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MEETING MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF OFFICERS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DART ASSOCIATION (SCCDA)
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| Date of Meeting: | August 25, 2003 | |
| | Location: | Poet & Patriot | |
| | Time of Meeting: | 7:08 p.m | |
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A meeting of the Board of Officers of the Santa Cruz County Dart Association
(SCCDA) was held on the date and at the time set forth above.
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Officers were present: |
| Commissioner | Keith Albertson | |
| | President | Charlie McClain |
| Treasurer/Secretary | Anja VanElgort |
| Statistician | Abel Romero |
| A-League Rep | Cliff Cormier |
| B-League Rep | Jon Barbieri |
| Public Relations | Smilie Rogers |
| Pub Rep | Rob West |
Concerns and topics discussed by board members during this meeting:
1. Membership issues.
2. T-shirts.
3. Board member responsibilities.
4. Communication between board members.
5. Banquet and All-Star Matches locations.
6. Avenue World Order/Young Guns match issue.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. No Old Business:
Old business was not discussed at tonights meeting. The secretary was away during the last meeting. Minutes were taken by the president but were not available at the meeting for recapping and discussion.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Membership dues:
Charlie will collect the dues from the Corner Pocket Bar for the Tons of Fun team tomorrow night August 26th, since they have been waiting for the officer not present to pick them up.
Three Dart Knights have paid up for 5 players but only have four players on their roster. They just recently brought in a fifth player.
All other dues are in perfect order.
2. MBYC:
It has been decided by the members of the board of the SCCDA, the MBYC team out of Charlie O's, will be penalized for failure to pay dues on time as well as for playing a shooter not officially on the team roster.
MBYC failed to pay dues while continuing to play league matches.
The board was notified during the captains meeting scheduled before the beginning of the season that a check would be delivered to the Poet & Patriot prior to the first match of the season.
It was decided to penalize the team 6 games, not including singles matches, from MBYC's overall record.
Abel feels that it is not necessary to be too severe since this is their first violation. And also to not force the team to leave the league.
Jon has agreed to deliver an official notification to the team captain, Brad Altman, typed up by Abel and verified by the remaining board members.
All other team captains will be notified of this penalization as well.
Jon will also make sure during their match on August 26th, they play only members listed on the official SCCDA roster.
In a vote taken to penalize the team for failure to pay dues on time and the playing of a non-rostered shooter:
5 ayes, 1 nay, 1 abstention.
3. B-league match conflict:Avenue World Order vs. Young Guns.
The Avenue World Order and the Young Guns experienced a conflict during their scheduled match at the Poet and Patriot.
As the issue stands Angel self-volunteered to assist the Young Guns since they are new members to our league.
The AWO complained about the assistance from Angel and two of their members asked Angel to leave. The situation got heated.
As of this time an e-mail message was sent to all members of the board written by the captain of the Young Guns as to what had happened from his point of view.
Several board members also spoke with those present at the match to understand what occurred.
As of this time, AWO has not filed a written complaint as per their promise.
It has been determined that AWO acted, through inexperience with league play, in an unsportsmanlike manner. The board has determined to monitor matches involving both teams to see if this behavior continues.
It is decided that board members should start attending matches in show of support for the League and it's Players.
Cliff has agreed to attend an AWO match and discuss with their team the issue of sportsmanlike conduct and educate their team on protocol in our league. Keith has agreed to attend as well.
4. T-Shirts:
Anja has been working with Chris Wilmoth, owner of the Print Gallery and Captain of Bocci's Brigade, on shirt designs to promote the league.
Anja presented a design and price packages to the board. Cliff also presented price packages he obtained from another printing company that also will do embroidering.
It is agreed at this time to post the information on the website and get feedback from the rest of the league on style and colors.
As of now the league funds can cover the costs to pay for start up fees and 100 + shirts.
This topic will be discussed again at the next meeting.
5. Board member request:
Cliff requested in order for all board members to be on top of all dart related issues, we CC one another when any e-mails are sent out. This will better allow us to attend meetings with full knowledge of the topics of discussion and also be better prepared.
Next weeks topics of discussion. (but not limited to)
1. Discussion of transfer fees at length. Stop the madness.
2. Rule book revamping. Developing a committee made up of league
members.
3. Board member roles. Very gray areas. Need to clarify.
4. Banquets. Whose eligible and how to be fair when picking a venue.
5. T-shirts. Any comments from members. Where do we go from here?
6. Enforcement of time limit on halftime.
7. All-Star Match locations.
8. Three Dart Knights' team drop out.
9. Formal Complaint against The Privateers.
10. The new "B" League schedule.
Meeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: Britannia Arms, September 15, 2003 @ 7:00 PM. All League Members Welcome.
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The Summer/Fall 2003 Season started on August 5 & 13. If you would like to join a team, please contact our statistician or a league captain in a participating pub.
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