Thank you to all of you who participated on the MSGHL conference call this morning. Two main topics were discussed:

1. We have decided to hold a league conference call the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 8PM starting in October. The purpose of these calls will be to resolve any open issues, answer questions, and generally keep all the associations on the same page. Details for the call will be posted on the website and emailed to each association.

2. Team declarations. Every member attending the call gave their best estimate of the teams they will be fielding for the 2009-2010 season. The MSGHL board will review these declarations and determine final brackets prior to the September scheduling meeting. Teams are allowed to alter their declarations up until the 5th of September. Please email a board member if circumstances change for your organization.

The following declarations were made on the phone call:

TABLE UPDATED 10-1-2009

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• Organizational Declaration - 8/29/2009 deadline (teams and levels you plan to field)
• Scheduling Meeting - 9/12/2009 in Breckenridge
• Season Start - 10/15/2009
• Season End - 2/14/2010
• Tournament - 2/26 - 2/28/2010

More details on each of these events will follow here on this website. If you would like to place a bid to host the MSGHL state tourmanent please prepare your proposal and bring it to the scheduling meeting in Breckenridge. You will need to include the following information:

• Ice Arena(s) to be used
  
• Available Ice time
• Number of game times available
• Approximate fee to be charged
  
• Names of the tournament directors and their experience
  
• Available housing/cost
  

The MSGL Spring meeting was held Saturday, May 16th.  It was nice to see the great
turnout from all of the member associations.  We appreciate the time and expense it
takes for many of members to travel the distance to Denver.  

Below is a brief summary of the highlights of the meeting.  The meeting minutes will be posted on the website very soon. Please refer to them for a detailed summary of the meeting.  In this meeting we addressed a number of By Law changes:

• Pointstreak - This change requires associations to use the Pointstreak scoring system for all games (either terminal or web) rather that submitting scoresheets.  This was a language change that reflect the current practice of our teams and to improve the availability of game statistics.  It was approved.
• Director of Communication Roles - The responsibility for managing team rosters was moved from the Secretary to the Director of Communications.  This change improves our efficiency of process.  It was approved.
• No More than 2 directors per Association -  We currently have three board members from the same association.  Each were from different associations when they were elected.  It was acknowledged that with the movement of girls between associations that this situation may occur.  The membership agreed that this situation (3 members from same association) was acceptable.  It was noted that the membership could request a recall if this type of situation was ever determined to be unfair.  It was voted to completely remove the by-law that states no more than 2 board members can be from 1 association. Therefore no restriction on board member associations exists any longer.
• AA and A divisions - This proposal created a AA division for tier II teams (if numbers warranted).   The intention is keep to tier II in our league and provide a place for ALL non-tier I players to play.  This would expand our ability to provide a wide range of competition for girls hockey.  It was approved.
• Board Experience Requirement  for President - This proposal requires that any candidate for board president have served as a officer.  This was submitted to insure continuity.  It was approved.
  

Congratulations to this years MSGHL 2009 State Champions!