Meeting Called to order by President Odman at 1:00 p.m.
All directors answered roll call with the exception of Spanier.
Motion Brennan, Seconded Fiemeyer, carried, to accept the minutes of the last meeting as mailed.
Motion Wegscheid, Second Brennan, carried unanimously, to approve the player questionnaire of Matthew Sickler to play for Hinckley.
Motion Roufs, Seconded Fischer, carried unanimously, to approve the player questionnaire of Brian Julson to play for Princeton.
Motion Wegscheid, Seconded Fischer, carried unanimously to deny the player questionnaire of Adam Dittrich to play for Victoria.
Motion Roufs, Seconded Richter, carried unanimously, to deny the player questionnaire of Andrew Vacek to play for Paynesville.
Motion Richter, Seconded Wegscheid, carried unanimously, to approve the player questionnaire of Bob 0. Zellmann to play for Norwood.
Motion Fiemeyer, Seconded Richter, to approve Casey Jolssson to play for the Prior Lake
Mudcats providing he can show proof of residence as outlined in the MBA handbook.
Voting for the motion- Fischer, Brennan, Fiemeyer, Richter, ZelImaun- Against the
motion- Roufs, Wegscheid, Odman. Motion carried 5-3.
Motion Fiemeyer, Seconded Wegscheid, carried unanimously, to approve the pro player questionnaire of Steve Huls to play for Cold Spring Springers.
Motion Richter, Seconded Fischer, carried unanimously, to approve the pro player questionnaire of Colin Brackeen to play for Hastings.
Motion Richter, seconded Brennan, carried to approve the following teams to play Non-Member MBA teams.
Miesville to play- Prescott, Eau Claire, WI
Metro Merchants to play -Exland, Beef River Bull Frogs, WI
Dumont to play- Wyndmere, ND- Casselton, SD.
Mikoy to play- Lake Nordon, SD- Larchwood, IA
Mpls. Blue Sox to play- Oseola, WI
Rochester to play- Eau Claire, Chaseburg, WI
Perham to play- Request that all MBA teams in their tournament be approved to play
Fargo Mudhens, Jamestown Merchants.
Belle Plaine to play - Belle Plaine Gray Tigers (fund-raiser)
Apple Valley to play -Hudson, WI (2) -Stockmen's tournament 6/21-24/01
Lake City to play- Hallie tournament, Spring Valley, Plum City, Ellsworth, Durand,
Bangor, WI.
Motion Fisher, Seconded Wegscheid, carried, to approve tournament sanctions for- (New
Prague 6/1-3/01) (Redwood Falls 6/8-10/01) (Green Isle 6/22-24/01) (Perham 6/8-10/01)
(Belle Plaine 6/8-10/01) (Kingston 6/23/01)
Motion Wegscheid, Seconded Brennan, carried, to approve the following two players-(Eric Lonnquist) to play for the Mankato Maschers, return to Rosemount for Post Season play, only if he secures his 4 league games eligibility. (Jon Becker) to play for the Brainerd Mighty Gulls, return to Plato for postseason play, only if he secures his 4 league games eligibility.
Motion Fiemeyer, Seconded Richter, carried, to approve the by-laws of the Eastern Minny North and South leagues.
League Secretaries- Registrations, Dues, and signed acknowledgment of the rules must be sent to State Secretary by June 1, 2001.
All MBA Teams-you must get Board approval to play non MBA teams. You must also get approval to sanction a tournament.
Next meeting of the MBA is June 9th, 2001, at O'Hara Brothers Pub, St. Cloud, MN. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. At 11:30 the board will meet with all commissioners for dinner. Meeting will continue after dinner to set up Regions and Sections. Also, Commissioners will pick up their supplies. Commissioners are requested to return meeting cards or call by June 6th if they plan to eat. Everyone should attend.
Teams or Leagues: If you have any historic or other information that you would like to get on the (MBA Web-Site) Contact Duane Hagen, 412 S Litchfield Ave., Litchfield, MN 55355. Phone: 320-693-2393 the MBA website is www.minnesotabaseba1I.org
No further business to come before the board, motion Roufs, Second Brennan, carried, to adjourn. Adjournment at 3:00 p.m.
Bob ZeIlmann
Secretary-Treasure-MBA