Hingham Little League
Board Meeting Agenda
Monday, May 21, 2007
7:00 – 9:15 PM
Meeting Facilitator: Ed Anderson
Invitees:
Board Members: Laurie Berlinguet, Tim Driscoll, Melissa Flanagan,
Joe Higgins, Skip Jenkins, Rick Linehan, Bob Madden, Patrick McCullom, Kevin McNally, Elliot Sherman, Tony Viola, Andy Wheeler

I. Call to order
II. Approval of minutes from last meeting –Tim Driscoll
· Accepted as is and Vote Taken - Passed
III. President’s Report – Ed Anderson
· Rainouts – we had a bad weekend where all games cancelled. We are in a bind for sure in rescheduling. Ed suggested we roll the majors games to Saturday May 26th. Additional games were lost last week as well (total 15 minors games to reschedule). Proposed to extend their season by a week.
o Photographs need to be taken for Majors, will be June 3
o Memorial Day games are regular scheduled games.
o Item re: creating a pool for fill in is an option.
o Proposed holding 4:00 pm games as an alternative?
o Several players will be missing due to other scheduling conflicts, so there may be forfeits.
· Discussed to reschedule games from yesterday will be rescheduled for June 3rd and push this out. Majors Playoffs will start June 5th. Vote taken and PASSED.
Additional missed games to be made up this weekend

IV. Treasurer’s Report – Rick Linehan
· No report
V. Tournament Teams
· Player Selection
o Discussed proposed processed. Managers submit nominations for up to 10 players, and then put them on the ballot to be voted on a scheduled managers meeting.
o Tie breaking procedures should be put into plan. Discussed weighting point system, or to use nomination numbers as tiebreakers.
o Work on getting the nominations of all eligible players this week (Skip to provide email addresses to Kevin). Return nomination emails to Kevin
o Manager meeting needs to be scheduled (5/31) – need to reserve rec for 8:00.
· Manager/Coach Selections
o Must be existing Manager or Coach of a Major league team in this season
o Need additional names for managers interested in the role
o Nominations to Ed for approval, then vote on the managers at the June 4th meeting of the Board.
o Uniforms are in storage, will need to purchase additional t shirts and pants, belts, socks. Info has been forwarded to Bill
VI. Playing Fields Update
· Field Maintenance
o We have had some help on the fields
o Training is happening as we move ahead
· Storage Shed for Hersey Field
o Looking to build this week – Steve Jacobs is planning this now, permits in
· Scoreboards
o Bob has information from John Stoddard about electricity at Haley, is in process. Needs some upgrading. John will volunteer and we will pay for all costs.
o Board will take 3 weeks to get delivered. Will be 00.00
o Ed is in contact with the Rec
o Fields in need of tilling, will remind Rec
o Need to keep the fields and dugouts cleaned after every game
· New PAL/Lynch Fields
o Lease Review
§ Ed has distributed lease. Ed, Elliot, and Melissa have been working hard to coordinate with other users
§ Need a joint fund for maintenance and repair
§ May need to consider a board position for point person
§ We are responsible for operational costs in season
§ If any questions, forward to Ed. We will make a vote on approval from the board
VII. Team Photos –Tony Viola
VIII. Equipment and Uniform Update – Bill Ford
· Need to order trophies and All Star shirts and hats
IX. Safety Review
· Review of an incident where a player was hit with a pitched ball. A controversy ensued regarding previous comments from the manager regarding pitch location instruction. This was determined to be that the events were not related
· Need to work on making batters box more of an issue. This should be brought to attention of umpires to keep a closer eye on where the setup should be for all batters.
· Discussed need to remind managers to teach players how to move out of the way
· Discussed instituting a face mask for helmets directive. This is something that needs to be considered again as a board for next season
· Summer Teams
o Need to establish dates for tryouts
· Suburban
· South River
X. Adjournment
· Upcoming Board Meetings
o June 4
o June 18