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RIVER VALLEY JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Annual General Meeting Minutes
October 21, 2019
I. Call to order
Meeting was called to order at 705pm by Commissioner Gary Suave with all Board members in attendance
Town Roll Call
Towns in attendance:
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Beverly
- Billerica
- Burlington
- Chelmsford
- Dracut
- Georgetown
- Haverhill
- Masconomet
- Merrimack
- Methuen
- Nashua
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- North Reading
- Pelham
- Pentucket
- Reading
- Salem
- Stoneham
Tewksbury
- Tyngsboro
- Wakefield
- Westford
- Windham
I. Secretaries report – 2018 Operational meeting – accepted unanimously
. Electronic version of minutes will be available for those wishing to view them
II. Treasurers Report – was read by Brian Sifferlin and was accepted unanimously
III. Age Director Review for 2018-2019 – read by below directors – approved unanimously
A. Nick Howie 5th grade – All Good
B. Jim Schofield 6th grade – All Good
C. Bob Johnson – 7th grade – All Good
D. Larry Hurley – 4th grade – All Good
E. AnnMarie Campovetis – 8th grade – All Good
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I. Tournament Sites for 2020 and All Star Games
Games to be played at Mill Works (like last year)
Preliminary Games – 3/3 and 3/4 – 36 games scheduled
Quaterfinals – Semifinals – Finals 3/6 thur 3/8
All Star Games all to be played on March 9
Regular season to be played between 11/15/19 thru 2/23/20
II. Player Exceptions
8th grade - Haverhill requests alana shanahan from Timberlane – she was accepted prior years, board and towns have no issue – vote was unanimous
8th grade – North Andover requests ____ Zagami from Reading – Larry Hurley representing Readng said there is no problem, board and towns have no issue – vote was unanimous
7th grade – Tyngsboro requests Grace Wise from Bedford – Jim S researched, Bedford didn’t have a problem with it, and Tyngsboro only has 6 girls before her - board and towns have no issue – vote was unanimous
4th grade – Tyngsboro requests Jolina Medina from Methuen – 1 yr only, Methuen doesn’t have a 4th grade team – board and towns have no issue – vote was unanimous
6th grade – Stoneham requests Gabriella Stamps from Somerville – family is moving to Stoneham on Dec 1st – boards and towns have no issue – vote was unanimous
Nashua – 8th grade – Abby Chambers Manchester to Nashua
The Above Exceptions were discussed and agreed and vote was unanimous
III. New Teams – Eboard meeting confirmed – introduced at AGM
Windham NH – full program – Eboard voted unanimously to accept and the towns all agreed
IV. Constitution and By Law Changes – no changes this year
I. Budget
Due to holding all the preliminary tourney games at mill works, our budget ran negative 5k or so last year. The league still is financially sound, where we are planning on using the Mill Works for all the games again this year, brian suggestion is to raise the fee to $200 per team. We have approximately 170 teams, we should be fine according to our budget. – accepted unanimously
II. New Business –
Brian Curley of Dracut – wants to visit the zone defense in 5th grade rule, he will email to his concerns to the board and it will be discussed separately with the 5th grade coaches
III. Election of officers –
a. Gary Sauve – voted unanimously for Commissioner
Below officers voted in by Gary Sauve 1-0
b. 8th grade – Bob Johnson
c. 6th Nick Howie
d. 7th – Jim Schofield
e. Larry Hurley – 4th Grade and Webmaster
f. Tommy Rossi – Secretary
g. 5th grade – Brian Curley – new election – Dracut
Adjournment – meeting adjourned 815pm..