The Leagues AGM was held at Queens school Bushey on the 24th May 2010. There was a whole host of proposed rule amendments, ten in all, of which only one was successful. You can read the full story here Watford & District Table Tennis League AGM Minutes.
In response to one particular suggestion which was the proposal to switch to a 9 sets format with everyone playing 3 singles... there was a tie 7-7 at the vote, the proposal was defeated in the main due to the combination of this proposal and a revision to the scoring system which was not wholly agreed with. The vote was sufficiently close for it to be considered once more.
The proposal will be revised and I am going to suggest some alternatives and recommend these be voted on at an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting). I will be placing a Poll (Voting) on the site with the various options canvassing people's opinion... which will then be publically available for all to see... THIS IS JUST A GAUGE as to the mood of the members and nothing will change until the real vote at the EGM.
Post by : Chris Ogle
I have a question about who exactly is allowed to vote at the AGM. My understanding is that each team gets one vote which means that with 29 teams in the league the AGM seems to have been very under-represented given the number of votes recorded for each proposal. Even allowing for oxhey hall not being represented (2 teams) and 5 apologies (presumably each from a different team) that still means that each proposal should have recieved 22 votes (or abstensions), however the minutes show the total number of votes for each proposal as:
1. 12 votes (or abstensions)
2. 11
3. 14
4. 0 (not seconded)
5. 11
6. 0 (not seconded)
7. 12
8. 0 (not seconded)
9. 11
10. 13
shouldn't these numbers have been consistent for every proposal and have been a lot higher?
Posted by: Dave Soloway | 06/13/2010 at 08:39 PM
Nothing special or too surprising here. Each club is required to have a representative at the AGM and if not they incur a fine. It is a club requirement not a team one. Some teams had several players present others none. Each team with a rep had a card. At the appropiate time they could vote by displaying the card. It was possible to for, against, abstain but they could decide not to raise their hand at any of those options
Posted by: Stuart Seaholme | 06/14/2010 at 08:49 AM