The Winter/Spring 2014 organizational meeting was held at Shenanigans Wednesday night, January 8^th.

A total of 26 teams were registered for the season, out of 16 bars. 10 bars have 2 teams each.

Ghost Bar is the only new bar in our league. It is located on the Hill intersection, same side of the street as King Bar, just across the intersection from Flow, on the 2^nd floor.

The executive committee was introduced to the captains:

President: Lenny Erickson

Vice President: Jim Dewey

Secretary: Jumie Ahn

Treasurer: Jeff Trageser

There are three major changes this season that all should be aware of.

1. 1) As voted on at the mid-season captains' meeting last season, starting this season table runs will also be recorded and awarded with Table Run pins. These will need to be recorded on the scoresheets in the same manner which 8-ball runs and Break and Runs are recorded. When inputting the scores, captains need to check the “Tbl” box in the Table Runs column.

A table run is any time that a player runs all of the balls of his or her group, followed by the eight ball, in one inning. This means that if your opponent hits one of your balls in before you pocket any of your balls, and then you sink all of the balls in your group followed by the eight ball in one trip to the table, you get credit (and a pin) for a table run.

These table runs will be added to players' special games totals and will be counted for the trophy awarded for most special games at the end of the season.

A recommendation that a table run be valid only if achieved upon the player's first visit to the table was proposed. We agreed to review table runs during the mid-season captains' meeting in March to determine if we need to change to this system.

1. 2) Eight Off the Break pins will now be rewarded. An 8-off-the-break will not count as a win, but a pin will be rewarded. These must be recorded on the scoresheet, and when inputting the scores, captains need to check the “8Bw” box in the Table Run column if the winner of the game performed the feat, or the “8Bl” box if it the loser performed the feat. These will also count toward the trophy awarded for most special games at the end of the season.

This was voted in by the captains present by a vote of 12-3.

1. 3) Players will now be given the option of using a shot-clock for their games. Before each game, the referee needs to ask the two players if they want to implement a shot-clock for that particular game. If neither player wishes to use a shot-clock, then players may take as long as they wish to make shots during the game. If either player (it does not need to be both players) states that they wish to use a shot-clock, then the following shot-clock rule will go into effect for that game.

Shot-clock rule:

A player will have 90 seconds to strike the cue ball from the moment the cue ball comes to a stop from the previous shot. A player may have one 30-second extension per game. Referees should let the player know when 60 seconds has passed, and then if the player exceeds 90 seconds more than once during the game, it will be considered a foul, and ball in hand will be awarded to their opponent.

This was voted in by the captains present by a vote of 13-5. It was also agreed to review this particular rule during the mid-season captains' meeting in March to see if we need to amend or remove this rule.

Captains were given a description of their duties as captains. The duties were described as follows:

Captain Responsibilities:

Keep rosters up-to-date, migrating or adding players to roster when necessary

Mark down full names of new or migrating players on the scoresheets

Work with the captain of the other team to make sure that the full names for all new or migrated players are recorded on both scoresheets at the end of a match

Enter scores onto the website (http://www.itaewonpool.org) within one or two days of the match

Turn in all scoresheets to Shenanigans before the next match

Ensure that team members know and understand the IPL rules

Maintain good behavior of yourself and your team

Work with the captain of the other team to resolve any conflicts or problems that may arise during a match

Attend captains' meetings (or arrange for a team representative to attend) and actively support the league

Contact other team captains and the Executive Committee regarding any rescheduling or venue changes

Arrange log-in ID's for team members who wish to register for the website

League fees were discussed, as follows:

League Fees:

Each team must pay 350,000 won for the season. This money will be used for trophies and awards, tournament payouts, banquet and booze, and miscellaneous expenses.

You must pay 100,000 won tonight (or more, if you so choose) to register your team, and the balance needs to be paid before matches on the third Wednesday of the season (January 29). If a team's fees are not completely paid by the 29^th, the team will be penalized 1 point, and all matches will be scored as a 10-0 forfeit until all fees are collected. All fees must be paid to Jeff Trageser at Hollywood. His team will be scheduled to play the first three matches at Hollywood, and he will be there until midnight those first three weeks. Please do not try to give money to other executive committee members. The rest of us can't be trusted.

League Structure and tentative dates:

20 week season

First week of season – Wednesday, January 15

Mid-season double-elimination singles trophy tournament – Saturday, March 22

Mid-season Captains' meeting – Sunday, March 23

Mid-season double-elimination blind draw doubles money tournament – Saturday, March 29

Last week of regular season – Wednesday, May 28

Playoffs – Sunday, June 1; Wednesday, June 4; Sunday, June 8; Wednesday, June 11

End-of-season double-elimination singles money tournament – Saturday, June 14

Banquet – Saturday, June 21

As of right now, there are 26 teams, so no byes are necessary. However, if for some reason one or more teams drop out, some teams will have bye weeks scheduled. Bye games will be scored as the average of the team's score throughout the season, with no match win bonus point.

Forfeits will be scored as 10-0, with a one point match win bonus awarded.

Division Structure:

Regular Season

1. Seed the first 4 teams of the previous season into the 4 divisions

2. Seed the next 4 teams into the 4 divisions

3. Seed the next 8 teams into the 4 divisions

4. Randomly draw the remaining teams into the 4 divisions

Playoffs

1. The first 2 rounds of the Championship playoffs are played within the division, e.g. Solids 1-Solids 4, Solids 2-Solids 3, then the winner of both determine the division playoff winner.

2. The last 2 rounds are played for the league Championship, e.g. winner of Solids vs Stripes, winner of High Ball vs. Low Ball division.

3. The best of the rest bracket plays the playoffs following the bracket ranking, which is the same as it was done during the past few seasons.

Plaques will be awarded to the division winners.

A number of other rules clarifications were discussed so that everyone understood the rules as intended by the league.

The divisions were determined by seeding and random draws as outlined above.

Divisions were announced, and the meeting was adjourned.