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Ringette Alberta Board Announced

Date: April 25, 2010

Ringette Alberta’s membership ratified its new Board of Directors at the association’s Annual General Meeting, held at the Radisson Calgary Airport on April 25^th, 2010.

Former Vice-President Chris McNeill has moved to the position of President, while former Director of Development Andy LaForge has moved into the Vice President position. Both Karen Chown and Harry Benders have decided to remain on the Ringette Alberta board for another two-year term as Directors-at-Large, and Michael Eleniak remains as Director of Competitions. Kent Racz has moved from a Director-at-Large position to his new role as Director of Development.

Ringette Alberta welcomes three new members to the board: Mark Ward, taking on the role of Treasurer; Diane Thomas, the new Director of Marketing; and Matt Buchholz, assuming the position of Director-at-Large.

The dedication and hard work of the Ringette Alberta board is essential to the day-to-day functioning of the association and we are pleased that these individuals have taken on this responsibility, often in addition to multiple other roles held within the ringette community.

The new Ringette Alberta board is as follows:

President: Chris McNeill (chris_mcneill@hotmail.com)
Vice President: Andy LaForge (laforge@telus.net)
Treasurer: Mark Ward (mp.ward@shaw.ca)
Director of Marketing: Diane Thomas (dianethomas@shaw.ca)
Director of Competitions: Michael Eleniak (amse@rockyford.ca)
Director of Development: Kent Racz (ringettecoach@gmail.com)
Director-at-Large: Harry Benders (hbenders@telus.net)
Director-at-Large: Karen Chown (kchown@shaw.ca)
Director-at-Large: Jodee McKinney (jodeemckinney@telus.net)
Director-at-Large: Matt Buchholz (matt.buchholz@hotmail.com)

Ringette Alberta AGM

Date: April 24 & 25, 2010

http://www.ringettealberta.com/clientuploads/2010%20AGM%20Program.pdf

The 2011 AGM will be held in either Red Deer or Edmonton.

Ringette Canada Strategic Plan 2007-2013

Date: Fall 2007

View document at: http://www.ringette.ca/Images/Administration/Strategic%20Plan%20Final%20Document.pdf

Time Allocation for Ringette Games

Date: December 21, 2009

It has come to my attention that some of our NAWRA games are not starting and finishing within their allotted times. Refs are scheduled to be there during the scheduled game play and are not expected to stay late to finish a game that has gone over the scheduled time. I have bolded the section that allows referees to leave if the game has defaulted and they do have support from the Reffing Association to do this and they will still be paid. Below are the rules pertaining to this issue and everyone should be familiar with them.

Running Out of Time

   If a game cannot be completed within the given time allocation, with approximately 5:00 minutes remaining in the ice time:
      For Bunny, the clock will be reset to 3:00 minutes and straight time will be played. Teams will be given the opportunity to make a line change at this point.
      For Novice and up, the clock will be reset to 2:00 minutes and stop time will be played.

Late or No-show Teams

   Teams must be ready to play no later than two minutes from the beginning of the appointed ice time. A "delay of game" penalty shall be assessed for being late for a game. An additional "delay of game" penalty shall be assessed for each additional two minutes that a team is not ready to play.
   Should any Team not be ready to play within ten minutes from the beginning of the appointed ice time, they will at the non- defaulting coaching option, default the game with a 1-0 score with goal being scored at the 00:10 of the first period. The game may be played as an exhibition game at the discretion of the coaches and the referees present.

Thank you

Lauren Silk