Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Summer 2012 Captain Meeting Notes Notes / Bullet Points from the Summer Captain Meeting. Agenda Introductions / About Us Charity/Community Involvement Important Dates/Schedule Changes Playoffs Weather/Daylight Events / Tournaments Referees Referee Card Rule Changes from 2011 Comments/Suggestions Closing Shirt Handout / Shirt Information Introductions: Ryan Kimball Founder Director of League Operations "The Talker" Matt Miller Director of League Operations Mr. Logistics 'The Writer" Occasional Mascot (on Parade Days) Floyd Rayam Referee Coordinator Primarily at GVP Main, Moore/Hawthorn, & Highland Tom Wheater Senior Referee Community Assistance Spring Season Charity: SPCC TOTAL: $3,850 Spring Monroe Ave Pub Crawl Recipient: Pitty Love Rescue TOTAL: $210 + Multiple Bags of Dog Supplies Summer Season Charity: Camp Day Dreams TOTAL: So far.... $5440... Summer Monroe Ave Pub Crawl Recipient:  Rochester City School District School Supplies Drive Fall Season Charity: Children Awaiting Parents Fall Monroe Ave Pub Crawl Recipient: Foodlink canned food drive Camp Day Dreams Camp DayDreams develops, challenges, and empowers Rochester’s urban youth to serve themselves, family, and community as vibrant individuals and dynamic citizens.  We accomplish this through our fun and unique year-round, multi-year, recreational, social, and educational program. Their program is one week of residential summer camp and monthly family focused reunion events, all offered at a nominal cost, serving youth who would otherwise not have this opportunity. 2012 Camp will be held at Camp Cutler August 13-19. For more information and how to volunteer visit www.campdaydreams.org Schedule Adjustments NO Kickball games Monday July 2nd thru Friday July 6th in observance of the Independence Day Field Adjustments: Friday July 21st (TUM): Fields at GVP and Moore/Hawthorne will be affected.  The games for these field may be a double header the week before or the week after; or may simply be moved to another location. As we get closer to the date we will communicate how those games will be affected.      All dirt fields have an adjacent grass field - It is the determination of the referee which field to setup on. Playoffs Top 32 teams each night at Genesee Valley will advance to playoffs (spread evenly across all divisions).  Top 8  for every Division 8 from North 8 from South Etc… you get the idea Round 1 & 2 Playoffs: August 13th – August 17th   Round 3 & 4 Playoffs: August 20th – August 24th Remaining Rounds and Tourney of Champs: Sat, August 25th  Weather As with any season of unpredictable weather in Rochester, there comes with it the possibility of postponed and/or cancelled games.  We generally do not know until 4:30/4:45pm on game day, but we do our best to notify you ASAP if games will not take place.  Places to check on the status of your games: www.RocKickball.net under the main page in the announcements section Facebook page – facebook.com/RocKickball Twitter Feed - @K_L_O_R We will also send out an email/text to all those that would be affected.  Crawls East Ave Crawl – Saturday July 14th  Starting at Salinger's Monroe Ave Crawl – Saturday August 25th  Starting at Dragonfly on Park Ave.  We will be donating school supplies to the Rochester City School District (RCSD) during this crawl. Rochester City School District Supplies Drive Suggested Donation Items Crayons Pencils Glue Sticks Construction Paper Scissors Backpacks Loose Leaf Paper Markers Pencil Sharpeners Composition Books Erasers Socks/Underwear for Boys and Girls Kleenex Hand sanitizer Events / Tournaments: ACS Kickball Tournament Saturday, July 14th (TENTATIVE DAY) Double Elimination Tournament (32 teams max) $150 Per Team, All proceeds benefit American Cancer Society to help save lives by helping people stay well, get well, find cures, and fight back against cancer. Opportunities for individual players to raise additional donations for a highest fundraising team prize. A volunteer committee will plan the day’s entertainment, food, and prizes. If you are interested in being on the volunteer committee, please contact Amanda.flannery@cancer.org. Registration opens Sunday June 17th at 6pm and closes June 22th (or until full) Ten Ugly Men Tournament Saturday July 21st Double Elimination Tournament (32 teams max) $TBA Per Team/Player + or Including TUM Ticket cost, all proceeds benefit charities selected by TUM. Deposit required at registration. Cost includes t-shirt and 6 drink tickets, & festival admission, & food. Registration is set to Sunday June 24th at 6pm and closes June 29th (or until full). Field Days Type Event Save the Date  (TENTATIVE DAY) – August 18th  for a Field Days Type Event Adult/Olympic/Pep-Rally style games with Teams Benefiting the fight against cancer More info to come as this event is still in the works Just prepare to get dirty and have some fun!!! Referees Always looking for more referees.   Earn $20 per game with options for bonuses Please help us fine tune the current staff.  We want your comments and concerns, both positive and negative.   Be sure to include the following: Team name Day of the week Field location If it is a referee improvement issue, please include at least one positive thing they did in the game.   Referee Card Make sure the referee goes over this card with you before the start of the game, if they don't please let us know.  Major Rule Adjustments (FROM 2011) Neutral Zone The area described from the pitchers mound to the 45ft mark on the 1st & 3rd baseline. No one can enter this zone until the ball has been kicked (with the exception of the leading foot of the pitcher, as their back foot should not cross the rubber on the mound. Shirts are Required for Playoffs and Championships Costumes and shirts are acceptable attire during regular season. Both captains can also agree to allow team members to play without official KLOR shirts under the “Let’s Have Fun Rule”. KLOR shirts are required for playoffs and Championships, no if’s, ands, or but’s!!! Clarified trapping of balls when it applies to fly balls and force outs. Trapping is not allowed, there must be separation from the field/grass and the ball in order to secure an out. This includes base plays and force outs.  The player must be in control of the ball, not half player/half ground. Trapping against a base is permitted though. (ex: hand on top of ball, and resting on base.) ARC We replaced the straight 30ft line with a 30 ft arc. These will be painted on all fields. The ball must travel outside of this Arc to be a live ball. If the ball stops on the line, it is a live ball. Once the ball has been kicked, infielders can cross through the neutral zone into the arc and grab a slow moving ball, this will also be a live ball. AMP (Aggressive Movement Plane) This is a non-marked line displayed on the field setup diagram along the white first base. Anytime this line is crossed by a runner, they can be tagged for an out. Captains should instruct player to hook or turn right if they intend to only run-thru and stay at 1st base. Some players may forget this and accidently turn left. As most players will typically run through the orange base, this gives them about 14-20 inches of  wiggle-room if they do accidently turn left. So keep a close eye on whether the end up crossing this imaginary plane/line or not.  Rule Comments/Suggestions We are always looking to improve.  Over the winter we spend countless hours reviewing the current set of rules looking for ways to make them more clear, concise and fair.  We would love to hear from you the players.   At anytime please feel free to send us your thoughts.  Items can include: Clarification of the current rule(please include which rule) Alterations to the current rule(please include which rule) New rule suggestions Misc. Announcements Please do not walk through the Pavilion near fields 9 & 17 when events are taking place. Any remaining waivers MUST be signed. Do not drive on the grass or any service road especially at Highland and the back side of GVP Main Fall Registration opens sometime in July and closes when full or in early August.  Available locations will be Ellison Park and Genesee Valley Park.  Fall Ball runs from the week of August 27th and runs through October 20th. Team cost (non-specialty shirts) is $500 with an available $25 Early Bird discount.  Closing Notes Be sure to check your shirts before you leave the meeting.   The tag on your shirts should be what you have.   Any missing shirts are noted and coming early this week. Spiral Kool & Spiral Eclipse:  Keep your sizes together - Some of the shirts are “tagless” and it’s hard to read the black ink on the black shirt. Additional shirts orders, due by 11:59 on Tuesday (6/5) to info@RocKickball.net Schedules have been posted online Check your team name on the schedule.   Let us know if the punctuation, spelling or capitalization needs to be changed. If your sponsor has changed, you have not listed a sponsor, or you are still looking for a sponsor please let us know.  Thank you!!!  -  Looking forward to another amazing and hopefully dry season!! Shirt Handout: Shirt Colors “A” – “O” at 6:00pm Meeting Shirt Colors “P” – “Z” at 8:00pm Meeting BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Check Your Order and All your Sizes - Notify us immediately of any discrepancies If you need additional Shirts – the due date to let us know is Tuesday June 5th by 11:59pm e-mailing info@RocKickball.net If you are missing shirts and it is indicated on the label(s) – then we know about it… They are almost here and we will bring these to your game as soon as they arrive. There may be a small handful of shirts that needed to be re-ordered and may take up to an additional week or so.  Thank you for your patience