Committees

The work of running the MGHA is done by several committees of volunteers that are led by and answer to the MGHA Board. Here is a list of the MGHA Committees and a brief summary of what they do.

Hockey Operations Committee (Hockey Ops) [email]

This committee handles the details of the MGHA's on-ice activities, such as purchasing ice time, scheduling game officials, and coordinating pre-season activities like the skills clinics and team selection process.

Funds Development Committee (FDC) [email]

Player dues only cover about half of the cost of running the league. The Funds Development Committee works with sponsors and donors to allow us to offer opportunities to learn to play hockey this inexpensively.

Recruiting Committee [email]

This committee is responsible for signing up new players, familiarizing and welcoming them into the league, and coordinating players during the pre-season.

Communications Committee [email]

The Communications Committee is responsible for facilitating communication between the board, the other committees, players, the press, and the public. The web team is a sub-committee of Communications.

Community Development Committee [email]

This committee is responsible for coordinating MGHA-sponsored social events, building the MGHA fan club, and planning Blades Against AIDS and other community events.

Tournament Committee [email]

This committee is charged with planning the first (annual?) MGHA Invitational Tournament. They also handle other special hockey events and games with other gay hockey associations.

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• MGHA is a volunteer organization managed by a board of directors.

• Board members are elected by existing board members via a nominations committee and serve as committee chairpersons or in executive roles.

• The board is responsible for setting policy, strategic direction and operations of all activities for the MGHA.

• Committee chairpersons are responsible and accountable to the board for defining and successfully executing plans for their defined committee functions.

• Committee members are elected by committee chairpersons and the nominations committee and to assist and help carry out the function of the committee.

• Committee members are responsible and accountable to the committee chairperson and the board for contributing to planning and effectively executing activities.

• All MGHA volunteers have the responsibility to effectively communicate and are expected to fully cooperate with each other.

• All MGHA volunteers have the responsibility to promote a positive attitude and representation of the MGHA organization.

• Any board members, committee chairpersons, and committee members not fulfilling their responsibilities may be relieved of their elected status and roles assigned by the board.