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BY-LAW NUMBER ONEMEMBERSHIPB.1.1. A team, club, league or association shall become a member of the NOHA by making application to the Executive Director of the NOHA. The application shall be signed by the President and the Secretary of the Association/team/club and shall be accompanied by the annual entry form and entry fee as set out for the appropriate division and category in which the team wishes to compete. The Board of Directors shall accept or reject the application and the Executive Director shall advise the team and/or club of its decision. B.1.2. Membership shall be renewed annually by the payment of the dues. B.1.3. Membership of a team, club, league or association in the NOHA shall imply the acceptance by the team and/or club of the rules and regulations of the NOHA. B.1.4. Every association or team intending to compete in a NOHA game in any season, shall enter each team in the appropriate series (division, sub-division, or category) of competition. The President and Secretary of the Association or team shall sign the entry form. The minor hockey association will be responsible to the NOHA for payment. B.1.5. All teams or clubs in Senior and Junior must post a performance bond, the amount to be determined by the teams or clubs entered in each league. League secretaries are to notify the Executive Director of the NOHA as to the amount of the bond posted by each club or team. B.1.6. Entries cannot be accepted in any year after the dates as listed in B.1.11., except where special permission is granted by the Board of Directors to enter at a later date. Insurance fees are not included in the new entry fee but are payable with the team application. B.1.7. For the purposes of Insurance it is now mandatory for House League Teams operating under an affiliated Association to purchase HC Insurance. Price is to be determined by the NOHA Executive each season before electronic registration of players begins. B.1.8. Clubs engaged in the preceding year in the Senior "A" or Junior "A" series shall declare themselves as operative as of May 1st in the current season in order to retain title to their players. Such declaration shall be made to the NOHA Executive Director. B.1.9. By-law removed May, 2002 B.1.10. A list of the officers and teams, and all playing rules of all leagues operating in the NOHA in all divisions of hockey must be sent in to the Executive Director's office immediately after the individual League's Annual Meeting in each year. These documents must be in the hands of the Executive Director before any league games have been played.
B.1.11(A) The NOHA Participant Assessment Fee will be $15.00 for each participant to cover the cost of operating the NOHA commencing with the 2005-2006 season. B.1.11(B) New AAA team and/or league applications must be submitted to the
NOHA Office by January 20th of the current season. B.1.12. The NOHA membership dues for each Association and League will be $30.00 per season and must be paid by August 15th each year. Each Association and League must submit two copies of their current Constitution, By-Laws and Regulations before membership will be granted. These dues must be paid prior to the member receiving access to the Hockey Canada Registry (HCR) to register players. B.1.13. The DISTRICTS in the NOHA are defined as follows: DISTRICT NUMBER ONE - PORCUPINE: Whitney, South Porcupine, Schumacher, Timmins, Foleyet, Chapleau, Ramore, Holtyre, Matheson, Porcupine, Val Gagne. DISTRICT NUMBER TWO - SUDBURY REGION: Capreol, Nickel Centre, (Garson, Falconbridge, Coniston, Skead, Wahnapitae), Valley East, (Hanmer, Val Caron, Blezzard Valley, Val Therese), Rayside-Balfour, (Chelmsford, Azilda), Onaping Falls, (Levack, Onaping, Dowling), Walden, (Lively, Naughton, Whitefish), Espanola, (Nairn Centre, McKerrow, Webbwood, Birch Island). DISTRICT NUMBER THREE - SAULT STE MARIE: Sault Ste Marie, Bruce Mines, Wawa, Desbarats, Dubreuilville, Echo Bay, St. Joseph's Island. DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR - TEMISKAMING: Englehart, Earlton, Cobalt, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Latchford, Temagami, Swastika, Kearns, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, Virginiatown, Matachewan, Charlton, Chamberlain, Dack, Elk Lake, Dymond, Hillard, Brethour, Thornloe. DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE - NORTH BAY: North Bay, Bonfield, Mattawa, Callander, Corbeil, Astorville, Sturgeon Falls, Verner, Warren, Markstay, St. Charles, Noelville, Powassan. DISTRICT NUMBER SIX - ABITIBI: Moosonee, Moose Factory, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Monteith, Porquis. DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN - BLIND RIVER: Blind River, Spanish, Elliot Lake, Thessalon, Manitoulin Island, Massey, Serpent River, Spragge, Algoma Mills. DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT - SUDBURY CITY: City of Sudbury, Copper Cliff. DISTRICT NUMBER NINE - KAPUSKASING: Kapuskasing, Hornepayne, Hearst, Mattice, Smooth Rock Falls. |
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