45 players attended the banquet and annual meeting on Friday October 14,
2005 at the Huron House Restaurant.
Gary Latimer made the following suggestions:
- Allow the use of metal cleats
- Since the league is for fun we should retire all the trophies and
shorten
the playoffs
- Everyone enjoys the all-star game but we should get rid of the skills
competitions
- Change the league so that only 3 players are reserved per team and
everyone else goes into a league-wide draft each year
The following motions were made, seconded, discussed and voted on:
1) Barry Judge moved that the constitution be changed to allow players the
choice of wearing metal cleats. Gary Latimer seconded.
The motion was passed 24 for - 16 against
2) Chris Constantine moved that all changes to the constitution be
ratified
using the registration form for the following season. Dave Bea seconded.
The motion was defeated 15 for - 18 against
3) Barry Judge moved that the executive explore starting the season 2
weeks
later and extending the end of the season by 2 weeks. Brian Morrison
seconded the motion.
The motion was passed with 30 votes for.
4) Harald moved that the league institute a full league draft as follows:
- All players would be drafted each year
- The draft would be done by the 8 team managers
- Those teams would be assigned by a draw to the managers
Jeff Wood seconded the motion.
The motion was defeated 16 for - 20 against
5) Val Mackey moved that the league institute a rule that an inning at bat
for a team would end once 6 runs are scored by that team in that inning.
The rule would not apply in the last inning. Chris seconded.
The motion was passed 29 for - 6 against.
6) Chris Constantine moved that we eliminate the stats as a means to
reduce
competitiveness in the league. Dave Spalding seconded.
The motion was defeated 7 for - 32 against.
Elections were held for the 2006 executive.
Past President - Blaine Burns was acclaimed
Secretary-Treasurer - Tony Kramberger was acclaimed
Vice-President - Eldon Dunseith was acclaimed
President - Bob Pearson was acclaimed.
The meeting adjourned.
I'd like to thank the outgoing executive members, Jeff, Gary and Harvey
for
their work this year.
Managers: please ensure that your team has a manager and assistant manager
in place by our first meeting of the 2006 season.
That Meeting will take place on Tuesday February 7, 2006. It will
probably
be held at London Life. I'll send out a meeting notice in the new year.
Have a great off-season guys.
Tony K.