WRRL Meeting Thursday, April 5, 2018 Sprucedale Lodge, Stratford 7:30pm President Tina Parsons called the meeting to order at 7:40pm. Executive Present: Tina Parsons, Brian Hesse, Erin Dolmage, Sheri Unich Executive Regrets: Sandra White, Mark DeLaFranie, Kendra Vermilyea, Brian Hornbostel, Rick Kyle, Terrah Warner Dignitaries and guests: Nancy Nicholson Houghtling Association Roll Call: Dorchester, Exeter/Seaforth, Forest, Goderich, Hanover, Kitchener, London, Mitchell, St. Marys, Tillsonburg, Wellington-North Associations Absent: Chatham, Elora/Fergus, St. Clements, St. Thomas, Waterloo, Woolwich, Guelph, Owen Sound Approval of Agenda for April 5 WRRL meeting – moved by Dorchester; seconded by Tillsonburg Approval of meeting minutes for March 8, 2018 – moved by Mitchell; seconded by Hanover Executive Reports

• Banners handed out for division champions as per list from previous meeting on March 8

• Discussion on ref payments across region o Most felt that amount paid across region is fair ($20/ game + mileage) o Some associations pay people to run shot clock - $10

• Statistician – only a couple of games per division that are unreported at this point. Next year, need to go over how to input games on phone with coaches so it can be done immediately following games

• Western Conference Rep –need to remind coaches not to run up score. Reiteration of Fair Play policy – number of concerns at U10 level this season. Reminder of acceptable behavior in the stands, on the bench and on the ice. Excessive amounts of profanity this season.

Important Dates Thurs. Sept. 20 – team declarations Tues. Oct. 2 – overage player declarations Mon. Oct. 8 – 1st half of schedule out Fri. Nov. 30 – update Thurs. Dec. 6 – Reseeding meeting for 2nd half Fri. Dec. 14 – 2nd half of schedule posted Wed. Dec. 19 – 1st half of season games completed Sun. Mar. 3 – 2nd half of season completed Thurs. Mar. 7 – seeding for Regionals Approved

Elections

• 5 Associations with 3 or more years of not volunteering on Executive – Kitchener, Dorchester, Mitchell, Chatham, Guelph

o Treasurer - Mitchell o Secretary - Kitchener o Western Commissioner - Chatham o Statistician – Hanover o Ref in Chief - Forest

• Regionals o 2018 Regionals were very successful…

▪ No misconduct penalties; no match penalties ▪ One parent ejection ▪ 3 players missed game due to 4 min. penalities ▪ No carry over suspensions

o It is believed that having an arena/ officiating supervisor was very beneficial

o Regionals 2019 ▪ No ice in Kitchener on last weekend in March but first weekend in April is a

possibility. Not many associations were in favour of this since most ice is out 2-3 weeks prior to this date

▪ London ice is too expensive to host it there again. $275/ hour in London vs $146/ hour in KW.

▪ Guelph not looking at hosting again anytime soon as they wanted to move away from Regionals.

▪ It was discussed looking into Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Dorchester, Thamesford, Alymer and Belmont as possibilities for Regionals. We will need 6-7 ice pads to make is work.

o Treasurer Report – will be up on website ▪ No U8 medals this year left the league with a bit of money left over ▪ It was decided to keep league fees the same

Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm – Mitchell; seconded St Marys.