Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Divisions:
The Association shall accept affiliations in the following categories:
Masters – 35 years and older
Senior – open age classification
Intermediate – open age classification
Junior – 22 years and under
Midget – 18 years and under
Bantam – 15 years and under
Novice – 13 years and under
Squirt – 11 years and under
Mite – 9 years and under

The age restrictions listed above are ages prior to January 1st of the current year.

The Association will offer House League Select Team Tournaments in the Minor categories.

Proposed Wording

Add:  4th paragraph
The Association shall accept affiliations in the following categories:
Masters – 35 years and older
Senior – open age classification
Intermediate – open age classification
Junior – 22 years and under
Midget – 18 years and under
Bantam – 15 years and under
Novice – 13 years and under
Squirt – 11 years and under
Mite – 9 years and under

The age restrictions listed above are ages prior to January 1st of the current year.
The Association will offer House League Select Team Tournaments in the Minor categories.

The Association will offer an endorsement to
(1) The University/College Fast Pitch program.
(2) The Secondary Schools Fast Pitch program.

CARRIED

Moved by S. Finan, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Competing With Another Team:
A player does not require a “letter of permission” from her home team to participate in try-outs, skills camps or talent ID camps. An affiliated player must obtain written permission from her team manager prior to competing with any other team in league, exhibition or tournament play. (Exception – National Competitions – Canadian and Eastern Canadians, High School, College or University) Failure to obtain such permission shall result in suspension of such player for a period as determined by the Discipline Committee. Any team manager or coach using a player from another team without receiving and filing written permission from her team manager or coach, with the player’s Co-ordinator, will be automatically suspended. A player may only compete on the team she is affiliated with in the Association play-off tournaments.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
A player does not require a “letter of permission” from her home team to participate in try-outs, skills camps or talent ID camps. An affiliated player must obtain written permission from her team manager prior to competing with any other team in league, exhibition or tournament play. (Exception – National Competitions – Canadian and Eastern Canadians, High School, College or University) Failure to obtain such permission shall result in suspension of such player for 2 Association games.

Any team manager or coach using a player from another team without receiving and filing written permission from her team manager or coach, with the player’s Co-ordinator, will be automatically suspended.

A player may only compete on the team she is affiliated with in the Association play-off tournaments.

CARRIED

Moved by S. Finan, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Competing With Another Team:
A player does not require a “letter of permission” from her home team to participate in try-outs, skills camps or talent ID camps. An affiliated player must obtain written permission from her team manager prior to competing with any other team in league, exhibition or tournament play. (Exception – National Competitions – Canadian and Eastern Canadians, High School, College or University) Failure to obtain such permission shall result in suspension of such player for a period as determined by the Discipline Committee. Any team manager or coach using a player from another team without receiving and filing written permission from her team manager or coach, with the player’s Co-ordinator, will be automatically suspended.

A player may only compete on the team she is affiliated with in the Association play-off tournaments.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
A player does not require a “letter of permission” from her home team to participate in try-outs, skills camps or talent ID camps. An affiliated player must obtain written permission from her team manager prior to competing with any other team in league, exhibition or tournament play. (Exception – National Competitions – Canadian and Eastern Canadians, High School, College or University) Failure to obtain such permission shall result in suspension of such player for a period as determined by the Discipline Committee. Any team manager or coach using a player from another team without receiving and filing written permission from her team manager or coach, with the Association Registrar, will be automatically suspended for 3 Association games.

CARRIED

Moved by T. Bannister, seconded by Board of Directors

Amendment by T. Bannister seconded by C. Bilinski

Title/Current Wording

New

Proposed Wording

Add "Recruitment"
(a) Club team tryouts or player evaluations in the Mite through Midget divisions for the 2012 season can’t commence before September 12th. In each subsequent year, club team tryouts or player evaluations can’t commence before the first Monday which occurs after Labor Day. Failure to abide by these rules will result in the offending coach being denied Association membership for one (1) year.

Amendment:
Club team tryouts or player evaluations in the Mite through Bantam divisions for the 2012 season cannot commence before Labour Day. In each subsequent year, club team tryouts or player evaluations cannot commence before Labour Day. Failure to abide by these rules will result in the offending coach being denied Association membership for one (1) year.

Main motion as amended - CARRIED

Moved by T. Bannister, seconded by Board of Directors

Amendment by T. Bannister seconded by C. Bilinski

Title/Current Wording

New

Proposed Wording

Add "Recruitment"
(b)  During the 2011 playing season, all Association coaches and managers are not able to recruit PWSA players from other teams at any time during the playing season or before September 6th. In subsequent years, Association coaches and managers are not able to approach players from other teams prior to the September Labour Day Holiday. If a coach is found to be recruiting players during the season they will be denied Association membership for one (1) year.

Amendment:
(b) During the 2011 playing season, all Association coaches and managers are not able to recruit PWSA players from other teams at any time during the playing season. If a coach is found to be recruiting players during the season they will be denied Association membership for one (1) year.

Main motion as amended - CARRIED

Moved by D. DeMoel, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

All signed players on all teams registered with the Association must have competed in at least three (3) league or tournament games with the team they are signing with in order to be eligible to compete in the Association play-offs.
Exception: When a player is unable to complete in at least (3) three games, due to participation with a National team.

If a team is not part of a league, then all players must have competed in at least three (3) games with that team and the player(s) may not be part of any league. This does not preclude representative teams taken from a minor softball association house league program from Mite through Bantam or Masters Divisions.

Proposed Wording

Delete

CARRIED

Moved by J. Mauthe, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Acceptance:
The Association reserves the right to refuse acceptance or suspend any team, coach, manager, or player who is not in good standing with the Association.

Proposed Wording

Add:
Note: “Good standing” as defined in the PWSA By-Laws Article 2.5

CARRIED

Moved by L. Turton, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Effect of Non-Compliance:
Any player, coach or manager found to be ineligible will result in all honours won by the team while using the ineligible person to be struck from the Association records. In addition, the team shall be fined $100.00 and placed under suspension for a period as determined by the Discipline Committee.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
Any player, coach or manager found to be ineligible will result in all honours won by the team while using the ineligible person to be struck from the Association records. In addition, the team shall be fined $100.00 and placed under suspension for 3 Association games.

CARRIED

Moved by T. Bannister, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Play-off Arrangement:
Qualifying and Grand Championship Tournaments shall normally be on a double elimination basis. Midget, Bantam and Novice Divisions leading to National Canadians will employ pool play qualifications followed by a Championship round.
Where there is a lack of entries or an excess of entries, the Board of Directors shall be empowered to schedule a round-robin or other special play-off arrangement. Dates for all tournaments shall be decided by the Board of Directors based on the applications received.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
Qualifying and Grand Championship Tournaments shall normally be on a double elimination basis. Midget and Bantam Divisions leading to National Canadians will employ pool play qualifications followed by a Championship round.
The Mite, Squirt and Novice Divisions will be open divisions. Teams will be  placed into balanced qualifiers and teams will advance to either the A, B, or C provincial championship based upon their final placement at the qualifying tournament.

CARRIED

Moved by T. Bannister, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Tournament Draws:
Qualifying and Grand Championship tournament schedules shall be drawn up by the appropriate Divisional Co-ordinator with two (2) other Board Members. The Divisional Co-ordinators shall ensure that each designated team contact in their Division receives a copy of said tournament schedule.

Proposed Wording

Add:
The Association will advertise on their website prior to May 15th, the date, time and location of when the PWSA Provincial Championship draws will occur. The team manager or their designate (one per team) may attend the draw of the division their team is affiliated with.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Schedule:
If any need should arise the Divisional Co-ordinator or her delegate shall have
the power to re-arrange a tournament schedule in her Division.

Proposed Wording

Add:
This would be in the event of a withdrawal of teams or due to weather
conditions.

CARRIED

Moved by L. Thompson, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Tier II:
A Tier II competition shall be offered in all Divisions. The teams shall
indicate their preference on their affiliation form by affiliation deadline, but
the final classification based on numbers is to be decided by the Board of
Directors.

Exception: Mite Division will be one open Division.

Any team winning a medal in Grand Championship play in Squirt through Bantam who
has seven players remaining on their championship roster and are in the same
division for the following year will automatically be classified Tier I.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
A Tier II competition shall be offered in Bantam and Midget Divisions. The teams
shall indicate their preference on their affiliation form by the affiliation
deadline, but the final classification based on numbers is to be decided by the
Board of Directors.

Any team winning a medal in the Grand Championship who has seven players
remaining on their team roster and are in the same division for the following
year will automatically be classified Tier I.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Time Limits:
In all divisions, play-off tournament games shall be seven (7) innings.

Exception: Mite, Squirt and Novice Divisions.

In all games in Qualifying Tournaments, no inning of any game shall begin after one hour and forty-five minutes.

In all games in Grand Championship Tournaments, (where there are no Qualifying Tournaments) no inning of any game shall begin after one hour and forty-five minutes.

In all games in Grand Championship Tournaments (where there are Qualifying Tournaments), no time limit shall apply.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
In all divisions, play-off tournament games shall be seven (7) innings.

Exception: Mite and Squirt where no inning shall begin after one hour an 45 minutes.

CARRIED

Moved by T. Bannister, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Tie Breaker:
In all Divisions, after seven (7) innings of regulation play, the Tie Breaker shall be used. In the Mite, Squirt and Novice Divisions, tournaments with time limits on games, the Tie Breaker shall be used at the end of seven (7) innings or when the time limit is up.

Proposed Wording

Add:
The Association Tie Breaker format for pool play/round robin tournaments shall be:
(1) Winner of games between the tied teams.
(2) Difference plus or minus of total runs scored with the limit of 7 plus or minus per game. Full innings only may be used.
(3) Least runs allowed.
(4) Most runs scored.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Dropped Third Strike:
In all divisions “including mite and
squirt” the dropped third strike rule is in effect.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
In all divisions, “excluding mite”, the dropped third strike rule is in effect.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Amended by D. Malisani seconded by D. Murray

Title/Current Wording

Mite and Squirt Divisions:
All players MUST bat and unlimited defensive substitutions will be allowed. Players requiring courtesy runners must be announced before the game begins unless an injury occurs during the game.

Proposed Wording

Add new paragraph:
Pitchers and catchers may play only four (4) innings per game in those positions.

Amendment
A pitcher and a catcher may play only 4 innings per game in each of those positions in the Mite Division.

Main Motion As Amended CARRIED

Moved by D. DeMoel seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Suspension:
Any league, association, coach, manager or player member of this Association violating the Constitution, By-Laws or  Operating Rules or refusing to abide by the decision of the Board of Directors shall be suspended.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
Any league, association, coach, manager, player or member of this Association violating the Constitution, By-Laws or Operating Rules or refusing to abide by the decision of the Board of Directors shall be suspended.

CARRIED

Moved by D. DeMoel seconded by Board of Directors

Amended by D. DeMoel, seconded by M. Allen

Title/Current Wording

Acts of Suspension:
Teams, coaches, managers or players may be suspended for conducting themselves in an unsportsmanlike and undesirous manner and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for the following specific acts:
(a) Permitting betting or improper conduct by players, coaches or managers at games
(b) Offering, agreeing, conspiring or attempting to lose any games, or being interested in any pool or wagers thereon
(c) Deliberately degrading the image of the Association or their representatives
(d) Knowingly playing with or against a player, coach or manager who has been expelled or suspended
(e) Refusing to sign the waiver and release form
(f) Using a player who is not eligible to play on that team
(g) Fighting with other coaches, managers, players, officials or spectators
(h) Verbal abuse, harassment of any official, player or spectator
(i) If a Manager, Coach, or member of the team management, for having offered money to a player for her services
(j) If a player, for having demanded money for her services
(k) Submitting an N.S.F. cheque for payment of any fees to the Association
(l) When a player leaves her team, she must meet all financial obligations and return all parts of her uniform and property of the team/local organization, or pay the cost of the same, before playing with another team. Failure to do so will automatically place said player under suspension.
(m) The consumption of alcoholic beverages on or near diamond facilities.

Exception: Any Licensed area.

Proposed Wording

Delete (a) to (m)

Add re-written (a) to (n):
(a) Permitting betting or improper conduct by players, coaches or managers at games. Automatic suspension for 1 Association game.
(b) Offering, agreeing, conspiring or attempting to lose any games, or being interested in any pool or wagers thereon. Automatic suspension for 1 Association game.
(c) Deliberately degrading the image of the Association or their representatives. Suspension depends on severity. Goes to a Discipline Committee.
(d) Knowingly playing with or against a player, coach or manager who has been expelled or suspended. Automatic suspension for 3 Association games.
(e) Refusing to sign the waiver and release form. Suspension until such time as the waiver and release form has been signed.
(f) Using a player who is not eligible to play on that team. Automatic suspension for 3 Association games.
(g) Fighting with other coaches, managers, players, officials or spectators. Suspension depends on severity. Goes to a Discipline Committee.
(h) Verbal abuse, harassment of any official, player or spectator. Suspension depends on severity. Goes to a Discipline Committee.
(i) If a Manager, Coach, or member of the team management, offers money to a player for her services. Automatic suspension for 3 Association games.
(j) If a player - having demanded money for her services. Automatic suspension for 3 Association games.
(k) Submitting an N.S.F. cheque for payment of any fees to the Association. Automatic suspension until cheque and all charges are cleared.
(l) When a player leaves her team, she must meet all financial obligations and return all parts of her uniform and property of the team/local organization, or pay the cost of the same, before playing with another team. Failure to do so will automatically place said player under suspension until all property is returned or paid for.
(m) The consumption of alcoholic beverages on or near diamond facilities.
Exception: Any Licensed area.
Automatic suspension for game, if a single game and/or automatic suspension for Tournament, if a Tournament.
(n) Ejection from a game or a Tournament or reportedly having committed unsportsmanlike or undesirous conduct at either a Canadian or Eastern Canadian Tournament will result in suspension from the next year’s Canadian or Eastern Canadian Tournament.

Amendment
Remove section (n)…..would then read under (m):

The consumption of alcoholic beverages on or near diamond facilities. Exception: Any Licensed area.
Automatic suspension for game, if a single game and/or automatic suspension for Tournament, if a Tournament.

Top would now read:
Add re-written (a) to (m)

Main Motion as Amended CARRIED

Moved by D. DeMoel seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Acts of Suspension:
Teams, coaches, managers or players may be suspended for conducting themselves in an unsportsmanlike and undesirous manner and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for the following specific acts:

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
Teams, coaches, managers or players will be suspended for conducting themselves in an unsportsmanlike and undesirous manner and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for the following specific acts:

CARRIED

Moved by D. DeMoel seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Notices
(a) The president or delegate will notify the individual alleged to have committed a major infraction within thirty (30) days as well as providing a copy of the incident report.
(b) The individual being disciplined will be given ten (10) days of written notice of the date, time and place of their hearing.
(c) The decision of the Discipline committee shall be communicated in writing to the individual(s) affected.
(d) An appeal shall be filed within seven (7) days from the date the notice of decision was received. Appeal MUST be in writing to the President.
(e) A copy of the Association’s Appeal policy shall be provided to the individual filing the appeal.

Proposed Wording

Re-do entire section:
(a) In cases of automatic suspension, confirmation of the suspension shall be communicated in writing by the Divisional Co-ordinator.
(b) In cases where there is a Discipline Committee, the decision of the Discipline Committee will be communicated in writing to all individuals affected, by the Chairman of the Discipline Committee.
(c) If an appeal is received, it must be filed within seven (7) days from the date the notice of decision was received. Appeal MUST be in writing to the Association Secretary with a copy to the President.
(d) If a hearing is necessary, the President or delegate will notify the individual alleged to have committed a major infraction within fourteen (14) days. Copies of the incident report and the umpires report (if applicable) shall be provided.
(e) The individual appealing will be given ten (10) days of written notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Right of Appeal:
Anyone (player, coach, manager or team) has a right to appeal the penalty set down by a discipline committee or to appeal any suspension or fine. A letter requesting an appeal of disciplinary action, accompanied by a non-refundable cheque for $100.00, shall be sent to the Corresponding Secretary, with copy to the President.

The President shall be empowered to appoint a committee of a minimum of five (5) Board members to hear said appeal. A Board member hearing an appeal shall not have taken part in the original decision of discipline committee.

Proposed Wording

Change to read:
Anyone (player, coach, manager or team) has a right to appeal the penalty set down by a discipline committee or to appeal any suspension or fine. A letter requesting an appeal of disciplinary action, accompanied by a non-refundable cheque for $100.00, shall be sent to the Association Secretary, with copy to the President.

The President shall be empowered to appoint a committee of a minimum of five (5) Board members to hear said appeal. A Board member hearing an appeal shall not have taken part in the original decision of discipline committee.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors

Title/Current Wording

Additional Players:
Teams competing in a Canadian Championship may add not more than three (3) players under the following
conditions:

g) Eligible registered Association players may be added to replace National Team athletes who are unable to participate due to National Team activities, provided they have written approval of the appropriate
Divisional Co-ordinator.

Proposed Wording

Add new paragraph under (g):
g) Eligible registered Association players may be added to replace National Team athletes who are unable to participate due to National Team activities, provided they have written approval of the appropriate
Divisional Co-ordinator.

Said replacement players shall be selected prior to any other pickup player selection under R12.02.

CARRIED

Moved by D. Malisani, seconded by Board of Directors


Title/Current Wording

Additional Players:
Teams competing in a Canadian Championship may add not more than three (3) players under the following
conditions:...

(i) Eligible registered Association players may be picked up for the following two Divisions for National Championships:
(i) Junior may compete in BOTH Junior and Senior Canadians in the same year provided they are not held concurrently and they meet the age requirement.
(ii) Midget players may compete in BOTH Midget and Junior Canadians in the same year, provided they are not held
concurrently and as long as their own Division comes first.

Proposed Wording

Delete and change to read:
Eligible registered Association players will be allowed to participate in two fast pitch championships and more than one slo-pitch championship provided they are not held concurrently, with their provinces/territory approval.

CARRIED

Moved by M. Allen seconded by D. DeMoel

Title/Current Wording

Nominations for the P.W.S.A. Board of Directors will not be taken from the floor at the 2011 A.G.M. deadline date for submission of nominations shall be 30 days prior to the A.G.M. and must be sent to the association secretary.