NCSSA
REGION ONE REGION TWO
REGION THREE REGION FOUR REGION FIVE
John Kranz, Pres. Harold
Dunbar Carl Neaterous Gary Tryhorn Noel Lanctot, Rec. Sec.
Mike Henning Bob Havrilla Carl Wagner Dean Perkins Bob Elwood, Sec./ Treas
Rick Knee Tom Schneider Jerry Scherer Al Linde Charlie Sutton
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On December 2, the General Meeting was called to order by
President John Kranz at 10:
Board members present were: Region 1 Kranz, Knee, Henning Region 2 Region 3 Neaterous, Wagner, Scherer
Region 4 Tryhorn, Perkins Region 5 Lanctot, Sutton
Members present: Approximately 50 members representing 37 teams.
Treasurer’s report
shows a balance of $3,301.19 as of
By Law Change: Article V, Section 5, Paragraph (1) Amend to read: “not later than the 3rd weekend of December”.
Amendment unanimously passed by the membership.
Rule Changes (Changes underlined)
10. The strike zone mat will be used in all games. Pitches
striking the mat or home plate are strikes. The mat should be 17” wide by 32” long. The arc of the
pitch must be 6-12 feet and delivered from a pitching
13. Base runners must touch all bases and only when advancing they’re permitted to over-run second and third base without fear of being retired. If the base runner makes an obvious motion to advance, he is subject to being tagged out. If a base runner runs thru then wants to advance, they must re-touch the base before advancing. (Appeal play for re-touch) Violation results in the runner being called out.
14. Base runners must avoid collisions with the fielders or be at the risk of being called out. A runner will not be called out for missing the base to avoid a collision, if in the judgment of the umpire the runner would have been safe if they had taken a normal path to the base.
15. (2nd sentence was deleted) Home team will be determined before each game by a toss of a coin between team representatives. Exceptions are rules 5 & 19. If requested, teams will exchange line-up cards. Flip flop rule will be used at the top of the last inning when the visitors are ahead by 15 or more runs. It is optional if visitors are ahead by 10-14 runs and agreed to by both managers. The visitors become the home team.
22. The age a player attains on ones birthday that year will be the age for the entire calendar year.
25. Tournament directors will have a cut-off date at least 10 days prior to the start of their tournament. Brackets must be approved by their Region Representative. Schedules must be out at least 7 days in advance. Entry fees and the NCSSA approved rosters must be in by the cut-off date. The most recent NCSSA roster is the official roster for that tournament.
Rule changes that members submitted and not seen above did not receive the necessary number of votes to pass. Other ideas that were submitted would have either involved a by-law change or are covered in the instructions to Tournament Directors.
NCSSA Championship
Tournament: Board apologizes for the delay on the jackets, but
The majority of the membership present would like to have NO ADD-ONS allowed for our annual championship tournament.
Web Site NCSSA: Total number of visits to date is 37,999. Bob Strand did another great job this year.
Election of 2007 Region Representatives: Region 1- Pete D’Avignon, Rick Knee, John Kranz
Region 2 – Patrick Osborne Region 3 – Carl Neaterous, Carl Wagner, Jerry Scherer
Region 4 – Gary Tryhorn, Dean Perkins, Al Linde Region 5 – Noel Lanctot, Charlie Sutton, Hal Feinberg
Meeting adjourned at
Noel Lanctot, Secretary, noelbetty@sbcglobal.net