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Directors Meeting - Past Minutes
August 17, 2005
Breaktime Sports Bar & Grill
The WSSA Board of Directors held a meeting on August 17, 2005 at the
Breaktime Sports Bar and Grill. Bob Dempsey and John Keane were absent. The meeting was called to order by President Ken Denne at 11:09am.
The minutes of the July 13, 2005 meeting were approved.
· Treasurer’s Report: League Total: 5628.67
Team balances as follows:
Legends -- $977.94 Gold’s -- $173.98
Kohl’s -- $1280.75 Osteo’s -- $110.92
Navigators - -$601.08 Roosters -- $421.40
Patriots -- $789.93 Investors -- $724.42
Old Business:
- Motion made at July 13 meeting to “automatically move any player who reaches the age of 65 before August 1” Joe Seme removed his second and therefore Phil Rose withdrew the motion.
- 18 double headers have been postponed due to rain. 10 have been made up but 8 need to be rescheduled.
- Phil Rose made a motion to make up rained out dates and push the playoffs back to October 25. Joe Seme seconded the motion. A 1 for and 5 against vote defeated motion. We will stay with the original playoff schedule.
·New Business:
- Phil is looking at using a park in Leland next year.
- Joe Seme attended a meeting with city and county parks and recreation
Officals and representatives from other softball leagues. The Wilmington Tennis Assn. is looking at expanding the tennis facilities at Empie Park, which could take field #2. There will be several meetings next month on recreation facilities in Wilmington and we need for all Wilmington Senior Softball players to attend these meetings and let our feelings be known.
Commissioner’s Report:
- Phil Rose proposed an idea that the league championship teams get
engraved key chains. Board was against the idea.
- Two rules changes suggested:
1) League Rule 4.2 concerning Rosters which reads: Once a player is committed or assigned to a roster, that player may not move to another team without the approval of the Board of Directors. The proposal is to change wording which will make the approval by the managers of their respective divisions. If the managers can't agree then the decision will be made by the Board.
2) League Rule 5.2 concerning Starting Time: Proposal was to delete the word traveling from the second sentence. Delete the third sentence dealing with a non-traveling team and add the following sentence which will now be the third sentence: After a 20 minute delay if a team can not field at least 9 players they will forfeit the first game.
Board agreed to both rule changes.
- Home team gets third base dugout.
- Format of games will be left to managers. 7 innings verses 5
Starting with a one and one count, etc.
· Open Discussion:
- Discussion on rule change which states you don’t have to touch second base
- If you run through second or third base, you must go back and touch base before advancing.
- Joe Seme made a motion that we donate $25 to the Ogden Supper Optimist club general fund. Motion passed 7-0
- Golf tournament will be September 1 at the Cape
- Riverfest is October 1 & 2 we will have a booth (Ken Denne to co-ordinate)
- Banquet: WSSA players will be free but your guests will have to pay.
- Invite John Rancke, Neil Lewis, Preston Barnham, Jack Schwarze,etc.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned