MJHSAD Minutes
April 8, 2004

Attendance: T. Searcy, T. Smith, D. Swanson, L. Pethick , S. Pearce, B. Moser, C. Lapointe, B. Gottselig, D. Skorpad, B.Symenuk, D.Roney, S.Hutchinson, L. Segall, C. Sjoberg

Adoption of February Minutes: Motion (Clayton) 2nd (Dustin) - Carried.

Business Arising From the Minutes:
· commissioners will be selected for the following year at the May meeting
· the new commissioners then have the month to get their schedules organized for the June meeting
· people wishing to continue with their commissionerships need to let the Directorate know by the May meeting
· service award nominations need to be brought forward for the May meeting
· resolutions to be changed at the provincial level need to be in by May 12 - these resolutions then need to be brought forward to the AGM
· the Directorate's financial obligations need to be looked at for the next meeting (ie, hotel rooms, cost per player, etc…)

Commissioner's Reports:

Basketball:
· Brad congratulated all teams on their success at Hoopla
· it is an SHSAA rule that there is no dunking in warm-ups at Hoopla
· Brad is stepping down as the commissioner of Sr. basketball
· However, Brad will help with the scheduling for the next season
· If you have any questions or concerns for the 04/05 basketball season, contact Brad at Vanier
· Brad will call a meeting for all Sr. coaches to discuss next year's tournament selections

X-Country:
· See Krista's x-country report
· Motion: (Trevor) 2nd (Larry) to adopt the curling report - Carried

Track:
· Balgonie wants to come to our mini-meets
· Larry feels this will not affect the meet
· if the numbers are too high Larry will ask them to leave half of their athletes
· coaches packages are in the hand of all the coaches already
· Regina Sheldon, Gull Lake, Herbert, Weyburn, Caronport, and Swift Current will be attending the Invitational meet

Football:
· just received the schedule from Regina so will have the schedule for the next meeting

New Business:
· constitutional change information needs to be sent out 2 weeks prior to the next meeting
· Bob G. feels we need to look at getting money back from teams attending our tournaments that charge us to attend their tournament OR set up a reciprocal agreement with them for not charging
· currently, the rationale for not charging is that the school boards give us $8000 to cover the cost of officials
· also, at this time our constitution does not allow us to charge fees
· notice of motions can be sent to Dave Roney and then will be sent out to members from the executive
· commissioners need to check their handbooks for the roles and responsibilities
· schools need to check to see if all their athletes are eligible
· E5 forms need to be filled in and in to the commissioner's hands 24 hours before the first season game
· for SHSAA highlights see Larry's handout
· all of our officials are registered under Central Collegiate (on their website)
· we are hosting the AGM this year and we still need more people to help out
· Larry distributed the SHSAA handout regarding restructuring with the plan that this will be discussed at the school level
· the restructuring is not proposed for the next year, however, there will be a planning session at the AGM this year

Adjournment: Clayton

Next Meeting: May 13/04 - Location TBA