In the absence of President Murray Stall, Secretary Kim James called the meeting to order. Introductions were made.

The minutes from the 3/8/99 Board Meeting were reviewed and unanimously approved.

Treasurer Daryl Rotman presented the Treasurer's Report. End of season balance is $5,724.77. The actual vs. proposed budget comparisons:

• League Registration - under budget

• Bank Charges - slightly under budget
• Bright Net (internet) - slightly under budget
• Conference Calls - under budget (only 2 calls against 3 budgeted)
• Insurance - on budget
• Office Supplies - over budget
• Postage - under budget
• Scheduler Fee - under budget (fewer teams than expected)
• Scheduling Room - under budget (donated)
• Trophies - slightly under budget
• Year End Tournament - under budget

All tournament expenses in the amount of $20,739.41 have been paid against an income of $21.351.00 leaving a Net of $611.59. Discussion took place about what to do with the $4,000 budgeted for the tournament and not used. Motion made to keep the money and apply it to the upcoming season. Seconded and unanimously approved.

Newark Midget team still has unpaid tournament fees. They will be mailed a letter with follow-up to Mid-Am if not resolved in a timely manner.

Treasure's report was accepted into record.

Discussion moved to filling open board positions for the 1999-2000 season. Len Holtgreven has agreed to continue as Scheduler and Kim James will continue as Secretary. Open board positions include President, Vice President and Treasurer. No members attending the meeting volunteered to fill any of the open positions. ALL organizations are asked to solicit their membership for volunteers or submit names for follow-up.

Discussion of changes to the 1999-2000 Rules & Regulations took place. A previously approved change to the Game Schedule/Cancellation Policy was formally voted into the 1999-2000 Rules and Regulations.

Additional changes to the selection of board members, membership, referees and A/AA sections of the Rules and Regs. were discussed.

• Selection of Board Members - This proposal was made to institute a rotating list of member organizations responsible to fill open board positions from year to year. After some discussion, the proposal was tabled, will be amended, re-posted to the WEB for review and voted on at the June meeting. Amendments include adding 2 member organization that were left off the list and adding the statement that failure to fulfill the obligation will result in expulsion from the League. If approved, the changes will be placed in the 1999-2000 Rules and Regulations and implemented in the 2000-2001 season. Motion made, seconded and unanimously approved.
• Membership - This proposal was made to encourage better meeting participation from member organizations. After some discussion, the proposal was tabled, will be amended, re-posted to the WEB for review and voted on at the June meeting. Amendments include adding the statement that failure to fulfill the obligation will result in a fine and expulsion from the League. Motion made, seconded and unanimously approved.
• Referees - The purpose of this proposal is two-fold. First to remove the ability to protest a game after the game was played with only on ref. The ability to protest if only one referee is present still exists, but must be done prior to the start of the game. The second purpose was not to penalize the home team for the actions of the referees. In most cases, a separate referee organization exists and the member organization schedules through them. The home team has no control over tardiness, no-shows, etc. A motion was made to accept the proposal. It was seconded and unanimously approved.
• Number of 2^nd year players on A/AA teams - A second year player is defined by age, not experience. A proposal has been made to reduce the maximum number of second players on an A team to 6. After much discussion, a motion was made and seconded to accept the proposal. Motion passed with one opposition vote by Athens.

Athens submitted a request for the League to form a Club High School division for the upcoming season. Items of discussion included age limitations, are teams true High School teams or recruited, etc. After much discussion the decision was made to table this proposal for further investigation. A meeting will be arranged at the June Mid-Am meeting with District Registrar Roger Sharrer.

Len reviewed the current list of proposed teams for the upcoming season. The updated list has been posted to the WEB. Contact Len with further team updates.

Next meeting will be held Saturday June 26, 1999 during the Mid-Am meeting. Notices with time, location and maps with be forthcoming.

Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting.