A Meeting of Hazel Dell Little League Was Held at HB Fuller Club House on 11/19/2017

A Meeting of Hazel Dell Little League Was Held at HB Fuller Club House on 11/19/2017

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Call to order

A meeting of Hazel Dell Little League was held at HB Fuller Club House on 11/19/2017.

Attendees

Ron Liebelt, Adam Reinke, Katie Hinton, Deidre Smith, Dave Stein, Jerry Guevara, Jared Hinton, Craig Kiggins, Gaerin Smith, Michael Navarro, Tom Peavey and Keith Peltzer.

By Laws Updates & Changes

A sub-committee will meet to discuss the following updates:

  1. AL Pitch Counts for at least the first half of the season (looking at 30/2 innings then 50/3 innings for 2nd half of the season)
  2. AL pitching/catching: considering rule no pitching & catching in same day for first 8 games
  3. No stealing home for intraleague games, or at least not for the first half of the season.
  4. PAC pitching: coach pitch first 6 games then player pitch

All Star Committee Update

Results of AL/NL All Star subcommittee meeting:

  1. AL First 5 players are picked by votes from all coaches and remaining selected by manager. Players will not be voting. Maximum two coaches per team.
  2. NL All coaches (up to 2 per team) and players vote for first 5 on the All Star Team.
  3. Coach selections and deadlines will be firm. Below is initial plan:
  4. Make known desire to coach early May
  5. Manager voted on within a few weeks- mid May
  6. Manager then picks coaches

Clinics

- Tom brought a potential new tool called Coach Deck. This was a deck of cards with practice plans/ideas on each card. A deck is $20 and a discount is available with purchase of 50+. Board voted to purchase 50 of these decks. During clinics these decks will be used a resource to give to coaches.

- Overview of desired items at clinics were: list of end of season goals, lesson plan example, 15-20 minute standard warm up to be used league-wide and deck of coach cards.

Sponsorship pricing

Prices were reviewed and set to:

- Team Sponsorship (block letter business name on back of shirt for PAC and Tball: $450

- Team Sponsorship w/ sign in outfield: $650

- League Sponsorship with outfield sign: $450

  • Discussed option for -$100 if returning sponsor that has a sign already made

Merchandise Update

We will review jersey plans and any other updates at the next meeting.

Registration Fee Discussion

Prices were reviewed and set to:

- Tball: $90

- Ages 7-16: $130

- Juniors: $150

- Softball: $135

Family max charge$300. Prior years there was a sibling discount, but that has been removed for simplicity. Registration begins 12/1 and late fee will be imposed if registered after 1/31/18.

Merchandise Update

With board approval, Lisa took advantage of an outstanding apparel sale and bought 84 items at deep discounts. The

Other Items

Areas discussed that need additional focus:

- Coach Planning: discussed idea of contacting coaches from last year during this fall to line up for upcoming season. Desire to start clinics earlier and make clinics mandatory with a certificate obtain upon completion.

  • Coach clinic subcommittee needed. Meet in the upcoming weeks to design a plan for recruiting coaches and planning clinics. Tom Peavey, Craig Kiggins and Commissioners to form this subcommittee

Free Coaching Clinic Sunday, 2/18/2018

Next meeting Sunday, 12/17/2017 at 6:00pm

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