Minutes
Minutes approved from previous Board Meeting of October 3,
2006
Motion to amend September minutes for official change in
Treasurer. Sue Scheid is no longer the Treasurer. Don Gracia is now the
Treasurer. Motion passed unanimously.
Treasurers report
- Little
activity occurred.
- Earned
4.32 interest
Tabled full report and budget discussion until December
meeting
NAF/D8 meeting
Report by Rob Schwend and Jack Winter
- We are
the host league for D8 Sr Softball Tournament
- New
District 8 (D8) website is up, containing important calendar information. Training sessions, coaches clinics,
umpire clinics, ‘Al and Al” sessions, etc.) www.district8wa.org
- Paul
Johnson, our rep for NAF, will be at the December WLL Board meeting to give
a report.
- NAF
expects only a slight increase in fees compared with last year, even with
all the new construction occurring and improvements.
Off Season Workouts
- Approximately
20 players plus parents are involved.
Woodinville Majors Baseball and Woodinville/Woodinville West
Majors softball recognized by Woodinville City Council for the accomplishments of
last season.
Registration
- There
was an email motion and vote to increase the registration fees since the
last meeting:
- Motion,
by Jack Winter, to increase
registration fees for 2007 season as to the following:
- Ages
5-6: $100
- Ages
7-9: $115
- Ages
10-12: $125
- Ages
13-16: $155
- Ages
17-18: $185
- Motion
“Seconded by Julie Byram
- Motion
Passed: 19 Yes, 5 No, 5 Abstain
(29 votes total)
Report by Julie Byram
- 68
registered so far (as of this board meeting date)
- Web
Site, Flyers, Email, Signage are going.
- CMI
Registration Donation Field was not turned on.
- Email
Update: Player review only for NEW
majors, and ALL minors. Returning
majors do not have to go thru player review.
- Softball
Coordinator should send out a new email to softball players that there is
a difference between Slo-pitch softball and Woodinville softball.
- Discussion
of having a Face-to-Face in-person registration. Rob will talk with Woodinville West to
coordinate a date to have an in-person registration.
- Registration
Waivers:
- District8
and Little League are opposed to any waivers for out of boundary
registration. This has major ramifications with All Stars and could lead
to disqualifications.
- LL only
has 3 approved waiver types:
- Player
played in our league, and then moved out of the league area. As long as the
player continues to play in our league, they can continue. If the player
plays someplace else or skips a season with WLL, then they cannot come
back to WLL.
- If
boundaries change and was previously in boundary and now outside
boundary can continue without lapse in play.
- WLL
Board members can have their own kids continue in the league even if
they do not live within the league boundaries.
- There
are 3 elementary schools in which the WLL boundaries and Woodinville West
boundaries bi-sect school boundaries causing the issues to arise. Review
of boundaries can be a future project.
Levels of Play
Report by John Hamilton
- Discussion
of estimation of Returning/Expected/New players.
- Discussion
of player numbers and projected number of teams for Majors, Minors, AAA.
Coaches will be selected based on coach selection committee.
Still looking for new coaches at most levels. Ask anyone interested to note it
during the registration process.
Softball
Report by Chris Fedor
- Currently
run jointly with Woodinville West.
- Approximately
66% of the combined softball players are from WLL.
- Working
on getting the word out about WLL softball to try to increase registration.
- There
are not enough players for each league to run their own program.
- We
will run a joint program with Woodinville West, many responsibilities
already assigned, budget & other responsibility to be negotiated at
President Level and then VP Level.
- Game
schedules are inter-league.
Upcoming meeting for Softball and Jr/Sr with Woodinville West.
Calendar Items
- Board Meetings:
1st Tuesday of each month, except for January, 2007—2nd
Tuesday
- Umpiring,
Coaches Clinics, etc. will be posted soon to the wlbb.org web site.
- Jamboree
– Sat 4/21
- BB
Picture Day – coming soon.
- Softball
Picture Day – coming soon.
- BB
Player Review – Jan 27, 2007
- Softball
Player Review – Jan 28 and Jan 31, 2007
- Need
to aggregate a list of Elementary School events that may cause conflicts.
- All
calendar items to President ASAP
Miscellaneous Items
Motion to transfer the “Interleague” checking account to
NAF. Passed unanimously.
Pitch Count Discussion:
- Max
pitch count and crossing each threshold (20, 40, 60, 75/85). A proposal will be presented at the
December meeting.
- Still
need to update the rules with the changes to the pitch count, per Little
League.
Need another coaching coordinator to help Sally/Barbara.
Sponsorship
Report by Rich Janshen.
- Cost
for sign for 2006 Woodinville All Star Champs - $275
- Need
to do one for softball as well.
- Baseball
magazine possibility.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25pm