Olde Tymers Softball of Delmarva

OTS AUGUST ‘04 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Aug. 27, 2004 @ 12:30PM at Eagle II Diner in Millsboro DE Present: Pres. Meredith, VP Corrallo, Sec. Mair, Treas. Neyen, Slack + Smith (Turquoise), Steinmacher + Alexander (Green), Bokop + Wood (Dynamic PT), Myers (Orange), Clements + Weber (Ocean View Family Restaurant), Shaeffer (Long & Foster Milton), Rendina + Harvey (VFW). President Gary Meredith reminded us that the OTS picnic is Tuesday Sept. 14 at Holt’s Landing State Park (rain date is Wed. Sept. 15). It starts at 11AM and we’ll start serving food around noon. All players/spouses/significant others are invited; take a side dish or dessert. Gary also reiterated the philosophy of OTS. We play ball together for exercise, fun, and companionship. Our unique rules are for our safety. If there is a question/issue, do what is fair. The frequent rule changes during the 2004 season were a distraction. We learned a lesson - minimize rule changes during the season. On Tuesday Aug. 31, we will make up the games that were rained out on July 23. The League Championship game between the 1st half winner (Ocean View Family Restaurant) and the 2nd half winner (Dynamic PT) will be held on Fri. Sept. 3 at 10:30AM at the M&T Bank field. Make-up games for the Aug. 3 rain out date are cancelled. Instead, there will be an open practice/game on Fri. Sept. 3 at M&T from 8:30-10AM. Players are encouraged to stay and watch the Championship game. The slate of officers nominated for 2002-04 is as follows: Pres. Tom Harvey, VP Ron Allen and Sal Corrallo, Sec. Ron Weber, Treas. Bill Neyen. The ballot will provide for write-ins and will be prepared by the Secretary. Managers will distribute and collect the ballots at their Aug. 31 games. The new officers take office as of the picnic. Fall Ball games will begin Sept. 17. The 8 regular season teams will be merged to form 4 Fall Ball teams. Based on numbers of players agreeing to play Fall Ball by team, the mergers will be as follows: Dynamic PT – Orange Crush Long & Foster Milton – Turquoise Titans Ocean View Family Restaurant – Green Hornets Wells Fargo – VFW Don Clements and Bill Neyen will assess the Dagsboro Church of God fields as a potential venue for OTS. Ray Myers is investigating no-cost OTS return address labels for our new PO Box. Archie Alexander is working on awards for our sponsors. Meeting adjourned at 1:25PM. Harriet Mair, League Secretary