Report of Board Meeting on 1/29/11

The meeting was conducted starting at Noon on January 29th, 2011 at the home of Rob nd Keri Else. Present were:

After discussion it was decided by consensus that because of the Rain Out last weeek at which may players probably expect to pay their registration fees, that the next game (2/2/11) should be a Traing Game and not the preseeason game; that those who had not fully paid their registration deposits should be allowed to do so at the next game; but that those new players who had paid their registration deposits should be, and were, placed on a team the Board meeting. Registration deposit will be accepted for Player Placement as long as it is received before the first pitch of the next game. Any registration fees received after that time will presumptive result in placement on the Taxi Squad subject to standard Taxi Squad policies.

After much discussion it was decided by consensus that the Managers can and should be more informed about the status of the accounts of the players on their teams. It also was decided that the Managers can and willing to assist in obtaining the compliance of their players with the League's expectations in handling the player's account with the League. It also was decided that any player who owes the League more than the then current game should not be allowed to play.

After discussion it was decided by consensus that David Montgoemry should be designated to enforce compliance with our Uniform rules by determining that a player's uniform does ot comply and should resut in the assignment of a called strike against that player at every at bat during that game.

After discussion it was decided by consensus that every plaer who is physically capable of batting must bat or an "out" will be assessed for that at-bat.

After discussion it was decided by consensus that the on-deck must be on-deck when the previous batter steps into the batters box or stike may be assessed against the batter who should have been on-deck when that batter bats.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 4:00 p.m.

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