Ithaca Babe Ruth Board

Monthly Meeting Agenda

Ithaca Babe Ruth Board

Monthly Meeting Agenda & Minutes

THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS

OF THE ITHACA BABE RUTH LEAGUE, INC.

February 10th, 2026

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 February 10th @ 8:00pm with a quorum of duly elected and serving directors meeting.

Members in attendance:

Will VanDyke (WV)
Brian Donato (BD)
Brandon Lynch-Jacobson (BLJ)
Ben Cosgrove (BC)
Erik Frank (EF)
Nick Antczak (NA)
Mike Pieretti (MP)
Adam Allington (AA)
Gabbie Smith (GS)
George Tamborelle (GT)
Dan Burke (DB)
Kyle Gebhart (KG)
Emily Workman (EW)
Rusdi Sumner (RS)
Open Role

Agenda:

Call to order (WV)
Roll Call
Approval of meeting Minutes - January 2026 Minutes
1. Discussion: None
2. Motion: GS
3. Second: AA
4. Vote: Voice
Committee Roles Discussion
1. Cal Ripken Commissioner - Brian Donato & Brandon Lynch-Jacobson
  1. Spring Season Prep
    1. To date: 28 registrations, mostly Majors
    2. Need to promote registrations through schools
    3. Will purchase Facebook ad to boost visibility, emphasize sign up
    4. Will do elementary school outreach
2. Babe Ruth Commissioner - Nick Antczak
  1. Survey
    1. 18 responses, 10 yes, 3 maybe, 4 no responses
    2. More information on interest might be known by early April, after the scholastic teams are sorted out.
    3. Discussed indoor practice at Turf Room versus outdoor at Cass
3. Travel Program Director - Mike Pieretti - Still officially need two coaches
  1. Winter Trainings
    1. Good participation level and excitement from coaches
  2. Coaching
    1. Two open slots, one in process
  3. Fundraising
    1. Raised just shy of $10K in Super Bowl Fundraisers, across 7 teams,
4. Treasurer - Rusdi Sumner
  1. Financially in good shape. Finances updates shared by email here.
  2. Collected funds from all 7 managers of Arsenal teams from fundraiser. Netted around $10K to cover coaching expenses.
5. Registrar - Erik Frank
  1. Registration update on Cal Ripken (as described above)
  2. For city use, we need to summarize participation by city/township (municipality). We will keep addresses private internally. In future we can add that detail to survey.
6. Fundraising Director - Kyle Gebhart
7. Communications Director - Gabbie Smith & Emily Workman
  1. Newsletter, free trial is 3 emails, after that $8/mo for 100’s of emails.
  2. Will and Gabbie are updating the website (multiple updates recently).
  3. School communication strategy
8. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Adam Allington
  1. Try Baseball event is in the works, and will be advertised via flyers
9. Umpire-in-Chief - Gabbie Smith (Nick Antczak & Brian Donato)
  1. Update survey interest form ready
  2. GS will contact Cornell athletes
10. Facilities and Equipment Manager - Dan Burke & George Tamborelle
  1. Clean Up Date? Aim for March clean-up date.
  2. IHS Field Usage
    1. Will request as much as 4 weeknights and 1 weekend per week
    2. Might ask for softball field as well?
11. Coaching Coordinator - Tim MacConaghy & Brandon L-J
12. Event and Tournament Coordinator (Committee - WVD, MP, BLJ, NA)
  1. Try Baseball - IHS Players to help lead event again this year
  2. Cornell Baseball - potentially added to one of the Skills building events in Feb/March
13. Concessions Manager - (Valentino, F8, F9).
Unfinished Business
1. Open Board Position
New Business:
1. Look Ahead to 2026 Calendar
  1. Ithaca Baseball Master Calendar
Next month's Agenda - Scheduled 3/10
1. Proposed Topics
2. Priority: Meet in person!
Adjournment:
1. Discussion: none
2. Motion: NA
3. Second: GS
4. Vote: unanimous by voice
5. Time: 938pm

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