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GCSAA General Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 6:30 pm Players Pizza, Penn Valley
v Meeting called to order at 6:35 pm v Board members present: Eacobacci, Anderson, Cochran, Wilson, Lane, Silveria v Guests present: 16 league members attended the meeting. v Rich Eacobacci made a first reading of the proposed by-law changes as follows: Article IX, Section 1. (c) is deleted and the following substituted: (c) Rules Committee. The association Board of Directors shall appoint the Chair of the Rules Committee after the regular season and preferably before the November General Meeting. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall be selected from any member of the association who is a member in good standing. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall select four (4) members of the association from the pool of present or past team managers to serve on the Rules Committee. This five (5) member committee shall: (i) Meet as often as necessary as determined by the Chair or as requested by Association Board of Directors at a location selected by the Rules Committee. Notice of Committee meetings need not be given to the Association members. (ii) Be responsible for making rule recommendations to the Board of Directors. A quorum of the Rules Committee is three (3) members. Approval of Recommendations made to the Association Board of Directors requires a simple majority of the Rules Committee present and voting. Proposal should made in writing. (iii) Be responsible for the interpretation of all Senior Softball and GCSSA Rules of Play. (iv) Accept, review and make recommendations to the association Board of Directors regarding proposed rule changes received from individual Association member. (v)Prepare and distribute to all Association team managers, scorekeepers, Umpires and to the web site custodian approved copies of the Association “Rules of Play” prior to the start of League play each year. Although rule changes are discouraged during the season, any changes shall be distributed immediately after adoption.
Article XII Section 4 Change the word Planner to Panner.
Article XIII Section 1 (b): Change the word my to may.
v The election of 2010 – 2011 Directors was discussed. Four directors positions are open for election or re-election. Larry Edgerton was nominated at the meeting. A sign up sheet for league members interested in being considered for a directors position will be posted on the bulletin board at the ball fields until August 24th. v Modifying the Rules of Play to reduce the number of tie games was debated. Some options were: Late games would break ties the same night if light allowed. Early games ending in a tie would be played off on a date at the end of the season or play off games prior to the start of the game the next time the 2 teams meet. All tie games would be played off using the international tie breaker rule. The currently seated rules committee will bring their recommendation to the Board of Directors. v Modifying the Rules of Play to return to a 0-0 count for the season. Vigourous discussion was held on this topic. Motions were made but died for a lack of a second. The outcome was to keep the 1-1 count for next season as it seemed to be working fine. v Modifying the Rules of Play to include a late fee for persons signing up after the cutoff signup date of one week prior to the draft. It was discussed that all players who sign up will play regardless of the number of players who sign up prior to the late date. Late signups will go to a waiting list and be added to teams as determined by the Board of Directors. Discussion was held on having a minimum of 12 players per team and that the league would add teams as necessary to accommodate all players who sign up on time. It was decided the league would adhere to a strict late signup date and fees. Managers are encouraged to pass this information on to their current players. v The 7th inning flip was questioned for home teams trailing by a specified number of runs. Managers are encouraged to refer to their SSUSA Rule Book for clarification. v On the subject of Rules, managers are encouraged to let their players know the rules of play especially running through the bag. Umpires need to enforce this for the safety of the game. Also all managers need to insure dugouts are clean after the last game of the night. v Players discussed the difficulty in seeing the ball come off the bat while playing left field, SS, or 3B on field 2 and also while playing 2B, 1B, or pitcher on field 1. The league agreed to purchase and install black shade cloth in appropriate position of field 1 and 2 backstops to remedy this safety issue. v The current Board of Directors is interested in sponsoring a NorCal Tournament in June 2010 at Western Gateway Park. It will take a tremendous amount of volunteer time to make this happen. It was suggested that each manager recruit 2 people / team to build these volunteer ranks. Substantial income for the league can earned by holding a tournament. The league would specify how the funds earned would be utilized. Lighting the fields was discussed as a use as well as installing electronic scoreboards. The lighting in relation to the Park Master Plan was discussed. There is a provision for lighting for 4 fields in the plan. It may be some time before the plan is ratified but creating funds for the project can be accumulated now. v There will be a single elimination playoff tournament starting on August 25th and concluding on September 3rd. Schedules will go to managers and players at the conclusion of the final regular league game on August 24th. v Creating a Fall Softball league was dicussed. Rich Eacobacci will solicit participation. If there is no interest in 2 weeks he will abandon the project. v There was a thorough discussion on ASA approved bats and how the league needs to upgrade the current language to reflect new bats and names that are allowed and not allowed based on age group. Don Heyfron of the rules committee submitted corrective language for consideration by the Board. v The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm. |
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