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MEETING MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DARTS ASSOCIATION (SCCDA)
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| Date of Meeting: | January 19, 2004 | |
| | Location: | Poet & Patriot | |
| | Time of Meeting: | 7:06 p.m | |
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A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Darts 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 | Nichole Smith |
| Statistician | Abel Romero |
| A-League Rep | Cliff Cormier |
| B-League Rep | Jon Barbieri |
| Public Relations | Smilie Rogers |
| Pub Rep | Not Present |
| Attendee | Roger Champieux |
| Attendee | Don Wilson |
Concerns and topics discussed by Board Members during this meeting:
1. Rules Committee Report
2. Captains' Meeting
3. Treasury Business
4. Upcoming Season
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Rules Committee Report
Rules Committee Report
The Rules Committee headed by Charlie McClain presented a further revised edition of the rules in response to the feedback from the original revised rules submitted by the rules committee in December.
An additional revised edition was provided by Abel Romero as feedback on the version submitted to the board.
Major Points of Contention and Discussion were as follows:
Part I, Official Rules of Play, proposed introductory paragraph.
Abel brought up the point that the wording of the proposed paragraph gives decisions reached by a consensus of two captain binding power over all of league play and does not subject that decision to board approval.
Cliff motions that the paragraph be sent back to committee for rephrasing and clarification. Motion passes.
Part I, Article 1, Section B
It is proposed to distribute the duties of checking game boards at the start of the season over the positions of Commissioner, President, and Statistician .
There are no objections to this proposal.
Don Wilson informs us he is redrawing the old diagrams that used to be included in Section A,
Cliff Cormier volunteers that he probably has copies of the diagrams in his files from the old website. Don Wilson is also working on flow charts to illustrate the protest process and will present these to the board at a later date.
Part II, Article VII Removal of Officers
The issue lies with the proposed line: An affirmative vote by a minimum of two-thirds of all the Captains in the Association -- with no proxy votes allowed -- shall be required for removal of an officer
. The concern of the board being of what constitutes a proxy vote and the difficulty of gathering over 2/3’s of the captains on one night.
Another issue raised in conjunction with this is the benefits and drawbacks of allowing voting by e-mail or regular post.
The benefits of limiting bias of proxy voters and obtaining the true feelings of the body of Captains is tempered by the difficulty of authenticating e-mail votes and the drawback of absentee voters not hearing all the arguments before casting their vote. The issue is sent back to committee.
Part II, Article XII, Section F
The issue was raised that while this paragraph keeps the person whose decision is being questioned from voting on the issue, it does not limit the vote of those questioning the decision. Sent back to committee.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Captains' Meeting
A Captains' Meeting is scheduled for January 20th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Poet & Patriot.
Keith, Abel and Nichole will attend to sign up teams and collect dues, respectively, from attending Captains.
2. Treasury Business
Receipt Books were offered to all Board Members intending to collect dues prior to and at the beginning of the Winter/Spring Season.
A brief summary of the League's financial status was handed out to the Members of the Board.
3. Upcoming Season
The Statistician projected a possible 8 "A" League and 12 "B" League Teams in the coming season.
In speaking with potential players and Captains reforming teams, it seemed to Abel that we would have to split the "B" League into Divisions again.
The desired length of the season was put up for discussion and the Board was split on how long the season should be.
The discussion ended with the 'Statistician' being given the final say on season length.
Abel said he would discuss the issue with the other Captains to try and get their point of view.
Next meeting's topics of discussion. (but not limited to)
1. Rules Committee's revisions
2. The New Season
3. The Finances of the League
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: Poet & Patriot February 9, 2004 @ 7:00
PM. All League Members Welcome.
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The Winter/Spring 2004 Season started on January 27 & 28. If you would like to join a team, please contact our statistician or a league captain in a participating pub.
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