NY State District Administrators Meeting
Treadway Inn,
Danny called meeting to order at
Pledge of allegiance led by Charlie Christolon
No East Region representative.
Districts in attendance: 31. Quorum present.
Proxy votes, Districts 26, 27, 31, 35
Secretary Don read a thank you letter from the Rose Sagaria. Also thanks from Pat Cavallo, Nick Gantner and Don Jordan for fruit baskets.
Treasurer’s report read by Pete Pennelle. Motion by Nick Gantner, D-16 and
Tim Guy, D-11. Approved by show of hands.
New DAs: Dist. 7, Carolyn Toner, Dist. 21, Mike Matessi, Dist. 38, Marv Cummings.
Moment of silence for members who have passed on.
Retired DAs: Sharon Kaminski, D-38 and Mike Coghlan D-6 will receive a wall clock/plaque from the Association.
John Godfrey told Association that 2 people were nominated for position of Association Treasurer; Pete Pennelle and Diane Noga. Joe Sagaria made a motion to accept the nominations, seconded by Dan Cavanaugh. Nominations closed.
Ballots counted by Election Committee; Pete Pennelle was elected Treasurer for a three (3) year term.
Jim Hammer of DPH pins presented Association with a check for $240.48 which is 5%
of pins ordered by Association members.
East Region sent
the following Items to Danny for discussion:
Calendar of events: go to East Region website and download dates and events.
Road shows: District
1,
East Region Fall
Clinic: will be held
Little League National Board member. Joe Sagaria said, that by holding the meeting that late, we lose the chance to comment on new rules and regulations that we have had the opportunity to discuss by holding the meeting in Oct./Nov..
State and Section games have to be at ASAP approved sites.
Leagues on hold are in Districts 23, 31, 35 and 36.
Umpire request forms must be in by
DA elections for 2011 must be held prior to
Composite bats: Not allowed in Juniors, Seniors and Big League Baseball. Can be used in Majors and below. Patrick Hetherington wanted to know why they aren’t illegal in all Divisions.
50-70 Program: In 2011 Leagues will have a choice for 12-13 or 11-12 to play 50-70.
11 year olds cannot play with 13 year olds. Current charters have no application for
50-70. Leagues can go to www.littleleague.org and download an application for 50-70.
Districts 4 and 5 said they used 50-70, and would do it again.
John Lacey (19) had a problem keeping pitching records with Kids also playing Majors.
East Region wanted to know of any problem with rules and regulations during
Tournament Play.
Ray Lindquist (38) wanted to know why 9-10 had to start so early. Started early due
to the Regional for that Division.
John Lacey (19) said he had a problem with finding fields due to early start of 9-10s.
Dan Salmon (37) if a Team shows up with nine (9) Players and one gets injured, why is the game not forfeited instead of rescheduled?
A. In Tournament, if a
Team has less than nine (9) Players after a game has begun, and
the Tournament Director calls Eastern Region
Headquarters, that game will be forfeited.
It will not be rescheduled.
(as per Don Soucy, East Region
Director)
Ray Lindquist (38) why not use the number of kids chartered to come up with a minimum number of players on a Tournament Team?
Joe Sagaria (18) years ago teams carried 14 Players but there was no mandatory play.
Joe (18) Proof of age: why not come up with an ID card like a license, other Leagues use this type of proof. Danny commented that this was not feasible for all Communities or Countries.
Steve Neithardt (32) Tournament fields should be inspected by Section Coordinator and DA hosting the Tournament. John Lace agreed with idea.
Ken Liesegang (4) Why do kids leave LL and go to other Programs? Most agree it is because other Programs allow Travel Ball.
Joe (18) His district has Travel Ball for most Divisions and they accommodate them by leaving weekends open for the travel.
Danny discussed Tournament Sites for 2011 and asked hosts for JR. & SR. Softball and Big League Baseball to extend to 2012. That way all Programs run out the same year.
Gary Krill (14) wanted to know why the host site for 11-12 this year couldn’t host the
10-11 the following year and the 9-10 the next year. Section Coordinators could do this now if they wanted to. Bill Haddad said, by doing this hosts would be learning each year and their Tournament would get better.
Motion by
Dan Salmon (37) Seconded.. Motion failed to carry.
Break for lunch at
Reconvened at
Danny mentioned that LL International recognized Al Tarcenale by having him throw out the first pitch at the World Series.
Little league will be adding two board positions for local Leagues.
LL Softball Regional will be held at Regional Centers in 2011.
NYS DA Association thanked Lenny Ricchiuti
(13) for hosting the LL Softball Regional for the past 10 years in
Presidents Advisory Board sent an e-mail asking for any ideas, discussions, pet peeves to improve LL.
Abe Miller (26) wanted to know why LL does not have a disaster insurance policy available.
Milt Schmidt (13) will be contacting DAs to update winners in all Divisions of Baseball and Softball.
POOL Play vs DOUBLE ELIMINATION
Biggest problem with Pool Play is it can be decided by a calculator and not the Players.
Fred (17) wanted to know why Softball should keep pool play.
Joe (18) keep Pool Play for Softball especially upper levels. They can do double headers and finish earlier than Majors and below. Regional and World Series use it and States should be the same.
Fred (17) pointed out that
Nick (16) asked about financial burden due to the fact that Double Elimination takes longer than Pool Play.
Steve (32) pointed out that with Double Elimination only 3 teams are staying longer. Let the kids decide the game, not a calculator.
Pete (32) go back to Double Elimination especially for upper levels, older kids tend to leave early. With Double, they know exactly when they have to play.
John Lacey (19) made a motion to use Double Elimination for Baseball at all levels of State Tournaments. Pete seconded the motion. Motion carried 18 to 5.
Al D’Elia (28) made a motion to use Double for all levels of State Softball Tournaments. Seconded by Tim Guy (11)… Motion carried 14 to 12.
Discussion on State dues: Danny said that the treasury decreases by $1,200.00 every year. In 2011 we will have a negative balance. Part of this is due to the packages we give State Host Sites. These packages include banners, $200.00 expense check, baseballs/softballs. Danny wants to include 100 pins for the Host to hand out. Total package is approximately $500.00.
Steve (32) said these expenses are well justified.
Dan Lowe (22) made a motion to increase dues to $200.00 starting in 2011. Seconded by John Lacey. Motion defeated 15 to 9.
Steve (32) made a motion to raise dues to $175.00 starting in 2011. Seconded by
Ken Liesegang (4)… Motion carried 15 to 9.
Danny said District 8’s website has Vendors and Sponsors that pay to advertise on the site. Other Districts should do the same to increase revenue. He said that Districts should charge Vendors to come to their meetings, since they are the ones making the profits. Don’t let them come for free!
He also pointed out that the NY State DA Association still needs a Webmaster.
Dates for 2011 Association
Meetings:
The Spring meeting is
to be held at the Treadway Inn, in Owego.
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted,
Don Jordan
Secretary