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January, 24th 2010

1. In Attendance
Phil Naggs - Chairman
Ray Attree - Secretary
Dale - Wanderers/League Coordinator
Pedro - Sabor Latinos
Jesper - Vikings/League Treasurer
Uwe - JIS
William - BuGils
Marc - BuGils
Guillaune - Nomads
Marc - Nomads
John - Lions
Richard - Lions
Yoshi - Japan
Hiroshi - Japan
German Plus and Doit – Absent

Part 1. Rules and Regulations

1. Games to be changed from 80min to 90min, effective immediately

2. New teams wishing to join JIFL may do so without having to play in cup first, probation period will be the first leg (Aug. – Dec.) should a team be determined as ‘undesirable’ then an emergency meeting will be called prior to the second leg meeting to relinquish them from the league

3. Emergency Meetings can only be called by the Chairman. All parties involved in a dispute must first submit the issue to the Chairman, the Secretary and the opposing team captain/s. The chairman will try to resolve the issue and will only call an emergency meeting if the dispute is too difficult to resolve without a committee vote

4. Professional players for next season will only be accepted if they come under the following criteria;

1. They have been out of a contract for three (3) years

2. Only three (3) Ex Pros under the age of forty (40) will be allowed on the pitch at any given time during game play

3. There are no restrictions for Ex Pros over the age of forty (40), teams can field as many as they want

4. It was agreed to finish the second leg based on the rules as stated on the JIFL website even though they contradict an amendment that was made in 2007. This amendment was never added to the existing rule and had not been put in to force, this of course has now been changed to the above mentioned and will come into play at the start of the next season

Part 2 Usual JIFL issues

1. Finances – Jesper as usual gave out copies of the finances and explained the state of the league financially it was then determined that rp. 3,000,000 (three million) would be the amount due from each team for the second leg. Payment to be made to account provided by Jesper at the bottom of the spread sheet (Ray will forward the spread sheet to committee members via email) as soon as possible.

2. Two million rupiah will be allocated for each JIFL meeting to cover cost of snacks and refreshments. (1^st and 2^nd leg meetings only)

3. One hundred thousand rupiah per head for emergency meetings

4. Referees- it was determined that it is part of the game to swear and shout at the referee and players should be made aware that they could be shown a red card if it is excessive. In addition the referee will now take the offending players name which MUST be given to him by the team captain if asked for, and should a particular name consistently come up sanctions will be made against the player by the JIFL committee

5. Kick-off time – It is up to the referee to determine whether or not the fifteen (15) minute kick-off rule has expired, this then being the case the team waiting can then call the game but they MUST make sure they do the following;

1. Immediately inform the referee and the opposing captain

2. Send an SMS to the Chairman and/or the League Secretary asap

3. Do not play the game under any circumstances

4. Referee to inform Erwin immediately

5. Erwin to inform Chairman and /or League Secretary as soon s he has received details from the referee

6. New Teams- team Persia and team Diablo will be invited to join the cup. There were several suggestions put forward for expanding the league to accept local social teams into the league. BuGils captain William Newley explained that in other countries such as Singapore and Malaysia expats and locals play in leagues side by side and as long as new teams follow the JIFL rules and regulations there is no real reason to reject them here. It was also pointed out that the league needs this expansion to make the league more exciting and competitive.

No decision was made in this regard but most committee members in attendance were in favour of the motion so it could well be put into place at the beginning of next season.

7. League Split- The proposal to split the league in the second leg was rejected and will therefore continue as normal

8. Website- Several issues arose in regard to the web, The outcome is as follows;

1. The current web master has ten days from the date that these minutes are posted to contact the Chairman

2. For the future there must be another person that has complete access to the website alongside the web master, so in emergency situations the league has access to the site

3. Teams are asked to resend match reports from recent games to the Chairman so they can be added to the standings

4. Ray Attree asked that in future could teams be given an access code to their team page so that they can update their own page whenever they want to.

5. Should the current web master not respond within the time period given, a new one will be appointed and a new site created

9. End of Season Party- Based on the success of last year’s party at Eastern Promise, Ray Attree together with Phil Naggs and Lens Ter Wee will strive to make the next EOS party even better. Sometime in May has been suggested so that it does not interfere with the world cup

10. Replacements- Dale Mcholland, league coordinator and Jesper Boutrup have expressed their desire to step down from their current positions at the end of the season, so if there is anyone out there that knows someone that would like to take over these positions, please submit names to the Chairman and/or the Secretary as soon as possible.

11. Cup Draw-Should start in February and the groups are as follows,

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Wanderers Japan Lions BuGils

JIS German + Vikings Sabor Latinos

Diablo Doit Persia Nomads

Winners of ‘A’ play winner of ‘B’ and winner of ‘C’ play winner of ‘D’

In the knock out stage if two teams have same points then it goes to goal difference, if still the same then it goes to goals scored ,and finally a head to head

This was a particularly long meeting as there was a lot to discuss. I have chosen to omit a couple of issues that were discussed as they no longer have any bearing on the matters at hand and I have streamlined the long debated issues and have just written down the main points agreed upon.

Ray Attree/League Secretary

‘See you on the Pitches’