Circuit Action Sports Circuit

Annual General Meeting

June 2005

Members in attendance:

Theo Michael, Joyce Turner, Sheila Turner, Rachel Hawes, John Wong, Suzanne Solomon, Paula Dery, Leonard Luedee, Geraldine Mickie, Tom Page, Greg Phendler

Agenda:

(1) Approval of 2004 AGM’s minutes

(2) Reports (president’s and treasurer’s)

(3) Election of new board

(4) Open (commentary, suggestions, etc.)

Motion to open meeting

Suzanne: Motion to open meeting

Leonard accepts

Last year’s minutes:

Sheila: Motion to approve last year’s minutes

Joyce: seconds

Approved

Note: New secretary responsible for posting minutes on CASC website.

President’s report

The past year was a successful one. We started out with a new board. Rajesh Patel’s appeal was a challenge. The outcome of the process was that he will have to pay a damage bond in order to play.

The Friday “A” division teams didn’t have enough players this year so they were absorbed into “B”.

The Thursday division was the smoothest, there were no complaints. Paula announced that next year there will again be six teams and that Jillian will be captain of the sixth team.

There was an appeal for more volunteers.

Three players were suspended for a total of five games in all divisions. All were men.

Treasurer’s report:

The league is on budget (see attached budget for details). The CASC administration fee was upped to cover some extra costs. (1) a donation in remembrance of Vangie; (2) X-drive was under-budgeted.

The Thursday division has a surplus of $95 (over and above reimbursement). The Tuesday division has a $31 surplus, the Friday “B” division has a $139 surplus per team. There was a nice donation of $300 of goalie equipment to the Thursday division.

Paul reported that it was quite and easy year, everybody paid and there were no NSF cheques. Paula will report to the government and noted that no report was filed with the government the previous year, and she will send the budget to the captains.

Sheila informed the members that the government will post the financial statements on the internet.

Theo asked whether we anticipate any increases next year.

Paula said that it depends on whether we use Pointe St-Charles’ gym or not.

Tom said that the Tuesday division will have to increase fees next year. They need to increase referees pay to $10 since they have not had a raise in years.

Suzanne motioned to approve the financial statements. Joyce and Tom seconded.

Approved

The budgets for next year will be more or less the same as this year’s based on a fee per team in each division.

Open discussion

Joyce had some suggestions on how to improve the Tuesday division.

Suggestion 1: Two women on the floor at all times would increase the participation of women in the division

Tom feels that there are not enough women already and that it is hard to find enough to play as it is.

Suggestion 2: Remove the scoring rule

Suggestion 3: Awards should not be based on points

It was mentioned that Friday’s awards are given by points. A spirited discussion on the awards took place.

Theo motioned to amend 6.5.1 so that teams can only have two men on the floor at a time. Suzy seconded. The vote passed with a vote of 10 for and 1 against.

The parity issue of the Friday division was discussed. Theo motioned that captains must vote on whether to split the teams after all played each other (coordinator will break tie). Sheila seconded. The motion passed with a vote of 10 in favour and 1 abstention (Suzanne).

Geraldine had an issue with having all the goalies from two teams in the Thursday division. There will be an effort made to have each team field a goalie. Paula and Elena will help out.

Theo wanted rule 6.9 removed for the playoffs. A discussion ensued.

Theo made a motion to remove rule 6.9 for the playoffs. Rachel seconded. The motion was denied with a vote of two in favour and nine against.

There was an isolated incident of a player playing under the influence of alcohol. Theo made a motion that the head referee and/or the coordinator be given the authority to eject the player from the game if he suspects that a player is under the influence. Tom seconded. The motion was carried by a unanimous vote.

Thierry Marier (spelling?) has asked to be reinstated. Theo suggested that he be required to pay a damage bond. The suggestion was taken under advisement. The new board will decide on what action to take.

Somebody raised the issue of goalie timeouts. Time ran out so it was decided that this issue would be addressed at the next board meeting.

Election:

The new Board members nominated were: Paula Dery, Leonard Luedee, Valerie Frost, Suzanne Solomon and Lino Pietrantonio. They were unanimously accepted by all in attendance. The board will meet to decide on roles.

Geraldine: motion to close

Rachel: second

Meeting was adjourned.