Little League Baseball, Inc., United
States Eastern Region
State of
www.pastatell.org
Meeting Minutes
August 29, 2009
Moose Lodge,
State Coordinator Glen Fiebig called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Roll call was taken by sign in sheet. Districts represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 and 32. Also present was Corey Wright, East Region Assistant Director.
Motion to approve the meeting minutes of April 4, 2009 was made by District 9. Second by District 30. Motion passed.
Motion to approve the finance report dated August 29, 2009 was made by District 13. Second by District 6. Motion passed. Report attached.
OLD BUSINESS
Tournament reports: weather conditions were the worst in recent memory. Other than that state tournaments reported:
9 & 10 Year Old Baseball - no problems.
9 & 10 Year Old Softball - residency documentation needs to be checked closer before getting to state level.
10 & 11 Year Old Baseball - no problems.
10 & 11 Year Old Softball - no problems.
Little League Baseball - no problems.
Little League Softball - no problems.
Junior League Baseball - no problems.
Junior League Softball - no problems.
Senior League Baseball - no problems.
Senior League Softball - one team dropped out so one pool only had three teams.
Flag Issue for State Tournaments below Little League level: Clarification was made of the Association policy for the 9 & 10 Year Old and 10 & 11 Year Old Baseball and Softball state tournaments where all participants in the east and west qualifiers receive state tournament pins and no flag is presented as two teams advance to the state championship. Since all participants in the state championship have already received state pins at the qualifier, only the state championship flag is presented to the winner. Motion for the Association Administrative Assistant to create tournament procedures per Association policies and post on the Tournament section of the Association web site was made by District 12. Second by District 13. Motion passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Motion to purchase shirts for District Administrators, with choice of color and breast pocket, was made by District 17. Second by District 11. Motion passed. Mike Serino will be asked to handle the purchase since he handled the past purchases.
Motion to stagger the dates of the 9 & 10 Year Old and 10 & 11 Year Old tournaments for the convenience of parents with players participating in both levels. Motion failed.
EAST REGION HEADQUARTERS REPORT
Corey Wright reported the following:
His frustration with Pennsylvania section coordinators for failure to get section tournament sites and date information to the Administrative Assistant in time to complete the report form to submit to Corey. Cooperation is needed.
Tournament affidavit address information consisting of PO Boxes and Rural Routes continue to be a problem. Specific street addresses are needed and if a player can not provide documentation with a street address, documentation verifying the street address must be obtained from the postmaster.
The 2009 Fall District Administrator clinic is scheduled for October 30, 31 and November 1 in Bristol.
The election for the next East Region Representative to the General Board will be held at the 2010 Fall DA clinic.
Congress questionnaire items. He encouraged all DA's to respond on line.
GOOD OF THE
ORDER
Motion to change the 9 & 10 Year Old, 10 & 11 Year Old and Little League Baseball and Softball state tournaments to a single site eight team tournament was made by District 5. Second by District 11. Motion failed.
Motion to schedule the next meeting for Saturday, November 14, 2009 was made by District 12. Second by District 6. Motion passed. The site and time to be determined.
Motion to adjourn by District 30. Second by District 25. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Dithrich
DA PA District 1
Administrative Assistant
August 29, 2009
| Beginning Balance April 4, 2009 | $2,945.60 | |
| CHECKS | ||
| 128 | Food November | $350.00 |
| 129 | Phone Glen | $127.00 |
| RECEIVED | ||
| Dues | $450.00 | |
| Ending Balance | $2,918.60 | |