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Agenda for Annual Meeting
To be held in person & virtually at 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Norwich Bowling & Entertainment Lanes in Norwich, CT
~ All NEBA members can vote, as all members are encouraged to attend ~
Attendance will be taken at 4:05 p.m. Members must be part of the meeting by 4:05 PM to have voting privileges.
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1. Welcome to all board members and members-at-large.
2. Ratify the minutes from the Oct 2023 Board Meeting
3. The 2024 meeting dates will be announced.
4. Reports of Tournament Director, Officers, and Executive Committee
5. Review Impact of 2023 Rule Changes; One-Lane Courtesy. Tracking of Squad Start and end times.
We capture these facts for each squad: TD Justin Alves will update us.
* Amount of practice time. * Time of 1st ball in competition
* Time of 1st pair finished. * Time of the last ball thrown in the squad
* Squad cut/scoring pace. * Special notation if there was a significant lane breakdown.
Committee Reports
a. Committees Special Tournaments – Invitational, Keene, Masters, Women’s Open
It is possible to remove the Women’s event and/or allow them to bowl with the Seniors.
• Hall of Fame Committee – Report on proposal for HOF points.
2023 Annual Meeting Proposals
List of proposals for the 2023 Annual Meeting from the Board of Directors Meetings during 2023.
1. Proposed Tournament Rules Changes were discussed and will be voted upon at the annual meeting. The survey results will be presented and discussed by Bruce Hall & Becky Kregling.
a. Change the entry fee to $100 in 2024 (Currently $95.00). This is to help offset the increased lineage as most Bowlero centers.
b. Use PBA style pair courtesy at all tournaments.
c. Continue using One-Lane Courtesy for Qualifying and Two-Lane Courtesy for Match-Play.
d. Proposal to go to 5 years for all past champions when choosing a partner, not just for Over / Under Doubles.
e. Proposal for the Senior Tournaments to include Women, Senior & Super Senior categories at all Senior Events and to eliminate the Women’s only event due to lack of participation.
f. For the guaranteed senior to make match play, remove the guarantee or add a guarantee to the other two side cuts as well at the 1:6 ratio.
g. A request to increase the practice time for Major events from 5 minutes to 10 minutes, a request was sent out to the tournament committee for their input with no negative feedback. A vote at the annual meeting will decide.
2. Other proposals:
a. Patterns – There was a request to consider only using Named Patterns for regular tournaments using Challenge and Sport Patterns versus having the pattern committee make the patterns based on all the research they have done on the various centers that host our events. Recreation patterns used during 2023 were the center's house shot. The proposal is to use a combination of Named patterns and NEBA made patterns for 2024.
b. A proposal to create compensation for the two non-bowlers on the pattern committee.
c. Suggestions for Changes to the By-laws have been worked on by Ed Roberts and Chris Monroy, who will present at the annual meeting for a vote.
d. A proposal to limit the High Game's time frame out of the money credits will last. Presently, there is no expiration date, and the proposal is for them to expire 12 months from the date earned. All expired credits will be added to the Non-Champions and Tournament of Champions tournaments in November of each year.
e. Survey results presented by Bruce Hall and Becky Kregling.
f. Due to the resignation of a board member, we will be voting at the annual meeting for a new 2nd Vice President for a 1-year term, who will then move to 1st Vice President in January 2025.