Minutes of Board Meetings

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Board Meeting September 19, 2025 . Attendees: All Managers and Interim Managers and Executive Board Members were in attendance. In addition, guests included J. Birbiglia, N. Calla. . Minutes: Were presented and A. McCann pointed out that a few items that were discussed were not in the Minutes. C. Schafer agreed to incorporate his comments and amend the Minutes. . Financials: C. Schafer presented the Financial Status as of 9/19/2025. A number of large bills will be forthcoming over the next 60 days: balance of umpire fees, awards jackets and shirts, and annual awards luncheon. No surprises, they will be sizable, but expected. . Post Season Tournament: G. Hennigan and Cha Cha agreed there is no need for a championship 2-out- of-3 set of games. So Monday , September 22nd, the 4th and 5th place in both the American Division and the National Division will start play. On Wantagh “B" Tigers will play the Red Sox while on “C" the Braves will play the Mets in a best 2-out of-3. If a third game is required to determine who will continue, it will be on Friday, September 26th at the same f ields. On September 29h, the Yankees will play the winner of the Tigers/Red Sox game on “C", and the Dodgers will play on ”B" the winner of the Braves/Mets games. Also the 2nd and 3rd place teams will play on Wantagh “A", Brewers will play Angels on Cantiague “A", Marlins will play the Cubs. Wednesday, October 1st will be held open for the tie breaker third games. Monday, October 6th will be the semi-finals. Wednesday, October 8th will be third game tie-breaker. Friday, October 10th, the finals will commence, teams to be announced. . . Fall All Star Game: Scheduled for Tuesday, October 21st at Burns Park, game starts at 4 PM, Rain-Out day, Thursday, October 23rd. Town of Oyster Bay to supply refreshments, hamburgers and hot dogs. Each team is to designate 3 players. Managers will be G. Hennigan, National Division and Cha Cha, American Division. They will select their coaches. Game duration to be decided by Managers. Jules will arrange 2 umpires to attend. . Players Evaluation Forms: A. Cappelli to prepare a blank form for each team to list players’ names and f ive categories, and total to be rated. Those completed forms to be submitted to C. Schafer. Annual Luncheon: All set for the October 30th event at Stewart Manor Country Club. All teams submitted a list of attendees and payment except for Brewers’ M. Scotto. . Managers Meeting Results: A. McCann briefed the Executive Board on the results of the Managers only meeting. After some initial platitudes about what a great job the Executive Board is doing, he said that by a vote of 8 to 2, the Managers voted that the Executive Board should have no vote on matters pertaining to the game and incidents on the field of play. The Managers’ position was that on those matters the Managers would be the only ones voting and the Commissioner would be used to break ties (the other Executive Board members would not vote). Jules responded to the Managers’ position, speaking for the entire Executive Board. First he reminded the Managers that the 170 players in NYSSA apply to the League to play, completing an application to the League. Only after the draft and teams designated are the Managers in control of the players for game-related activities. Jules told the Managers that if that’s what they want the Executive Board, including the Commissioner, will resign and the Managers can completely run the League the way they see fit. Jules tasked Cha Cha as the most senior Manager to discuss this matter and let the Executive Board know how they want to proceed. After a few side-bar discussions by the Managers and the Executive Board, it was agreed, given the Executive Board will have 4 members plus the Commissioner, that the Managers could have 4 Managers designated to participate with the Executive Board Members to decide all on-field issues/disputes, including administrating the Rules of Conduct; in case of a tie vote, 4 to 4, the Commissioner will cast the deciding vote. The 4 Managers to participate will be Cha Cha and Gene Hennigan (nominated by the Managers) and John Mac and Sammy Q (nominated by the Executive Board) So those 8 people will decide all game/field issues going forward. Next Meeting: Friday , October 17th, 10 AM at Cantiague Park.

August 15, 2025 (Amended 9/21/2025) . Attendees: All Board Members in attendance except for B. Gottlieb, Sammy Q., J. Bassey. Also in attendance: J. Birbiglia (Angels), Nick Castellenta and Alby (Braves), Nick Calla (Tigers). . Minutes: Accepted as presented. . Financials: C. Schafer briefed attendees on finances as of 8/15/2025. All in order. . Team Size List for Fall Awards: 7 teams submitted a detailed list by player to Harvey. 3 teams have yet to submit the information. Harvey mentioned that there is a 3 - 4 week lead time, so it's urgent that we get this info completed and returned. . Annual Luncheon: Planned for Stewart Country Club on October 30th, 2025. The charge this year will be $62.50 and a 15% gratuity. Players will be asked to pay $40 each, which includes a Raffle entry of $5. We will guarantee a number to attend which NYSSA will be responsible for. No pay at the door attendees will be accepted and no refunds for no-shows. Managers are responsible to list the players to attend at $40 each and bring that to the September 19th Board Meeting. . Rescheduled Make Up Games: Original Game Date: Rescheduled Date: 5/5 8/20 5/7 8/25 5/14 8/27 6/9 9/3 6/16 9/8 6/18 9/10 6/25 9/15 7/14 9/17 Any other games canceled from now on will not be rescheduled. . Board Position Openings: C. Schafer to send an email to all NYSSA members soliciting interest in either Executive Board openings or Team Managerial openings. . Other Matters: Austin McCann brought up the Suspension issue and felt that the accused should have an appeal available to them. He was told again that our Rules provide for the Executive Board to decide on any suspension and its duration. He understands the Rule but doesn’t thinks it’s fair. He went on to say that the Managers should decide the issue and impose the penalty. He went on to question whether the Executive Board thought they had a similar job duration to that of Supreme Court Justices ( life or till they decide to resign). Jules stepped in and told Austin he should have a separate meeting with the Managers to continue his tirade and venting. And if they had a Rule change in mind hold that thought til we revisit the Rules in the Fall. . Next Meeting: Friday September 19th, 10 AM at Cantiague Park