Littleton Youth Baseball & SoftballBoard Meeting

Date: 27Feb2018 (8:00 PM)

Location: Littleton Police Department Large Community Meeting Room

Subject: February 2018 Board Meeting

Minutes

In attendance:

Bill Branco

James Buonomo

Bobby Chrenc

Matt Davis

Randy Fisher

Tom Kinney

Scott March

Tommy Proulx

Dan Shufrin

Norm Young

  1. Review/Approve Prior Minutes - Dan Shufrin

A motion was made, seconded and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the January 2018 LYBS Board meeting, with no changes.

  1. Special Election of New Secretary–All

The Board did not have any volunteers to take over for Jean Coney after her departure from the Board. Currently, she anticipates the family leaving Littleton by the end of March. The Board agreed to the following:

  • Reach out to specific individuals affiliated with the league to see if they would be willing to serve out the current term for the Secretary position
  • Dan to send the position responsibilities description to the Board for them to use in their outreach
  • Post meeting note: Erin Manning is not able to help out this year as she is currently serving as the President of the Littleton Education Fund
  1. League Updates and Coaching Approvals – All

Dan reviewed the total registration this year compared to years past and noted that we are currently flat to last year with a slight increase expected. (Updated registration numbers as of 6 March shown below)

Spring Baseball Registrations (as of 6 Mar 2018)
2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011
Babe Ruth / 19 / 11 / 14 / 14 / 35 / 28 / 20 / 24
Majors and Minors / 54 / 51 / 58 / 62 / 80 / 66 / 102 / 123
Rookie / 34 / 38 / 34 / 48 / 39 / 56 / 66 / 79
T-Ball / 40 / 44 / 40 / 33 / 56 / 60 / 49 / 62
Baseball Totals / 147 / 144 / 146 / 157 / 210 / 210 / 237 / 288
Spring Softball Registrations (as of 6 Mar 2018)
Seniors / 9 / 9 / 9 / 13 / 16 / 16 / 14 / 14
Majors / 10 / 17 / 13 / 13 / 23 / 35 / 39 / 31
Minors / 19 / 19 / 14 / 20 / 22 / 31 / 23 / 42
Rookie / 31 / 19 / 12 / 13 / 15 / 21 / 37 / 36
Softball Totals / 69 / 64 / 48 / 59 / 76 / 103 / 113 / 123
Total / 216 / 208 / 194 / 216 / 286 / 313 / 350 / 411
  • Rookie Softball – 31 registered so far, plan to split into 4 teams with a mix of K-2 playing each other in town only
  • Planning for same navy jerseys as last year and gold pinnies for when they play each other
  • Minors Softball – 19 registered so far, with the hope of getting to 20. But, will have 2 teams
  • Majors Softball – 10 registered so far, with 6 kids that played last year and not yet registered. Likely to end up with 11 or 12 total – Tommy working on a coach
  • Senior Softball – 9 registered so far, will have a team even if pulled from other towns
  • Other than perhaps a few additional T-ball sign-ups, we do not anticipate additional baseball registrations for the Spring season

Baseball Coaching Approvals –

T-ball

  • Justin McCarthy
  • Jim Redmond
  • Scott March
  • Ryan Smith
  • Kevin Baker
  • Steve Cusick
  • Brent Weigler
  • Kate Jacobsen
  • Lisa Girolamo
  • Brett Jeffries
  • Ryan Angel
  • James Buonomo
  • Eddie Millian

Rookie

  • John Krzewick
  • Ryan Angel (repeat from above)
  • Pete Huber
  • Pat Hawthorne
  • Shawn Ryan
  • Eric Anderson
  • Scott Santos
  • Dean Caravoulias
  • Craig Lewis
  • Phil Juels
  • Dan Fyfe
  • Norm Young
  • Bill Branco
  • Brett Jefferies (repeat from above)

Minors

  • Rich Fitzgerald
  • Colleen Fitzgerald
  • Bill Branco (repeat from above)
  • Phil Juels (repeat from above)
  • Merilee Wright
  • Sean Maturah
  • Eric West
  • Kate West
  • Jon Murch
  • Craig Lewis (repeat from above)
  • Tom Kinney
  • Kristin Kinney

Majors

  • Norm Young (repeat from above)
  • Matt Hunt
  • Jim MacKay
  • Gary Lacroix
  • Mark Schocklin
  • Jim Redmond (repeat from above)
  • Jeff Lewis
  • Seth Blaine
  • Phil Juels (repeat from above)
  • Dexter Johnson
  • Darren Milner
  • Dan Shufrin

Babe Ruth

  • Randy Fisher
  • All proposed baseball coaches were approved as slates in their respective leagues
  • The only baseball coach that was not approved for full participation was Jeff Lewis given some behavioral concerns around interactions with the players and umpires
  • Norm will communicate to Jeff that he was not approved as a coach for game play and that if he would like to be reinstated, he will need to come and discuss with the Board

Softball Coaching Approvals –

  • Tommy Proulx
  • Tyler Proulx
  • Jen Reagan
  • Gene Corby
  • Mike Zolla
  • Bobby Chrenc
  • Rebecca Zolla
  • Brian Spadafino
  • Matt Hunt
  • Norm Young
  • Matt Richard
  • Glen MacNeil
  • Peter Anjoorian
  • Glenn Barry
  • Matt Davis
  • Melissa Davis
  • All proposed softball coaches were approved as a slate
  • The only softball coach that was discussed and was not approved by the Board was Dan Fusco given some behavioral concerns around interactions with the players and umpires and lack of adherence to both the code of conduct policy and the LYBS constitution

Other League Updates –

  • Dan confirmed that uniform orders are being placed by 23 March, so all teams need to be formed by then
  • New jackets are needed this year for both baseball and softball – Need to find someone to take charge on this
  • The Sturtz family will donate in-kind the cost for pouring the pad for the Jet field shed
  • Steve Mark is pushing to have this done by the spring
  • Jet Grand Opening on the 22nd – Tommy to send out blast in the next week or so and Dan will send out a baseball one as well
  1. Baseball Umpire Planning –Katy West

Katy West was not able to attend the meeting, and we will plan to cover at the next Board meeting. Dan will meet with Katy in the interim, however the MAC league did discuss umpire fees and are recommending increasing the cost per game to $60 per umpire.

  1. Jamboree Planning and Help –Katy West

Tabled until the next meeting

  1. Can Day Planning –Eric Heine

Eric was not able to attend the meeting, and we will plan to cover at the next Board meeting. Dan did point out that we need to be reaching out to the Market Basket corporate offices now in order to ensure we have approval for their location at the Point in time for Can Day

  1. MAC League Update –James Buonomo

The MAC league just met prior to this Board meeting with the focus on finalizing the schedule for the upcoming season. We briefly discussed umpire fees as well and will plan to try to align payments across the towns to avoid preferential scheduling.

  1. Cortland League Update – Tommy Proulx

No formal meeting since the last LYBS Board meeting, but the league has agreed to hold their all-star game on 16 June at Jet field

  1. Preseason Practices Update –Dan Shufrin
  • We have received pushback from P&R on requesting gym time earlier this year than in year’s past, however we were still able to get 3 hours (1 full night) both during w/o 26 Feb and w/o 5 March
  • We don’t have confirmation on additional space/time yet, but Dan will continue to push for it with P&R
  1. Coaches’ Meeting Planning–Dan Shufrin
  • Board agreed to schedule two different meetings to ensure all coaches can attend
  • Dan to look for dates on consecutive weeks, but on different days of the week
  • Post meeting note: Meetings have been scheduled for Wednesday, 4 April and Tuesday, 10 April
  1. AOB –All
  • No additional topics covered

The next meeting will be held on 3/27/18 at 7pm; location confirmed for the Littleton Police Department Large Community Room.

The meeting adjourned at 10:30pm.