2017 Annual Meeting

Opened Meeting at 12:03 pm

19 members present

I. 2016 – 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW

    1. MINUTES OF 2016 MEETING

        A. vote to accept. Rob made motion to accept the minutes as presented, Alex seconded. Vote was unanimous in         favor.

    2. PRESIDENT’S REPORT

        A. MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS

            i. 2017 Membership: 55 members (41 League, 11 Learn to Curl, 3 college students)

            ii. 2016 Membership: 49 local members 4 out of state “guest” members.

            iii. 1st Social membership – Sue Peterson

        B. LEAGUE NIGHTS: Short season due to weather (8 games for Tuesday nights, 9 games for Thursday nights).                 Tuesday lost 1 game in January & Thursday nights lost 2 games.

            i. Tuesdays Leagues: 7 teams. Thursday Leagues: 6 teams

            ii. Playoffs were not fully played out due to warm weather.

            iii. Wednesday: Learn to curl sessions had 11 members for the entire season.

        C. SCHOOL GROUPS

            i. Approximately 250 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th Graders from Washington Middle School and Calumet High School                 students curled this year. Noel & Gary conducted.

        D. PRIVATE PARTIES

            i. 11 groups rented the facility – made $1900.00. Had to turn down several groups due to warm conditions                 and scheduling conflicts.

            ii. MTU Blue Key rented the ice for 2 weekends during Winter Carnival. This was the last year of their pre-                    payment of rental ice.

        E. OPEN HOUSES

            i. Two open houses held in December, both were very cold, had approximately 20 total visitors

            ii. Copper Dog Open House on February 27, had 20 visitors.

        F. OTHER EVENTS

            i. M.E.D.C. visited on February 13 to film warm room project & curling. Jarod & Mariah Maggio, Gerry &                     Anthony Martin, Julie, Cynthia & Gary participated.

            ii. Video was viewed 32,000 times on Facebook & shared 300 times.

            iii. Gary did a follow-up interview with the Keweenaw Report

        G. CLUB IMPROVEMENTS

            i. Gerry Lampaa, Noel Hanson, Lee Peterson & Gary Lassila finished warm room.

            ii. Score Boards: Built by Gordon, installed by Alex, Brian, Gordon, and Gary

            iii. Church pews: were donated by Calumet Township. Lee and Gary installed 3 in warm room. Church pews                     are for sale for $30-$40.00 each.

            iv. Concessions: (candy bars, potato chips, pop, water, microwave popcorn, hot chocolate). Suggestions for                     next year: more protein (nuts, beef sticks)

                    1. We broke even on concessions.

            v. Other ideas or suggestions? Need large TV screen mounted on wall (able to stream live curling broadcasts).                   Another Crokinole game and have tournaments. Ping pong table. Purchase kid’s curling stones for                              teaching smaller kids. (Jarod & Gary will look into; new stones are $580.00 for 2). Alex will check with                       USCA and Appleton to see where they got there’s. Cynthia Drake will help write a grant if needed.

        H. REFRIGERATION INFORMATION:

            i. In ice: got a quotes from “Everything Ice” for our facility $149,506.00. This is for the materials only. There                 would be operating costs in addition.

            ii. Air Conditioning System: Northern Heating & Plumbing quote $60,000.00. This was the cost for materials                     only. If we were to go this route, we would need to insulate the ceilings and walls.

            iii. Without a huge (over $50,000) donation we can put refrigeration to rest.

    3. CLUB PURCHASES

        A. RinkMaster Ultra II ice Shaver from Appleton Curling Club

            i. Paid $2,000.00 (Cost for new Shaver over $10,000.00)

            ii. Needed new blade. Got Zamboni Blade from Calumet Colosseum. Calumet Machine retrofitted it for                             $240.00. The Colosseum will sharpen them for free and we can get more blades in the future.

        B. Bought 5 new brooms and 8 small-sized sliders

        C. Added an inline filter $75.00

        D. Purchased Crokinole game for $200.00

        E. Camera System: Alex Will be installing 2 more cameras and moving the existing ones above the hack and                 scoring area. + will mount the TV in the warm room. Must be done in the summer. Mike Mickus will help with              the installing.

    4. TREASURER’S REPORT – NOEL

        BALANCE AS OF APRIL 2016 $7572.13

        BALANCE AS OF APRIL 2017 $7438.36

        Lose of revenue - $133.77

        CREDITS: Dues $5947.56

        Rentals $1820.00

        Interest $0.77

        Total $7768.33

        DEBITS: Insurance/ Dues $2441.00

        Utilities $714.47

        Equipment $3334.03*

        Supplies $1159.60

        Miscellaneous $253.00

        Total $7902.10

        * Equipment (Score Boards $218.65; Crokinole Game $209.81; Sliders & Brooms $433.45; Scraper $2000.00;             TV Monitors $247.11; Scraper Blade $225.00)

        Forecast: Approximate income with Dues $6000.00 + Operating Costs $3400.00 = Annual Surplus $2600.00. If         include rentals, we have $4000.00 to spend each year).

        Motion by Rob Handler, 2nd by Alex Hughes to approve the Treasurers report Approved by unanimous vote.

    5. COLLEGE CURLING REPORT

        a. Finlandia University –There were no Finlandia Students involved this year. Rob Handler stated that now that                 Soren is back, he plans on taking a more active role in recruiting students.

        b. MTU University – Allie Schroeder and her team (plays thru CCCC) WON the Great Lakes Curling mixed                         doubles; and proudly showed off the trophy. This is the 1st time our Club name is on it; and we get to keep it             until next year playoffs. The team also played in the mixed National tournament and tied for 6th place.

    6. CERTIFICATIONS – No new certifications this year

II. ELECTIONS

    1. C.C.C.C. Board Members (3-year terms) 2 terms up (Gary Lassila & Rob Handler)

        a. Floor Nominations - none

        b. Vote. Diane Woodworth made a motion to renew Gary & Rob terms, 2nd by Jarod Maggio. Unanimous yes                 vote.

    2. Great Lakes Curling Association (1 year term, 2 seats)

        a. Currently Gordon and Paul (does not want to continue)

        b. Nominations – Rob is interested. Will call Paul to discuss the details of the job.

        c. Vote. no vote taken

III. NEW BUSINESS

    1. MEMBERSHIP

        a. had 1st Social Membership

        b. Increasing College Member Numbers. Rob stated that held Open Houses during registration, but no one                     showed up. Discussed having MTU set the fees or pay for the students as part of the activity fee. Both Soren             and Rob are working with MTU and Finlandia Universities to achieve this.

        c. Dues Change? Currently 1st year $70.00, 2nd year $120.00, 3rd year $160.00; Discussion: 1st year dues at                 $70.00 for students are a little steep..1st year maybe $50.00 would be easier.

        d. Have another shirt/tote-bag fundraiser. Gary will look into.

    2. IMPROVEMENTS AND PROJECTS

        a. Better signage needed – Mike Mickus working on. Was not at the Annual Meeting to provide updates.

            i. Large sign at roof level, centered - visible from road, lighted

            ii. Signage on Red Jacket to turn traffic alongside Calumet Colosseum

        b. Inline water filter system (De-ionizing system). $3000.00 - $4000.00 for system; both for flooding and                     pebbling. Team Schroeder (from Midland CC) says their club has one and it makes a huge difference. It                     makes the ice much faster; and less contamination on the brooms and clothing.

        c. Re-do some side boards and seal. Gary, Jerry & Noel will work on this summer.

        d. Bocce ball court. Play in the front part of the building. We have the balls already.

        e. Secure inner closet door. As the warm room will be used year around for all types of activities; we need to                 lock up our stuff. Especially CCCC branded clothing, money, etc.

        f. Other Improvement ideas? Steve Woodworth said we need to spend money on the roof..it has leaks on the                 CCCC club floor and holes in the front part of the building. Need to keep the pigeons out. Calumet Township              owns the building and Steve will talk with Paul Lehto on getting this fixed this summer.

        g. Photos to decorate the warm room, need a large bulletin board

        h. Ice paint peeling – sent photos to Gordon

    3. ITEMS NEEDED FOR CLUB:

        a. Love seat/small sofa (free or low cost). Lee may have a small sofa to donate.

        b. BBQ grill

        c. Flat Screen TV- Alex. Alex talked with the Calumet High School and we can get internet free from them for                 streaming live events. But will need a booster to get the signal to the clubhouse.

        d. Plywood boards on windows. Gary will talk with Calumet High School art department about getting murals                 painted on plywood.

    4. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

    5. COPPER SPIEL BONSPIEL – Sue Mickus brought up hosting and chairing a 2018 Bonspiel for next year. Only             Rob & Gary suggested they were willing to help. Alex stated we need to get our club members attending other             bonspiels, if we expect them to attend ours.

IV. ADJOURN at 2:05 pm

BOARD MEETING

    1. CONVENE at 2:08 pm

    2. ELECT OFFICERS

        a. PRESIDENT – Gary Lassila

        b. VICE-PRESIDENT – Alex Hughes

        c. TREASURER – Noel Hanson

        d. SECRETARY – Sue Mickus

    3. DISCUSSION – Elect same officers as last year.

    4. DUES CHANGES FOR 2017-2018 SEASON

        1st year $60.00 / 2nd year $80.00 / 3rd year & up $120.00

    5. WEBSITE: Sue brought up that the website: www.coppercountrycurlingclub.com has been suspended. Gordon             was in charge of that. We do have a new website and that is working good. Alex brought up that the e-mail that         were attached to the old website are probably gone. Any one wanting information could e-mail for more                     information and it would be directed to the President of the club. Alex will check into so that any information will         route correctly from the new website.

    6. Voted to give the ice maker and instructor (currently Gary) $300.00 for his time. Paid.

    7. ADJOURN @ 2:40 pm

Respectfully submitted

Sue Mickus

Secretary

Copper Country Curling Club