MEETING DATE: 

Wednesday March 5TH, 2008

MEETING TYPE & PLACE:

GENERAL MEETING – Glendora VFW

Motion Brought By:

Frank Plefka

2^nd:

Mike O’Brien

Yes:

13

No:

0 (Approved-Unanimous)

·        Review Previous Meeting Minutes:  Frank Reviewed the previous meeting minutes which included District 14 update, players moving up or down, Junior/Senior Division, and tryouts.

·        T-Ball Coordinator: Update – will have a T-Ball Coordinator appointed within the next week (Bob Hughes has since been appointed as the new T-Ball Coordinator).

·        Review Meeting Dates:  Upcoming meeting dates are 3/19, 4/2, 4/16 & 4/30.

·        Inner League 27 Meeting:  This meeting was attended by Frank, Tim & Henry and was this past Monday.  Our involvement will be primarily on the Major level.  They will have an American and National League division which Glendora will have a team in each.  Opening Day for Inner League will be 4/12 – we will schedule our two Major teams to play each other on our Opening Day 4/5 (this will not count towards the inner league record).  Inner League does keep records and standings but playoff slots are drawn from a hat.  Your league record determines home field advantage. Inner League meets once a week on Mondays at 7:00 PM at the Magnolia Community Center which Major Managers or Coaches need to attend.

·        District 14 Meeting:  D14 Meeting was 3/2 and attended by Frank, Harry, Rich, Paul & Steve.  The mandatory coaching clinic was cancelled due to costs.  If a league can’t form a Junior/Senior team the players may play for another district team but the towns must border each other.  We discussed the way our tournaments are run and specifically asked if circle ball was allowed – the reply was that our tournaments are fine as is circle ball.

·        Catalina Work Party: Frank thanked and acknowledged those that assisted in the Catalina Work Party which got the Batting Cage cleaned up and the ceiling painted.  Bill Fagan, Jeff & Jonathan Locantore, Paul Merklein, Harry Reilly, Steve Bentley, Rick Boutilier, Rich Rinaldi attended. The league supplied pizza which Joe Snyder & Denielle Snyder coordinated.

·        Sponsorship: Henry reported on the progress of Sponsorships for 2008 and also stressed that this week there will be a big push to firm up all sponsorships.  He is also looking into sponsorship for a new scoreboard at Whitebirch.  Henry will bring a list of return and new sponsors to the next meeting on the 19^th.

·        General: Rich distributed previous meeting minutes and voting eligibility information.

·        Mail: We officially received our 2008 Charter.

·        Finances: Joe reported financial information & details through this meeting.  Currently we have a bank balance of $27,405 which does not include the players who registered tonight.  Some of this money is allocated for equipment.

·        YAC Meeting: Steve attended the YAC meeting which dealt with; recycling goods at all fields; all repairs will need to be submitted and done with an official “work order”; the Township repaired the fence at Whitebirch.

·        Start-Up: Steve requested approximately $300 to purchase fertilizer and seeds for the fields. This was approved by a unanimous vote of 13-0.

·        Master Safety Kits: Steve will install the donated master safety kits at Whitebirch and Fernwood.

·        Umpire Clinic: Paul reminded everyone that we will be holding an in-house umpire clinic Sunday March 30^th at Catalina field from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.  It is a mandatory event that all Managers and Coaches must attend.  Lunch will be provided by the Glendora Little League.

·        Registrations:  Mike reported that as of this meeting we have 15 players on the Junior level, 23 on the Major level, 45 on the minor level, 53 on the pony level and 62 on the T-Ball level – this is prior to tryouts. 

·        Signup: Mike reported that we have approximately $15,000 in signup money.

·        Uniforms:  Rick reported that Managers chose to have Major & Minor divisions utilize Professional names and uniforms while the Minor & T-Ball will utilize Minor names and uniforms.  Team names were picked at this meeting and are listed on the website now under the “Standing” or “Schedule” pages. Rick will order uniforms shortly after the drafts are completed.

·        Equipment: Rick advised that there are equipment bags at all the fields for teams to use until the new equipment arrives which should be here by March 17^th. 

No Reports from division coordinators

·        Managers for the 2008 Little League season are as follows:

• Majors: Tim Gallagher & Bob Hawn
• Minors: Paul Merklein, Rick Boutilier, Jeff Locantore & Mike Ricciardelli
• Ponies: Steve Bentley, Bill Fagan, Joe Snyder, Mike O’Brien, & Mark Lesch
• T-Ball: Bob Hughes, Chris Clark, Mike Curley, Phil Gorski & Bruce Trupo (One other will be appointed)
• Junior: Vinnie Green

·        Drafts: The Minor League draft will be held Saturday March 8^th at 5:00 PM at Rich Rinaldi’s house.  The Major League draft will be held Tuesday at 5:00 PM at the Catalina batting cage.  The Pony draft will be held Sunday at 6:00 PM at Bill Fagan’s house.

·        Opening Day:  At the March 19^th meeting we will discuss plans and tasks for Opening Day.

·        Banners:  Jeff brought in the new League Championship banners that we previously approved which looked real good.  Nice job coordinating and getting that done Jeff.

·        Work Party: There is a tentative work party set for Friday night at Whitebirch 5:00 PM weather permitting.

·        Spiers Family Donation: Bill Schmidt brought in a donation on behalf of the Spiers family from the Jeanette, Bowie, O’Neil, Dyer & Schmidt families.  Thank You.

·        Vandalism: Fernwood & 7^th Avenue Candy Stands were vandalized which we originally thought may jeopardize where Opening Day took place.  Offers were made to fix Fernwood but we have since found out the Township has advised us they will have Fernwood fixed and ready for Opening Day.  Steve Bentley is coordinating this.

·        12 Year Old District Team: It was brought up that we are going to have a dilemma regarding our 12 year old district team since we only have seven 12-year olds.  Do we have an 11 or 12 year old district team?  Opinions were discussed about putting our best district team out there which should be our 12 year old team but still trying to be fair to the 11 year old team.  One idea was that we could put our 11 year olds in an invitational tournament before or after districts. We can think about this and vote on it at a later meeting. 

Motion Brought By:

Mike O’Brien

2^nd:

Rich Rinaldi

Yes:

13

No:

0 (Unanimous)

MEETING DATE: 

Wednesday February 27TH, 2008

MEETING TYPE & PLACE:

GENERAL MEETING – Glendora VFW

Motion Brought By:

Frank Plefka

2^nd:

Rich Rinaldi

Yes:

12

No:

0 (Approved-Unanimous)

·        Review Previous Meeting Minutes: Frank reviewed the previous meeting minutes from 2/13 which included the District 14 Meeting Update, explanation of the Grandfather Rule, Meeting Date Changes, Manager Nominations, New T-Ball Playing Procedures, T-Ball Coordinator Appointment, and an Opening Date Update.

·        T-Ball Coordinator: Frank advised that, per our Constitution, he will appoint a T-Ball Coordinator.

·        District 14 Meeting: Frank advised that the next District 14 Meeting is Sunday March 2^nd, 7:00PM at the Brooklawn American Legion and asked again that we have a better showing and presence at these meetings. The last meeting saw only two league members attend.

·        Players Moving Up or Down: Frank advised that he has appointed a committee of three League Board members who will attend all division tryouts with the purpose of making the final decision as to whether players move up or down.  The committee will receive recommendations from Managers & Coaches.  The Committee will be Frank Plefka, Harry Reilly and Rich Rinaldi who are the only Board Members not going to Manage a team.

·        Junior/Senior Divisions: Currently we do not have enough players to form a Senior team so it looks like they will have to play for a neighboring league.  Our Junior Division currently has 17 players so we will wait until after the final registration to determine the details of tryouts or player placement.

·        Sponsorship: Henry reported on the progress of Sponsorships for 2008 and also stressed that this week there will be a big push to firm up all sponsorships.  He is also looking into sponsorship for a new scoreboard at Whitebirch.

·        General: Rich distributed previous meeting minutes, voting eligibility status and Little League article on changing the number of players on a T-Ball team, which they support.

·        Insurance: Rich reported that we received our Declaration Page and a copy of the page was sent to Little League for our Charter and also sent to the Township along with a check for our Parade permit.

·        Constitution: Our Constitution was sent to Little League.

·        Mail: There was no mail to distribute.

·        Finances: Joe reported financial information & details through this meeting.  Currently we have a balance of $27,419.95 which some of it is earmarked for upgrading equipment and fields.

·        Savings Account:  It was brought up that we should think about starting a savings account which we would use to earmark money for specific projects or improvement.

·        NO REPORT

·        Tractors: Both tractors have been repaired and returned – the final cost was $380.00. 

·        Blue Capping was installed around the fences at Whitebirch – we still need to order a couple more sections to finish the right field line.

·        Umpire Clinic: Paul advised that we will be having an in-house umpire clinic Sunday March 30^th at Catalina field from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.  It is a mandatory event that all Managers and Coaches must attend.  Lunch will be provided by the Glendora Little League.

·        Registrations:  Mike reported that as of this meeting we have approximately 180 players registered which includes the Junior/Senior Leagues. We will be holding another registration before the next meeting (March 5^th) and we will also take registrations from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM before tryouts March 8^th.

·        Tryouts: We need all Managers and Coaches to be available to assist throughout the entire tryouts on Saturday March 8^th.  Tryouts will run approximately from 9:00 AM through 3:00 PM. 

·        Equipment: Correction from last meeting – we are still waiting for one bag from the Ponies to be returned. 

·        Catalina Work Party: We are scheduling a work party at Catalina to paint the ceiling on Sunday starting approximately at 12:30 PM.  All the help we can get would be greatly appreciated. 

·        Uniforms: Rick brought a catalog for everyone to review and give input regarding this year’ uniforms.

·        Catalina: Rick also reported that the fence to cage in equipment has been installed by Jack Pasani who again was very generous with his time and material. Thanks Jack.

No Reports from division coordinators

·        Manager Nominations: Managers will be voted on next week.  Final nominations are as follows:

• Majors: Henry Theisen, Tim Gallagher & Bob Hawn
• Minors: Paul Merklein, Rick Boutilier, Jeff Locantore, Mike Ricciardelli & Vinnie Green
• Ponies: Steve Bentley, Bill Fagan, Joe Snyder, Mike O’Brien, & Mark Lesch
• T-Ball: Bob Hughes, Chris Clark, Mike Curley, Phil Gorski & Bruce Trupo
• Junior:  Rocco Dipalmo & Vinnie Green

·        Drafts: The Minor League draft will be held Saturday March 8^th at 5:00 PM at Rich Rinaldi’s house.  The Major League draft will be held Sunday at 5:00 PM at the Catalina batting cage.  The Pony draft will be held Sunday at 6:00 PM at Bill Fagan’s house.  Obviously all drafts are subject to the weather holding up Saturday and actually getting the tryouts done.

·        Opening Day Committee:  Frank asked everyone to think about opening day and getting some volunteers for a committee that will handle and coordinate the event. 

Motion Brought By:

Mike O’Brien

2^nd:

Rich Rinaldi

Yes:

12

No:

0 (Unanimous)