Serving Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties

1. To promote the sport of amateur softball in SFASA for adults, regardless of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin, and to establish an atmosphere of fair competition by thoughtful organization and administration of tournaments;
2. To educate and coordinate a SFASA wide network of personnel to assist in all phases of the operations of SFASA, and to conduct meetings to assist in the training of those personnel;
3. To provide for and ensure the safety of all adult participants, managers and/or coaches, umpires, and spectators by promoting good sportsmanship on all levels, and by establishing safety guidelines to be used at all SFASA sanctioned tournaments;
4. To promote and ensure the proper administration of annual SFASA Championship Play tournaments for the adult fast, modified, and/or slow pitch game; and
5. To educate and train managers and/or coaches and players on proper skills of softball play and rules through promoting, organizing, and conducting clinics, seminars, and training courses.

1. To select and remove all the officers, agents and employees of SFASA, prescribe duties for them as may not be inconsistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation, or with these Bylaws, fix the terms of their offices and their compensation, and in their discretion require from them security for faithful service;
2. To make disbursements from the funds and properties of SFASA as are required to fulfill the purposes of SFASA as more fully set out in the Articles of Incorporation and generally to conduct, manage, and control the activities and affairs of SFASA and to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation, or with these Bylaws, as they may deem best;
3. To adopt, make, and use a corporate seal and to alter the form of the seal from time to time as they may deem best;
4. To borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of SFASA and to execute and deliver, in SFASA’s name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, or other evidences of debt and securities; and
5. To the extent permitted by the exempt status of SFASA, to carry on a business at a profit and apply any profit that results from the business activity to any activity in which it may legally engage.

1. Class 1 Directors – Commissioner’s staff consisting of the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Junior Olympic (JO) Commissioner, Umpire-in-Chief (UIC), Player Representative, and At-Large Player Representative(s) (if applicable), all of whom are appointed by the Commissioner in accordance with the ASA CODE; and
2. Class 2 Directors – Those Directors elected to the BOARD on an annual basis during the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of SFASA.

1. The Director misses three (3) or more consecutive BOARD meetings without cause;
2. The Director becomes physically incapacitated or his or her inability to serve is established in the minds of a majority of the BOARD;
3. A conflict of interest is found to exist between the Director and SFASA;
4. The Director is found to have engaged in activities that are directly contrary to the interests of SFASA; or
5. The Director is found to have engaged in the misrepresentation of SFASA and its policies to outside third parties, either willfully, or on a repeated basis.

1. The Annual BOARD Meeting will be held during the last fifteen (15) days of the month of January.
2. The BOARD will be notified by first class mail and/or electronic communication as to the location and date of the Annual BOARD Meeting no later than ten (10) days prior to the date of the annual meeting.
3. A quorum of the Annual BOARD Meeting will be the Commissioner (or member from the Commissioner’s staff) and three (3) members of the BOARD as of the date of notification of the Annual BOARD Meeting.
4. The Annual BOARD Meeting shall be for the purposes of: (1) election of Directors; (2) election of Officers; (3) reviewing reports of any standing or adhoc committee(s); (4) the adoption of the budget; and (5) any other business that comes before the BOARD.
5. A majority vote of the BOARD present at the Annual BOARD Meeting is needed to pass any vote taken.

1. A Special BOARD Meeting may be called at any time by order of the President, Commissioner, or of three (3) or more of the Directors upon written notification to the Secretary of SFASA via certified mail.
2. The BOARD will be notified by first class mail and/or electronic communication no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting as to the location and date of the Special BOARD Meeting within two (2) days of receipt of the notification for a Special BOARD Meeting.
3. A quorum of the BOARD at the Special BOARD Meeting will be the Commissioner (or member from the Commissioner’s staff) and three (3) members of the BOARD as of the date of notification of the Special BOARD Meeting.
4. The Special BOARD Meeting shall be only for the purpose for which the Special BOARD Meeting is called.
5. A majority vote of the BOARD present at the Special BOARD Meeting is needed to pass any vote taken.

1. Reimbursement for hotel will be the hotel room rate plus taxes or the rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service per diem schedule, whichever is less.
2. Hotel nights to be reimbursed will be limited to the first night of the meeting if the meeting starts at 1:00 pm or later in the afternoon, or the previous night if the meeting starts prior to 1:00 pm in the afternoon, and every night thereafter if the meeting adjourns after 5:00 pm in the afternoon, or at the discretion of the Treasurer.  Thereafter, no reimbursement will be made.
3. Reimbursement for airfare will be limited to the lesser of a restricted coach ticket purchased at least fourteen (14) days in advance or the mileage for a round trip by automobile at the mileage rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service.
4. Meal per diem is fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day, unless meals are provided for by the Commissioner (or proxy).
5. The Treasurer may restrict reimbursement at a level less than those indicated above, and will provide at least twenty (20) days notice in advance to those individuals affected.

1. Reimbursement for hotel will be the hotel room rate plus taxes or the rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service per diem schedule, whichever is less.
2. Hotel nights to be reimbursed will be limited to the first night of the meeting if the meeting starts at or after 5:00 pm in the afternoon, or the previous night if the meeting starts prior to 5:00 pm in the afternoon, and every night thereafter and including the night until that individual no longer has a voting right at any meeting.  Thereafter, no reimbursement will be made.
3. Reimbursement for airfare will be limited to the lesser of a restricted coach ticket purchased at least fourteen (14) days in advance or the mileage for a round trip by automobile at the mileage rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service.
4. Meal per diem is fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day, unless meals are provided for by the Commissioner (or proxy).
5. The Treasurer may restrict reimbursement at a level less than those indicated above, and will provide at least twenty (20) days notice in advance to those individuals affected.

1. Those identified within the ASA CODE for Championship Play.
2. ASA Special Events.
3. ISF Events.
4. Non-Championship Play.

1. Any team that is registered with SFASA by the registration deadline, as determined from year to year, is eligible to participate in the SFASA Local Championship Play Tournament.
2. If the SFASA Local Championship Tournament is conducted prior to any other ASA qualifying tournaments, then only those teams that participate in the SFASA Local Championship Tournament will be allowed to advance to the next level (State Championship, Regional Championship, National Qualifier, Area Qualifier, etc.) of Championship Play, unless the team already has a berth as noted below, or unless allowed a direct berth into the ASA National Championship Finals Tournament per the ASA CODE.
3. All SFASA Local Championship Tournaments must be completed on or by the second (2^nd) Sunday in the month of August.
4. If a SFASA registered team has already secured a berth into the current year’s ASA National Championship Finals Tournament by way of where the team placed in the previous year’s ASA National Championship Finals Tournament, that team will be allowed to participate in the SFASA Local Championship Play Tournament without forfeiting its berth.
5. If the team that wins the SFASA Local Championship Play Tournament had already secured a berth into the current year’s ASA National Championship Finals Tournament, then the next placed team(s) (depending upon how many berths are available) will be provided with the berth into the current year’s ASA National Championship Finals Tournament.

1. Fast/Modified Pitch – no inning shall start after 1 hour 30 minutes;
2. Slow Pitch – no inning shall start after 1 hour 15 minutes.

1. A complete copy of the tournament brackets showing final standings of all participating teams.
2. All monies due SFASA.

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