Rockford Skating Club July Board Meeting minutes

July 24, 2025

Time - 5:40

Location - Goodwill Meeting Room on Perryville

Minute Taker - Karen Villebro

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Attendees:

President - Melissa Dix

Vice President - Carol Ueck

Treasurer- Mark Lung

Secretary- Karen Villebro

Board Members -

Attendance: David Kinser, Kate Yoho, Sandy Erickson, Dawn Hasting

Absent: Kathy Torrence, Jennifer Schepick

Agenda:

Call meeting to order:

5:44 p.m.

Officer’s Reports

1. Secretary report: Karen - discussion, June meeting minutes- Mark makes a motion

to approve, Kate second, all were in favor to approve

2. Treasurer report: discussion, Mark explained June report - Karen makes a motion to

approve, Dawn second, all were in favor to approve

Unfinished

1. Reminders - board members need to renew club memberships/compliance

background check/safe sport

2. Proposals for new ideas - if wanting to discuss ideas, pricing, dates, times

3. Contract Review - comments after review rewrite - all reviewed

New Business:

1. Contract ice payment preparation - not sure what will be there to set a price

2. New skate season/board commitment signing

Old Business:

1. Cashless payments - revisit at next meeting **

Committee reports:

1. Competition - Dawn does not have any new information - dates - Cranberry - Nov. 2,

815 - Feb. 22

2. Virtual testing - Dawn C. Last virtual was small - try another one in the fall

3. Skate safe compliance

4. Ice committee / club ice committee - proposal

a. determine themed dates put on flyers for next season club ice dates in

advance - on a calendar - more to come

5. Fundraising - Kendra Scott jewelry/Special Event

6. Design - flyers for club ice, banner design, membership flyers - Sandy E. - proposal

switch word press to square space - Dawn made a motion to approve changing to

square space, Carol second, all were in favor

7. display case - Carol and David RPD & RSC through the years - more to come - Dawn

H. Will volunteer

8. Advertising - RPD proposal - advertising cost in the RPD program, videos, would it be

beneficial to spend the money. Thoughts would be to use our website, facebook,

social media at no cost to get our club information.

9. Membership - 58 renewed; associate member not recognized with her peers - takes

lessons at our rink - if you have a full membership through another club, that is

where you register for testing, competing etc. not through the associate

membership

10. Possible Volunteer hours - driving members skates to Jan the skate man when he’s

at Crystal Lake for skate sharpening & return to Carlson $30 cash in boot - Melissa is

taking skates on Aug. 5th

11. Committees - scholarship chair, competition co chair, workshops, camps, guest

instructors, ice show committee, sharpening our skills workshop/camps/guest

instructors

12. Park district - RPD liaisons - schedule updates -

13. Club jackets - group order beginning of club ice - revisit next meeting

14. Kate - Dan’s memorial Saturday - donate personally

Next meeting: August 11 @ 5:30 - Goodwill Community Room

Adjournment: 6:46 p.m. - Dawn makes motion to adjourn, Kate seconds, all in favor

Rockford Skating Club June Board Meeting minutes 

June 26, 2025 

Time - 5:40 

Location - Goodwill Meeting Room on Perryville 

Minute Taker - Karen Villebro 

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Attendees: 

President - Melissa Dix 

Vice President - Carol Ueck 

Treasurer- Mark Lung 

Secretary- Karen Villebro 

Board Members - 

Attendance: David Kinser, Kate Yoho, Kathy Torrence 

Absent: Sandy Erickson, Dawn Hasting, Jennifer Schepick 

Agenda: 

Call meeting to order: 

5:43 p.m. 

Officer’s Reports 

1. Secretary report: Karen - discussion, May meeting minutes- Kathy makes a motion to approve, Kate second, all were in favor to approve 

2. Treasurer report: discussion, Mark explained May report - Karen makes a motion to approve, Carol second, all were in favor to approve 

Unfinished 

1. Membership drive - Karen will let coaches know at next months meeting and monthly thereafter on who has renewed their membership

2. All codes of conduct, photo waivers and release of injury are in Entryeeze membership when joining and renewal (no paperwork at club ice desk moving forward) 

New Business: 

1. Contract adjustments: Confirm cost of room for jumps class and ok to use for ½ hour? Meeting room cost is included in the competition fee cost? Approval of flyer by RSC verbiage adjustments. Send to Gina to have contract adjustments made and if approved then sign the contract. 

2. Committees - bring proposals ready to present to board meeting eliminating brainstorming sessions and missed agenda topics 

3. All persons in membership system, contact, payment tracking - moving forward - non members can pay their time through entryeeze contract ice - guest pass proposal 

4. Board members make sure your loop Compliance, is current with background checks and skate safe 

Old Business: 

1. Cashless payments - revisit at next meeting 

2. Janesville - email has been sent about possible LTS 

Committee reports: 

1. Competition - 815 - 

2. Virtual testing - deadline June 27 

3. Skate safe compliance 

4. Ice committee / club ice committee - next meeting be prepared to propose 

a. determine themed dates put on flyers for next season club ice dates in advance - on a calendar 

5. Fundraising/Special Event

6. Design - flyers for club ice, banner design, membership flyers (see what the cost of renting the space on the rink) 

7. display case - Carol and David RPD & RSC through the years 

8. Membership - verbiage has been updated, Professional and sustaining are also family in USFS-85.00 

9. Possible Volunteer hours - driving members skates to Jan the skate man when he’s at Crystal Lake for skate sharpening & return to Carlson $30 cash in boot - revisit next meeting 

10. Committees - scholarship chair, competition co chair, workshops, camps, guest instructors 

11. fundraising - Kendra Scott jewelry 

12. Park district - RPD liaisons - schedule updates - 

13. Club jackets - group order beginning of club ice - revisit next meeting Next meeting: July 24@ 5:30 - Goodwill Community Room 

Adjournment: 7:09 p.m. - Mark makes motion to adjourn, Kate seconds, all in favor