Ice Arena Authority

NORWICH ICE RINK AUTHORITY MINUTES FROM MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 19, 2009 Authority Attendance: Mike Goldblatt, Doug Barlow, Cheryl Ritacco, Judy Deglin and Dean Pfeifer Absent: Mike Schermerhorn and Rich Wolak Guest: Jim Sanca Meeting was called to order by Michael Glotblatt at 6:05 pm, a quorum was present. Minutes from January, submitted by Cheryl Ritacco, were read and approved. Motion to accept made by Doug Barlow; seconded by Judy Deglin. Public Comments There were no public comments Correspondence There was no correspondence Reports Manager Jim Sanca reported on the following: • Special Olympics finished their year with a local competition at The Rink on February 19. This is the 6th year that the program held the event at The Rink • The Girl Scouts of Norwich are holding their weekly meetings at The Rink with 20 participants attending • 300 members of a local Baptist Church attended a service at The Rink during the month of January • The Rink hosted the Holy Family youth group • Local groups taking advantage of public skate at The Rink are: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Mitchell College • The free admission for Norwich residents on Saturdays have been successful • Learn to Skate will present 2 performances of Wizard of Oz with 40 skaters • The winter 2009 session of Learn to Skate has 270 registered skaters just shy of The Rinks goal of 300 • Norwich Skating School membership is up to 22 members and continues to rise  • Adult Freestyle sessions continue on Sunday mornings and Saturday night freestyle will begin in April • Southeastern Connecticut Youth Hockey will hold 3 tournaments at The Rink in March • Tryouts for the youth league are scheduled for April 4-9 • The Rink will offer a camp at the end of March for skaters interested in trying out for SECYH. Bernie Cassell with run camp • Griffin Youth Hockey rented ice mid February for a coaching clinic for their organization. The program expressed interest in renting ice at The Rink next session due to growing numbers. Jim Sanca will be meeting with league officials to discuss further Old Business Doug Barlow updated the Authority on the status of the NFA hockey program for 2009- 2010. Gary Mackowicki has announced that there will be a team next year with or without a co-op. The Rink has already been contacted to discuss practice ice. New Business There was no new business Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:45pm. Motion to accept made by Dean Pfeifer; seconded by Judy Deglin. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Ritacco