WESTERN REGION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, 1999 May 2

Spruce Lodge, Stratford

  1. Roll Call - absent - Dorchester, Goderich, Kitchener, North Waterloo, Ripley, St Clements, Tara, Thornbury & Tiverton


  2. Minutes of 1998 May 3rd Annual General Meeting

Motion #2 Waterloo/Hanover - carried

  1. Business arising from Minutes - none


  2. Recognition of the new Western Region All Star Team (15 and under) as of 1999 December 31 - still waiting for official decision from ORA


  3. Regional Awards for Volunteer Recognition:

Coaching Mike Taylor, London Presented by Kerry

Player Amanda Somerville, London Presented by Corey

Officiating Brent Latam, Forest Presented by Betty Ann

Corporate Sponsor Westmount Optimist, London Presented by Mary

Adult Volunteer Marie Blais Presented by Helen

Association of Year Tillsonburg Association Presented by Jeanette

Volunteer of Year Ruth Young, London Presented by Helen

Pat Redman Award Fred Cathrie, Grey/Bruce Presented by Corey

  1. Reports:


6.1 1st Vice-Chairman - Doug

no report - 1998-99 ringette season was a great and successful year

6.2 Games & Tournament - Ginette/Sheila

no report - shot clock - Intermediate Provincials AA - Ontario Winter Games - Provincials Junior will overlap - to be rescheduled - code of conduct - 2 summer tournaments - Oshawa - Camp Ice Sports - Oshawa - Host needed for the Prelims - 60 hours of ice - to be held approx 3rd weekend in February - Chatham volunteered - reserve ice for full compliment and then we can turn back what we don't need.

6.3 Membership Services - Brian

see report - criteria for Volunteer Recognition is in the ORA Manual on page 23-31 - if your Association has a member in the Provincial Hall of Fame, that person is a life member of ORA and pays no registration fees - registration by computer, contact ORA - Tryout/Release Form clarification - sample form - Arena Safety Survey form to be sent to Co-ordinator and then he/she will send as a package to ORA.

6.4 Coaching - Betty Ann/Kerry

see report - Thank You to all hosts for the clinics!

St Clements Level I end of October

Hanover Level I October 16th or 17th

need two (2) more Level I hosts

London Level II ??

Theory - web site www.sportalliance.com - 3M - NCCP - Coaching Summary Form, great help - January 8th deadline for changes to the Team Registration Form - photocopy TRF and attach to Summary Form - update faster by faxing or mailing any changes

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6.5 Officiating

no report - without a co-ordinator it made for a most interesting year.

6.6 Sports Development - Cory

no report - Jack and Deb Kemptra, Kristen Smart & Tamara Kerr invited to the Ringette Nationals in Halifax - anyone interested in the position?? talent to share - sponsorship coming on bigger - money available from a grant - purchase more sets of gym ringette equipment - fundraiser (conditioner, shampoo, shower gel) $8 - sell it for $10 - $15

Video (8 min) promotion available

6.7 Adult Development - Helen

see report - tournaments numbers remain as they are - Provincials hosted by Stratford, Jane Larkworthy & Committee did a great job - coaching qualifications still an issue - Helen stepping down - with replacements to be Sandra Wood & Laura Pfauner

Motion #3 Accept all co-ordinator reports' as presented.

Tillsonburg/Talbot Trail - carried

  1. Treasurer's Report - Jeanette

see report - not all expenses have been received from Regionals '99

Motion #4 To accept the Treasurer's Report as printed.

Huron/Perth - carried

  1. Elections

Nominations - none from the floor

Chairperson acclaimed Mary Kaiser

1st Chairperson acclaimed Doug Miners

Secretary acclaimed Wendy Allen

2nd Chairperson ??

Officiating ??

  1. Chairperson's Report - Mary

Lack of 2nd Vice-Chairperson and an Officiating Co-ordinator made for a trying year. It is most important to fill these positions. Thanks to Doug, John and Jeff Clark for setting the schedule for the officials at Regionals '99 - 142 teams (17 Bunnies) Thank you to Don Dagenais for scheduling the games and John for officials - thanks to the teams for coming - Ginette & Sheila thanks for all your help

Provincial Tournament:

A

Petite St Mary's Bronze

Petite Stratford Sportsmanship

Belle Stratford Gold

Belle Chatham Silver

Deb Woolwich Silver

Deb London Bronze

AA

Petite Chatham Silver

Tween Forest Bronze

Junior Grey-Bruce Silver

Deb Waterloo Gold



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Adult Provincials

Intermediate A Waterloo Silver

Masters London Bronze

  1. Announcements:

Draw for Eagle Lake Stratford (Walkerton as alternate)

The Annual General Meeting for ORA is being in Ottawa (Glouchester) May 28 - 30 - please attend seminar presentations

  1. Elite Program

Letter to each association for the interested players in the mail by July 18th (3 tryouts)

Donna Jones 284-2795

August 15th 11:00 - 2:00

August 22nd 11:00 - 2:00

August 29 11:00 - 2:00 in Seaforth

Lucky Clark 672-5009

Present a budget to Jeanette as soon as possible.

A special thank you to Stratford Ringette for the lunch today and for the years' meetings. Stay in Stratford or move around from centre to centre?? - stay in Stratford

A rule change year, every official must attend and one coach from each team (head or assistant).

Motion #5 Motion to Adjourn

Huron/Perth/SWIRL carried