March April 2008

Directors Meeting - Past Minutes

March April, 2008
Covil Estates

BOARD MEETING

WILMINGTON SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

Covil Estates, March 27 & April 17, 2008

Attending: Joe Seme, Harry Rowe, George Wesoloski, and Gerry Paige attended both meeting sessions. Phil Rose and Mike Fleming attending the meeting on April 17.

President Joe Seme called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM on March 27. The meeting was continued on 3:00 PM on April 17.

Minutes of the previous meeting on Jan. 10th were approved as posted on the website.

Commissioners Report: Phil proposed raising the umpire fee for a double header from $44 to 46. Approved. Two half seasons were accepted. The first half ends on June 5 and each team will have played 30 games.

Presidents Report: Joe reported that John Rancke from the Parks Dept. will be putting up a green screen on Field #3 at Robert Strange Park to remove the glare in front of the pitcher.

Part-Time Players – Part-time players are welcome provided they have paid the annual membership dues in full and have been accepted by a team manager to play in our league.

One-Up Rule – A team may score two home runs in the first inning. Any succeeding home run will be considered as a single hit. In the following innings the losing team may hit home runs until they are one run ahead (one up) at which time further home runs will be singles. The Atlantic Division will provisionally apply the One-Up rule and report back to the Board any observations.

Catch-Up Rule: A team losing by 15 runs prior to the end of the fifth inning can score an unlimited number of runs until they have tied the score. The Atlantic Division will provisionally apply the Catch-Up rule and report back to the Board any observations.

Injured Player Rule – An injured player at the start of a game may elect to play only offense or only defense (American Disability Rule). A player injured during the game may leave the game and elect to play only offense or only defense without penalty of an out should he miss his turn at bat due to the injury.

New Business: At the Annual Meeting in January, a proposal was made to have a President for each division. Harry Rowe presented a draft defining the responsibilities of a Division President. It was discussed, modified and accepted. A copy of the projected responsibilities is attached.

Criteria to be a Division President: Three years experience in the League and preferably experience as a team manager.

Selection of Division President – Each team is to nominate an individual from their team and the Board will elect the Division Presidents from the submitted list of candidates.

Volunteers – Gerry suggested a modification to the annual player application so that the bottom portion would permit players to express willingness to volunteer for league duties by checking appropriate boxes such as: 1) Be a Team Manager, 2) Be a Board Member, 3) Help with Fields, 4) Help with Fund Raising, 5) Serve on a Committee.

Picnic – The League Picnic will take place on Thursday, June 5th at 3PM at Hugh McRae Park. George will ask Ken Denne to be the Picnic Chairman.

Fund Raising – Joe Seme suggested we explore with on-line sports marketers the idea of putting links to their websites and where the League might share a small commission for all sales made through the link. Harry will investigate with various sports suppliers their willingness to collaborate.

Non-Approved Bats – Managers are urged to check for non-approved bats that might be in their bat bag.

Player Draft – Harry felt the player draft for the Coastal Division was poorly handled and extremely biased. He suggested that the Board create a guideline for future drafts.

Over 70’s Team – All teams have some players that are not seeing much game time, but desire to continue playing. A 70’s league may be a solution for these players, however, it was felt that the League does not have enough of these older players at this time. When there are enough of these players, a separate league or game day for them may be a solution allowing them to continue playing softball.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:37 PM

Respectfully,

George Wesoloski, Secretary

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