Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
December 2nd, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Gia Gunerius and Sharon Johnson, Leah Fredenburg, Morris Gifford and Nancee Bray

VISITORS: Coach Moseman

Business:

Anoka Youth Night is December 14. Players are to wear their uniform to get in free and be at the High School by 6:30pm. Jenny Becker will be notifying the coaches to let the girls know. Coach Moseman is working on half time entertainment for the game.

It was decided that for next years Anoka Tournament that the Tournament Director and the gym time coordinator will work together to assign the gym time. Leah will write up the wording for this piece of the by-law and the Board will vote on it next meeting.

Leah and Nancee have been busy getting the Anoka Tornado Classic Basketball Tournament organized. Leah has 46 teams registered so far. Because the baseball team has the High School reserved for something Leah and Nancy have been looking into some other gym options for our tournament. There will be some fund raising tables at the tournament. Some ideas that were brought forth included selling pre-wrap, t-shirts and jewelry. Parent volunteers will be scheduled to work at some of these tables. Every parent will need to work at the tournament. Hours to be determined as Ann is currently working on a schedule for the tournament . Ann will also be getting the food license for concessions. Nancee is also working on securing referees and possibly working with a different supply company for these referees. Sue has been working with Heidi B. and they are getting the trainers all lined up for the games. Morris will be getting the ice packs for all the first aide kits.

The girls are selling raffle tickets for a fundraising for ARAGBA. We are raffling off 2 $50.00 gas cards and one IPOD Shuffle which were donated to the Organization. The girls are asked to sell at least 5 tickets at $1.00 a piece to get their name in a drawing for a target gift card. When a girl turns in their money and has sold all five tickets they will also be issued a Jimmy Johns sandwich card. If girls need more tickets they are to see Leah from the 6A team.

ARAGBA is trying to put together a Banquet Committee. Any parents that have good planning skills and are organized and like working in a group should notify Leah Fredenburg. You will be responsible for soliciting prizes for the girls, securing a location, organizing the food and obtaining the speakers.

The Board unanimously passed the decision to purchase a computer program that would align the brackets for the Tournament.

The Duluth Tournament was discussed and it was decided that is was a nice Tournament and every one had fun but that is was a very expensive weekend. We will be looking at visiting Brainerd or Eau Claire next season.

Sue is composing a letter corresponding to the Andover Board regarding last years Tournament.

Gia presented the financial report. Gia also presented payment plans that have not been payed and letters that need to be sent to these individuals. These players are strongly encouraged to sell all the Mansetties cards.

Additional items:

It was brought to the Boards attention that there have been teams playing up and teams that want to play up a grade level at tournaments. It was decided that ARGBA would rather not have this take place as there would be no benefit to the organization by having a grade play up at any tournaments that would cause our own teams to compete against one another within a given bracket. It was decided that if a team wants to play up, they should be in a different tournament if it would cause potential for any 2 ARGBA teams to compete against one another. Jenny will be composing the words for this new addition to the Bylaws for the Board to vote on at the next meeting. Free tournaments will be offered at the appropriate grade level first and then if they decline any team may take the opportunity to play in that tournament.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, January 6th, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
November 4th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Gia Gunerius, Sharon Johnson, Leah Fredenburg, Danni Sherva, Morris Gifford and Nancee Bray

VISITORS: Coach Moseman

Business:

Our first tournament was in Coon Rapids and everybody did well and had fun. The success of all the teams is posted on the web. Good job girls!!!

Sue is going to compose a letter and send it to the Andover Board.

Leah and Nancee have been busy getting the Anoka Tornado Classic Basketball Tournament organized. Leah has 32 teams registered plus Anoka’s 7 teams so far. She is also getting trophies lined up for winners. Some new ideas are being looked into for concessions and will be discussed more in depth at the next board meeting once prices have been obtained. There will also be some fund raising tables at the tournament. Some ideas that were brought forth included selling pre-wrap, t-shirts and jewelry. Parent volunteers will be scheduled to work at some of these tables. Nancee is also working on securing referees and possibly working with a different supply company for these referees.

ARAGBA is tying to put together a Banquet Committee. Any parents that have good planning skills and are organized and like working in a group should notify Leah Fredenburg. You will be responsible for soliciting prizes for the girls, securing a location, organizing the food and obtaining the speakers.

Sharon is working on securing another date for bagging groceries. She did report that Cub has incorporated a new rule that a parent has to be with all players under the age of 14. The teams will need more parent participation with the next bagging session.

Gia presented the financial report.

Additional items:

Coach Moseman presented a new fundraising idea to raise money for the High School Girls Team and the Girls Traveling Organization by working together to put on the Summer Basketball Camp. This camp will be held in the middle of July. Date not yet secured. Details to be worked out later.

Youth night has been set. This is night for the girls to attend the Girls High School home game on Dec. 14th against Andover and be recognized for all their hard work. They should be there by 6:30pm and wear their jersey to get in free.

Lynx representatives are coming to an Anoka Girls Basketball home game on Friday February 1st against Osseo. Give-a-ways and raffles will be going on as well as camp sign-ups offered. This event promises to be a good time.

Pictures are on Monday the 12th at Lord of Life Church starting at 6:00pm in the north gym. Players, please wear maroon and arrive 10 minutes prior to your picture time and be ready to go.
7B - 6:00 pm
4th - 6:10 pm
5th - 5:20 pm
6A - 6:30 pm
6B - 6:40 pm
8th - 6:50 pm
7A - 7:00 pm

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
October 7th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Gia Gunerius and Sharon Johnson, Leah Fredenburg and Danni Sherva

VISITORS: Vonda Essig, Dee Guthman, Nancee Bray, Sharon Mantey, Paul Fitzgerald, Cindy Hippe

Business:

A total of 70 girls tried out this year to the Anoka Ramsey Girls Traveling Basketball Association. Unfortunately we had to cut two 8th graders. All the necessary requirements have been made and paper work filled out for all the girls to play. Tryouts were held late this year which will be changed in the up coming year. Due to the late tryouts this year, Leah has been having great difficulty getting our girls into tournaments. A lot of these tournaments are filled. Leah will continue to work on this issue. Tryouts may be changed to a week night and one weekend for next season. It was felt that tryouts were much more efficient this year. All equipment has now been handed out.

Unfortunately due to the Anoka Booster tournament being held the same weekend as the Andover Tournament we were not able to send all our teams last year. The Andover Board has made a decision not to send any of their teams to our Anoka Tournament. Much discussion was held on this topic and it was decided that we need to support our own programs before other programs. Leah and Sue will continue to work on this issue and discuss it with Coach Moseman.

Leah has been working very hard to get teams lined up to come to our tournament and has been having a difficult time. There are a lot of tournaments at this time of the year. Leah stated that a lot of teams do not want to come to our tournament due to the fact that "there is not enough competition in the northern suburbs". So far 45 teams have declined to come to our tournament.

Including a lot of local organizations that have attended the Anoka tournament in past years. We do have 23 teams registered to play so far. Leah will continue to work on this issue. The Board has had much discussion in regards to changing the Tournament date for next season. This will be tabled for a later date.

Sharon reported how the cub foods grocery bagging fundraiser went. She stated that it went well and we will be doing it again in the future following Christmas. Watch the website for info. The girls may possibly bag for longer timeframes and over 2 days. Everyone commented on how sweet the girls were. They did a great job!!! They do need to remember to make the bags not quite so heavy next time!

October gym time has been completed and scheduling went well. There are even extra gym times offered for the girls to practice. Dani is currently finishing November scheduling.

Additional items:

The new position of "Assistant Tournament Director" was filled. We had 6 candidates apply and all were very qualified for the job. The Board voted and Nancee Bray was elected to the position. Please remember we will have 2 more positions available in the spring.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, November 4th, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
September 9th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Morris Gifford, Gia Gunerius, Sharon Johnson and Leah Fredenburg

VISITORS: Vonda Essig

Business:

Informational Fliers were distributed at all the Elementary and Middle schools for Open Houses.

A new form called the "Code of Conduct" will be handed out this year at the Parent/Player Mandatory Meeting for parents and players to read and sign. This form will be turned back in and parents and players will be held accountable for their actions. This form was adopted from the MYAS Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct was voted on by the Board and unanimously passed.

The dates have been set for the 2007 tryouts this fall. There will be two tryout dates this year giving everyone a fair chance to try out on two different occasions. The best score will be the score used for team placement. All players should report to tryouts on the first day. They are as follows: Tryouts on Saturday the 15th and the 22nd of September at Fred Moore Middle School. We will be using both gyms. Parent informational meeting will be on Sept. 13th in the Cafeteria from 7:00 - 8:00pm. Once the teams have been formed the Parent Mandatory Meeting will be September 25th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Cafeteria at Fred Moore Middle School. Leah and Morris are working on the tournament schedule for the upcoming season. It will be included at the Informational Parent Meeting. Morris has also been working hard at getting coaches in line for the upcoming season. If anybody is interested please contact Morris Gifford.

Open Gym will conclude this week. All girls should go and practice and be ready for tryouts. Open Gym will start at 6:00pm and end at 8:00pm on Monday Sept. 10th and 12th at Lord of Life.

Tryouts are this Saturday. Mike Thompson is ready and has the spread sheets in the computer. Evaluators are set. Evaluators are not involved in an Anoka Sports program and know none of the kids. Most if not all of the coaches will be present at tryouts. Morris will talk at the informational meeting regarding coaches, applications and background checks.

Leah will have clothing samples at the informational meeting and prices. Raghead has provided some really nice clothing options for warm-up pants, jackets, shooting shirts and a new bag at very low costs. These items will also be available through the aragba.org web site for a limited time if you want to order them through there. Free shipping will also be offered through the web site for a limited time.

The registration form will now have a spot on it for parents to put their email addresses to make it easier to contact people more quickly.

Jenny will type up an information flier to be presented at the Informational Meeting to be held on September 13th regarding a new position the Board will be adding titled "Assistant Tournament Director". We are looking for parents 5th through 7th grade in the program to become involved and participate as a board member. He/she would be responsible for obtaining referees and trophy needs. Volunteers for scorekeeping, timekeeping, and statistics will be solicited by this position. You will also be responsible for helping the Tournament Director in the Anoka Classic Tournament. Your are strongly encouraged to come to the October 7th Board meeting at 7:00pm at Mansetties. You also are encouraged to bring a "statement of expressed interest" and be prepared to share it with the Board. The Board will vote and fill this position at this meeting. For further information please notify Sue Niedenfuer, President at 763-427-5427.

Gia provided a Treasures Report.

Other Business:
The idea of working at the Dome was presented by Dannie Sherva. It was decided that this option will be presented at the Banquet in the spring for next year as it does take some time for the training before we would be allowed to work there.

Sharron will present "Mansetties Pizza" fund raiser at the Informational Parent Meeting. This will be away for a players to earn some of the money they pay at registration back. If a player sells 10 cards they can earn up to $200 back from registration.

Teams will also be packing groceries at Cub to help raise money for the organization and this date has been set for October 6th from 11:00 am to 7:00pm. Each team will be required to be there for 1 to 1 ½ hours. Each team will be assigned a certain time frame. The money raised during this time will be used to purchase new uniforms and equipment.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, October 7th, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
August 5th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Ann Vice, Morris Gifford, Gia Gunerius and Sharon Johnson

VISITORS: Coach Moseman, Vonda Essig

Business:

We will be adding a 4th grade traveling level for next year. Jenny Becker mailed all the fliers to the incoming 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in the Anoka High School Attendance boundaries.

Fliers were brought to all the Elementary and Middle schools for Open House. Leah has contacted all but Rum River and St. Stephen’s. Sue will prepare posters to be put out at all the tables to display and visit all the schools to distribute fliers for Open Houses.

Coach Moseman was visiting the Board meeting to bring a "Thank you" note from the High School Girls Basketball Association for the cash donation that was presented to them from the board. There are also plans for having a coaches and assistant coaches clinic. All coaches & Assistant Coaches should place it as a priority to be present!! There will also be a 1½ to 2 hour players clinic to follow the coaches clinic. We would like the coaches there to help out and run some of the drills. The Coaches Clinic and Players Clinic is being planed for Saturday, October 6th or Saturday October 13th. More information to follow.

The changes that were made by the subcommittee regarding the by-laws were presented to the Board Members and all changes were voted on by the Board and unanimously all passed.

The dates have been set for the 2007 tryouts this fall. There will be two tryout dates this year giving everyone a fair chance to try out on two different occasions. They are as follows: Tryouts on Saturday the 15th and the 22nd of September at Fred Moore Middle School. We will be using both gyms. Parent informational meeting will be on Sept. 13th in the Cafeteria from 7:00 - 8:00pm. Once the teams have been formed the Parent Mandatory Meeting will be September 25th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Cafeteria at Fred Moore Middle School. Leah and Morris are working on the tournament schedule for the upcoming season. It will be included at the Informational Parent Meeting. Morris has also been working hard at getting coaches in line for the upcoming season. If anybody is interested please contact Morris Gifford.

Code of Conduct will be discussed at the next meeting.

Open Gym will begin on Monday August 20th at Lord Of Life Church and go through Sept. 12th. Labor Day week is excluded. Open Gym will start at 6:00pm and end at 8:00pm

Gia provided a Treasures Report and she will contacting MYAS to renew the Organizations insurance plan.

Other Business:
The idea of working at the Dome was presented by Dannie Sherva. It was decided that this option will be presented at the Banquet in the spring for next year as it does take some time for the training before we would be allowed to work there.

Sharron will present "Mansetties Pizza" fund raiser at the Mandatory Parent Meeting. This will be away for a player to earn some of the money they pay at registration.

Teams will also be packing groceries at Cub to help raise money.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, September 9th, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
June 3rd, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Ann Vice, Morris Gifford, Gia Gunerius and Sharon Johnson

VISITORS: Leah and Troy Fredenburg, Vonda Essig, Curt Slater

Business:

Informational flier now needs to be approved by the Anoka-Hennepin Board of Ed. before we can send it out. We will be adding a 4th grade traveling level for next year. Jenny Becker and Sue Neidenfuer will be working on the informational flier and sending it out to the out going 3rd and 4th graders.

MYAS Flier for our Tournament will be mailed out by the July 16th deadline. Our tournament dates will stay the same. (January 26th and 27th).

Equipment needs for the upcoming season were discussed and were tabled till September. We will see what the Organizations finances are at that time. Morris will be taking inventory of all the uniforms to see where the need is for new ones. Obviously we will need some new uniforms for the incoming 4th graders.

The Board unanimously approved a cash donation to the Anoka High School Girls Basketball Organization. The Board also approved a gift certificate for Mike Thompson for working so hard on the web site. He currently does not have a daughter in the program but does continue to be our webmaster. Thank you Mike!

The board discussed adding another board position which would be an Assistant Tournament Director. This idea was tabled until September. It was felt that the position needed to be posted on the web for public information. Therefore giving everybody an opportunity to apply for the position. Another idea was also brought up: having a group of parents involved with a "parent committee" for the Anoka Classic Tournament. The Board will also be changing the name of the current Assistant Tourney Director at a later date. This position is currently held by Ann Vice.

The dates have been set for the 2007 tryouts this fall. There will be two tryout dates this year giving everyone a fair chance to try out on two different occasions. They are as follows: Tryouts on Saturday the 15th and the 22nd of September at Fredmoore Middle School. We will be using both gyms. Parent informational meeting will be on Sept. 13th in the Cafeteria from 7:00 - 8:00pm. Once the teams have been formed the Parent Mandatory Meeting will be September 25th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Cafeteria at FredMoore Middle School.

New Board Members:
Two very qualified people applied for the Tournament Director Position and after much deliberation and discussion the Board voted Leah Fredenburg as the new Tournament Director. This was a difficult decision and the Board would like to remind every body that there will be more Board positions open next Spring.

The Board is looking at attending the Duluth Basketball tournament in November of 2007. Jenny Becker is looking into room reservations and costs. The tournament is on November 16th, 17th and 18th.

Basketball Camp:
Coach Mosemans’ basketball camp is posted on the Anoka High School Web sight. Camp is scheduled for July 9-13th. Please check it out!!!
Other Business:
Troy Fredenberg attended the meeting and wondered if the and when the bylaws were going to be amended. The Board has decided to form a subcommittee to meet and discuss the bylaws. They would then bring them before the Board and the Board would vote on final approval. This will be done in the near future.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, July 8th, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Mansetties in Anoka. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
May 6th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Ann Vice, Morris Gifford, Mike Pipenhagen

VISITORS: Leah and Troy Fredenburg, Vonda Essig

Business:

Banquet:
A special THANK YOU goes out to Leah and Gia from the board. They worked very hard and put together a very nice basketball banquet.

Surveys:
There were 28 completed surveys. A summary of the completed surveys will be sent to all the coaches. Most came back with satisfied responses. Some of the suggestions that came back included: increased practice time, better updates regarding practice times, more tournaments and maybe a few one day tournaments.

New Board Members:
There were 2 Board position openings. Positions were Treasurer and Tournament Director. Morris Gifford moved from Tournament Director to "Try out/Equipment Manager." There were 3 individuals who were interested in board positions. Gia Gunerius was named Treasurer. One candidate was not present at the meeting so the position of Tournament Director will be filled at the June meeting. The possibility of adding another position will be further discussed at the next meeting as well. The position would be Assist. Tournament Director. "Gym Time Coordinator" was voted on and changed from a nonvoting to a voting position.

2008 St. Cloud Tournament:
Hotel reservations were initially made and then canceled as the Holiday INN in St. Cloud could not secure all rooms to be double occupancy. Tournament for next year may be considered in Duluth or Rochester.

Basketball Camp:
Coach Mosemans’ basketball camp is posted on the Anoka High School Web sight. Camp is scheduled for July 9-13th.

Other Business:
The ARAGBA Board would also like to extend a big THANK YOU to Mike Thompson. He works very hard on our web site and puts in a lot of hours, even though he has no daughters in our organization. THANK YOU MIKE!!!!!!

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Doolittles. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
April 1st, 2007

Canceled

Next meeting is Sunday, Sunday, May 6th - 7:00 p.m. at City Taveren"s Coon Rapids location. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
March 4th, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Ann Vice, Morris Gifford

VISITORS: Leah Fredenburg, Gia Gunerius

Business:

Banquet:
*Banquet: Leah and Gia from the 5A team have volunteered to be in charge of the basketball banquet. They have been working very hard and have most details worked out. The banquet will be on March 22 from 6-8:30pm at Lord OF Life Church in the Atrium. A group of volunteer parents will be doing the set up and decorating. Coaches have been asked to introduce the team members and a short speech about how the girls have done through out the year. Unfortunately Coach Moseman will not be available to host the banquet but he will hopefully be sending a 9th grade coach and assistant coach to talk. Leah and Gia have also been busy trying to collect prizes for the girls.

There will be a fee for the banquet this year. $5.00 per adult and $3.00 per child. Players will be free as well as coaches and their families. Place your order with your child’s coach.

Cub chicken will be provided and the rest of the food and drink will include pot luck items assigned to each team.

There will be a survey/evaluation form at the banquet for parents to fill out. Sue Niedenfuer will put the evaluation together and Board member may email her any ideas for the evaluation. The Board will then review them and make changes where necessary.

New Board Members:
There will be 2 Board positions opening up in April. Positions include Treasurer and Equipment Manager. Anyone interested in these positions should come to the April Board meeting to find out more information. New members will be voted in at that time. Jenny Becker will be typing up an informational letter to pass out to the parents at the Banquet.

Gym Time:
Danni Sherva informed the Board that there is plenty of gym time for next year even if we add a 4th grade team. Lord Of Life has given us another night for practices as well.

Other Business:
Jenny Becker will call the Holiday Inn in St Cloud to reserve rooms for next years tournament. She will try and reserve 65 rooms so the whole organization can stay together. The Board also discussed attending a Duluth Tournament early in the season so the parents as well as the team members could get to know one another. This may or may not be in place of the St. Cloud Tournament. More discussion to follow at future Board meetings.

Morris Gifford to look at the MYAS Book at tourney dates and the flier.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, April 1st, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Doolittles. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
February 11, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Ann Vice, Scott Bovey, Sharon Johnson, Morris Giggord, Mike Pipenhagen

VISITORS: Leah Fredenburg, Gia Gunerius

Anoka Classic Tournament:
A big "Thank You" goes out to the Anoka High School girls for volunteering and helping us out. We made a profit and did better than last year. Thank you to all who helped out and made it a success.

Banquet:
The board is looking at holding a girls basketball banquet the week following the State Tournaments. Sue Niedenfuer is to check the school calendar and see what dates would work. 5A parents, Leah and Gia will work with her on the banquet and organizing it. There will be a charge per family which will be determined at the next meeting. Each particular team will be responsible to bring something for the banquet (again to be determined at the next board meeting). Sue, Leah and Gia will be looking for parent volunteers to help out. We are also looking for raffle ideas (possibly from Raghead). They will also be contacting Coach Moseman to host the banquet.

Other Business:
Playing Time: There has been an issue brought to the boards attention regarding the 5A team and playing time. All players get equal playing time unless the player is not attending the practice. Parents need to notify the coach if they are missing practice and what the reason is. Parents also need to talk to the coach and/or write a formal complaint and send it to the board. Please refer to the bylaws.

Bylaws Amendment: It was discussed with the board that the bylaws did not cover Board Members conduct/actions/confidentiality. A motion was made by Sue Niedenfuer that the bylaws be amended under 6.0 Terms of Membership to include: Any Board Member demonstrating inappropriate behavior (ie: conduct, actions, or verbal discussion of confidential information outside of Board Meetings) will be given one verbal warning from the Board. If the behavior continues the Board will terminate his/her position on the Board. He/she would not be allowed back on the Board for 3 years. The Board voted and passed the amendment unanimously.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, March 4th , 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Doolittles. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA TORNADO CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
January 21, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Scott Bovey, Morris Gifford, Sharon Johnson

Anoka Tournament: January 27th-28th, 2007
There will be some fund raising tables at the Anoka Tournament. We will be charging businesses to have a table at the tournament. Velocity Sports, Strich Design and DECCA from the High School will have a table at the tournament. No charge to DECCA.
Board members will be present at the tournament. Ann Vice has put together a schedule for working the tournament. We will start setting up on Friday night at 9:00pm and be back at the High school at 7:00am Saturday and Sunday.
Ann is working on getting supplies for the concession stand at the best prices. Ann has gotten most of the supplies at Costco and Sams. Cub has also donated and Mansetties pizza will be contacted to provide pizza for Saturday at lunch only. They will be just cheese pizzas as meat is no longer allowed by law for this type of activity. Hotdogs have been purchased as well as cookie dough and pop.
Members of the Anoka girls high school basketball team will be running the clocks and books. Their schedule will be determined by coach Moseman.
Morris informed the board that every thing is ready and that the trophies will be delivered to the High School on Sunday morning.
Sharon Johnson has done a great job collecting donations for the tournament.

St. Cloud Tournament:
SSharon has been working very hard at finding us rooms for the St. Cloud Tournament and has been successful!! Sharon started working on this in October. We learned rooms were supposed to be reserved last year and were not. Sharon has found Hotels for all teams attending. 8A found their own rooms. 5A will be going to Mankato and 5B will be going to Princeton. 28 rooms have been reserved. All rooms that have not been reserved will be released as of Tuesday January 23.

State Tournament:
Coaches need to get all paperwork, information and payment in by January 26th.

Other Business:
We have also been asked that all parents consider a 24 hour cooling off period that should be followed when there is an issue between a parent/player and a coach. The coach should not be approached at a tournament where there is a lot of people around. Please wait 24 hours and then sit down and discuss the issue with the coach in a calm and rational manner. The board places a lot of trust and respect in the coaches and realize that they have a difficult job and that there is a lot going on at the time of a tournament and sometimes it is difficult to keep track of everything. (See section 9.03,5 of the bylaws on our home page)
Uniform replacement was brought up and tabled for the future.
Possibility of 3 on 3 tourney as a fund raiser for the fall was brought up and discussed and was decided to table for a future meeting.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, February 11th , 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Doolittles. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary

Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
January 7, 2007

Board members in attendance:
Sue Niedenfuer, Danni Sherva, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Scott Bovey, Morris Gifford, Mike Pipenhagen

Visitors:
Curt Slater, Leah Fredenburg, Troy Fredenburg and Mike Thoma

Business:
Ann Vice is arranged the details for a girls and or family fun day to a Gopher basketball game on Sunday Jan. 21st. We have 140 people signed up and there are 3 buses going. Coaches should arrive at 12:00pm to get the team tickets from Ann. Buses will leave the parking lot at 12:30pm and return at about 4:30pm or 5:00pm.

Other Business:
Visitors brought up the issue of playing time and what is fair. There is a policy on this topic and it is covered in the bylaws. (See section 9.03 of the bylaws on our home page)
Basically If the players effort is not there, a player has a bad attitude, shows the coaches or players disrespect, or players are not attending practice, then they may not have equal playing time during a game or tournament. It will be at the coaches discretion as to how much playing time the player will receive. Registration money does not guarantee playing time, players are still expected To be "team" players and Show good sportsmanship at all times.
We have also been asked that all parents consider a 24 hour cooling off period that should be followed when there is an issue between a parent/player and a coach. The coach should not be approached at a tournament where there is a lot of people around. Please wait 24 hours and then sit down and discuss the issue with the coach in a calm and rational manner. The board places a lot of trust and respect in the coaches and realize that they have a difficult job and that there is a lot going on at the time of a tournament and sometimes it is difficult to keep track of everything. (See section 9.03,5 of the bylaws on our home page)

Anoka Tournament:
Families are required to work 4 hours per child (player) at the Anoka Tournament. This may be score keeping, taking money at the door, working concessions or other activities. Parents, to get your $75.00 back you must put in your time. Schedules have been passed around at the tam practices. Please sign up or you will be placed at a time. Heidi Beckendorf will be working on the tournament schedule.
We have a total of 46 teams. There are 6 other tournaments in the metro also scheduled for this weekend. Each team will have a minimum of 3 games each and brackets are completed and on our website.
There will be some fund raising tables at the Anoka Tournament and a silent auction for some Lynx tickets. Finalizing of the tables will be at the next meeting. We will be charging businesses $25.00 to have a table at the tournament. Velocity Sports, Strich Design and possibly one more business will have a table at the tournament.
Board members will be at the tournament Sat 7am-9pm and Sun 7am-6pm. We will be looking at splitting up the time so we all do not have to be there the entire time both days.
Ann is working on getting supplies for the concession stand at the best prices.
Members of the Anoka girls high school basketball team will be running the clocks and books.

St. Cloud Tournament:
Sharon has been working very hard at finding us rooms for the St. Cloud Tournament and has been successful!! Sharon started working on this in October. We learned rooms were supposed to be reserved last year and were not. Sharon has found Hotels for all teams attending. 8A found their own rooms. 5A will be going to Mankato and 5B will be going to Princeton.


State Tournament:
Coaches need to get all paperwork, information and payment in by January 26th.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting is Sunday, January 21st , 2007 - 7:00 p.m. at Doolittles. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary