This meeting is for new members as well as those still thinking about becoming members. Returning members who wish to gain a better overall understanding of the opportunities available to members as well as the structure, operations and rules of the league, are also welcome to attend. ------------------------------------------------ This meeting will be interactive i.e., you will get ask the questions and we will provide the answers. All major topic areas from A to Z will be covered. The aim is not to go into great depth on any one subject area but to provide an introduction to all major facets of the program. ----------------------------------------------- Subsequent meetings will be devoted to a full discussion of specific major topic areas e.g., eligibility for sanctioned national championship tournament series; customized scheduling, strength-of-schedule, & schedule management; and, roster management, releases, tampering, etc. ------------------------------------------------- ALL ENYTB meetings will incorporate live website demonstrations to visually illustrate the league's operations and practices. ------------------------------------------------- ALL ENYTB meetings are scheduled to last about two hours but ENYTB officials will stay as long as necessary to answer questions. Attendees are free to come late and/or leave whenever they wish. ------------------------------------------------- All meetings will be held in the cafeteria or library of the Waterford-Halfmoon H.S., located on Guideboard Rd., between Rt9 and the Town of Waterford. -------------------------------------------------

What the heck is NCTS eligibility? If you have any interest in qualifying for post-season sanctioned tournaments, you really need to attend this meeting. ----------------------------------------------- NCTS = National Championship Tournament Series. ----------------------------------------------- Each sanctioning body offers its own NCTS at each age division. The result is an age division World Series Champion under each of the four sanctioning bodies that ENYTB affiliates with e.g., AABC, PONY, NABF and CABA. ----------------------------------------------- ENYTB teams register to be eligible for these tournaments on an ala carte basis on the same online form that they register for regular season league play. ------------------------------------------------ Once registered i.e., "eligible", how do teams compete for these berths? ------------------------------------------------ In 2012, ENYTB will likely purchase more than 70 berths to sanctioned NCTS from the four national sanctioning bodies it is affiliated with. ENYTB then awards these berths to eligible member teams in two ways: on the basis of the results of regular season play (standings) as well as from the results of a special mid-season tournament, dubbed "June Madness". ------------------------------------------------ MEETING AGENDA: ------------------------------------------------ (1) Teams that attended these tournaments in 2011 will briefly describe their experiences i.e., were the facilities high quality, was the competition good, was the tournament well run and did they fell they were treated fairly at all times. ------------------------------------------------ (2) ENYTB officials will describe how NCTS berths will be awarded in 2012. ------------------------------------------------ Teams will use the information provided in (1) and (2) to decide which tournaments, if any, they wish to be eligible for. They will then designate these choices by checking the appropriate boxes on their online team registration form. ------------------------------------------------- ALL ENYTB meetings will incorporate live website demonstrations to visually illustrate the league's operations and practices. ------------------------------------------------- ALL ENYTB meetings are scheduled to last about two hours but ENYTB officials will stay as long as necessary to answer questions. Attendees are free to come and go as they wish. ------------------------------------------------- All meetings will be held in the cafeteria or library of the Waterford-Halfmoon H.S., located on Guideboard Rd., between Rt9 and the Town of Waterford. ------------------------------------------------