Post Falls Little League AWS
Post Falls Little League
2015
[These bylaws are enacted annually and are not considered part of the Constitution. None of the local rules conflict with Little League Rules, Regulations or Policies. ]
Bylaws
Post Falls Little League Bylaws 2014 - 2015 Table of Contents 1. Purpose 2. Definition of Regular Member 3. Divisions and registrations 4. Responsibilities of the manager 5. Special Rules 5.1 All Divisions 5.2 Senior Divisions 5.3 Junior Divisions 5.4 Major Divisions 5.5 Minor Divisions 5.6 Farms Divisions 5.7 T-Ball Divisions 6. All Star Policies 6.1 Selection of teams for All Star Teams 6.2 Selection of Managers for All Star Teams 7. Fiscal Policies 8. Refund Policies 9. Scholarship Program 10. Special Rules to Protect Post Falls Little League
1. Purpose Little League recommends that each Little League Board of Directors adopt its own bylaws, local rules or ground roles (the terms are interchangeable). This document expires annually and at the end of the fiscal year (September 30th) and must be renewed annually. They should include the local board’s procedures for selection of Tournament Teams (All Stars), specific ground roles for various divisions, etc. EXCEPTION NUMBER 10 FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF POST FALLS LITTLE LEAGUE NEVER EXPIRES. The board of Directors has the authority to change the bylaws without the general membership’s approval. No part of the bylaws, local rules or ground rules can conflict with or supersede any Little League rules, regulations or policy. The bylaws, local rules or ground rules are to be distinguished from the League’s Constitution. The Constitution spells out the duties and responsibilities of the officers of the board, definition of memberships, election procedures, meeting requirements such as quorum, etc. The board of Directors must make a copy of the bylaws, local rules or ground rules available to any member of the League for review and inspection if requested.
2. Definition of Regular Member In accordance with the League’s Constitution, only regular members in good standing are allowed to vote at general membership meetings. Any adult person actively interested in furthering the objectives of the Little League is eligible to become a regular member. To become a regular member in good standing a person must: 1. Attend at least one board or committee meeting. 2. Complete at least 4 hours of volunteer service to the league and 3. Be formally recognized by the board upon completing their volunteer service at least 2 weeks prior to the election of the Board of Directors. Applicants should register with the President or the Secretary at their first board meeting. Volunteer service time must be certified by another regular member in good standing. Regular members of the league automatically include all current managers, coaches, umpires, board members and committee members. Managing/coaching a team automatically fulfills the volunteer service requirements. Therefore, existing managers/coaches must attend one board meeting to attain good standing status. A member “not in good standing” shall be defined as not acting in the best interest of the league as determined by the board of directors, not fulfilling the minimum required volunteer service, or not attending the minimum required board or committee meetings. Any member “not in good standing”
must resolve the situation that placed them “not in good standing” and then be voted back into “good standing” by a majority vote by the board of directors.
3. Division and Registration Fees The Leagues divisions of play and registration fees for baseball are as follows. Division Seniors Juniors Intermediate Majors Upper Minors Lower Minors Farm T-Ball
Age 15-16 years old 13-14 years old 11-13 years old 10-12 years old 10-11 years old 8-9 years old 7-6 years old 5-6 years old
Registration $80 $80 $75 $70 $55 $55 $50 $50
4. Responsibilities of the Manager The manager will be a held accountable for their actions as well as the actions of their coaches and the parents/fans of their team. Failure to follow Little League rules and/or PFLL Bylaws and/or failure to manage/coach in the spirit of the league may result in reprimand, suspension or dismissal by the PFLL Board of Directors. Infractions included, but are not limited to: Foul language. Yelling at an umpire. Failure to control misconduct by a team parents or fans. Use of tobacco products at a practice and/or game. Drinking at a practice and/or game – includes having the odor of alcohol. Failure to follow PFLL Bylaws In the case of misconduct by parent/fans the umpire in charge will notify the Manager of the offending team and the game shall be suspended until such time as the Manager corrects the situation to the satisfaction of the umpire. If the Manager fails to correct the situation to the satisfaction of the umpire, the umpire will end the game resulting in the ejection of the Manager from that game. The Manager will be required to appear before the board. Managers that cannot control their team, coaches or parents/fans may be dismissed from PFLL at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Every manager and coach shall attend the coaches training seminar give under the direction of the coaching coordinator at least once every 3 years. At least one manager or coach from each team shall attend every year.
Every manager and coach shall attend the umpire training/rules clinic given under the direction of the Umpire in at least once every 3 years. The manager or a Coach of each team will be required to umpire behind the plate in at least one game outside of their division. Failure to attend any or all of these classed may result in dismissal of that manager from PFLL at the discretion of the PFLL Board of Directors.
5. Special Rules 5.1 All Divisions
The home team will be in the 3rd base dugout while It will be the home teams job to prep the field (rake, put bases in, chalk field, etc.) if the city or any other party is not already designated to do so. It will be the visiting teams responsibility to put away the field equipment and repair the field after the game (rake up the field, etc.) if the city or any other party is not already designated to do so. If there are no umpires scheduled to work the game the home team will provide the plate umpire while the visiting team will provide the base umpire unless the managers of both team agree on an alternative. Managers are encouraged to develop parent umpires. No one under the age 14 may umpire. The following limits will apply to Saturday games. Monday through Friday games will not have a time limit. 5.2 Senior Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.3 Junior Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.4 Major Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.5 Minor Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. New Little League rule for 2008: Continuous batting order. Substitutions are only made on defense. Each team will bat through the entire lineup or until 3 outs or 5 runs are recorded. Stealing is allowed. This will only apply to upper minors.
5.6 Farm Division
THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL SCORE KEEPING. No new innings shall begin 1 hour and 45 minutes after the game start time. And the inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. There may be 9 or 10 players on the field (3 or 4 outfielders). Remember all players must play at least 2 innings defensively. The Pitcher should stand on the side and even with the pitching machine until the ball is hit. Catchers will catch the ball from the pitching machine and will wear full catchers gear and use a catcher’s glove. They must be wearing a hard cup. No stealing. 5.7 T-Ball Division
THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL SCORE KEEPING. No new innings shall begin 1 hour and 45 minutes after the game start time. And the inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. There may be 9 or 10 players on the field (3 or 4 outfielders). Remember all players must play at least 2 innings defensively.
6. All-Star Policies 6.1 Selection of players for All-Star Teams
All-star team shall have a minimum of eleven players. The all-star committee may choose to carry more players. The all-star committee will be comprised of managers of the divisions and general board members in good standing. All-star team for all divisions will be selected by a ballot from the managers of the divisions and general board members. The Player Agent will issue each manager and general member an all-star ballot. Each manager will select at least but no more than 14 candidate players from the division and return the ballot back to the Player Agent. The Player Agent will rank the candidates by the number of votes received and formulate a potential team as follows: The top 8 players will be placed on the all-star team and the all-star manager will be allowed to select the remainder of the team from the remaining pool of eligible players. To be eligible a player must receive 2 or more votes. When 2 or more players are tied for one of the first 8 placements, the ties players will be assigned that place and subsequent places.
Example: Player Tim Mike James John Bill Ryan Drew
Votes Received 6 5 5 5 4 4 3
Placement Position 1 4 4 4 6 6 11
Josh
3
11
Brett
3
11
Kyle
3
11
Trent
3
11
Jake Luke
2 2
13 13
Selection All Star All Star All Star All Star All Star All Star Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Back to Pool Back to Pool
If the tie voting extends beyond the 8th placement the all-star manager will case a tie breaking vote and the remaining tied players will fall back to the next placement position. The All-star manager will continue to cast tie breaking votes until all 8 placements have been made. Any remaining players will fall back into the pool of eligible players from which the all-star manager will select the remainder of the allstar team. When the Player Agent has formulated the potential all-star team he/she shall call each player in ranked order to explain the potential time commitment as well as monetary commitments of the all-star tournament. The Player Agent shall ask each player to accept or decline a position on the team until all positions on the team are filled. If a player declines all other players shall move up in ranking. The all-star manager will not be allowed to remove or substitute any player from the top 8 positions who was placed there by voting or to add a player who not nominated by balloting and did not receive 2 or more votes. PFLL encourages the formation of 2 All-star teams at the 9-10 level. The teams should be of unequal strength. I.E: A team and B team. 6.2 Selection of Managers for All-Star Teams
Regular season managers or coaches interested in managing an all-star team shall obtain an application. Applications must be submitted to the board no less than 10 days before the All Star Selection General
Board Meeting. The manager of the all-star teams will be selected by managers, coaches and general board members at the All Star Selection General Board Meeting. All-star managers may select their own coaches and is subject to approval of the board.
7. Fiscal Policies All league funds will be held in accounts approved by the board of directors. Two signatures will be mandatory on checks. Valid signatures for the checking account may be any board member authorized by the Board and registered with the bank with the exception of the Treasurer. The Treasurer will not be allowed to sign check or withdraw funds. Check will normally signed only at board meetings, unless previously approved by the board of directors. The Treasurer will not receive account statements from the bank or have access to the leagues Post Office Box. The President or other board members will receive and review the account statements independent of the Treasurer. All expenditures must have President or Board approval. The President may authorize expenditure of less than $300 when it’s impractical to wait for the next Board Meeting. All purchases, projects and expenditures greater than $300 must have prior board approval. A new approval is required for any expenditure that exceeded 10% of the original estimate. Itemized receipts shall be submitted to the Treasurer within 30 days. Those receipts must show the purpose, store, date, items purchased and price paid. Any board member who places an order or purchase in violation of this system shall be personally responsible for returning or paying for the purchase if not approved by the Board. Funds collected for registration, concessions, donations, etc. should always be counted and verified in the presence of 2 people.
8. Refund Policy Full refunds will be granted up until the uniforms have been distributed or the first game.
9. Scholarship Program PFLL will not deny any player based on the inability to pay the registration fee. Scholarships will be granted on a case by case basis by the president.
10. Special Rules to Protect Post Falls Little League Anyone who meets general member qualifications will be allowed to be a board member. Post Falls Little League will remain under Little League guidelines provided by Williamsport. WE will not change to any other Baseball organization, IE; Cal Ripken, PONY or any other organizations that offers baseball at the same time as Post Falls Little League does. Rule 10 CANNOT be changed by a majority vote; it must be 100% in favor of the current board members and 50% of all general members in writing. This rule can only be voted on once per Post Falls Little League year. Everyone shall have the opportunity to vote. 10.14.2014 Approved
2015
[These bylaws are enacted annually and are not considered part of the Constitution. None of the local rules conflict with Little League Rules, Regulations or Policies. ]
Bylaws
Post Falls Little League Bylaws 2014 - 2015 Table of Contents 1. Purpose 2. Definition of Regular Member 3. Divisions and registrations 4. Responsibilities of the manager 5. Special Rules 5.1 All Divisions 5.2 Senior Divisions 5.3 Junior Divisions 5.4 Major Divisions 5.5 Minor Divisions 5.6 Farms Divisions 5.7 T-Ball Divisions 6. All Star Policies 6.1 Selection of teams for All Star Teams 6.2 Selection of Managers for All Star Teams 7. Fiscal Policies 8. Refund Policies 9. Scholarship Program 10. Special Rules to Protect Post Falls Little League
1. Purpose Little League recommends that each Little League Board of Directors adopt its own bylaws, local rules or ground roles (the terms are interchangeable). This document expires annually and at the end of the fiscal year (September 30th) and must be renewed annually. They should include the local board’s procedures for selection of Tournament Teams (All Stars), specific ground roles for various divisions, etc. EXCEPTION NUMBER 10 FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF POST FALLS LITTLE LEAGUE NEVER EXPIRES. The board of Directors has the authority to change the bylaws without the general membership’s approval. No part of the bylaws, local rules or ground rules can conflict with or supersede any Little League rules, regulations or policy. The bylaws, local rules or ground rules are to be distinguished from the League’s Constitution. The Constitution spells out the duties and responsibilities of the officers of the board, definition of memberships, election procedures, meeting requirements such as quorum, etc. The board of Directors must make a copy of the bylaws, local rules or ground rules available to any member of the League for review and inspection if requested.
2. Definition of Regular Member In accordance with the League’s Constitution, only regular members in good standing are allowed to vote at general membership meetings. Any adult person actively interested in furthering the objectives of the Little League is eligible to become a regular member. To become a regular member in good standing a person must: 1. Attend at least one board or committee meeting. 2. Complete at least 4 hours of volunteer service to the league and 3. Be formally recognized by the board upon completing their volunteer service at least 2 weeks prior to the election of the Board of Directors. Applicants should register with the President or the Secretary at their first board meeting. Volunteer service time must be certified by another regular member in good standing. Regular members of the league automatically include all current managers, coaches, umpires, board members and committee members. Managing/coaching a team automatically fulfills the volunteer service requirements. Therefore, existing managers/coaches must attend one board meeting to attain good standing status. A member “not in good standing” shall be defined as not acting in the best interest of the league as determined by the board of directors, not fulfilling the minimum required volunteer service, or not attending the minimum required board or committee meetings. Any member “not in good standing”
must resolve the situation that placed them “not in good standing” and then be voted back into “good standing” by a majority vote by the board of directors.
3. Division and Registration Fees The Leagues divisions of play and registration fees for baseball are as follows. Division Seniors Juniors Intermediate Majors Upper Minors Lower Minors Farm T-Ball
Age 15-16 years old 13-14 years old 11-13 years old 10-12 years old 10-11 years old 8-9 years old 7-6 years old 5-6 years old
Registration $80 $80 $75 $70 $55 $55 $50 $50
4. Responsibilities of the Manager The manager will be a held accountable for their actions as well as the actions of their coaches and the parents/fans of their team. Failure to follow Little League rules and/or PFLL Bylaws and/or failure to manage/coach in the spirit of the league may result in reprimand, suspension or dismissal by the PFLL Board of Directors. Infractions included, but are not limited to: Foul language. Yelling at an umpire. Failure to control misconduct by a team parents or fans. Use of tobacco products at a practice and/or game. Drinking at a practice and/or game – includes having the odor of alcohol. Failure to follow PFLL Bylaws In the case of misconduct by parent/fans the umpire in charge will notify the Manager of the offending team and the game shall be suspended until such time as the Manager corrects the situation to the satisfaction of the umpire. If the Manager fails to correct the situation to the satisfaction of the umpire, the umpire will end the game resulting in the ejection of the Manager from that game. The Manager will be required to appear before the board. Managers that cannot control their team, coaches or parents/fans may be dismissed from PFLL at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Every manager and coach shall attend the coaches training seminar give under the direction of the coaching coordinator at least once every 3 years. At least one manager or coach from each team shall attend every year.
Every manager and coach shall attend the umpire training/rules clinic given under the direction of the Umpire in at least once every 3 years. The manager or a Coach of each team will be required to umpire behind the plate in at least one game outside of their division. Failure to attend any or all of these classed may result in dismissal of that manager from PFLL at the discretion of the PFLL Board of Directors.
5. Special Rules 5.1 All Divisions
The home team will be in the 3rd base dugout while It will be the home teams job to prep the field (rake, put bases in, chalk field, etc.) if the city or any other party is not already designated to do so. It will be the visiting teams responsibility to put away the field equipment and repair the field after the game (rake up the field, etc.) if the city or any other party is not already designated to do so. If there are no umpires scheduled to work the game the home team will provide the plate umpire while the visiting team will provide the base umpire unless the managers of both team agree on an alternative. Managers are encouraged to develop parent umpires. No one under the age 14 may umpire. The following limits will apply to Saturday games. Monday through Friday games will not have a time limit. 5.2 Senior Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.3 Junior Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.4 Major Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. 5.5 Minor Division
No new inning shall begin 2 hours and 15 minutes after the game start time. An inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. New Little League rule for 2008: Continuous batting order. Substitutions are only made on defense. Each team will bat through the entire lineup or until 3 outs or 5 runs are recorded. Stealing is allowed. This will only apply to upper minors.
5.6 Farm Division
THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL SCORE KEEPING. No new innings shall begin 1 hour and 45 minutes after the game start time. And the inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. There may be 9 or 10 players on the field (3 or 4 outfielders). Remember all players must play at least 2 innings defensively. The Pitcher should stand on the side and even with the pitching machine until the ball is hit. Catchers will catch the ball from the pitching machine and will wear full catchers gear and use a catcher’s glove. They must be wearing a hard cup. No stealing. 5.7 T-Ball Division
THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL SCORE KEEPING. No new innings shall begin 1 hour and 45 minutes after the game start time. And the inning ends when the third out is made on the home team. There may be 9 or 10 players on the field (3 or 4 outfielders). Remember all players must play at least 2 innings defensively.
6. All-Star Policies 6.1 Selection of players for All-Star Teams
All-star team shall have a minimum of eleven players. The all-star committee may choose to carry more players. The all-star committee will be comprised of managers of the divisions and general board members in good standing. All-star team for all divisions will be selected by a ballot from the managers of the divisions and general board members. The Player Agent will issue each manager and general member an all-star ballot. Each manager will select at least but no more than 14 candidate players from the division and return the ballot back to the Player Agent. The Player Agent will rank the candidates by the number of votes received and formulate a potential team as follows: The top 8 players will be placed on the all-star team and the all-star manager will be allowed to select the remainder of the team from the remaining pool of eligible players. To be eligible a player must receive 2 or more votes. When 2 or more players are tied for one of the first 8 placements, the ties players will be assigned that place and subsequent places.
Example: Player Tim Mike James John Bill Ryan Drew
Votes Received 6 5 5 5 4 4 3
Placement Position 1 4 4 4 6 6 11
Josh
3
11
Brett
3
11
Kyle
3
11
Trent
3
11
Jake Luke
2 2
13 13
Selection All Star All Star All Star All Star All Star All Star Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Manager Cast Tie Breaker until 8 players Back to Pool Back to Pool
If the tie voting extends beyond the 8th placement the all-star manager will case a tie breaking vote and the remaining tied players will fall back to the next placement position. The All-star manager will continue to cast tie breaking votes until all 8 placements have been made. Any remaining players will fall back into the pool of eligible players from which the all-star manager will select the remainder of the allstar team. When the Player Agent has formulated the potential all-star team he/she shall call each player in ranked order to explain the potential time commitment as well as monetary commitments of the all-star tournament. The Player Agent shall ask each player to accept or decline a position on the team until all positions on the team are filled. If a player declines all other players shall move up in ranking. The all-star manager will not be allowed to remove or substitute any player from the top 8 positions who was placed there by voting or to add a player who not nominated by balloting and did not receive 2 or more votes. PFLL encourages the formation of 2 All-star teams at the 9-10 level. The teams should be of unequal strength. I.E: A team and B team. 6.2 Selection of Managers for All-Star Teams
Regular season managers or coaches interested in managing an all-star team shall obtain an application. Applications must be submitted to the board no less than 10 days before the All Star Selection General
Board Meeting. The manager of the all-star teams will be selected by managers, coaches and general board members at the All Star Selection General Board Meeting. All-star managers may select their own coaches and is subject to approval of the board.
7. Fiscal Policies All league funds will be held in accounts approved by the board of directors. Two signatures will be mandatory on checks. Valid signatures for the checking account may be any board member authorized by the Board and registered with the bank with the exception of the Treasurer. The Treasurer will not be allowed to sign check or withdraw funds. Check will normally signed only at board meetings, unless previously approved by the board of directors. The Treasurer will not receive account statements from the bank or have access to the leagues Post Office Box. The President or other board members will receive and review the account statements independent of the Treasurer. All expenditures must have President or Board approval. The President may authorize expenditure of less than $300 when it’s impractical to wait for the next Board Meeting. All purchases, projects and expenditures greater than $300 must have prior board approval. A new approval is required for any expenditure that exceeded 10% of the original estimate. Itemized receipts shall be submitted to the Treasurer within 30 days. Those receipts must show the purpose, store, date, items purchased and price paid. Any board member who places an order or purchase in violation of this system shall be personally responsible for returning or paying for the purchase if not approved by the Board. Funds collected for registration, concessions, donations, etc. should always be counted and verified in the presence of 2 people.
8. Refund Policy Full refunds will be granted up until the uniforms have been distributed or the first game.
9. Scholarship Program PFLL will not deny any player based on the inability to pay the registration fee. Scholarships will be granted on a case by case basis by the president.
10. Special Rules to Protect Post Falls Little League Anyone who meets general member qualifications will be allowed to be a board member. Post Falls Little League will remain under Little League guidelines provided by Williamsport. WE will not change to any other Baseball organization, IE; Cal Ripken, PONY or any other organizations that offers baseball at the same time as Post Falls Little League does. Rule 10 CANNOT be changed by a majority vote; it must be 100% in favor of the current board members and 50% of all general members in writing. This rule can only be voted on once per Post Falls Little League year. Everyone shall have the opportunity to vote. 10.14.2014 Approved
