Minutes of LIICL Executive Board Meeting
August 24, 2002
Huntington Library


Attendees:
President: Absent
Treasurer: Bob Rizzo
Rules Director Absent

Ademco: Tom Ogen
Alumni C: John Kingsley
Alumni D: Ed Rusch
Clear-Cut: Paul Ragonnet
EDO: Steve Romero
LSF: Bob Standing
NGC: George Berg
PRA: Dennis Hom
Veeco: Sy Bilkis

Members: Mike Anthony (Past President)
Tim Cranston


The meeting was called to order at 12:05 PM

1) It was determined that the same 9 teams will be entering the league
for the 2002-2003 season as last season.  Numbers were selected at random
by each team.  For the 2002-2003 season the following team numbers were
assigned: 1-LSF, 2-Alumni C, 3-Veeco, 4-Northrop Grumman, 5-Photon
Research, 6-EDO, 7-Clear-Cut, 8-Alumni D, 9-Ademco.

2) It was reported by Bob Rizzo that there is $1,212.00 in the treasury
with an upcoming payment of $48.00 due to renew the domain name
liicl.com.

3) The issue of dues was brought up for discussion.  The $50 per team to
subsidize a simul was dropped due to the fact that some teams felt they
were subsidizing others.  The fact that we could not commercialize the
simul under Library Rules meant that an operating loss was a certainty.
It was noted that not all costs were charged to the LIICL last season
such as refreshment and supplies.  Given this, a motion was brought up to
eliminate the $50 simul subsidy and to add $20 to the $100 normal dues to
cover costs not reimbursed.  The motion to make the dues $120 for the
2002-2003 season passed 8-1 with no abstentions.

4) Photon raised a motion to switch the LIICL from game point standings
to match point standings.  The pros and cons of each scoring system was
discussed especially noted was the possible conflicts between individual
races and team races.  The motion was defeated 2-7 with no abstentions.

5) The schedule was the final issue.  Round one will be September 13th
starting at 6:50 PM.  With 9 teams a single round robin means only 8
matches.  It was thought a double-round robin was too long a season by
some.  Mike Anthony indicated that since we would complete round 10
before the new year with the dates we had for 2002, that an 18-round
regular season was not impossible but would require us playing through
June.  A motion was brought up to stay with the 12-round, 10 match
season, identical to last season.  The motion passed 7-1 with one
abstention.

6) Some discussion was made to possibly merge the two Alumni teams thus
eliminating the need for the bye round.  It was also noted that it was
possible that a tenth team might join which could also get rid of the bye
problem.  New teams can be absorbed until week two, September 27th.
After that date a major schedule change would be needed.

The meeting ended at 1:30 PM