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Wickliffe Baseball League Meeting - 2/18/2016
Start time 8:00pm
Roll Call:
Executive Board – Pugh, Novotney, Levon, Bunn, Johnson, Pasquino
Excused – Gamber
Trustees - Shirer, Rossman, Bala
Motion by Bunn, seconded by Pugh to approve the minutes of the meeting of 1/21/16. Motion passed.
Officer Reports:
VP – Bunn relayed information to the board about the Girls Fastpitch meeting he attended this month, and an email he received from their president, Jim Armstrong.
He also brought up the topic of our tournament fees. The board discussed options and potential fees. Bunn made a motion, seconded by Pugh that the 8U tournament fee would be $350 per team, and $400 for each team in the 10U, 12U and 14U division.
Treasurer– Novotney announced the income/expense report for January-February 2016, which is attached below.
1) Checking account balance - $2,824.98
2) Savings account balance - $10,374.54
3) Cooperstown 2017 - $3,900.10
4) Other Savings - $415.03
Levon asked Novotney to withdraw $650 out of the Cooperstown 2017 account to pay that team’s portion of the Earn-It winter clinics.
Secretary – Levon notified the board that registration will be open until March 13th. Although we haven’t had a lot of registrations so far, Levon relayed to the board all of the ways he is advertising registration to the public: Facebook, city cable channels, both community electronic boards, 2/26 WES Friday folders, Middle School announcement to parents by the Superintendant, rain out texts, and mass emailing potential returning players parents on a weekly basis.
Equipment Manager – (Per the VP) Bunn & Gamber met at the Provo house at 10am on Monday, February 15th for some background training and inventory.
Bunn suggested we get an engraver so we know when the equipment expires, and we can start purchasing equipment on a cycle-based program.
He also suggested that we put a petty cash box in the equipment room that only Gamber & Novotney have access to in case Gamber needs to purchase anything for the maintenance of the equipment room. He would just put the receipt in the box for the treasurer’s record.
Bunn notified the board that he spoke to Seasonal Sporting Goods, and to have the jerseys ready for opening day (April 30th), we would need to place the order on or before March 26th. Based on the lead time it takes to compile all of the registration and draft information, it was decided by the board that the league draft would be on Wednesday, March 16th. The Mitey Mites and Minors draft will be from 6:30-7:30, and the Majors and Ponys draft will be from 7:30-8:30.
Gamber still needs to contact all of the managers and make sure all of the equipment was returned.
Umpire in Chief – No report
Player Development Manager – Johnson asked if we had people in mind or volunteers to be the Mitey Mite & Minors tournament team managers this year, as he would like to start working with them and their kids. Shirer let the board know that Ed Zivnoska was interested in being the Minors tournament team coach. Levon mentioned the name of Frank Buchar as an interested part to be the Mitey Mites tournament coach. We can make final decisions after the draft.
President – No report
Old Business
New Business:
1) Shirer announced that the fee for the website was due. He made a motion to have that paid. Seconded by Pugh. Motion approved.
2) Johnson notified the board that he wanted the 14U travel team to be self-funded. The team hasn’t been formally put together yet, so parents are registering the kids through the WBL. The majority of the money that is paid for registration, sans insurance fees, would be given back to Johnson’s team for their use in league play and tournaments.
Meeting ended at 9:45pm.
Date of next meeting – March 17, 2016 at 7pm
