Tottenham Oldtimers Slo-Pitch League

1.                

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

·       Meeting opened at 1pm

Doug Dwyer

2.                

Updates to Ongoing Business

       i.          Santa Claus Parade Float Committee Report

·       Meeting at Egan’s farm to set up float

·       Members of ladies league will be participating

·       Still looking for volunteers to walk, hand out candy…etc.

·       Parade begins Saturday Nov 25^th at 3pm

     ii.          Comptroller’s Report

·       Bill cannot attest to accuracy of treasurer’s report due to his retirement

·       Bill met with Tim and everything appears in order

·       Non-profit means no income tax report is necessary

·       HST is only applicable when the league claims more than $50,000  in any fiscal year or total of any four consecutive quarters.

·       TOT is just below $50,000 at this time

   iii.          Treasurer’s Report

·       Kevin Boston reported on sale of hats

·       105 players ordered hats

·       $270 profit

·       Doug motioned donating profit to Keenan Alin Boston fund, Dave Fleming seconded, motion passed

·       Tim summarized 2017 treasurers report

·       Success this year due to contribution from August tournament and reconciliation of our bill with the town for billed fees

·       Saved $963.24 by moving away from Credit Card Payments

·       Tim walked through Comparative Income Statement (2016 vs. 2017)

·       Motion to accept 2017 report by Kevin Boston, seconded by Bob Candy, motion passed

    iv.          Update on HTKP Program & Events

·       Jeff provided status report on HTKP program

·       Over 300 cases supported

·       $4000 from July tournament

·       Donations coming in from regular supporters (e.g., Kerry Worrod)

·       Puck and Ball tournament did not happen this year, but will be re-visited for next year (e.g., move event from Fall to Spring)

     v.          TOT Golf Tournament

·       Has been run off HTKP books for last 4 years

·       Support for tournament this year not as good as in past

·       This year’s tournament still made money, but not much

·       Jeff will have t-shirts delivered to participants before Christmas

·       Needs a convener to step up from within the TOT league

·       Derryl Guadet volunteered to be convener for next year’s tournament

·       Kevin Boston (as past convener) will help Derryl transition

·       The objective of the golf tournament is a social outing for league members and friends and family, not to be a financial money maker

    vi.          Update from Town, Facilities & Fees

·       Doug will put link to town report on our TOT web site under the forms section (done).

·       There will be a 10% increase in diamond fees without lights

·       7% increase in diamond fees for games with lights

·       Meetings with town were attended by representatives from all local leagues, mostly by the Tottenham leagues

·       Doug review section 7 of the town report, which is specific to ball diamonds and recommendations going forward (e.g., lighting of C1)

·       Doug suggested that a specific committee be created to handle the lighting of C1

  vii.          Events / Tournament Committee Review

·       Overall, August tournament went well

·       Would still like to have more volunteers

·       Mixed portion of tournament went well and will be continued next year

·       24 teams is max for August tournament without having to play games at Keogh, or playing games under lights

·       Play-off tournament went well, largely due to JAK fund involvement in running it

viii.          Season in Review & Recognition

·       Doug reviewed year, starting with recognizing Paul Gyori

·       Doug thanked Scott Peters for contributions to executive activities over past 2 years

·       Doug thanked Keith Beechey for all his work on tournaments and other activities

·       Doug thanked Rob Farah for his work as sub-controller and his dedication to the league

·       Doug thanked the rest of the executive for all their hard work and commitment to helping the league run smoothly

·       Doug thanked various others for overall support and help during the year

Tim Osmond

Bill Brown

Tim Osmond

Jeff Dancey

Jeff Dancey

Doug Dwyer

Peter Hayward/

Tim Osmond

Doug Dwyer

Election of 2017 Executive Positions

       i.          President

·       Kevin Boston nominated Doug Dwyer, seconded by Jens Lepa

·       Dave Fleming nominated Hugh Armstong, seconded by Al Bales

·       Hugh Armstong nominated Dave Fleming, seconded by Rob Katzman

·       Dave Fleming declined

·       Hugh Armstrong declined

·       Doug Dwyer accepted nomination

     ii.          Secretary/Treasurer

·       Andy Gee nominated Tim Osmond, seconded by Al Lacey

·       Tim accepted nomination

   iii.          1^st Vice President

·       Paul Gyori nominated Dave Fleming, seconded by Dan Chaisson

·       Gerard Traverse nominated Dan Chaisson, seconded by Dan Routledge

·       Greg Tracey nominated Paul Rynhold, seconded by Rob Katzman

·       Paul declined

·       Dan declined

·       Dave accepted nomination

    iv.          2^nd Vice President

·       Rob Katzman nominated Pete Hayward, Kevin Cavalier seconded

·       Pete accepted nomination

     v.          3^rd Vice President

·       Tim Schrank nominated Geoff Keogh, seconded by Greg Tracey

·       Steve DeLand nominated Brad Young, seconded by Will Goodin

·       Paul Gyori nominated Dan Chiasson, seconded by John Stiff

·       Jeff Dancey nominated Jason Chiovitti, Dane Eldridge seconded

·       Mark Mumma nominated Dave Connolly, seconded by Jeff Dancey

·       Rob Jordon nominated Al Lacey, seconded by Dave Storm

·       Will Goodin nominated Darrel Hager, seconded by Hugh Armstrong

·       Pete Hayward nominated Jens Lepa, seconded by Jamie Allan

·       Jens accepted

·       Darrel Hagar declined

·       Al Lacey accepted

·       Dave Connolly declined

·       Jason Chiovitti accepted

·       Dan Chiasson declined

·       Brad Young declined

·       Geoff Keogh accepted

·       Geoff Keogh was voted in as 3^rd Vice President

Dan Chiasson

President Elect

President Elect

President Elect

 President Elect

4.                

Selection of Volunteer Positions

       i.          Substitute Controllers

·       Al Bales volunteered to be sub-controller, Wil Goodin will be back-up sub-controller

     ii.          Registration Convener

·       Derryl Gaudet volunteered as Registration Convener

   iii.          Standings/Game Sheets/Game Rescheduling/Statistician

·       Dan Chiasson volunteered for position

    iv.          Field Maintenance

·       Jerry Muirhead volunteered

     v.          Web Site Maintenance

·       Dan Chiasson volunteered

   vi.          Comptroller

·       Bill Brown volunteered

President Elect

5.                

Break (15 minutes)

6.                

New Business

       i.          FY 2018 Budget

·       Estimates include increase in teams playing in August tournament, sponsor fees etc.

·       Projected increases in umpire fees, and diamond fees

·       Project income of $3,500

     ii.          Changes to Constitution/Rules of Play Changes

·       Change #1: Remove Past President from having a voting position.

·  Passed by majority, 2 opposed, 3 abstain

·       Change #2: Official game length.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #3: Protection for pitchers.

·  Passed by majority, 5 opposed, 4 abstain

·       Change #4: Substitute runner clarification.

·  Passed by majority, 2 abstain

·       Change #5: Allow defenders to tag at home.

·  Passed by majority, 3 opposed

·       Change #6: Clarification on helmet rule.

·  Passed by majority, 12 opposed, 3 abstain

·       Change #7: Retaining team colours.

·  Deferred to 1^st Captains meeting

·       Change #8: Banning throws from outfield to 1st base.

·  Defeated by majority

·       Change #9: Strike mat.

·  Passed by majority, 4 opposed, 1 abstain

·       Change #10: Waiting list players.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #11: Rookie mid-term ratings.

·  Passed by majority, 1 opposed

·       Change #12: Reporting players lost for season.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #13: Mercy rule per inning.

·  Defeated by majority

·       Change #14: Change ‘phone’ to ‘contact’.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #15: Allow captains to request positions.

·  Defeated by majority

·       Change #16: Change ‘player’ to plural form for consistency.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #17: Change ‘phone’ to ‘contact’.

·  Passed unanimously

·       Change #18: Limit number of #1’s on any team to two.

·  Passed by majority, 4 opposed, 2 abstain

·       Change #19: Must have less than 10 players to call for a sub (unless team has P1 missing).

·  Passed unanimously

   iii.          Open Discussion

·       Motion to have helmets going from home to home by Al Lacey, seconded by Brad Smith.

·  Motioned defeated by a count of 17 – 16.

·       Randy Hipkin requested to expand father / son allowance to father / son in law

·  Vote will be deferred to Captains meeting

·       Doug recommended reducing in person registration times from 8 to 2 – 3

·       Kevin Boston proposed that as part of the draft, every team get a shortstop.  There was no motion on this item.

·       Proposal by Paul Gyori to eliminate the P2 rating

·       Motion by Jeff Dancey to eliminate P2, seconded by Brad Smith, passed by majority, opposed by 5

·       Dane Eldridge motioned that no base runner can be taken out for fatigue or strategic advantage. Motion defeated.

·       Scott asked that items impacting information included or not included on the registration form be considered prior to the first Captains meeting in February

·       Proposal from Cal Steeves that no intentional walks in first 2 at bats.  There was no motion on this item.

·       Motion to adjourn by Paul Gyori, seconded by Geoff Keogh, passed.

President  and Treasurer Elect

All

All

1.           

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

Housekeeping Items:

•        Meeting began at 7:20pm

Doug Dwyer

2.           

Treasurer’s Report

•        No updates

Tim Osmond

3.           

Player wellness, waiting list

•        4 people on the waiting list
•        The Sliders have asked for one of those players
•        Deadline for requesting a player from the waiting list is July 31

Doug Dwyer

4.           

HTKP Status (Baseball Tournament Close, Golf Tournament Information)

•        Complete financial information on Baseball Tournament is not available yet
•        Beer sales were down
•        Jeff recommended not running the tournament during community week next year
•        Jeff also recommended going back to the old Friday night format (e.g., no band)
•        One complaint from CRIC re. condition the BBQ was left in after the tournament
•        Golf tournament flyers have been printed off
•        Jeff asked captains to talk to teams about the Golf tournament ($120 per player)
•        Puck and Ball is moving forward, but no additional information available in terms of number of teams

Jeff Dancey

5.           

General umpiring status & feedback

•        Mainly positive feedback

All

6.           

Town Status / Update

•        Doug reviewed meeting with Dan Murnaghan

Doug Dwyer

7.

8.  

August Tournament Kickoff, Roles and Responsibilities

•        Will be running at the same time as the Alliston Potato Festival
•        We need to have 16 teams to be viable
•        Not enough ladies players, so a co-ed division will be set up
•        Mens 35+ division, and then an open fun and open competitive division will be set up
•        $10 for current players, $20 for outside players
•        Invitation extended to Beeton league

Playoff format

•        2016 play-off schedule and proposed 2 scenario play-off format for 2017 were handed out
•        Both proposed scenarios are somewhat unbalanced in that the teams finishing lower in the standings have a much tougher schedule
•        Doug proposed that if the two proposed scenarios are not acceptable, someone would have to volunteer to re-work the numbers – there no volunteers
•        Votes for scenario 1 = 11 votes, scenario 2 = 8 votes
•        Scenario 1 accepted as play-off format
•        Doug walked through the notes below the scenarios (e.g., how many teams would be eliminated after the round robin, use of Keough park for some of the games due to 8 extra round robin games, start times)
•        2 games a night per field will be played, 7 innings

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

Open floor

•        Rob Farah will be on vacation for 2 weeks. Contact Al Bales for substitute players.
•        Tristan Emmet will be hosting a Celebration of Life party on August 11^th at the legion for his father Dennis. Any suggestions for how we can assist should be forwarded to Rob Farah
•        Pete Hayward asked captains to be more careful putting in bags (e.g., spikes properly hammered in)
•        Bags are provided by Tottenham Minor Ball. If we want to replace current bags, we need to purchase our own
•        Rob Farah motioned to adjourn, seconded by Jeff Dancey, passed.

All

1.          

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

Housekeeping Items:

·       Reminder on cleaning the Legion tables

o   Especially to new players who might not know the rules

·       Reminder about alcohol during games

o   A couple of complaints of alcohol on benches

o   Captains are asked to speak to players, or let Doug know

·       Reminder on sub requests (timing)

o   Refer to last month’s minutes

·       Town Invitation to July meeting

o   Open house format

Doug Dwyer

2.          

Treasurer’s Report

·      Tim suggested emailing out report ahead of meeting instead of providing paper copies during meetings

·      Slight difference in projected profit

·      Revenue still projected to be above 50k

·      Going forward, only anomalies from budget will be reported at monthly meetings

·      Chris Pulfer asked about money in budget for new bases (Dave Flemming said that they’ve already been purchased and Wayne Caldwell has them)

·      Motion to accept from Ed Hopkins, seconded by Don Booth, accepted

Tim Osmond

3.          

Player wellness, waiting list

·      Waiting list – 2 left and 3 on injury reserve

·      Last day to get replacement is July 31

·      Doug asked captains about known player wellness issues

Doug Dwyer

4.          

HTKP Status

·      13 teams confirmed, maybe one more (compared to 12 last year)

·      Schedule, bar, and other admin activities are still being worked on

·      Schedule hopefully completed by July 2

·      Men’s league still trying to get enough teams

·      Not sure how many ladies teams are participating

Jeff Dancey

5.           

General umpiring status & feedback

·      Roman is asking teams for general feedback on umpires

All

6.           

Feedback on use of our own umps

·      5 instances where umps have been late, or scheduling conflict resulting in having to use our own umps

All

7.           

Town Status / Update

·      Issue with lights out on C2 (equipment can’t be brought in due to soft ground)

·      Laneway graded going into Coventry

·      Diamonds are groomed everyday

·      If diamond is in poor shape, take a picture, or just let Doug know

·      Doug reviewed the town’s wet field policy and status of fields over the last few days vs. the wet field policy

·      Doug is in an ongoing negotiation with town re. empowering the league to enforce the wet field policy instead of the town

Doug Dwyer

8.           

Open floor

·      Captains should communicate pitching clinics run by Sandy Bell and Andy Gee

·      Rob Farah announced street party on July 1

·      Last batch of replacement shirts that were ordered are due in the coming week

·      If shirts are put in the dryer, the lettering can come off

·      Rob Farah motioned to adjourned, seconded by Dave Flemming, passed

All

1.     

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

Quick meeting protocol review. 

    Meeting protocol reviewed by Doug

    Pete Hayward will be monitoring participation and general order of the meeting

Doug Dwyer

2.      

Treasurer’s Report

      Not available

      Tim will do reports once he returns from out of town work assignment

Doug Dwyer

3.     

Presidential Delegation Status.

·       Rescinded as of now

Doug Dwyer

4.      

Player wellness, waiting list

       5 players gone for the year due to injury or leave, all positions are filled

       Radar sought permission for Rob Rumboult to only take a couple of at bats next game, but not play the field. Decision will then be made re. future play

       Bill Clouthier will make decision next week re. his ability to play

       Stike out 6 more weeks

       Shirts for new players will be available in 2 – 3 weeks, definitely before HTKP.

Doug Dwyer

5.      

HTKP Status

Captains are encouraged to start aggressively asking players to commit to the tournament

All teams can be expected to work the bar / grill

Golf Tournament is on track

Puck and Ball (Sept 7 – 9) is doing very well

o   Trying to get 12 teams including 35+, Open, and a possible ladies division

o   Will be looking for volunteers for food and drink (combination of league players and students needing volunteer time)

Jeff Dancey

6.       

Plays from the outfield to 1^st base

Moved to Open floor

7.        

August tournament

Initial meeting held, Beechey chaired

Ladies involvement not confirmed, Bev Steeves will confirm

Overall some concern with the number of teams

Doug is considering getting 4 people from the league to help recruit additional teams outside of TOT and Ladies Lob Ball (e.g., Beeton, Alliston)

Key is trying to avoid making it an SPN tournament

Doug Dwyer

8.      

Review of status with town.

(Separate handouts will be provided)

Doug reviewed his notes from meeting with town

       5 meetings since November re. field sports (soccer, baseball, football)

       Attendance at meetings dwindled after the first meeting, drastically

       About 500 replies to the town survey

       Consulting firm (Collier) is gathering data to help resolve issues between town and people involved in town activities

       Review of handout (focus on KPMG study)

       Recommendations are to increase property taxes or increase user fees

       The town has been asked for a detailed breakdown of where our baseball dollars are going

       Timeline:

       Short-term

o   Regular dragging and grooming of warning tracks

o   Clean up against fences

o   Repair of fences

o   Repairing stairs at conventry

       Medium-term

o   Drainage and irrigation improvements for all fields

o   Trees at Coventry 2

o   Lights at both upper and lower parking lot

       Longer-term

o   Lighting at C1

o   Re-doing lights at Keough (lights too low)

Doug Dwyer

9.       

Open floor

       Rob Farah asked Captains to encourage players to let sub-controllers know if they can play

o   Also, once a sub has been booked, don’t cancel them. If they show up, they should play

       Pully asked about players arriving late and when they can enter the game

o   Rule is that player has to enter by end of 3^rd inning

       Game sheets – please bring them back to the legion on game night

       Talk to players about respect at legion (e.g., cleaning up tables)

       Plays at first base from the outfield

o   Should the gentleman’s rule be that if outfielder doesn’t catch the ball they can’t throw the batter out at first

       Doug to manage bags for Community Centre games

       Lights must be turned off or they’ll come back on the next night at 8:30

       Rob Farah motion to adjourn, Jeff Dancey seconded, passed

All

1.                

Call to Order/Opening Remarks                  

• ·       Doug opened the meeting at 7:18pm

Doug Dwyer

2.                

Treasurer’s Report

• ·       Revenue at 48k+, which is getting close to the 50k limit for a non-profit organization
• ·       165 paid registrations are in the bank
• ·       8 payments not yet in the bank
• ·       41 not paid yet
• ·       Forecasted budget based on 16 teams is 57k+ (concern because this exceeds the 50k). But we have means in place to deal with the surplus (e.g., charity)
• ·       SPN insurance needs to be adjusted by $100
• ·       Increases in diamond fees and tournament expenses due to extra team(s) in the league
• ·       Overall projection = $4,800
• ·       Motion from Hugh Armstrong, seconded by Rob Farah, passed unanimously

Tim Osmond

3.                

I.                 Bat committee update

a.     Initial discussions took place recently, more discussions to follow, with a recommendation due by end of season (September meeting)

b.     Our newer bats are regulated by SPN, and therefore covered by insurance, older bats are not regulated or covered by insurance.

II.               Draft Day, April 8^th

a.     1pm start time, downstairs at the Legion (Chris Ross, Doug Dwyer, Derryl Gaudet)

b.     Date and time confirmed

c.      Captains are asked to come early to set up their team tables

d.     P1’s, P2’s will be drafted first, followed by ratings 12 to 1

e.     Team that picks first for the first round, picks last for the second round, first for the third round…etc.

III.              Coventry field clean up

a.     No updates for this year, however, Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a town-wide clean-up that our league might want to participate in

b.     April 15 – 29 are the scheduled dates

Dave Fleming

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

4.                

New Business Items

2017 Season Planning

1. Final report on Registration Results and substitute player list
• 214 registered, plus at least one more pending
• 36 rookies (plus pending)
2. Select Number of Teams and Players Per Team
• With 16 teams, each team plays 26 games with a slight increase in the average amount of 9:30 games
• With 17 teams, each team plays 24 games with slight decrease in 9:30 games
• Doug has gone to the town to ask for more diamond time (8:15 Wednesday slot open)
• Reminder that any players on waiting list are added to the top of the list for the next year (subject to availability)
• Proposal for 16 teams by Paul P., seconded by Denis Short,  11 for, 4 against, 1 abstain
3. Confirm New Captains (if required)
• Kevin Clouthier and Kevin Boston motioned by Dane, seconded by Chuck, passed unanimously
• Team name will be the Bat Flippers
• Bats that Dave Flemming previously bought will be purchased by the league for the new team
4. Number of Games, Start Times, Game Duration and league schedule
• 26 games, no change to start times or duration, schedule pending
5. Tournament dates and status
• July 7 – 9 for HTKP tournament
• August 11 – 13 dates reserved for August tournament
• Sept 15 – 17 dates for play-offs
• Golf Tournament – Saturday August 19 at Nottawasaga Resort
6. Bat Day
• 1pm on April 29^th
• New team will get two new bats, plus pick of next 2 available bats
• Chuck motioned to have captains keep 4 bats with the rest going into a draft, Gord Tanner seconded,  1 opposed, 1 abstain, motion passed
7. Rookie Night  (Wednesday April 5^th)
• Hosted by Keith Beechey and Pete Hayward
8. September Playoff tournament status
• No change from last year’s plan for JAK fund running it
9. Banquet status
• We lost a little bit of money last year
• Negotiated with ladies league to put the costs through their budget

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

Keith Beechey

Dave Fleming

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

Doug Dwyer

5.                

Equipment Update

1. Update based on registration numbers and number of teams. (Balls & Uniforms)
2. Balls were secured last year at 2 year old pricing
3. Shirt prices are the same as last year
4. Any changes to logos needs to be in “AI” format or else merchant will charge extra
5. Shirts can be ready 3.5 weeks after order is made
6. Bat Flippers are ordering new hats for their team ($14 plus tax)

Dave Fleming

6.                

Draft Day Logistics

1. Father-son combinations
1. No change
2. Selection of Shirt Colours
1. Selections made by Captains

c.      Selection of Draft Order

a.     1^st shirt colour choice is automatically last in the draft order

Doug Dwyer

7.                

Player Ratings Review

Notes:

• ·       Order and civility are critical in this discussion
• ·       Suggestions to move players one (1) ranking (e.g., from 7 to 8) will not be entertained. As is our custom, there is not enough of a distinction between single rounds to ever be 100% accurate.
• ·       Perceived egregious errors will be discussed and voted on if required.

•  Mark Mumma for Rob Hayward approved
• ·       Shawn McIntyre for Tim Osmond approved
• ·       Jerry Muirhead for Dave Potocki not approved
• ·       Ryan Schellenberg and Chris Nesich need to move down to a 9, approved
• ·       Gerard Traverse for Geoffrey Lock, approved
• ·       Dave Polny motion to accept agreed changes plus cascading  change, Jeff Dancey seconded,  1 opposed, otherwise unanimous

Scott Peters

8.                

Open Floor

• ·       Chuck proposed 17 teams, 12 players, 26 games, seconded by Al Bales, 8 for, 8 against, Doug approved.
• ·       Dane suggested using a weekend to host a tournament where games would count for the regular season
• ·       Paul suggested switching the Wednesday night executive meetings to another night so that the one extra 7pm time slot at Keough
• ·       Scott proposed at 17 team, 24 game schedule, Keith Beechey seconded, 8 for, 9 against, motion defeated
• ·       Geoff Keogh and Jim Smith will be new captains
• ·       Jeff motioned to end the meeting, Tim Osmond seconded, passed unanimously.

All

1.           

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

•        Dave Flemming opened the meeting and asked Pete Hayward to talk about registration and hanging signs
•        Pete showed one of 10 signs and asked captains to take one and hang it outside their homes, if possible

Dave Flemming

2.           

Current Financial Status:

•        Not a formal financial report as Treasurer was not in attendance – forecast budget only - presented by Doug
•        Combination of last year’s report from Cliff Tucker and some add in’s from Doug and Tim
•        Expectation is that we’ll be in a better financial position compared to last year
•        Diamond Fees – last year $7856.00. This year there will be a 4% increase
•        Domain name is back in place ($79 for 5 years)
•        Saved some money on baseballs

Doug Dwyer

Review of events

•        Sent out at AGM and Danny Chaisson has added dates to the website calendar
•        Banquet a week earlier than last year
•        Jeff gave an HTKP update

Doug Dwyer

4.           

Ratings Committee status

•        Scott thanked committee and Captain’s
•        Next steps include getting together to finalize ratings after registration closes on March 26^th

Scott Peters

5.           

Update on Registration

•        Pete talked again about hanging signs up advertising registration (10 signs left)
•        Pete asked Captains to hang remaining 10 signs and return them at the next meeting
•        Derryl gave a quick update on registration numbers to date – up over last year (by about 10%)
•        Kevin Boston and Kevin Clouthier are next captains in line if there is a 16^th team
•        Jeff Dancey asked about analysis of diamond times vs. number of teams and our capacity. Doug said there’s approx. 20% overhead time available with 15 teams
•        Right now 18 teams is our maximum without having to reduce the number of games
•        We have coverage for all registration dates at the legion
•        On March 19^th there is a St. Patrick’s Day function at the legion, but registration will still go ahead.

Doug Dwyer

6.           

Rookie night & Draft

•        Chris Ross and Derryl Gaudet will be helping with draft day
•        Doug asked if any other people want to participate in Rookie night
•        Doug has asked senior members of the league and junior members to attend rookie night
•        $300 budgeted for rookie night.
•        Paul P. motioned to have $300 accepted, Rob R. seconded, passed unanimously

Doug Dwyer

Rules & Umpiring

•        Doug gave a reminder that provisional rules can be tried out during the year prior to being approved or declined officially at the AGM in the constitution
•        No changes to umpiring (Roman still umpire in chief)
•        Some games will be umpired by umpires from Alliston

Open Floor

•        Gary Brown has approached Doug about providing food after games. Suggestion to try having hot dogs and nachos on certain nights.
•        Legion will be removing 2/3 of the trophies in the trophy case and will give the case to the TOT league.
•        Doug asked everyone to bring trophies to the next meeting.
•        Coventry field clean-up will be scheduled again. Doug and Brad will do a walk around over the next week or so and then propose a date for the clean-up.
•        Bat committee. Over next few years the rates will go up, so Doug’s been looking at ways to continue saving money and reducing costs. Doug wants to put together a committee to assess risks and benefits of provided bats vs. bringing in outside bats. Keith Beechey, Paul P. and Chris Pulfer volunteered to be on the committee. Dave F. will chair the committee
•        Doug summarized 2-hour meeting with the town. Talk was about field costs and costs for outside players. Only 3% increase in diamond fees this year (we spent $7800 last year). Doug estimated that 10% of league is out of town, which works out to be about $160.
•        Rob reminded captains to text him re. subs. Al Bales is also helping as a sub controller.
•        Hugh motioned to adjourn meeting, seconded by Jeff Dancey, unanimously passed.