Important Details -- Elections, League Documents, Winter Party and Other Things

David Race
January 28, 2012

t the last meeting of the Board of Directors on January 22^nd several decisions were made that directly (and indirectly) affect all of the items in the headline. In no particular order:

The combined Summer & Fall 2011 banquet/membership meeting/awards presentation was Friday, January 27 at Stegton Regency Banquet Center. If you were there, we hope you had a good time; sorry if you didn't win a door prize! If you missed it, IMHO you missed a great time!
Election for the 2012/2013 Board of Directors is February 27 - March 1, 2012. Ballots will be distributed on or before your match that week. Members playing this season are asked to vote with their earliest team. Captains are asked to bring their completed ballot envelopes to the Mid-season Captains Meeting on March 5, 2012.
Members playing this season (Winter 2012) and either of the previous two seasons (Fall 2011, Summer 2011) are eligible to vote.
Candidates for all positions are sought. A Letter of Intent is required to be submitted to the League Secretary Melissa Slade by Friday, February 17, 2012.
There may be League Rules and/or By-law changes submitted to the membership for their consideration

That's it...for now. Stay tuned.

Winter 2012 Update

David Race
January 17, 2012

n my last posting here about the Winter 2012 Season I had expressed a hope that we could even up the Wednesday Red and Thursday B1 Blue. Those of you affected already know that we were successful on both counts! I had overlooked the team of Ty Maxwell and Holly Penuel, and they fit nicely into the Wednesday Red. And, on Sunday, January 8^th Michael Skeeters called (after a 7 year hiatus) to take the Thursday B1 Blue spot. As a result of this, we were able to split the Thursday B1 on an east/west basis. The consequence of this was that Monday afternoon, before the Captains Meeting, we completely re-scheduled the Thursday B1! These changes are reflected in the online schedules page, the hardcopy .pdf version and the copy distributed to the Captains. Not all bar and board copies were updated. Any (printed) Thursday B1 Blue or Thursday B1 Red schedule is the correct one if it shows (revised 1/9/2012).

At the Captains Meeting on January 9^th, I explained the penalties that would be assesed if team fees weren't paid in full that night. It appears that some of those present didn't fully understand. These penalties are explained in detail in Item 18 of the Rules Addendum:

Team fees are due, in full, by the first Captain’s Meeting each season. Captains will be given a grace period until the second Thursday of the season to submit payment. Arrangement for payment will be made with the Treasurer or other Officer. Teams will be penalized all win points until payment is made. If full payment is made by the second Thursday of the season, the points will be restored; otherwise, the penalty will remain. If full payment has not made by the “Late Due Date”, the team will be suspended from any further play. The remainder of the season, if any, will reflect a "bye" for the suspended team. Further, every member of the team shall be suspended from all League play for the next three (3) consecutive seasons. Appeal for reinstatement may be made in writing to the Board on a per member basis. “Late Due Date” is dependent on division size and is the Friday of the indicated week:

a. Four team division – sixth week

b. Five and six team divisions – fifth week

c. Seven and eight team divisions – seventh week

On January 14^th, Treasurer Melissa Wilson reported to me that 10 teams had not paid their team fee. These teams (you know who you are!) were penalized their wins for last week. On the 15^th she notified me that payment had been received from one team; that team's points have been restored. The remaining 9 teams have until the 19^th to make payment or make some other arrangement with her. The penalty will be assesed for every week the fee is not paid and will not be restored if paid after the 19^th. Teams in 4 team divisions have until February 9^th and those in 6 team divisions have until February 16^th to pay their fee or they will be suspended.

Melissa has asked me to notify members that the preferred method of paying the fee is to mail a check to the League address, shown above. Feel free to call her at 314-223-6060 (her computer is down, so e-mail is problematic), but be advised you will most likely get her voice mail. She will get back to you, eventually.

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David Race
November 23, 2011

he second annual "Darts For Life Tournament"is scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2012 at South 94 Bistro. Details to be posted as they become available.

This tournament was started in 2010 raising $4700.00 to help both recognize and celebrate brave women who have battled and are beating cancer. They are both family and friends to a lot of us. In anticipation of the next one, organizers hope to create the first ever, "Darts for Life Cookbook". Proceeds from the cookbook will be added to the contributions collected at the tournament in February. Members and family are being asked to submit as many recipes as they have or wish to submit. Please e-mail them to Margaret Hemsath or Carol Gold. Proceeds from the overall tournament, cookbook, raffles, silent auction, and t-shirts will benefit cancer research.

Comments, critiques and suggestions are welcome!
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