Hingham Little League
Board Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 12, 2007
7:00 PM
Meeting Facilitator: Ed Anderson
Attendees:
Board Members: Ed Anderson, Laurie Berlinguet, Tim Driscoll, Melissa Flanagan, Bill Ford, Joe Higgins, Skip Jenkins, Rick Linehan, Bob Madden, Owen McConville, Patrick McCullom, Elliot Sherman, Tony Viola, Andy Wheeler
I. Call to order at 7:20 pm
II. Approval of minutes from last meeting –Tim Driscoll
• Approved, Tim to post to site.
III. President’s Report – Ed Anderson
• Al & Al Clinic Review
o 11 people attended morning, and 5 attended afternoon, feedback was very positive.
• Background Checks
o Volunteer forms or spreadsheet needed by Ed, Skip to supply
• Little League International Congress 2007
o April 13-16, 2007 in Houston
 Opportunity to provide input to District Administrator
 One item of interest is a vote expected re: number of Managers allowed to be on Board of Directors
IV. Treasurer’s Report – Rick Linehan
• Current Balance - ,004.27, after 00 check (for equipment) has cleared
• New Revenues – Sponsorship for Verizon check to be deposited
o IRS matter is cleared, we do not have to pay taxes
• Current Expenses
o Bill from Diamond arrived for last year, 61.50, to be paid. This addresses the issue discussed in earlier meetings.
• Finance Subcommittee
V. Registration Update
• Numbers Registered By Age
o Ed distributed handout with numbers before tryouts
o 817 registered; a few registered but were not on list that need follow up
• Walk-Ins at Try-Outs
o Several walk-ins, most from Minors and Farm
• Refunds
o One request so far
• Determine number of 10s and 8s that can move up
o Only a few openings for 10 year olds to Majors this year as the numbers worked out.
o In the vicinity of 13 8 year olds eligible to move to Minors
• Finalize number of teams for Farm League and Tee-Ball
o Numbers of players per team
o 111 8, 146 7s, 258 Farm League eligible
o 20 teams , 13 kids per team as it stands
 Motion made and vote taken (passed) to have 20 Farm teams
o Discussed that 6 year olds with experience can be moved up case by case basis.
o T-Ball – 159 registered now. Probably 12 teams. Managers needed at this level. Need to make an appeal, hopefully find some managers and maybe move to 14 teams.
o Will hold off the T-Ball draft until a later date TBD.
o Also agreed to hold off the Farm draft until a later date

• Managers/Coaches Report - Skip Jenkins
o Farm League and Tee-Ball Managers Appointment and Approval
 Farm is good, lot of returning candidates
 No objections made to list read by Skip for candidates
 Ed appointed the 20 managers
 Motion made to approve appointments, vote passed

o TBall – only have 6 returning
 Need to make a few more calls
 Tabled for now; could use a list of the T-Ball kids
• Paperwork for Managers
• Managers Training/Orientation
o Skip could use some help with this item; Tony and Bob have some ideas
o Idea floated about Farm and T-Ball draft on same night, general consensus is yes, lets do that later in April
o Major/Minor training, shoot for week of March 26th (BOD meeting is 3/26).
VI. Player Agent Report – Kevin McNally
• Try-Out Review
o Try out went well, had a couple of long lines which we couldn’t do much about. Too many kids at a time for Minors, that is the logistics of the process
• Make-Up Try-Out on Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 PM at South Shore Sports Center
o Volunteer Help Needed
o Email was sent to all the no shows (15).
o Band concert is taking place at 7:30pm which affects a some of the kids
o Will need a second option. Discussed holding this at PRS on Monday March 19th at 6:30 pm. Agreed; for those last 11 and 12s, to hold tryout prior to Major League draft.
• Draft Dates
o Majors: Monday, March 19
 Plan A format
o Minors: Wednesday, March 21
 Plan B
 Serpentine rule 1-18, 18-1 etc.
 Order of the draft is pulled out of hat
 Using plan B out of LL Operating Manual
 Options on sons/daughters/siblings
o Farm/Tee-Ball: Thursday, March 22 – POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE
• Draft Rules for Majors
o Draft Order
 Has been established
 Teams fill empty roster spots
 Reverse order of standings of previous year
 Discussed order as based on playoff record or the season record
• Vote taken and passed to use the final playoff record to establish order of draft
• This impacts 1 team, and 2 teams move up
• First pick of the draft debated. Vote taken and passed to start with worst record team (Enterprise Equipment) as opposed to by League
• Tie-Breakers went head to head records
o Dispersement Draft
 Players have to be in same league as where they were selected. This is an important Little League requirement
• American – One player affected. He will be assigned to Enterprise Equipment
• National – one of five will be picked by the next by place of finish
• 2 released players are part of the regular draft, but only can be assigned in the National League
o Sandwich Picks
3 teams eligible for 1 5th round pick (Best Chevy, Jack Diamond, Glenzel Spatz)
o Released Players – must remain in the National League as agreed

o Restrictions on number of players by age
 There is 1 team with 7 returning 12 year olds
 Discussed number of twelves, current is 6 maximum
 Motion made to raise maximum of 7 12 year olds per team. Further discussion – we should abide by LL rule of maximum of 8 for this year, there won’t be any issue
 10’s can go in any round
• Draft for Farm and Tee-Ball
o 6 years olds playing Farm League
 Agreed that this is acceptable if the player has experience (T-Ball, or SS Baseball club).
• Volunteers needed for draft
VII. Playing Fields Update
• Rec Department Fields
o Ed and committee discussed with Rec Dept for planning
o Haley, Hersey, and Kress
 DPW plans to do work on the fields, rototilling, new mix, etc.
 Turf maintenance – fertilizer, weed control, etc.
 We will need to do supplemental maintenance of all the fields
• Kress Field – MWF Saturday Sunday this season
• School Fields
o South
o PRS
o Foster
• Practice Fields
o Bradley Woods
o Middle School
• Other Options for Tee-Ball
o Central/Powers Field
o Country Club
• Storage for Hersey, Kress, and other fields
o No new information
o Suggestion from Rec, to make a presentation to them on April 4th Rec Meeting (specs, cost, location, etc.)
• New PAL/Lynch Fields
VIII. Playing Schedules
• Majors are on Sundays at Haley and Hersey
• 12 – 2 – 4 or 2 – 4 – 6 pm debated. Still open to discussion as no agreement was made. We will use the extra hour for Minors games.
• Minors – Kress MWF 6:00, Saturday 5 games 8, 10:30, 1;00, 3:30, 6:00, 1 minor game on Sunday at Hersey. 4 and 6 on Sundays at Haley and Hersey
• Farm – PRS and Foster on Saturdays (need to double check on these permits)
• TBall – Middle School field on Sundays. Agreed this is the safest option (large parking lot). Fields will have to be made on grass but can easily accommodate the kids
• Should be in good shape, Bob to follow up on the school fields
IX. Sponsorship Update – Melissa Flanagan
• Existing Sponsor Renewal
• New Sponsors
• Remaining Openings
o Majors all set
o Minors 14 of 16 are back, looking only short 2 if rest sign on
o Farm – need 15 sponsors still
o TBall – need 14 sponsors still
X. Equipment and Uniform Update – Bill Ford (No Report due to time constraint)
• Uniforms
• Baseballs
• Pitch Counters
• Umpire Gear
XI. Umpires Update (No Report due to time constraint)
• Recruitment
• Registrations/Initial Meeting on Wednesday, March 21
XII. ASAP Update – Owen McConville
• Will need 50 or so First Aid Kits
• Dates for meetings – 3/26 for Maj/Minors, and again in April. Use this time for training. Owen will prepare a presentation.
XIII. Other Topics (No Report due to time constraint)
• Team Photos for Next Season – Melissa Flanagan
• Playing Rules Review for each division
• Opening Day
• Summer Baseball
• New Signs for Haley/Hersey Field Scoreboards
XIV. Adjournment
• Upcoming Board Meetings
o March 26
o April 9
o April 23
o May 7
o May 21

Meeting adjourned at 10:00 pm.