PEBBLECREEK SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

 

January 16, 2014

Tuscany Falls

 

           Board Members Present

              Dan Rea, President

              Chuck Tredway, Vice President

              Steve Fletcher, Secretary

              Norm Smith, Treasurer                  

           

            Board Members Absent

Fred Schmidt, Dir. of Player Development

            Lyman Rinehart, Dir. of field Mtce.

            Rich Elliott, Dir. of Marketing

 

            Call to Order: President Dan Rea called meeting to order at 4:00 PM

 

            The minutes of the November 21, 2013 Board Meeting were approved as written

 

            Old Business:

Ø      New Bats & Balls-New bats will be put into play next Saturday.  It was suggested that we take our old bats to Play it Again Sports and see if they will take them.  Lyman is checking on this.

 

Ø      Playoff Summary-Dan pointed out the league equality by saying that the number 2, 3, & 4 rated teams all were eliminated in the first round and that the 6th rated team won the tournament.

 

Ø      PIR Update-Chuck said the PIR offered us 5-additional spots and that Dan and he were meeting with them tomorrow.  We need to keep our options open with them, even if we don’t take the additional spots as we will lose the Oakland A’s revenue next year and the PIR wants us to do more.  We are all set for the March PIR.

 

Ø      HOA Update-shade cover-Dan said that the trees in back of the 3rd base bleachers have been removed and the space will be cemented in making way for the new shade covers.  This only needs final approval by the HOA.

 

 

Committee & Director Updates:

Ø      Financial Update-Norm Smith-Norm reported that this is the time of year when the monies are being expended, but we are in good shape.

 

Ø      Marketing-Rich Elliott-In Rich’s absence, Dan reported that all the sponsors were lined up for the Spring league.

 

Ø      Player Personnel-Fred Schmidt-Fred was out of town.

 

Ø      Field Maintenance-Lyman Rinehart-In Lyman’s absence Dan announced that maintenance was working on the over watering problem down the right field line and that the additive to the infield dirt had been working to perfection and that the field was in great shape.

 

Ø      Events Coordinator-Dennis Miazga-Bill Gainer reported on the upcoming golf tournament scheduled for Wednesday, February 26th.  He said that the details will be finalized next Thursday during their meeting.  He said that it will again be a 4-man scramble requiring 2-drives per person.  Registration will be available Saturday, Jan. 25th either online or at the ball park.  He noted that there would be 3-flights with payments of $25 for 1st, $15 for 2nd, and $10 for 3rd.  The cost to play which includes lunch and prizes is $49 or $10 if you have an annual play card.  He also noted that next Thursday they would sort out how the teams would be put together; either by players or computer.  They will utilize both the blue and white tees.

 

Ø      Balancing Committee-Paul Zuckerbrow-Paul announced that every new player had been placed except 2.  New players are to be placed on a team for a 3-game trial to verify their ratings.  He also announced a need to develop new pitchers and that was going well; the thought is that new pitchers will be allowed to pitch on their teams during the Spring league to get them into shape for the Fall.  He said that all players will be re-evaluated prior to the start of the Spring league.

 

New Business:

Ø      Oakland A’s Update-Jim Rains-Jim announced that there were 375 slots to fill and that presently there were 115 guys eligible X 3-games which totals 345.  We are 30 slots short.  Paul Z said he would contact the new players and try to get them involved. 

 

Ø      New USA Senior Softball Rule Changes-Dan announced that there would be a mandatory requirement that pitchers wear protective masks and the consensus in the room was for the most part in agreement so this will be given to the rules committee.  It was suggested that we put this into effect in the very near future.  It will be voted on at the next board meeting.  The league will purchase masks for those who don’t want to buy their own. 

 

Another rule that the USA put into place was to move the “commit line” down the 3rd base line from the present 20’ to 30’

 

Ø      Spring Softball Registration/Registration-It was agreed that the play days will be on Tuesday’s and Saturday’s.  We will start on April 12th and play 20 games by June 14th.  The cost for Spring league will be that same as last year-$35

 

Ø      New League Revenue Source (tentative)-Dan announced that the Board continues to investigate new revenue possibilities; we visited the Phoenix Suns facility today to see if anything they presented might be feasible for us to pursue.  

 

Questions/Answers (time allowing)-

 

Ø  The question came up again about options to replace working to earn monies to take care of league expenses as well as ways to cut down on expenses.  This is under review.

 

 

 

With no further business, it was moved and seconded that this meeting be

adjourned. This meeting was adjourned at 5:19 PM.  The next meeting will be on

February 20, 2014-Thursday 4 PM-Milano Room

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Steve Fletcher