M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes

11/8/05 8:35 PM – 3rd floor rec. center

1. Field closing: all fields are closed; participation could have been better, thank you to all who helped.

2. High school program: Bill Donahue, attended meeting and filled us in on upcoming events in the year to come. Talked about fundraising, parent group help, possibly sending the varsity team to Florida. Bill has also offered to possibly hold free clinics after the pancake breakfast to help some of the boys with hitting, pitching, etc.

3. Eligibility date change: discussed what to do for kids who want to play up or down. Several alternatives were discussed at length, including

• Applying the new dates without any exceptions or grandfathering.

• Applying the new dates to all leagues, but grandfathering all existing play ups and play downs and consider further requests for play ups and play downs in Pony league and above.

• Applying new dates to all leagues and allowing play ups and play downs for grade appropriate with grandfathering of current play ups and play downs.

• Tony clearly and strongly recommended that we not allow our league to adopt the 12 year-old swing player option. Tony explained that this is essentially a play up for talent and that is something MYBF has never allowed. Tony explained it has been MYBF philosophy to have a strong player play with his league and enjoy star status.

4. Karen Fetchko has agreed to be our Administrative Coordinator.

5. Lucy Taglienti has agreed to handle all pictures.

6. Discussed the use of some of the M.Y.B.F funds.

• Batting cages will be installed at Salem upper behind the right field fence.

• A score board will be installed for Salem upper as well.

7. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM

Next open meeting: January 10th 2006 @ the Rec Center, 3 rd floor.

M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes

10/11/05 8:35 PM – 3rd floor rec. center

1. Fall Ball: is going well so far, lights working, fields are okay, no complaints.

2. Instructional Program: Bill Luthy reports approx. about 20-22 boys involved in being taught fundamentals, batting stances, as well as basics of baseball.

3. Field Closing: November 5th, at 9 A.M, all fields will be closed, removal of tarps, putting equipment away, etc. All are welcome to help.

4. Discussed appreciation night, to be held on 10/22/05, 7:30 P.M at Willowbrook Country Club.

5. Trustee nominees were picked and announced.

6. The new trustees are: Ed Nice, Steve Schurer, & Pat Devany. Welcome to the board of trustees everyone!

7. Tony announced that our sponsoring league has changed birth date requirements for each league, moving them to May 1, from their current date of August 1. The new window will be May 1 – April 30. The old window was August 1 – July 31. There were questions from the audience regarding the impact on play ups and play downs. Tony explained the impact of the change and that no decision had been made yet.

8. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.

9. Next meeting on 11/08/2005 at 8:30 P.M, at the Rec. Center, 3rd floor.