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Capital
Area Minor Football Association
Minutes Date
October 18, 2009 Attendance:
Andrew
Allaby, Terry McIntyre, David
Blanchard, Michele Coleman, Shawn Kitchen, Jodi Steeves, Tanya Kitchen,
Donna Cormier, Marion McIntyre, Lisa Fagan, Steve Drisdelle Absent:
Marvin Nash, Joey Smith,
Justin DeMerchant, Norm Sequin, Rick Forrest, Meeting called to order
7:20 1.
Presidents report Provincial Hosting CAMFA will be hosting the
Provincial Semi-finals for Bantam and Pee Wees. The hosting policy will be
followed. Action
Items: Steve
will look into a donated camper for the event. Andrew
will send out an email for volunteers. Gear Return (Middle School, Bantam) October 27 at October 28 at
WillieO’Ree Action
Item: Tanya will send out an email requesting volunteers. Awards Coach of the Year – names forwarded were Ed Noble,
Vince Sturgeon, Steve Spears, Veronica O’Connell By Ballot – Vince Sturgeon won Volunteer of the Year – Ed Noble 2.
Registrar’s report Mosquito registration is
up for the season. Squirt/Mite
registration is the same as last year. The Bantam registration is down 30
from previous year. 3.
Fundraising report Report by
Jodi Steeves. Breakfasts The Nashwaaksis Y's Men has donated $500 to CAMFA. Red
Bombers $350 from
Red Bombers from 50/50 on September $70 from
Wildcat gladiators BBQ Xx from
Red Bombers from 50/50 on October 16 (amount not known-proceeds were to be
shared with the Girls Tackle Team) Fall Bottle drive on Sept 26
results:$1500 from Oromocto, $4026 from Best
Metals, $456.88 from cash donations Take away
around $600 for 2 U-Hauls and$110 for gas (U-Hauls). Fall 2009-$5,073 We
budgeted $5,000 for the 2009 year, ie spring and fall drives combined. We
made $500 in the spring from donations after the bottle drive was
cancelled so we made about $5,600 for the year which exceeds budget by a
small amount. Winners
of the draws for free registration were posted on the website. Sports
Investment Dinner CAMFA has been invited to
participate in the Fredericton Sports Investment Dinner on December 5. Due
to the scale of the undertaking, the Red Bombers and the high school teams
will be invited to participate and will share in the selling of raffle
tickets and donations of auction items.
Proceeds will then be shared according to the value of the auction
items provided by each group. CAMFA
will have 25 tickets at $75 each to sell and the CAMFA auction share will
have to provide (4) – 400$ and (12)-$50 live auction items. Tickets are available for
selling. Letters have been
prepared to use for soliciting auction items. Jodi
has submitted a list of potential auction items for ideas and several more
ideas were considered. Action
Items: Andrew
to ask Jeff Murdock to contact the Molson rep. for auction item(s). Steve
to ask George Long for a photo from the first Red Bombers football game in
30 years. Dave
to look into Base Gagetown Simulator potential. Canteen
Option This option was not
granted permission on the field during the October game. Adopt-a-Highway Jodi reviewed option
details and it may be a fundraising potential in the spring. 4.
Equipment Managers report Report by Shawn Kitchen. The executive did
inventory of equipment remaining in Hazen Centre. Shawn will review
information to determine what the order requirements for next spring. 5.
Coaching Coordinator’s report: Report by
Dave Blanchard. A coaching clinic seminar
with guest Josh Sacobie is being planned for November 24 or 25. More info
to follow when approval received from Football There is a second level
coaching clinic (Intro to Competition) being organized for March using CFL
coaches. The plan is to have
separate clinics for offense and defense, 6.
Official report: No report. 7.
Treasurer report: Terry reported that there
was money in the bank but bills to pay.
GO-NB gave CAMFA a grant of $5000 for starting up the Girls Tackle
program. 8.
Other Business: Maritime
Finals Steve
requested CAMFA support to pay for hotels instead of bus for the JV team
to travel to the Maritime Championships. Motion by
Terry that CAMFA money will be for bus money only. Seconded by Tanya.
Motion carried. Next
meeting will be (insert date/time) November 3, 2009 -
7pm Equipment Return
first, organizational meeting for Semi-finals afterwards. Location
(usually Hazen Centre but could change) Meeting adjourned 9:12pm |