MEETING DATE: 

Wednesday June 11th, 2008

MEETING TYPE & PLACE:

GENERAL MEETING – Glendora VFW

Motion Brought By:

Frank Plefka

2^nd:

Mike O’Brien

Yes:

16

No:

0 (Approved-Unanimous)

·        Review Previous Meeting Minutes:  Frank thanked Vinnie, Bob & Rick for attending the District 14 meeting with him.  The Meeting was mainly about Tournament information.  Tentative start dates for the 11 & 12 year olds is 6/24, the Juniors are a few days later and the 10-Year olds are 7/12.  Frank advised Managers/Coaches to review the Green book as the pitching rules are different for the District Tournament. 

·        Regular Season: The regular season has ended for T-Ball, Ponies, Minors & and Majors.  Congratulations to the Phillies who won the Minor division and to the Jaxx who won the Pony division.  Congratulations to the Major Red Sox who went deep into the playoffs and to the Athletics who are still alive and playing in the playoffs.  The Athletics will play a playoff game tomorrow night 6/12 at Whitebirch Field.

·        Tournament Teams:  The 7, 8, and 10 year old Bob DiDonato All Star teams were selected last meeting and are currently practicing for the tournament.  The 12-year old District team was also selected last meeting.  The 9-10 year old district team will be selected at the next meeting, June 25^th.

·        Pictures: All pictures and sponsor plaques are in and will be distributed to Managers after this meeting.  Managers will distribute to their teams.  If anyone has a problem they need to advise Frank Plefka as soon as possible.

·        Little League Patches:  Little League patches for the Tournaments need to be ordered from Little League. If anyone would like to help with this please see Frank after the meeting.

·        Sponsorship:  Henry will get together with Jeff Locantore regarding trophies/medallions for this year.

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

·        Mail: We received a $300 money order from Willingboro for an 8-year old Tournament team, a $300 check from DVYA 7-year old Tournament team and a $300 check from Somerdale for a 10-year old Tournament team.  We received an invoice from Magnolia Gardens for $820.73 (some of which was already paid) and our bank statement through 6/4 which showed a balance of $13,327.17.

·        Finances: Joe reported and handed out detailed financial information through this meeting which included a current balance of $9,882.39.  We recently deposited $2,498 in fundraiser, sponsor, tournament and signup money.  We recently paid $3,343 in uniforms, equipment, signs and our PO Box rental.  $2,992.79 was to Sports Outlet for uniforms, baseballs, equipment, etc. 

·        Sponsors: To date this year we have received $3,975 in Team Sponsors and Sign Sponsors (11 team sponsors and 15 sign sponsors). 

·        Umpire Fees: To date this year we have spent $1,465 on umpire fees.

·        Tournament Entry Fees: To date this year we have deposited $2,000 in Tournament entry fees.  This does not include the fees received tonight.

·        No Report 

·        No Report

·        Paul reminded everyone that he will be contacting them to fill umpire needs for District games that are coming up. 

·        No Report

·        All Star Uniforms:  Rick reported that he ordered All-Star uniforms last week.  The 7, 8, & 10 year old uniforms should be done by Wednesday and the 9 & 12 year olds will follow shortly. 

·        Baseballs: Rick purchased and put more baseballs in Fernwood and Whitebirch.  He also put a couple cases of a specific baseball that the Districts require at Whitebirch.

·        GLL Apparel: There are still a few people that owe money for the GLL Apparel we ordered and handed out – if you are one of those people please get the money in Rick’s hand as soon as possible.

·        Equipment Bags: Rick reminded everyone, especially the Coordinators, as soon as their teams are done for the year to get the bags back to him so that he can organize and put them away in the caged area at Catalina.

·        No Reports

·        9-Year Old All-Stars:   Frank advised that the 9-year old all-star team was picked last week and done via email.  At the time there were only 10 nominations and one wild card so it was decided to only use 11 players.  Several members voiced a concern about the process, number of players, and that it was not done at a General Meeting like all other all-star teams.  It was agreed that the process should be the same for all all-star teams and that we will bring this up for discussion and possible change at later meetings.  We will leave the current 9-year old team for this year as voted.

·        Speaker System at Whitebirch:  Our speaker system at Whitebirch is failing.  Bill Lemon arranged for us to sample a new system at Whitebirch last week which we did.  It is a high quality system which will be flush mounted and installed by Tournament time.  Frank, Paul, Mike and Bob Locantore were there to preview the system and all gave great reviews.  Bill also arranged a special cost of $800 installed for us.  There was a unanimous vote of 16-0 to approve the purchase of the system.

·        Tournament Coordinators:  All Tournament Coordinators need to see Frank Plefka and pick-up their Tournament Binders.  This is also a reminder that the Mandatory Manager/Coaches Tournament meeting is Sunday June 15^th at the Glendora Fire Hall – start time is 6:00 PM – pizza and soda will be served.  Happy Father’s Day.

·        Garage Door at Fernwood:  Vinnie brought up the fact that the garage door at Fernwood is just about shot.  We need to get it replaced.  Steve Bentley advised that there is a work order in at the Township to do replace it.

·        Communication: A reminder that any team that is still playing ball at our fields need to advise the Ladies Auxiliary (Denielle Snyder) of any games or change of games.  Right now the Athletics are the only team left in the playoffs.

·        Update:  Frank advised everyone that we recently had an issue involving a Coach and the Coach was suspended for the remainder of the season.

·        Senior Team:  Frank updated everyone regarding our 12-year old team.  We did not submit a team for Districts because we have had no input from the Manager all year long and also no representation at the Tournament meeting by the Manager or Coaches.

Motion Brought By:

Frank Plefka

2^nd:

Rich Rinaldi

Yes:

16

No:

0 (Unanimous)

MEMBER NAME

Number of Meetings

Present

Attendance Percentage

Status

Frank Plefka

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Rich Rinaldi

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Paul Merklein

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Rick Boutilier

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Mike O'Brien

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Harry Reilly

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Joe Snyder

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Tim Gallagher

14

14

100.00%

Eligible

Bill Fagan

14

13

92.86%

Eligible

Steve Bentley

14

13

92.86%

Eligible

Henry Theisen

14

13

92.86%

Eligible

Jeff Locantore

14

12

85.71%

Eligible

Mike Curley

14

11

78.57%

Eligible

Chris Clark

14

9

64.29%

Eligible

Bob Hughes