MMLC AGM Minutes 2021
Thursday October 7th 2021
6:00pm at Mission Leisure Centre
7650 Grand St, Mission, BC V2V 3T3
In attendance: Jason Hughlett(President), Nicole Kokoska (VP Box), Jason Lindh (VP Field), Naomi Hughlett (Secretary), Carrie Dunnett (Treasurer), Stu Taylor (Director), Danielle Leifsson(Director/Floor Allocator), Jamie Hooper (Director/ Field Registrar), Ryder Bremner (Director), Brittany Mann (Director), Ryan Smith (Director/Equipment Manager), Debbie Kobes (Box Registrar)
Via Zoom: Shannon Meindl (Director), Rachel Roberts (Director), Shelley Bell, Katie Cochrane, Amanda Wunderlick, Pam Sutherland, Meagan Clifton, Trevor Lowe, Alysha Smith, Steve McGuire
1. Call to Order @ 6:07pm
2. Adoption of Minutes:
1st – ST / 2nd – JL / AIF? - passed
3. Adoption of Agenda:
Motion to remove report for VP from agenda as the sole VP in office is currently acting president and will be giving report with the Presidents report. - NK
1st -JH / 2nd – CD / AIF? - passed
4. Correspondence: NONE
5. Executive Reports
A- President
The last 373 days were anything but normal. We went from playing games to not playing games. A hope of Provincials, then not. No games and back to games. Covid-19 has kicked us on so many levels. We are all here though, ready to face the challenges ahead.
Our minor directorate, the LMMLC and PCFLL have bent the rules for our kids consistently over the past year. Everyone has been on board with just allowing our kids to play. That is why we are here, to keep sticks in the hands of players, guide them to be capable and coachable.
I want to personally thank and congratulate all those that have rolled their sleeves up, found the time and gave our membership the best field and box seasons possible.
Box season 2021 went as seamlessly as possible. Families were happy to have one after the loss of the year before. It was a practice only season until the PHO allowed arenas to increase numbers inside. This provided us a small window to start playing games and feel like normal. LMMLC opted to not have a preset schedule for this and there was a scramble to find teams to play against. This was a hurdle for some teams without the guidance of a contact list. Some teams opted to stay and play an extended season, while others rushed to see family members that they had not seen in 16 months or more.
The 2021 field season is off to a great start. It is full of promise, sportsmanship, individual goals, and victory. We will incorporate as much outside mentoring from professional athletes, coaches, and alumni as possible. The feedback on last year’s programming was very positive. It was blatantly obvious that this is what we need to provide, and on a reccurring basis. With this, our executive was proud to bring on Tej Grewal as the Technical Director of Field. Tej is a Mission Minor lacrosse alumnus with numerous years of coaching and playing experience. We are confident this enormous asset will bring the jump to player capabilities that Parents have asked us for. With funding allowances, we will bring in other lacrosse celebrities for player and coach clinics, and supportive sessions.
We will continue the fantastic family night. It was very well planned and executed. Thank you Shannon, Naomi, Jamie, Dee, Brittany, Nichole and Rachel!
Player retention is something we need to focus on. We have lost many female players and with the movement of our female players, we have also lost our umpires or female officials. As our younger females age, we need to make sure we get them trained as officials. They have dropped the age to 14 this year. We also need to retain our older male players, U18 has not had a home team in a few seasons.
BCLA has made it mandatory that at every game there is to be 1 person with current first aid training and 1 person with concussion training. These can be a mix of people from either team. There was an email circulating with a link to complete free concussion awareness training, I advise every parent to take it. Recognizing the signs and knowing how to proceed with healing is vital to a solid return to play for your players.
Upcoming BCLA AGM is October 16, 2021, at 10:30 am via ZOOM
B- Vice president
Report not given as per motion to remove from agenda
C- Treasurers-financials
Field 2020/2021
- Definitely had to cut back on some things to be able to offer discounted rates to our association.
- We were still able to fundraise and finished the season with a surplus
Box 2021
- Was a more challenging season for accounting with refunds and carry overs from last years cancelled box season etc.
- Were able to offset cost of bringing in somebody for technical development for our teams with Fund raising monies.
- $4500 of designated equipment money not yet spent.
Q: are we allowed to add to team fees to bring in higher level coaching?
A: Team fees are decided on by the individual team. If they want to pay to have specialized coaching or training that is up to the team. However, any coach brought in has to be registered and recognized by BCLA with a valid coaching number.
Q: what are we using the $4500 unspent equipment money for?
A: Goalie gear, practice jerseys, balls, 1st aid equipment
Q; What fundraising will we be doing?
A: Once the new board is elected we will be meeting and able to decide the direction we want to take with this.
D- Registrar
Field – 166 mission players registered.
U5, U7 x2, U9, U11x2, U13, U15, U18(released)
U8 female, U12 female, U15 female (released), U19 female (released)
We also received several releases from Abbotsford in various divisions.
6. New business
1. Elections
a. President – 2 Year Term
Nominations:
Nicole Kokoska, nominated by Ryan Smith (accept)
Jason Hughlett, nominated by Katie Cochrane (accept)
Won – Jason Hughlett
Motion to destroy ballots – ST
1st – JL / 2nd – JH / AIF?- passed
b. VP Field – 2 Year Term
Nominations :
Jason Lindh, nominated by Nicole Kokoska (accept)
Ryan Smith, nominated by Jason Lindh (decline)
Shelley Bell, nominated by Jason Lindh (accept)
Won – Jason Lindh
Motion to destroy ballots – ST
1st – JL / 2nd – JH / AIF?- passed
c. Director Position - 1 year seat vacated by Jason Lindh when he accepted VP Field Position.
Nominations :
Ryder Bremner, nominated by Nicole Kokoska (accept)
Rachel Reynolds, nominated by Shannon Meindl (accept)
Britanny Mann, nominated by Shannon Meindl (accept)
Danielle Leifsson, nominated by Shannon Meindl (decline)
Won – Ryder Bremner
Motion to destroy ballots – ST
1st – JL / 2nd – JH / AIF?- passed
c. Treasurer – 2 Year Term
Nominations:
Carrie Dunnett, nominated by Nicole Kokoska
Won by Acclamation – Carrie Dunnett
d. Director Position – 1 Year Term
Nominations:
Rachel Roberts, nominated by Danielle Leifsson (decline)
Britanny Mann, nominated by Ryan Smith (accept)
Trevor Lowe, nominated by Stu Taylor (accept)
Ryan Smith, nominated by Danielle Leifsson (decline)
Danielle Leifsson, nominated by Shannon Meindl (decline)
Won – Britanny Mann
Motion to destroy ballots – ST
1st – JL / 2nd – JH / AIF?- passed
e. Director Position – 2 Year Term (4 positions available)
Nominations:
Danielle Leifsson, nominated by Nicole Kokoska (accept)
Ryan Smith, nominated by Shelley Bell (accept)
Amanda Wunderlick, nominated by Katie Cochrane (accept)
Katie Cochrane, nominated by Amanda Wunderlick (accept)
Rachel Roberts, nominated by Danielle Leifsson (accept)
Pam Sutherland, nominated by Shannon Meindl (decline)
Trevor Lowe, nominated by Stu Taylor (accept)
Jamie Hooper, nominated by Jason Lindh (accept)
Won – Danielle Leifsson, Ryan Smith, Rachel Roberts and Jamie Hooper
Motion to destroy ballots – ST
1st – JL / 2nd – JH / AIF?- passed
Next Meeting: October Monthly Meeting, Oct 21 @ 7:00pm at Mission Chamber of Commerce
Adjournment @ 7:23pm
