Southington Northern Baseball Little League

Board of Directors Meeting May 25, 2017

Agenda
Topic / Speaker(s) / Time
Call to order 7:59pm
Approval of March meeting minutes: Ed and Damon / President Chris Pierce / Noted by secretary MP
Presidents Report
  • All Star Jerseys – quoting price from Billings
  • 10/11 would receive jerseys only
  • Yalesville/Forestville to receive better jerseys
  • Increase in price with jersey, socks and hats, in excess of $2K
  • Ordering must take place ASAP
  • Vote unanimous to approve
  • Seniors will have new shirts and hats ordered ASAP
  • AllStar process –
  • Announcement can be made by June 1st
  • Any child must fill out a form with dates that are unavailable, strict guidelines no form no ballot
  • 12/11/10 – all the players will vote for their age group only (9 players) = 1 vote
  • All 7 Majors coaches vote top 9 in each age category
  • Remaining 3-5 spots are selected by allstar team manager with insight from the other majors coaches
  • Be sure to respect the process
  • Evaluation Date June 3rd for kids interested in 10/yalesville/Forestville
  • 12 year old team should selected and announced June 1st
District Meeting Notes
  • All Waivers must be in by 5/27
  • Player Agent to check on district eligibility for potential
  • June 5th at west district meeting
  • June 11th Bristol mandatory District managers and coaches attend
  • June 20th5-9pm at Nucci’s in Bristol - affidavit night – all necessary paperwork must be presented and approved
  • District managers must read all rules associated with managing a district team
  • Rule changes –
  • Residency changes
  • School enrollment forms must be date prior to October 2016
  • Patches must be ironed or sewn on (cannot play without a patch on)
  • League President can manage a team for districts
  • Practicing as of June 1st but be fair to other kids still remaining in the tournament
  • Tie breaker procedure has changed – run ratio scenario over standard 6 inning games
  • Forestville July 15-31
  • Yalesville end of June to mid July
  • Bator last 2 weeks of July
  • 12 year old district games at Ed Walsh
  • Bat rule – now managers responsible for bat check
  • No big barrels are allowed at all in the dugout
  • If a player gets up with an illegal bat, manager and player gets ejected from the game but play stands
  • One foot in the box - player cannot step out of the box at all with be considered a strike
  • Stealing of signs – manager will be ejected from the game
  • Throwing of equipment is an automatic ejection of a player
  • Special pinch runner can only be done a total of twice in a game
  • Pool:
  • 10 – North (west, yalesville, North, NB, ?)
  • 11 – Plainville (south, mcabe, north, edgewood, west, Farmington)
  • 12 – Ed Walsh (North, Farmington, NB, Edgewood, edwalsh, yaleville)
  • Make sure to show up with baseballs – league can be fined $20
  • Make up – either all majors teams play 18 each and move playoffs
Officer Reports
Treasurer Update –
  • Expenses – good income coming in no major expenses out of the norm to foresee
Vice Presidents Reports (Majors, Minors, Farm, TBall)
Secretary Report
  • Grad Book/Game
  • Banquet
Concessions Report
  • Items needed
Grounds & Maintenance
Equipment Manager
Safety Officer
Fundraising
Player Agent
Coaching Coordinator Updates
  • All Star Coaches
Umpire Report
New Business
  • Next Board MeetingTBD

Open Forum
Adjournment / President / Noted by secretary
Participants
Chris Pierce, Molly Pierce, Dave Miller, Mike Larosa, Marc Lefort, Kristi Larson, Todd Pelletier, Rich Whitehead, Damon DelMonte, Ed Roderick, Jim Larosa, Chris Watson, Lucas Dibenedetto, Andy Denorfia, Adam Tarfano