EGM TONIGHT

[Brad]

Dear all Elgin & District Pool League players,

An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Elgin & District Pool League will take place in the upstairs bar at Flanagans on Friday 2nd November 2012 at 6:30PM.

The purpose of the meeting is to further discuss and reach a decision on the deferred AGM proposal to accept an invitation from the Scottish Pool Association (SPA) to affiliate for one calendar year (2013) without changing the league rules.

The ramifications of affiliating would mean that the Elgin & District Pool League would be barred from entering the SEPF Scottish Interleague next season and depending on the SEPF AGM next year, could see Elgin players barred from representing the SEPF at International level.

On the positive side; the amount and standard of Scottish domestic competitions offered by the SPA appear higher than what we have been used to and several local leagues including Inverness and Nairn are already affiliated to the SPA meaning we could have higher quality, higher entry, local competitions on our own doorstep.

Although the decision of this EGM will only immediately effect players who play at a higher level (Interleague, national singles tournaments, International levels), I stress that it is imperative that as many individuals from all levels of the League attend.

There will be one vote per player present so don't leave it to your team captain to cast your vote as this won't be happening!

The SPA will be represented at the EGM by their National Secretary: Mr. Davie Duncan and their promoter, Mr. Ross McInnes.

The SEPF will be represented by their President, Mr. Mike McDonald and Secretary, Mr. Derek Ahern.

Yours Sincerely,

Brad Wight
Secretary
EDPL.
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[Brad]

Point to note: Affiliation to the SPA is £50, exactly the same as SEPF. Despite what you may have heard, dual affiliation is not an option.

The SEPF do not at present ban SPA players from entering Regional and National Tours, Scottish Open, Masters or Singles. If the offer to affiliate to the SPA is taken up, the SPA will allow us to continue playing World Rules/SEPF competitions for one season.

[Brad]

I'm going to ask people to confirm if they plan to attend or not so we can get a rough idea of numbers. Therefore, please add your name below if you're coming along.

ATTENDING
1) Brad Wight - Bonnie Earl C
2) Gary Allan - White Horse B
3) Kev McFarlane - Bonnie Earl C
4) Sheenie Kinsella - Flanagans A
5) Ian MacLennan - Seaforth Club
6) Raymond Mackenzie - Tennant Arms A
7) Andrew Cormie - Harbour Inn
8) Ben Royan - Harbour Inn
9) Kev McFarlane - Bonnie Earl C

APOLOGIES
1) Tony McCallion - Harbour
2) Debby Greig - Caberfeidh

[ian]

I will be there - Ian MacLennan - Seaforth Club. i will let you know about the rest of the team

[Brad]

Cool. More the better as individuals get to vote on a matter which could in theory lead to a bigger vote in a year's time which could potentially see a rule change brought in.

If you're a fan of 'old rules' make sure you're there, if you want to see World Rules stay, likewise!

[Brad]

Reminder that the EGM is next Friday.
We only need five players for the vote to count, however, if only five are present the majority will likely be unhappy with the result. Please let me know if you plan to attend.

[Brad]

Agenda.

Introduction.

6:30 - 7:15 - SEPF Presentation and Q&A session.

7:30 - 8:15 - SPA Presentation and Q&A session.

8:15 - Vote on affiliation for 2013

I'll try and keep the meeting as short as possible and get the results of the vote added up and independantly checked as soon as I can.

Brad.

[raymack]

Yep I will be there Brad. Will I be allowed to vote as a player ?

[ian]

Can players who are unable to attend vote by text, website or by proxy?

[Brad]

Ray - unfortunately according to the constitution you can only vote if it's a tie!
I can vote but in the interests of impartiallity won't be.

Ian - if we do that I'd guess no one will turn up and also I feel it's very important people listen to what both parties have to say before voting. We can have a chat about it at the committee meeting on Mon though. The main point is that the vote will only effect Interleague players in the first year. It's what may happen in the second year that is so important - obviously that would require a second meeting in a year's time if it gets that far and voting in that case could be done differently.

[ac]

I'll be there, will be encouraging the lads on Wednesday to appear also.

[Brad]

Nice one, would advise everyone to do the same, especially if you want to play at the Interleague next year.

[Brad]

Reminder: This is tomorrow.

[Hig]

I'll not manage till a bit later as I have another meeting, however hopefully i'll get there in time t vote.

[martellachie]

I will be there but it'll be after starting time.

[brocher]

The SEPF are happy to announce that after a presentation by the SPA and the SEPF in Elgin tonight at a EGM (done by Ross Mcinness and our own Derek Ahern)The Elgin and district pool league have voted to remain with the SEPF for the 2013 season. This is great news for us and well done to our members for voting to stay with us. Can i thank the committee of the EDPL for conducting this EGM in a very fair and democratic manner.