Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Board Meeting Minutes

Jr. Rams Baseball Meeting Minutes
October 28, 2009 Meeting: Called to order at 6:40pm

Present:
Board Members: Brian Kayser, President; Tom Barger, Vice President; Ramona Butterson, Treasurer; Brandee Brooks, Secretary
Coaching Reps: Bill Butterson, U10; Spencer Perales, U12

Board voted and approved the following:
Multi Tier Program:
-          Multi Tier Programs to be to offered on registration form; based on participation and coach availability may or may not be implemented for 2010 season
-          Multi Tier Program to have fixed number of tournaments as opposed to tournament budget
-          Multi Tier Program to hold indoor practices at Lansing Indoor Sports Arena

Player Evaluations:
-          Evaluations to be held at Court One at the end of January – dates to be determined

Registration:
-          Online Registration will be offered along with credit card payments
-          No late registrations to be accepted. Cut off date to be the Friday before Evaluations
-          Payment will be due by February 28th – no exceptions
-          If checks written for payment and returned; program will only accept cash or credit card in addition to fee for returned check.
-          Adding coach evaluation to Registration Form

Coaching:
-          Email to be sent out immediately for coach sign up
-          Will hold meeting in December to determine coaches; meeting will be mandatory for coaches

Sponsorship Program:
-          New sponsorship program to be implemented per proposal
-          Registration Reduction Program to be offered per proposal

Playing Up:
-          No players will be allowed to play up due to liability issues
-          Letter to go out to general membership explaining policy

Email Program:
-          New email program to be purchased for privacy reasons
-          Brian Kayser to front the money to pay for program; to be reimbursed once there is money in the program

Next meeting: TBD via email
Meeting adjourned at 8:24pm