Location: VFW (Stevenson St, Duryea)
Date: January 28, 2020
Time: 730pm
Attendance
[Recorded on separate paper]
Agenda Items
1. Financials
● Avoca - $2060.01 (bills need to be paid)
● Duryea - ~$5200.00
o Duryea Bourgh donated $500
o 2020 registration payments are linked to Duryea’s bank account
o Rain tax bill for 2020 - $239 to be paid quarterly to WVSA
o Green Machine
- Hold off on signing any contract with them
- Rick Winestock offered to take care of all fields in exchange for
sponsor signs at each facility
● Pittston - $5332.33
o Sue & Steve are signees at Community Bank
o Pittston has a sewer maintenance fee that has not been paid
- Sue to contact Mayor Lombardo
● Each location has reoccurring bills (water, heat, ect...) that need to be paid
through the winter months
● GPA EIN number is still needed
o May be required
2. Registration
● Is currently open (74 total; as of 30 Jan 2020)
● Flyer went out to Pittston Area and Holy Rosery schools
● Notifications went to Facebook, local news papers, and WNEP
● Registration set to close February 7th
● Face 2 Face registration will be held February 15 at Skyzone from 11-3
o Any child who signs up will receive:
- free 30 minute of jump time
- Sock purchase required
- Discount on the “Lock-In” at Skyzone on Feb 15th
o Volunteers are needed to support the Face 2 Face sign up event
3. Player Evaluations & Drafts
● Player Evals (the dates below are all tentative at this point)
o To be held at MVP
o Feb 29th – Mar 1st, time TBD, Division TBD
o Mar 6th & Mar 8th, time TBD, Division TBD
● Drafts
o To be held the weekend of Mar 9th, times TBD
4. Fundraising
● Sign and Team sponsors
o One letter was created for both sign and team sponsors
o 63+ letters went out on Monday Jan 27th
o No separate In-Kind letter went out, however on the sponsor form there is
the ability to make an “other” donation
- For all businesses that donate “other” we can list them at the fields
● Night at the Races
o March 28th will not work at Germania
- Need to pick a new date or find a new venue
-Need donations for baskets, food, horses, ect...
● Ticket Fundraiser
o Needs to be finalized
5. Miscellaneous
● The neighbors surrounding the Duryea field are requesting for all activities to
wrap up by 9pm
● Dicks Shop Days
o GPA is Feb 28th – Mar 1st
o Goes by how many times the flyer is scanned; NOT how much money
you spend.
- Multiple item purchases help the league more if they are split up
into multiple transactions
● Link to apply for the little league mandated JDP background checks is coming
soon
Upcoming Meeting/Events (subject to change)
● Board Meeting – Tuesday February 11th 7pm @ Avoca borough building
● Regular League Meeting – Tuesday February 25th 730pm @ Tipsy Turtle (airport)
● Night at the Races – Saturday March 28th @ TBD
● Opening Day – Saturday April 25th @ Pittston
● Pictures – Wednesday May 6th and Thursday May 7th @ Intermediate Center Gym
● Corn Hole Tournament – Saturday May 23rd @ TBD