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Sept., 2008
Covil Estates

 

BOARD MEETING

WILMINGTON SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

Covil Estates, Sept. 4, 2008

 

Attending: Phil Rose, Harry Rowe, Mike Abernathy, Gerry Paige, and Mike Fleming

 

President Joe Seme was absent and the meeting was called to order by VP Harry Rowe at 2:05 PM.

 

The minutes of the June meeting were accepted with the following correction:

Rule 4.9 (Injured Player) should read “A player injured during the game may elect to play only offense or defense…”.

 

Commissioners Report: 

Sports Complex – The sports complex will not be completed until 2010 and will consist of 3 ball fields.

Playoffs -Construction of the tennis facilities at Empie Park will be delayed enabling Senior Softball to       complete the September playoffs.

State Games Schedule – The Raleigh State Games are on schedule in spite of the pending hurricane as it should not interfere with schedule.

State Games Communication – Tom Fennelly, a player on the 55 year State Team had his application lost in the mail and was not officially registered for the State games. Organizers will not allow him to play. Wilmington Senior Softball needs to have better communication with the State organizers.

League Playoffs – Phil presented a schedule for the playoffs. It was discussed and with inputs from Mike and Gerry it was amended to include the Robert Strange field. The schedule will be put on the website. The home team for each game will be the team with the higher league final standing.

 

Treasurer Report:

Team Balances - Eagles, $142.27; Osteos, $492.56; Roosters, $234.11; Terminators, $162.92; Batter Up, $879.69; Cardinals, $567.99; Champions, $973.91; Legends, $1,497.69; Navigators, $639.23; and  Patriots, $664.04. The League balance is $2,859.95 along with a one year CD of $5,000 at Country Wide Bank.

 

Atlantic Division President’s Report:

Atlantic League President, Gerry Paige had a meeting with team managers with these findings.

Cancelled Games – Each team in the Atlantic Division polled their players as to why they miss games. All players had reasonable and explainable reasons for their absences, especially since several were accepted as part-timers playing only one game per week. It was concluded that starting the season with not enough players on each team was the major reason for canceling games.

Merging Leagues – None of the managers want to merge the two leagues and want to maintain four teams in the Atlantic Division.

Minimum Players – The managers concluded each team in the Atlantic Division should begin the season with 17 players, a total of 68 in the Division. To enable it to happen will take close communication with the Coastal Division President prior to the annual draft.

Player Draft – The two Divisions should draft on the same day.

 

Motion – Phil moved to raise the minimum age for participation to 55 years of age. It was seconded, discussed and defeated. The minimum age will remain at 53 years of age (determined as of Dec. 31 of the year in question).

 

Coastal Division President’s Report:

Mike Abernathy was the only nominee for Coastal Division President and was elected by acclamation.

New Player Tryouts – It was proposed that the Presidents of each Division be responsible for new player training and tryouts. It’s not that they will run the training sessions rather that they will organize the training sessions so as to allow maximum exposure of the new players by all the managers.

 

Old Business:

Organization Chart – No changes

Division President Responsibilities – Gerry proposed a variety of additions to the list of responsibilities. These will be blended into the list previously proposed at the June meeting and presented to the Board for approval at the next Board meeting.

Player Shortages – Close communications between the two league presidents and the Board should enable the 17 player minimum for Atlantic Division teams without diluting the Coastal Division. Much will depend on the new players coming into the league.

Player Draft Guidelines – Harry Rowe volunteered to compose a formal guideline for conducting a player draft to be presented at the next Board meeting.

Rule Changes: 7.3 – Contact Line (line drawn at 2nd base) will be used in the Coastal Division only.

                      5.9 – One Up Rule (home run rule) will be used in the Atlantic Division only.

                        5.10 – Catch Up Rule (a team can score runs until it catches up) was eliminated

 

New Business:

Banquet – The annual banquet will be held on Thursday, Nov.13. Phil and Ken Denne will determine the location. The balance in the budget for picnic/banquet is about $520. The banquet expenses will be defrayed through a silent & live auction as last year.

Yearbook – George and Harry will put together a yearbook for distribution at the banquet.

 

The next Board meeting will be on Thursday, Oct. 9th at 2PM at Covil Estates Clubhouse.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 PM                           

 

Respectfully,

 

George Wesoloski, Secretary 

 

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