The March  meeting of the
Buckeye Travel Hockey League
will be

Monday March 13, 2000

7:30 - 9:00 pm Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana

Conference Call
Dial in phone number - 1-800-327-0422
Passcode - 403581

BTHL Member Associations - Those Eligible to Vote at Board Meeting
Athens Cincinnati Columbus (IN)
Columbus Chill Columbus Capitals Dayton Bluehawks
Dayton Bombers Dayton Gems Easton
Evansville Findlay Fort Wayne
Golden Triangle (Hamilton) Indianapolis Blues Indianapolis Racers
Kettering Fairmont Louisville Owensboro
Northern Kentucky Oxford/Butler County South Bend (Irish Rovers)
Toledo


To: Local Hockey Association Presidents, Buckeye League Representatives and other interested folks

From: Kim James, BTHL Secretary

The March meeting of the Buckeye Travel League (BTHL) is on Monday March 13, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. (Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana). This meeting is a conference call and all members are encouraged to call in. The dial in number is 1-800-327-0422, enter passcode 403581.

February Meeting Minutes
You will find enclosed the minutes from the February BTHL meeting. Prior to the meeting, please review. Contact one of the board members if you would like to have an item added to the agenda for the March meeting.

You will find several documents included in this mailing. Please take the time to review and act on those that require it, particularly the Satisfaction Survey.

1999 Satisfaction Survey
The BTHL is in its 5th year and is always looking to improve the league. We want to offer a league that attracts the most competitive teams in our member markets that we can. In addition to on-going feedback, every year we issue a Satisfaction Survey. As the President or BTHL Representative to your organization, we ask that you distribute copies of this survey to all coaches and board members and any other individuals you feel can constructively comment on the league over the past season. This survey is used and will be reviewed at the Annual Meeting for ways of improving the league. The Survey can also be completed on the BTHL WEB Page.

The BTHL WEB page address…http://www.bright.net/~bthl/

BTHL By-Laws & 1999 - 2000 Rules and Regulations
Each year the rules governing the BTHL are reviewed and changes put in place at the Annual Meeting. You are asked to review the BTHL By-Laws and the Rules and Regulations. Proposed changes can be sent and will be reviewed and voted on at the Annual Meeting in May. You may submit you proposals several ways…

We encourage your feedback. It's only through this type of information exchange that we continue to develop and grow into the competitive league we want to offer and our member organizations deserve to be a part of.

2000 - 2001 Board Positions
Most board positions are open of the upcoming season. A By-Law change that is to take affect for the next season is to rotate the board positions through each member organization, as listed in the By-Laws. We obviously would prefer to fill board positions by somebody who wants to hold that position and will gladly accept volunteers. However, in the event board positions go unfilled at the Annual Meeting, we will start working our way down the list until all positions are filled. Feel free to contact a current board member if you are interested in filling a position. A description of each board position can be found in the By-Laws.

End of Season Play-Offs
Congratulations to all the teams who participated in the League and the End of Season Play-Offs. Final standings and play-off results are on the WEB page.

Columbus Bluejackets NHL Team
The Columbus Bluejackets NHL team has contacted the league with a unique opportunity to purchase season tickets that could benefit all teams. The Bluejackets will be sending out a survey to identify the level of interest. Please take a moment to complete the survey when you received it and send it back in.

Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting is held in May of each year. Rules & Regulations changes, By-Law changes and new officers are voted on at this meeting. In addition, we use this meeting to set the direction of the league for the upcoming season. TENTATIVELY the meeting is scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2000 in Columbus at the Bluejackets new Nationwide Arena. A meeting notification will be mailed in April. There will be no April board meeting.

Organization Contacts
Remember to keep us updated when your contacts change. Send any changes to Secretary Kim James.

Please copy this mailing and distribute to all the appropriate people within your organization so that they are aware of what's happening.