NVSUA Winter Notes……posted 12-21-09

 

New umpiring candidates wanted:

 

We will be beginning a training session shortly and are looking for 2010  umpiring candidates...please contact Ed Royce Toland in the NVSUA training office at (508)-877-7641 or e-mail…ehrt@rcn.com

 

2010 NVSUA meetings:

 

We are targeting the 5 Mondays in March.  The dates are as follows:

 

-         March 1

-         March 8

-         March 15

-         March 22

-         March 29

The location is to be determined.

 

The NVSUA 2010 scholarship tournament:

 

We have selected Hudson Massachusetts as this year’s site.  Tony Killian has been appointed as the liaison to the committee from Hudson. They will jointly work on tournament details.

 

Massachusetts ASA:

 

Steve, Jack and Ed have been meeting with Joe Alphonse the new state commissioner.  We will be discussing various items from our discussions during our March meetings.

 

NVSUA officiated tournaments 2010:

 

As of this date here are the registered tournaments:

 

Marlboro   July 16-17-18

Framingham July 23-24-25

 

Spotted:

 

We ran into Jim Palmer dining at the Red Line restaurant in Framingham. Jim is a former member of our board and held many key roles on the board over the years.  Jim extends his best wishes to all.

 

 

The NVSUA board wishes you a safe and happy holiday.

 

To:  Members of the JO Community

 

I’d like to take a brief moment to introduce myself.  My name is Joe Alfonse and I have been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Massachusetts ASA.  Just so you’re aware, the National ASA Board of Directors voted to merge Metro Boston and the former State Association.  I have been associated with the ASA since 1980 in many positions, culminating in this new commissionership.  Please feel free to contact me at Commissioner@Mass-ASAsoftball.com or go to our web-site at www.mass-asasoftball.com.

 

Now to the crux of this e-mail; as part of the new Association, we are doing our level best to minimize any changes with the current JO staffing as we merge the associations.  Phil McElroy is now the JO commissioner for the new state association.  That being said, it would be a disservice to Wayne Coe if we announced him as ‘second-in-command’ or some such other lesser nomenclature.  Plain and simple Wayne is the JO commissioner in charge of all invitational, state, regional, and National Qualifier Tournaments within the state.  As the JO Commissioner of the former state association, Wayne has done an outstanding job in almost every area of his position.  We will continue to use Wayne’s web-site for all JO tournament information. Wayne will be an equal partner in all JO decisions and I firmly believe that with both Phil and Wayne working together focusing on their communication, organizational, and training skills, Massachusetts will become one of the leading JO programs in the country. 

 

 

Respectfully,

 

 

 

Joe Alfonse

Commissioner

Mass ASA Softball

Good Morning MA ASA Leagues,

MASSACHUSETTS ASA AND METRO BOSTON ASA MERGING INTO MASS-ASA SOFTBALL

In October 2009, the National ASA Board of Directors in conjunction with
Massachusetts ASA Commissioner Ed Ladley and Metro Boston ASA Commissioner
Joseph Alfonse agreed to merge both ASA associations into one governing body
MASS-ASA.

Former Metro Boston ASA JO Commissioner Phil McElroy will now serve as the
MASS-ASA State JO Commissioner while the former Massachusetts ASA State JO
Commissioner Wayne Coe will assume the role of Deputy State JO Commissioner.
Most of the local JO Commissioners will remain with expanded roles. More
will be announced in the coming weeks.

 

For the most part, the people you have been dealing with in either Metro
Boston ASA or Massachusetts ASA on a JO level will remain. By combining the
Associations, MASS-ASA can provide teams and leagues with even better
service and provide more programs.