September 2024 - District-13-officers - list2.rodeonetworks.com

Upcoming Annual Meeting
by J. P. 29 Sep '24

29 Sep '24

All, We are slated for our District 13 Annual Meeting at the end of this month (October 26), on Saturday at 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Refreshments and Lunch will be provided. LOCATION TBD! ALL PRESIDENTS are required to attend, and ANY Board member that wishes to attend may. This year we will have some new twists. Each President will need to make a report/presentation to the GROUP on their league. This is to help all the leagues and boards in the District understand your league and board better, and find ways to help each other perform better as a league. This exercise is to foster better communication, cooperation, and understanding between the leagues. Please provide the following information in your report (if you want to put it in written form that's probably a good idea, but also make a verbal presentation to the group to help encourage discussion) : 1. League Divisions played last year, and League Divisions planned for this year 2. Number of Players in your league 3. League Finances (General overview of revenue and expenses, don't need to be too specific on expenses). Include items like registration fees, field costs, to give the group a general idea of what it takes to run your league. Also if you have funds left over at the end of the year. 4. Draft schedule and details 5. Options for Interleaguing (if you intend to play games with other leagues ) 6. What can be done to improve your league 7. What you think the District did to support you 8. Where you think the District failed your league 9. Your thoughts on mid-season tournaments 10. Training you, your board, or your coaches need. 11. Any major changes in your league 12. Any general comments you think ANY League president needs to hear, or the District Staff needs to hear We will be going over several NEW requirements by Little League AND some old ones that are going away. Here is the basic Agenda and outline: 1. District Report 2. ADA Report 3. League Reports (ALL LEAGUES PROVIDE REPORT) 4. Progress on North Spokane League 5. Umpire Workshop and Training Schedule 6. New Boundary rules and Discussion - This is VERY Important 7. New Central Registry Requirements 8. New JDP Requirements (Volunteers, Managers, Coaches, Boards, Umpires) 9. Revised District Book requirements 10. New Concussion Information and Requirements 11. Portable Mound Requirements, new base styles 12. Developing Concessions for your League - as source of revenue, a service to your players and parents, and a way to encourage volunteerism 13. Why don't we have more volunteers? 14. District Tournament Location and Dates, General Discussion and New Guidelines 15. State Tournament Site Selection (We have 10-11 Baseball this year in District 13) 16. Mariners Little League Days 17. Challenger Division 18. New Spring Meeting for DAs in April - Requirement has been restarted Best Regards, JP District 13 Administrator PH 509-995-4200 http://www.wadist13ll.org<http://www.wadist13ll.org/> EMAIL dadist13(a)wadist13ll.org<mailto:dadist13@wadist13ll.org> [cid:image002.png@01DB1244.F09033E0]

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URGENT!!! State TOurnaments for 2025 - District 13
by J. P. 26 Sep '24

26 Sep '24

All, District 13 is slated to HOST the State 10-11 Baseball tournament in 2025 (July). In talking with the other District staff a suggestion was made to ASK early for any League that would like to host. Besides the great honor it is to host a state tournament it's also a lot of work. There are some unfair things to consider as well: 1. It's unfair to expect to go to send a team to state tournaments without being willing to host one yourself. You see each season we play district tournaments to select teams to go to state. However, someone else is hosting that tournament. As a District we should take our turn at hosting a State tournament. Then we are pulling our weight as part of Little League 2. It's unfair to have the same leagues hosting all the tournaments (District, State, etc). This puts the burden of doing tournaments on the same people each year. Each league should host a tournament in a cycle. So far since I have been DA Liberty Lake, West Plains, and Deer Park have hosted. That's cool... but with the advent of two tournaments this year (State and District), we need EVERYONE to consider hosting a tournament. Benefits of hosting the State tournament: 1. It is additional revenue for the league (they can charge for merch, concessions, RV parking, pictures, make money from contract food vendors, etc) 2. It is a great tool to use for PR for your league - the press likes state level tournaments 3. It helps the town your are in . 13 teams means at least 450 people show up just to play the games, not to mention family, friends, and other spectators. This makes an impact on the local economy and puts a focus on the town statewide. Some state tournaments draw about 5,000 people over the course of the tournament (Like state majors). This means hotels, restaurants, sporting goods stores, local attractions all benefit. 4. It gives a sense of pride to the hosting league and their players. 5. It helps your board and parents better understand the bigger picture of Little League So what does it take to put on a State tournament? Well first it takes participation of your whole Board. Next, lots of Volunteers. Three fields that meet Little League safety standards, and a desire to do something more. Mark can help round up umpires and the District staff is there to pitch in where needed. It's good for your league in that players get excited about either being in or being part of helping put on a state tournament. Most leagues experience a boost the following year in terms of new volunteers wanting to be part of the league and more players interested in playing in the league. Is it a ton of work? Yes no doubt. Are the rewards worth it? I think so. Do we need to be more supportive at the State level and take our turn at putting on tournaments when it's our "turn"... Absolutely... So please let me know your thoughts and if you would entertain putting on the State 10-11 for 2025... Best Regards, JP District 13 Administrator PH 509-995-4200 http://www.wadist13ll.org<http://www.wadist13ll.org/> EMAIL dadist13(a)wadist13ll.org<mailto:dadist13@wadist13ll.org> [cid:image002.png@01DB0FF2.CF1DCAA0]

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New Stuff, Board Elections and More
by J. P. 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Hi All Well, the new Little League year is about to START! (yes it's that time!). Oct 1 is the start of the Little League International new year... Happy New Year! It is recommended that all local League Boards be elected and seated in September to start work for the new year. Some leagues even start their spring registrations as EARLY AS NOV 1! Can you imagine that? About the time we start hunkering down for winter, some leagues in the US are gearing up for spring!? At the District level we have a couple of new things in the works... * We are still working on a North Spokane League - check out our ad in the Exchange the next couple of weeks. We will also be supporting that with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram messaging along with Google Ads to see if we can get it fired up this year. We have had many individuals come forth wanting to coach, but none want to do the hard work of running a League and being on a Board. Know anyone who lives in North Spokane and wants to help fire it up? Send them our way. * The Annual Winter Meeting is coming up at the end of October (last Saturday). ALL BOARD MEMBERS FROM ALL LEAGUES ARE INVITED. All Presidents must attend. We will publish the locations shortly. I'd like to move it around so that Stacy and West Plains LL are not the ones always doing the heavy lifting... * The District FINALLY has a new website... it's in it's "formative" stages still. We need LOTS of content. We'll be scraping your websites for content and information. BUT please send me the following info: * Contact information for the League President (if different than the Data Center) * Relevant calendar dates (board meetings, signups, try outs, any special games, training etc... I'll make sure they all get on there) * Fundraising needs (I'm creating a grant research page for $$) * Etc... * I'll be putting important state level stuff on there too - so watch the website * Training dates are going on there (starting with Umpire Training) * Tournament information will be on there * District 13 Merch... you should check out the Logo we have for "nice" stuff and the cool logo for umpire gear! (Good Job Randy!) New Website is at: http://www.wadist13ll.org New Emails: DA - JP - dadist13(a)wadist13ll.org<mailto:dadist13@wadist13ll.org> Stacy - stacy.ashcroft(a)wadist13ll.org<mailto:stacy.ashcroft@wadist13ll.org> Mark - mark.dixon(a)wadist13ll.org<mailto:mark.dixon@wadist13ll.org> Phone - 509-995-4200 I'm excited about the upcoming year. The new rule changes for BOUNDARIES has me thinking of LOTS of possibilities.... We'll discuss more at the winter meeting at the end of October... Hope you had a great summer! JP DA WA 13 [cid:image003.png@01DB0816.903114C0]

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October is rolling in ---
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

Hi All, Now that the World Series is over, it's time to start thinking about BOARD MEETINGS and officers for 2025 ! Please make sure you have your new board seated by the October Winter Meeting (Last Saturday in October) - Also, District 13 has a new website - we need CONTENT. I'd like to have a section for EACH LEAGUE, their contact information, and a little blurb about the league. Can you all please send to me ASAP? The new District URL is: http://www.wadist13ll.org my contact info is: JP 509-995-4200 The District staff also has new email addresses we will be publishing shortly. We will be tying in our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to the website as well in the future. Please send a group picture of your new Boards if you can, I'd like to include that in your league blurb. The website is far from finished and I need lots of content for it. My goal is to promote all the leagues in our District and to be a local clearing house for LL info. JP DA Dist 13

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