Minutes from June 2005

OK, so I am very late with the minutes. No excuses will just try and do better next time! Mind you they do say ‘Better late than never’.

The meeting kicked off at 9.26pm, the venue being Angelo’s upmarket, executive residence where a wonderful feast had been planned for early arrivals.

First on the agenda was a debate about players that seldom attended and there removal from the ‘Players List’. We commented on players like Nicholas that would often text to say they would be attending games or chased for information as to time and place of matches but then never turned-up. We could not understand the rational behind the action.

Continuing from this subject it was accepted that as Expats we were likely to spend longer holidays/business events out of the country than would be the norm back in Europe. As such, providing Otto was informed first, if a player will be spending a month out of the country they will not be expected to pay any dues.

We then talked about tournaments and agreed that our policy would be not to actively support any tournament that lasted longer than 1 day.
Daniele then agreed to organise the 2nd Shangrala Cup for sometime in October an event that was very popular at its inaugural opening. The group then asked if it was possible for Conner to secure the tape from Channel 28 of that particular event.

We then talked around the prospects facing us on our own ‘home ground’. We wondered how things were looking at Timex and will ask Bob to report. We also talked about a field at Sunkist which was overgrown and un-used. Steve was assigned to investigate this option previously but unfortunately is now in the UK until early next year. For the mean-time we will be using the field at Northtowns Homes over the coming 2 months until CIS is available again. Otto will be making a donation to Northtowns in recognition of there assistance. Everybody agreed that we need to have a recognised ‘Home Ground’ as this would foster stronger ties with the club and encourage players to join.

The meeting finished at 10.35pm.