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Bemidji Curling Club Board Minutes - October
2006
Bemidji Curling Club
Board of Directors Meeting
October 10, 2006
Call to Order: The meeting was called
to order at 7:03 p.m. by President Rob Aitken.
Present: Dave Chandler, Bob Fenson, Keith
Hunt, Mark LaFond, Chase Schmitt, Mark Schmitt and Randy Westhoff
Absent: Dave Lundberg and Tom Mathews
Guests: Kent Bahr, Dale Goodyear, Dave Hengel,
Terry Matson, Mary Rollheiser and Mary Simon.
Approve Prior Minutes: Randy asked that
the sponsorship program be clarified. It refers to membership
subsidies provided by the junior committee for junior curlers
to play in leagues. Rob asked that the reference to Tom Mathews
state that he is receiving medical treatment. No further changes
were requested. A motion to approve was made by Keith. The motion
was seconded by Randy. The motion carried.
Presentations by Guests
Dave Hengel, representing the Bemidji Events Center Committee
gave the first presentation. He said that he and Bob Fenson had
visited with Bob Peters about opportunities for curling in the
prospective venue. The vote on the issue will be November 7th.
The funding provided by the city would be raised by an extension
of the ½% sales tax currently in place. The city would
be responsible for 60% of the cost and the state would provide
40%. The center would have three main parts: (1) a multi-purpose
arena which would seat 3,500 (2) a convention center (3) a practice
sheet of ice with the possibility of seating 500. The cost of
the project would be approximately $35million. Dave emphasized
that the events center is not solely a BSU hockey arena. He asked
for support of the curling club. Bob said that the USCA is looking
for arenas as opposed to curling clubs for hosting national events.
Dave Chandler asked what it would cost to rent the venue for a
week. Dave Hengel said the city would try to make the cost affordable.
Rob asked Bob if he thought the board should support the arena.
The board gave its approval to use our name in supporting the
events center.
Mary Rollheiser gave an update on USWCA activities. She said
they have questioned why we are not more supportive. Mary mentioned
that dues are going up. The dues give validation to curlers who
wish to participate in USWCA events. She questioned if it was
necessary to be paying dues when no one is participating in the
events. The dues are payable in January. Dave Chandler asked if
all women in the club need to pay dues or only those who wish
to participate in the events. Rob asked if the interest is there
from our club. Mary said she put out the information last year
and there was no response. Rob said we should do more for our
women members…new lockers, changes for mixed leagues, restarting
a women’s league. Rob suggested using league chairs to form
teams for the All-America Bonspiel. Rob asked Mary to keep us
apprised and offered the support of the board.
Kent Bahr reported that the junior bonspiel has been moved to
December 15th. He said that 48 people had signed up for the community
ed. curling class and usually more sign up in the last week. He
said two-thirds of the class usually goes on to join leagues.
He asked for our help to get new curlers on teams. He said the
first three classes are just the students and instructors but
the last three are on the ice and asked for help when that time
comes. Kent suggested that league chairmen visit the class to
try to get people to join leagues. Kent suggested “mini-leagues”
might fill in open ice times.
Committee Reports
Finance: Dave was absent. Rob asked if there
were any big income or expenses to report. Bob said that we had
collected approximately $3,000 in ice ad revenue. We have not
received our money from the city yet.
Bar: Mary presented a new price list for the
board to review. Dave Chandler suggested the prices as presented
were too low. Rob suggested raising weekend prices. Rob said he
liked the dollar beer and honor system for members. Keith suggested
leaving member prices the same and possibly raising weekend prices.
Keith made a motion to raise WEEKEND ONLY prices for beer 50cents
across the board and giving the bar managers the authority to
raise prices in anticipation of wholesale beer price increases.
Dave seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Juniors: Randy proposed that the revenue and
expenses of the junior committee flow through a separate account.
Terry said that he, Dave and Janice had come up with a figure
of $9,500 as the balance in the junior account. Dave was to have
opened a checking account for the junior committee. The basic
question before the board was where does the money from Sunday
and Monday junior leagues go. Terry asked the board to resolve
where the money from junior dues goes, either to the general account
or to the junior fund. Randy made a motion that the money from
the Sunday and Monday junior leagues and associated expenses be
processed through the junior fund account. The motion failed.
The explanation is that the board feels it needs to be run through
the general account.
Randy reported that he had gotten the newsletter out and thanked
Rob and Dave Lundberg for their assistance.
President’s Report:Rob is working on getting
links on our website for ice ad sponsors. Rob requested that a
photo be taken with Matt Stevens of Coca-Cola bottling making
a presentation to the junior committee.
General Manager’s Report: Bob presented
a letter from gambling control. We are delinquent with our report
and need to present a report in order to acquire any future licenses.
The alcohol license from the city is due.
Buck and his crew have been painting. They are Clayton Braaten,
Rich Carter, Charlie Schmitt and Tom Steele. Jim Breyen has refinished
the doors. Mark Haluptzok has installed the carpeting downstairs.
The ice is in. The ads will be painted at the end of the month.
Bob has to finish cleaning the boards.
Keith and Ben Hunt and Quentin Way adjusted the t.v. cameras.
Bob attended the MCA meeting.
Junior men’s and women’s state playdowns will be
in Grand Rapids Dec. 29-31
Club playdowns will be in Bemidji Jan. 11-14
Mixed playdowns will be in Two Harbors Feb. 10-12
At the meeting they discussed club development and the new clubs
in Brainerd and Edina.
The USCA is raising rates for playdowns.
Mark Haluptzok has been nominated for the Hall of Fame.
Bob described the pin program whereby a club that sells $100
worth of junior pins would get 10% of the profits from the remaining
pins it sells.
Old Business:
New Business: Rob suggested the finance
committee discuss party and bonspiel rental rates and present
its recommendations to the board.
Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was
made by Randy. The motion was seconded by Dave Chandler. The motion
carried.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark LaFond
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