First Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Monday, January 20, 1997

The eighth meeting of the First Board of Directors of the Blue Line Club was convened by Kent Schwickert at 4:05 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 1997, in the Warren Street Center conference room on the campus of Mankato State University.

Voting Board Members Present

7 of 7 Seats

• Kent Schwickert, Club President
• Henry Okleshen, Club Vice President
• Jim Bullard
• Steve Duea
• Jim Turk
• Brad Reeves
• Larry Morales

Ex-officio Nonvoting Board Members Present

4 of 6 Seats

• Don Amiot - MSU Men's Athletics Director
• David Cowan, Club Secretary-Treasurer - Maverick Boosters Club Liaison
• Ron Hybertson - Conference Faculty Representative (NCC)
• Don Brose - MSU Men's Ice Hockey Coach

Ex-officio Nonvoting Board Members Absent

2 of 6 Seats

• Cheryl Regan - MSU Athletics Promotions
• Margaret Healy - MSU Student Affairs Vice President

Agenda Approved

Henry Okleshen moved that the Board's January 20, 1997 meeting agenda be approved as distributed. The motion was then voted on and passed.

Minutes of Previous Meeting Approved

Brad Reeves moved that the Board's November 11, 1996 meeting minutes be approved. The motion was then voted on and passed.

Wearing Apparel Update

Secretary-Treasurer Cowan brought Board members up-to-date on existing apparel sales, memento deliveries, and accounts receivables yet to be paid to the club. Expenditures appear not to have any of the payments to Promotions Works processed yet.

Club Membership Recruitment Update

There are 102 corporate memberships sold along with 91 individual memberships. Board members agreed to postpone until the next Board meeting discussion of plans to increase club memberships.

Monthly Club Operating Budget Report

Secretary-Treasurer Cowan reported that $7,819.09 (or 41.4%) had been spent to date out of an approved Club Operating Budget spending plan of $18,901. He noted that outlays for student payroll reflected costs associated with apparel sales and deliveries, as well as for development and maintenance of the Club's World Wide Web page on the Internet.

Unbudgeted income of $3,169.50 had been received to date with as much as another $500 in uncollected receivables yet to be processed.

Steve Duea moved and Jim Turk seconded that the Secretary-Treasurer's report be approved. Motion passed.

Annual Banquet Scheduled; Club Member Participation Urged

It was reported that the hockey team's annual banquet would be heldon Sunday, April 6, 1997, in the Mankato Downtown Holiday Inn. A "social" will be held at 3 p.m. with the

dinner beginning at 4 p.m. The Club has $700 budgeted to help underwrite the costs of the dinner. A keynote speaker is being sought for the event. The Board agreed that the banquet meal should be a "sit down" affair instead of a buffet style dinner.

Dan Meyer Memorial; MSU Foundation Endowment Possibility

Steve Duea formally reported on the passing of Dan Meyer, a Blue Line Club member. Brad Reeves indicated that he had met with the family and they were working with Starr Kirklin to create an endowment dedicated to hockey. The endowment could be named the "MSU Hockey Blue Line Club Memorial," and the interest earned off of the endowment funds would be used to fund talent grants (scholarships) for hockey players.

All Club members would be invited to contribute to this tax deductible benefit. The goal of the endowment would be $10,000, generated over a period of years.

WCHA Watch

Don Amiot reported on this meetings with WCHA officials at Nashville last week where MSU President Richard Rush informed all present that MSU was committed to Division I hockey for the "long haul." MSU is waiting for a letter of invitation from the WCHA to attend its annual Spring Conference in Margo, Florida.

Next Year's Hockey Schedule

Don Brose reported on next year's schedule where 32 of the 34 games will be against Division I opponents.

Adjournment

Without objection the meeting then adjourned at 5:40 p.m.