Wilmington Senior Softball - Board of Director Meeting Notes

Directors Meeting - Past Minutes

July 13, 2005
Breaktime Sports Bar & Grill

The WSSA Board of Directors held a meeting on July 13, 2005 at the

Breaktime Sports Bar and Grill. All members of the Board were present. The meeting was called to order by President Ken Denne at 11:07am.

Bill Best (ASA District Commissioner) was promoting the ASA National Tournament to be held in Burlington, NC in September. He has the entry

· forms and other information if we would like to put some teams in the tournament

· The minutes of the March 8, 2005 meeting were approved.

· Treasurer’s Report: League Total: $11,513.95

Team balances as follows:

Legends -- $611.19 Gold’s -- $184.73

Kohl’s -- $1280.75 Osteo’s -- $121.67

Navigators - -$601.08 Roosters -- $432.15

Patriots -- $789.93 Investors -- $735.17

· Old Business: None

· New Business: None

· Commissioners Report:

- Phil said that presently we have 64 players in the Coastal Division and 59 players in the Atlantic Division.

- Phil met with Mr. Lewis of the New Hanover County Parks Dept.

- Managers if you don’t have a strike mat, see Phil.

- Phil has been informed that we aren’t following the format for the local

Senior games. He will implement correct procedure next year, which will possibly involve having nine teams within the different age limits.

- A suggestion has been made for next year that due to the severe heat in July and August that each team will play one doubleheader a week and all games will be played at Empie Park. Ballots will be sent out to all players for league response.

- Next year with the anticipated growth we may need to look at playing on

other days than Tuesdays and Thursday due to the lack of fields.

Also we need to let our elected officials know about our concerns of the lack of facilities by writing letters to them and the newspapers.

- A motion was made by Phil Rose and seconded by Joe Seme that:

Any player who reaches the age of 65 before August 1, will automatically move to the Coastal Division. Motion was approved by a 5-4 vote.

- During the discussion on the motion, it was mentioned that:

1) we need equal representation on the board from both divisions before

considering a motion such as this one due to its effects on just one

division.

2) if forced to move up, will the players play or quit. General consensus QUIT

3) We need to amend the motion by putting in a grandfather clause that will exempt the present players affected in the Atlantic Division.

- John Keane made an amendment to the motion that a grandfather clause be added to the motion that will exempt the current players from the motion. Joe Seme seconded the amendment. Amendment was approved 9-0.

- Motion with the amendment now reads:

Any players who reach the age of 65 before August 1 will automatically move to the Coastal Division but a grandfather clause will exempt any players in this age bracket who are currently playing in the Atlantic Division.

· Agenda Items

State Senior Games September 12-14 (Four teams are set to participate)

National Senior Games Finals

Congratulations to:

1) 60+ team which won silver medal

2) Tom Clifford finished 7th out of 57 golfers

3) Don Johnson placed in the track events.

Schedules

Rain dates have been scheduled.

Banquet

Instead of a picnic this year, we are looking at a banquet held at Wilson’s

Committee: Ken Denne and Phil Rose (co-chairmen) Members: Mike

Fleming, Ray McCurtin, Joe Seme, Bob Dempsey and Ron Sullivan.

Riverfest

We will have a booth at Riverfest this year and Ken Denne will co-ordinate.