Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame

                                          January 10, 2012

Present: Mike Cotnoir, Scott Marek, Paul DaSilva, Tim Jensen, Tom Owens, Gary DiBattista, Tony Secondo, Mary Keller (Liaison), Kris Couture, Lisa Carrara, Lynn Piemonte, Fran Slattery, Bob Bromage, Marian Dippel

Mike called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and welcomed us all back to start the new year.  The checkbook balance is $3,385.67 and the Amy Romano/Field Hockey balance is $3,089.28.  The CD remains the same.

Committees:

Golf - Just a reminder that the tournament is scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2012.  The committee will soon start gearing up for the tournament.

Banquet - The induction banquet for this year is Saturday, September 22, 2012.  Mike asked for feedback on the 2011 banquet.  It was suggested that we get a new banquet menu from Holiday Inn as some people were not satisfied with the meal. Mike directed Kris to obtain a new banquet menu and try to get it before the February meeting.  Additionally it was brought up that we need to do something to get more of the previous inducted hall of famers' to attend the banquet. One suggestion was to get phone numbers (Mike has) and divide them up among the committee and extend a personal invitation to attend. Finally it was decided after Lisa volunteered to help, that she and Mike would work on letters, postcards, etc. to send to them to encourage their participation. Someone also mentioned that previous team personnel be included also. Another suggestion was to add some golf and field hockey shots to the DVD that we show during the banquet which, of course, highlights previous and new hall of famers'.  Field Hockey Jamboree - Plans are being made to determine when it will be held, probably the last Sunday in August.  More details to come at next month's meeting.

Scholarships - It is time to give the high schools the application for the 3 $1,000 scholarships.  Kris will pick up the applications from Mary in the next few days to take them to the high schools.

Nominations - Mike started the conversation concerning our discussion of standardizing the nomination and instruction forms that we had at our October meeting. After much discussion and suggestions at our October meeting, Mike made up a proposed nomination and  instruction sheet  for our perusal.  Except for a minor change on the two, it was agreed we ask the town of Enfield to put them on the town's website.  Mary will contact the Webmaster to ask him to do this.  Mike will get the paperwork to Mary.

Next came the discussion concerning voting changes.  If any voting changes or adjustments are done, our by-laws will need to be amended, so therefore, a motion was made and seconded that we use a process where rather than a ranking system, each eligible committee member gets 8 votes and each vote for the candidate carries the same weight. After a discussion ensued mainly concerning the number of votes, a vote was taken and it passed unanimously.  Next a motion was made and seconded that the nomination committee submit a ballot with a minimum  of 12 names for the individual ballot. After a brief discussion a vote was taken and it passed unanimously. Another motion was made to amend the by-laws concerning the George Daly award, so the motion was made, seconded to only vote for just one candidate that appears on the ballot and each vote carries the same weight for the George Daly award.  A very short discussion ensued and a vote was taken which passed unanimously.  Lastly a motion was made, seconded that the nomination committee limit the amount of teams to 5 on the ballot and the amount of names on the George Daly award to 5 on the ballot also.  After the discussion a vote was taken with all but one committee member agreeing, so it too, was passed.  Someone suggested a by-law change to say that the induction vote must include one male and one female.  However this was tabled to a forthcoming meeting.

Miscellaneous - Bob Linn, an elected member of the hall of fame, attended the meeting to volunteer to join the committee. In an extremely short time the committee unanimously  voted him in.  Welcome aboard, Bob Linn.  Also our two members who joined last year, Tom and Lynn have now become voting members.

Mary gave Mike the budget form to fill out so she can submit it to the town of Enfield budget  meeting.

Last but not least, Mike mentioned that since a new year started it might be a good time for the committee to volunter to work on the various committees such as golf, field hockey, banquet, etc.  He added that any committee member could stay with the one he/she is on or change to another one or two. We took a few minutes to do that.

Next meeting will be Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at the Senior Center at 6:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

                                                            Respectfully submitted,

                                                            Kristine Couture, Secretary