Dear Hockey Exec,

Here are the minutes of the meeting held on Sunday, December 17th, 2000.

Attending:
      Peter Buckingham      PAFHC            408-371-0072
      Andy Hooper            PAFHC            831-454-0624
      Heidi Faith            PAFHC            650-938-6746
      Jagtar Samota            Yuba Brothers      650-357-3107
      Afzal Siddiqui            UC Berkeley      510-664-3007
      Niall Murphy            Marin            650-312-4560
      André Séquin            UC Berkeley      510-772-6387
      John Sandhu            Sacramento      408-590-9732
      Vasu Madabushi      Hayward      510-498-8278
      Harv Dhaliwal            Sacramento      925-736-9891
      Brett Lee            San Francisco      530-757-2242
      Jeremy Lukins            San Francisco      415-681-1502
      Derek Pappas            Treasurer      510-489-2113
      Kashmir Dhusea                  510-538-1138
      Shaid Chaudhry                        925-447-0476
      Jessie Bal            Yuba Brothers      510-487-7622
      Fook Wong            President
      Kevin Parker            Secretary      925-831-9195

Item #5: Decision of the committee: To purchase new goals for the Kleeberger field. Afzal Siddiqui will organize purchase of Goals, Wheels, Nets and Boards with a budget of approximately $1200. Goals to be shipped to John Sandhu's warehouse in San Jose. Approved unanimously.

Item #9: Decision of the committee: Treasurer's report to be approved subject to acceptable modifications being made available to committee by email. Approved unanimously.

Statement of the President: In future years attendance by a team's representative at the annual general meeting will be required in order forthe team to participate in the league.

Item #3: Decision of the committee: When additional teams join the league mid-season there will be additional fees to be paid by all teams for the additional field usage. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Decision of the committee: A youth development sub-committee will be formed to report back to the executive committee. This committee will comprise of the following volunteers, Afzal Siddiqui, Shaid Chaudhry, Heidi Faith and Derek Pappas. The sub-committee will produce a budget proposal for any action they recommend. In preparation for this an additional $100 per team will be required to be raised this year. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Decision of the committee: The league start date will be either the 18th or 25th of February 2000 subject to field availability. The 4th and 11th may be used for scrimmages prior to the league's opening day subject to field availability. Afzal Siddiqui and Heidi Faith to check with UC Berkeley and Stanford U regarding availability. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Team reports: The teams reported, as follows, regarding the numbers of teams they will field next season:

      PAFHC            2
      Yuba Brothers      1
      Marin            2
      San Francisco      1
      Hayward      1
      UC Berkeley      1
      Sacramento      2 (note this may be 1 Sacramento + 1 San Jose)

Decision of the committee: Registration fees. The first $500 of the
registration fee for each team must be paid in full by February 1st 2000.
The remainder of the fees to be paid by March 15th 2000. If there are any late payments league points will be forfeited. Approved unanimously. At next year's annual general meeting teams will be required to attend and bring with them their initial $500 registration fee. Approved unanimously.

Decision of the committee: Once Heidi Faith and Afzal Siddiqui have compiled the field availability the secretary will develop a draft schedule to present to the teams. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Decision of the committee: A competition committee will be formed to address members issues regarding the level of competitive play and other issues. The competition committee will also be responsible for purchasing a trophy for the league. Harv Dhaliwal, Shahid Chaudhry, Peter Buckingham and Vasu Madabushi volunteered to participate in the committee. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Decision of the committee: Teams must provide a minimum number (7 or 8) of their own players in order to play. This vote was tied 5 to 5 with the President casting the deciding vote for 7. Failure to do so will result in a forfeit. Each team must have a goal keeper (rule 6.3 of FIH) who may be "borrowed" from other teams. If a goalkeeper is "borrowed" each team is still required to have 7 of their own team's players. No other players may be borrowed. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Decision of the committee: Team representatives to be the sole party responsible for their players maintaining a current membership with the USFHA. Failure to maintain a current membership exposes the league to liability issues and possible exclusion from the USFHA. Approved unanimously. The secretary will investigate under what rules visiting players from overseas may play in the league with USFHA and will report back to the league executive committee.

Announcement by the secretary: In the 2001 season Game Cards will be issued to each team. The teams must include on the game card the roster for the team which will include the player's name, shirt number, USFHA number and expiry date. Umpires will be required to check each player against the roster to determine that only the team's own players are playing and that the USFHA memberships are current. Any player who does not have a current USFHA membership will not be allowed to play. At the end of the game thecards will be completed showing the goal scorers, final score and the namesof any players receiving disciplinary cards. The winning captain will beresponsible for mailing the game card to the league.

Decision of the committee: Fee for umpires will be $10 for player umpires,$35 for USFHA rated umpires at the sectional grade. Approved by consensusaffirmation. Rates for National and International grades will be determinedat a later date. Approved by consensus affirmation. The secretary willorganize an umpiring clinic with help from Heidi Faith. The league will makeevery effort to get more rated umpires in the next season.

Decision of the committee: The published time on the schedule will beconsidered "Game Time" - players wishing to warm up will need to be at the field ahead of game time. 90 minute slots will be reserved for games to allow for half time and injuries without affecting the next game. Approved by consensus affirmation.

Please note any corrections to these minutes directly to me at
kparker@serena.com

Sincerely,

Kevin Parker
Secretary