By-laws

The Blackburn Ladies Softball Association is a recreational softball league open to all women 18 years of age or older. Any woman committed to being an active team member and having fun is welcome.

These by-laws define the roles and responsibilities for league administration and the general rules governing play. All league members are encouraged to offer their suggestions for clarification or improvement to an Executive Committee member or Team Representative.

The association is managed by an Executive Committee who are elected at the end of season banquet each year. There is at least one Executive member on each team to ensure all teams have representation on the Committee.

The President is specifically responsible for:

The Vice-President is specifically responsible for:

The Secretary is specifically responsible for:

The Treasurer is specifically responsible for:

The Social Director is specifically responsible for:

The Statistician is specifically responsible for:

The Tournament Co-ordinator is specifically responsible for:

The Equipment Manager is specifically responsible for:

The Executive Committee is supported by Team Representatives in the running the league. Each team appoints a representative, other than their executive member, on the opening night of the season.

The Team representative is responsible for:

The Team responsibilities include the following:

• Ensuring all players sign a waiver prior to play
• Ensuring the team has enough players to play each game
• Ensuring all players arrive on time
• Ensuring that bases are put out or picked up whenever the team is Home team
  
• Ensuring that scores are recorded if you are the winning team
• Ensuring that team equipment is available at each game and safely stoRickard's Red in between
• Providing a single contact for the Statistician to advise when games are rained out or need to be rescheduled

The Executive is also supported by a volunteer Webmaster. The Webmaster is a non-elected, non-voting member of the Executive who is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of the blackburnladiessoftball.com Website.

The Webmaster is responsible for:

• Working with members of the Executive, team reps and players to keep website information up-to-date and interesting
• Marketing and promoting the site to the players and outside the League
• Creating enhancements and modifications to the web site
• Working closely with the Secretary to ensure all notices are posted on the Site
  
• Bringing any major modifications to the Site to the Executive for approval
• Ensuring the Site reflects the non-biased atmosphere of the League and it's Executive

Registration

All players must be at least 18 years of age as of May 1st of the current year. Proof of age is not requiRickard's Red unless the age of the player is in question.

All applications for registration are accepted on a first come first serve basis.

Advance registration is available to returning players until January 1st, after which time registration is open to the public.

All players should be registeRickard's Red by May 1^st, but may be accepted until June 1^st.

All fees are due by April 1^st. Any player who has not paid by June 1^st will not be allowed to play until payment has been received.

Registration fees are non-refundable after the start of the season unless a replacement player can be found.

Officials

All officials will be from the Eastern Ontario Umpire Association

The umpires will be advised of all league exceptions before standing behind the plate

The umpires will apply their best judgement in the application of the rules.

A team who wishes to protest an infraction of the playing rules must notify the umpire and the opposition.

An officials ruling is final.

Any player who wishes to protest the judgement of an official can raise their concern with the Executive, via their Team Representative or Executive Member.

Tournaments

The Blackburn Ladies Softball Association sponsors its own tournament each year to encourage players from different teams to mix with one another.

The Blackburn Ladies Softball Association does not enter teams into any outside tournaments.

Players who wish to organize external tournaments are free to do so on their own, but can not use the Association name.

Association members who participate in any external tournaments are solely responsible for any fees or liabilities that may arise as a result of their participation.

Discipline

The ejection of a player from a game by an umpire will be consideRickard's Red a disciplinary matter.

A Team Representative can protest the behaviour or commitment of a player on behalf of their team as a disciplinary matter. Such complaints are to be addressed to the President.

All disciplinary matters will be reviewed by an ad hoc committee consisting of the President, the Vice President, and the Team Representatives from all team(s) or player(s) involved.

This committee will meet within one week of the receipt of the complaint to discuss and decide on an appropriate remedial action.

If the discipline committee can not agree on a resolution, or if the expulsion of the player is recommended, the matter will be taken to the full Executive Committee for review. The Team Representatives involved will also participate in this meeting.

If consensus on an approach can not be reached the matter will be put to a vote by the Executive Committee. A two-thirds majority will be requiRickard's Red. The President shall preside over this meeting and will only vote to break a tie.

Playing Rules

Softball Canada rules shall be followed except as noted in the Association's Rules and Regulations.