PRESENT: JACK ZIMMERMAN, DAN MARTIN, FRANK LYONS, DAVE WULFSOHN, CHUCK
CASON, JOE WARREN, GEORGE WACASER, KEN SHEPARD. ABSENT: RON GRANDE

A. Jack called the meeting to order at 1:10pm.
B. Ken read the January 29 minutes which were unanimously approved.
C. Dan said about 290 players have paid. Only a handful have not paid. The financial report was
unanimously approved.
D. Ron was not here so no roster committee report was made. Dave and Ken will work together to
decide shirt colors for the championship teams. Frank is starting work on sponsor renewal for next
winter season + making some changes to our website.

E. OLD BUSINESS

1. Seven men submitted their name to run for the board: Chuck Cason, Bob D'Angelo, Jeff Meyers,
Ron Giovannucci, Ken Shepard, Jerry Vaccaro, George Wacaser. Joe Warren will supervise the
elections on March 9 & 10 with help from Dennis Biss, Cesare Favia, Reyes Gonzalez & Roger
Yaffee.
2. Ken spoke to Tim Manning who will pay the $60 still owed to the league for championship shirts.
3. Motions were made and votes passed to charge new sponsors $275, renewal sponsors $200,
summer league players $35, and 2020-2021 winter league players $85.
4. The annual luncheon is Wednesday, March 18. Al Goldis will be the guest speaker. Board
members were given assignments for the luncheon, + tickets to sell, which are $17 each. Ken will put
a note on Facebook about the luncheon.
5. Summer league playing days will again be Wednesday and Thursday. We'll take the month of
August off, same as last year.
6. Ken checked with Sarasota County about buying used defibrillators and was told just to look on
EBay for the best deal (making certain the batteries are included and in good shape.)

F. NEW BUSINESS

1. The tournament call up process will be the same as for regular season games.
2. Chuck will spearhead the hot dog days, which will be February 24 & 25 (with March 2 & 3 as
backup days.) The cookout will only be at the 17th St fields. All board members are expected to help.
3. The summer registration form is basically ready to use on the website. We needed to confirm when
play would start (Monday April 13 to avoid conflicts with Bradenton) and the cost per player ($35.)
4. The proposed rule changes were approved. This included the DH rule and players leaving games
early for extenuating circumstances.
5. The board voted that Joe Warren will receive the Fred Frank Award.
6. No involved discussion on using board selected umpires for certain games since Ron was not here.
7. Guest speaker David Lionel gave a presentation on a marketing plan to promote our league. We'll
discuss further at the next board meeting.
8. Chuck was given permission to give SSSA T-shirts to a few individuals who have gone above and
beyond the call of duty to help make our league successful.
9. Our next meeting will be 1pm Wednesdayy, March 11 at the Fruitville Library.

Today's meeting was adjourned at 3:45pm.

Respectfully,

Ken Shepard, Secretary