The board of the Estevan Minor Hockey Association is in crisis mode.
Of the 11 executive positions that were open for nominations at EMHA's annual spring meeting on Thursday, seven of them went unfilled.
The minor hockey association is currently without a secretary, referee in chief, ways and means director, equipment manager, atom director, peewee director and bantam/midget director.
Nearly half of the 17-member board is currently vacant.
Among the positions that were filled on Thursday, Lesley Mittelholtz returned to her post as registration and publicity director, Tim Seipp became the coach development director, Dalton Giblett stayed on as the ice scheduler and Kraig Wanner took over the job of A director.
All four people were acclaimed.
The other positions on the board, including that of president Kelly Kjersem, will be up for election next year.
A proposal was passed at the meeting that would see the secretary, ice scheduler and registration duties all rolled into a paid position.
The person would serve as an office administrator for EMHA, which would rent out upstairs office space at the Icon Centre.
The salary being offered for the part-time, 42-week position is $20,160.
After much debate, the proposal was passed and the association will soon begin advertising for the position.
Duties include communicating with the executive, financial management, ice scheduling and general office duties.
If the minor hockey association hires an office administrator, average registration fees would go up by an estimated $36.55.
It would also require EMHA to incur other costs for a computer, printer, fax machine, office supplies, a phone/fax line and filing cabinet.
The association also revealed its financial statements for the 2012-13 season.
EMHA made a profit of $39,847.55 for the fiscal year ending March 31.
The board had only budgeted a surplus of $6,690.80 for the year, but donations, among other things, helped to make the difference. The organization received $27,085 in donations last season.
EMHA's total net income was $274,848.70 last year, while their expenses totalled $235,001.15.
Registration fees made up the bulk of the income, coming in at $183,605.39, while money from tournaments added up to $30,528.35.
The largest expense for EMHA was $27,507 for officials. That was attributed to more games being played than expected, and the wide-scale change to the two referee, one linesman system in minor hockey leagues
