Ithaca Babe Ruth Board

Monthly Meeting Agenda

THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS

OF THE ITHACA BABE RUTH LEAGUE, INC.

June 12th , 2025

The Meeting of the Board of Directors (the "Board" or "IBRL Directors") of Ithaca Babe Ruth League, Inc.,a not-for-profit corporation duly organized and validly existing in the State of New York (“IBRL”), was duly called and held virtually on June, 12th @ 8:30pm with a quorum of duly elected and serving directors meeting.

Members in attendance:

  • Will VanDyke (WV) President

  • Brian Donato (BD) Vice President/Cal Ripken

  • Jeff Stulgis (JS) Treasurer

  • Ben Cosgrove (BC) Secretary/Travel

  • Erik Frank (EF) Registrar

  • Nick Antczak (NA) Cal Ripken Commissioner/Babe Ruth

  • Mike Pieretti (MP) Travel Director

  • Katrina Blomquist (KB)    DEI

  • Gabbie Smith (GS)   DEI & Umpire Coordinator

  • George Tamborelle (GT)    Equipment

  • Dan Burke (DB) Fields

  • Kyle Gebhart (KG) Fundraising

  • Emily Workman (EW) Fundraising

  • Rusdi Sumner (RS) Fundraising

  • Sarah Tomei


Minutes:

  1. Call to order, 

  2. Roll Call, Secretary

  3. Approval of meeting minutes: May 2025

    1. Discussion:

    2. Motion:

    3. Second:

    4. Vote:

    5. Discussion:

  4. Treasurer Report - Jeff

    1. Emailed 6/12 at 4:15p

    2. Financials good, registration option with add-on popular

  5. Additional Committee Reports

    1. Fundraising

      1. Lottery - Summary, yielded over $1.5K

      2. Coffee - Summary, yielded nearly $3.0K

      3. Syracuse Mets - Email summary submitted 6/12 @ 5:13p; need to push to teams again

      4. Doug’s Fish Fry - July 8 and Oct 8 at CHFD

      5. Chicken BBQ Fundraiser with the American Legion this summer, with Cal Ripken families helping to serve, maybe aim for Ithaca College return?

      6. Guthrie jersey sponsorship for Spring 2026 needs to be contacted in the winter?

    2. Umpires

      1. Need to clarify/improve the game cancellation process

    3. Coaching

      1. Pitching

        1. Discussion of how to increase pitchers so that more pitchers can develop experience in the spring

    4. Diversity and Inclusion

      1. Transportation - Will’s Topic

    5. Travel Committee

      1. All systems go, starting June 15 for the 10/12U and already underway for 13U and older

    6. Field Maintenance

      1. F8 - City needs to Mow more frequently!

      2. F9 - Brian Donato found a company in Rochester that stocks infield mix in smaller quantities

      3. Val

    7. Events and Tournaments

      1. Championship Weekend - 6/14

        1. Minors game 11am

        2. Skills competitions between games

        3. Majors game 330pm

    8. Communications

      1. Website items

    9. Registrar

      1. Rosters to Babe Ruth Org

      2. Summer Program Update/Team Construction

    10. Cal Ripken

      1. Regular Season and Post-Season Wrap Up

        1. Kids/families enjoyed playing at Gutchess

        2. Pitching questions/rain reschedules/field maintenance 

        3. Spring season should always run into June 

      2. Summer registrations

        1. Majors: 16-17 registered, 8 on waitlist?

        2. Minors: 30-31 registered, 3-8 on waitlist?

          1. Looks like we will have a developmental 10U this summer

          2. Possibly pushing a few minors kids to majors in order to have two 12U teams

      3. Summer team sponsorship: 

        1. Play by Design still working on logo?

        2. Paris Baguette is an option to ask for summer as well, already sponsored a banner

        3. Mike Pieretti would like to sponsor minors & majors teams

    11. Babe Ruth

      1. Roster construction and Scheduling

        1. Gamechanger set up (search for “IBRL 15U” & “IBRL 17U”)

        2. No schedule from Quad County yet (mid-next week?)

        3. 17U M/W; 15U T/Th

      2. Coaching

        1. Julien Kemp coaching 15U, with Nick A helping

        2. Brian Walder coaching 17U

  1. Unfinished Business

    1. 2025 Calendar Look Ahead - Review

      1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hpUNf7fXOOyXlN7p27mIA0TCVsYeJS8nEnDZFVvQIO4/edit?usp=sharing

  2. New Business:

    1. Potential Board Member Consideration

      1. Emily Workman slides over to non-voting member; Sarah Tomei takes over the rest of Emily’s term on the board

    2. Ithaca Baseball Handbook - design and produce a comprehensive book to be distributed to all IBRL players from 8-17. Mike P will share what he has. 

      1. Coaching Guide

      2. Pitching Guide

      3. Field Maintenance Guide

    3. Softball - Multiple Families have inquired - Wil’s Topic

      1. Keith Hannon w/T-Burg

      2. Softball subcommittee? (Erik, Emily, Wil, etc?)

  3. Announcements

  4. Next month's Agenda (in person-July 8?) Fire Station available

    1. Proposed Topics

  5. Adjournment:

    1. Discussion:

    2. Motion: Dan

    3. Second:George, Emily

    4. Vote: unanimous

    5. Time: 10:31