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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Minutes from October 28th MeetingMEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER
28TH MEETING | MEETING
DATE: | Wednesday October 28th, 2009 | | MEETING TYPE & PLACE: | GENERAL MEETING – Glendora VFW |
1. CALL TO ORDER The President called the meeting to
order at 8:30 PM. 2. ROLE CALL & APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Board Members attendance is listed below and a complete attendance record is distributed at
each meeting) (The Secretary records attendance) | NAME | STATUS | PRESENT | NAME | STATUS | PRESENT | | Mike O’Brien | President | Present | Chris Pisani | Vice
President | Present | | Connie D’Ambrosia | Secretary | Present | Chris
Clark | Treasure | Present | | Brian Ward | Player
Agent | Present | Vacant | Umpire in Chief | N/A | | Bill
Fagan | Safety Director | Present | Harry Reilly | Field Director | Present | | Rick Boutilier | Equipment Mgr. | Present | Frank Plefka | Major
Cord. | Present | | Mark Lesch | Minor
Cord. | Present | Mike Curley | Pony Cord. | Present | | Pat Githens | T-Ball Cord. | Present | Henry
Theisen | Jr. /Sr. Cord. | Present |
| Motion Brought By: | Mike O’Brien | 2nd: | Mike
Curley | | Yes: | 20 | No: | 0 |
3. President (Mike O’Brien) Report | Review Last Meeting
Minutes: Mike reviewed the previous meeting notes which included the vote that would be taken to switch
the registration format to a raffle prepurchase of tickets as compared to previous years of a flat signup rate. The constitution
meeting being set for December 5th with time to be announced. Beef and Beer date set for January 30th
with the Fundraising Committee taking over preparations. |
4. Vice President (Chris
Pisani) Report Sponsorship Program: Chris spoke of the new sponsorship program
and will role out the new details at the next meeting on Nov. 11th. Chris was given the league paperwork to receive
the league’s 501-3c information. 5.
Secretary (Connie D’ Ambrosia) No report 6. Treasurer (Chris Clark) Report | Finances:
Monthly balance opened at $127.00. Deposit from Ladies Auxillary of $5,000 and the payment of two phone bills and reimbursement
to Frank Plefka left the account at $4745.38. Verizon phones have been shut down for winter months. |
7. Safety
Director (Bill Fagan) 8.
Field Director (Harry Reilly) Report
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Harry reported that the six fields would be fertilized over the next two weeks. Harry also brought up the possibility
of attending the next Council meeting to inform the township of pending issues at the fields. |
9. Umpire-In-Chief
(vacant) Report 10. Player Agent (Brian Ward) Report | Announced the new
registration dates for 2010 and they will be included in the new registration flyer. |
11. Equipment Manager (Rick
Boutilier) Report 12. Division Coordinator Reports | Seniors, Majors
(Henry Theisen): No Report Minor (Mark Lesch):
No Report Pony (Mike Curley): No Report
T-Ball: (Pat Githens): No Report |
13. NEW BUSINESS | New Registration
Format: A vote was taken and approval of the league changing to a raffle ticket format was
approved by a majority vote. However a price for registration was not approved. Concerns were raised about an increase in
prices during the current economy. The President will announce an alternative price plan and a vote will be taken at the next
meeting in regards to league pricing for the upcoming year. |
14. MEETING ADJOURNMENT (Meeting
was adjourned at 8:25 PM, next general meeting is November 11, 2009 at the Glendora VFW – Start time is 8:30 PM.
| Motion Brought By: | Mike O’Brien | 2nd: | Rick Boutilier |
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Meeting Minutes from October 14MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 14TH
MEETING MEETING DATE: | Wednesday
October 14th, 2009 | | MEETING TYPE & PLACE: | GENERAL MEETING – Glendora VFW |
1.
CALL TO ORDER The Vice President called the meeting to order at 8:30 PM. 2. ROLE CALL & APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Board Members attendance is listed below and a complete attendance record is distributed
at each meeting) (The Secretary records attendance) | NAME | STATUS | PRESENT | NAME | STATUS | PRESENT | | Mike
O’Brien | President | Present | Chris Pisani | Vice President | Present | | Vacant | Secretary | N/A | Chris Clark | Treasure | Present | | Brian Ward | Player Agent | Present | Vacant | Umpire Chief | N/A | | Bill Fagan | Safety Director | Present | Harry Reilly | Field Director | Present | | Rick
Boutilier | Equipment Mgr. | Present | Frank Plefka | Major Cord. | Absent | | Mark Lesch | Minor Cord. | Absent | Mike Curley | Pony Cord. | Present | | Pat Githens | T-Ball Cord. | Present | Henry Theisen | Jr. /Sr. Cord. | Present |
Motion Brought By: | Mike O’Brien | 2nd: | Chris Pisani | | Yes: | 20 | No: | 0 |
3.
President (Mike
O”Brien) Report
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Review Last Meeting Minutes: Mike review previous meeting notes which included the election of the
new board. Appointments: Announced the appointment of Connie
D’Ambrosio as the new league secretary. Also stated that he was looking for a volunteer to be Umpire in Chief for the
2010 year. Committees: Introduced the formation of the Fundraising committee that
will be chaired by Vice President Chris Pisani and Co chaired by Treasure Chris Clark. Two members Brian Kelly and Jim Brodzik
have joined and anyone interested in joining can speak with Chris Pisani. Introduced the new Field Committee which will be
chaired by Field Director Harry Reilly. |
4. Vice President (Chris Pisani) Report ·
YAOK Meeting: Spoke of the three outstanding issues Fernwood Garage Door, Catalina Sprinkler
System, Roof at Candy Stand at Fernwood. Spoke to township and informed them of changes to the Glendora Board. Got the main
contact information for the township 5. Secretary (vacant) · No report 6. Treasurer (Chris Clark) Report · Finances:
New bank account has been opened since it was easier to do then change the authorized signers on the old account. Rich Rinaldi
and Mike O’Brien need to go up to Citizens Bank and close out the old account. Roughly $20.00 has been left in the old
account. New account has over $100.00 to start with funds from Ladies Auxiliary will be deposited to bring the account up
to a higher balance. Outstanding bills to be paid from Verizon. Connie D’Ambrosio and Brian Ward were voted on to be
the authorized signers along with Chris Clark. Two votes opposed (Paul Merklein and Mike Curley). Permits:
Chris received the League’s Fall permits for the fields for the 2009 season. |
7. Safety Director (Bill Fagan) · Meeting with Field Director to discuss status of supplies in each of the League’s
buildings. |
8. Field Director (Harry Reilly) Report · Spoke about the possibly of a loss to each team that does not comply with work
party assignments. Also about a possible work bond paid by each family at signups for the upcoming year. (Both issues
to be discussed at upcoming bylaw meeting). Also discussed a breakdown of field assignments for
the new committee formed. Informed by Steve Bentley that the fields will need to be fertilized soon. |
9. Umpire-In-Chief (vacant) Report 10. Player Agent (Brian Ward) Report
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Will have registration dates set for next meeting. |
11. Equipment Manager (Rick Boutilier) Report · Looking for final ball bags to be turned in after the conclusion of Fall Ball
this weekend. Will update status at next meeting. |
12. Division Coordinator Reports · Seniors, Majors:
No Report· Minor
(Chris Pisani): No Report· Pony (Brian Ward): No Report· T-Ball: (Chris Clark):
No Report |
13. NEW BUSINESS · New Registration Format: Mike O’Brien introduced a proposal for the change of league registration based on a prepurchase
of fundraising tickets instead of a straight sign up cost. Laid out the ground work for how this will be handled and the prizes
associated with the fundraising. Also gave two more options of a price increase for registration. The choices will be up for
vote at the next meeting. Constitution Meeting: Constitution Meeting has been set for the first Saturday
in December (December 5th) to review bylaws and any changes to be voted on in January. Beef and Beer:
Paul Merklein has confirmed the Dates for our annual beef and beer at the Glendora Fire Hall Date is set for
January 30th 2010. Paul has also secured the DJ for the night. The fundraising committee will take over and will continue
working with the Ladies Auxiliary to plan the night. The Ladies Auxiliary gave the Little League a
check for $5,000 from the close out of their year. Ladies Auxiliary also paid for the end of year trophies for the League.
Thanks again to the ladies and all of their hard work. Tina Sandone has now taken over as President from Denielle Snyder.
Thanks Denielle and Good Luck Tina. Fundraising: A new plan is in the process of
development to increase the league’s fundraising. Chris Pisani and the Fundraising Committee will bring a proposal to
the next meeting to be voted on by the League in regards to new ideas. A renewed focus has been agreed upon by the League
moving forward in this area. Fall Ball: Fall Ball will be concluding in all age brackets this upcoming
weekend which will end another year of Glendora Baseball. |
14. MEETING ADJOURNMENT (Meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM, next general meeting is November
14, 2009 at the Glendora VFW – Start time is 7:30 PM. Motion
Brought By: | Mike O’Brien | 2nd: | Mike Curley | | Yes: | 20 | No: | 0 (Unanimous) |
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