunteer, please contact Paul Godin at pgodin1@maine.rr.com.
   2. The allocations of the proceeds of this year’s tournament have not yet been voted on (see “Transition Committee” above).
   3. The profits, in total, met budget, even without the outstanding sign money that is still to be collected.

IV. Programs

 A. Girls’ Team: Eleven girls from Greely have signed up for a 6-team, pre-season league.
 B. Boys’ Team: Coach Mothes returned form England last night.
 C. Middle School:
   1. John Hart will be the “A” Team Coach for the 2004-2005 season.
   2. We are still looking for a “B” team coach. Anyone interested, please contact Maria Bowden at mbowden@mpmlaw.com or mbowden@maine.rr.com.
 D. Middle School and Girls High School Registration
    1.  Monday, September 13th  from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Family Ice Center in the upstairs viewing room. Middle School fee is $275. High School Girls’ fee      is $325. Please Note: The Middle School Hockey Program is available to all Cumberland/North Yarmouth 6th, 7th, and 8th grade skaters.
     2. There will be an hour of ice available for all programs and their families that night (High School Boys are encouraged to attend) from 7:20-8:20 . Half the sheet of ice will be for pick- up (helmets required: no pads necessary), and half for public skating.
  3. Camp Kieve takes place that week for the seventh grade. Parents of these players are asked to come and register their players that night regardless.
  4. Any girls who have never skated before, but are interested in trying, are invited to skate that night.
  5. Please note that High School Boys’ player support fees are collected at a later date to be announced.

V. Old Business

 A. Caribbean Raffle
    1. Co-Chairs: Paul Godin (Boys‚ Program)/ Dave Swan (Girls‚ Program).
    2. This year the condo in the Turks and Caicos will not be a donation. We will need $700 more than last year for expenses.
    3. It was approved after discussion of the options, that in order to maintain the same profit as last year, we will have 4 fewer third-place $200 prizes than last year. We will have a Grand Prize, which is a  week in the condominium plus $1,500, 2 second-place prizes of $500 each, and 6 third-place prizes of $200 each.
   4. Raffle tickets will be available at the September 13th Registration night.

VI. New Business

 A. North Yarmouth   Fun Day

   1. Michelle Gilbert, wife of Assistant Varsity Coach Matt Gilbert, is on the committee for this town event to be held on September 11th. Michelle communicated to the Boosters that this day would be an opportunity for a fund-raising booth/table for our organization. Jennifer Daigle will look into the possibility of organizing something for Greely Hockey for that day and contact Maria.

  2.  The North Yarmouth Fun Day committee is also looking for volunteers to help run the event. If you are interested please contact Tracy Dahlgren at 829-4612, email tdahlgre@maine.rr.com or

Darla Hanlin at 829-0959, email darla@softtrac.com.

B. Open Discussion

  1. Jeff Daigle discussed the need for incoming freshmen boys to receive gloves and the possible ways of funding those gloves.

  2. Portable skate sharpener: Jeff Daigle volunteered to look into aportable skate-sharpening machine, similar to one he had seen in Montreal that costs approximately $3,500. Jeff will report back to the Boosters.

  3. New Fund -Raising Vehicle: Jeff Daigle and Susan Bisbing will meet to create a proposal for soliciting donations for an endowment fund. Jeff will report back at the next meeting.

  4. Summer Hockey: Coach’s Stipends.
     a. Paul reported that it is the expectation of SAD 51, that coachesbe paid for their services during summer sports programs.
     b. Paul made a motion to pay the Summer Hockey coaches the excess revenue collected for the program, to be divided at their discretion.
    c. Maria seconded the motion. Motion passed.

 VII. Key Dates

 A. MIDDLE SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ REGISTRATION: September 13th @ FIC @ 6 p.m. Ice for all families from 7:20 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.
 B. September Booster Meeting-September 16th  at 7 p.m. at the High School.

 VII. Meeting Adjournment:

Jeff Daigle moved to adjourn the meeting. Paul Godin seconded. Meeting adjourned.