TRAVEL
LEAGUE MEETING
Cambridge,
ON
Sunday,
February 28, 2010
In
Attendance:
David Bakker, President
Al Doran, Director/Secretary
Larry Withnell, Palermo
Tim Whitlaw, Umpires
Clarke Staats, Jarvis
Jamie Simpson, Owen Sound and
ISC Player Representative
Guests:
Tim Whitlaw, Umpires
Joe Todd, ISC Commissioner
Regrets:
Colin
Smith, Past President
Blair Setford, ISC VP and League
Vice President
Pat Graham, Jarvis
Bill Simpson, Owen Sound
Peter Kluszczynski, UIC
Jim McKinnon, Port Elgin
The meeting
was called to order at 10am by the League President, David Bakker with a
welcome to all those in attendance.
Al Doran
presented the 2010 AGM Minutes to the executive and noted that they would be
distributed by email later in the day. These minutes will be addressed at the
2011 AGM.
January 2010 Meeting Agenda
David Baaker
moved to accept the Agenda distributed by Blair Setford and was 2nd
by Al Doran.
Colin Smith had
drafted a budget for 2010 and it was reviewed and modified by Blair Setford and
Joe Todd. It was submitted to those in attendance with options for a 5 or 6 or
7 team league for the year.
Al Doran reported
that he and Colin closed the two League bank accounts in Brampton and he is holding
two cheques for he and Blair to open a new account closer to Blair. Colin
turned over all the financial records which are in good order. Al will track
expenses until the new account is set up.
Stats Report
Pat Graham was not available today however Al Doran reported that Pat Graham
was willing to continue preparing the League stats in 2010.
No report.
Director’s Report – Al Doran – (Media
and Marketing)
No Report.
Vice President’s Report
No Report.
Players Representative Report by Jamie
Simpson
No Report
David Bakker
polled the teams and the following teams interested to be in the League in 2010:
RETURNING TEAMS:
Owen
Sound Juniors Owen Sound
Volkswagens
Owen Sound Seniors Owen Sound
Selects
Palermo
Palermo
Athletics
Jarvis Jarvis
Gamblers
Port
Elgin Port
Elgin Blue Devils
NEW TEAMS:
Cobourg Cobourg Force –
not confirmed
Napanee interested
UNKNOWN:
Kitchener Kitchener
Rivershark Twins
Wyevale Wyavale
Tribe – No, no team in 2010
St Thomas No, requested return of bond money
The League
Schedule will be determined by the teams before the next meeting on March 28
and any outstanding playing dates settled at that meeting. At that meeting, the
teams will meet with each other to determine when and where each team will play
each other. Each team must make a commitment at that time to play the required
number of games vs. the other teams.
There is
potential for one or more weekend tournaments to be held during the season
where league teams will play each other and where there is a possibility teams
will play exhibition games against non-league teams at those tournaments.
There will
not be a specific Regional Qualifier in 2010 however there will be a number of
tournaments that the ISC has designated Regional Qualifiers for our region.
These tournaments are documented on the ISC web site:
http://www.iscfastpitch.com/
Berths are
noted on the web site as well.
Larry Withnell
noted that more than ever, support is needed for the League. Wherever possible,
any extra berths need to be reserved for the teams in leagues who commit to
play every year. This will motivate other teams to join the league.
1) Can Owen Sound Jrs go to the Great Lakes /
OASA Championships in Waterloo with a chance to win an ISC berth for
2011? - raised by Jamie Simpson
2)
Has the OASA Great Lakes
tournament been ok’d or sanctioned by the ISC, with these rules? -raised
by Jamie Simpson
3) Can Junior teams as a whole go to
the Great Lakes OASA Tournament? - raised by Jamie Simpson. This is
probably up to Brad Thomson & Gary Wren of the OASA.
4) Can the ISC Travel League
enter a team that has not qualified for the 2011 WT in the OCC, in Mitchell
in September and if not, why not? -Raised
by Larry Withnell and Jamie Simpson.
5) Even though the Owen Sound Men’s
team will get a berth from the Travel League, do we also want them to
participate in the Innerkip Qualifier ? – Raised by Jamie Simpson
David Bakker
noted that a location is required to host the League playoffs. The normal
weekend for this would be 23-25 July. Jarvis expressed interest in hosting this
tournament. Teams expressed interest and an outline of what is required to host
the tournament. Bids will be considered at the March 28 meeting.
Insurance
March 28
meeting
Rosters and PRAWNS
Due by 1 May
2010.
Next
League Meeting
The
next League meeting will be on Sunday, March
28, 2010 at the Cambridge Golf and Country Club, 10:00am
All teams who have not paid are asked to bring their cheque books
for the March 28 meeting to pay their bond fund and/or entry fees. Jarvis paid
their 2010 entry fees and it’s held by Al Doran.
Adjournment.