Call to order: 425 pm at Tanners (72nd & Harrison)
Attendees: Marty Boozilkee, Ron Franck, Randy Matsunami, Bill Riggle, Bob Nash. Don Jones was absent per an emergency.
Director Reports
Finance: Randy reported a balance of $903.33. Registration fee increase from 60 to $65 will cover the increase in field cost. We will need to write a check to Zach McEntyre for the website. We currently owe $45 for the domain name registration for 3 years. His hourly work building the website will cost about $30.
Once again Doyle Ollis will sponsor us and cover the cost of new softballs; thus we will put his logo on our shirts. We will not pursue other sponsors due to the risk of tax implications. However, we will still accept cash donations to help offset the end of season picnic.
Purchasing: Bob is thinning the list of available Jersey colors, removing the bright yellow and green colors that conflict with the ball color. The hope is to have team colors that vary enough such that we do not have two similar colors (i.e. two blues).
Fields & Equipment: Ron had to adjust the June game dates due to another Friday conflict with the CWS. Instead of June 5th and 12th, we will now play June 5th and the 26th. As for softballs, the plan is to provide two new softballs per game with another two slightly used softballs available at the back stop. Excess used softballs will be offered up to the Lamp Field practice group.
Rules & Umpires: Don was absent. We will add a paragraph to the rules that mentions acceptable bats (1.20 for all, or 1.21 for those 70+ or female). The USA rules are the basis we follow and include more detailed bat information.
Randy & Bob will be getting 2026 stickers to apply to the players’ bats. Team managers must get involved to check that their players have stickered bats and know the restriction on use of the 1.21 bats.
We had a short discussion of the draft in reference to the limited number of pitchers in the league. Do we need to treat their draft as a separate issue? The topic was tabled to possibly include managers in the discussion prior to the draft.
Website: Zach continues to improve his initial draft site. The board members will review the site over the next weeks before it is officially released to the League.
Communication: Bill plans to send emails to all of last year’s players, announcing the website while also asking their intent to play the 2026 season. The intent is to include a link to the FML website in the NSS website as a further advertising tool.
Misc:
1. We currently have five known managers: Don Jones, Emery Horton, Ron Franck, Randy Matsunami, and Don Fletcher. We still need at least three more.
2. The end of season positional round games are for fun and not factored into final standings. We brainstormed other ideas to keep it fun, such as: have teams trade players. This can be discussed amongst the managers as the season plays out.
3. Reminder that we will not have assistant managers prior to the draft.
4. Do we need to add to the rules that managers have 24 hours after the draft to trade players if desired? It has been an unwritten rule. The concern is: teams need to be finalized soonest to allow ordering jerseys without undo delay.
5. Who will generate the league schedule: Zach or Dave Sanderson who has done it in the past? We will also post a copy of the schedule at the fields. Hopefully, the schedule can be edited to reflect any rainout makeup date with the applicable game information.
Meeting ended at 6pm. Next meeting TBD.