{"id":1542,"date":"2015-04-19T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techsistance.com\/softball\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2015-04-19T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T16:29:04","slug":"early-april-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sycamore16inch.com\/?p=1542","title":{"rendered":"March 2015 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notes from the March 26th\u00a0meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Ski&#8217;s<br \/>\nTeams present<br \/>\nMike Compuzano &#8211; Fat Boyz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Metcalf &#8211; AA<br \/>\nSean Haag &#8211; Cubbies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Alex &#8211; Alpha Dogs<br \/>\nGreg Sullivan &#8211; Ski&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Scott Suchy &#8211; Coldwell Banker<br \/>\nKevin Spartz &#8211; Jokers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chad Gautcher &#8211; MVP&#8217;s<br \/>\nHobnobbers<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>VOTE <\/b>&#8211; We spoke about turning our league into a 503C charity. We voted to look into more to see if it would be useful for our league. We will look into it at further meetings. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We took a vote, 9-yes, 0-no. Vote passed to look into the 503C. <\/span><br \/>\nPossible questions: do we have to give money back every year if we are a charity, per the 503C rules? Do we need to add more board members? Does it protect board members? Do we have to tax our umpires?<br \/>\nAddam Kahl will look into this at the bank he works at.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>VOTE <\/b>&#8211; We discussed many options of the open week. We voted on no games on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793640\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 2nd<\/span><\/span> due to the <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793641\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 4th<\/span><\/span> holiday. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vote was taken for playing on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793642\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 2nd<\/span><\/span>. Vote failed, yes-1, no-8. Vote failed for playing on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793643\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 2nd<\/span><\/span>. There will be no games on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793644\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 2nd<\/span><\/span><\/span>. That can be used as a make up week if needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>VOTE <\/b>&#8211; Due to the tournament being pushed back, we either have an open weekend OR 16 weeks of regular season play. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vote was taken for playing 15 games, 8-yes, 1-no<\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vote passed for playing 15 games in 2015. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>VOTE <\/b>&#8211; We spoke about the clear definition of the rule for 9\/8 players. It was discussed that some team captains would allow no automatic outs for 9 players and some would. In the past, it\u00a0 was a captains decision. We voted to change the rule: If a team has 9 players at the start of the game, no automatic out is given. If a team only has 8 players at the start of the game, 1 automatic out will be given to that team at the end of the batting order. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vote passed, 9-yes, 0-no. Vote passed for no automatic out if team only has 9 players at the start of the game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>**My 2 cents&#8230;as I&#8217;m typing this. It sounds kind of weird&#8230;9 players, no outs. 8 players, 1 out? Most of us stated, its already a disadvantage to play with 9, that&#8217;s why there is no automatic out. Soooo, why would we make a team that starts with 8 take an automatic out??!? Why dont we just do away with the automatic out? Lets discuss at the next meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We are going to ask every team to sell at a minimum of 150 tickets for the 50\/50 raffle. Tickets are still $1. AA will be getting the tickets and in charge of selling them this year. This will go to another team every year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; New tournament date. <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793645\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Aug 22nd<\/span><\/span> due to a scheduling error by the park district. I had to secure the 22nd in case that date was taken.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We spoke about trying to get new porta johns for the tournament. As a group, we understand that we will not be able to get one on the hill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ski&#8217;s asked to play late games only this year as they have in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We spoke about using cones to define fair lines. Brian Suchy stated he could get 8 cones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We spoke about the possibility of purchasing a set of bases for the park district. We will speak with the park district about price and see if we purchase 2 sets, if they will purchase 2 sets.<\/p>\n<p>** NEXT MEETING <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1509793646\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday April 23th<\/span><\/span>. 6:30p at Cub n Spanks. Sean, could you let them know we are meeting there?<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes from the March 26th\u00a0meeting. 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