PBO Minutes

July 11, 2007

 

Meeting called to order by Todd @7:12

 

There were 6 board members and 2 non-board members present.

 

League Reports

Senior Legion

  • Ended the season 11 and 7

 

Senior Babe

  • Good season, went to play-offs

 

Junior Legion

  • meeting on Monday about the All Star Game on July 23rd

 

City County

  • fourth place
  • play-offs start on Tuesday

 

Babe Ruth

  • won one game
  • players improved throughout the season in their hitting and fielding

 

13 Year Old Prep

  • in play-offs – one loss so far
  • record for season – 11 and 12

 

Fundraising

  • MUST continue to pass hat for ALL home games
  • Basket Raffle for next year
    • start promoting it earlier
    • flyers to all teams
    • ad in the Mercury
    • ad on PCTV
  • Sr Legion Tournament went smoothly
  • we made approximately $365.00 on the Boston Market fundraiser – we need to promote it earlier next time

 

Old Business

  • gate at the Jr. Legion field – Todd called and they will put industrial strength hinges on the gate
  • trash at the field MUST be emptied after each game and the parking area checked for trash also or we may lost the privilege of parking on the grass

 

New Business

  • we need to find an accountant or lawyer to check into how we can become non-profit
  • registrations will need to be raised for the 2008 season ($50.00?) we can return some of the monies for players that are over 16 and play down
  • we need to discuss eliminating a team for next year
  • Howard will check with UP Twsp to see if we can sell hot dogs
  • see about the older players volunteering to umpire Little League games to help rebuild a relationship with them
  • Fall Ball – ages 12 (next years 13’s) to 16 (next years 16’s) – John will send out an e-mail to see what kind of interest there will be
    • Todd will call Skip to see who is in charge of the league
    • we need to determine cost for players
  • SVSG practice and game balls are bad – we need to find a different model for next year
  • A.J. Batista wants to run a baseball clinic in the fall for the kids

 

Next meeting Tuesday, August 7th @7pm @ Todd’s house.

 

Motion made to adjourn by Howard, seconded by John