Board

The Tri-Cities Board of Directors is responsible for running the league.  The jobs of the board are listed below.  In addition, Board members attend monthly board meetings and vote on policy matters.

The links on the left contain detailed description of the Board Officer positions. These descriptions are from the Tri-Cities Little League Constitution.  A summary of each of these officer positions:

• President.  Ensures overall league operation, overseeing the various functional areas of the league.  Primary liaison with the Little League organization (including District 44, of which Tri-Cities is a league member).
• Vice-President.  Assumes responsibilities and fills in for the President as needed.  Vice-President generally fills one of the other Board Officer or Board Area positions.
• Treasurer.  Oversees the finances of the league.  Works with President and other Board members to ensure financial health of the league and financial compliance of the league as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
• Secretary.  Responsible for managing the minutes of the Board, ensuring various Board processes are followed, etc.
• Player Agent(s).  Primary advocate for the players.  Ensures proper registration, oversees tryouts, assigns teams/oversees drafts, coordinates documentation for post-season tournaments, etc.  There can be Player Agents for individual divisions, e.g., Majors, or groups of divisions, e.g., TBall through Majors.
• League Information Officer.  Ensures proper flow of information with league members. Oversees the various forms of communication for the league, e.g., email questions (info@), phone messages, web site, Facebook, newsletter, etc.,
• Safety Officer.  Develops the league Safety Plan per Little League standards.  Works with coaches, umpires, etc., to ensure the Safety Plan is followed.
• Coaching Coordinator.  Ensures coaches at all levels have the proper coaching instruction.  Strives for coaching consistency at all levels.
• Marketing Director/Player Registration.  Promotes Tri-Cities in the local community for the purpose of driving player registration.  Administers the registration process.
• Past-President.  In cases where a past President is willing to serve on the Board.

In addition, there are other board roles that need to be filled by Board members.  These roles are set-up as Committees, led by a Board member and including other Board members and other league non-Board committee members.

• Umpire-in-Chief.  Manages umpire training, umpire scheduling and education of coaches (e.g., rules, protocol for engaging with umpires, etc).
• Shack Shack Director.  Oversees operations of the snack shack, primarily at Wilson but also at Hyde (as needed).  Reports to the Treasurer on financials.  Recruits and schedules snack shack supervisors and snack shack staff to support operations. 
• Sponsorship/Fundraising Director.  Identifies and signs-up league sponsors, oversees the relationship with sponsors; oversees various fundraising activities (e.g., restaurant nights, hit-a-thon, raffles/donations).
• Field Maintenance Director.  Organizes field maintenance day, coordinates with the City of Cupertino, and generally ensures that the fields (Wilson, Hyde, Eaton) are in good order for our teams.
• Equipment Director.  Orders and distributes equipment to all teams.  Works with Safety Officer to ensure that safety requirements are met.
• Uniforms Director.  Orders and distributes uniforms to all teams.  This includes regular season, post-season and Fall Ball uniforms. 
• Divisions Commissioner(s).  Oversees the general operations of one or more divisions (TBall, Farm-A, Farm-AA, Minors, Majors, Juniors, Seniors).  Organizes schedules; establishes, applies and ensures rules/by-laws are followed, coordinates with Coaching Coordinator(s) to ensure coaching instruction.  Participates in tryouts, team assignments/drafts. 
• Volunteer Coordinator.  Coordinates volunteers across the different volunteer activities - ensures volunteer activities tracked properly, communicates volunteer program.
• Auxiliary.  Catch-all for managing other activities such as Pciture Day, Trophies/Pins/Plaques, etc.
• Other Committees.  The Board can decide to set-up any other committee(s) as needed to support the operations and goals of the league.

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