SLP Traveling Baseball Board Meeting

August 13, 2015

Gallery Room, Rec Center

Attendance:

• Rob Robello
• Greg Meyer
• Gino Giovannelli
• Chris Hauer
• Todd Dvorak
• Mike Thyne
• Joel Abrahamson
• Brian McBride
• Mark Young
• Brian Kelly
• Danny Bissonette
• Jenny Harper

Board of Director Discussion:

• Who are the voting members of our Present Board of Directors:
  • President (does not have a vote), VP, Treasurer, Secretary, Website, SlugFest Dir., Player Development, Fundraising, Equipment, Rec Manager, Umpire Manager, Safety Officer.
     
• 2016 Board member renewals- all present Board Members are interested in staying on the Board.
• Annual Election- we will hold it at our October meeting.  October 4, 7pm, Wolfe Park Pavilion.
• Additional non-voting board member positions available
• Slugfest: Bracket maker,  field general, concession manager.
• Tournaments, Equipment, Scheduling, Umpires, Registration, Volunteer coordinator.

2016 Traveling baseball discussion:

• Little League relationship.  How to best co-exist?
• How to decide 10s, 11s and 12s?  Can we come together?
• Little League potential proposal- Allow two teams at 11 & 12, but no 10 traveling team.  Board had extensive discussion on this point and determined that if Little League made a formal proposal, we would vote on that proposal.  Without a formal proposal, we will not make a decision at this point.
• Spring or fall workouts?  Little League must do spring try-outs.  

Tryouts:

• When to hold them –
  • 12 and under will be held in the Spring;  13 and over will be held in the Fall.
  • September 19 (Saturday) 1:30-3:30, 15s Keller, 14s Carlson 22 (Tuesday) 6-8pm & 26 (Saturday) 1:30-3:30
  • 13s at Aquilla, 14s & 15s at Carlson
  • Evaluators- independent, non-parent evaluators.  Top 8 are on the team, remaining spots will be filled based on a variety of factors.
  • We will have a team selection committee