Columbia Little League: League Business

Called to order at 6:00 PM.

In attendance: Mike Moen, J.J. Dee, Dave Moore, Jess Olivarez, Lisa Shimer, Dan Hames, Barry Creech, Curt Allison, Dan Pioveson, Josh Brown, Donnie Collins, Paula Bonneville, Chris Speyer, Roscoe Logan, James Newell, Matt McCallister.

• Previous Meeting Minutes – Approved and filed.

• Treasurers Report – Approved and filed. Board reviewed bills coming due.

• Concessions – The City has turned on the water.
-On March 21st will the Fire Inspection and hood cleaning.
-Paula will begin stocking during Spring Break.
-If we clean the convection oven, we will be able to sell it.
-Dan Hames will look at the ice machine.
-We need to replace two ceiling tiles as well as the floor around the ice machine.

• Old Business – Discussed awarding a gift card for the winner of the board member’s sponsorship competition. The motion was made by Chris to award a $100 gift card to the winner. James seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.

• Equipment Purchases – We purchased a new John Deere mower. James will post a checklist for using it.
-We also purchased a Brothers copier. It was a better choice than repairing the old one. •

• Field Clean-up Saturday – James and the individual field supervisors will make a list of projects for the day.
-Individual team meetings with Mike will also be scheduled during that time.

• Opening Day – Ceremonies begin on Saturday, April 16th at 10 AM.
-Games will start on Monday, April 11th.
-Schedules are being drawn and will be reviewed before distributing.
-J.J. will arrange for someone to sing the National Anthem.

• New Business – We discussed unlocking the gates on the fields.
-We now have enough coaches for all our teams.
-We discussed reduced rate sponsorship banners for each team to be supported by soliciting parents and grandparents.
-We reviewed the process in which T-ball and Peewee Managers are selected. After Matt interviews them, we need an approval process. We will be having a Manager/Coach meeting and include all T-ball and Peewee Coaches.
-Opinions were offered about our process of approving managers this season by using an online vote.
-We discussed our current All Star player selection process. A Committee of Dave, Chris and Curt was formed to explore how future selections could be made. They will come up with possible changes for us to consider.
-As a League, we are required to provide uniforms. We cannot require players to purchase uniforms.
-Player Medical information must be submitted before a player will be allowed to practice.
-We need to make sure Josh receive Sponsor logo’s so that it may be included with their information on our website. It can be in the form of a business card, .jpg, etc.

• Meeting adjourned – 7:45 PM.

• Next Scheduled Board Meeting – Sunday, April 10th, 6 PM