1. Rules
1. Coin toss: amend rule 1.1.15, sequence must be: racking, then coin toss, then break.
2. Mid season tournament: proposal to amend rule 1.1.9, to clarify the requirement for players who wish to participate in the tournament. In the current rules, only end of the season tournaments are ruled with the requirement of having played in at least 5 matches.
2. Score sheets
1. Score sheets must be filled out and dropped at Scrooge, also in case the captains already entered the scores on the website.
2. Score sheets must contain the full names of new or migrated players in the top left section of the sheet.
3. Please help avoiding that players who have played in the league before are entered with the same name or a different name twice.
4. After the scores were entered on the website by one of the captains, the captain of the other team should check the scores entered and complete unknown player names for his team.
5. As “8 off the break” is not recognized as a special game anymore, please indicate an “8 ball run” with (1) and a “break and run” with (2).
6. Forfeited games should have the name of the player who was not available for play replaced by “forfeit”, both on the score sheet and in the website. The opposing player, who was available, should appear with his/her name on the score sheet and in the website.
3. Playoffs
1. The dates for the playoffs published on the website were mistakenly set to Saturdays instead of Sundays.
2. The default playoff date and time for playoff round 1 and 3 are Sundays, at 4pm, for round 2 and the finals Wednesdays, at 7.30pm.
3. Due to this change, the league will honor playoffs on Saturdays or Sundays. The captains of the two teams playing eachother must agree on a change of day and time in advance.
4. If no contact to settle an alternative date and time has been made, or if no agreement can be found, then the playoff match will take place at the default date and time.
5. The playoffs for championship will be played by the top 16 teams, whereas the playoffs for best of the rest will be played by the lower 10 teams of the regular season.
6. The playoff pairings will be published on the website Thursday, 27 May. Please make sure that all scores are entered until Thursday. In case that both teams are unable to enter the scores, please make sure that the score sheets are dropped in Scrooge Wednesday night.
7. In case there should be a forfeit match on the last Wednesday, please inform one of the league officials as soon as possible.
8. In the playoffs for the best of the rest, the lowest 4 teams will play in the first playoff round, the 6 other teams will have a bye.
9. Should a team decide not to participate in the playoffs, then please let the league officials know in advance.
4. End of season tournament
1. The end of the season tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 12. Sign-up 3-3.45pm, start of games 4pm. Locations will be announced later.
2. The captains decided by vote to have a singles tournament instead of the mixed doubles tournaments done in previous seasons.
3. This will be a money tournament without trophies.
5. Requirements for teams and bars to participate in the league
1. The league plans to publish a flyer to be posted in the bars near the pool table stating the requirements for teams to participate in the league. The text has not been setup yet, but will be done during next week so it can be posted in the last week of the regular season.
2. These requirements will be given out to all bars in Itaewon and Haebongchon which maintain a pool table in the bar. Posting needs approval from the bar owner or manager of the bar.
3. Captains are asked to support the league in this by talking to the bar owners and by making sure the flyers will be posted. Bars which did not participate in the league this season will be contacted by the league officials.
6. Proposal for a new season format
1. Proposal as per separate document. The proposal was explained by Jim, followed by a constructive discussion where all captains present voiced their opinions.
2. Captains are asked to further discuss the proposal with their team members to be able to represent a team opinion for voting on this at the organizational meeting for next season.
7. Website
1. We had several issues with our website over the past 2 seasons, among which were unavailability of the site and problems with the ratings calculation. While the unavailability issue had been solved last year by moving the site to a commercial server in the USA, this introduced other issues, most probably due to version incompatibilities of the website code with the server software.
2. The website was developed many years ago by Sheldon Arnst, who used to play in our league. He also maintained the site over all these years, and for all of his hard work we owe him a very big thank you.
3. However, the league needs to have ownership of the website, to be able to react on issues promptly and to have the ability to further maintain and where necessary, expand the site. We have spoken with Sheldon and are in the process of getting ownership of the website.
8. Other Information
1. Oz has decided to resign from the position of secretary for the league. Doug, Jim and Bernard will run the league until end of this season and are looking for a new secretary for the next season. Anyone who is interested is highly welcome and should contact one of the league officials.
2. The next season’s organizational meeting will be held June 30, 7.30pm, location to be announced later. The first match of the Summer / Fall Season 2010 will be July 7. This years Chuseok holiday is September 21 – 23 (Tuesday – Thursday), during which there will be no match scheduled.
Meeting ended 7.30pm.
18 team captains and representatives participated at the meeting:
3 Alley Pub Pink Panthers
3 Alley Pub Wild Hogs’
Bless U Cueing Truants
Bless U Underdogs
Cheers The Playerz
Dolce Vita Crazy
Dolce Vita Sweet Life
Friend’s You and Me
Hollywood Grill
Manhattan Mafia
Ole’ Stompers 300
Orange Tree Juicers
Pub Scrooge Meat ‘n Pie
Seoul Pub FUTA
Seoul Pub Shava
Spy Club Shooters
The Loft AFF
Woodstock Rocks
