Queen City Pool
League
Minutes
8/8/2017
Invited:
Billy Gibson (Cercle 2), Amanda
Laverriere, (Cercle
3), Paul Cere (Davignon 3), Bob Provencher (My
Friends), Dan Simoneau (Rimmon), Kim Janelle and Bob Tanner, (Eastside), Steve Porter (Deerhead),
Eric Bourgeois (VP), Sue Novak (secretary), Tom LeBlanc (treasurer), Ron
Michaud (Pres),
Absent: Pete Vallieres
(Davignon 4), Eric Milanese (Davignon 2), Ed Caswell (British), Tony Cote (Workmens)
Guests:
Any player is invited to attend meetings and offer suggestions to
improve the league. They will be
involved in the discussions and can offer opinions however, they will not be
allowed to vote. Please feel free to
attend meetings.
Location:
Cercle National, 7PM
New Business:
1.
2017-2018 League set up – How many teams? We don’t know if Workmen’s is having a team
(Ron to confirm). Davignon 2 and 4 did
not attend meeting will they have teams (Sue to confirm)? We have heard that the
Fish will be having a team (Eric Bourgeois to confirm) and there may be a
Cercle 1 team (Ron to confirm).
British
American, Cercle 2, Cercle 3, Davignon 2, Davignon 3, Deerhead, Eastside, My
Friends, and Rimmon, all have confirmed teams. If
Fish, Cercle 1, Davignon 4, and Workmen’s, have teams we will have 13 teams
this year.
2.
Treasurer report – Even though we paid out for each six
pocket run last year we still have $1909.94 in the bank; we added nearly $1100
to the account. Let’s get some ideas for
additional awards for individual players.
Get your players involved and ask for award suggestions. We can discuss their ideas at a future
meeting. We want to keep this balance
low but still provide for enough funds for unexpected expenses.
3.
Captains and Co-captains. We need captains and/or co-captains that are
willing to attend the meetings. If the
captain/co-captain cannot attend a meeting due to prior commitments they should
be sending a representative from the team for the meetings. We have had meetings in the past were we have
not had enough attendance to hold a binding vote.
We also need
captains/co-captains willing to make sure player fees are paid to the treasurer
in a timely manner. The past two years
we have had to chase down captains for their player fees. The $10/half or $20/year goes to the banquet
fund. It should be collected and paid to
the treasurer by the fourth week of each half.
4.
Team Fees are to be paid by the hosting club and will
remain at $200 per team. This should
also be paid to the treasurer by the fourth week of league play. The team fees go to the prize fund!
5.
Summer League Update – The summer league was a
success. We had 5 teams and 38 active
players. We collected some individual
stats which we hope to use in the future for rating players. The board voted to sanction the summer league
and include as part of the QCPL. This
means that funds will be deposited in the same bank account but separate accounting
will be maintained for each league.
6.
Change League Format - It was brought to the table to
change the Friday format from doubles to singles. The pros would be more teams in the league
(limit number of players per team to 8), easier to collect stats that would
help in handicapping players and provide the potential for shorter matches. The cons would be decreased revenue to the
clubs, the chance of not having enough clubs available for the number of
potential teams, decrease in the camaraderie which occurs on the Friday night
teams. After minimal discussion this
idea was ruled out!
7.
Time Outs – a considerable amount of discussion
occurred regarding the need for limiting time outs (Captain/Co-Captain advice)
during league/playoff play. Time outs
are those times when the captain and/or co-captain gives shot advice/instructions;
it is not when the partner gives advice/instructions. A player giving instructions from the
sidelines is also considered a time out instruction. We have rules in place to prevent this but we
also understand that it still happens on occasion. The consequence for players giving
instruction is a warning on the first offense and loss of turn for additional
offenses.
The
summer league limited the number of time outs used each week to 7 per night of
play. We only had a couple of matches
that used all their time outs. It was
suggested that we limit the number of time outs, this was approved but it was
felt that 10 time outs was too few, 25 too many. It was suggested that we start with 20 time
outs per Friday night and monitor how many are used. If we find the average is 15 then we decrease
the number allowed. A final decision was
tabled until the next meeting.
Old Business:
1.
Banquet – The 3-rail challenge a huge success,
suggested we use two tables next year. Weather
was beautiful and the meal was excellent; Mike Delisle
and Jeff Yule did a wonderful job. $400
given out in gift cards. Karaoke was
well received.
2.
Hall of Fame Committee – Paul Cere is the committee
chairman. Sue Novak, Eric Bourgeois and
Chuck Wiggin Jr. are also on the committee.
Sue handed out a questionnaire that can be given to players for ideas
for inductees into the hall of fame (if you need more let me know). The committee will take these nominations
into consideration when making their decisions.
3.
Banquet committee – we need volunteers, ask your players to
become involved. This is their league as well.
4.
Handicap Committee – We used a player stats sheet in the summer
singles league to see if this would help in determining handicaps. Does anyone else have any ideas for determining
handicaps? The committee consists of
Steve Porter, Eric Bourgeois, Ron Michaud, and Eric Milanese.
5.
When does the league start – It was decided to
postpone setting an exact start date until the next meeting. However we will take the Friday after
Thanksgiving off. The start date will
either be September 8th or 15th, depending on the number
of teams.
Next meeting will be August 29, 2017 at the
Davignon club at 6:00 PM. We will
discuss exact start date, make decision on number of time outs and discuss
locations for singles and doubles tournaments.
Cercle and Eastside hosted last year. British, Rimmon,
and My Friends would all technically be eligible to host the singles but don’t
meet the parking or food service needs. Workmen’s
went to the bottom of the rotation by refusing doubles last year. Deerhead and Davignon would be eligible this
year. Based on prior tournament location history, the following is suggested,
Deerhead – Singles, Davignon – Doubles, What other clubs are interested in
hosting?
Respectfully,
Sue
Novak
Secretary