Captains
and Co-Captains Attending: Ed Caswell
(British), Tom LeBlanc (Cercle 1), Ron Michaud
(President & Cercle 2), Bob Paquin
(Davignon 2), Paul Cere (VP
& Davignon 3), Rich Soares,
Pete Vallient (Davignon 4),
Steve Porter, Jim Kelly (Deerhead 1), Kim Janelle, Ed
Healey (Eastside), Kathy Van Uden (Fish), George
Carter (My Friends 1), Dan Simoneau (My Friends 2), Tony
Cote (Workmen’s), Ray Paquin (Treasurer), Sue Novak
(Secretary)
Visitors:
Chuck Wiggin Jr, Eric Bourgeois, Eric Novak
I.
Open
issues (Old Business)
a. Clarification of
Hall of Fame Guidelines – What exactly does “Outstanding contribution leading
to enhancement of the league” or “Good of the League” mean? Outstanding contribution leading to the enhancement
of the league/Good of the league is someone who has run tournaments, added new
players/teams to league, has made a contribution for which the league has seen
a benefit. Several players meet the 3 of
the 4 criteria; Paul suggested that instead of putting several in all at once
we should put them in as oldest players first.
Paul Cere and the committee will bring in a
list of potential candidates and the captains will vote on who should be inducted.
b.Get phone and emails for all captains
and co-captains - please get emails and phone numbers to Sue (Davis) Novak at sukie93@yahoo.com or text to
(603) 315-3921 as soon as possible
c. Decide on the location for the singles and
doubles – Davignon due for singles – has not had one
since 2007, Deerhead also due a tournament even
though their last tournament was 2013, of the eligible teams they have not
hosted in the longest time. Deerhead wants the doubles.
Motion by Ron for Davignon to get singles, Deerhead to get doubles. Passed.
d.Vote on League funding – $20 per year
per player. Split by half - $10 per half. As a result we should consider this a
money league, each player on a roster will pay $10 per half to play and be. If
you do not play the first half, but join in the second half you will still pay
the $20 for the year. The funds will go to payouts for higher payouts and
additional payouts to be decided on at a future meeting. It will also help fund the banquet. Players must all pay their captain by the
fourth week, for the first half. This
will be brought by the captains to the next captain’s meeting.
II.
New Business
a.
Rosters – Bring to meeting. Must have an initial roster to handicap team. Sue took rosters and put together for the
first week of play.
b.
Are
we still going with handicap? We discussed several different options. The goal of the handicap is to foster
competitive play and entice new players/teams into the league. Personally I
still think a handicap is the way to go for a competitive league, but I feel
the current system has had an adverse effect on the league and we should
rethink how we do this.
1.
Remove the handicap - Vote to keep a handicap type system
2.
Keep things the way they are and just do a
better job of handicapping –- Vote
failed
3.
Change from bonus points to minimum
score system. Example: If a team is a 15 and they play a 0 team,
they will get a minimum score of 15. If the 15 team scores 20 points during the
match their final score will be the pockets they made during the match - 20 (Not 20 +
15). If the 15 team scores 8 during the
match their final score will be 15. Doing this we can make sure that we help
the teams stay competitive without giving them an edge. This will also stop
teams from getting more than they should if they play well on a given night.
This type of system will take us a few sessions to get the numbers right, but
will make it so that if a team’s minimum is higher than it should be based on
how they are playing, it will not cause any adverse effects as they would have
earned the extra points. -- Passed
4.
Change to an individual player
handicap. This would be good as we could
handicap each game not the match. We will need to work out the details, but it
is possible. This will require us to
keep more statistics to make sure we do it based on analytics not opinion. We
will have to take a first cut at the handicaps (set by a committee), but over
time we need to make sure we have a way to set them based on data or we will be
subject to personal biases and complaints.
Tabled
5. Draft – It was felt that not going to happen as
people want to play with their friends.
After
much discussion it was concluded that the minimum score would be a good idea to
try. All 12 point team last year will get 20 min, 9 point
teams get 15, 6 point teams will get 10, and all other will be 0.
c.
Vote:
Playoffs Top 8 as usual are in the playoffs. Add a
best of the rest playoff with payout to be decided later, but will be less than
the main playoffs. Depending on funding, both should have trophies for the
clubs. Everyone liked this idea no vote
taken. Will readdress at next meeting.
d.
Handicaps/Minimum scores were set based
on initial rosters.
e.
Playing on other table during the
match. The rule states:
14.
PRACTICE SHOTS
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)
It
was suggested that if the players wish to play on the other table and the both
captains agree to allow play, that play be limited to any game other than roundy. It was felt
that since the table could be open to the “public” that the league could not
determine what game could be played.
However, the other players should avoid disrupting the league matches by
keeping noise to a minimum and avoid interfering with the players. Rule change voted down.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully,
Sue Novak