LeBoeuf Little League

April 12, 2007

The LeBoeuf Little League held their monthly meeting at the Waterford Boro Building. Rod Smith called the meeting to order at 8:40 pm.

ATTENDANCE: Shelli McCall, Joe McCall, Mark Lockhart, Michael Falk, Brian Smith, Randy Amon, Ed Vorpagel, John Holmes, Laura Lockhart, Mike Herring, Brian Mitchell, Stuart Carr, Jeff Kuzma, Darlene Haibach, Steph Mitchell, Rod Smith, Garry Sargent, Mark Rose, Brian Webster, Steve/LouAnn Krolczyk, Mike Falk, Jeff Jones.

SECRETARY: Changes under Baseball: 7-8 year olds will now have 6 teams, majors will have 4 teams and juniors will have 5 teams. Total went from 26 teams to a total of 29 teams. Under tournament commissioner: the 5 run rule per inning and pitch count for boys is only a proposal for minors. In regular reason all players play infield and outfield is also a proposal for minors. Mark will keep us posted. With changes approved by Mark Rose and seconded by Stuart Car.

TREASURER’S REPORT: See attached report; approved by Mark Rose and seconded by Mark Lockhart. If anyone owes for fundraisers they will not be given their uniform until money is collected.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: 18 fun raisers need to be turned in. Stromboli handouts can be picked up prior to April 22 at Heard’s; otherwise they will be delivered at the Coaches meeting on April 22. Sponsorships have been taken care of. Roughly 12 have paid for signs. LLL will donate a sign on behalf of Ashley/Kuzma and Bobcat.

PICTURE COMMISSIONER: May 5, 2007, 8 am to Noon. Sonney’s will donate $1 for each packet sold and also supply each sponsor with a plague with team photo. Garry is going to take shirts/hoodies to sell at picture day. Pictures will be ready May 19.

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER: All schedules have been created for all teams. These are listed on the website for reference only. Coaches’ meeting is Sunday, April 22 at the Summit Municipal Bldg. The town field has been requested for Junior level play.

SOFTBALL COMMISSIONER: Coaches meeting is Sunday, April 22.

UMPIRE COMMISSIONER: Clinic to be held April 18 at field #4 at the Waterford Complex or if bad weather at the Waterford Elementary School from 6-8 pm. Need to purchase rulebooks. Roughly 25 kids signed up to ump. A motion was made by Garry Sargent to purchase umpire shirts and hats for under $200.00, this was seconded by Brian Mitchell. A vote was taken and all were in favor.

TOURNAMENT COMMISSIONER: Major girls tournament in Harborcreek is scheduled for May 18-19, not sure if two teams from same area can enter. Garry’s tournament is June 9-10.

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Possible date for Pitch/Hit/Run is May 12. We will check with coaches at the Coaches meeting to see if there is any interest in having it this year.

LeBoeuf Little League and Waterford Day will be June 30 at the Sea Wolves 7:30 pm game. A motion was made by Jeff Jones to purchase 1,000 pins for $1.65 each to supply at districts and fun day; this was seconded by Stuart Carr. A vote was taken and all in favor.

SCHEDULING COMMISSIONER: All good, no problems. Any questions call Shelli McCall 796-4889.

UNIFORM COMMISSIONER: Brian will pick up uniforms April 21 and have ready to hand out at the Coaches meeting on April 22.

FIELD MAINTENANCE: 9 Port o Potty’s will be ordered and delivered to the fields. Field day is April 21 and April 28, meet at 6:30 am at Betty’s for breakfast and go to the fields from there. John and Fern Carr have offered to mow the complex fields.

Stuart has made 5 new drags for the fields. A suggestion was made to spray the fields. Spray will be purchased from Troyers. A suggestion was made to have area’s set aside at certain fields where pitchers can warm up and also be used for soft toss. A motion was made by Stuart Carr to supply 4 cow mats to certain fields, seconded by Ed. A vote was taken and all in favor.

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE: Very few coaches returned practice balls will need to purchase. Joe McCall made a motion to purchase 4 practice balls for 20 teams of the yellow rubber coated balls, which is 7 dozen balls, this was seconded by Stuart. A vote was taken and all in favor. Frank will be notified and these will be given out at the Coaches meeting.

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: No report. Joe has the roster. We need a projected $1,574 to be paid yet.

OLD BUSINESS: New website being used to do the background checks for all coaches. This is a nationwide check versus a Pennsylvania check. The site is called Choicepoint and the first 80 checks are free and then $1 for each thereafter.

NEW BUSINESS: Nick’s pizza/arcade is going to come up with a coach’s deal to get teams to visit the new shop.

NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: May 10, 2007 at 8:30 pm.

ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Jeff Jones to adjourn the meeting at 11:01 and this was seconded by Jeff Kuzma.

Submitted by: Stephanie Mitchell/Secretary