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Langley Field Lacrosse Meeting Minutes

Thursday, January 26,2017

Held at:  Willoughby Community Center Room 3 @ 6:00 p.m.

In attendance: Alex Vanichuk, Cindy Tarling, Lynn Berreth, Sue Rahe, Wendy Thomson, Sandra Margetson, Kathy Lundrigan,  Daniel Lowes

Call to order:  @ 6:08pm

• Motion: Alex
• Seconded: Lynn

1. President’s Report – Alex

• PCFL Meeting: in regards to call-ups, players must have 3 games played in the regular season in order to be called up to play in Provincials.
• If a player is out for 6-8 weeks from being hurt, they will need a doctor’s note and will have had to have played half of the season in order to be able to play in Provincials.
• Any policy changes need to be in to the PCFL by February 20th, 2017
• New West is on board for the U9 jamboree this coming weekend.

2. Vice-president’s Report – Nathan

• Not in attendance

3. Vice-president’s Report – Kellie

• PCFL Meeting: the girls teams have Provincials on the Family Day long weekend – Burnaby forgot to book the fields so it is being split between Burnaby and New West.
• There was talk about tiering in U11/U13 divisions – Tier 3 would not be able to play in Provincials
• Regina Villaneuva has stepped down as president of Vancouver – Mike is the new President.
• Richmond has a new president as well – D. Cowan
• April 8 – special session for Field Directorate
• Feb 4 – U7 Jamboree
• Feb 18/19 – U11 tournament in Coquitlam.
• $1500 grant has been awarded to Richmond for the Canada 150 year Celebration

4. Treasurer – Kelly

• We have about $12,000.00 in the bank at the moment.  Field time is now paid in advance.

5. Registration – Sandy

• No news

6. Past President – Jason

• Not in attendance.

7. Coaches – James/Sue

• All coaches clinics have been taken except for one coach.

8. Equipment and Jerseys – John

• Not in attendance

9. Field Allocation – Wendy

• We saved money with the field closures due to the snow.  We were able to utilize the fieldhouse for some teams.
• Ridge is using out field and they need to be billed for the field time.  
• Any TBR games need to be completed by January 29/17 – exhibition games can be played up until Feb 4/5.
• Webmaster to do up a FAQ section for parents on Field lacrosse.

10. Coaches/Managers’ Liaison – Cindy

• Gaming Grant money can be used to help fund teams traveling to Provincials. There are also other options for teams to use: Lacrosse on the Move and KidSport Canada are two options.

11. Girls Field Lacrosse - Kathy

• Nothing to report

12. New Business

• Daniel Lowes had the idea of having a Lacrosse Festival for the 150 year celebration – exhibition games for U7 up to the Masters division.  We would tie in the First Nations. We could use Yorkson field too as it is lined for lacrosse.
• Wendy will see if there are any dates available for the 150 Celebration and Rust off/try it sessions for field.

• Daniel also presented the idea of changing the organizational structure of box and field. Box passed a motion to explore if a new combined structure would be beneficial.
• How would it affect gaming grants – Sandra says we would lose the Field side of the gaming grants.
• Another suggestion was to have scheduled meetings between box & field  quarterly.
• There is concern of burnout if we merge and become one.
• Sue Rahe’s parents have been storing the LAX signs – would we be able to send them out to dinner as a thank you? Kellie will follow up with this.
• Kellie asked if other leagues post their meeting minutes. We direct enquiries to the Secretary for any copies.

Next meeting scheduled for:   March 22, 2017 6pm at Willoughby Fieldhouse