PEBBLECREEK SENIOR
SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Tuscany Falls Capri Room
Board
Members Present
Chuck Tredway, Vice President
Fred Schmidt, Dir. of Player Development
Lyman Rinehart, Dir. of field Mtce.
Steve Fletcher, Secretary
Rich Elliott, Dir. of Marketing
Norm Smith, Treasurer
Board
Members Absent
Call to Order: President
The minutes of the
Old
Business:
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Field Usage for Travel Teams- Monday after
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Signs Installation- Sign with
Committee and Director Updates:
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Financial Update- Norm Smith-There are still 45
players unpaid for the Fall season, all others have
paid.
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Marketing- Rich Elliott-32 packets have been
sent to existing sponsors. We have 8-new
banner sponsors. We have at least
1-Spring sponsor and he is willing to sponsor the traveling team as well. Ground Control may also be willing to sponsor
the Spring league.
Rich has done an outstanding job in rounding up sponsors, great job
Rich.
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Player Personnel-Fred Schmidt-Please note that Fall team schedules are “computer generated”; sometimes it
seems that “home” and “away” schedules seem unbalanced, but will equal out in
the end.
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Field Maintenance- Lyman Rinehart-Over seeding will
start next Monday, this will take only one day; this Saturday will be the last
of the pick-up games. Plans have been
made to repair the areas behind short stop and behind the second base bag. Also, plans are made to add a soil mix to the
infield dirt; this will rectify the problem we have with “clumping” and smooth
out the infield and increase safety.
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Events Coordinator-Dennis Miazga-Opening day lunch will
consist of sub sandwiches, chips and drinks.
Ceremonies will start at
New Business:
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2013-14 Team Rosters Finalized- Good job in putting together and
balancing the new Fall teams. There are 12 teams, 7 teams will have 12
players and 5 teams will have 11 players and one “ghost” player for which a sub
will be needed for each game.
Ø Practice Schedule- The Falcon Field practice schedule is posted on our web page, to
schedule our own field for practice contact Fred Schmidt.
Ø Change of Bats-Thanks to Bobby Q. for saving us a significant amount on the purchase of
our new bats. So far there has been a
very favorable response to them. Each
team will be using 2-26s (1-single wrap and 1-double wrap), 2-28s (1-single
wrap and 1-double wrap) and 1-27 (triple wrap).
Ø Team
Ø “Dead ball out” Rule - It was decided that the rule
whereby a team would forfeit an out if a player crossed the diamond on the way
to coach first or third base when the pitcher was already on the mound would be
eliminated; however it would be appreciated and highly recommended that this
coach be at first or third base early or approached his place by way of the
back of the home plate screen so as not to slow down play.
Ø Questions/Answers (time allowing)-New bats will not be used for team practices as they
will begin to lose their pop with excessive use. (they have a 1-year
warranty against breakage). It was also
recommended that they not be used for hitting batting or outfield
practice. When fresh bats are introduced
in the season’s second half, the new bats that were used during the first half
could be used for practices during the second half. It was decided that we would reinstate the
“sportsmanship” award; the league would nominate and vote on its recipient. Steve Ward recommended and all agreed that we
should put a league history on our web site and he volunteered to head this up
with the help of Mark Roberts.
With no further business, it was moved and seconded that
this meeting be
adjourned. This meeting was adjourned at
October 24th at
Respectfully Submitted,
Steve Fletcher