• ·         As of last week ALL the volunteer concession hours for the remainder of the season have been posted to the FLHA website. 
• ·         Parents have until Wednesday December 17th to schedule themselves to fulfill their volunteer obligations (4 hrs. per rostered child).   On December 18th the remaining volunteer hours will be removed from the website (this was completed today!!)
• ·         The board will review the concession calendar and assign weeks with open shifts remaining, to specific teams.  
•      Weekly assignements have not been done yet - until they are you may sign up for any shift that is still open.  A list of hours that remain open can be found on the final pages of the volunteer list posted on the concessions page, and in the concession stand.        
• o    We will take care to align the number of open hours with the number of “non-workers” from each team. 
• o    Tournament hours have not been posted, and will be the responsibility of the registered home team(s).     
• o    Teams with tournaments will be assigned (if necessary) to a week that comes after the tournament weekend, so as to identify those who did use tournament volunteer work to fulfill their required hours.      
• o    Teams may be assigned more than one week if necessary.     
• ·         Team managers will be provided with spreadsheets containing the names of all people on their team who have completed required hours and/or signed up to work hours. 
• ·         Managers are required to work with the parents who have not signed up, to determine who will fill the open shifts during the assigned week.  Shifts may be signed up for ONLY in the calendar available in the concession stand after 12/18/08.   

 EarEalier this season, it was suggested that people who volunteered during construction of the new arena would be exempt from this year’s volunteer requirements.  Many of the people who worked long hours building the arena continue to volunteer their time to help the association by filling open concession hours, working tournaments etc. etc. - and it is VERY appreciated!!!!  

 To order to keep the stand open for all hours of business, the board has determined it is necessary for those who worked during arena construction to work their annual association volunteer requirements as originally planned. (i.e. 4 hours/child).  We had hoped offering some flexibility around our volunteer program would produce a better result than it has so far.  The more money the concession stand generates, the more money the FLHA receives, and can use to help lower hockey registration fees.   We thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding as we adjust to this new volunteer format.  Please contact any board member if you have questions about this change.      

 FLHA Board

We still have a open Chair/postion on the Rules Committee.  Anyone who is interested please contact  a board member.

Thank you!