Colorado Springs Little League

Roles & Responsibilities of Local Board of Directors Annually, the regular membership of each Little League® is required to meet and elect a Board of Directors. Following the election, the Board of Directors will meet and elect its officers from within the membership of the board. The officers required are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Player Agent, Coaching Coordinator, and Safety Officer. If a league also operates an Intermediate (50-70) Division, Junior League, and/ or Senior League, a Vice President or other personnel should be designated to supervise, as is also the case for those leagues operating Little League, Junior League, or Senior League Softball programs. All officers should be members of the league’s Board of Directors. League duties concerning player selection, the transfer of players from Minor Leagues and schedule supervision, should be properly vested in the league’s player agent. Briefly, the duties of league officers and Board of Directors can be summed up as follows: Board of Directors The management of the property and affairs of the local league shall be vested in the Board of Directors. The directors shall, upon election, immediately enter upon the performance of their duties and shall continue in office until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. The board membership shall include the officers, including player agent, and a minimum of one manager and one volunteer umpire (Only volunteer umpires may be elected to the board). A quarter (25%) of the Board shall be comprised of members that are not current manager(s)/coach(es). Every board member should have a copy of the Little League Rulebook with Operating Policies for reference to proper operating procedures and policies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint such standing and special committees as it shall determine by the constitution and to delegate such powers to them as the board shall deem advisable and which it may properly delegate. The board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the league as it may deem proper. The board shall have the power by a two-thirds vote of those present at any regular or special meeting to discipline, suspend or remove any director or officer or committee member of the league, subject to provisions of the constitution. President Presides at league meetings, and assumes full responsibility for the operation of the local league. The president receives all mail, supplies, and other communications from the Little League International. The president must see to it that league personnel is properly briefed on all phases of rules, regulations, and policies of Little League. The league president is the contact between the local organization and Little League International. The local Little League® President is the most visible local league position in the program, and serves as the chairman of a local league’s Board of Directors. An