The 2024 Annual General Meeting
The 2024 meeting will soon be upon us and so it is as important as ever that you attend if you possibly can. There are plenty of areas where we can improve our offering for players and venues alike – why not attend to offer your insight into how we can do better, make suggested rule or format changes as well as lend your support to ensure our league continues to thrive.
Meeting Details
Date & Time: 16th September 2024 – 8pm
Venue: The Britannia Club
agenda
Apologies
Minutes from previous AGM – posted on this site 19th September 2023
Finance
Committee Elections
Proposals to AGM
Any other business
Committee election of officers
In accordance with our constitution an open invitation for league members to stand for election to committee posts is hereby posted (18th June 2024). Election of officers and committee members shall take the form of a ballot (show of hands) where the candidate with the highest number of votes shall prevail. Proxy votes shall not be valid in the election of committee officers and AGM proposals. All committee roles shall be subject to election at this AGM.
Officers standing down from the committee shall be published on this page – although this does not preclude any member from seeking to stand for any committee role. You simply need to complete the form below.
Officers standing down from the committee at AGM2024:
Competition Secretary – Simon Coleman
County Captain – Stephen Coleman
Committee Member – Leanne Tyson
The committee and the entire league would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the longstanding commitment to the Northants Bar Billiards League exemplified by our departing colleagues. Thank you.
Proposals for discussion
- New addition to rules for Masters Tournament. Proposed By: Ian Underwood. Seconded by: Colin Underwood
With the current rules making it possible for a player who has won all of his matches against all opponents to still come second in the division standings, would the committee consider awarding 2 points for a match win plus 1 point for each leg won. This would resolve the anomaly.
2. Alternate approach to address issue identified in Proposal 1 above by amending rule 127. Proposed by: Lorin Clough. Seconded by: Gary Tipping
In the event of a tie, the following shall be the order of precedence:
a) Match wins.
b) Number of leg wins.
c) Highest aggregate score.
d) Head to Head.
3. To increase participation and attendance at the AGM by presenting our annual trophies and awards during the AGM meeting. Proposed by: Kevin Ayres. Seconded by: Dave Evans
Over the past decade the number of teams being represented on the committee and also in attendance at the AGM has declined significantly. There is now a high reliance on a small number of individuals to run the league and this is not sustainable in the long term.
Historically team captains and players attended committee meetings to find out league positions, results and information that is now readily available from the website & WhatsApp etc… The need to attend a meeting has now disappeared for a majority of players.
It is unrealistic to expect players to attend monthly meetings on a regular basis when they have no real need to do so. It does though remain crucial that everyone’s views are reflected at least once a year at the AGM, where any major decisions are made.
This problem is not just specific to Northants Bar Billiards, many other groups and organisations have been effected in a similar way. To overcome this several have linked the AGM to their annual awards evening, this has increased attendance at the AGM significantly, as those that have won an award (and their team mates) generally want to attend.
I understand that many people enjoy the current presentation evening, there is no reason why we could not have an end of season ball / party (or similar), but perhaps instead of guests enduring a presentation evening they could enjoy an alternative function for example a charity raffle or auction instead, the options here would be endless. We would be more likely to get new and more people attending an event like this than would attend a standard presentation evening.
4. AGM scheduling. Proposed by: Kevin Ayres. Seconded by: Dave Evans
If the above proposal was accepted then I would secondly propose that the AGM date is moved to the end of the season, rather than the start of the new season.
5. Condition of Entry for teams into league competitions. Proposed by: Tony Britten. Seconded by: Leanne Tyson
Each team, as a condition of entry, shall nominate a member of the team to attend league committee meetings. The management posts of Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Competition Secretary, Social Secretary, County Captain will be filled as per the current system.
6. Addressing ‘no-shows’ for scheduled matches. Proposed By: Jim Thomson. Seconded by: Dawn Dunkley
If a player fails to turn up for any competition match they shall be ineligible for that competition the following season …. unless there are extenuating circumstances which will be adjudged by the committee.
7. Removal of Bonus points for match wins in league games. Proposed By: Dawn Dunkley. Seconded by: Michelle Coleman
Please complete the form below if you wish to submit a proposal for discussion at the AGM.
We very much look forward to seeing you there.
