AGENDA

7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER and opening remarks, citing progress the JCCA has made in expansion and increased internal participation - by Gay Fourroux, JCCA President and Tennis Chairman

7:05 PM Introduction of the CURRENT Competition Committee - Gay Fourroux, Marcel Gelpi, Bill Pryor, and Ski Chelchowski.

7:05 PM Season recap, including rainouts, stressing that rainouts are not made up in JCCA) - Marcel Gelpi

7:15 PM Scores and standings, playoffs, player eligibility & the playoff format – Bill Pryor.

· Each player must have played a minimum of 7 Matches to participate in the playoffs. (Name listed for RECEIVING a Forfeit counts toward playoff eligibility.)

· Matches played in ANY Division count toward eligibility.

· Player MUST have played most of his Matches in the Division he play in for the Playoffs.

· Players are limited to ONE Division for playoffs.

· BOTH TEAMS will bring FOUR CANS of balls to the court. AT THE CONCLUSION OF PLAY, the WINNING TEAM will take the FOUR UNOPENED cans of ball to use in the next round.

· WINNING CAPTAIN MUST REPORT results to the DIVISION COORDINATOR within 48 hours (PLAYOFF SCORES ARE NOT TO BE ENTERED IN TENNISSCOREBOARD). DIVISION COORDINATORS ARE:

Red – Ski Chelchowski

White – Barry Breaux

Gold – Gay Fourroux

Blue – Marcel Gelpi

Green – Bill Pryor

· Captains for the next Playoff round must know, not later than 72 hours after the match, who is to be their opponent for the upcoming round. FAILURE TO REPORT PLAYOFF SCORES TO THE DIVISION COORDINATORS WITHIN 48 HOURS WILL RESULT IN FORFEITURE BY THE WINNING TEAM.

· Court availability is a HOST CAPTAIN Responsibility. Captains are to work out the details between their club and their opponent captains. In the event the matches must be played AT A DIFFERENT TIME, that time shall be IN ADVANCE of the scheduled date - not later.

· REFRESHMENTS: HOST Team provides refreshments, even if played elsewhere.

7:30 PM Review of Electronic Scoring – Barry Breaux

· Changes planned for next year - Electronic Scoreboard will incorporate player eligibility rules - SCOREKEEPER will not be able to over-ride.

· Communication - Electronic scoring is instantaneous

· Availability of Tennis Data - Electronic Data Transfer - easy and fast - up-to-date immediately.

· Team points of contact with e-mail address needed from all teams.

7:45 PM Proposed Changes to Division Alignment – Bill Pryor

· Question and Answers

· Will JCCA KEEP the 5-Division format, or change? VOTE by the Tennis Committee

· IF the outcome of the VOTE is to KEEP the 5-Division format, the following is germane, otherwise it is not:

· Will Beach Club field another higher bracket team? Possibly. Our proposed alignment for 2004-2005 ANTICIPATES Beach Club moving to Red

· What teams will move?

RED: IF ANY RED TEAM MOVES DOWN it will be West End

WHITE: Two White teams are candidates to move UP – BC#1 & GA#3. If both, WE#1 MUST move to White

Also, two White teams are candidates to move Down – DW#1 & TT#2. Competition Committee will decide.

GOLD: Two Gold teams are candidates to move UP – GA#4 & RS#1. Competition Committee will decide

Also, two Gold teams are candidates to move Down – BM#2 & PMCC#2. Competition Committee will decide.

BLUE: Two Blue teams are candidates to move UP – ORM#2 & WL#1. Competition Committee will decide

Also, two Blue teams are candidates to move Down – BC#2 & GA#5. Competition Committee will decide.

GREEN: Two Green teams are candidates to move UP – GA#6 & WL#2. Competition Committee will decide

Other Factors:

Aurora Country Club could possibly field two teams - a Blue and a Green.

Metairie Country Club could field a Green or a Blue.

8:15 PM Tennis Committee Vote on consideration of Aurora AND Metairie Country Club, for joining JCCA (ratification by JCCA Board of Directors also required).

8:45 PM Vote on election of a new Tennis Committee. The following Slate is proposed by the current Tennis Committee – Bill Pryor:

Gay Fourroux

Bill Pryor

Mike Ranson

George Morales

Mike Kleamanakis

Gary Centani

Ben Khalil

Retiring Members – Marcel Gelpi* and Barry Breaux**

*Marcel Gelpi is no longer the JCCA Representative for BMD, nor does he captain any of the BMD teams.

**Barry Breaux is retiring from the Competition Committee to go into the business of providing the computer service that he now provides for free.

9:15 PM Vote on whether to Revise the JCCA Rules as a means of making them more orderly and easier to use – Bill Pryor

Bill Pryor will enter a Motion that the JCCA Rules be Revised to follow a standard format. A proposed Revision would be posted on the web for comment, with discussion and voting to adopt the Revision to occur in the August Captains Meeting.