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Use of portable mounds for State Major Baseball Tournament
by pat.ryan＠wad2llb.org 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

All, The host league for the State Major Baseball tournament uses portable mounds on their fields. The mounds they use are True Pitch model 302 mounds. These are on Little League's approved list. They apparently just bought the mounds this year so they are in great shape (not cheap either). Tournament rules require that for games beyond District play the use of portable mounds must be approved by the Tournament Committee. For that approval they want to see concurrence from all of the districts participating in the tournament. I have sent you a separate email with instructions on filling out a Google Form to voice your approval or denial of using portable mounds. Please take a few minutes to fill out the form so that I can let Western Region (and all of you) know what your decision is. Thanks, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan(a)WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb =======================================

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State Directory
by Glen Dickason 11 Jun '24

11 Jun '24

I said I would send a final copy March 15. I was waiting for results from the District 6 election following Don’s resignation. That election hasn’t been decided, yet, and there is no firm date. I am using an interim District 6 and considering it as “updated.” So I am sending it now. Thank you to the 12 districts who got me their 2024 information. It is the first time in the 5 or 6 years that I have been doing this that we had more than 9 districts update their information.

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Link to tournament entries
by Glen Dickason 19 May '24

19 May '24

Click here to access the 2024 State Tournament Entry Form. Again this year Ed Lundberg has volunteered to do the tournament entry form for the state. The form will be sent later today. Please log in ASAP to let us know what tournaments your district will enter for the coming summer tournament season. Remember, Ed is volunteering for this. If you have. Complaints, please address them to me. If Ed sends this out more often than you think he should trying to get more responses, thank him and blame the D.A.s who aren’t responding. I have been working on digitalizing District 3 records and developing a history. Back in “the olden days” beginning in the 1980s, every D.A. hosting a tournament sent real mail to the other D.A.s who responded with real mail. If someone didn’t respond by mail, the D.A. called the others to see who was sending teams. Technology can sometimes seem like a curse, but when I look back to the time spent on running the district in the late 1980s and most of the 1990s, I look at technology as a blessing. Please watch for and complete the form – even uncertain is better than nothing at all.

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Tournament Issues schedule attached to this one.
by Glen Dickason 19 May '24

19 May '24

From: Glen Dickason <gpdickason(a)comcast.net> Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> Cc: "Melanie.Heaton(a)dist6wa.org" <Melanie.Heaton(a)dist6wa.org> Subject: Tournament Issues The site at which District 13 had planned to do the state 9-11 softball tournament has become unavailable since the host district won’t field a team at that level. JP has tried to get a field at his other softball league, but it doesn’t appear he will be able to free up a field there, either. Is there anyone out there that would take this tournament? It is scheduled for July 1. Carol has expressed some concern over dates for tournaments. I have attached the published schedule with modifications in the regional and world series scheduled dates (I last checked and confirmed the dates we had on March 1 before republishing the tournament schedules. I don’t know when they changed) and I am reprinting her email below so I don’t screw up her research. Last year the intermediate tournament won by District 3 -Elma – ended on Sunday and they had to be in Nogales, AZ, by Wednesday. They had to raise $5,000 – which they did by Sunday around 8 p.m. It was a little stressful, but the board did a good job of raising money and the president is very organized and got the airline and hotel arrangements done by Sunday evening. The way this is planned for 2024, it would finish on Saturday and they have to be in Nogales by Wednesday. I agree with Carol that this could be difficult without a strong board and organized president. What thoughts do you all have about this. My suspicion is that fields are reserved and changes will be tough. We may need to be sure there is longer than a week between state and regional next year if they are going to move start dates from Saturday to mid-week. Glen, I just found the 2024 West Region Tournament Calendar - West and it still doesn't make sense for intermediate and senior baseball. We see the state ends which tie to our form. However, the West form only show the regional end states and not the start of the regional tournament. I found the regional start dates below in LL info from National. The 3 days between the end of state and the start of regional may only make sense if LL is handling the airfare. I don't think that is true for those levels. I guess that we need to know how many districts are sending teams for intermediate and seniors to state. I base my district tournaments on the end date to make sure the teams have the right amount of time and other considerations to get to the next level. That way, if teams are added or deleted, the start of the tournament is adjusted, not the end. This is what I have based on current info I see in LL: Intermediates State in D10 (Kent area) July 6 - 13 Regional at Nogales, AR July 17 - 15 World series Livermore, CA July 28-Aug 4 I agree that it is a quick around between state and regional. 3 days to get air fares - am I correct that the players pay and schedules their air? They do Seniors State in D1 (Lynnwood area) July 6-13 Regional at Oakland, CA July 17-23 World series at Easley, SC July 27-Aug 3 I agree that it is a quick around between state and regional. 3 days to get air fares - am I correct that the players pay and schedules their air? They do

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Tournament Issues
by Glen Dickason 19 May '24

19 May '24

The site at which District 13 had planned to do the state 9-11 softball tournament has become unavailable since the host district won’t field a team at that level. JP has tried to get a field at his other softball league, but it doesn’t appear he will be able to free up a field there, either. Is there anyone out there that would take this tournament? It is scheduled for July 1. Carol has expressed some concern over dates for tournaments. I have attached the published schedule with modifications in the regional and world series scheduled dates (I last checked and confirmed the dates we had on March 1 before republishing the tournament schedules. I don’t know when they changed) and I am reprinting her email below so I don’t screw up her research. Last year the intermediate tournament won by District 3 -Elma – ended on Sunday and they had to be in Nogales, AZ, by Wednesday. They had to raise $5,000 – which they did by Sunday around 8 p.m. It was a little stressful, but the board did a good job of raising money and the president is very organized and got the airline and hotel arrangements done by Sunday evening. The way this is planned for 2024, it would finish on Saturday and they have to be in Nogales by Wednesday. I agree with Carol that this could be difficult without a strong board and organized president. What thoughts do you all have about this. My suspicion is that fields are reserved and changes will be tough. We may need to be sure there is longer than a week between state and regional next year if they are going to move start dates from Saturday to mid-week. Glen, I just found the 2024 West Region Tournament Calendar - West and it still doesn't make sense for intermediate and senior baseball. We see the state ends which tie to our form. However, the West form only show the regional end states and not the start of the regional tournament. I found the regional start dates below in LL info from National. The 3 days between the end of state and the start of regional may only make sense if LL is handling the airfare. I don't think that is true for those levels. I guess that we need to know how many districts are sending teams for intermediate and seniors to state. I base my district tournaments on the end date to make sure the teams have the right amount of time and other considerations to get to the next level. That way, if teams are added or deleted, the start of the tournament is adjusted, not the end. This is what I have based on current info I see in LL: Intermediates State in D10 (Kent area) July 6 - 13 Regional at Nogales, AR July 17 - 15 World series Livermore, CA July 28-Aug 4 I agree that it is a quick around between state and regional. 3 days to get air fares - am I correct that the players pay and schedules their air? They do Seniors State in D1 (Lynnwood area) July 6-13 Regional at Oakland, CA July 17-23 World series at Easley, SC July 27-Aug 3 I agree that it is a quick around between state and regional. 3 days to get air fares - am I correct that the players pay and schedules their air? They do

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Updated Directory
by Glen Dickason 19 May '24

19 May '24

Attached is an updated directory. It reflects that effective immediately, District 6 has a new district administrator – welcome Melanie Heaton. The other staff positions for District 6 are in itallics to reflect that Melanie can appoint her own staff people so the existing staff is tentative.

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Golf Tournament
by Glen Dickason 17 May '24

17 May '24

Attached is a flyer for the 2024 West Region Golf Tournament. Per Bob Toigo: We need a lot , money mostly, as little as a buying a hole $100. There will be a sign on the hole they want with their District and anything they want to put on the sign.

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State Tournament Entries
by Glen Dickason 16 May '24

16 May '24

Again this year Ed Lundberg has volunteered to do the tournament entry form for the state. The form will be sent later today. Please log in ASAP to let us know what tournaments your district will enter for the coming summer tournament season. Remember, Ed is volunteering for this. If you have. Complaints, please address them to me. If Ed sends this out more often than you think he should trying to get more responses, thank him and blame the D.A.s who aren’t responding. I have been working on digitalizing District 3 records and developing a history. Back in “the olden days” beginning in the 1980s, every D.A. hosting a tournament sent real mail to the other D.A.s who responded with real mail. If someone didn’t respond by mail, the D.A. called the others to see who was sending teams. Technology can sometimes seem like a curse, but when I look back to the time spent on running the district in the late 1980s and most of the 1990s, I look at technology as a blessing. Please watch for and complete the form – even uncertain is better than nothing at all.

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Elections
by Glen Dickason 13 May '24

13 May '24

Elections have been held for districts 3, 6, 9 and 12. Me, Bob and Kim have been re-elected. In district 6, where Don Hester had resigned, Melanie Heaton has been elected. All new terms start Oct 1, 2024.

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