ENFIELD LITTLE LEAGUE 15NOV 2017Annual Member Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order:
  2. Sign In – list of attendees– attached – see below
  3. Opening Remarks– President Info/Updates– Mark Cekala
  4. Volunteers make everything happen
  5. 4 open meetings per year
  6. Board meetings held monthly – all elected officers/positions – committee members
  7. Respect – Safety – Fun
  8. Enforcing No Smoking at facilities in 2018 – town ordinance
  9. 2018 Constitution will be discussed and voted on in December meeting
  10. Facility meeting with Enfield Buildings/Grounds 11/20 9am
  11. Membership Review – President – MC – all attendees approved as full members
  12. Open Communications—Audience: Present Board/All Members – no comments
  13. Treasure-Financial Report – Mike DiSalvo
  • Checking: $18,463 – all 2017 invoices are cleared – no outstanding bills
  • Savings:$39,432
  1. Elections---President—MC
  2. Position Review – MC and RS – brief description of duties/responsibilities of roles
  3. Board Nominee’s – Election of 2018 Board Members – all appointments were unanimous unless noted – oppositions also noted.
  4. Executive Board
  5. President - Mark Cekala
  6. Vice President – Rob Steere
  7. Secretary – David Dube
  8. Treasurer – Mike DiSalvo
  9. Officers
  10. Operations Officer – Sean King
  11. Player Agent – Jason Stanhope
  12. Player Agent – Josh Kiser
  13. Safety Officer – Jesse Higginbotham
  14. Coaching Coordinator – Tim Norris
  15. Website Administrator – Paul Wellspeak
  16. Directors/Managers
  17. Instructional (T-Ball) Director – Emily Kaiser
  18. Single A Director – Steve Pierce
  19. Double A Director – Mike Monteforte
  20. Triple A Director – John Maggipinto – 2 opposed – J. Stanhope – J. Maggipinto
  21. Majors Director – Dave Falk
  22. Juniors/Seniors Director – Paul Buonaducci
  23. Juniors/Seniors Consultant - Steve Woronecki – co-op with WL
  24. Equipment Manager – Brittany King
  25. Assistant Equipment Manager – Jason Stanhope
  26. Scheduling Manager – Amy Nickerson
  27. Communications Manager – Dave Orton
  28. Uniform Manager – Sabrina Stanhope (12) Jason Bartosiak (2) Mark LaBianca (6)
  29. Concessions Coordinator – Gina Cekala
  30. Concessions Manager – Paige Cekala
  31. Sponsorship Co-Manager – Kerri Dube
  32. Sponsorship Co-Manager – Julia Miller
  33. Volunteer Manager – Jason Bartosiak
  34. Registration Manager - OPEN
  35. Winter Training Managers – Tim Norris /Dave Falk will assist
  36. Travel/Tournament Team Director – Jesse Higginbotham
  37. Fall Ball Director – Dave Falk / Tim Norris will assist
  38. Additional Nominations
  39. Head Umpire – Chris Ledger
  40. All Star Committee Chair – Sean King
  41. Opening Day Committee Chair – Brittany King
  42. Oversight Committee – Rob Steere
  43. Finance Committee – Mike DiSalvo
  44. Facilities Committee – Len Whitten
  45. Fundraising Committee –Kelly Steere
  1. New Business -
  2. 2018 planning – Winter Clinics/Umpire Clinic/Coaching Clinic
  3. Healthtrax has 13 –three hour dates set aside for ELL – 12 for kid clinics – 1 for umpires. There will be a fundamental and advanced group for 10 of the sessions – there will be 20 kids per group for the 10 weeks - $130 flat rate - the 3 hours will be broken into 1.5 hours sessions for each of the two groups focusing on various aspects of the game. Bob Cressotti will be a Guest Instructor for 4 of the sessions
  4. 2 sessions will be devoted to Pitching and Catching and that will be a separate sign up as approved by majority of the membership. $25 per session – the breakup and arrangement will be determined in December. 3 hours for each – Jim Falk will be the lead instructor for the Catching portion. Pitching TBD Jesse/Tim/Dave F.
  5. Apparel – Website/Stock – try to get ling to DK to sell merchandise – discuss to activate on this in December
  6. Bats – new bat rules USA baseball – board to discuss wood vs new bats and how to proceed in December
  7. Purchase an ELL Laptop – cloud storage or purchase of hard space for existing laptop or purchase new – use current one for now – discuss further in Dec.
  8. Facility updates – Indoor Training Facility – Co-Op with EHS and EGSA – EHS head baseball Jay Gaucher is looking for a vacant property to utilize and is in discussions with the town about step to move forward. More to follow
  9. Meeting with B&G on Monday---Discussion11/20 9am – main topic will be to see if we can take sole usage over of ACC and transfer Veteran’s/Twain to Enfield Soccer and what it takes from each org and town to make this happen. More consistent support – more consistent field develop specifically of pitching mounds.
  10. 2018 Website – currently using Dick’s HTHQ but open to change – December Discussion point
  11. 2018 Registration and Pricing – school flyers –defer to December meeting
  12. 2018 Fundraising and Sponsorship -defer to December meeting
  13. 2018 Hosting Tournaments – how many and when – Jesse to lead group on this – discuss in December
  14. Open discussion –
  15. Concerns over the construction of team – more equality and distribution of skill levels to all teams – ELL is a REC league for all kids of all skill levels.
  16. Communication with schools other than Enfield Public Schools – CREC – Catholic – etc.
  17. Old Business – (in case any further discussion on any of these are needed)
  18. 2017 Sponsor Plaques from Bishop’s Photo – need to follow up and get ETA on delivery of those.
  19. Board Member Updates: Defer to December
  20. After Action Review: Defer to December
  21. Open Forum –see above I. – k. i.
  22. Alibies/Open Communication - none
  23. Call to Adjourn – 9:27pm
  24. Next Meeting Date/Location/Agenda Topics - DEC – TBD – 2nd week
  25. Agenda for Next Meeting:
  26. 2018 Constitution
  27. All other 2018 planning:
  28. Pricing
  29. Registration dates
  30. Flyers
  31. Bats
  32. Website
  33. Sponsorship
  34. Fundraising
  35. Coaching and Umpire Clinics
  36. Tournaments
  37. Facility updates - ACC
  38. Winter update