Mosinee Silverblades Figure Skating Club, Inc.

Board Meeting MINUTES

October 20th, 2008

Crossroads Church 6 PM

• Call To Order: 6:31 pm by Allan Hahn.
• Members Present:  All present.
• Secretary’s Report:  Deb motioned to accept the report and Corrine 2^nd.  All in favor.
• Treasurer’s Report: Corrine will report on everything next month.  Taxes are next month.  Eric mentioned putting together a budget for the future.
• Old Business
  • Pictures:  Picture were taken of the coaches and board for bulletin board.  Pictures for February were not discussed.  Tabled. 
  • Board Member Schedule to cover Ice Schedule: October 26 – Lynn, Corrine, Kurt, Nikki, Allan, and Deb.  October 30 – Lynn, Nikki, Julie, Deb, and Allan.  November 2 – Allan, Julie, Corrine, and Lynn.  November 6 – Lynn, Nikki, Allan, and Deb.  November 9 – Lynn, Julie, Eric, Allan, and Deb.  November 13 – Corrine, Nikki, Allan, and Deb.  November 16 – Eric, Corrine, Lynn, Allan, and Deb. 
  • Punch Cards: Tabled.
  • Skate Swap: Comments?  We could have another during a Basic night, where there is more traffic of people.  We will not do the first night of skating.  Perhaps in November.  Tabled.
  • Purchase a Silverblades Sign (Outdoor Banner):  Eric will talk with Tim Kennedy about the banner, as well as gather costs for different sizes.
  • Theft:  Wheelchair taken from the Rec. Center:  Allan mentioned cost of replacement chair.  Tabled.
  • Coaching Fees for Ice Show Practices:  Coaches had their input and board discussed, but tabled.
  • Student Coach Training: The board agreed that uniform training is needed.  Should there be a clinic?
  • Coaches:  All the coaches were present for signing their contracts and discussing the ice show as well as fees for ice show lessons.
  • By-Laws:  We discussed the rough draft changes of the by-laws in terms of how long we have waited on passing them!  We revisited the by-law about only a parent or guardian of a skater can be a board member.  Discussed and tabled.
  • Gun Raffle:  Eric shared costs for raffle ($2490) as well as costs of tickets – hoping for a profit of $2500 for the Silverblades.  He feels this would benefit the parents since the money would be put towards costumes or something else the parents usually have to pay for.  Tabled.
• New Business
  • Ice Show Title: Tabled.
• Public Comments:
• Next board meeting: November 17th at Crossroads Church at 7 PM