Minutes
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Call to order at 8:00pm
ATTENDANCE: John Veentjer; Chris Garrod (VP/Five Star); Beckey Ranstrom (VP); Shawn O’Brien (At Large); Billie Hartline (Scheduler and Inglemoor); Bob Goldberg (Officials); Chuck Nichols (At Large); Andy Main (Bellevue B&G Club); Rick Schroeder (Bears); Jim Brenden (Knights); Ron Walker and Eric Peterson (Bothell); Greg Brink (Bainbridge Island); Bob Woods and Larry Ferro (Eastlake); Billie Hartline and Duane Ranstrom (Inglemoor); Dave Redemann (Mt Si); Meredith Cutting and Ron Asmus (Mercer Island); Michael Burrus (Woodville)
Systems not represented: Wolverines, Cedarcrest, Issaquah, Kirkland, Skyline, Shoreline-Univac, Redmond
Minutes of the last meeting, November 1, were not yet done and thus were not provided at this meeting. They will be provided at the next meeting.
Schedule Review
Championships
Game Reports – still want Game Reports for the Championship games.
Winter meeting/committee work -- just reiterated the list of off-season matters to be addressed.
Growth -- Adding new Systems – Chuck Nichols indicated that some of the leagues participating in the Wesco program are looking for another program. The idea of growth was not well received, but the procedures call for a written application and sponsorship by one of our existing Systems. Discussion indicated that the Wesco leagues don’t know boundaries or the other rules that we apply and may not be able to adjust to our program. Chuck indicated that he would report back to them regarding the requirements.
Officials -- As previously indicated, John said he will emphasize the need for more officials repeatedly so that we are sure to grow our officiating corps back to the highest levels of previous years. Identifying interested person early is recommended as we will likely have some form of preseason clinics. Some systems indicated that they might have some more high school age officials if they could just work the games at their local high school field, because they don’t drive. This is something we can consider, however, one of the things we try to do is put the officials in teams and move them from field to field so the chances of seeing the same teams more than a couple of times is minimized.
Early sign-ups -- another push for early sign-ups and early determination on the number of teams.
Calendar – again proposed an April Council meeting. Working on proposed calendar, but didn’t finish in time for this meeting.
Nominations for 2006 Officers – sought nominations. Noted that one Vice President position is open and Chris Garrod has already made it known that he will not be returning. John was nominated for President and Shawn was nominated for Vice President. Discussed the possibility of having three Vice Presidents, one for Rookies and Cubs, one for Sophomores, JV and Varsity, and one for Seniors. Shawn has already been serving in such a capacity so making him VP for Seniors is a good fit. Need other nominations which will be taken up to and including at the December 5 Council meeting. May also want to consider a Treasurers position. The added VP and the Treasurer will require a By-Laws change.
The only other business raised was that Shawn shared an exchange between the two 8th Grade Senior Head Coaches involved in the Championship Game as an example of great sportsmanship and really what this is all about in youth sports.
Adjourn