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Sunday, October 28 September 2007 Meeting WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES09/10/07 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE: JIM DEPRINCE GEORGI DEPRINCE MARTY ROSELLI JAY MEAGHER ED ESSIG DOROTHY PONTO BILL GORE RICH GIULIANI DAN FINOCCHI JON HURBERT TIM WALLACE JOHN YOWLER The meeting was called to order at 7:11 PM. An August 2007 Financial report was distributed. NEW BUSINESS: 09.01 John Yowler announced his plans to offer a V.I.P. arm strengthening and conditioning program this off season. The main objective of the program is to protect arms. John mentioned that players who have participated in the program at other facilities have never reported arm soreness. Another benefit of the program is increased velocity. Everyone’s velocity is measured before they start the program and then again at completion to document the progress. The exact start date would depend on the level of interest in the program. He would need the commitment from 8 to 10 players to start a class and 16 players would be the maximum in any class. Players should be 11 years old or older. The program would benefit both baseball and softball players. Sessions would last 1 ½ hours and be scheduled three times a week at the Player Development Building. Some of the schedule options discussed were; M/W/Th from 4:30 to 6 PM or M/W/Th from 6 PM to 7:30. Sessions would run from between twelve to twenty weeks long and the cost would be $175 per month. John plans to set up a couple of demonstration sessions. He will communicate the demonstration dates and times through a mass email. Anyone interested in the program should get in touch with John through his email at jy1043@aol.com. 09.02 Nominations were taken for the 2008 Board of Directors; President Jim DePrince Vice President - Baseball Marty Roselli Vice President - Softball Georgi DePrince Executive Vice President Mike Sullivan Treasurer Dorothy Ponto Secretary Ed Essig Player Agent - Baseball Dan Finocchi Player Agent - Softball Vacant Safety Officer Jay Meagher Future Growth Rich Giuliani Coaching Coordinator Sean McKenna (While the position of Player Agent – Softball remains vacant the Vice President – Softball will fulfill those duties)
Equipment Manager Mike Dowdy Challenger Division Director Jon Herbert 09.04 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 8th at the Clubhouse. 09.05 The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 PM. Sunday, October 28 October Meeting 2007 WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES10/08/07 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE: JIM DEPRINCE ED ESSIG BILL GORE DAN FINOCCHI JON HERBERT The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM. Last month’s Meeting Notes were discussed. A September 2007 Financial report was discussed OLD BUSINESS: 09.01 John Yowler announced his plans to offer a V.I.P. arm strengthening and conditioning program this off season. The main objective of the program is to protect arms. John mentioned that players who have participated in the program at other facilities have never reported arm soreness. Another benefit of the program is increased velocity. Everyone’s velocity is measured before they start the program and then again at completion to document the progress. The exact start date would depend on the level of interest in the program. He would need the commitment from 8 to 10 players to start a class and 16 players would be the maximum in any class. Players should be 11 years old or older. The program would benefit both baseball and softball players. Sessions would last 1 ½ hours and be scheduled three times a week at the Player Development Building. Some of the schedule options discussed were; M/W/Th from 4:30 to 6 PM or M/W/Th from 6 PM to 7:30. Sessions would run from between twelve to twenty weeks long and the cost would be $175 per month. John plans to set up a couple of demonstration sessions. He will communicate the demonstration dates and times through a mass email. Anyone interested in the program should get in touch with John through his email at jy1043@aol.com. John plans to hold a demonstration the week of October 22nd and begin the program on or around November 1st. Both the demo date and the start date will be confirmed through email. 09.02 Nominations were taken for the 2008 Board of Directors; President Jim DePrince Vice President - Baseball Marty Roselli Vice President - Softball Georgi DePrince Executive Vice President Mike Sullivan Treasurer Dorothy Ponto Secretary Ed Essig Player Agent - Baseball Dan Finocchi Player Agent - Softball Vacant Safety Officer Jay Meagher Future Growth Rich Giuliani Coaching Coordinator Sean McKenna Challenger Division Director Jon Herbert (While the position of Player Agent – Softball remains vacant the Vice President – Softball will fulfill those duties) All of the Board nominations were approved.
Equipment Manager Mike Dowdy Information Officer Bill Gore All of the Appointed Positions were approved. NEW BUSINESS: 10.01 Dorothy has requested an updated list of businesses in West Deptford from the Township to begin preparing the Sponsor Letters for 2008. 10.02 Dorothy is working on a proposed budget for 2008. Based on those numbers the 2008 Registration Fee will be discussed at the next meeting. 10.03 Mike S. has presented the preliminary plans to expand the Snack Stand to the Township. The Recreation Committee has approved the concept. 10.04 In addition to the expansion, the Department of Health will require some improvements to the kitchen area of the stand to pass inspection this year. The Stand needs to install a triple sink, new countertops and the bathroom needs to be updated. 10.05 Little League plans to use a new softball, #10, for all Coach Pitch leagues in 2008. 10.06 WDLL and Deptford LL may combine Softball leagues for the regular season in 2008. Jim will begin discussions with Deptford LL’s Board. Deptford has been steadfast in not chartering a LL Softball program which is necessary in order to combine the two LL’s together.
10.08 West Deptford Baseball has added to the number of teams playing in addition to Little League for the upcoming season. None of these teams are sponsored by WDLL. A complete list of teams: ECTB 8U ECTB 10U ECTB 12U Freshman Legion 13U Sophomore Legion 15U Junior Legion 17U Garden State 19U Tri County Unlimited 10.09 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, November 12th at the Clubhouse. 10.10 The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 PM. Saturday, December 22 November Board Meeting WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES11/12/07 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE: JIM DEPRINCE GEORGI DEPRINCE ED ESSIG BILL GORE The meeting was called to order at 7:12 PM. Last month’s Meeting Notes were discussed. OLD BUSINESS: 10.01 Dorothy has requested an updated list of businesses in West Deptford from the Township to begin preparing the Sponsor Letters for 2008. Jim supplied Dorothy with a new list. The letters should go out in the mail by the end of the month. 10.02 Dorothy is working on a proposed budget for 2008. Based on those numbers the 2008 Registration Fee will be discussed at the next meeting. Jim supplied rough budget numbers for 2008. Based on those figures the plan is not to increase the registration fees for 2008. 10.03 Mike S. has presented the preliminary plans to expand the Snack Stand to the Township. The Recreation Committee has approved the concept. The building plans continue to evolve. The project is in motion. Jim and Mike plan to meet with the ladies who run the stand in the near future to discuss details. 10.04 In addition to the expansion, the Department of Health will require some improvements to the kitchen area of the stand to pass inspection this year. The Stand needs to install a triple sink, new countertops and the bathroom needs to be updated. These improvements will be incorporated into the expansion project at WDLL’s expense. NEW BUSINESS: 11.01 It was decided to reimburse the WDLL 10U softball team for the cost to enter last year’s Gloucester City Softball Tournament. 11.02 It was suggested that the Opening Day Raffle prizes for this year change back to Acme and Shop Rite gift certificates. This item will be discussed further at the next meeting. 11.03 WDLL will request the same schedule for use of the Indoor Facility as last year. Jim would like to appoint Division Directors soon and place each director in charge of distributing time slots for the teams in their division. 11.04 The issues surrounding our 2008 Little League Charter have been resolved. Jim has filled out and submitted our application. Our 2008 Little League Charter will cost $3,270.00 which includes all of the necessary insurance. 11.05 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, December 10th at the Clubhouse. 11.06 The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 PM.
Sunday, January 13 December Board Meeting Minutes WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES12/10/07 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE: JIM DEPRINCE ED ESSIG BILL GORE DAN FINNOCHI RICH GIULIANI DOROTHY PONTO MARTY ROSELLI JAY MEAGHER TIM WALLACE MIKE SULLIVAN The meeting was called to order at 7:09 PM. A November 2007 Financial Report was distributed. Last month’s Meeting Notes were discussed. OLD BUSINESS: 10.02 Dorothy is working on a proposed budget for 2008. Based on those numbers the 2008 Registration Fee will be discussed at the next meeting. Jim supplied rough budget numbers for 2008. Based on those figures the plan is not to increase the registration fees for 2008. The 2008 Registration Fees were discussed and decided; $100 per individual player and $150 per family. 11.02 It was suggested that the Opening Day Raffle prizes for this year change back to Acme and Shop Rite gift certificates. This item will be discussed further at the next meeting. The Opening Day Raffle prizes were discussed and it was decided that the prizes will be gift certificates from Shop Rite and the Hollywood Café. 11.03 WDLL will request the same schedule for use of the Indoor Facility as last year. Jim would like to appoint Division Directors soon and place each director in charge of distributing time slots for the teams in their division. Rich spoke about using the indoor facility and explained scheduling and the rates for 2008. He mentioned that all requests for tunnel time should be submitted to him as soon as possible. The coordination of all tunnel time slots will be taken care of by Rich. NEW BUSINESS: 12.01 Fran Keane of Keane’s Sports Supplies & Fundraising spoke about fund raising programs that his company could offer to WDLL. Most of the presentation focused on a Discount Card or an Entertainment Book promotion but there were others as well. Fran asked anyone interested in his help to contact him at 856-782-7874. 12.02 The Registration Fact Sheet hand out needs to be updated for 2008 and Marty volunteered to take care of it. Try out dates need to be set for each age group. Opening Day will be Saturday April 12th. Rain Date April 19th. 12.03 Jay Baccile has requested that WDLL sign an exclusive contract with him for all of our team pictures through 2010. His proposal was discussed and approved. 12.04 This year’s AL & AL Coaching Clinic is scheduled for Sunday March 16th at Glassboro High School. More details will be available at Registration. 12.05 The first WDLL Registration date for the 2008 season is Friday January 18th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Riverwinds. All of this year’s registration dates are available on the WDLL web site. 12.06 Jay M. asked if he should try to include CPR Training in the WDLL Manager/Coach Clinic this year. It was agreed that coordinating the two together would make everyone who attends more prepared for the season. The date for this year’s Clinic is Saturday April 4th with the Coaching session in the morning and the CPR Training in the afternoon. 12.07 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, January 14th at the Clubhouse. 12.08 The meeting was adjourned at 8:24 PM. Tuesday, September 22 September 2009 Meeting WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES09/14/2009 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE:JIM DEPRINCEED ESSIGMARTY ROSELLIJAY MEAGHERMIKE SULLIVANDAN FINOCCHIGUS KNESTAUTRICH GIULIANITOM MALSBURYDANA HURLBURTBILL GORE The meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM. An August 2009 Financial Report was distributed. Last month’s Meeting Notes were discussed and approved. OLD BUSINESS: 06.02 Mike S. started a discussion regarding the new batting cages base material. He spoke to contractors and collected estimates for both a paver block base ($2,300) and a concrete base ($3,000). Mike made the motion for WDLL to allocate the money and to move forward with the installation of a concrete base, his motion was seconded, and approved by a vote. Mike estimated completion of the base in one month. Dan congratulated Mike and Rich on the completion of the new batting cages. Everyone agreed that the project was a complete success. Rich mentioned that there was some minor vandalism at the cages and that his plans are to install a security camera in a position to view the cages, Bob Oldt Field, Union Field, and Field of Dreams. The camera will be wired back to the Police Department and monitored by the Dispatcher. NEW BUSINESS: 09.01 The WDLL 2010 Board of Directors were nominated and voted into office for the upcoming season. The 2010 Board will be; President – Jim DePrince Vice President of Baseball – Marty Roselli Vice President of Softball – Mike Sullivan Executive Vice President – OPEN Treasurer – Kevin Wasniewski Secretary – Ed Essig Safety Officer – Sebastian Balestriere Player Agent for Softball – Dorothy Ponto Player Agent for Baseball – Dan Finocchi Future Growth & Development – Rich Giuliani Coaching Coordinator – Sean McKenna Challenger Director – OPEN 09.02 Nominations were taken and approved for 2010 Appointed Positions;Equipment Manager – Paul Marraffa 09.03 A.S.A. has introduced new field dimensions for the older softball age groups. The distance between home plate and the mound will increase from 40 feet to 43 feet. Mike inquired about the possibility of building a new field with a 43 foot mound for training and development in the rear of the complex. Dan suggested that a committee be formed and that a formal proposal be presented to the Township requesting their help. Mike agreed and volunteered to chair the committee. 09.04 The issue of replacing the field lights was discussed. Rich said that he will request that the cost for new lights be included in the 2010 Township budget but had no insight as to whether the request would be approved. Dan suggested that WDLL put together a proposal outlining a solution and submit it to the Township. 09.05 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 12th at the Clubhouse. 09.06 The meeting was adjourned at 7:54 PM. Please forward any comments regarding the accuracy of these notes to Ed Essig as soon as possible. Thank you.Sunday, November 8 October Meeting 2009 WEST DEPTFORD LITTLE LEAGUEMEETING NOTES10/12/2009 BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE:JIM DEPRINCEED ESSIGTOM MALSBURYJON HERBERTTHOMAS PICKERINGSTEPHEN RUSZKAI The meeting was called to order at 7:06 PM. Last month’s Meeting Notes were discussed and approved. OLD BUSINESS: 09.04 The issue of replacing the field lights was discussed. Rich said that he will request that the cost for new lights be included in the 2010 Township budget but had no insight as to whether the request would be approved. Dan suggested that WDLL put together a proposal outlining a solution and submit it to the Township. As of last week there are two more lights out on Field 4. If there is no plan in place for new lights, repairing the old lights will have to be addressed again in the Spring. NEW BUSINESS: 10.01 Jim has Sponsor checks to be deposited and invoices that need to be paid. He will forward them to Kevin W. as soon as possible. 10.02 The 2010 budget was verbally reviewed. The registration fees for 2010 need to be discussed and finalized at the next meeting. 10.03 The issue of our aging Trike Rake was brought up for discussion. Jim said that he has had a discussion with the Township and they may budget for a new machine. Jim would also like to repair the old one if the cost makes sense. 10.04 As of now, we have not taken any money from the 2009 income for the Future Growth Fund. The question of how much to set aside was raised and should be discussed at the next meeting. 10.05 Volunteers to work at the Concession Stand were at an all time low in 2009. A few ideas regarding how to address the issue for 2010 were discussed including collecting money at registration to pay for help to run the stand. 10.06 The following Field improvements were discussed; 1. Concrete floors in dugouts on Fields 9 & 12 2. Regrade the outfields on Fields 9 & 12 3. Replace the fencing on Field 6 (4’ on both sides & 8’ in the outfield) 4. Rebuild the mounds on Fields 4, 5, & 12 5. Install new LL compliant bases on Fields 4 & 5 10.07 The mailing of Sponsor request letters for 2010 and the distribution of 2009 Sponsor Plaques have to take place in November. Volunteers are needed for both tasks. 10.08 The next Board Meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, November 9th at the Clubhouse. 10.09 The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM. Please forward any comments regarding the accuracy of these notes to Ed Essig as soon as possible. Thank you. |
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