The meeting was called to order by Clark Frederick.

The Minutes of the October 9th meeting were read.  Motion to accept the minutes as
read was made by Todd Weiss and seconded by Tim Heffner.

Tom Weir gave the Treasurer’s Report.  
1.  An adjustment was made to the September balance reducing it by  $372.33. 
Check amounts which were not deducted, an incorrectly logged check and a small
credit accounted for the adjustment.
2. Tom Also reported that the Roy Triebel Memorial Fund CD has been purchased.
3.  Income for October was $176.80.  Expenses were $3715.04.  Leaving an October
Balance of $1433.38.
Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Tim Gardner and seconded by
Mike Mayer.

Clark Frederick reported that the work detail of October 11 went well.  Most of the
off-season ground work is now completed.
Clark also reported that the Roy Triebel Memorial Award will not be classified as a
baseball player award in order to avoid potential conflicts with NCAA rules should the
recipient play college ball.
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The preliminary 1998 budget as proposed by the officers was reviewed.

(Tim Gardner suggested grouping the Uniform and Equipment categories into one
budget category and keeping Junior Legion’s expenses and income into one category
in order to monitor them more easily.  The Association accepted Tim’s suggestions.)


Adjustments made to the budget are as follows:

Expenses
The Uniform and the Equipment categories will be combined into one category and
was reduced from $8,000 to $6000.
Junior Legion was budgeted $2000.
Tee-Ball was budgeted $2000.
The Diamond League budget was increased to $800 from $600.
The Tournament budget was reduced to $500 from $1000.

Income
The proposed income from the Concession stand was reduced to $1400 from $1500.
Junior Legion’s proposed income will be $2000.

End of Budget Discussion
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Tom Weir reported that the pay phone at Smith Field will be turned off during the
off-season.  A $75 re-connection fee will be incurred at the beginning of the season.
The savings provided by the lack of phone service costs in the off-season will more
than make up for the cost of the re-connection fee.

Tim Gardner suggested that an effort be made to reduce the number of open dates at
Smith Field in order to reduce income loss from the Concession Stand.  During
discussion, it was noted that better coordination of the various league’s schedules
and the possibility of having Tee-Ball start earlier will aid this situation.

Lois Kelly noted a few problems with fund raising.  Primarily, the lack of participation
by some registrants.  She also suggested the possibility of additional fund raisers by
the Association.  Discussion provided fund raising suggestions such as bus trips and
social nights.  Clark Frederick and Eric Bauman will check into bus trips.  Social
nights will be discussed at future meeting.

Motion to adjourn by Mike Mayer
Seconded by Earl Geissler