QCPL Friday Night League Meeting

January 29, 2025, 7 PM

Davignon Club

 

Attending:  Lenny Pappas Jr, Bob Gagne, Ron Michaud, Eric Melanese, Keith Kaz, John Laliberte, Sue Novak (I may have forgotten a couple of captains – Sorry)

1.      PLAYER DUES - We always have a difficult time collecting player money each half!  It also seems to always be the same captains that we are chasing for money.  Lenny suggested that if the captains have not turned in their second half money by the end of the doubles that any match an unpaid player has played in becomes a zero.  It was pointed out that this penalizes the entire team for only a few players.  If we do this Sue will need to know who has not paid so that she can go back and adjust the score.   Since it is the team captain’s responsibility to turn in the money and we only get the team name on the envelope when turned in, this would be time consuming and probably not possible. 

 

 The final decision was to make sure the money is turned in by the 4th week of the half (partial payment of player dues will be accepted, with the captain being responsible for who on their team paid).  If a player does not pay by the 4th week deadline, then unpaid players should be dropped from the roster.  This is still a hardship for the team as some may not have enough players on a Friday night.

 

2.     LEAGUE ACCOUNTING – John Laliberte asked where all the money went since we are only paying the League Champion Team.  Lenny pointed out the money goes to the banquet, six pocket runs, the table games, gift cards given out at the banquet and Sue’s fee for maintaining stats and Friday results/standings.  We do keep a small amount in the bank account at the end of the year.  This is to make sure we maintain an open bank account and to pay for the web site every five years and Sue’s fee ($200).  After the meeting Sue called Tom to find out how much was in the account at the beginning of the year.  He stated we had $456.18 at the end of the 2023-2024 Season. 

Someone suggested that instead of paying the first place team we should offer more players recognition at the banquet.  For example – most improved, biggest upset, MVP, etc.  No real decision was made and will be discussed at next meeting.

 

3.     TEAM HANDICAP CAP - A team cap on handicap per night was suggested.  It was pointed out that one of the reasons this is difficult is because players like to be on the same team as their friends.  They don’t want to be drafted to a team where they don’t know who their teammates are or may not like playing/drinking with simply to meet a handicap limit.  It is conceivable that we could have even fewer players and/or teams if we started “drafting players” so that a handicap cap can be met.  Since no one can come up with a figure for the cap and a reasonable way to make it work, it was tabled until next year.

 

4.     Names were given to the handicap committee (Ron Michaud, Eric Milanese, Bob Gagne, Sue Novak and Lenny Pappas Jr. – tie breaker) for rating discussion.  They met after the meeting and the follow players were adjusted.  Several others were brought up for discussion and stats did not warrant a change in rating at this time.

 

Kyle Sariceno - up 6.5       Dana Blanchette - up 4.5             John Arel - up 5.5  

Bob Patten - down 4.5     Rick Campbell - down 4.5            Jose Enriquez - up 5.5

Tom LeBlanc - down 4.0  Dave Boulton - up 5.0

 

Kyle Sariceno was automatically brought up as he had been discussed at the beginning of the year.  At that time, it was felt due to his injury and the fact he was on crutches and non weight-bearing, we should wait until he was back on his feet.

 

5.     Next meeting will be at the Cercle National on March 6th at 7 PM.