Monday,
December 19, 2005
Attendance: M. Peterson, M. Olson, B. Nybo, M. Schaefer,
M. Gallagher, T. Hathaway, R. Rivett, T. Parsons, J. Thibault, P. Campbell, K.
Campbell, C. Eischens, T. Undis, S. Minkel
1)
M. Peterson started
the meeting with opening remarks.
2)
Secretary’s
report for November was approved as written.
3)
The Treasurer’s
Report was approved as presented. Now
being invoiced monthly from the school district for rental fees. Winter Gym clinicians have been paid through
Session I.
4)
M. Olson has set
another "Hopkins
Sports day at the Twins" for Sunday, May 7th, against the Detroit Tigers.
Game time is 1:10 pm. The tickets are $15, and Hopkins Sports will get $6 in
return for every ticket sold.
Action: D. Meyer to send e-mail about Twins tickets and post on website.
Action: Committee of J. Thibault, R. Rivett, T. Undis and M. Olson to draft list of what fundraising dollars will go for (batting cages, improved backstop/netting, hard surface between fields, etc)
Action: R. Rivett/M. Olson to apply again to the Twins Fund for possible funding for field improvements
5)
In conjunction
with the high school softball program, the first annual softball gala will be
held in April at the Hopkins VFW.
Evening to include a spaghetti dinner, raffle, and silent auction. Co-chairs for this event are M. Olson and C.
Eischens.
6)
Winter Gym
Session I complete. Session II starts
January 8th. Pitching gym is
full so some registrations will be returned.
Alice Smith will be open on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. for
7)
Fees for next
summer were discussed. It was determined
that no multiple discounts will be offered but will offer a payment plan for
those families with multiple players in the program. Additional fundraiser fee has been eliminated
for the upcoming year.
10U -
$200 (no early discount available)
12-18U
- $325 (with early discount of $35 available before 2/1/06)
8)
Evaluation
Committee will meet January 3rd at 6:30p.m. at
J. Thibault’s house. Evaluations are
tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 4th. 16U and 18&U teams are now open (no
waivers required but player leaving an organization must send notice and no restriction
of number of kids that can move up).
Rosters need to be submitted by February 15th or 28th. Next year’s deadline will be December 31st.
9)
New high school
varsity coach is Anne Campbell. M.
Peterson met with Anne and Dan Johnson.
Anne will visit winter gym and work with each team for one
practice. Her summer softball camp will
be held in early June. Coaching staff
will be J. Hempel, J. Hall and S. Johnson.
There will be no 9th grade team at the Junior Highs. Teams will be Varsity, Junior Varsity and Sophomore.
10)
Old
Business: Copies of the John Tschida
parent/coaches clinic video are available to loan out. T. Hathaway to be the librarian for Hopkins
Sports.
Action: D. Meyer to put on website information that
is available for checkout
11)
Mary Nutter
clinic will be held on January 13th and 14th at the
Minnetonka Marriott. The high school
booster club will pay for the high school staff to attend.
12)
Old
Business: Regrip of bats needs to be
complete by the end of March.
Action: B. Nybo to complete
13)
New
Business: M. Schaefer and M. Gallagher
met with MHGS to discuss working more closely together. Would like to have a combined coaches clinic
led by the high school coach; Will have joint mailing for summer registration
using a brochure concept developed by T. Hathaway/M. Schaefer.
Action: C. Eischens to contact A. Campbell for
database of kids in elementary/junior high for mailing.
14) D. Meyer to scan all prior documents (birth certificates, winter gym, and summer and fall registrations) for ease of retrieving data. Thanks Dean!
15) T. Undis discussed the results of the first committee meeting for the Royal Rampage tournament tentatively scheduled for June 3rd. Next committee meeting will be January 16th before the next board meeting.
16) Meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted
Cheryl
Eischens