at Caledonia- Mumford School, Caledonia, NY
· New Potential members asked to stand and introduce themselves (14 total)
· Roll call - Moment of Silence for Herb Hotaling
· Paul Scott gave report on 50-50 and Banquet for 2009 (Aug 3 tentative)
· Dave Roome gave membership report (good 1st day turnout)
· Advancements -3 Associates moved up to Certified Status (S Wells,
N. Papagelis, R. Kania)
· All probationary have been elevated to Associate Status
· Awards for 2008 announced
o Rookie of Year –R. Kania,
o Umpire of the Year J. Rohl
· Minutes for last meeting have been posted on Line (everyone urged to
check them out) Moved to accept 1st B Reichard, 2nd J. Wolcott –carried
· Financial Report -D Leight
Question why 52 members for local dues and 70 for State dues
difference is 1st year members.
Question why don’t we put some of Extra money in CD’s ?
Need to have funds available if needed.
Question ? Fund raiser for coming season to be explored
· R. Raftery spoke of reason that state dues are going to increase (insurance)
· Move to approve Financial Report : S. Rothrock 1st, R. Kosiorek 2nd – carried
· Also uniform changes – will not be able to purchase Cliff Keen blue or navy
New companies must be used – links are on web site.
· Correspondence to Executive Board
1) One summer league made request not to assign certain umpire(s). They
were notified they can not dictate but assignor.
2) Issue about umpires either having conversations with players, coaches.
Need to be aware that this needs to be minimal if at all.
3) Also Umpires should not change in parking lots….Either at home or
call school and they will provide a room.
· Old Business:
· Copy of ejection forms are on-line under documents
· In event if an ejection must notify (1) Ryan (2) Schools AD
(3) Section 5 director (4) League Director (S. Gilman Livingston,
D. Leyden Genesee)
· Stress use of emails for all correspondence with Executive Board
for record keeping purposes
· Hats will be available at future meetings (D Roome)
· Rookie Camp – meeting at Pavilion Baptist Church 2-10-09
· Evaluation Procedure was reviewed – new people need to have
2 full base/plate evaluations.
· New Business
· 2 new meetings to be added (set up by test date) focusing on summer
games. One toward Batavia – one toward the south. Mainly to address
summer issues.
· Test date was questioned – only change is the time 7 PM same date
march 22 at LeRoy Legion.
· Committee appointments reviewed
o Membership – D. Roome
o Banquet – P. Scott
o Uniform- Not yet determined
o Hall of Fame – Tim Anderson, Joe Miller, Vice Pres.
and Membership
o Umpire of Year – Previous U of Y, Vice Pres. , Membership
o
Evaluators – Raftery,
Charboneau, Pitcher, Miller, Ruter,
Roome
· Game fees for 2009:
| Level | Year - 2009 | Year - 2010 | Year - 2011 |
| VARSITY | $64.00 | $65.25 | $67.00 |
| Junior Varsity | $44.80 / $67.20 (alone) | $45.70 / $68.55 (alone) | $46.90 / $70.35 (alone) |
| Modified | $38.40 / $57.60 (alone) | $39.15 / $58.73 (alone) | $40.20 / $60.30 (alone) |
| Mileage HS | $0.40 per mile | $0.41 per mile | $0.42 per mile |
| Summer U-12 | $38.00 / $43.00 (alone) | $38.00 / $43.00 (alone) | $38.00 / $43.00 (alone) |
| Summer U-18 | $45.00 / $63.00 (alone) | $45.00 / $63.00 (alone) | TBA |
| Summer 18+ | $50.00 / $73.00 (alone) | $50.00 / $73.00 (alone) | $50.00 / $73.00 (alone) |
· Dues + Availability Sheets will be due by 3/2/09. Must be paid and turned
in to get any assignments.
· Ryan made recommendation to increase dues to $65 for the 2010
season. This will be discussed on the test date and voted on at the test date
(3/22/09)
· D Dudley asked question about State meeting – why cancelled ?
moved to today 2/1 we have people attending
· If any members have questions about fingerprinting or recruiting
talk to D/ Leight
· Ryan discussed some of the particulars about assignments and contacting
your partner, Also reminded people about use of 2008 Rules/Case books
for this year. (few changes)
· Request was made to have correct answers and rules references at
test date. D Leight will take care of this.
. Meeting adjourned at 12:05 PM
submitted by DALeight Sec./Treas. GVUA