LHSSL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, March 6

3:00 PM

Orchard Creek

1. Call to Order

Bob Fernandez, President, called the meeting to order at 3:02 pm. Board members present in addition to Bob Fernandez were: Montie Boatwright, J.R. Jackson, Chris Berney, Barry Kendrigan, and Vince Del Pozzo.

• A total of 83 members attended the meeting, which were 20 members above the required quorum. A copy of the attendance sheet is attached to the file copy of the minutes.
• Bob asked for approval of the February minutes, which were approved unanimously.
• Introduction of new members – Welcome!

LHSSL Constitution for Charter Club Status

Motion made and seconded to approve the LHSSL Constitution. Unanimously approved.

(Bob Fernandez left at 3:03 pm to attend the CCOC meeting regarding the leagues charter application. J.R. Jackson presided and continued the meeting. Bob returned at 3:15 pm.)

Bake Sale for Opening Day – Sandy Datzman

Sandy explained the flyer for the “Opening Day Bake Sale.” Volunteers are signed up. The flyer will be included with the raffle tickets.

2. Board Committee Reports

Schedule of Events – Vince Del Pozzo

• Thanks to committee for doing ratings based on a 1-10 point scale.

• Three day clinics: March 7, 12 and 14 at 9:45 am

Teams 1-5: March 7 – 9:45 am – 2 to 3 hours

Teams 6-10: March 12 “ “

Teams 11-15: March 14 “ “

All managers asked to stand up for recognition.

• Introduction of Tuck Halsey – organizing clinics & has a “crew” of 18 players assisting at the clinics.
• Vince announced each team and their sponsor.
• Saturday, April 28 – Opening Day (If rain out, Saturday, May 5);
• Monday, April 30 – first league game;
• June 27 – end of first half;
• Week of July 2 – July 15: no league games (July 4 game - City of Lincoln vs. our league);
• July 16 – start of second half of season;
• September 5 – end of second half of season;
• September 10 & 11 – make-up games;
• September 12 – 21 – play-offs start (double elimination tournament);
• September 24 – all star games & banquet in evening.

Financial Report – Barry Kendrigan

Opening Balance as of 1/31/07 $ 9,119.45

Estimated Income $ 6,575.92

Estimated Expenses $ 3,947.65

Closing Balance as of 2/28/07 $11,747.72

Motion made and seconded to approve the financial report. Unanimously approved.

A copy of the Income/Expense Report and Register Report are included as attachment #2.

Field Improvements, Uniforms, Equipment, Rules - J.R. Jackson

• Field closures: March 5, 6, 8 (after 12 pm), 13, 19, 20, 26 & 27 – fact- finding committee went to Arizona. Maintenance is doing lots of work including “laser leveling” of field. Maintenance stated we would have the same composition as Pac Bell field.
• Policy for field use – Policy on website and posted at field. The policy avoids schedule conflicts, problems with managers, etc.
• Uniforms – Thanks to Stan Young for assisting J.R. with inspecting all of the uniforms. Starting this year the leaguer will replace uniforms on a rotational basis of every 4 to 5 years.
• Replacements of uniforms this year: Umpqua, Remax, Safeway, Placer Sierra Bank, and Rainbow.
• New team uniforms – Rebark Time and First Bank.
• We will purchase new shirts from Grapevine Apparel for $14.75 each. A savings of 25% from previous years.
• Practice dates: March 21 & 28; April 2, 4, 9 & 11
• Practice games: April 16, 18, 23, & 25. Schedule will be posted soon on website and at field.
• No softball games on May 28 (Memorial Day) and September 3 (Labor Day).
• Anyone interested learning AED (defibrillator) training was asked to sign a list. If interested and did not sign the list, please contact J.R. Jackson.
• Incident reports must be made of serious injuries on the field using the forms available at the Wave. Reports must be done within 24 hours. J.R. Jackson will make a modified report form to be available at the field.
• Thanks to LHSSL league for contributions to Marilyn Jackson and her school.

Board approved donation of old audio equipment to Don Julio Junior H.S.

• Phone now located in the scoreboard booth.

Opening Day and Wellness – Montie Boatwright

• Dennis Ratay – Dennis had a heart attack on the field at a Coyotes 65’s practice. Great to see Dennis at our general meeting.
• Thanks to Nick Mastrella for organizing the umpires and glad he is on the mend.

Opening Day

• Going quite well and thanks to Sandy for the bake sale.
• Montie asked for a volunteer(s) to take pictures.
• George Bunyard and J.R. Jackson are helping with the raffle.
• We still need volunteers to help sell food and raffle tickets.

• General Information:

Scoreboard Operators: Joe Spinali is in charge of organizing the operators.

3. Old Business

• Bob reported that the CCOC approved our charter status. Hurray!
• Player Newsletter “Meet Your Fellow Players” – Sarah Towne

Mary Ales wrote the article on Mike and Joann Hilton and the article should be on the website soon.

4. New Business

• Ed Sorensen is organizing the instructional league that will start Thursday, March 29 from 2 to 4 pm.

Supervised drills geared toward less skilled players, but everyone is welcomed.

• Next general meeting: Tuesday, April 3 -- 3:00 pm – OC – Heights & Gables

5. Open Forum

• Suggestion by member that AED & CPR training be held at Lincoln Hills.
• George Bungarz, Manger of Mangers (M.O.M), doing an outstanding job. He will contact all managers regarding their first meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 3:36 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Chris Berney, Secretary

Attachments:

1. Attendance

2. Monthly financial reports