Board Meeting Summary

Present: Mike Collins, Bruce Anderson, Jerry Purdue, Ken Cuyler. Guest from GlossyFinish.com Photograghy.

New Board members are now all current managers. We also added Connie Wolfe as the new Treasurer.

Season Update: We reviewed some thoughts on Fall umpiring. We are doing fine but need better communication with scheduling for games. In Majors we should avoid parents from one team umpiring games due to conflicts.

Rules: 3 new Mnor league rules have been implemented: 1. A grounder that gets thru and rolls forever is a ground rule double. A fly that hits the outfield grass (umps discretion) is a ball in play with no restrictions. 2. One steal home in each inning. IF a second player attempts to steal and is called out the player is out. Only upon reaching home safely will the umpire return the player to third. 3. 5 Rins per inning with no additional runs in the event more do score on the last play. This rule removed end the inning at the end of the lineup rule.

Pictures were discussed. Schedule has been posted to the site. GlossyFinish.com will provide sponsor plaques to our Team sponsors for free.

Clinics were discussed. We wanted to do some more clinics this year but no one thought the interest was there. We did say that we need to schedule weekday practices in Spring with games on Saturdays so the kids get more practice time.

Volunteer Program: We fell short in a few areas with volunteers. We don't have any Concessions manager, and our team sponsorships were not close to what we had in Spring. We need to do a better jog coordinating getting Team Sponsors. Managers and Coaches are will be required to report back with 3-5 businesses that they asked to sponsor. I think its just a case of just taking the time to ask.

Fields - We need some new bases installed at ThunderBolt. If interested to help please contact Bruse Anderson. We have the bases already.

Spring Ball - We discussed spring ball. Registration will be in Jan. Season will be Feb - May with All Stars in June and July. We will have a All Star Player Commitment Letter for all who wish to play All Stars. Managers will sponsor some players but all are welcome to tryout. You will need to submit your letter to the league if you are interested. If we do not have enough letters we will know by the end of year if we will have the numbers for any teams. Managers are responsible for making sure their players aware of All Stars.

Refunds were completed.

Long Term Fields - We will be setting up a meeting with Pat McGovern and John Thrasher to discuss their sponsorship behind our plans. We have some specific plans in place tht we would like to get some Commissioners to sponsor us before we approach the Departments heads at Parks and the School Board.