GLCUSBC NEWS
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Due to delays created by the State Mandated Phase program for the COVID-19 pandemic allowing bowling centers to reopen, the Greater Lake County Bowling Association has decided to cancel the association annual meeting. The USBC at both the National and State level have also canceled this year's annual meetings.
The Pre-season workshop will be rescheduled in August at Bertrand Lanes. We will be sending out additional details about this workshop's scheduled date and time via email, this News page, and updates to social media as well. All leagues subject to USBC Rule 117a should have had a league prize fund approved and voted on since the 5th week of bowling. That prize fund needs to comply with any rules that have been adopted by the league.
On March 15, 2020, the GLCUSBC posted the document entitled “LEAGUE, TOURNAMENT AND ASSOCIATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)” to its NEWS page. The state-mandated closing of Illinois bowling centers invoked USBC emergency provisions for how to resolve matters the league could encounter. I want to provide some insight on how to resolve issues with league prize funds. To make this easier, we have been encouraging all leagues to resume bowling and to complete their season if the proprietor or management will be able to provide the lanes for the extended number of days. If not, the league will have to hold a meeting to determine its next course of action. Due to the social gathering limitations in effect, these meetings can happen using various social media applications like Facebook Live, Zoom, Skype, Hangouts, or whatever application your league is capable of using as a common medium. The emergency classification changes how league rules are updated or changed subject to the needs of the league. All votes are decided by a simple majority decision of the league officers and the board made up of all of the league’s captains. Captains should share all details about potential league rule changes with their teammates before casting a deciding vote. Prize funds will be the most difficult adjustment a league will have to consider, if they decide to shorten their season or terminate it completely, based on the last day they bowled. Prize funds are typically structured subject to the league’s preseason vote for league play, positions rounds, and playoffs in the process of creating segments thus awarding two more teams a chance to make the playoffs to determine a champion. This is typically easy when you complete the season but challenging when you lose weeks to complete a segment or abandon the season before you complete the playoffs to determine your champion. A league that has segments (quarters, thirds, or halves) has created a champion for a portion of the league season. If the league abandons having playoffs, the adjusted prize fund should include any winner of a segment as co-champions. For example, a team in first place on the date a segment is terminated is determined as the champion of that segment and an equal co-champion. Income Shortages Subject to Reduced Weeks Since all income and expenses should be structured by your prize fund when you stop bowling, you no longer have a lineage expense. The fees for league officers should also be prorated subject to the number of weeks respectively. Basic Rule Option to Consider If a league season was structured to bowl 35 weeks, and at week 28 the season is terminated, the income that is associated with the prize fund would be 80%. If the league adjusts all expenses, position round and final standing payouts to 80% of the full season amount, every bowler gets the same prorated share of the prize fund as design. If the prize fund is set up in a spreadsheet, the updates and revisions can be quickly calculated and presented to the officers and league board for approval. Obviously, an additional adjustment would be made for bowlers who are in arrears. Any bowler who paid in advance of the 28 weeks would get a full refund of any night not bowled. Please Note: these are just guidelines and each league has the right to determine and adopt the rules to which it decides to follow. If you need further assistance or guidance, please do not hesitate to call on your local association for assistance. Email: [email protected] Michael Jacobs Cell/Text: 847-707-3493 Well.......
The rules have changed and now our governor has extended the stay-at-home order until April 30, 2020. In the next few days, the GLCUSBC will be talking to our local proprietors and managers about center operations, fall leagues and summer league activity. We respect our Proprietor's who will work directly with their customer and anything they would like to share in this experience we will post here on our news page and provide updates on social media to direct our members here. When this started a couple of weeks it would have been an easy adjustment for everyone to accept two weeks off from bowling. However, the new change I'm sure leaves a lot of doubt as to what happens next. I know the social media opinion is there is a lot of us who just want to get back on the lanes! In teh means while we are asking that league officers try to have some dialog with your league board made up team captains. Phone calls and Emails can work towards resolving some of the concerns you might have. These days social media websites like Facebook can even allow you to create a dedicated page for your league to share information. There is even a way to have Live Video sessions creating an open forum to encourage dialog from your members. Other popular Audio/Video interactive application are Facetime that can offer a chat with 32 users, Skype 50 users, and Zoom for up to 100 users with limitations. League Officers, please note you can not terminate a season unless you have a vote from your entire board! If you any questions please do not hesitate to use the contact link on our website to send us a message. Thank you, Michael Jacobs GLCUSBC Bowlers who bowled and cashed in the 91st Championship and/or the 2020 Women's Championship.
Subject to the changes made by Governor J.B. Pritzker today, 03/20/2020, all prize fund checks awarded in these two tournaments will be mailed to the Team Captains. Captains should have provided updated mailing addresses when they submitted this year's entry forms. Emails and phone calls will be made to other Captains who did not completely update these forms to make sure the mailing address is correct before mailing your team's checks. If you know your contact information needs to be updated please Email us your new information. This, of course, will delay sending these checks out so your patience is appreciated. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or E-mail: Details for final standings and the prize fund awarded for both events are posted to our website: 91st Championship 2020 Women’s Championship If you have any questions please contact your local association manager: Michael Jacobs [email protected] Cell: 847-707-3493 March 16, 2020
To: Illinois State USBC Membership Annual Meeting/Convention: In accordance with all the latest mandates that are happening due to the Coronavirus, the Illinois State USBC Convention will be postponed until June 5, 6, and 7th, the place to be determined. All delegates that were to attend this March Convention will remain the same delegates to attend in June. Please notify your delegates as well as anyone that you may know that might be attending. As far as the Hall of Fame function, you have the option of letting us know you would like a refund or we may hold on to your funds until the function happens. Tournaments: At this time, we are suspending the Illinois State USBC Women’s tournament the last two weekends, that would be March 28 & 29th and April 4th and 5th. Also, the Illinois State USBC Open tournaments that were to be held in Peoria and Aurora the month of March, April and the first weekend in May will be cancelled. Refunds will be issued for both tournament events that are cancelled. Please be safe and cautious, remember you do not know anyone has the virus until it is to late. For the sport, Betty McCann, President Illinois State USBC I was provided access to to listen to the BPAA conference call.
The governor's mandate includes bowling centers based on the information they have, as such centers need to close today at 9pm. (It's unclear if businesses can allow existing business in progress to conclude as scheduled.) All establishments that have food and beverage service with a business that creates a social environment are included. The video gaming machines in these centers will be turned off at 9pm and will be turned back on when the state imposed limit has concluded on March 30th. Center Proprietor's can still staff their centers and do cleaning and other maintenance during this forced closing. State police will be observing and enforcing the governor's mandated forced closing on businesses. The Illinois State Bowling events run by the BPAA are postponed. I will try to get details about the Illinois State tournament posted as soon as I can. The BPAA will email member Proprietor's additional information today and with any changes they learn. Thank you, Michael Jacobs Greater Lake County BA The news subject to Governor JB Pritzker's announcemnts
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