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February 26, 2015 Team Rep and Executive Meeting Minutes

Called to order at 7:03 p.m.

Chair: Tammy

  1. Welcome and Introduction (round) – no representatives from BB9 or Beavers in attendance
  2. Team rep job description:  please read and abide by
  3. Important dates:  please make a note of these, send to your teams and attend
  4. Review AGM items:  recap of AGM

Co-Chair: Elan

  1. Forfeit bond:  will be returned to teams with fewer than 4 forfeits in a season (be sure to pick up your cheque at Finals)
  2. Insurance coverage prior to roster submission: fill out the SPN form for new players, then they’ll be covered under insurance for practices and games between now and when rosters are submitted on May 11
  3. Skills clinics – there will be two sets, prior to season start (April) and after the Lil tournament (June) for your continued improvement
  4. Lil – proposed new location for Lil – people have been asking for a change of venue for this tournament, looking to get all the fields together like we have at the Finals. We think we have found an available set of fields, Bobolink Park 2510 Hoylake Avenue and will be applying for the four fields there for the Lil. We will still book Trout Lake as a back-up. If we get Bobolink we will cancel Trout Lake. If not, the tournament will stay at Trout Lake this year and we will keep investigating alternatives for next year. We will ensure there are food options at whichever field we end up at.

Stats: Kris

  1. Anticipated teams and divisions – once Registration is complete on March 9th we will know how many teams we have and into which divisions they will be divided.
  2. New Players List – will be updated and sent to team reps in the next week or so
  3. New Scheduling System – Historically Mondays are our only non-playing days. Kris is working on not having teams play every weekend this year. Waiting on field confirmations to find out which days we will play on this year. Games projected to start on April 25th . Rainouts will likely be scheduled again for Sundays at Beaconsfield. If there are fields we can get during the week we will try to do rainout reschedules for those.

Question regarding the radius of all fields. Not known at this time but Amil will look into it.

 Fields: Amil

  1. Selection of fields for 2014 – ongoing

UIC: Shannon

  1. Rules Clinic/Umpire clinic  – Pat Dooley of Softball BC will attend the April team rep meeting. Please ensure you send someone to hear the important information he will have regarding rules changes and rules clarifications. Please consider becoming an umpire. If you get certified and then ump 5 games in the Mabel League this season, your certification fee will be reimbursed by the league.
  2. Rules & Grievance Committee – we form this every year and need a volunteer from each of the divisions to be on the committee. We haven’t convened the committee in years, but it is part of our bylaws that we have one.

 Registrar: Sarah

  1. Team registration forms due March 9
  2. Any teams with significant changes to roster?
  3. SPN/Roster forms due May 13th (players can be added after this date)
  4. Lil registration and forms due May 13th
  5. New team guidance package
  6. New players list

Treasurer: Connie

  1. 2015 Budget
  2. Team fees. We anticipate fees to remain the same at $1200, however this does depend on the number of teams. Lil fee $350.
  3. Team deposit $250 Due March 9 Balance due May 13th . You must pay the deposit on March 9th to have your team registered. The schedule takes a while to prepare so we need to have the number of teams nailed down on March 9th. Remainder of fees ($950) plus forfeit bond ($200) due May 13th. If your team is signing up for the Lil Tournament as well, that fee ($350) is due May 13th as well.

 Special Events: Brianne

  1. Meet Mabel social February 28th, Princeton Pub
  2. Mabel League Meltdown TBD, but will be run by a team this year, not the Executive (who hosted last year’s 25th anniversary Meltdown), so we’re looking for a team to volunteer
  3. Volunteering – all teams are required to volunteer for a task over the course of the season. Bri has a list of tasks which will be emailed to team reps, please contact her to sign up. List will also include the breakdown of points available for each activity. The team with the most contribution points at the end of the season gets $500 off their next year’s league fees. 2nd place is $300 and 3rd is $200. 2014 winners were somethin’ naked, 2nd place Kugars, 3rd place Oddballs

Public Relations: Allie

  1. Newsletter – will be coming out to team reps in a couple of days. Please also like Mabel on Facebook for regular updates.

 Member-at-large: Stacey

  1. a) Interleague play with Connaught League for Competitive division – discussion to be held after the meeting for the competitive division team reps (see below for Minutes).

New Business:

  1. Call out for coaching. Reach out to past players. Hoping to make this a fundamental part of our recruiting process – please talk to Sarah if you’d be interested in coaching.
  2. Recruitment
  3. Spirit Award – a spirit award is being instituted this season. Each team will choose a spirit player from the other team and submit their name when they submit the game score on the website (both teams will be required to submit game scores this season). Points will be added up and a spirit award presented to the player on each team with the most votes.
  4. Mentoring – If existing teams would like to mentor a new team, please advise the Exec. Any new teams looking for a mentor, please advise the Exec.
  5. Gear – if you have any old gear, please pass along to new teams looking for gear. New teams looking for gear, please advise what you’re looking for
  6. Discounts – if you are aware of any League discounts, like the one Abbie’s sports offers Mabel Leaguers, please advise Sarah so we can inform the rest of the league
  7. Inter-divisional Play is integral to the Mabel League. It is where teams of different divisions play some regular season games against each other. I.e. the top teams in intermediate play some games against the teams in competitive and the lowest teams in intermediate play some games against the top teams in recreational. This way teams get a clearer picture of where they stand skill-wise and the Executive gets insight into how to assign teams to divisions in the following season.
  8. Standings are determined 50/50 by points throughout the season from regular season games and placement at the final tournament. The Lil games do not count towards standings.