WLL Minutes

October 4, 2005

Attendees: Rob Schwend, Reesie Vintertun, David Vintertun, Dave Kummerlowe, Jack Winter, Jim Greer, Brad Powell, Richard Janshen, Steve Davis, Mich Earl, Barb Ching, Julie Byram, Sue Scheid, Kathi Huck, Linda Wyrick, Todd Bult, Doug Moore, Liz Root, Rob Root, Nadine Callahan

Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm.

New members were voted in – David Vintertun – BB Program Development and Catherine Carroll – PA AA & AAA. The board is still looking for someone to represent Junior and Seniors.

Treasurer’s Report – Sue Scheid went through the Treasurer’s Report. We have a balance in our checking account of $6,282.30 and we have $10, 155.19 in our savings account. Our total cash balance is $16,437.49.

Budget – Rob will be putting together next year’s budget to go over at the next board meeting. Next month will be the first month of our next fiscal year.

District 8 Update – Rob attended the District 8 meeting. Some of the things he shared were:

- Pitch count limit will start in 2007

- Curve balls will not be allowed

- New rules for bat specifications

- WLL will not be hosting any of the tournaments this year

- There will be 4 Mariner Days

- They will be doing a league survey to gather information about what other leagues are doing and their procedures.

Registration – Registration will be from November 1 – November 30 with last year’s fees. Late registration will be December 1 – 15 with an increased fee of $10 to guarantee a spot. Very late registration will be up to January 31 with an additional fee of $25.

Flyers will be going out to Northshore schools by October 15. Dave Kummerlowe will follow up with Paul Johnson regarding road signs. We also plan to email reminders to all the families in the database.

League Age Change – There are some big decisions to be made regarding this change. The board voted in a grandfathering in for T-Ball, AA and AAA – at parent discretion.

Minors – 9, 10, 11 we voted that league age was league age and the kids needed to stay in the appropriate league – even if it means repeating minors another year.

There was a lot of discussion regarding majors and if we should redraft or not. We will research some more on how many kids are returning to existing team and we will discuss further at the November board meeting and come to our final decision.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, November 1, 2005.

Respectfully,

Reesie Vintertun

WLL Secretary