BOARD MEETING 10/11/17 MINUTES
1)Introductions for new board member candidates.
a)3 potential new members in room: Lisa, Ryan, & ______(guy next to Tim)
b)Voted on new members
c)Everyone in room extended offers pending acceptance. New members from previous meeting also extended offers pending acceptance
d)Encouraged the need for more board members
2)House Update:
a)Terpstra gave house update, expressed intent to have house meetings this winter & specifically to make changes to house league.
3)Updated Rule Supplements:
a)Andrew discussed reviewing and updating our rule supplements.
b)Andrew will manage this.
4)Tournament Directors:
a)Russ Wiesner expressed interest and will serve.
5)Committee Assignments:
a)Andrew discussed that everyone is expected to be involved.
b)Discussed the board’s intent to have committees or diamond teams.
6)13AAA Gopher State:
a)Discussed the successful tournaments we had
b)our commitment to our facilities often referenced as our strength
7)Rochester Tournament Dates:
a)1st, 3rd, and 4th weekends of June 2018. No objections/comments.
8)Website:
a)Jr discussed the pending move to Scoremonster, and that it’s a “local” business and potentially will save money. No objections/comments.
9)Photos:
a)Andrew discussed the plan to move House photos to the guy who did the Travel photos. No objections made.
10)Travel:
a)Tony noted that Wade stepped down and that this year will be a 3-man approach
b)Training Corey Dahl to take over eventually.
c)Some of the good things will continue such as the minimum pitching rules, but also looking for new ideas to improve the program.
d)There are new bat rules to make bats more “wood like”. Our tournaments will follow these rules, per agreement at MBL meetings.
11)Skillshark:
a)Tony & Dan discussed tryout ratings App
b)Plan is to purchase license and test it to see if it would work for our purposes. No objections/comments.
12)Mayo High School 8th Grade Team:
a)Tony discussed the high school discussion and intent to let Tom Senne run his own 8th grade team. No objections/comments.
b)New potential board member asked what this will mean for numbers for the other levels at 14.
13)Fallball Update:
a)Tim Highland discussed that fallball was in general a success.
There was an issue with a coach that was mitigated.
b)New potential board member (name?) mentioned that he was a coach of a 4/5 team and thought things went very well.
14)Charitable gambling: Mike Sr will lead the charge.
15)Bat standards for house league:
a)Andrew proposed all stamped bats of any sort should be legal, and discussed legal opinion. No objections or comments.
16)Bruce did review of 2017 finances.