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Aug 08
2010
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REVISED: Minutes from July 31st, 2010Posted by Phil Stephens, President in Untagged |
BOARD PRESENT:
Cliff Giles
Tim Clark
Russ Pepin
Phil Stephens
Gibbi Tkatch
Schesary
Also in attendance: Bill Hoover, Steve Duckman.
The BOG meeting was called to order at 1:33pm.
Steve Duckman asked to take the minutes for Kerri who was absent, therefore the last Board meeting minutes were not available.
Russ reported the league bank balance as of 7/27/10 was $ 4,297.00. A motion was made and approved by Board to have Steve Duckman handle team registration at the members meeting on 8/17/10 while he is out of town. It was discussed whether or not the league should sign a contract for the 2012 WCC (July 12th -15th) with the Grand Vista Hotel/Arena complex. Signing contract now does not prevent the league from looking at other possible venues, possibly Palm Springs, since there is a 1 year grace period if the league should choose to cancel the contract. That deadline date is July 12th,, 2011. The motion to sign the current contract was passed.
Tim Clark to put together a committee to explore other possible locations to hold the WCC including but not limited to the hotels and casinos in Palm Springs.
Kerri reported prior to this meeting that 50% of the thank you cards being sent to the sponsors and donors for the WCC had already been sent out and that the rest would be sent by this meeting.
Gabor is working on this seasons Guide for distribution at the first night of play which will be August 24th. Anybody that has pictures from this past season and/or the WCC was asked to get them to the league for possible inclusion in the Guide or for the league archives.
Gibbi said he has gotten nothing but good comments about the 30 second time-out rule that went into affect last season for a trial period and it was decided that the rule would be brought up at the members meeting for possible addendum to the current rules. Also brought up was the thought of increasing the number of required paid participation at the fundraiser tournaments to qualify for their WCC room and air fare to be partially covered by league. Currently 3 tournaments are required or a $50.00 pre payment/donation is required. After a short discussion it was withdrawn with no changes to the current requirements. Discussed the possibility of special printing of a Guide for Captains with score sheets already printed in the Guide. Will look at cost of adding the score sheets to all guides as opposed to printing special ones for the Captains. (We will use up old score sheets until the inventory is depleted). It was discussed and decided that the Captains phone numbers should be added to the normal Team Captains list in the guide.
Schesary will be coordinating the distribution of this seasons Guide and will provide envelopes for each bar with 7 score sheets and one Guide for each player and one Guide for each location.
Tim Clark will make business size cards with the fundraiser tournaments schedule on them for players to keep in their wallets or pocket books.
Eleven Nightclub and Bar sponsoring a team this season to be further looked into. Steve Duckman to set up an appointment with both, the General Manager Tim Meepegama, and the Owner of Eleven, and meet with Phil Stevens, Tim Clark and Steve Duckman. One of the main issues to discuss is the bar's claim that they are required to have a bartender on duty if we are using the upper area. The fundraiser/playoff schedule was discussed and set for next season. There will be 11 fundraisers total. The events and their dates are as follows:
Lucky Draw @ Trunks- Sunday August 29th.
Adult Table Challenge @ Penthouse- Saturday September 11th.
Greased Lightening @ Eagle LA- Sunday September 19th.
Jr/Sr @ Trunks- Sunday October 3rd.
789 @ Moonshadows- Sunday October 17th.
8 Ball @ Paladino's- Saturday October 30th.
Hi-Lo @ Paladino's- Saturday November 13th.
Tops/Bottoms @ (to be determined)- Sunday November 21st.
The Individual's Open Individuals at Arena December 4th
Women's at Paldino's December 5th
8 Ball @ Moonshadows- Saturday December 11th.
Xmas Tournament @ (to be determined)- Sunday December 19th.
Hangover Tournament @ (to be determined)- Sunday January 2nd which is the Sunday before WCC-SF.
The first night of playoffs is Tuesday November 2nd and continue on Thursday's and Tuesday's up to Thursday December 2nd if needed. There will be no play on Thursday November 25th for Thanksgiving.
The Holiday/Awards Party will be on Tuesday December 14th @ Moonshadows.
Motions to be brought up and announced or discussed or voted on at Members Meeting:
- Make 30 second time out part of the rules.
- Change/clarify motion about leaving a WCC event before the qualifying rounds, what the subsequent penalty should be, as well as whether or not the same would apply for anyone leaving before the qualifying rounds have begun.
- Jon B. made a motion to change the Bottoms tournament to some sort of a 'Rising Star' tournament. The Board will recommend to change it to a tournament that is open to all players that have not participated in any WCC event as a player. Cliff will write the motion for the Members Meeting.
- Changing the required vote by the membership from a 2/3rd vote to a majority (50%) in order to pass anything for future seasons.
- Vote to keep the 'Most Improved Player' Award. Board will select that player based on multiple criteria, such as effort, average, improvement, sportsmanship etc. The Award is a perpetual trophy donated with all future engravings free of charge by Hollywood Trophy in memory/honor of Frank Bustamante. Awarded to Gabriel last season and is in his possession for one year.
- Appointment of Steve Duckman to chair a committee to look at corporate sponsors for our league fundraisers, Members Guides, Awards parties and WCC- LA 2012.
Meeting adjourned at 3:15pm.
