add draft as a release type

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Build & publish docs (rc + release)
 on:
   push:
     tags:
+      - "draft*"
       - "rc*"
       - "v*"
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           zip -r "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" ./${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
 
       - name: Publish prerelease
-        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'rc')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'rc') || startsWith(github.ref_name, 'draft')
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           prerelease: true
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'rc')
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          rm -rf rc
+          rm -rf rc draft
           mkdir -p rc
           cp -a ${RUNNER_TEMP}/mkdocs_out/site/. rc/
           printf '{"tag":"%s"}\n' "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" > rc/rc.json
@@ -152,4 +153,19 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git commit -m "Deploy RC preview ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin gh-pages
+      
+      - name: Deploy draft preview to /draft/
+        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'draft')
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf rc draft
+          mkdir -p draft
+          cp -a ${RUNNER_TEMP}/mkdocs_out/site/. draft/
+          printf '{"tag":"%s"}\n' "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" > draft/draft.json
+
+          git add -A
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit -m "Deploy draft preview ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git push origin gh-pages

docs/01-constitution-and-bylaws.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Except as otherwise expressly herein provided or as otherwise provided by law, t
 The League's Board of Directors shall be composed of at least three (3) Directors ("Director") or such other greater number of Directors established by the Board of Directors from time to time. An individual need not be a manager of a Member Franchise in order to be a Director.
 
 ### Election and Term of Office
-Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the League. The term of office of each Director shall be until the next annual meeting. Directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she is elected and until his or her successor has been elected or until his or her death, resignation, or removal. Directors may serve successive terms.
+Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the League. The term of office of each Director shall be until the next annual meeting. Directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such Director is elected and until such Director's successor has been elected or until the Director's death, resignation, or removal. Directors may serve successive terms.
 
 ### Resignation and Removal
 Any Director may resign by written notice delivered to the Board of Directors or to the Commissioner or Secretary of the League. Any Director may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office. Any vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

docs/02-league-rules-and-policy.md

@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ The Commissioner may appoint individuals to operational roles as necessary to su
 Appointed roles may include, but are not limited to, the following:
 
 1. Umpire Assigner;
+1. Scheduler;
 1. Webmaster;
 1. Social Media or Communications Coordinator;
 1. Other roles deemed necessary by the Commissioner.
 
-The Commissioner shall define the duties, scope, and term of each appointed role.
+The Commissioner shall define the duties, scope, and term of each appointed role. Any compensation for a role shall require Board approval and shall be included as part of the Board-approved budget.
 
 No appointed role shall possess independent authority to interpret rules, impose discipline, levy fees or fines, or bind the League, unless such authority is expressly granted by this document or the Board.
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ The home team shall be responsible for accurately setting up the bases, and if n
 ### Uniform
 All players must be in uniform (bearing the team’s name as represented to the league) by the team’s first regular season game in order to be eligible to participate in games. Players may not obtain the jersey of another team member in order to obtain eligibility.
 
-1. This deadline may be extended by the Commissioner at his discretion following a written petition by the team that shows a just and reasonable cause for extension, and evidence of a good faith effort to meet the deadline.
+1. A the Commissioner's discrtiont, this deadline may be extended  following a written petition by the team that shows a reasonable cause for extension, and evidence of a good faith effort to meet the deadline.
 1. This rule applies to any players legally added to the roster after the stated deadline.
 1. Uniforms shall consist of, but are not limited to, matching team caps and jerseys with assigned team uniform numbers. 
 1. Players must be dressed in proper baseball pants. These pants need not match the team’s uniform, however, the League encourages all players to wear matching pants. Sweatpants, shorts, jeans, or any other type of pants other than baseball pants are prohibited.
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ A team may drop players at any time as long as the team’s roster does not fall
 Any and all roster changes shall be submitted to the Commissioner and satisfy the information requirements in [Roster Information Requirements](#roster-information-requirements).  Roster changes shall be effective as of the first pitch of the team’s first regularly scheduled game after the updated roster is submitted.
 
 ### Alumni
-If a team would otherwise be required to forfeit or technically forfeit a game after June 1 due to a lack of eligible players in attendance, the team can use one (but not more than one) of its former players (“alumni”) in that game. The team’s Manager shall inform the opposing team’s Manager and the Commissioner as soon as possible (and in no event later than the first pitch) of his team’s use of an alumni player and will provide to the opposing team’s Manager and the Commissioner with the alumni player’s name, age, bats/throws, position and uniform number. Alumni players are not eligible to play in the playoffs.
+If a team would otherwise be required to forfeit or technically forfeit a game after June 1 due to a lack of eligible players in attendance, the team can use one (but not more than one) of its former players (“alumni”) in that game. The team’s Manager shall inform the opposing team’s Manager and the Commissioner as soon as possible (and in no event later than the first pitch) the intention to use an alumni player and will provide to the opposing team’s Manager and the Commissioner with the alumni player’s name, age, bats/throws, position and uniform number. Alumni players are not eligible to play in the playoffs.
 
 ### Eligible Players
 Eligible players must be of at least eighteen (18) years of age by the date of the teams first +game. No player may play for more than one team in a season (either before or after June 1).
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ Players must appear in at least five (5) games during the regular season in orde
 All players in the League are expected to pay their team fees. Players will not be allowed to switch teams within the League unless or until any and all debts are paid in full.
 
 ### Free Agents
-A player must inform the League Commissioner and his Manager no later than February 15 of the upcoming season if he wishes to leave his team and become a free agent. After this he is free to play for another team in the League. A Manager may waive this deadline for an individual player at the Manager’s discretion. If the player fails to notify as specified, that player shall be disqualified from playing on another League team for that season.
+A player must inform the League Commissioner and such player's Manager no later than February 15 of the upcoming season if of an itention to leave the team and become a free agent. After this the player is free to play for another team in the League. A Manager may waive this deadline for an individual player at the Manager’s discretion. If the player fails to notify as specified, that player shall be disqualified from playing on another League team for that season.
 
 ## Protest and Forfeits
 
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ Fighting or any physical altercation shall not be tolerated in the League. Playe
 1. Any player or coach who participates in a fight shall be suspended for three games and fined $50.00.
 
 ### Assault of an Umpire
-Any player or coach who physically assaults an umpire will be permanently banished from the league. He may also be arrested if the umpire chooses to press charges.
+Any player or coach who physically assaults an umpire will be permanently banished from the league. Actions shall be reported to law enforcement as required.
 
 ### Substances
 

docs/03-playing-rules.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The League shall elect to use a designated runner rule, similar to the designate
 Prior to the start of the game a team may choose to play an extra hitter (EH). If the team uses this option, the following conditions apply:
 
 1. An EH shall only bat. They cannot take a position in the field as a tenth fielder.
-1. The EH shall be treated like any other position in the field. He can be substituted for, switch positions, or anything else that a position player can do.
+1. The EH shall be treated like any other position in the field, and can be substituted for, switch positions, or anything else that a position player can do.
 1. There is no limit to the number of extra hitters a team may elect to use, provided the names and numbers of these players are included in the lineup exchanged before the game.
 
 ## Courtesy Runner
@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ NO COLLISIONS ARE ALLOWED, UNLESS THE CONTACT RESULTS FROM A SLIDE. It is the ba
 Unless the umpire rules that the contact was incidental or the result of Obstruction by the fielder, the runner shall be called out, the ball declared dead and the runner automatically ejected from the game. Per [Flagrant Collisions](#flagrant-collisions). if the collision is determined by the umpire to be flagrant the player may be subject to the further penalty as defined in that section.
 
 ## Umpire Disputes
-Discussion of a disputed umpires call shall be limited to the Managers, base coaches and the “aggrieved  player. No player or other coach (third party) shall be allowed to leave the dugout or his defensive position to join in. The penalty for violating this rule shall be the immediate ejection from the game.
+Discussion of a disputed umpires call shall be limited to the Managers, base coaches and the “aggrieved  player. No player or other coach (third party) shall be allowed to leave the dugout or their defensive position to join in. The penalty for violating this rule shall be the immediate ejection from the game.