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Meeting Notes 01-31-16

SLP Traveling Board Meeting (01-31-16)

7:00 Wolfe Park Pavilion

Attendees

  • Greg Meyer
  • Mark Young
  • Joel Abrahamson
  • Kim Stadler
  • Mike Thyne
  • Jenny Harper
  • Gino Giovannelli
  • Rob Robelo
  • James Kirpatrick
  • Brian McBride
  • Matt Pittman

 

Dawson Blank –MYAS representative Trusted coaches program

  • Presented Trusted Coaches Program
  • $35 per coach – good for 3 years
  • Plan to move forward

Registration/Communication Update (Gino and Mike T)

  • 41 Registrations so far
  • 13-15’s registration deadline set to March 15th
  • Winter workouts weekly communication sent each Wednesday or Thursday to all families
  • Discussion on what further communication is needed (Sun Sailor editorial…Mike)

Uniform Update (Jenny H)

  • Uniform chosen
  • Hats will remain the same
  • Fittings at Winter Workouts. … Needs to be communicated to all families.   Also need to communicate that families are in charge of purchasing gray pants, sock color?, and black belt
  • Decision on what to do with 13 A uniforms

Slugfest Report and Discussion (Todd D & Rob R)

  • Bracket manager to start creating brackets so we know what fields can handle
  • Need to assign Tournament Directors
  • Update on 14AA tournament Spring Preview for Gopher State…. Have we signed contract and have we cleared fields from Jim Lombardi? (may 13-15th)

Volunteer Discussion (Kim S)

  • Communication needs to be sent to each team regarding slugfest dates - Mike
  • What volunteer commitment will look like and which team is in charge of which tournament

15AA and 15AAA will do Gopher Spring Classic on May 13th – 15th

15AAA, 11AAA will help with 11AA

15AAA and 11AAA will help with 10AAADiscussion on how this will work best.

  • Concessions manager Alan Brown:  Mark to contact.

Coach’s discussion for teams 13A, 13AAA, 14/14A, 14AAA, 15AA, 15AAA (Greg)

  • 14/15A update (Jason Vogel/James/Martin)
  • 13A Dwight Koenen has agreed to help with Jim Staib.  Also will be talking to Brian Wells

Tryout Plan  (Dan H)

  • Idea of numbers to expect for ages 10-12 – refer to Google Doc
  • Times have been published for age groups to attend tryouts (1:15 per group)
  • Evaluators and tryout leads in place
  • Team selection committee and timeline for team selection

Player update on 13A team (Greg)

  • We have 10 verbal commitments.   Looking to add a couple more due to one Sabbath observer and a couple BSM players

Tournament confirmations  (Mark)

  • Tournaments have been published on the website

Equipment Needs (Brian M)

  • Need to determine what to order (Brian)
  • Game balls purchased … Rob E would be a good resource on this

Umpire Update (Joel A)

Financial Update (Mark Y)

Important Dates

  • Travel directors meeting 3/8
  • League fees due to MBL 3/15
  • MBL Scheduling meeting 4/9 at Eastview HS
  • Coaches meetings 4/19, 4/20, 4/21

 

Next Meeting is Sunday March 6th 7:00 pm in Wolfe Park Pavilion