Minutes
May 23, 2005
President Tom Gruver called the meeting to order with 4 board
members present and 15 members present.
Treasurers Report- Motion to approve made by Fran Tone,
seconded by Leon Stull -Motion carried
Minutes Report- Motion to approve made by Carl Scerbo,
seconded by Leon Stull-. Motion carried
Correspondence-
1. We Received 2 thank you notes
from scholarship
recipients. Sean Tone (2004) and Alyssa Miller (2005).
2. We
received a thank you from Kathy Willner (EAHS
PTSA pres.) for our donation to the post prom party.
3.Kathy
Kickline sent an email about a “family bike
day” in the township. The Forks Kiwanas and the township will
sponser the event. It will be held on Sat. ,Oct. 15th.They are
asking for volunteers for the event . They would like for us to
donate the water.
4. Kathy Kickline sent a
e-mail that the township is
updating the township book. She requested sign up dates for
our sports. Jerry Stefanelli suggested this:
We may have signups for a month at the community center
front desk. For example- through out the month of October,
signups for basketball and wrestling would be done at the front
desk during the community center hours. Jerry or Phyllis would
pick up the signup sheets and enroll them in the database.Once
the child is placed on a team, the coach would call and let the
parents know what they have to pay. Payment would be due at
the first practice or at equiptment pick up .To make this system
understood, flyers will have to be handed out to all fall
participants and placed at the community center.
Commissioners will have to have flyers at the front desk during
signups explaining their sports.
5. We received the new agreement
with the township. We
will pay $15,000 a year under this new agreement. Changes to
this are under dance in committee reports. This agreement is
on file.
6. Rick Hartranft -equipment
manager will be out of town
from July1- July 20th.
Comments from the Floor- None
SPORTS REPORTS
Baseball-No Report
Cheering- Billie Weiss reported that the tryout evaluation camp
for cheering will be on June 4rth and June 5th form 9-12 at the
community center. Try-ons for accessories will take place at
this time also. She will work with the girls who may miss
because of softball games.
Football- Fran Tone reported he has 167 players signed up.
That is 55 more than last year.There will be 1 flag team (38), 2
jr. pee-wee teams, 1 pee- wee team (42), and 1 midget team
(38).He requested $200 for line chutes. Coach Don Drury
designed them and they will make the chutes
themselves.Motion was made- motion carried. He may need
more because of the extra team. He will ask the rec board if he
needs additional funds. He thanked everyone who helped at
sign ups and if there are any inquiries about football at the
front desk, they may refer the people to Fran.
Soccer- Jon Seckinger that they had 340 players sign up. He is
not accepting any more . Names may be taken and put on a
waiting list and called if needed. Evaluations for U11-U13 A and
B flight teams will take place during the 1st two weeks of June.
He thanked everyone for their help at sign ups.
Wrestling- Joe Veres nominated Jim Stanley as co-
commissioner.
Basketball- Don Miller reported that the first league meeting
will be held in Sept. He will meet with league officers over the
summer to discuss any problems.
Lacrosse- Scott Holland reported that the season is over and
the teams were respectable. He would like to meet with the
Shawnee coach to try to hav e some 7th graders stay in the
Forks program. The teams were invited to participate in a
tournament. He would like to use his profit from the dance to
atend this. He will set up a date with Rick to return the
equiptment.
Softball- Leon Stull reported that the season is going well. The
softball dance went well.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Dance- Wayne Hultgren made a motion to have only a Friday
night dance for 5,6, and 7 grades The Saturday night dances
were not well attended and we were losing money . Fran Tone
seconded the motion. Motion carried.
The changes to the township agreement
would be: Bus
passes would be used as a form of I.D. until school I.D’s are in
(usually around November). We can have sign in sheets for
those children who forget or do not have an I.D. When the
flyers are sent to the schools about the winter sports sign ups,
the dance rule changes will be in it and needing an I.D. to enter
will be stressed.
Snack Bar-Wayne Hultgren reported that it is running fine.
Registrations-Phyllis Naiden and Jerry reported ( listed under
correspondence- #4) that the flyers were a big help. Phyllis got
permission from the school district and Krisna King got parents
to volunteer and it went well. They suggested that instead of
handing in a list of volunteers, the commissioners hand in a list
of the people who did not volunteer. Dan Martyak reported that
the new “out of town” people attending fall sign-ups went well.
Most of them did attend the rec board meeting . He suggested
that commissioners start attending more rec board meetings.
Scholarship- Colleen Ziegenhorn reported that she ordered and
picked up the plaques from Palmer Trophy.The dinner is
scheduled for June 21 at Gennero’s.Dan Martyak is working on
the letters. Don Miller gave permission to have the Plaque put
up in the community center.
Background Checks- Going well.
Rec Board- Carl Scerbo would like night games scheduled only
on Fri. or Sat. nights until school is out.He was asked-Does the
rec board cover the cost of the lights? Leon Stull asked about
the other teams that use the fields.
Old Business:
1. Jerry booked the Eagles club for Oct. 22 for a Halloween
Dance fundraiser.
New Business
1. The soccer commissioners asked if they could put up signs to
keep people off the fields. The nets and the fields are being
damaged.
2.Jerry suggested that we have signs made to advertise our
web site “forks sports.org” to be put in the snack bars and the
community center. Permission was granted.
Motion to adjourn was made by Fran Tone and seconded by
Jon Seckinger.
Respectfully Submitted,
Colleen Ziegenhorn