AGM Minutes Monday 29th August 2005
Present:
Andy Kelly (Chairman)
Cora Burton (Treasurer)
Karen McKenzie (Secretary)
Peter Scott
Don Jakobsen
Jim Birrell
Karen Hay
Jim Bann
Neil McCole
Welcome
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.
1) Registration of Teams
Registration began @ 7:30
AGM began @ 8:00
2) Presentation of Annual Accounts
The Treasurer presented last season accounts and reported to all that the league made a profit
of £1,025.19 and the bank balance now stands at £1.575.82.
3) Election of Committee Members
The committee was dissolved and new members were nominated, seconded and voted for by the team
representatives that attended the meeting. The newly elected committee is as follows:-
Peter Scott - Chairman
Karen Mackenzie - Secretary
Cora Bell - Treasurer
Karen Hay - Trophy Organiser
Jim Bann - Minutes Secretary
Mike Endready - Results Co – Ordinator
Mike Stewart - Web Organiser
Neil McCole
Jim Birrell
Don Jakobsen
John Watson
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4) Constitution Amendment Proposals
i) It was agreed that the singles competition was to be played within the season and would
take place between October and November. However this was to be left to the discretion of the committee and
pending the finalisation of this seasons’ fixture list.
ii) Rankings points are to be awarded still for doubles victories and the same system as
last year is to be applied to the singles but new systems were proposed and it was decided that these should
be put in writing and presented again next year.
iii) It was agreed that the current number of permissible defaults be raised to three.
iv) It was agreed that the AGM was to always be held on a Monday and not Tuesday as stated
in the constitution.
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5) Proposals for amendments to league rules
i) Blackball rules are not going to be adopted this season as they have not yet been agreed
on by the SPA.
ii) It was proposed to split the league into three divisions but this was not passed as the
team representatives voted in favour of the current two leagues.
iii) It was agreed by all that the 30 talking time between partners in doubles must be applied
by all this season. The two players will have 30 to talk to each other but after 20 seconds the referee will
inform the pair that they only have 10 seconds left to talk. After the 30 seconds is up then the players must
not confer again till the next shot is played. If any more talking goes on then the referee should call a 2
shot foul.
iv) It was proposed that the order of league matches be changed from Doubles followed by
singles to singles followed by doubles but this was voted against and the current format will remain in force.
v) It was proposed that the singles competition was returned to 2 weeks instead of the
current 3 weeks. This went to the vote and the singles will again be over 3 weeks.
vi) The team representatives voted in favour of holding the ladies singles final on a
different date than the league singles and it was resolved that the committee would decide upon a suitable date.
vii) It was noted that there was a clarification to the ruling when a played has two shots and
addresses the table and a ball falls in, that player still has two shots and will not be penalised.
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6) General Business
i) It was decided that the committee will inspect each table 4 times per year but may not
inspect the table(s) for their own venue. It was also stated that if there is a disagreement about the
condition of a table in the five minutes preceding a match that a committee member must be telephoned if the
dispute can not be resolved by the team captains.
ii) The committee shall be responsible for deciding what prize money to increase and how
to distribute the funds created by this year’s budget surplus.
iii) The selection process for superleague teams is to be changed for this season and is to
be based upon A & B league rankings points.
iv) Mike Stewart (web designer) informed all that the website would be up-dated after games
and that he would also be looking to change the current format of the website.
v) It was made clear that all players are welcome to attend committee meetings and that it
is not a closed meeting.
vi) A large majority of meeting attendees agreed that future AGM’s would be a closed forum
and any points to be raised must be put in writing beforehand.
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The next meeting will be held at Greens on Monday 5th September 2005.
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