GOLD COUNTRY SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

Minutes, May 13, 2009

FINAL

  1. Board meeting called to order at 6:30 pm at Players Pizza, Penn Valley.
  2. Members present:  Anderson, Wilson, Eacobacci, Pryor, Cochran, Lane, Silveria
  3. Guests present:  Bill Howland, Bruce Reinhardt, Bob Swarthout
  4. Treasurers Report:  Bill Wilson stated we had $24,800.00 in our account with a uniform payment pending.
  5. Rich Eacobacci said there were problems with the electronic statistics.  It was recommended to manually compile stats from the scorebooks.
  6. Rich has published the most recent League Newsletter and put it on the webpage.  He is looking for someone to take over publishing the Newsletters in the future.  Chamba Lane agreed to write the Newsletters.  Please e-mail Chamba suggestions for articles of interest to the league.
  7. Bruce Reinhardt informed the board that Delta Bluegrass is finishing their work on field 2 and would need a Friday and Saturday to complete the work.  A Saturday league game would need to be changed to Field 1 for that week.
  8. Bruce also said that the current solenoid sprinkler control valves would be replaced by manually operated ball valves.
  9. Bob Swarthout recommended the board create an Ad Hoc committee that would create a structured volunteer group to ensure work at the park and fields is done.  The committee would identify work, plan, recruit, provide orientation and training, supervision and evaluation, and recognition to volunteers.  Volunteers would include Seniors, Masters and Little League.  The board created the Ad Hoc committee and appointed Bob Swarthout as Chair.
  10. Steve Cochran is working on creating the ballots for the All-Star Game that will show team players and their ages for voting purposes.  He will also determine what the median age is of league members to possibly establish a new older age cutoff for the 50’s and above team.  Steve will work with Jim Keck in planning the game.
  11. The field golf cart is in need of repair.  The park has generously approved $1000.00 towards new batteries and a charger to help in these repairs.  Chamba Lane suggested the league look into rebuilt batteries from a firm in Sacramento for future needs.
  12. The board MSP to allow Saturday team B&C True Value to solicit a pitcher from outside the league or from weeknight players as long as the player pays the per game fee to play.
  13. The board MSP to amend and clarify Rule II D 9 to read Teams must bat all players and rotate defensive positions to insure each player has at least three (3) innings of play in the course of the gameRemoved would be:  for games lasting six innings and four (4) innings of play for games lasting 7 innings.
  14. The board referred two rule clarifications to the rules committee.  Under rule

      II C 4 Substitute players include old rule language about the substitute list and the        requirement that no team shall play with less than 10 players if substitutes are signed up on the list at the scorers table.  Teams cannot refuse a substitute player to get to a roster of 10 as long as rankings are not improved.

Under rule II C 2 Minimum / Maximum Number of Players include language that states that games may not start without a team having a minimum of 9 players.  Current language states 6 players to constitute a legal lineup.  Look at old rule language for injury section also.  Contact Dave Anderson as a background resource on board direction on these rule changes.  Please provide rule committee recommendations to the board by its June 3, 2009 meeting. 

  1. Next meeting Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:30 pm Players Pizza, Penn Valley
  2. Special meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:30 pm Players Pizza, Penn Valley to finalize All-Star team rosters and planning.

 

 

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