Capital Area Minor Football Association
                                  Executive Meeting Minutes
                                                                       April 12, 2007  

Attendance: Jeff Murdock, Kelly Murdock, Terry McIntyre, David Blanchard, Joni Blanchard, , Andrew Allaby, Michelle Harrison, Steve Drisdelle,  Kent Murphy, Jay Madore, Justin DeMerchant, Marion McIntyre

Absent: Ray Muir/Gene Heather/Gary Von Richter

1. Presidents report  

Jeff Murdock opened the meeting with the minutes from March01/07 being accepted. Gary Von Richter was not at this meeting as he is not on the executive. Gary is in charge of the registration and Jeff asked that he be appoited a member of the executive. The motion was passed.

Spring games schedule: Moncton's 11-13-15 year olds programs are all up and running. Also we are in contact with Hampton and St. stephen to each enter a team.

Bus Charters to Halifax: Michelle Harrison to check into prices for a U17 bus rental from company her husband works at. We have used Can-Am in the past at a price of $20 per player per trip.  The fee also included a drink and a sandwich. Kelly will check with Sobeys for food supply. The team will make 3 trips to Halifax on May 5, 12 and June 2. Depending on amount of space available parents may come on the bus provided they sit in the back...quietly.

FNB AGM arrangements: We will be looking to fill the "house" with CAMFA personnel/supporters. Bantam/PeeWee awards have been ordered and will be ready next week. A professor from UNB will be the guest speaker.  Professor Gabrielle K will speak on child obesity and the LEAP (Learning Eating Ability Program).

Child Fitness Tax Credit: Kelly has a form on file and will design it with a CAMFA logo. No form will be given out until equipment is returned. Deposit cheque/Tax credit form=Equipment returned.

FNB Screening Policy: It does exist, however we don't follow it as closely as we should. There is apparently a fee of around $30 per check from the Fredericton Police force. David Blanchard will se if there is any way to have this fee reduced or waived. Once we have this information on file for all our coaches then we would only need to do a rotation for the new coaches. 

2. Registrar’s report

Sunday Spring football registration: Gary/Joni/Kelly to work registration table. Registration timings: U11/13= noon-1 pm, U15/U17 = 2 pm-3pm Sunday April 15/07 at the base gym field house.

3. Fundraising report  

Spring Bottle Drive: Kent spoke to Wanda Hood in an effort to smooth over last year's problems. Kent assured her we are committed to making improvements. Recommendations included: minimum two weeks notice, off site sorting locations, captained by a volunteer responsible for delivery to their designated redemption centre by 3 pm on Saturday. Kent will also look into who would be responsible for a supply of bags. Oromocto is reminded that they need a permit to do bottle drive. Kent will look into obtaining the permit. Our target weekend will be June 2.

4. Equipment Manager's report:

Jay and crew have reorganized/cleaned out the equipment room. Thank you very much!!!. Jim Arbeau has visited and was impressed. We should also be getting about 600 square feet in the new Northside Arena.

Gear still outstanding for last season: Working on it. 17 & Under will be able to use gear from respective high schools.

Equipment fitting schedule: Spring program- U11 Tues/ U13 Wed/ U15 Th  

5. Coaching  Coordinator’s report:  

David has called all last year's coaches to see who is available/interested. Spring program Head Coaches are:

U17- Rick Kelly
U15-Dave Blanchard
U13-Glen Gardiner
U11-Vince Sturgeon

We had 24 coaches from last year who had no qualifications. This needs to be addressed. David will teach a Level 1 clinic on June 16, 17. Terry will assist and sign off when completed.

6. Official report:  Ray absent.   

Official Development clinic at Mount A on May 4-6. Anyone available to officiate that
weekend? 
VP in each division to come up with 4 or 5  new officials for Flag and Mosquito levels.  

7. Treasurer report:  

No money! Terry brought samples of helmets to compare as we still need 30. We will keep the samples, giving them to one team so the coach can eveluate them fairly. Terry will order the 30 helmets required. They will be Riddell Little Pro as the Schutt helmet used in the past has been discontinued.

Old Business:

UNB Turf Field- Kevin Dickey says there will be two fields going in an "L" shape. CAMFA to cover costs for uprights, lines. We need to know exactly how much money we are talking about.

Michelle Harrison requested funds to cover new Lady Gladiator jerseys. The jersey cost is $2,792.66 with $1,500.00 plus HST coming from Curves. CAMFA to supply the balance of $949.00. Approved.

Closing remarks:  The executive’s next meeting will be on May 02/07.    The meeting was adjourned at 2100 hours.