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Updates
by Glen Dickason 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

Three things: >From Cammie, District 7 - District 7 has secured Steven J. Underwood fields in Des Moines for State. We will begin on July 8th. I have attached a new State Tournament Schedule reflecting this. Don Hester has resigned as D.A. for District 6. Brent Smithline has been appointed as ADA to act as district administrator pending an election later in the spring. JP has resigned as D.A. for District 5. Brennan Moore is also an ADA acting as district administrator pending an election later in the spring.

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GWG50 support grant letter requests
by cammie pekonen 10 Mar '24

10 Mar '24

Good day! I was wondering if another district has been requested to draft a support letter for a league requesting grant money from GWG50? And if so, would they mind sharing a copy I could use as a reference? Personally, I have never drafted a grant letter for Little League. I don't recall ever drafting a grant letter... Is there specific verbiage I could or should use? Thanks for any help. Smiles - Cammie Pekonen WA District 7 Administrator #00470700 (206) 419-3501

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New WA Dist 13 Phone number
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Hi All, I try not to be too stupid, but sometimes I really outdo myself and do something really dumb. Like lose my "baseball phone". so I have a new phone number (it was a pre-paid phone the district paid for and not one with an account associate with it to back up my numbers). So not only did I lose my phone but 30+ years of baseball related phone numbers. (I am going to try and transfer some of them from an older phone I traded out - when I get back to Washington next week. ) In the mean time - 509-995-4200 is my new phone number. Sorry for being a goober. Regards JP DA WA 13

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State Tournament Locations
by Glen Dickason 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

West Region is asking for the information on all our state tournaments. The district hosts and dates are set. They are all asking for hosts – host league for sure and field name if available – for everything from 8-10 to seniors; baseball and softball. If you have made host league decisions, please let us know so I can update our grid and send it to West Region. I have attached the matrix as I now have it – some of you may have told us this information, but I haven’t noted it, yet. Glen

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State Directory Update
by Glen Dickason 24 Feb '24

24 Feb '24

Attached is the third draft of the state Directory. One district missing. I am hoping for the first time since I started doing this seven or eight years ago, we have a chance to publish one of these that is completely updated. Please verify your information. As soon as I get 11’s information, I am publishing a final copy.

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Draft -- A couple of questions
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

All, I have been in Little League since 1991. I have seen the gamut of draft "policies", tryouts, and team picking. The two leagues that I was involved with at higher levels always drafted Minors and Majors. (8-10, and Majors). One even drafted Farm (7-8) . They held tryouts.for majors. all the managers got to see all the kids at tryouts . As I have been focusing on making District 13 better in all respects, I have discovered a lot of discrepancies in performing the draft. Some leagues didn't draft at all. Some had a convoluted process of drafting to the point where it appeared as if they had a draft but really just assigned kids from various travel ball teams to the teams they wanted. and even another just let the managers bring travel teams into the league as a unit. So my first question is this.. I know what Little League says in the rule book and the website. I have been a player agent and ran drafts. I have talked with Kit about it. and one of my ADAs contacted Andrew and got something yet a little different. Do you all see a consistent approach being upheld in all cases? I am looking for fairness to all kids and honesty from boards. (pipe dream I know).. What I read in the book is that majors (ages 9-12) draft. They have now ONE tryout that is mandatory. They may do a "legacy draft", or a pool draft. (holding some over from the previous year to a team, OR everyone gets drafted every year). I know the distribution of 12 year olds needs to be . on "parity" and numbers count. So --- Kit says that if the division is competitive, then they draft. (I asked what is the definition of competitive) - she said "If they keep score") . I asked, "What about if they go to Districts as division, is that not competitive?". The answer came back affirmative that could be considered a competitive division that a league sends to Districts. Then, one of my ADAs called Andrew and he called Williamsport (or that was the report that came back from the ADA ) and the headshed said that only Majors needs to be drafted. The whole reason I am getting into this during this year specifically is that I have had more parent calls than ever before, (Not board calls) asking why this league or that league is not drafting like they should. so the parents are concerned kids are being overlooked because they are not on someone's "travel team". or in the past they sense some unfairness in how teams are assigned. So my questions to you all: 1. How do your leagues draft, and what do you uphold as far as procedure? 2. Do you have any draft irregularities in your leagues and how do you handle that? 3. What method do you all see prevailing in your leagues? I have a meeting scheduled this week with Player Agents from each league, and if possible any board members and their presidents. I'd like to get all my ducks in a row before the meeting later this week. Your help and input is appreciated. thanks much. Regards JP DA WA13 and Kinda5 still

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Minutes - Tournament Dates
by Glen Dickason 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

Attached are the minutes from our special meeting at Anaheim. I have also attached an updated tournament schedule since I made a mistake on who had 8-10 baseball.

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FW: State Directory
by Glen Dickason 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

From: Glen Dickason <gpdickason(a)comcast.net> Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:26 PM To: Wadas <wadas-bounces(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com>, <goldasflyer(a)gmail.com> Subject: State Directory Attached is a second draft state directory. A lot of districts have updated, so I am sending out a second draft – mainly so you can proof read my work and be sure it is accurate. Just 6 districts left to report in (we’re over 50% updated). If your district name is in green, it has been updated for 2024. If your district name is in red, it had been updated for 2023. If your district name is in black, it has not been updated since at least 2022. Update if needed. If you have no changes in your district, just send me a note so I can mark it as up to date. Please just drop me a note saying it is current as is. Please reply to gpdickason(a)comcast.net. No reason for everyone to get a bunch of emails making updates, changes, and corrections. I would like to have this all up to date and “published” by March 15.

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State Directory
by Glen Dickason 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

Attached is the draft state directory. If your district name is in green, it has been updated for 2024. If your district name is in red, it has been updated for 2022. If your district name is in black, it has not been updated since at least 2022. Proofread to see that I got your information correct. Update if needed. If you have no changes, please just drop me a note saying it is current as is. Please reply to gpdickason(a)comcast.net. No reason for everyone to get a bunch of emails making updates, changes, and corrections. I would like to have this all up to date and “published” by March 15.

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Re: [Wadas] Tournament Dates
by Glen Dickason 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

Yes they did. I’ll correct that. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> on behalf of Kim WA 12 Betzsold <kbetzsold(a)msn.com> Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> Date: Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:27 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] Tournament Dates Hi Glen, I’m pretty sure that Pat’s district agreed to take 8-10BB due to the uncertainty surrounding D6… Get Outlook for iOS From: Wadas <wadas-bounces(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> on behalf of Glen Dickason <gpdickason(a)comcast.net> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 7:29:53 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: [Wadas] Tournament Dates Attached is the state tournament schedule as we agreed to it at Anaheim. Please let me know if there are any changes. _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas(a)lists.rodeonetworks.com http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas

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