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Northern California Women ’s Hockey League

Northern California Women ’s Hockey League. General Membership Meeting March 1, 2014. Agenda. 2:00 – 2:05 Welcome 2:05 – 2:25 2013 Goals & Accomplishments 2:25 – 2:30 2014 Goals 2:30 – 2:35 Vice President ’ s Report 2:35 – 2:40 Treasurer ’ s Report 2:40 – 2:45 Elections

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Northern California Women ’s Hockey League

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  1. Northern California Women’s Hockey League General Membership Meeting March 1, 2014

  2. Agenda • 2:00 – 2:05 Welcome • 2:05 – 2:25 2013 Goals & Accomplishments • 2:25 – 2:30 2014 Goals • 2:30 – 2:35 Vice President’s Report • 2:35 – 2:40 Treasurer’s Report • 2:40 – 2:45 Elections • 2:45 – 2:50 Dates to Remember • 2:50 – 3:00 Questions and Answers • 3:00 – 3:20 Raffle

  3. 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

  4. 2013 Goals: Enhance League Member Experience  • Continue inter-division engagement Held 15 League-wide scrimmages Held 8 divisional scrimmages Ice Oasis Holiday Tournament Annual Picnic Facebook Page • Support ongoing skill development Continued pre-eval skills sessions • Enhanced registration and invitation experience In progress 

  5. 2013 Goals: Enhance League Member Experience  • Explore new approaches: playoffs and new division Summer 2013 playoffs in Maroon Winter 2013-14 playoffs in Red, Maroon, and Blue New division unpopular Summer 2014 trial run of “In-season Evals” in Maroon • Off-ice NCWHL activities Picnic! Bulls game in 2013

  6. Playoffs: Rules and Guidelines • Seeding: based on the end of the season record. Ties will be broken by goals for/goals against. • Subbing:no same division subbing, you may only retrieve subs from lower divisions. • Goalies:goalies will be assigned at the discretion of the goalie coordinator. Every effort will bemade to ensure fairness. • End of Regulation Ties:three player shootout, then alternating shooter until all shooters have gone (sorry, no TJ Oshie/International rules).

  7. In-Season Evals: Maroon, Summer 2014 • Why? • 8 Maroon teams, parity issue across skaters • Goal is to create a more equal division • Risk of hurt feelings weighed against the benefit of a Maroon division that more closely matches the evaluation standards • Division Coordinators, Board Members, Captains spent the past year working on best practice for in season evaluations. • February vote in Maroon division • 85% of division voted • 81% voted to have In Season Evals in Summer 2014 • 19% voted against • Evaluations will be held in Summer 2014 season; resulting re-evaluations will occur in Winter 2014-15 evaluation sessions

  8. In-Season Evals: Evaluator Guidelines • Unpaid volunteers will evaluate players in Maroon games throughout the Summer 2014 season. • Goal is to have players/teams watched 3-4 times throughout the season. • Evaluators will NOT be assigned players to watch, just report if there are players that are not able to keep up with play. This is not always about speed, but the player as a whole. • Evaluators will NOT be “connected” to players in that division. • They will, by and large, be current or former USAH officials who are familiar with our league and our divisions. • They will report to the Maroon Coordinator the players who they feel are in need of a reevaluation. The DC will report these players to the board and the Evaluation Coordinators. • They will not be announced at games. They can and will show up throughout the season. • The evaluators names, games attended, and recommendations will be available to the board.

  9. In-Season Evals: Evaluation Process • Who will be asked to re-evaluate? • If a player is identified by 2 different evaluators at 2 different games, they will be asked to be re-evaluated for Maroon in the Winter 2014-15 evaluations (i.e., they will become a Maroon Hopeful) • If that player does not play in the Winter season, she will still need to be re-evaluated in the Maroon evaluations when she does return to the league. • Re-evaluation Process • If that player does not attend Maroon evaluations, she will be placed in the Red Division. • If that player re-evaluates and is placed in Maroon, she will be exempt from being asked to re-evaluate via In-Season Evals for three seasons. • Any players who are placed in Maroon via the standard evaluation process will be exempt from being asked to re-evaluate via In-Season Evals for three seasons.

  10. 2013 Goals: Maintain Increased Player Registration • Increase publicity and league exposure • GHATD player conversion GHATD Discounts: 16 discounts in 2013 and 66 given for the last seven seasons Green division is still small • Player retention League has grown ~30% since Winter 2007; average 90% returning skaters Maintaining division growth: 3 teams in Green, 6 teams in Red, 7 teams in Maroon, 4 teams in Blue • Publicize and continue NCWHL Assistance Fund 7 awards in 2013; 50 awards in 6 years • Offer best league value in Bay Area   

  11. Automated Scheduler • In early 2013, we realized that the schedule complexity had reached a point where we needed to automate it • Approach: Try to find the “most fair” way to balance competing requirements • Slot Parity: same number of ice slots per skater • Slot Parity: each skater plays equally at each rink / slot • Time between games: try to equalize across the season • Matchups: try to mix up opponents and home/away • Ref coordination: match divisions playing in back-to-back ice slots • Special events: playoffs, practices, evening pain during big tournament weekends (MLK, CAHA) • Note: due to Thanksgiving, Christmas, Vegas, and in-house travel leagues, Winter is a much harder season to get consistency across the ice slots

  12. Comparison of Bay Area Adult Hockey Leagues • Notes: • Prices as of March 2014 for the previous / winter season • NCWHL ice slots assumes Winter 2013-14 team breakdown (3 Green, 6 Red, 8 Maroon, 4 Blue) • 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. • For Sharks Ice and PHA, playoffs are not guaranteed. This calculation assumes 1 playoff game. • Ice Oasis calculations assume 2 even 6-month seasons with 1/game per week with zero bye weeks

  13. Comparison of Bay Area Adult Hockey Leagues, cont.

  14. Delivering the Best Value: Administrative Update Summer 2013 changes delivered over $13,000 to league bottom line • 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 In Winter 2013-14, we continued to refine our approach • Eliminated Active.com registration (over $2500/season) • Reinstated early registration price • Changed cost of GHATD to $25

  15. 2014 Goals Enhance League Member Experience • Continue inter-division engagement • Support ongoing skill development • Enhanced registration and invitation experience • Explore new approaches: playoffs and in-season evals • 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

  16. NCWHL Organization – March 2013 to Feb 2014 Nora Grasham President JJ Nakaso Referees VivKam Secretary Nicky Robinson Goalies Jennifer Schwartz Vice President Katherine Yoshii Treasurer Char Shimada Blue Division Meredith Shyy Maroon Division Andrea Tan Red Division Marina Coleridge Green Division Lucinda Yang Awards & Inventory Tami Devine Scorekeeper Jennifer Lo & Liz Doughty Tan Evaluations Holly Krueter Coach Coordinator Jennie Van Heuit GHATD Holly Kreuter Party Coordinator Thu Trinh Email Directory Gladys Mercier USA Hockey Jen Selby (Red/Blue) & Terry Faulhaber (Green/Maroon) Statisticians

  17. Vice President’s Report • Awards & Inventory Coordinator – Lucinda Yang • Coach Coordinator – Holly Kreuter • 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

  18. GHATD Saturday, March 8, 2014 and Saturday, March 15, 2014 Belmont Iceland 5:00 to 8:00 PM Tell your friends, and get them on the ice! We still need gear!!! Contact Jennie at: NCWHL.ghatd@gmail.com

  19. Treasurer’s Report Current Bank Balance: $57,226.67 Anticipated March Expenses: $30,187.75 Ending Bank Balance: $27,038.92 Anticipated April Expenses: ~$30,000.00 Ice Costs continue to increase every season. Fremont has gone up $50 in the last 3 years, we anticipate annual increases between $10-$15/hour moving forward, which is a cost increase of ~$1,500-$2,250 each year. Fremont ice costs 45% more than Ice Oasis and 42% more than Belmont. * These statements have not been verified or audited

  20. Treasurer’s Report: Where Does the Money Go?

  21. Elections President Nominee(s): Nora Grasham Vice President Nominee(s): Laura Rinde 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): Tami Devine

  22. Dates to Remember • This Weekend – Summer 2014 Registration is Open!!!! Season starts Friday, April 4! • Saturday, March 8; Belmont @ 5:00 – GHATD 1 • Saturday, March 15; Belmont @ 5:00 – GHATD 2 Gear sale … • Sunday, March 23 – Assistance Fund Application Deadline • Friday, April 5 – Summer 2014 Evaluations Begin Evaluation schedule will be posted by March 10 1 eval skills session for hopefuls 3 pickups for returning players Summer 2012 season runs Friday, April 5 – Sunday, Aug 31, 2014 • Friday, April 18, 2014 – Summer 2014 games begin

  23. Q&A

  24. Raffle • HockeyGiant: • Water Bottles • Pink and Green Biscuit Training Pucks • Bauer IMS 7.0 helmet (size M) • Bauer Supreme One Total NXG Gloves • Bauer Supreme TotalOne NXGLE Stick • HATRIC: • Hats • Tees • Keychains • NCWHL Beanies • NCWHL Hockey Bags • 50% off Summer 2013 fees HockeyGiant hockeygiant.com San Jose superstore opening soon: 1290 Tully Road #50, San Jose, CA 95122 HATRIC 341hatric341.com‎

  25. Northern California Women’s Hockey League General Membership Meeting March 1, 2014

  26. Treasurer’s Report: P&L* UPDATE Current Bank Balance: $57,226.67 Anticipated March Expenses: $30,187.75 Ending Bank Balance: $27,038.92 * These statements have not been verified or audited

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