Hi all

We're happy to report that NODA had a good turn out for our seasonal Captains’ Meeting. We would like to thank all the Captains and team representatives that attended the meeting. This meeting is intended for the teams or members to make suggestions that would improve our league. We accomplished some rule changes that are intended to speed up the pace of the night, so that those members who have to get up real early can finish sooner. 

Beginning immediately:

We are eliminating Rule 10-D.  This is the rule that allows no more than 4 consecutive games by any player.  It is now possible to schedule a player to play in more than 4 consecutive games.

            We are adding the following 2 Rules:

Rule 10-G  At both Captain's discretion -  In order to allow folks to leave early if they have to get up early the next morning, we are allowing the last game (the 4 man 01 game) to be played in game position 5 on the score sheets and then continue on with game 5 on the score sheets becoming game 6 and so forth with the balance of the games to be played in the order they are printed on the score sheets.  It should be noted that if a player exceeds the maximum games allowed per night (Rule 10-B) and he is listed in this last 4 man '01 game the penalty for this infraction will be the point value of the 4 man '01 game and will be administered as per Rule 11.

Rule 10-H  At both Captain's discretion - During the night, if the next game to be played is a Cricket game the Cricket game may be played simultaneously on a separate board if a separate board is available and as long as it does not take a chalker or statistician away from an '01 game. This will shorten the night's play time because 2 games will be played simultaneously.

The next issue that was brought up was saving the league some money on postage and printing. As a result: Beginning with the Winter League, if you want the stats mailed to you, you’ll have to request it. As for everybody else stats can be downloaded from the website or received by Email.  They will arrive in your Email as an attachment in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format with the Email announcing that the Stats have been published to our web site.  You can save them, print them out or just view them. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat on your computer you can download the viewer free from the Adobe.com web site.

The third issue that was brought was board setups not being in compliance with the rules. It was decided with a unanimous vote that Mike Williams, V.P. of C&M Darts “The Dart Guy” is now NODA’s first B.I.G. (Board Inspector General) It was also decided that the league would give Mike a gas allowance for his duty. Be sure to let your venues know that Mike will be coming in and certifying the boards and that the venues can purchase new dart boards and throw-lines from Mike. At the November meeting Mike will present a report on what he found.

Just as a reminder, all members are welcome to attend all board meetings.

Thank You

NODA Board of Directors