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MINNESOTA BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, INC. MINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING SATURDAY, Oct. 21, 2006 at Eastside VFW, St. Cloud Meeting called to order by President Richter at 1:30 p.m. Roll call showed all directors present, Motion Brennan, seconded Barry, carried, to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as mailed. Motion Roufs, seconded Wegscheid, carried to approve the following players to play in a fall baseball league and also to play in the Roy Hobbs World Series in Florida. Dates September through November. Letter was received, and read, from the Miesville Baseball Association thanking the board for the opportunity to host the 2006 State Tournament with Red Wing. Motion Wegscheid, seconded Forsman, carried, to appoint Ron Bems as Commissioner of Region 16. Motion Hartmann, seconded Forsman, carried, to refund the Rochester Royals $750 for their ad in the 2006 handbook. Opposed-Wegscheid, Rademacher. The auditing committee met and completed their audit. The Region and Section Commissioners met at 3 pm and discussed items of concern. The meeting was recessed for dinner. Meeting was called back to order by President Richter at 5:15 pm. Directors Present: Richter, Zelimann, Roufs, Brennan, Wegscheid, Forsman, Barry, Rademacher, Hartmann. Section Commissioners: 3 John Dreimhorst, 5 Jim Wigley, 7 Mike Kieke. Class “A” Commissioner: Robin Johnson. Leagues: Cannon Valley, Cannon Valley Classic American, and National, Carver Central White, Central Valley North, Corn Belt North, Corn Belt South, Crow River North, Crow River South, Diamond River Valley, DRS Red, DRS White, Eastern Minny North, Hi-10, Lake & Pine North, Lake Pine South, Lakewood West, Land O’Ducks Teal, Metro Minny, North, Star Central, East, West, Southern Minny, Steams County North, Stearns County South, 13-60 Black, Victory-East, North, South, West Skyline. (Total Leagues voting 31) Total Attendance (56) After a welcome statement by President Richter, the following committees were appointed: (Credentials): Barry Rademacher, (Nominating): Wegscheid - Hartmann - Ottem - Froncak, (Tellers): Wegscheid - Hartmann - Ottem - Froncak. Members of the board reported on assigned topics. Auditing Chairman Hartmann - Read and reviewed the financial report. Dennis Brennan, a member on the auditing committee, stated the audit showed the financial statement to be correct, balanced and complete. A motion by Mike Kieke, seconded Jim Zellmann, carried, to accept the financial report as presented. Nominating Committee: Reported the following nominees for election to the Board of Directors. Fred Roufs, Dennis Brennan, Bob Zellmann. Chairman Wegscheid called for nominations from the floor. After the required number of times, motion, Mike Krienk, seconded Herb Koch, carried, to close nominations and submit a white ballot for the three incumbents to serve a three year term on the Minnesota Baseball Board. Commissioners held their meeting earlier in the day and these are some of the concerns they discussed: State Tournament Umpire Selection, Increase the Class “B” rosters to 25 players, mandate each tournament team sell 50 tickets to help tournament attendance, keep tournament format the same as 2006, commissioners to have a vote, all tournaments-rosters to be typed: if not, they will be returned. The floor was then open for discussion; these are some of the items that were brought up. Candidates that want to run for the board should announce it at the Annual Meeting, one year in advance, league no shows should have a vote, slide rule, Class “B” teams to play other “B” teams in exhibition, after both have qualified for the State Tournament, 32 team single elimination Class “C” State Tournament, three site State Tounament, the board will review all these question and concerns at the November meeting. Jerry Wegscheid and Bob Zellmann introduced the winner of the 2006 Mike Downs Award - Bill Nelson of Dundas. With no further business, motion Froncak, seconded Breimhorst, carried, to adjourn; adjournment coming at 7 pm. Meeting called to order by President Richter at 7:10 p.m. First order of business was election of officers, motion Forsman, seconded Barry, carried, to submit a white ballot for the three incumbents. For President - John Richter, For Vice President - Fred Roufs, For Secretary/Treasurer - Bob Zellmann. Rates set for ads in the 2007 MBA Handbook, 1/3 page - $35, 1/2 page - $50, covers and full page - $75, center fold - $400 each site. Motion Roufs, seconded Rademacher, carried, to set board expense at $30 per day, mileage at .35 per mile. Motion Wegscheid, seconded Brennan, carried, to set president salary at $1,000, secretary-treasurer $1,500, office rent $1,250, clerical $500,- equipment allowance $500, Zellmann-secure ads for Handbook - $500.00. The Annual Meeting for 2007 was set for Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, Eastside VFW, St. Cloud, The Board then reviewed and discussed many of the concerns that came up at the Annual Meeting. Many of these items could not be resolved at this time, but they were thoroughly discussed. Hopefully, we can complete going over and find the answer to all concerns, at our November meeting, Motion Hartmann, seconded Wegscheid, carried, to approve Bob Zellmann to put in a separate fax line with answer machine. Motion Brennan, seconded Wegscheld, to keep state format for 2007 the same as 2006. Voting for; Brennan, Wegseheid, Zellmann - Voting against: Barry, Roufs, Richter, Forsman, Hartmann, Rademacher. Motion defeated 6-3. Motion Forsman, seconded Roufs, carried, to allow Class ‘B” Teams to have a player roster of (25), Opposed: Hartmann Motion carried 8-1. Motion Barry, seconded Brennan, carried, to allow Class “C” teams to carry a (25) player roster. Voting for. Barry, Brennan, Hartmann, Rademacher, Richter - Voting against - Roufs, Forsman, Wegscheid, Zellmann. Motion carried 5-4. Next meeting of the MBA will be Saturday, Nov. 18, Holiday Inn, St. Cloud. The time has been changed to 11 a.m. There being no further business, motion Hartmann, seconded Roufs, carried to adjourn. Adjournment coming at 9:30 pm. |