North Branch Traveling Baseball

North Branch Traveling Baseball

March 20thTraveling Baseball Agenda

Call to order – Paul, Desiree, Jolene, Audra, Paula and Julie

Approve March 20thAgenda

a)Approved

Approve Februarymeeting minutes

a)Approved

Baseball training / Coaches development thoughts

a)Board approved to fund the coaches training again this year.

Equipment needs for season

a)Needs some replacing: Helmets, 2 bats, re-wraps, drags

b)Tabling the thought of purchasing cinch-style bags for catcher’s mitt to prevent sand from drying them out.

Coach’sand Assistant shirts and Hats

a)At time of meeting, the following assistants have been named:

10U – Ryan Minkie and Cory Thorsen

11U – Ray Croal, Ryan Giese and Todd Harvey

12U – Rich Anderson and Steve Scarborough

13U – Curt Schneider, Chad Johnson, Rick Huth and Jess Richards

b)At time of meeting, the following Managers have been named:

10U – Amy Sittlow, 11U – Amanda Darwing, 12U – Sally Skiba, 13U – Amy Witte

Missing Volunteer Checks

a)Only missing one from one family

Old business

a)Updates to Baseball web pages within NBAAA

1)Des to update each level page and give permission to Managers to update further

2)Tournament info has been updated

3)Meeting minutes have been posted

Spring Tournament discussions

a.)Advertising fundraising tournament booklet

1)The board would like to move forward with it.

b.)Letter to business owners requesting ads When to send

1)Board approved letter and Paul to send out.

c.)8 teams at each level would be optimum. 6 teams would be ok. 4 teams would be minimum. At time of meeting, we had 2 neighboring cities registered (Forest Lake and Chisago City) at the 10U level and none at the 11U level. Since our own 11U team was moved from AAA to AA this season, we more teams may sign up closer to the cut-off date.

Flower fundraiser Update

a)Turn in is scheduled for tomorrow, 3/21 from 6-7pm in the Deli area of County Market

Storage Space

a)Space is needed to store equipment year round. Among the various places locally, Jimmy’s Johnny’s offers portable pods that are weather proof. There is a monthly cost of $75 per month.

b)Metal shelving would be good to keep bags and other items off of the floor.