· Meeting started at 8:00 p.m. and the location was "In The Game".

· Agenda:

· Welcome.

· Teams for 2003 Season.

· Coaches for 2003 Season.

· Tryouts for 2003 Season.

· General Discussion.

• Next Meeting.

· In attendance:

· 10U "A"

· Excused (AFA Nationals).

· 12U "A"

· Steve Zornacki.

· 14U "A"

· Tim Couger (QGFS Treasurer), Gary Elstun, Tina Gulbranson, Dervin Taylor (QGFS Director of Coaching).

· 16U "A"

· Angela Grier, Jeff Roberts (QGFS President).

· 18U "A"

· Dervin Taylor.

· Other

· Eric Fitz (Colorado Springs Lightning), Adam Darvin (Colorado Springs Lightning).

· Welcome.

· The Colorado Springs Lightning team was officially welcomed to the Quicksilver organization. They will play as a 14-and-under team and call themselves Quicksilver-Fitz.

· Teams for 2003.

· The statement was made that QGFS is an “A” organization. In 2003, every team will play “A” regardless of the hand dealt.

· We will to field the following teams:

· 10-and-under.

· 12-and-under.

· 14-and-under (two teams).

· 16-and-under (one team for sure, possibly two teams).

· 18-and-under (one team for sure, possibly two teams).

· Coaches for 2003 Season.

· The following is the latest list of coaches for the 2002 season:

· 10A - Dave Allgood/Ken Griggs/Randy Neff.

· 12A - Pat Duran (Steve Ball, Jessica Monarco).

· 14A - Eric Fitz (Adam Darvin).

· 14A - Steve Zornacki (Chuck Pounds).

· 16A - Jeff Roberts (Angela Grier, Sarah Woodside).

· 16A - Yet to be determined.

· 18A - Dervin Taylor/ Mark Schultz.

· 18A - Yet to be determined.

· Tryouts.

· All coaches are expected to help out at ALL the tryouts! Those coaches not picking players will be running the drills. Coaches should wear the white "Property of Quicksilver" shirts.

· Location: Leon Young field #5.

· Dates and Times.

· 10U/12U - Saturday, August 10th, 8:00am - 10:00am.

· 14U - Saturday, August 10th, 10:00 am - 12:00 am.

· 16U - Saturday, August 10th, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

· 18U - Saturday, August 10th, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

· Makeup date will be Sunday, August 11th.

· Equipment and supplies for tryouts.

· Two Pitching Machines (Roberts/Taylor).

· Balls (all coaches).

· Bases (at fields).

· Pitching machine balls (Taylor/Roberts).

· Pitching screens (Roberts).

· Numbers and safety pins (Couger).

· Stop watches (all coaches).

· Radar (Roberts).

· Sign-up table (Couger).

· The following forms will be needed for tryouts:

· Signup Sheet (Roberts).

· Evaluation Form (Roberts).

· Consent Form (Roberts).

· Format of tryouts.

· Warm-ups.

· Discussion with players and coaches.

· Timings (home-to-first and home-to-home).

· Drills (throwing pepper, cross-fire, outfield, hitting/bunting).

· Pitchers and Catchers.

· Tryout announcements:

· Posted in the sports section of the Gazette Telegraph.

· Posted on the Colorado Fastpitch website.

· Posted on the Quicksilver organization website.

· Posted at Mountain View for the summer High School league.

· The question was asked about whether players currently on a squad should come to tryouts. The answer is yes. It was also stated that those players should not fear the tryouts, but should come to validate themselves.

· In the situation where more than one team is looking at players (i.e. 14s). The coaches will get together after tryouts to determine which players go where.

· General Discussion.

· Tournaments:

· Teams should plan ahead for the big tournaments (Pony Express, Colorado Classic, Fireworks or Independence Day).

· We will try to run the AFA "B" State tournament in 2003 as an organization.

· The Pikes Peak Invitational will continue to be run by QS14-Fitz.

· The Cheyenne Mountain Invitational will continue to be run by QS16-Roberts.

· An announcement was posted to the Colorado Fastpitch website about the availability of 16U and 18U coaching positions.

· The next QGFS organizational meeting is being scheduled for Wednesday, September 4th, 7:30 p.m. at "In The Game".