February 25, 2008 Weekly Minutes
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:10PM.
THE MINUTES WERE READ BY SECRETARY BILL CRAWFORD AND WERE APPROVED.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON UMPIRE MECHANICS. OFFICIAL SWUA DRESS CODE:
FOR BASEBALL, BLACK PULLOVER WITH WHITE STRIPE
FOR SOFTBALL, NAVY BLUE JACKETS WITH POWDER BLUE STRIPE.
A WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE FOR INEXPENSIVE UMPIRE GEAR - WWW.DISCOUNTUMPIREGEAR.COM. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE LINKS ON THE SWUA WEBSITE FOR ALL MAJOR UMPIRE APPAREL OUTLETS, THE LINKS ARE LISTED BY CLICKING ON THE "UMPIRE RELATED LINKS" TAB.
COMMISSIONER SEAN CHESER LET ALL IN ATTENDANCE KNOW THAT OPENING GAMES ARE SET FOR MONDAY, MARCH 10TH.
COMMISSIONER CHESER OPENED THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN HELP HIM DO HIS JOB BETTER.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON PAYMENT TO OUT-OF-AREA UMPIRES (OFFICIALS WHO LIVE IN COQUILLE, PORT ORFORD, GOLD BEACH AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA).
BO BOTTITA SUGGESTED WE HAVE EVALUATIONS, AND VICE-PRESIDENT DAN ARMSTRONG SUGGESTED MENTORING.
PAM HAD OFFERED TO BRING DVDs FOR TRAINING (BOTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL).
JAMES PARKER ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE SWUA AS HE WILL BE THE COACH OF THE NORTH BEND JV BASEBALL TEAM THIS SEASON. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OFFICIATE IF WE RUN SHORT.
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL UMPIRES MET SEPARATELY AT 7:40PM.
AT ABOUT 8:20PM, AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING WAS CALLED BY COMMISSIONER CHESER. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE GARY GRASSHAM, JAY GRASSHAM, BILL CRAWFORD, DAN ARMSTRONG, SEAN CHESER AND DAN HAMPTON. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD COMPLETED SCHEDULED BUSINESS AND ADJOURNED AT 8:35 PM.
NEXT MEETING: MONDAY, MARCH 3RD AT 7:00PM
BILL CRAWFORD, SECRETARY, SWUA
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