Hi All,

 

We have our annual Little League meetings coming up starting in about 10 days – District 5 will have one Oct 15, in Dayton. District 13 will have theirs Oct 29 in Cheney. Meetings will start at 9:30 and run till we are done (probably around 3:00PM).

 

We have A LOT to cover this year….many new rules changes, and possible structure changes to Little League itself… The ADAs will be calling each board member to get a head count for lunch… They will be doing this in the next few days… please make plans to attend.

 

ALL PRESIDENTS should attend, and ANY BOARD MEMBERS that wish to attend should do so as well. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED.

 

We will have lunch catered in and there will be drinks and snacks for all.

 

Theme for the meeting:  “Start Now!”

Agenda:

 

  1. District Report – JP, achievements, setbacks, finances, and more
  2. Little League ADA Report (Brennan Moore, Stacy Ashcroft)
  3. Possible New Structure and Boundaries for Little League
  4. New Rules for 2023 – Lots!
  5. Changing Boundaries
  6. All-Star Selection
  7. District Tournament Site Selection
  8. State Tournament Site Selection (Each district has a State Tournament this year)
  9. What we are NOT going to do this year for Tournament play
  10. What we CAN do this year for Tournament Play
  11. What we CAN do this year for regular season play… some interesting twists on the horizon!
  12. How to get MORE and Better Volunteers
  13. Build a better board
  14. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
  15. Strategies for expanding the league, more divisions, more players, more more more.
  16. Combined Teams, how when and why?
  17. District Teams, Wait What?! Is Little League going travel ball?!
  18. Waivers
  19. JDP, Background Checks
  20. Sports Connect – Why not?
  21. Coaching Clinics, 3rd Party Clinics, Little League Diamond League Training
  22. Umpire Clinics
  23. Scorekeeper Clinics

 

There will be lots of Q&A, and we may have a special guest speaker as well. If there is a topic you would like to see covered, please email me ASAP and we’ll see about getting it on the Agenda. If you need to know how to run a league, come to this meeting. It’s a great time to meet and plan with other leagues, presidents, boards, and people in-the-know.

 

Please be prompt as we have a TON of material to go over.

 

Regards

 

JP

DA WA5/13

509-288-0141