Call to order
- Erik Hokenson
- Jeb Myers
- Gino Giovannelli
- Emmy Lenzen
- Brian McBride
- Joel Abrahamson
- Greg Meyer
- Sarabeth DeNeuil
- Julie Yakes
- Mike Bendickson
- Kim Lanoux
Association, Board and League (Erik / Jeb)
Key updates:
- Donations from St Louis Park LL, Park Tavern and two members
- 4 teams registered via bids for MBT and MYAS, 2 teams (14AA, 15AAA) at large app for MBT
- Donation from LL to cover tourney costs, gate fees and coach hotel
Items requiring board discussion / vote:
- Year-end survey – Jeb consolidating feedback and will circle around with the group prior to sending out the survey
- Year-end survey - Timing of distribution – discuss sending out survey at end of July
- Registration fee for 2019 –
Secretary and Registration (Gino)
Key updates:
- Need to start building out the online registration for the 2019 season
- Working on better integration of our registration portal and slpbaseball.com - in progress
Items requiring board discussion/vote:
- Player fees for registration
- Was $425 this year - $400 + $25 tryout fee - Consider raising it fund the operating budget and minimize dependence of Slugfest. Consider $450?
- Recommend passing along processing fees to parents - parents get that this is a service fee)
- Payment installment options - this year we offered the following payment schedule
- $125 collected at registration (prior to day of tryouts)
- $150 automatically debited on January 15th
- $150 automatically debited on March 15th
- Waivers to include in the registration process such as
- Liability waiver
- Player code of conduct
- Parent code of conduct
- Social Media policy
Player and Coach Development (Greg)
Key updates:
- 14AA coaching update
- Successes and competitive teams at all levels
Items requiring board discussion / vote:
- Tryouts and pre-tryouts will be similar dates as previous years (weekend after Labor day) Any discussion/feedback on dates. Erik and I will meet to discuss dates and finalize
- Paid evaluators (last year we had 3 per day at 2 different sites) We also paid high school players to catch bullpens and help with infield drills. Not sure this is needed for this year.
- Coaches meeting mid August
- Tryouts – 1st likely the Saturday, Sunday Monday after labor day (tentative)
- Incoming meeting for Little League players coming into Traveling (50 players) – have it be staffed by parents and players from this years 13’s teams
Slugfest and Tournaments (Mike)
Key updates:
- For next year we want to pursue new fundraising revenue opportunities.More to come.
Umpires/Trusted Coaches (Joel)
Key updates:
- Good relationship with Ty Carlson of SLP Little League.
- Seeking to grow umpires organically in SLP by encouraging traveling players to hone umpire skills at LL level to graduate to higher levels down the road.
- We will need umpires to make up for shortage
Schedule (Emmy)
Key updates:
- Have been sending out practice/game confirmation schedules one week prior. All coaches have been doing a great job responding and communicating.
- Approaching play-offs (14AA and 15A start 7/16 and 14AAA and 15AAA start 7/9)
- Reserved permits for all fields with Jim at the city for play-off times
- Week of 7/16, all four teams are competing for field use and city permitted slots for other leagues; we should still be able to have enough games/practices
- Louisiana Oaks is unavailable after 7/15. Infield practice can continue but no hitting.
Volunteers (Kim / Julie)
Key updates:
- Dibs didn’t work as smoothly as we would have liked (software compatibility??); not sure if we will use it or SUG next year.
- Spent $525 to fill gaps with teens (but will collect at least $1800 in buy-outs); see list of buy-outs under discussion.
- Others we need to cross-check with vol sign-in sheets
- Quentin Solheim (Trista Peterson)
- Andruw Vela (Bonifacio Vela)
- Ethan Schmitz (Kara Bender)
- Schedule changes = churn but nothing we couldn’t handle; once we understood how Matt works, it was slick
- Having list of “go-to” teens was great/easy
Items requiring board discussion / vote:
- Board approved cashing checks for those not serving their volunteer hours
- Site Coord training did not happen because we were spending so much time re-working dibs/schedules. Did anyone hear any complaints/concerns from Site Coordinators?
Uniforms (Sarabeth)
Key updates:
- Nothing to update at this time.
Equipment (Brian)
Key updates: