It was motioned and agreed upon to table the discussion for the afternoon meeting when the ECAC 2001-2002 Proposal could be distributed. Joe Bertagna, Executive Director of AHCA, addressed the membership. The representatives should represent Division I and III as well as the east and west. Held at Annual convention to honor Coaches of the Year and several other AHCA awards. This is a USA sponsored poll which provides publicity and promotion of the sport.
Full participation is needed next year.
A new poll committee was selected from volunteers. Karen Kay, Katey Stone, Jackie Barto, Judy Oberting, Todd Carroll, Margot Page, Bob Deraney, Mike Sisti, Ruthann Cantile Communication for the All-American teams, Players and Coaches of the Year awards this year was not adequate. Joe concluded with a request to have photos of all collegiate women's hockey coaches be scanned and sent to him for archival purposes. Please collect pictures of all coaches from your institutions and send scanned images to Joe Bertagna at your earliest convenience. It was voted unanimously that Laura Halldorson would investigate the process and report back to the membership.