SCHNECKSVILLE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEETING
January 2017
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Matthew Rapp
Vice President – Kevin Beers
Secretary – Teri Kistler
Treasurer – Pete Seyler
Webmaster – Mike Rowland
Marketing Director – Tessa Kennedy
At Large Board (1) – Craig Sasche
At Large Board (2) – Corey Merkel
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At Large Board (3) – Pat Carl
At Large Board (4) – OPEN
At Large Board (5) – OPEN
Baseball Coordinator – Anthony Fili
Basketball Coordinator – Ed Kearney
Lacrosse Coordinator – John O Mara
Girls Lacrosse Coordinator – Kim Filipovits
Neffs Playground Coordinator – Laura Bronzo
MINUTES
John O Mara made a motion to approve the November minutes, Tessa
Kennedy seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.
Treasurers Report – Matt reported in Pete’s absence. There is
$22641.27 in the checking account and $15646.65 in the savings account.
There is $1500 check from Bishop to be deposited in the savings. The
budget will be available on the SPA website. The board can now track the
income for each sport, promo and refunds. Each coordinator has a promo
for anyone given financial aide, along with a letter about United Way. The
lottery ticket profit will also be provided and can be broken down by sport.
Pete contacted the winners and a check will be mailed. If a winning ticket
has not been turned in the winner will be allowed one week to turn in ticket
to collect the prize. Tessa will put the winning number on facebook each
week. This will encourage people to friend us on facebook. The lottery
ticket will run every Wednesday in January and February – straight number
on lotto.
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Basketball Report – Ed reported that the season is going well and there
has been no incident, k-2 program is strong. Girls and boys team are in the
playoffs.
Baseball Report - Anthony reported that winter workouts start this
Saturday at ESA. ESA will run the program for 4 weeks. Over 40 kids are
enrolled. The goals is to have enough revenue to cover the costs of
tryouts. ESA staff will also help with tryouts and running the drills. The
deadline to register is Friday, January 20th. Spring registration is open and
if players are registered by 2/1/17 they will get a free tee shirt. Anthony
will send another email blasts this week. Tryout dates are already
determined.
PYLA – Pat is the vice-president for this league and SPA plays in this
league. With the merge of teams the league stated we did not have to be
voted in. The question was about how baseball will be run, i.e. separate
teams or move under one name. Anthony said we will retain the team
names and try to keep the kids together. A second question was raised if
Pat will remain the liaison for PYL. It was determined yes, unless someone
wanted to take the position.
Majors was also discussed (16-18 years old team). It is possible to try to
merge the 2 leagues for majors under one league. SPA would support this.
Matt and Anthon met with Neith. Schnecksville, Orefield, Ormrod and
Granlawn – are all one program. Also met with N. Parkland to make
arrangements in regards to cuts and rosters. Anthony will keep in contact
to work collaboratively.
Lacrosse Report Boys Lacrosse – John reported winter skills and drills are in process. We
are close to breaking even financially for winter session. John stated he
has had inquires from some parents about starting skills and drills late, thus
he is hopeful the number of players participating will increase. There is a
need to push for lacrosse spring registrations. Tessa will put information
on facebook and instagram. John reported team counts are required by
first week in February to the league.
Girls Lacrosse– Kim requested to change the end date for registration for
girl registrations. She requested the date remain open until March. Girls
only need to submit the number of teams not numbers of players.
John has arranged for lining the fields for boys and girls. Kim wants to pay
for someone to line the fields at the start of the season and then families
will do weekly maintenance. John has a U11 dad who will line boy’s fields
on a regular basis.
Neffs Playground Report – no report
Marketing Report – Tess is posting to facebook and instagram. Send her
pictures to post.
Spring Fling – May 6th – Teri made a motion to approve the date; the date
was approved. Matt asked for a committee to plan the day. Teri and
Tess will meet to plan and will present ideas at each board meeting through
April. John suggested a round robin for lacrosse on that day.
Miscellaneous
There will be more transparency within SPA. The board will have regular
access to the budget: revenue, expenses. We will continue to use online
registration and eliminate cash as much as possible.
A process for the snack stand needs to be established to manage the cash.
Matt will write up a draft and review at the next meeting.
Ed Kearney made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Craig Sasche
seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be
February 16, 2017.