The IHOA Annual Meeting took place on 5/13/2024 at the Naperville Marriott

Featuring key remarks from:

• Annual Meeting Welcome by Brian Fisher
• AHAI Update by John Dunne
• Warrior Hockey by Jack Razlowski
  • Special thanks to Jim Nyg and Terry McLaughlin for their donations of game fees
• Referee-in-Chief Update by Brad Baumruck
• Treasury Report by Geoff Schlender
• IHOA By-Laws Presentation by Brian Fisher
• Registration Update by Anthony Fiorito
  • 1562 officials- up 13% from the previous year
    • Level 1 – 645
    • Level 2- 334
    • Level 3 – 341
    • Level 4 – 242
• Seminar Update by Brian Fisher
  • 33 total seminars done this season
    • 70 IHOA members instructed
• Website/Communications Update by Scott Gaffney
• PED Update presented by Carl Sassolino and prepared by Brett Straley
• R&E Update by Todd Permut
• Mentoring Update by Dan Zaloudek
  • 110 Level 1s requested mentors
    • 61 different mentors were used
• Supervising Update by Dave Ballantyne
  • 150 games were evaluated this season, 175 officials were evaluated
    • 35 supervisors
• IHOA Scholarship by Geoff Schlender

The proposed by-laws have passed, and the following information can be found on the Constitution and By-Laws page

• Approved by-laws
• Previous by-laws
• Outline of changes approved vs. previous
• Redline approved vs. previous

Elections

The following board members have been voted in for the 2024-25 elections Mark Bialko, Brian Fisher, Carl Sassolino and Craig Welker.

There were no changes to the Officers as they remain:

• President – Fisher
• RIC – Baumruck
• Vice President- Gaffney
• Treasure- Schlender
• Secretary- Greenen

The following subcommittees have been organized as:

• Seminar- Fisher
• Oversite Committee- Gaffney
• PED- Straley
• Rules and Ethics- Permut
• Peer Review- Welker
• Communication- Gaffney
• Nomination Committee- Sassolino
• By-Law Committee- Baumruck