[b][size=12pt]New Captaining/Team System[/size][/b]<br />This was done independently of the board, but the board unanimously agreed this was a good idea after the fact.&nbsp; The following changes were made to the captaining/team system:<br /><br />[list]<br />[li]The number of teams has been cut from 12 to 8, 2 teams to a division, 2 divisions per conference, and 2 conferences total.[/li]<br />[li]The names of teams are pre-set (see [url=http://www.intldoomleague.org/forums/index.php?topic=35.msg318#msg318]http://www.intldoomleague.org/forums/index.php?topic=35.msg318#msg318[/url]).[/li]<br />[li]Captains will be assigned to a team for at least 2 seasons.&nbsp; Captains with losing records (&lt; .500) 2 seasons in a row will be dismissed in favor of different captains.[/li]<br />[li]Each captain of a team will be allowed to &quot;sign&quot; a player for up to 2 seasons.&nbsp; After two seasons, the captain must release that player back into the draft pool, but is free to draft that player as usual.[/li]<br />[li]At the end of each season, the captains must dismiss 2 of their players back into the draft pool.[/li]<br />[li]Draft order is determined by last season&#039;s record.&nbsp; For example, the team that wins the Masterbowl drafts last, the team that lost the Masterbowl drafts second to last and so on.&nbsp; The initial draft order will be fully random.[/li]<br />[/list]<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]Demo Penalties[/size][/b]<br />The board voted to change the demo penalties thusly:<br /><br />[list]<br />[li]First Infraction: Player sits out 3 minutes or until 1st flag of the next round.(Power Play)[/li]<br />[li]Second Infraction: Player sits out an entire round.[/li]<br />[li]Third Infraction: Player is ejected from the league.[/li]<br />[/list]<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]IDL WAD[/size][/b]<br />The board decided to create an IDL WAD which will consist of 32 maps selected from<br /><br />[list]<br />[li]32in24-4final.wad[/li]<br />[li]32in24-7.wad[/li]<br />[li]odactf1.wad[/li]<br />[li]zdctfmp1/2/3.wad[/li]<br />[li]zductf.wad[/li]<br />[/list]<br /><br />The maps selected can be found at [url=http://www.intldoomleague.org/forums/index.php?topic=33.msg316#msg316]http://www.intldoomleague.org/forums/index.php?topic=33.msg316#msg316[/url].<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]Attendance/Scheduling[/size][/b]<br />The board decided that between hand-picking captains and inviting players, attendance should not be as much an issue as previous seasons.<br /><br />The board did agree that captains are required to agree on a game date and time by the end of Tuesday (12am EST/EDT).&nbsp; All scheduling discussions and agreements are to take place on a designed forum thread for that week.&nbsp; NO OTHER COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING IRC LOGS will be considered when punishing captains for failing to schedule.&nbsp; Both captains must agree to a date and time.<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]Server Selection[/size][/b]<br />The board decided that there will only be one IDL server, TotalTrash.&nbsp; The board has not decided what happens if TotalTrash is unavailable.<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]Winter 2009 Schedule[/size][/b]<br />Ralphis has submitted a potential W2009 Schedule to the board, and while the board has approved the masterbowl map, the rest of the schedule has yet to be approved.<br /><br />[b][size=12pt]Trading[/size][/b]<br /><br />[b]Early Season[/b]<br />There&#039;s been some discussion of trading players, draft picks, and homefield picks.&nbsp; The current consensus (meaning Ralphis, mikehail and Ladna) is:<br /><br />All trades are commissioner approved and will be recorded publicly.<br />Trading during pre-season (between Draft and Week 1) and off-season is unlimited.<br />Each team is allowed 1 trade per week during Week 1, 2, 3 and 4.&nbsp; Trading will end Week 4 at 11:59pm Wednesday.&nbsp; We are discussing only allowing trades on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to allow teams time to practice.<br />No trading is allowed during the playoffs.<br /><br />[b]Mid-Season[/b]<br />The board generally agreed that mid-season trading would not occur in W2009, but there was no vote.<br />