CORPORATE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE

CORPORATE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS OF THE ONTARIO RINGETTE ASSOCIATION INC., HELD

AT THE HOLIDAY INN, KITCHENER, ONTARIO ON

MAY 25, 2007 HEREINAFTER CITED

AS D6-06

Present were:

Jane Casson - President

Carolyn Mountjoy - Vice President Administration

Rob Evans - Vice President Technical

Ellorie Hanson - Vice President Communications

Terry Watters - Vice President Finance

Andre Astle - Eastern Region Director

Harry Hirsimaki - Northeast Region Director

Mike Chaudet - Southern Region Director

Chris Beuglet - Western Region Director

Jo-Ann Wilson - G&T Chair

Staff: Mike Beaton - Executive Director

Regrets: Scott Blakey - Central Region Director

Vacant - Athlete Representative

Vacant - Northwestern Region Director

ON MOTIONS DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, IT WAS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

Motion D6-06-01 "That the agenda be adopted as amended".

Motion D6-06-02 "That the minutes for the meeting of 11-13^th May 2007 be adopted with no additions to the To Do List".

Motion D5-06-15 "That page 23 of the Operating Manual section 6.e.iii at the G&T meeting in August "The final listing for sanctioned events…" be deleted."

Motion D5-06-22 "That to make changes on seeding as per mark-up of Operating Manual attached to section Subs page 2" Note: pg 12 of 60 of the G&T SCM minutes April 2007 to be reproduced as attachment for the motion (i) and (ii) only

Motion D5-06-29 "That the Wild Card formula be altered to address the following changes:

Capping ration

– limiting total tournament factor to a ratio of max 1

– limiting the total of out of region to a factor of 1 – 4 tournaments

- 2 out of region is the capped values

– a team can only equal its rating percentage – best it can get

– exposure necessary but no longer extra bonus for extra events

– points given for gold (2) and silver (1) game involvement

Exposure factor

- limit to 4 events max multiplier 1

– out of region 2 tournaments max multiplier 1".

Motion D5-06-30 "That new section Seeding 1.b.iii – "Seeding of Provincial Petite teams is the responsibility of the G&T committee:

that no Provincial Petite team may seed themselves. At the G&T meeting in January all teams will be seeded on their performance to date. Where the January deadline for tournament results falls on a weekend the complete weekend results can be used for seeding purposes.

the G&T committee will select the teams from the Provincial Petite division based on tournament on-ice performance for placement. This determination will be based on level of competition among Provincial Petite teams using a variant of the current wildcard ranking system.

winning % is used from the present wildcard ranking system as well as various cycles of assigning teams and evaluating the results until a clear ranking of the teams can be made.

informing teams of placement at their provincial event- teams will be informed in writing by their Regional G&T Co-ordinator of their placement immediately following the mid-season review".

Motion D6-06-03 "That pg 7 3.c.vii #1 bullet to read –

Eligible players for all divisions up to and including Belle are as follows:

Shall be registered with your association and be an ORA registered player. When your association has no appropriate age division or calibre teams, you must apply to your Regional G&T Co-ordinator for possible solutions

Can choose either/or: *see Substitution Chart

i. same age division or one lower, same calibre or less

(example 1: a Junior AA team could choose: a Junior AA, A, B or C team player)

(example 2: a Junior team could choose: a Junior A, B or C team player; or a Tween A, B or C team player)

ii. One calibre higher only, one age division lower

(example: a Junior A team could choose: a Tween AA player)

Eligible players for Open are referred to the Adult Development Co-ordinator".

Motion D6-06-04 "That ORA implement a National Officiating Development Program. The purpose of this program would be to assist Referees from Ontario to travel to out of-province tournaments so that they may be selected to attend Ringette Canada’s National Championships. All level 4 referees, who are properly registered with ORA and who have not attended Nationals previously will be allowed to apply to this program. It will subsidize the out-of-pocket travel expenses of the officials selected to a maximum of $250.00 to attend an out-of-province tournament per year with a priority given to those tournaments in Calgary and Edmonton. Any travel grant provided by the host will be taken into account when calculating the amount of the subsidy. The official will apply for the subsidy to the Officiating Development Committee in writing by December 1^st with all the appropriate information as to dates, host subsidy and travel costs included".

Motion D6-06-05 "Motion to adjourn".