The mid-season meeting was held in Phillies on a beautiful Autumn afternoon. A perfect day for the dungeon then! Maybe the good weather kept people away as there were only 11 teams out of 24 represented. Shocking carry on indeed. The following teams will each receive a bonus point for attendance:

Sin Bin Potato

Scrooge Wonky Triangles

Shenanigans Boomtown Rats

Dolce Vita Sweet Life

Dolce Vita Angry Birds

Sin Bin Tomato

Phillies Pheasants

3 Alley Seoul Misfits

Bull and Barrel Rising Stars

Seoul Pub FUTA

Hollywood Scandal

Dominic began by reiterating the important dates in the remainder of the season, and followed on by reminding the captains of their responsibilities. Preaching to the converted I reckon.

We were also informed of some upcoming changes in relation to Bull and Barrel. Unfortunately the back area of the bar has been closed down and the pool table moved upstairs. As a result. Rising Stars will now play their home games out of JJs (the old Manhattan). Ballistics are going to continue playing out of Bull and Barrel. 

There were only a few issues discussed at the meeting.

Firstly, we were reminded that the playoffs will be run in the same way as in June. The playoff system may be reviewed again next season.

Next, we voted on the proposal to introduce fees for banquet attendance for those who don't qualify for the playoffs (i.e. those who have played between one to four matches in the season).

It was felt that five matches to qualify for free attendance to the banquet was a little harsh and so it was reduced to three matches.

The proposal was passed unanimously.

Starting at the end of season banquet those who have played in less than 3 matches will be required to pay 15,000 won to enter the banquet. All players who have played in 3 or more separate matches will still enter for free. Guests will again be asked to pay 30,000.

Finally, the make up of the divisions was discussed. Some people felt that drawing the divisions randomly was inappropriate when teams were required to play home and away within the division. There were a few ideas proposed:

Proposal 1: Keep the random draw.

Proposal 2: Revert back to seeding the divisions.

Proposal 3: Putting the top 6 teams in one division, teams 7-12 in another, and so on.

As you can imagine, proposal 3 certainly caused quite a stir. Many opinions were expressed,some insults were thrown, and a few choice expletives were used. All in the best possible taste of course.

After quite a bit of debate it was decided that we would have to flesh out the proposals before we could vote on them. How proposal 3 would work and how it would affect rankings and the playoffs needs to be understood. To that end a working committee has been established. The Executive Committee along with league stalwarts Lenny Erickson, Bernard Condrau, and Jim Dewey will work out all the details and present them at an Extraordinary Captains Meeting to be held some time before the end of season.

It is highly recommended that all teams be represented at this meeting. Important decisions need to be made and it affects all the teams. Represent yourselves people!

The meeting finished at 5pm, whereupon some of us retired to the bar upstairs to feast upon the roasted flesh of a noble cow.