Northern California Women’s Hockey League

General Membership Meeting

March 16, 2013

NCWHL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING --- March 2013

Agenda

• 2:00 – 2:05 Welcome

• 2:05 – 2:15 2012 Goals & Accomplishments

• 2:15 – 2:20 2013 Goals

• 2:20 – 2:25 Vice President’s Report

• 2:25 – 2:35 Treasurer’s Report

• 2:35 – 2:40 Elections

• 2:40 – 2:45 Dates to Remember

• 2:45 – 3:00 Questions and Answers

• 3:00 – 3:20 Raffle

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2012 Goals

Enhance League Member Experience• Continue inter-division engagement

• Support ongoing skill development

• Enhanced registration and invitation experience

Maintain Player Registration• Increase publicity and league exposure

• GHATD player conversion

• Player retention

• Publicize and continue NCWHL Assistance Fund & Referral Bonus

• Offer best league value in Bay Area

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2012 Goals: Enhance League Member Experience

Continue inter-division engagement

Held 11 League-wide scrimmages

Held 15 divisional scrimmages

July 4 ”Iron Man” Tournament

Ice Oasis Labor Day Tournament

Ice Oasis Holiday Tournament

Christmas break pick-ups

Annual Picnic

Facebook Page

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2012 Goals: Enhance League Member Experience

Support ongoing skill development

Partnered with Belmont for Saturday women’s skills

Continued pre-eval skills sessions

Tried Maroon/Blue skills clinics

Goalie skills clinics

Enhanced registration and invitation experience

In progress

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2012 Goals: Maintain Increased Player Registration

Increase publicity and league exposureThe Better Half TV ProgramUSAHockey.com Mighty Pylons Article

GHATD player conversionGHATD Discounts: 50 discounts given for the last five seasons

Player retentionLeague has grown ~32% since Winter 2007; average 90% returning skatersMaintaining division growth: 3 teams in Green, 6 teams in Red, 7 teams in Maroon, 4 teams in Blue

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NCWHL Publicity

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The Better Part: Women’s Ice Hockey and Celebrating Title Nine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y81QhgBUuY

USA Hockey Online: Nobody is skating around the Mighty Pylons anymore: http://www.usahockey.com/Adult/Features/MightyPylons.aspx

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2012 Goals: Maintain Increased Player Reg (cont.)

Publicize and continue NCWHL Assistance Fund & Referral BonusReferral Bonus: 20 bonuses paid in 2012; 55 awards in 3 yearsGiven current league size and rising ice costs, we are discontinuing the referral bonusAssistance Fund: 5 awards in 2012; 43 awards in 5 years

Offer best league value in Bay Area

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Comparison of Bay Area Adult Hockey Leagues

Notes: 1.Prices as of March 2013 for the upcoming season2.NCWHL ice slots assumes Winter 2012-13 team breakdown (3 Green, 6 Red, 7 Maroon, 4 Blue)3.Price for Sharks Ice and PHA can change depending on the number of players a team chooses to put on its roster. The costs above are calculated based on 13 players per team, the NCWHL maximum.4.For Sharks Ice and PHA, playoffs are not guaranteed. This calculation assumes 1 playoff game.

League RinksIce Slots /

SeasonCost /

SeasonCost / Ice

Slot

NCWHLBelmont, Fremont,

Redwood City19 $500 $26.32

Sharks Ice Adult Hockey League

Oakland, San Jose, Fremont

18 plus playoffs $569 $29.95

Pacific Hockey Association

Cupertino, San Mateo

16 plus playoffs $572 $33.66

Ice Oasis Redwood City 26 (including playoffs) $837.30 $32.20

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Comparison of Bay Area Adult Hockey Leagues, cont.

League Schedule Type Ice times

NCWHL Rotating schedule through fixed slots

Sundays @ 10:45, 4:15, 5:30, 5:45, 7:00, 9:35Saturdays @ 4:30, 6:00, 6:45Tuesdays @ 8:15Fridays @ 9:15

Sharks Ice Adult Hockey League

Rotating schedule and slots

Any day of the week, most games start between 7:45 and 11:15 PM, some weekend daytime games

Pacific Hockey Association Rotating slots, fixed day

Sundays @ 4:45, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15, 10:45Mondays @ 9:15, 10:45Wednesdays @ 9:15, 10:45

Ice Oasis Rotate slots, fixed day Monday through Sunday @ 7, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45

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Delivering the Best Value: Administrative Changes

Immediate changes – recouping $13,000 this season:•Reduced the costs associated with administering evaluations

•Discontinued the referral bonus program

•Raise price of pickups and divisional scrimmages to $20/skater

•Eliminated early bird incentives

•Change gear sale price to $10

Future changes under evaluation:•Move to custom registration solution

•Re-evaluate the benefits of the early bird registration price

•Change cost of GHATD to $25

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2013 Goals

Enhance League Member Experience• Continue inter-division engagement

• Support ongoing skill development

• Enhanced registration and invitation experience

• Explore new approaches: playoffs and new division

• Off-ice NCWHL activities

Maintain Player Registration• Increase publicity and league exposure

• GHATD player conversion

• Player retention

• Publicize and continue NCWHL Assistance Fund

• Offer best league value in Bay Area

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NCWHL Organization

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Nora Grasham

President

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• Awards & Inventory Coordinator – Lucinda Yang

• Coach Coordinator – OPEN (Katherine Yoshii)

• Goalie Coordinator – Nicky Robinson

• Party Coordinator – Holly Kreuter

• Placement Coordinator – Jenn Lo & Liz Doughty Tan

• Recruitment Coordinator – Jennie Van Heuit

• Referee Coordinator – JJ Nakaso

• Scorekeeper Coordinator – Tami Devine

Vice President’s Report

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GHATD

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Belmont Iceland

3:30 to 6:30 PM

Sold out!

We still need gear!!!

Contact Jennie at:

NCWHL.ghatd@gmail.com

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Treasurer’s Report: P&L*

Winter 2011-12 Summer 2012 Totals

Income $77,464.56 $98,319.28 $175,783.84

Expense $97,783.98 $116,743.32 $214,527.30

Profit/Loss -$20,319.42 -$18,424.04 -$38,743.46

Current Bank Balance: $15,617.58Anticipated March Expenses: $14,173.85Ending Bank Balance: $1,513.83

* These statements have not been verified or audited

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Treasurer’s Report: Where Does the Money Go?

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Treasurer’s Report: Ice Costs

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• Over the last four years, ice costs have risen 11% at Belmont, 14% at Ice Oasis, and 17% at Fremont.

• Fremont is 35% more expensive per ice slot than Ice Oasis

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Elections

President

Nominee(s): Nora Grasham

Vice President

Nominee(s): Jennifer Schwartz

Secretary

Nominee(s): Viv Kam

Treasurer

Nominee(s): Katherine Yoshii

Blue Division Coordinator

Nominee(s): Char Shimada

Maroon Division Coordinator

Nominee(s): Meredith Shyy

Red Division Coordinator

Nominee(s): Andrea Tan

Green Division Coordinator

Nominee(s): Marina Coleridge

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Dates to Remember

• Right Now – Summer 2013 Registration is Open!!!!Season starts April 2!

• Saturday, March 30th; Belmont @ 3:30 – GHATDGear sale …

• Sunday, March 31st – Assistance Fund Application Deadline

• Tuesday, April 2nd – Summer 2012 Evaluations BeginEvaluation schedule posted2 skills sessions for hopefuls3 pickups for returning playersSummer 2012 season runs Tuesday, April 2nd – Sunday, Aug 25th

• Friday, April 19th – Summer 2013 games begin

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20-year Anniversary Logo!!!

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Q&A

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Raffle

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San Jose superstore opening soon: 1290 Tully Road #50, San Jose, CA 95122

Northern California Women’s Hockey League

General Membership Meeting

March 16, 2013