Was great seeing everyone at the Captain's Meeting on Tuesday!  A brief overview of the Meeting Minutes:

• No Old Business brought to the table
• President's Update:
  - Considerations are being made to give additional recognition to sponsor's who have been in long standing with the league.  More details to follow soon.
  - Since no letters of intent were submitted for either the President or Secretary positions, Rob and Jack have agreed to stay on for 1 more term.  There was no election for these 2 positions at this meeting.
   
• VP Update:
  - Ed introduced Chris from Scud Sports to talk about Dart Shirt possibilities.  If you are interested, reach out to Ed at:  sddlvp@gmail.com and he can connect you to Chris to take care of everything.  Ed will not be handling the transaction, you will be dealing directly with Chris.
   
• Secretary Update:
  - In the A Division there is now a 4 team sub division setup called A+ and A.  The top 4 teams from last season playing in the A+ and the remaining teams and teams moving up landing within the A division.  A full 14 week season will be played where everyone plays each other, but the standings and stats will be separated.  Come playoff time, everyone makes the playoffs, and the winners of the A+ division will play the winners of the A division for the League Championship trophy.  
  - Experimenting with Dartconnect's ability to allow you to enter your lineups for the match from your phone in the A division.   
  - B and C Divisions have 6 teams in each, and therefore will have a 15 week season.  
  - D Division has a full 8 teams and will play a full 14 week season.  
  - No divisions have byes this season.
  - Also no changes are being made to the match composition.  Still a 19 pt. night for all divisions.
   
• Treasurer Update
  - Financially the league is doing well and there is no scheduled increase in fees for either sponsors or teams at this moment.

New Business Discussed:

• A motion was brought to the table looking to add a raffle at the Captain's Meeting for the sponsors to win a dart board prior to the start of the season.  For each team sponsored they would get 1 ticket into the drawing.  Winners pulled at the meeting would not be eligible to win at the next following meeting.  1 winner allowed per calendar year.   The motion was seconded, and came to a unanimous vote.  Motion passed and will start at the Fall Captain's Meeting.
   

Spring 2025 season will start on 1/28/25, and all schedules have been posted on DartConnect.    Good luck to everyone this upcoming season!

- Rob
   

Hello everyone, 

Google Groups has become woefully inept in maintaining its management interface, and adding new emails to the list has become near impossible.  We'll be switching from Google Groups to "Gaggle Mail".  I know, sounds cheesy and nothing but spam, but it's real and it's actually a decent platform to use so far.  

Was great seeing everyone at the Captain's Meeting on Tuesday!  A brief overview of the Meeting Minutes:

- No Old Business brought to the table

- President's Update:

• Rules Committee:  We're in the process of setting up a Rules Committee to go over the rule book to see if things need to be tweaked and/or adjusted.  We're looking for volunteers from C and D to fill the committee.  We already have 2 A Division,  2 B Division and 1 D Division member so far.  Looking for at least 1 C (up to 2 max) and 1 more D to fill out the slots.  If interested contact Jack at:   officers@southerndutchessdartleague.com
• Sponsorship Committee:  We're also setting up a sponsorship committee to help raise additional funds for our 2 tournaments and any other events we have planned.  Currently this committee has been filled, but if interested is serving contact Jack at:  officers@southerndutchessdartleague.com
• Introduction of New A Division Cup.   We've bought a new cup to replace the old trophy, and the new cup has emblems representing the 40 year history of winners.  Check out our Facebook Page for pictures!

- League Secretary's Update:

• 701 was a relative success for all divisions this past season.  We're going to be making 1 slight adjustment that is aimed at curbing the longevity of the x01 games in general for both C and D Divisions.  DartConnect now has the option to present teams with a "Sudden Death" dialog: 

  

  
  for 501 Singles and Doubles, if after 25 rounds the game has not determined a winner, a dialog similar to above will appear.  You will have the option of obliging the Sudden Death decision or continuing the game.  This choice has to be mutually agreed upon by at least 1 player from each team currently playing the leg.  If following through with the Sudden Death choice, the next players set to throw will shoot for closest to the bull to determine the winner.  If you select "Continue this leg" the game will just continue as normal until a winner has emerged.

New Business:

• The placement of the 701 game within the match was brought up for a vote.  It was proposed to be moved to the end of the night instead of the middle of the match.   The proposition was seconded, and did not meet the 51% required to enact the change.  This topic cannot be brought to a vote for the next 2 years by league rule.

Captain's:  Please make sure that you have your DartConnect account created and or accessed so that you can use the tablets for scoring for the season.  If you have any questions on this please don't hesitate to ask!

Good Luck!!! We start this Tuesday Aug. 27th!!

- Rob