2014-1015 League
12/30/14
Attending:
ALPINE
Larry Blais, Dan Simoneau BRITISH
CERCLE
1 Tom LeBlanc, Ray Boucher CERCLE
2 Ron Michaud
DAVIGNON 1 Chuck Wiggin Jr DAVIGNON 2 Bob Paquin, Jon
Laliberte
DAVIGNON 3 Paul Cere DAVIGNON
4 Rich Soares
DEERHEAD 1 Paul Martin DEERHEAD 2 Mike Neveu
EASTSIDE Kim Janelle MY
FRIENDS 1
WORKMENS Tony Cote FISH
Don MAC MacQuarrie
Sue
Davis Secretary Ray
Paquin Treasurer
If
anyone was forgotten at the meeting, please let me know.
The meeting began at 7:00 pm. Prior minutes were read and accepted. The following items were discussed
1.
Rodney
Mudgett has stepped down as president.
Paul Cere, took nominations for President. A nomination was made and seconded for Paul Cere
and also Ron Michaud. Steve Porter was
also nominated. Since Steve was not at
the meeting, he was called to see if he would accept, he asked for a couple of
days to make a decision so his name was removed from the voting. Ron Michaud was voted in as President and
Paul Cere will remain as Vice president.
Since Paul had several issues already set for discussion Ron let Paul
continue to lead this meeting and would take over the responsibilities at the
conclusion of the meeting.
2.
Hall of Fame Paul asked the captains to think about
which of their team members met the criteria for the Hall of Fame and would
take these names at the next meeting.
Three of four criteria must be met in order to be considered for the
Hall of Fame. Those criteria are: Outstanding contribution leading to
enhancement of the league, Twenty years membership in the league, Captain of a
team or a league officer for five or more years, and three or more tournament
wins (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) in the singles or
doubles tournament competition.
3.
Banquet dues for first half Paul read a
list of teams who still owed for the first half banquet dues. These are payable
to the QCPL at the Davignon Club now. It
can be dropped off at the Davignon in an envelope that states Banquet dues and
the team name. IF your team has not paid all of these dues, please do so
ASAP. This money will only be used for the banquet.
It
was voted to only collect for the 13 weeks of play so second half dues will be
$130 for each club. Clubs who make the
play-offs do not have to pay for the additional playoff weeks. This is a change from the first half.
Tom
LeBlanc stated that the Cercle National would be available for the banquet at
no cost to the league. Voting on when
and where the banquet is to be held was tabled to the next meeting.
4.
John
Laliberte suggested that the league purchase a rotating trophy for the league
like we have for the Singles and Doubles.
He also felt that all prior team champions be recognized on this
trophy. Sue stated that she had results
back to the 2007-2008 season but did not have any prior league results. It was voted to include as many prior league
championship clubs as possible and Paul stated that we would try to collect the
results of as many prior years as possible.
5.
Ray Paquin showed a statement that the club
currently has 3395.03 in the bank. This
includes fund collected from league dues as well as the banquet fund.
6.
The
Davignon Club will be hosting a doubles warm up to be held during the two weeks
between the Singles and Doubles tournaments.
The Cercle will also be hosting the Tournament of Champions, date to be
determined.
7.
Bonus Points there was a lot of discussion on
whether we should continue with the bonus points, whether the bonus points
should be capped at 12 and whether the score should be capped at 30. It was felt that the bonus points should be a
chance for a lower ranking team to win the match; it should not be an advantage
for that team. As a result it was voted
to cap the handicap at 12 points. A vote
was taken to cap the score at 30 points for a night. This was not passed. Teams can still make a handicap adjusted
score of more than 30 points.
We
also had some discussion as to whether we should have a third adjustment in the
bonus points. A motion was made and
seconded that the bonus points would be set before the first week of the half and
adjusted after week 4 and again after week 8.
This was voted on and passed by the league captains.
It
was also voted on that the rule stating the handicap would automatically be
adjusted if a team made more than 30 points three times in a half should change
to a team making a bonus adjusted score of 30 or more would be automatically
adjusted. Therefore rule 20 of by-laws
will now read as follows
Rule 20 HANDICAP - The
teams handicap will be set each year by the team captains after the initial
roster is presented and adjusted after the fourth week of play and again after
the eighth week of play. If a team has
three bonus adjusted scores of 30 or more in a half they will automatically
drop handicap by 3 points after the third 30+ score and for the subsequent
weeks of play. This rule of three
adjusted scores in excess of 30 points in a half will restart after an
adjustment. (Implemented. 10/1/13)(revised 12/30/14)
When
the handicap system is used for league play, the team winning a half will
automatically, and without exception, have their handicapped dropped three
points for the next half of league play.
The team winning the second half of league play will also have their
handicap dropped going into the HOME & HOME playoffs. (added 8/22/13)
8.
Dan
Simoneau brought up the issue of what do we do when a
club has both and in-house league and a QCPL league with players participating
in both leagues. Rule 14 Pratice Shots states:
Players
will be allowed six (6) practice shots before each game. Players' names must be written on the
blackboard before the player takes any practice shots or breaks the rack. The captain of the team who was not awarded
the break, or his/her designee, shall immediately rack the balls after practice
shots have been completed so the game may begin. Once a regular season match has started, no
player on the roster of either team shall be allowed to practice on an
"open" table located on the premises of said match. In the case of a tournament/league playoffs,
once tournament/play-off matches have begun, no player participating in the
tournament/play-offs shall be allowed to practice between his/her matches on an
"open" table located on the premises of such
tournament/play-offs.
This rule was changed to
include: If a player is playing in
another league on the premises that player will be allowed to play in both
leagues and will now read as follows:
Players
will be allowed six (6) practice shots before each game. Players' names must be written on the
blackboard before the player takes any practice shots or breaks the rack. The captain of the team who was not awarded
the break, or his/her designee, shall immediately rack the balls after practice
shots have been completed so the game may begin. Once a regular season match has started, no
player on the roster of either team shall be allowed to practice on an "open"
table located on the premises of said match. However, if a player is in another
league which is playing on the premises that player will be allowed to play in
both leagues. (revised
12/30/14)
In
the case of tournament/league playoffs, once matches have begun, no player
participating in the tournament/play-offs shall be allowed to practice between
his/her matches on an "open" tournament table located on the premises
of the tournament/play-offs.
9.
Next meeting will be the week of January 26th
with location to be determined.
Agenda
for the next meeting:
1.
Discuss
banquet when and where
2.
Remaining
distribution of prize fund
3.
Hall
of Fame committee
4.
Rotating
League Trophy have we created a prior year champions list.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully,
Sue Davis