Minutes
President Tom Gruver called the meeting to
order with 4 board
Members
present and 22 members present.
Treasurers
Report- Motion to approve made by Leon Stull, seconded by
Cary
Salkin.-Motion carried.
Minutes
Report- Motion to approve made by Cary Salkin,
seconded by
Billie
Weiss-
. Motion carried.
Correspondence-
1. We received a thank you note from
the Forks
Kiwannis
for donating water and volunteers at their first family bike
race held
in October.
Comments from the floor- None
SPORTS
REPORTS
Baseball-Tom
Gruver reported that he got together with coaches. He has
an
assistant commissioner for every age level.
Cheering-
Billie Weiss reported that the season is over and all the
uniforms
have been returned.. She made a motion that the cheerleaders
who
cheered for the championship football teams (midgets and pee wee)
receive
money to purchase a sweatshirt. She asked for $18 per
cheerleader.
A vote was taken. The motion passed.
Football-
Fran Tone reported (by e-mail) the season ended on 11/13.
Forks
had 3 teams in the championship games. The Jr. Pee Wee team
(coached by Bill Mason) lost to Palmer, 20-6; The Pee Wee
team won over
Palmer,
12-0; The midget team won over Williams, 6-0 .The Jr.
Pee Wee
team
(coached by Doug Heater) ended 4-4 and
qualified for playoffs .
Flag
football had a solid year. Overall, 142 players participated.
He requested $20 (the A.A. allowance for
championship teams)
for each
player who played on the championship teams.
The league will reorganize in 2006. Thanks
to the rec board
and the
A.A. for all their support.
Soccer-
Cary Salkin reported that the season is over but it
was a
challenging
one. They met with the league about coaches and came up
with some
good plans. Forks had one team fold and were fined by the
league
$1,600. Instead of
paying the fine to the league, it was
suggested
that they donate $1,000 to the Katrina relief fund. A motion
to do
this was made by
donated
$500 to the relief fund. And that Soccer had $945.00 left in
their
A.A. budget.
Tom
G. Suggested that soccer take $500 out
of their budget
and the
A.A. will put the other $500 in. This motion was made, vote was
taken,
and this motion passed. Jon Seckinger tried to return
uniforms,
but Rick Hartranft was unavailable. He was told that they can be
returned
to the front desk. 23 out of 30 teams returned their uniforms.
Wrestling-
Joe Veres reported that they are in the 3rd week of
practice.They
have about 56 participants. The varsity team will attend
the Fall
Brawl Tournament this coming weekend. The first match of the
season
will be on December 4th. The new scale is working out well. He
is going
to submit a request to the Rec board for a new mat.
There may
be an
old maroon mat in storage. Can it be sold to help pay for a new
one?
Basketball-
Don Miller reported that there was a CBL league meeting
held on
11/20. There are 370 teams in the CBL league. Forks has the
same
number of teams that they had last year. Uniform hand outs will be
on Nov.
30, Dec. 1, and Dec. 2. There are 150 children in the
instructional
league and 32 boys in the 8 year old league. 8 yr. old
girls
still participate in the instructional level. Don was asked if
the 8 yr.
Olds could be co- ed. He said he may find someone to work
with the
girls. The instructional and the 8 yr. Old teams are not
sponsored
by the Athletic Association.
Lacrosse-
No report
Softball-
Leon Stull asked about outstanding
uniforms. He
wants
to know if because Rick is now in charge
of uniforms, does he
bill
people for the outstanding uniforms or do the commissioners ? Don
Miller
asked Kathy Kickline to address this issue because it
is
discussed
at almost every meeting. She suggested that it is Rick’s
job to
work with the commissioners and coaches. This is not working. It
will now
be Rick’s job to send an invoice to people with outstanding
uniforms.
Invoices will be sent out a month after the uniform return
date. The
A.A. will provide Rick with paper, envelopes and postage. Dan
M.
Suggested using postcards-he will get a price for them. Rick
was not
present at this meeting. We will discuss this with him at
the next
meeting.
Kathy Kickline
also pointed out that with the townships
new
software program, a note could be placed on the person’s
sign up
data and a flag would come up about it
and the person
would
not be allowed to signup until the uniform is returned.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Dance-
Wayne Hultgren reported by phone that there were no
problems.
Butch
Scerbo brought up that chaperones are not told what
to do. He
wants
someone at the coat room, and at each bathroom and spread out on
the dance
floor.
last
dance. Some chaperones need to be reminded what to do by the
commissioners
or whoever is in charge of the dance. .This
message
will be relayed to
Snack
Bar-Wayne Hultgren reported by phone that everything is fine.
Registrations-
Jerry Stefanelli reported that even though we
extended
winter
signups to Oct. 31st, there were still a lot of late signups. He
suggested
that we go back to the old way. Don Miller said that people
liked
it this way better. Kathy Kickline also said that we
only did it
once and
that we need to try it again to give it another chance. Jerry
asked
about the new software program and having
work stations . Kathy
told us
that the license belongs to
the front
desk monitors (who are employed by the township) to
put the
data in. Joe Tuterice, Leon Stull and Tom G. feels
that
the old
way was better because commissioners can see the
people
who are signing up and you can answer questions and
ask for
help with coaching. Billie Weiss also stated that it is
very important
for the parents to receive paperwork on
the
sports.
Steve Semanek
made a motion was to have 2 Commissioner
Saturdays
( a sign will be posted at the front desk to
announce
these dates- for this one , it will be Jan. 21 and Jan.
28
from 9-12) Signups will be held from Jan. 21st thru Feb.
19th during the community center hours.
Money will be
collected
by the desk monitors at the time of signups
(commissioners will have to provide a list of people who did
NOT
volunteer). The motion was voted on- the motion passed.
Scholarship-
No Report
Background
Checks- No report
Rec
Board- Butch Scerbo that money can be held in escrow.
He also
noticed
that the fields are getting torn up. It was reported that a
soccer
team from
without
permission. The field was messy.
Old
Business
1.
and will
be read at the Oct. meeting and then voted on at the Nov.
meeting. This passed.
Article XVII- Children (players) now
reads:
Section 2.
Children from outside of
participate
in F.T.A.A. programs in accordance with the guidelines set
forth
by the Forks Township Recreation Board and current leagues.
To:
Article XVII- Children (players)
Section 2.
F.T.A.A. Sports are for
Residents.
Children from outside of
request
to participate in F.T.A.A. programs from the Forks
Township Recreation Board.
2. Nancy Bonafonti
and the new guidelines committee met with the
Wrestling commissioners.
2.
3.
Spring sport commissioners met with the township. The projects (
$120,000
bathrooms, $30,000 walkway lighting, and $35,000 sign) that
the
township would like a donation from the A.A. for is still under
discussion.
Tom G. has to
write a $15,000 check ( per our contract
with the
township) to the township in January. There are other things
that need
to be considered before we commit to anything. Commissioners
are asked
to bring a wish list to the January meeting for things
that are
not covered by their budget, yet needed for their sport ( for
example,
football would like a new P.A system) We will discuss
your need
and see what money is available.
4.
Commissioners met
with Rick again about their budgets.
5.Don
gave the townships insurance policy to Joe Veres
needs for the
wrestling
league.
6.
Tom Gruver passed around a sign up sheet for the
Christmas dinner.
It will be held on Dec. 2 at Cosmos from 7- 10.
7.
Nominations were held for the board and sports ( except
basketball
and
wrestling-they are held in the spring). The following people were
voted
in:
Board
President- Tom Gruver
Vice President-
Treasurer- Jerry Stefanelli
Secretary-
Sports:
Baseball- Tom Gruver
Cheering- Dana Guffy
and Linda
Gruver
Football- Fran Tone
Lacrosse- Scott Holland
Soccer- Greg Russell and Tin
Woodard
Congratulations!
New
Business
1.
football
game. The Cash box was missing money. His proposal is to:
1. Make everyone aware of it.
2. The money from dances and snack bar should
be deposited
or taken
to the treasurer within a week.
3. Have receipts for everything. All payments
should be made
by
checks.
4. Use the counter again at dances.
Commissioners will be
responsible
for this. 2 people should count the money and sign
for it
before the dance is over. Dance and snack bar money
should
be kept separate.
5. We can be audited so it is important that
we try to follow
this.
Motion to adjourn was made by Billie Weiss
and seconded by Butch
Scerbo.
Respectfully
Submitted