Monday, October
16, 2006
Attendance: M. Peterson, D. Meyer, C. Eischens, M. Wiste,
J. Lidstone, M. Grahek, M. Gallagher, T. Hathaway, K. Schneider, T. Undis, J.
Thibault, J. Rouse, T. Bonte, M. Schaefer, K. Nelson, F. Bolatto, M. Olson,
K.Ries, B. Wheeler, B. Nybo
1)
M. Peterson
started the meeting with opening remarks.
2)
Secretary’s
Report was approved as written.
3)
Treasurer’s
Report was presented as approved. All
school district rental invoices paid for winter gym space and summer field
rental. Each field/court is $6 per hour
4)
There was no
Fundraiser report at this meeting.
5)
Twin’s Fund
report was presented by M. Grahek. M.
Grahek will send an update to the Twins regarding the use of the funds toward
the installation of new fencing.
ACTION: T. Hathway to look into the cost of dugout
covers for the JV and B Squad fields.
6)
Backstops are up
at the 3 High School fields as well as dugout additions completed.
ACTION: C. Eischens to send thank you letters to VFW,
Luther Auto and American Legion regarding field improvements.
7)
Winter Gym (led
by M. Olson and M. Gallagher) – Have staff in place for winter gym for both
pitching and hitting. Meeting is this
Wednesday to review the schedule with the Eisenhower clinicians. Wednesday night pitching gym at Alice Smith
starts November 1st and runs from 7-9 p.m. Registration for
ACTION: M. Peterson to get the name of the Alice
Smith door person
8)
Saturday, October
29th at 10 a.m. will be the time to take down the netting and move
the equipment over to Eisenhower for winter gym.
9)
Restructure of
the board was discussed. Resignations
were received from M. Peterson as President, J. Thibault as Vice President/Evaluation
Committee Chair and T. Undis as League
Representative/Equipment Director. Our
thanks go out to Mark, Jack and Tom for their many years of service and their support
to the organization in multiple roles.
Additional board members for the open positions will be solicited. Team limits will be reviewed once the new
board is formed. The new board as
elected is as follows:
President
– Mike Olson
Vice
President – Kim Ries
Secretary
– Cheryl Eischens
Treasurer
– Meredith Wiste
League
Director – Jim Rouse
Player
Agent – Open
Fund
Raiser – Open
Evaluations
Director – Mark Schaefer
Equipment
Director – Ted Hathaway
Program
Development Director – Bill Wheeler
Fall
Ball Director – Open
Facilities
Director – Open
Royal
Rampage Director – Pam Haiden
Communications
Director – Mark Peterson
Webmaster
– Dean Meyer
ACTION: D. Meyer to post open board positions on the
website as well as the new Board
10)
Old Business – D.
Meyer discussed the need to expand the marketing for League Tracker. This is software with great potential that
needs marketing effort.
11)
Old Business – T.
Undis returned his copy of Turbo Stats for other coaching staff to use in the
future.
12)
New Business –
First Evaluation Committee meeting will be held at M. Schaefer’s house on
Saturday, November 11th at 9 a.m.
13)
New Business –
Discussion ensued regarding the potential classification for 8U teams.
14)
Meeting adjourned
at 9:15. Next meeting is scheduled for
Monday, November 20th at 7 p.m. at the Hopkins VFW.
Respectfully
Submitted
Cheryl
Eischens