Westbrook Little League Board Meeting Minutes December 19th, 2016
Present: Mike Eugley, Kananan LaPierre, Lori MacWhinnie, Randy MacWhinnie, Rebecca Dillon, Louie Lampron, Denise Cole, Tom England, Matt Brunner, Anne Harvey, Amanda McClaskey, Bill Williams, Jim Seavey, John McCarthy, Joe DeRoche, Damian Dow
Absent: Everyone who wasn’t there
Special Guest: Anie Michaud
Meeting Starting at 6:31 after
Treasure’s Report per Bill (Everyone highly attentive and enthusiastic)
-Not a lot of activity
- 4 checks written, one of which was the final check for girls dug outs
-for rest please refer to Treasurers Report as it was business as usual
MOTION to Accept Denise, 2nd by Damian-Unanimous on yes
(Louie looked tired)
Around the Table
Mike Eugley
Topic: Manager Elections and New Manager Elections
Mike conducted an investigation on complaints of Sappi. Specifically on communication with parents, relationship with Players and overall dedication to League.
Parents were very positive overall, The one complaint that was consistant with each parent was player-coach relationship with own son. They collectively felt that issue should be worked on. Parents felt there was no reason for him not to coach. They like Him
MOTION to Accept Mike, 2nd by Louie- Yes-11 No-0 Obstain-5
Mike Presented Jeremy Gardiner for DQ.
MOTION to Accept Jeremy as DQ Manager by Mike, 2nd by Louie- Yes-15 No-0 Obstain-1
Mike presented Zach Johnson for Lions-
Special Conversation per board member updated-
MOTION to Accept Zach as Lions Manager by Mike, 2nd by Louie- Yes-14 No-0 Obstain-2
Jim Seavey(sitting eagerly, Roll Tide)
Topic:New Manager Elections for Softball
Jim mentioned information that the coaches had a meeting prior to this board meeting and all coaches are on the same page with expectations going into the season.
Twin Electric-Jim proposed Alisha Beckner
MOTION to Accept Alisha as Twin Electric Manager by Jim, 2nd by Denise- Yes-15 No-0 Obstain-1
Extreme Screen-Jim proposed Doug Cole
MOTION to Accept Doug as Extreme Screen Manager by Jim, 2nd by Rebecca- Yes-16 No-0 Obstain-0
Cavallaro-Kristine Farr proposed by Jim
MOTION to Accept Kristine as Cavallaro MAnager by Jim, 2nd by Bill- Yes-15 No-0 Obstain-1
Phoenix Welding-Jim proposed Anie Michaud for Phoenix Welding. Anie addressed board as she has stated Board had concerns of her commitment to the league and program.
Louie, Matt and Jim spoke on support of Anie being a solid coach and her commitment. Aniepromised the board her commitment is there.
MOTION to Accept Anie as Phoenix Welding Softball Manager by Jim, 2nd by Louie- Yes-12No-0 Obstain-4
John equipment update
Topice: Hit Pit Balls
Hit Pit has asked us to use dimple balls in the hit pit instead of baseballs. John bought 3 cases of dimple balls. (Randy was on edge of seat in excitement)
Amanda
Topic: Website
Amanda is working on the website, but needs help with registration dates and such. Lori was going to help Amanda with necessary information.
(Board thought that was cool, John sighed in relief)
Bill
(Randy tapped his hands to the table as Bill already had a turn, but Bill is cool so we will let it go…again)
Topic: Charter Info Clarification as we have to turn that in. 7 Majors Baseball, 4 Majors Softball, 5 Minors Baseball, 4 Minors Softball, 6 instructional Baseball and 4 TeeBall
Matt
Topic: thank you for the Board Members who played a significant role in replacement project:
Randy, Lori and Bill(and Matt) for heading up the project and doing the leg work. Thank you to Jim and Tom for their dedication to the project.
Special thanks to Louie for re-establishing the WLL relationship with Burns fencing. They have done awesome work -beyond cost and effort and attention they have been simply outstanding.
Board shared in overall thank you to the above
Damian
Topic: Continuing relationship with Chris Neault from Saco Bay PT.
Chris is looking to help us out with the following and in turn would like a pennant
- Invite teams/parents to our clinic for free preseason arm care assessments (instead of going to the field and occupying their practice times)
- Have me attend coaches meetings to present on topics relating to youth baseball and injury prevention
- Tent at opening day for Q&A for parents, arm care/movement assessments
- In exchange for the above, potentially some form of pennant or signage at the field?
- During the season, offer players free injury assessments at the clinic (just call and mention Westbrook LL and get in for free consult)
Damian proposed a pennant and 2nd by Lori.
MOTION for Pennant for SACO BAY PT Unanimous
REGISTRATION DATES:
January 27th 5-8pm
January 28th 8am-12pm
February 10th 5-8pm
February 11th 8am-12pm
March 10th 5-8pm
February 11th 8am-12pm
Board Members should book a time Slot-Per Randy
Randy
Topic: Volunteer Commitment for Tournaments
Randy is asking all teams, Minors and Majors will be responsible for covering nights during tournaments. This will be documented in Coaching Forms
Randy proposed, Bill 2nd, Board vote was Unanimous in support of yes
NEXT WLL Board MEETING: January 30th 630pm