MACHA Board Meeting
May 20, 2006
10:00am
East Alton Ice Arena
Present – Larry Thatcher, Greg Killoran, Cameron Estes, Bob Hughes, Ben
Alexander, John LaMond, Craig Buntenbach.
Absent – N/A
2) AGENDA ITEMS
A.
By-Laws
Board read, discussed
and amended, as needed the draft MACHA bylaws that were handed out by Larry
Thatcher at the MACHA all-school meeting in March 2006. It was noted that no
comments had been received by the member schools, concerning the draft bylaws.
Motion was made by Larry Thatcher and seconded by Greg
Killoran to accept bylaws as amended.
Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion passed.
B.
Incorporation
of MACHA
Motion was made by Benjamin Alexander and seconded by John
LaMond to have Larry Thatcher investigate the procedures for incorporating
MACHA as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion passed.
3) FINANCIAL ISSUES
A.
Treasurer’s
Report
Larry Thatcher reported that he has set up a league checking
account at the Shell Federal Community Credit union.
B.
Danville
Rink Damage
As approved by member teams at March 2006 all-school
meeting, an invoice sent by Palmer Arena in Danville, IL., for 500 dollars was
paid. This was for damage to a locker room at the Palmer Arena during the
league tournament. Responsible party(ies) were never identified.
C.
Escrow
Payments and Repayments
A lengthy discussion was held trying to determine which
teams had, or had not made their escrow payments to MACHA. As of this date, Larry
Thatcher and Greg Killoran have been unsuccessful in their attempts to get past
financial statements and/or check registers from former MACHA President JD
Power. Such documents are needed to determine past escrow income or
disbursements, as well as other league financial transactions.
It was noted that MACHA does have tax-exempt status and has
been assigned a tax EIN.
Larry Thatcher will contact our former financial
institution, The Bank of O’Fallon, about getting past checking account
financial records.
D.
Missouri
State Reimbursement Claims
MSU still has outstanding reimbursement claims with the
University of Illinois-Chicago and Palmer College for cancelled games at MSU in
the 2005-06 season. Greg Killoran will contact UIC and Palmer, on behalf of MSU,
to have monies owed to MSU for cancelled games recouped. Therefore, no claim
has yet been made to MACHA by MSU for UIC or Palmer escrow funds.
E.
Treasurers
report
Motion made by Craig Buntenbach and seconded by John LaMond
to approve treasurer’s report. Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0
4) COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
A.
Rules
and Disciplinary
Rules and Disciplinary Committee will consist of Cameron
Estes, who will sit as chairman, Bob Hughes and Craig Buntenbach. After a
lengthy discussion, which included discussion about on-ice and off-ice events
that occurred last season, it was decided that on-ice incidents will be
reviewed on case by case basis and must have been documented on a scoresheet or
referee’s incident report. As it is impossible to re-referee games, or have a
board member present at all MACHA games, this was the most logical and concise
method to determine what incidents would be reviewed. It also eliminated any
subjectivity by members of the disciplinary committee.
The R and D committee will decided at a later date as how to
address off-ice incidents.
All DQ penalties will be listed on the MACHA website and
will include player’s name, offense and date the offense occurred.
B. Competition
Committee
Competition Committee will consist of Benjamin Alexander and
John LaMond. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to, league divisional alignment, league
banquet, league awards and membership qualifications of incoming teams.
Motion was made by Benjamin Alexander and seconded by Larry
Thatcher to hold a banquet on the Friday night prior to the Spring MACHA
all-school meeting. Further details forthcoming from competition committee
concerning awards, etc.. Question called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion
passed.
C. Tournament Liaison
Larry Thatcher will serve as MACHA tournament liaison. His
duty will be to assist MACHA tournament host teams with tournament planning,
coordination, etc.
D. Referee Liaison
Bob Hughes will serve as the referee liaison between the
officials associations that provide officials for MACHA games, i.e. MIHOA,
IHOA, and also the point of contact with ACHA referee liaison Shane Hanlon.
E. Webmaster/Media Liaison
Craig Buntenbach will serve as league webmaster and media
liaison. His duties will be to manage and update the MACHA website and provide
standings and scores to media sources when requested. He will continue to
investigate methods to assure the timely delivery of scores and stats to him by
the member teams. He will also continue to investigate the practicality and
affordability of stats tracking tools to ensure timely updates of players stats
on the MACHA website.
F. ACHA Liaison
Benjamin Alexander will serve as
MACHA liaison with ACHA DII Commissioner Mike Radakovich.
5) ACHA MEETING TOPICS
A. 3 man Officiating System
The ACHA will require all teams
employee a 3 man officiating system beginning the 2007-08 season.
B. Shootout
At the 2006 ACHA convention, it was voted on by the member
teams present, to allow each league the opportunity to implement a shootout at
the end of the overtime period, for conference games only, if they desired.
First motion was made by Larry Thatcher and seconded by John
LaMond to go directly to a 3 man shootout without first playing the 5 minute
overtime period. Question was called.
Yea votes 2, Nea votes 3, abstention
1. Motion failed.
Second motion made by Cameron Estes and seconded by Benjamin
Alexander have a 3- man shootout if the game is still tied at the end of the 5
minute overtime period. Question was called.
Yea votes 2, Nea votes 4. Motion
failed.
Third motion made by Bob Hughes and seconded by Benjamin
Alexander to follow current policy of a 5 player versus 5 player, five minute
overtime period. Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion
passed
It was then decided that this topic be tabled until the next
MACHA all-school meeting in March 2007. At that time, inputs will be taken from
the teams on their preference in the matter of a shootout policy
6) NEW BUSINESS
A. Length of Pre-game Warm-up
Session
John LaMond made a motion for a
maximum and minimum 10 minute warm-up if the start of the game will commence
immediately
after the end of the warm-up, with
no ice resurfacing. Seconded by Benjamin Alexander. Question called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion
passed.
B. Minimum Number of Ice
Resurfacings
Motion made by Bob Hughes and seconded by John LaMond to require a
minimum of one (1) ice resurfacing per game. It will be at
discretion of the home team if the
minimum one resurfacing will take place after the end of the first or second
period. Two ice
resurfacings are highly
encouraged. Question called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion
passed.
C. Pucks for
Warm-ups
The home team will continue to be
required to provide warm-up pucks for the opposing team.
D. League
Entry Criteria for New Teams
The competition
committee has been tasked with determining the entry criteria, including
membership application, for teams
wishing to petition MACHA for
membership. The competition committee
will present their proposal at a later date with discussion
and approval to be made by email
and electronic vote.
E. Playoffs
Motion was made
by John LaMond and seconded by Larry Thatcher to continue to follow current
playoff format, with the addition of
a third place game (including
trophies) in the Gold and Silver divisions. Question was called.
Yea votes 4,
Nea votes 1, abstention 1. Motion passed.
F. Game
Cancellation Policy
Cameron Estes of the R and D committee
will draft a new MACHA game cancellation policy and then distribute it among
the other
board member
for comment.
G. All-Star
Game
Discussion
ensued about the possibility of adding an all-star game to the tournament
weekend. Decision was made to table this
topic until a
future board meeting.
H. Media
Coverage
As the MACHA has
the desire to have more local and regional recognition, especially among its
member schools, it is highly
encouraged that
each team either designate someone from their team to write then submit
articles to their school newspaper,
the Hockey Stop
magazine, their local community newspaper and to the league webmaster for
posting on the MACHA website.
Another option
is to find a journalism student from each members school to write the article
for the team.
I. Web Sports
Radio
Web Sports Radio wishes to
broadcast the 2006-07 MACHA tournament. A WSR proposal was handed out to the
board for review
and comment.
J. Future
meetings
The next board meeting will be August 21, 2006 at the East
Alton Ice Arena followed by the annual MACHA league meeting on March 24, 2007 in Peoria, IL at Bradley
University.
K. Escrow
Monies
Motion was made
by Bob Hughes and seconded by John LaMond to move $5000.00 dollars of the MACHA
escrow fund to a
short-term
interest bearing Certificate of Deposit (CD). Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea
votes 0. Motion passed.
6) OLD BUSINESS
A. MACHA Annual Meeting Minutes
Motion was made by Larry Thatcher
and seconded by Bob Hughes to accept the minutes of the March 2006 MACHA league
meeting. Question was called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion
passed.
B. MACHA Executive Meeting
Motion was made by Larry Thatcher
and seconded by Cameron Estes to accept the minutes of the MACHA executive
board meeting
held on March 25, 2006. Question was
called.
Yea votes 6, Nea votes 0. Motion passed.
C. Team websites
All teams are
highly encouraged to establish their own individual team website as it
represents your team and the league. Information
to be included on
the website are team schedule, roster, and game results as a minimum.
7) ADJOURNMENT
Motion made
by Ben Alexander and seconded by Larry Thatcher to adjourn. Question was
called.
Yea votes 6,
Nea votes 0. Motion passed.
Board will
meet next on August 12, 2006 at the East Alton Ice Arena.