Little League Baseball, Inc., United States Eastern Region
State of Pennsylvania Association of District Administrators
www.pastatell.org
Meeting Minutes
2 May 2020
Via Video Conference
State Coordinator Bill Dithrich called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
Districts attending the video conference meeting: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/31, 17/32, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29 and 30.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Little League activity in light of the
coronavirus pandemic.
All Regional and International Little Tournaments have been cancelled for 2020.
Charter fees paid for 2020 season will be credited back to the individual
leagues account and can be used for 2021 charter fees.
The insurance portion is not part of this charter credit.
Since PA is slowly opening counties within the state on a county by county basis
from red to yellow to green, it will be extremely difficult to plan for
sectional and state tournaments for 2020.
District 30 motioned to cancel all Sectional and State Tournaments for 2020 with
districts having the option to do a district tournament.
Second by District 5.
District 19 motioned to amend the motion to allow the current hosts for 2020
Sections and State Tournaments to host the tournaments in 2021 and to push the
subsequent tournament rotation back a year. Second by District 30.
The amended motion passed.
The motion passed.
It was suggested that the announcement be on State Association letterhead.
Bill will compose the announcement for DA’s to share with leagues and the
media.
Ty Knopp from East Region shared there will be flexibility for all leagues in
2020 due to Covid-19. No
Interleague play forms are needed for 2020.
A combined team form will be needed if multiple leagues combine to form
teams.
Bill stressed the importance of reading the Season Resumption Guide as well as
the FAQ’s as emailed from Little League.
The DA elections for 2020 have been postponed until August or September 2020.
Bill shared that the vote to change the East Region eligibility criteria for the
election of the member to the International Board of Directors passed
overwhelmingly.
The Round Table discussion items are being further discussed at headquarters and
we may have a vote on the items this year.
Motion to adjourn was made by District 30.
Second by District 13.
Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at
11:07 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Paula Dithrich