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complete and submit by email to jsimmons.rmsbo@gmail.ccom
or submit via mail to P.O. Box 317 Roselle, IL 60172

Dear RMSBO in-house families,

We hope that you are all safe, healthy and enjoying the start of the summer. 

It is with a very heavy heart that we are notifying all of our families that the decision has been made to cancel the 2020 RMSBO in-house season.   We have been working diligently since the beginning of the pandemic to determine a way to get all of our players back out on the fields as soon as possible.  However, we have reached a point where that is no longer feasible.  There are many factors that played into this decision that we’d like to share with you:

1.  In stage 3 of Reopen Illinois, teams are allowed to begin practicing.  However, we are limited in the group size and must adhere to strict social distance and sanitization guidelines.  As a Board, we do not feel it is fair to inflict the burden and responsibility of enforcing these guidelines on our volunteer managers and coaches.

2. Game play can begin in stage 4, which presumably would start June 26^th.  As you know, that date is subject to change.  We do not feel it is responsible to string our families along any longer when they may be planning vacations, events, etc. through the summer.

3.  Many of our partnering towns and organizations have already cancelled their spring seasons, leaving us little to no option to schedule any inter-league play, nor do our numbers allow for us to devise a game schedule for within the RMSBO alone. 

4.  To help prevent the spread of the virus, the Roselle & Medinah Park Districts will not be placing port-a-potties at their fields.   This poses a unique challenge for all of our players, but most notably our youngest age groups.

We are looking at establishing a late summer/early fall league and will be reaching out to our partners to determine their interest and begin that planning process.    Obviously, there is still much that is unknown, but our hope is to offer a season that would look very similar to the spring season we all enjoy.  As we get a clearer understanding of what direction Illinois is headed and the guidelines that will be in place in stage 4, we will begin to firm up plans and share them with everyone as soon as possible. 

We are requesting that each of our families complete and submit the 2020 refund request form, if you have not done so already.  This can be found on our website at www.rmsbo.org.   Our hope is that most families will chose to roll their registration over to the 2021 season.   This option allows us to minimize the amount of administrative work to be done and locks everyone in at this year’s rate for next year.   If you chose to request a refund, these will be processed manually and it will take some time to complete.  We appreciate your patience.  Last, if you chose to donate your fee for the 2020 season, know that as a 501(c)3 organization, we are very grateful for your support and a receipt will be provided for your tax records.  

With respect to our travel groups, these teams operate partially independently of the RMSBO scheduling their own practices and games, but existing under the RMSBO umbrella. At this time, these teams have been given the green light to practice under very strict guidelines set forth by the RMSBO and the Roselle and Medinah Park Districts. Their experience will allow us to gauge realistic expectations when it comes to developing safety guidelines that will likely be in place for our in-house teams in the event that we can move forward with a fall season. 

Finally, we want to stress that cancelling the season was a worst-case scenario for us.   But as a youth organization, our number one priority is, and will always be, the health and safety of all of our players, their coaches and our families.    We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for choosing the RMSBO and for sticking through us during this very unique time.  Our organization does not exist without your support and without the countless hours that our volunteers offer up willingly each season.  We are looking forward to a potential fall season and a return to “regularly scheduled programming” in 2021.

Sincerely,

The RMSBO Board of Directors

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