2014-1015 League

4/21/15

Attending:

ALPINE – Dan Simoneau BRITISH –

CERCLE 1 – Ray Boucher CERCLE 2 – Ron Michaud

DAVIGNON 1 – Chuck Wiggin Jr DAVIGNON 2 –

DAVIGNON 3 – Steve Cere DAVIGNON 4 –

DEERHEAD 1 – Paul Martin DEERHEAD 2 – Mike Neveu

EASTSIDE – Kim Janelle MY FRIENDS 1 – George Carter

WORKMEN’S – Tony Cote FISH – Don “MAC” MacQuarrie

Sue Davis – Secretary

Guests: Eric Novak.

The meeting began at 7:15 pm. The following items were discussed

1. Banquet: Ron proposed that we give the money back to those teams that have paid this year and do a better job of planning for next year. We discussed at last meeting as to whether a player could just pay the $26 for the league and still go to the banquet even though the whole team banquet fund had not been paid; this was ruled out. We also discussed how and when we need to collect this banquet fund. Several ideas where tossed around including having each player pay a league fee which would go towards the banquet. Most felt that pay-if-you-play each night was the best idea and the team captain would be responsible for collecting this from the players. It was felt that this should be readdressed next year.

Vote: Cancel banquet this year, return the money to captains/clubs and redefine how we are going to collect this money next year. Passed unanimously!

The Cercle stated that they will pick a date and will open the club to QCPL players for pool, horseshoes, bar-b-cue, etc. Ray Boucher will let us know when this will take place.

2. Play-off eligibility: The issue was raised about needing to play three times in order to play in the play-offs. What happens if a player only plays two weeks but would have played a third time if the other team hadn’t forfeited? Can he still play in the playoff? The rule states: A roster player must have played at least three weeks in regular league play in order to be eligible to play in the play-offs. OF NOTE is that it was the assumption by most that the rule is three times in a half and the player in question did not play in the playoffs. Since the rule does not clarify whether it is three times in half or in season, that player should have been able to play in the playoffs this year.

The second issue raised was the finals; can he play in the finals? It was stated that it has always been that as long a player was on the roster and had participated in the required number of games in the season (3) then he has been able to play in the finals even if those matches were only in one of the halves. We will clarify this rule for next season.

3. We agreed to set up an activities director for the league. That person will be responsible for setting up a banquet committee and a hall of fame committee. Members of these committees can include players as well as captains. These committees will bring their recommendations to the board for vote.

4. Ron said he wants to make the league as transparent as possible. He has hopes of setting up an on-line accounting of the league funds next year as well as statistics on players. Players will have access to viewing and captains will be able to log in and make additions/deletions to their own rosters. As a result the web site will need redesigning. Tony Cote will help him with this if he needs it.

It is hoped that we will be able to collect who played, what they made for pockets, what were their pocket runs, etc. Sue felt that she could compile this information if the web site was not redesigned but she would need copies of the score sheets. Since most people have smart phones a picture could be taken of the score sheet and e-mailed/texted to her.

5. Hall of Fame – tabled as Paul Cere, who has been spearheading this, was not at the meeting. Sue stated that she had spoken to Mickey McCabe and he believes that he still has Hall of Fame pins in his attic. He will get them to the league.

6. Next year we will start planning for the league at least two weeks prior to start of season. Any issues that need to be addressed will be discussed at this meeting. If there are any issues that need further discussion a second meeting will be set up the week we start.

7. It was brought up that in order to make the first meeting as productive as possible we will set up a meeting between the officers prior to the start of the league. This meeting will be to set up the agenda for the first meeting. Agreed.

First 2015-2016 League meeting agenda as of today’s date will be:

· Banquet funds/Player league dues

· Play-off eligibility rule clarification

· Establish Activities director

· Hall of Fame Nominations

· Rosters

· Handicaps

· Any possible rule changes/clarifications

Respectfully,

Sue Davis