Directors Meeting - Past Minutes

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February 17, 2004
Northeast branch of the New Hanover County Library

TThe WSSA Board of Directors held a meeting on February 17, 2004 at the Northeast branch of the New Hanover County Library. Bob Dempsey was absent. The Meeting was called to order by President Ken Deene at 9:02am.

All team managers or representative were invited to this meeting to inform the board of their team’s status, whether they wanted to take time off during the season and if they were in favor of splitting the season into two halves.

 

First John Rankin from the City of Wilmington Central Services (formerly Wilmington Parks and Recreation Department) was recognized and presented the following facts to the board.

·        The new softball complex near Martin Luther King Parkway is dead.       

The present City Council sees no revenue in such a facility.

       All softball leagues need to get involved and make council aware of our

       concerns for new softball facilities.

·        John stated that the city had informed him to cut his budget by 3-5%.

These cuts will have to come from the non-revenue portion, which involves umpires fees for Senior Softball. He suggested we find some umpires for our league.

·        City will use 44 core 375-compression softballs and ASA certified bats.

 

Next the managers or their representatives gave a status on their teams. Most needed more players and all were in favor of a break but not for two months. Only three teams expressed interest in splitting the season into two halves.

 

Minutes of the WSSA General Membership meeting on January 21, 2004

were approved.

 

Treasurer's report:

 Balance of $9115 includes team amounts   ($5570 League balance)

 

  Old Business: None

  New Business:

·        Joe Seme made a motion that there will not be any age restrictions for

determining the division for players. This will be an individual's decision. George Scelzi seconded the motion, which was approved by an 8-0 vote.

 

 

 

Commissioner's Report:

·        Phil has made a practice schedule starting March 16, 2004

-         The board approved a motion for practice time to start at 11 verses 9 am.

-         The Board approved a motion to divide the season into two halves.

-         The Board approved to have break of two weeks for the Atlantic Division and three weeks for the Coastal Division.

·        Senior Games will be April 13 and 15

·        Phil recommended that all the managers have an emergency phone number for his players.

·        State Games - The managers will select the players for each team.

 

We are planning to have a booth at the Westfield Shopping Mall on February 28, 2004 to attract more players.

 

Golf Tournament will be held this year- Ken will ask Joe Boardman to coordinate.

 

Joe Seme will be the manager of the Saturday Tournament Team

(Southeast Tournament League). A fee of $20.00 will be charged to play on this team.  They will be hosting a tournament on May 8 at Empie Park.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

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