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We all love our town of Snohomish for multiple reasons, for its small town feel, for its close knit community of friends who are more like family, and for the growth within our community that benefits our families and our children. In order for that growth to happen we need to make some changes to the NSLL Executive Board. We currently have 3 members who do not have children in the league and who do not have the best interest of the growth of the league. These 3 Executive Board Members do not follow the code of conduct, they are the judge and jury when it comes to others but they are never held accountable. There is absolutely zero transparency when it comes to financials as well as other aspects of the league. Not to mention the single most important issue, their conflicts of interest regarding select teams and top board member involvement. Lastly, discrimination against families who challenge them.
We personally have 4 young children who will play at NSLL for the next 10-15 years. We also have many friends who also have young children who will grow up playing within this Little League. We want the league to be successful, we want the league to grow in baseball and softball for all children who want to play the sport. Most importantly we want the league to run properly, efficiently, and effectively to ensure a positive experience for all. During the past 5 years we personally have experienced many negative events and issues that should have never happened. We have listened over the past 5 years to our community about their frustrations and negative experiences with NSLL and who have left to play ball elsewhere. We feel the board needs new leadership in order to grow, be successful, and give this community what it needs for our children. Please sign this petition to ensure a successful future for our children at NSLL. We appreciate your support, and Thank you!
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Updates
July 1, 2018
I have spent the last few days meeting with parents who have shared their own painful experiences with the current board. These stories confirm that my family is not the only one feeling silenced by the lack of accountability in our league.
July 1, 2018
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one who has felt pushed aside by the current leadership. The stories flooding in show just how many families have been hurt by this lack of transparency and fairness in our league.
19 Comments
Darren Unrue is one of the rudest people I have ever interacted with. I agree with the other comment above about blaming others and talking to people like their stupid. I emailed the board with concerns about the field status hotline not being updated on time and got a quick response back from Darren Unrue that was very aggressive and sarcastically saying maybe I should take over the hotline if I was so concerned about it. Most definitely need new leadership!
The NSLL board is comprised of volunteers. The solution here is not to discourage involvement or get rid of difficult personalities. Not everyone will always see eye to eye. We should all want to encourage everyone, willing to join, to become involved for the betterment of youth baseball/softball—ultimately build community. I’ve personally experienced being bullied by members of the board. When questions arise, they have become defensive. Transparency is a concern. We need a well balanced board that is inclusive, communicative and has the best interest of little league at the fore front. Please be prepared to become part of the solution not the problem.
Time for a change.
Back when my 3 boys played in the mid to late 80's for Snohomish Little League it was very organized. If as a league you are informing the parents that certain things will happen that is what should be expected. Such as the updates on field conditions. I realize it's a hard and sometimes thankless position to be a board member, but there really is no need for Rude board members.
I’ve been part of an executive boards for softball and Little League. It can be a thankless job. However, very rewarding also. The most important thing to remember is that your there volunteering your time for the good of the community, NOT just your kid but all of the kids. All the parents look up to Board and you must be the best you can be. It’s about right and wrong....
Yes, that is correct. Lindsey was the scheduler for the 2018 season. Only someone who has done the thankless job would understand that its all consuming. This was Lindsey's first time ever being a scheduler and she did make some mistakes. Although the scheduler has no say in when she receives the information to schedule, she received some coach requests after she had already created the schedules, and she was also forced to push the past season back by 2 weeks which created a serious conflict with game scheduling and time constraints. Lastly, the scheduler has nothing to do with communication from the league, all she does is create the schedules.
I just looked on the NSLL home page under board of directors and noticed that Lindsey (named as one of the people starting this petition) is listed as the scheduler. I'm just thinking that maybe this comment isn't accurate in who it is directed at. I'm just guessing that there may be more to the story.
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Final supporters
We all love our town of Snohomish for multiple reasons, for its small town feel, for its close knit community of friends who are more like family, and for the growth within our community that benefits our families and our children. In order for that growth to happen we need to make some changes to the NSLL Executive Board. We currently have 3 members who do not have children in the league and who do not have the best interest of the growth of the league. These 3 Executive Board Members do not follow the code of conduct, they are the judge and jury when it comes to others but they are never held accountable. There is absolutely zero transparency when it comes to financials as well as other aspects of the league. Not to mention the single most important issue, their conflicts of interest regarding select teams and top board member involvement. Lastly, discrimination against families who challenge them.
We personally have 4 young children who will play at NSLL for the next 10-15 years. We also have many friends who also have young children who will grow up playing within this Little League. We want the league to be successful, we want the league to grow in baseball and softball for all children who want to play the sport. Most importantly we want the league to run properly, efficiently, and effectively to ensure a positive experience for all. During the past 5 years we personally have experienced many negative events and issues that should have never happened. We have listened over the past 5 years to our community about their frustrations and negative experiences with NSLL and who have left to play ball elsewhere. We feel the board needs new leadership in order to grow, be successful, and give this community what it needs for our children. Please sign this petition to ensure a successful future for our children at NSLL. We appreciate your support, and Thank you!
Updates
July 1, 2018
I have spent the last few days meeting with parents who have shared their own painful experiences with the current board. These stories confirm that my family is not the only one feeling silenced by the lack of accountability in our league.
July 1, 2018
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one who has felt pushed aside by the current leadership. The stories flooding in show just how many families have been hurt by this lack of transparency and fairness in our league.
19 Comments
Glad to see this I agree with all the comments said about the horrible communication in the league, My son is 5 so we will be spending many years in this league, but to be honest, its disheartening after the 1st couple years in the league, because It seems like there are alot of things that need to change. The coaches hardly know anything about the schedule information until THE LAST MINUTE. Anyways I am happy to see this in action
Darren Unrue is one of the rudest people I have ever interacted with. I agree with the other comment above about blaming others and talking to people like their stupid. I emailed the board with concerns about the field status hotline not being updated on time and got a quick response back from Darren Unrue that was very aggressive and sarcastically saying maybe I should take over the hotline if I was so concerned about it. Most definitely need new leadership!
The NSLL board is comprised of volunteers. The solution here is not to discourage involvement or get rid of difficult personalities. Not everyone will always see eye to eye. We should all want to encourage everyone, willing to join, to become involved for the betterment of youth baseball/softball—ultimately build community. I’ve personally experienced being bullied by members of the board. When questions arise, they have become defensive. Transparency is a concern. We need a well balanced board that is inclusive, communicative and has the best interest of little league at the fore front. Please be prepared to become part of the solution not the problem.
Time for a change.
Back when my 3 boys played in the mid to late 80's for Snohomish Little League it was very organized. If as a league you are informing the parents that certain things will happen that is what should be expected. Such as the updates on field conditions. I realize it's a hard and sometimes thankless position to be a board member, but there really is no need for Rude board members.
I’ve been part of an executive boards for softball and Little League. It can be a thankless job. However, very rewarding also. The most important thing to remember is that your there volunteering your time for the good of the community, NOT just your kid but all of the kids. All the parents look up to Board and you must be the best you can be. It’s about right and wrong....
Yes, that is correct. Lindsey was the scheduler for the 2018 season. Only someone who has done the thankless job would understand that its all consuming. This was Lindsey's first time ever being a scheduler and she did make some mistakes. Although the scheduler has no say in when she receives the information to schedule, she received some coach requests after she had already created the schedules, and she was also forced to push the past season back by 2 weeks which created a serious conflict with game scheduling and time constraints. Lastly, the scheduler has nothing to do with communication from the league, all she does is create the schedules.
I just looked on the NSLL home page under board of directors and noticed that Lindsey (named as one of the people starting this petition) is listed as the scheduler. I'm just thinking that maybe this comment isn't accurate in who it is directed at. I'm just guessing that there may be more to the story.
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Glad to see this I agree with all the comments said about the horrible communication in the league, My son is 5 so we will be spending many years in this league, but to be honest, its disheartening after the 1st couple years in the league, because It seems like there are alot of things that need to change. The coaches hardly know anything about the schedule information until THE LAST MINUTE. Anyways I am happy to see this in action