The meeting kicked off a little late, owing to a number of captains being sidetracked by the transgender bar downstairs, in the rather lovely new King Pub last Sunday at 4:30pm.

13 teams were represented on the day and they were as follows:

Sin Bin Potato

Sin Bin Tomato

Scrooge Pub Wonky Triangles

Scrooge Pub Phoenix

JR Pub All Stars

Dolce Vita Angry Birds

Dolce Vita Sweet Life

King Pub

Bulldog Estyle

Upper Deck Loose Cannons

Fat Albert's Scandal

Bull & Barrel Ballistics

Shenanigans Boomtown Rats

All teams will be presented with a shiny golden bonus point for their attendance.

The meeting kicked off with a short reminder that the previously agreed season dates had changed thanks to the committee generously allowing everyone a Seollal vacation day. This has pushed the whole schedule back a week and the captains were made aware of this.

There then followed a discussion about how the playoffs would work and how the promotion and relegation would proceed for this season. Everybody had lots of what ifs style questions but in the end it was the committee's decision to go with what has been decided and see how it plays out. The top team from Championships B & C after the 20 week season will be promoted up a division and the bottom teams from A & B championships will be relegated down a division regardless of their performance in play offs.

There was then a short discussion about whether we should limit the number of teams to 24 teams given the current system in operation by the league but given that this was all mixed in with a discussion about the budget that would surface later we then talked about the possibility that teams would illegally maneuver themselves in to a position ready for play offs to get a possible bye in the first round. This discussion eventually petered out.

The was a short warning from the president about talking or joking whilst opposing teams were shooting but seeing how this largely affected his team it fell on deaf ears.

The budget was the biggest and most wide-ranging item to be debated. Several good ideas were raised and the committee will act before the end of the season to ensure teams stay in the league for next season. It has been decided that payouts will come down this season for tournaments and that any charity donations will come from individuals or teams rather than the 50/50 raffle. 50% will now go to the league to recoup costs. The banquet will remain free of charge to all those who have competed in 3 matches.

On to the real votes...We discussed the possibility of moving to a Songtan format of 13 games in a night but delayed that until more members were available to vote. It may well be put forward at the banquet.

The issue of former professional players was next on the agenda. It was decided that ex-pros should have to wait for a certain period of time to join the league by 7 votes to 0. So we offered up 1 year, 2 years and 5 years as alternatives. 5 people voted for a 2 year gap and so that motion was passed. All ex-professionals who want to play in the league must now wait a minimum of 2 years from their last competitive professional match.

It was then decided nobody in the league wants bars from outside the Itaewon area to join the league.

The vice-president made an impassioned plea for an unattached players/out of favour players registry to be set up on line to help teams struggling to find players. All approved of this idea and it was warmly received.

Paul Riddle was given the floor and he spoke about his newly acquired status as a Seybert's representative and how he was willing to help all those who needed it get new cues and equipment. Again this was warmly received by the room and the committee agreed to help him promote items at future events.

Finally we voted that advisors to the shooter could place the bridge or rest for the shooter during time-outs by a score of 7-1.

The meeting broke up and everyone skipped off merrily into the evening.