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    Our rules are poorly written and apparently something slipped by in our league meeting.

    One part of our rules under the section PRIZES reads..."1. The president shall appoint a committee of at least 3 members to draw up prize options. The prize list shall specify the prize fund final distribution and the criteria to be used how any team place awards are distributed. The final prize fund must be chosen with at least 14 teams approving one of the prize fund options and distributed to team captains within 5 weeks of the start of the winter league schedule."

    Later in the rules under the section SWEEPER it reads..."Sweeper rules and pay off determined by prize fund committee and approved by at the majority of the teams."

    Problem 1 is our league only consists of 10 teams. Problem 2 is it appears these two sections are in conflict.

    What is the best solution for this dilemma?

    USBC rules state the prize fund to be determine by the board of directions unless otherwise specified in the league rules. Should this override our poorly written rules? Or are the rules close enough to warrant a vote by the entire membership and a majority of the 50 bowlers would be needed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by classygranny View Post
    Our rules are poorly written and apparently something slipped by in our league meeting.

    One part of our rules under the section PRIZES reads..."1. The president shall appoint a committee of at least 3 members to draw up prize options. The prize list shall specify the prize fund final distribution and the criteria to be used how any team place awards are distributed. The final prize fund must be chosen with at least 14 teams approving one of the prize fund options and distributed to team captains within 5 weeks of the start of the winter league schedule."

    Later in the rules under the section SWEEPER it reads..."Sweeper rules and pay off determined by prize fund committee and approved by at the majority of the teams."
    Problem 1 is our league only consists of 10 teams.
    The league prize list is adopted by a majority of those teams present and voting.

    See USBC – Rule 117

    so if all you have is 10 teams your good to go.

    Problem 2 is it appears these two sections are in conflict.
    With what does it conflict? Sweepers are usually a separate competition and would have it's own rules and payoff that would need to be voted on.

    What is the best solution for this dilemma?
    USBC rules state the prize fund to be determine by the board of directions unless otherwise specified in the league rules. Should this override our poorly written rules? Or are the rules close enough to warrant a vote by the entire membership and a majority of the 50 bowlers would be needed?
    "The final prize fund must be chosen with at least 14 teams approving" the way this section of your rules read, It's sounds like the board of directors (the team captains) already were the ones doing the voting not the membership. So you'd just need a majority of the team captains(the board) present to vote.

    Now if you want the membership to do the voting, then you'd have to have a vote to change the league rules to have the membership vote instead of the BOD's..
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