MINUTES
OYRLL BOARD MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005
Present: Jim
Schott, Ellyn Hill, John E. Toczydlowski, Bill Jackson,
Karl Schwartz, Jim Parisi, David Cohen, Paul Dougherty
I.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
A. NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOMINATIONS:
President: Jim Schott
VP: Neil Lipshutz
Treasurer: David Minkoff
Secretary: John E. Toczydlowski
Corr. Secretary: Ellyn Hill
LIO: David Cohen
Player Agent: Jim Parisi
Athletic Director: Karl Schwartz
Safety Officer: Ellyn Hill
B.
ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN
As
part of the work of Michael Barton, Karl Schwartz and John
E. Toczydlowski, with contributions from others, a new
organizational plan was unveiled and discussed. A copy of
the plan with discussion points and notes is attached to
the minutes
Question presented: how to obtain more people, i.e., more
players, more volunteers
Extensive conversation about the pros and cons took place
Pros being identified as: decentralization; inclusion of
more volunteers; increased organization
Cons being identified as: “same old story”; how
to fill committee chair roles; too detailed in scope?
Specific discussion regarding the need for a web committee.
Specific discussion regarding the need for a budget and
finance committee
C. SPECIFIC COMMITTEES COMPRISING ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN
Budget and Finance Committee – David Minkoff to head
committee
Website/Information Website – David Cohen to head
committee
Finance and
Sponsorship Committee – John E. Toczydlowski to head
committee with Paul Dougherty to continue work on
sponsorship
Snack stand – discussion held over potential changes:
-- groom new person for when Mike moves on
-- changes to menu
-- changes in staffing/hours
Fields/Physical Plant
-- what items should be included in physical plant
-- who would be a good person to lead; organizer versus
doer
Athletics
-- debate over purposes and responsibility
-- should there be one committee for both baseball and
softball
-- roles of Tim Brown, Jim Parisi and Karl Schwartz
Volunteer Committee
-- who should run the committee?
-- what is the
role and is it independent of the various committees
setting up their own volunteer system?
-- how do we
get volunteers immediately?
MISSION STATEMENTS FOR ALL COMMITTEES TO BE COMPLETED BY
END OF WEEK.
D. ENFORCEMENT OF BOUNDARIES
Karl
Schwartz raised the issue of enforcement of boundaries
– CAA starts registration during soccer and actively
recruits from our boundaries – hurts baseball program
severely
Contemplated CAA reaction to attempts to enforce boundaries
-- 176 kids from our boundary are in the CAA program
-- CAA depends on those kids to make their programs work
-- with those players come the corresponding parental
volunteers
Prior attempts have been made to work out the issue, with
no success so far
CAA willing to
entertain a proposal which would allow grandfathering of
current children and their siblings, and move forward on a
one year basis to see how registration changes.
Decided to pursue channels of communication; letter to be
contemplated.
II.
MOTIONS MADE
1. Motion to Amend Organizational Plan to Include
Web/Information Committee
APPROVED
2. Motion to Approve Organizational Plan as Amended
APPROVED
3. Motion to Approve Nominated Slate of Directors
APPROVED
These minutes were prepared by Secretary John E.
Toczydlowski and distributed on Monday, November 7, 2005 in
preparation for the November 9, 2005 Board Meeting.
