NY State DA Association Meeting
September 20, 2008
Treadway Inn,
Meeting called to order by Dan Cavallo, State Coordinator.
Don Jordan was introduced as the interim Secretary.
Tom Gillette has moved out of State. He was sent a clock from the Association for his years of service.
Roll call taken, 28* Districts represented, quorum present. New DAs present were Shannon Edmonson, Dist. 7 and Ralph Borzello, Dist. 35.
Districts represented were: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13*, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38. Total present: 51.
Note- * Corrections to
original document.
There was no East Region representation.
Treasurers report given by Pete Pennelle.
Dan Salmon, DA-37 motioned to accept report, seconded by Nick Gantner,DA-16; Approved.
Jim Hammer of DPH Pins gave a presentation on LL pins. He said, that if the Districts bought their pins from DPH, that they could qualify for a rebate. He also mentioned, that he has a license from LL to sell the District, Section, State and Regional pins.
Discussion Items:
Diane Noga, DA-04: Too much paperwork for All-Stars. Regional should handle some of this. It was decided that Diane should write this up and present it to all NY State DAs for their approval. Once approved, present it to East Region.
Guy Madsen, DA-16: Finding rooms for Tournament Teams.
Danny suggested blocking 4 to 5 rooms for the Team from each Section. Problem is the first Section done usually takes up the rooms meant for another Section. He also suggested, that a District/Site host the same upper level Tournaments for a period of 3 to 4 years. This would enable the Host to make arrangements with the hotels, informing them, that this would be an ongoing event and not a one year Tournament.
Joe Sagaria, DA-18:
Fields used in Section play that are not up to Little League minimum
dimensions. As was brought up in the
Section meeting; the Section Coordinator should apply for a waiver from East
Region. For State Tournaments, the
State Association would have to vote unanimously to use the field, and then
forward the results to East Region and eventually to
Motion by Nick Gantner DA-16: All fields built before 2005 be grandfathered in and any new fields built must meet the minimum LL requirements for that division.
Seconded by Chris Amarosa, DA-22.; Approved (22 to 1)
Ed Felsch, DA-31, suggested that a pin be made up for Ed Cohen. Ed was the District 25 DA for many years. Ed passed away this year. Danny
suggested writing up a certificate to present to Ed’s wife.
Danny presented pool play scenarios discussed at the Section meeting on Friday.
Charley Fitzpatrick, DA-12, made motion that a crossover game be played in the 6 team pool play scenario. If the weather became a factor, then drop the crossover game.
Seconded by Nick Gantner, DA-16; Approved (28-0)
Danny noted that a Webmaster is still needed for the NY State site.
11:15 Meeting broke to allow Sections to meet.
Charley Fitzpatrick, DA-12 expressed his concerns over the 10-11 Tournament. He wants it to go back to just 11 year olds. The 10-11 hurts the 9-10
and the 11-12 divisions.
Charley put this in the form of a motion.
Seconded by Dan Salmon DA-37. Motion tabled till June to allow Danny to check with East Region, to see if they would allow this.
Diane Noga, DA-04 wants the 6 team pool play brackets be drawn at the June meeting, not when teams arrive at host site.
Nick Gantner, DA-16 made a motion to accept Diane’s idea.
Seconded by Diane Noga; Approved (18-2-1)
Gary Krill, DA-14 suggested deposit of money per section for State games. It was decided to leave it up to each Section to decide. It will be discussed at Section meeting in June 2009.
Danny opened discussion for upper level tournaments being played on the same site for a 3 to 4 year period. It was mentioned, that the hosts put up a deposit and if they fail to host for the time frame, they lose the deposit. This will be discussed at the June 2009 Section meeting.
Constitution Items:
Article 4, Membership: Motion made by Dan Salmon, DA-37 and seconded by Nick Gantner, DA-16 that we accept an amendment to Article 4 of our constitution.
It shall read: Should a DA or duly appointed representative miss the June meeting, a letter will be sent to them notifying them, that if they also miss the Fall meeting their rights (hosting State games, voting) will be rescinded. This would mean, that they would not be in good standing with the Region and could not be re-elected as DA. In order to be reinstated they must present their case to the officers of the NY State DA Association. Approved (17-3-1)
Article 6-Officers, Anyone who has been a DA in the past can remain in the Association as an officer (State Coordinator, Treasurer, Secretary, Section Coordinator) if so nominated and elected.
Article 7, Duties of Officers Under Treasurer: #5. The treasurer shall file a year end report after the Fall meeting and post it on our website.
Article 8-Term of Office, The State Coordinator and Secretary shall be elected in 2009, 2012, 2015, etc. The Treasurer shall be elected in 2010, 2013, 2016 etc. Section Coordinators shall be elected in 2011, 2014, 2017, etc.
Article 9-Elections, Danny proposed a nominating committee in June 2009 for State offices starting in 2010. Ballots to be handed out, tallied then results announced.
Section Coordinator elections should be done within the Section.
East Region sent Danny a list of Leagues without current League maps. He pointed out, that one of the qualifications for a DA to be in good standing with the Region is current maps of all Leagues within their District.
Sharon Kaminski, DA-38 announced, that a Little League Road
Show will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2008 in
It was proposed, that the State use some of the money in the treasury to buy the State pins and banners for all divisions.
Nick Gantner, DA-16 made a motion, that the State Association pay for the State flags and also give the DA of the section hosting the particular State Tournament $200.00 to cover other expenses. Seconded by Pete Pennele, DA-33. Approved (20-1)
Next meeting June 6, 2009 in Owego; Fall meeting September 26, 2009 in Owego.
Joe Sagaria, DA-18 motion to adjourn, Seconded by Pete Pennelle, DA-33
Respectfully submitted,
Don Jordan
Interim Secretary