| Over Thirty Baseball, Inc. Meeting Summary |
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
| Written by OTB NL Vice President, Chris Augeri |
Attendance
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TEAM
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MANAGER
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ASSISTANT
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TEAM REP
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OTHER
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American League
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Athletics
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Tim Brooks
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Indians
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Dave Pinard
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Orioles
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Charlie Coulouras
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Red Sox
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Scott Merrill
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Tigers
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Keith Stone
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Dave Donahue
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Twins
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Glen Geikie
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White Sox
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John E. Saunders
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John Kelley
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Bill Tancreti
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Yankees
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Kevin Fleming
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Louie Nocca
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National League
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Braves
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Marco Giampa
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Paul Crowley
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Cardinals
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Ken Machado
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Cubs
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Frank Cossette
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Randy Ochab
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Dodgers
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Brian Miner
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Giants
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Mike Perry
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Ron Christie
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Marlins
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Lenny Wagner
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Phillies
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Dave Perrin
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Pirates
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Joe Gouveia
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Officers
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President
John Gianino
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AL VP
Kevin Fleming
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NL VP
Chris Augeri
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Treasurer
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Secretary
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President and Chairperson John Gianino called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm at the Centralville Social Club with a welcome
to the members and an invocation.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes of the December meeting remain unavailable. Chris presented minutes from the January meeting, which was unanimously approved.
Chris also reported that Domenic is stepping down as Secretary due to time constraints. He asked that someone on the Board approach
John before the end of the meeting to volunteer.
Treasurer’s Report:
Evan notified John he would not be able to attend this meeting. He is planning on presenting a Treasurer’s Report next month.
President’s Report:
John discussed the following items:
The deadline for returning players to register is February 28, 2005. The draft will be held March 6, 2005 at the Centralville Social Club at 10:00 am.
Managers should contact their players to make them aware of this registration information and that they can register online right now.
Ron Christie has volunteered to act as our new Registrar and provid a report to each team detailing their roster status.
Lenny Wagner moved and Tim Brooks seconded to accept Ron as our new Registrar and was passed unanimously.
- As a registration issue, Ron requested that the BOD define the term "returning player" as mentioned in our registration form.
There had been some confusion regarding the applicability of players that had played in past years, but not the most recent past season.
Tim Brooks moved and Frank Cossette seconded to define the term "returning player" as a player who missed no more than the
previous full OTB baseball season. This motion passed 10-3-1.
Committee Reports
Draft Committee
No report was available from the draft committee. Steve Prutzer (Draft Committee chairperson) will be contacted for a recommendation at the
meeting on March 3rd.
PR/Fundraising Committee
Bill Tancreti and Dave Donahue reported that the second-annual OTB Family Bowling Tournament fundraiser is scheduled for March 13, 2005
at the Brunswick Bowling Alley.
Dave Donahue agreed to work with Tony Coppola to attempt to create a new page on the website for advertising.
OTB clothing remains available to members, however the website is currently not set up to take orders.
OTB clothing and other merchandise will be available for purchase after the draft on March 6th at the Centralville Social Club.
NOTB Committee
Speaking for Mike McNally who could not be present, Chris presented several changes to the 2005 NOTB season from 2004.
- The fee will be $75 for returning players and $90 for new players.
- Two umpires will be requested.
- Pitchers will be allowed to pitch no more than 7 innings over 2 consecutive games.
- Returning NOTB players that do not play in OTB in 2005 may exceed the 25% non-OTB rule, therefore in the event there are not
sufficient roster spots to accommodate these players they will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chris moved and Keith Stone seconded to approve these changes. The motion passed unanimously.
Scheduling Committee
Kevin Fleming discussed the regular season and playoff schedules. There was unanimous support to continue the current regular season format,
with the exception that we start the season the last Sunday in April (April 24th) to ensure the weather was conducive to games. Kevin proposed
three new scenarios to modify the playoff schedule including:
- Keeping the existing format
- Keeping the existing format but switching weeks 2 and 3 to match up the top 2 seeds in the bracket in week 3
- A hybrid format that would reward the top 8 regular season seeds with double elimination and the bottom 8 seeds with single elimination
Dave Perrin moved and Tim Brooks seconded to accept option 2, which passed 11-3-1.
In addition, Kevin moved and Dave seconded to have one rain makeup game at the end of the season unless there are partial league rainouts
(up to 2 games). Partial rainouts would be made up weeknights as 7 inning games. If one of the teams failed to show it would be considered a
forfeit and if both failed to show it would be considered a tie for record-keeping purposes. This motion passed unanimously. These make up games
will not have priority over scheduled NOTB games.
Purchasing Committee
Chris discussed the topic of what type of baseballs we would be using in 2005, including the possibility of continuing to use the Wilson A1010,
or a Rawlings or Diamond ball. No clear consensus was obtained and no motion made. An equal amount of members indicated they liked the super
seam technology balls as well as standard raised seams and smooth seams.
New Business
Frank Cossette moved and Brian Miner seconded to approve Mark Hamel as Team Rep of the Cubs. Frank reported that Mark
(not present at the meeting) has been very helpful on the team in many ways including communication, coaching etc. The motion passed unanimously.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm.
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