MBA MEETING

Holiday Inn, St. Cloud

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Roll call-All Directors present

Meeting called to order by President Richter at 1:00 p.m.

President Richter greeted the Assembly and league supplies were handed out by roll call. There were (51) dedicated people in attendance. They represented (55) leagues.

Director Forsman reviewed the 2007 MBA Handbook and pointed out changes that were made. (1) Region and Section Commissioners will have voting rights. (2) League dues $50.00, each team $10.00 (3) Radius-Class “C” radius was changed back to (25 miles) (4) No team shall have more than (20) players for Class “C” and (25) for Class “B” on the active roster after June 30th. (Rosters must be typed. (5) Region/Section/State rosters must be typed and turned into the State Secretary before teams play their first game. Action will be taken if these rules are not complied with (6) ProSlide Rule will be used at 1st, 2nd and 3rd base. College Slide rule will be adopted for use at homeplate.

The floor was then open for discussion. These were some of the items: Rosters, Contracts, Courtesy Runner, Teams not releasing players, Leagues not accepting teams.

Motion Forsman, seconded Berry, carried, to approve the North Star Leagues to use a 15-mile radius for all teams in 2007.

Motion Wegscheid, seconded, Forsman, carried, to approve Hadley to play St. Croix Vintage and Austin Ath. to play Slater, Iowa, Eau Claire, Wis.

Motion Hartmann, seconded Forsman, carried, to approve Chris and Bruce Donay to play in the Roy Hobbs “30 and Over” tournament, in Las Vegas, April 14, 15, 16.

Motion Hartmann, seconded Forsman, carried, that Bruce Donay, who played in a tournament in Florida in 2006, will be suspended for the first 3 league games in 2007. He must be at the games in uniform and in the dugout.

Motion Forsman, seconded Roufs, carried, to appoint Dave Hartmann as our advertisement and promotion chairman. He will be in charge to select a committee to work with and reach out to all corners of Minnesota to promote our great program. As with everything else, this takes financial support. The board has earmarked part of this year’s dues increase to help defray some of the cost.

Motion Brennan, seconded Wegscheid, carried, to approve the State Tournament schedule as presented by the committee. This year’s tournament will start off with all teams “B” & “C” playing the first weekend.

Motion Brennan, seconded Roufs, carried, to approve the player radius of the Stearns County Leagues at 6 miles and No (10) Run Rule.

Next meeting of the MBA will be on April 14th at O’Hara Bros. Pub, St. Cloud, at 10:00 a.m. We will break for lunch at 11:30. All commissioners are invited. We will continue our meeting after lunch to set up Sections and Regions. Material for your Section or Region will be handed out. We urge all commissioners to be there. If you can’t make it, send someone in your place, Commissioners, please return your meeting card by April 6th.

Secretaries - League registration will come due April 1st. Make sure all information is filled out in full. Reminder - All players must sign new contracts for 2007 season.

With no further business to come before the board, motion Forsman, seconded Rademacher, carried, to adjourn. Adjournment coming at 4:00 p.m.

Bob Zellmann

Secretary, Treasurer MBA