31 August-2 September 2012: Final ORFFA Round for Season 2012. 3 September 2012: Mad Monday at Foul Bay. 3 September 2012: Call for nominations for ORFFA Commissioner (provided X doesn't suddenly return from his rock). 7 September 2012: Nominations close. 8-9 September 2012: Elections. 10 September 2012: Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2013. 11-16 September 2012: Open discussion, followed by vote on ORFFA rules (e.g., delistments, etc.). 11-28 September 2012: End of season trade period. 24 January - 16 February 2013: Pre-season trade period (SC player positions will be known at this time). 11-16 February Delistment Week. 18 February - 3 March Pre-season Draft. [Midnight 3 June to 5pm 12 June 2013 Mid-season Trade Period]. [Midnight, 12 June 2013, de-listments both compulsory and voluntary close], [7.30pm (AEST) 14 June 2013, Mid-season Draft commences, followed by expansion draft]. 24 June 2013, Mid-season Draft/Expansion Draft ends, if not sooner]. ORFFA Season recommences with R14, 29-30 June. 9-11 August 2013. Final ORFFA Round for Season 2013. 12 August 2013. Mad Monday (chels points out this is an individual club thing). 16 August - 1 September 2013. ORFFA Finals. 2-6 September 2013. Call for nominations for ORFFA Commissioner. 7-8 September 2013. Elections. 9 September 2013. Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2014. 10-15 September 2013. Open discussion [new threads by topic please, pasting across previous discussion if relevant] followed by vote on ORFFA Rules (e.g., delistments, etc.). 10-29 September 2013. End of season trade period (how many pippies for Zac?). 17 January to 23 February 2014. Pre-Season Trade Period. 24 February to 1 March 2014. Delistment period. 2-10 March 2014. Pre-Season Draft. Kicks off at noon. 11-12 March 2014. Mini-trade session. For Bandit. 8pm 4th May to 12 midnight 14th May - Mid-Season Trade Period 15th May to 18th May - Delistment Period 9pm 19th May to 27th May - Mid-Season Draft Period IF the MSD concludes prior to the 26th a Mini trade session will run from then until midnight on the 27th. 1-5 September 2014.Call for nominations for ORFFA Commissioner. 6-7 September 2014.Elections. 8 September 2014.Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2014. 9-14 September 2014.Open discussion [new threads by topic please, pasting across previous discussion if relevant] followed by vote on ORFFA Rules (e.g., delistments, etc.). 15 September 2014. Official Presentation of trophies and flag to 2014 grand finalists. 9-28 September 2014.End of season trade period . 6 February to 15 March 2015.Pre-Season Trade Period. 16 March to 20 March 2015.Delistment period. 21-29 March 2015.Pre-Season Draft. Kicks off at 10am (should be 8pm Snoz time) 30 March 2015.One day, post-draft trade spectacular. 24 hours only! Every new draft pick must go, including Zac!! 5th June 2015 - Trade period commences after lockout for R10 (Players traded are scored as named pre-lockout for R10) 20th June 2015 - Delists completed by midnight Saturday 20th. Trading also paused at midnight 21st June 2015 - Midnight to 5pm, Lists corrected, sheets updated and threads started etc for Draft period, no trades to occur until 5pm. 21st June 2015 - Draft to commence at 5pm or when first pick is taken after that time, trading recommences. 30th June 2015 - T[span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]rade window closes midnight Tuesday for season recommence on the 2nd July. 1st to 14th September 2015 - Open discussion [new threads by topic please, pasting across previous discussion if relevant] followed by vote on ORFFA Rules (e.g., delistments, etc.) for the new season. 1st September 2015. Recommit or otherwise for 2016 7th September 2015 -Trade period opens. 8th September 2015 -Official Presentation of trophies and flag to 2015 Premiers. 6th November 2015 - 2015 Trade Period 1st February 2016 - Trading Open 5th March 2016 - List sizes final for draft (max 24) and delisting complete - Trading pause 7th March - Draft starts & trading recommences, nominal finish date of the 17th 21st March - Final trade day 13th June 8pm - Trade period opens 20th June 11pm - Delists due (Trade Pause) 21st June 8pm - Draft commences (Trades resume) 5th July 11pm - Lists final 1st to 14th September 2016 - Open discussion [new threads by topic please, pasting across previous discussion if relevant] followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 1st September 2016. Recommit or otherwise for 2017 1st September 2016. Nominees for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many ancillary roles that make the league tick 7th September 2016 -Trade period opens. 8th September 2016 -Official Presentation of digital trophy and flag to 2016 Premiers. 30th November 2016 - Trade Period closes (6 days after NAB Draft). 1st January 2017 - Trading open again 5th March 2017 (7PM Melbourne time) - Delists to be complete - List sizes final for PSD, Trades etc paused 6th March 2017 (7PM Melbourne time) - PSD commences, trading open again 21st March 2017 - All list changes finalised 26th May 8pm - Trade period opens 2nd June 11pm - Delists due (Trade Pause) 4th June 7pm - Draft commences (Trades resume) 20th June 11pm - Lists final 28th August to 30th November - Post Season trade period 28th August to 30th November - Open discussion, new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 28th August to 1st September - Recommit or otherwise for 2018 28th August to 1st September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 2nd to 5th September - Commissioner Election 8th September - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2018. 8th September - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2017 Premier. 1st January 2018 - Pre-season trading opens 15th Feb 2018 7.30pm - Delistment Deadline 16th Feb 2018 7.30pm Start Preseason Draft 20th March 2018 List finalisation for 22nd March season opening. 10th June 2018 (1159pm) Delist deadline 11th June 2018 MSD starts 26th June 2018 Lists final for 2018 season pt 2 27th August to 30th November - Post Season trade period 27th August to 1st November - Open discussion with new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 27th August to 7th September - Recommit or otherwise for 2019 by all 2018 coaches 27th August to 7th September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 8th to 11th September - Commissioner Election 12th September - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2019. 8th September - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2018 Premier. 1st January 2019 - Pre-season trading opens 7th March 2019 7.30pm - Delistment Deadline 8th March 2019 7.30pm Start Preseason Draft 19th March 2019 List finalisation for 21st March season opening 3 June 2019 MSD Trade period opens 7th June 2019 (1159pm) Delist deadline 9th June 2019 MSD starts AFL Rounds 12-13-14 (Jun 7-23 2019) ORFFA State of Origin 24th June 2019 Lists final for 2019 season pt 2 27th August to 1st September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 27th August to 30th November - Post Season trade period 27th August to 1st November - Open discussion with new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 2nd to 5th September - Commissioner Election 8th September - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2020 8th September - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2020 Premier. Being a sunday there might need to be a RDO on Monday 1st January 2020 Pre-season trading opens 12th Feb 2020 7.30pm Delistment Deadline 14th Feb 2020 7.30pm Start Preseason Draft.. someone is going to get a nice Valentines day present 16th March 2020 Pre-season trading window closes 17th March 2020 List finalisation for 19th March season opening 16 July 2020 MSD Trade period opens 19 July 2020 (8:59pm) Delist deadline 20 July 2020 (8am) MSD starts 23rd July 2020 Lists final for 2020 season pt 2 16th September - 23 September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 16th September to 30th November - Post Season trade period 16th September to 1st November - Open discussion with new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 23rd to 30th September - Commissioner Election 1st October - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2020 1st October - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2020 Premier. It's a thursday night to coincide with Cricket training starting so the club rooms will be busy 1st January 2021 Pre-season trading opens 26th Feb 2021 11:59pm Delistment Deadline 28th Feb 2021 7.00pm Start Preseason Draft 12th March 2021 Pre-season trading window closes 14th March 2021 List finalisation for 18th March season opening 1 June 2021 - Teams finalised for State of Origin competition 1 June 2021 MSD Trade period opens. 12 June 2021 9:00pm Delist deadline 13 June 2021 7:00pm MSD starts 22 June 2021 Lists final for 2021 season pt 2 1st September to 24th of February - Off Season trade period... no point having a post and pre season... so I consolidated 1st September to 1st November - Open discussion with new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 15th September - 22nd September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 23rd to 30th September - Commissioner Election 1st October - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2021 Premier. 15th October - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2021 24th Feb 2022 11:59pm Delistment Deadline 27th Feb 2022 7.00pm Start Preseason Draft - Sunday night for the party animals, only to try and take advantage of any pre season stuff to eyeball what 's I am going to recruit 13th March 2022 List finalisation for 17th March season opening 30 May 2022 MSD Trade period opens 3 June 2022 - Teams finalised for State of Origin competition 10 June 2022 9:00pm Delist deadline 11 June 2022 7:00pm MSD starts 21 June 2022 Lists final for 2021 season pt 2 29th August to 24th of February - Off Season trade period... no point having a post and pre season... so I consolidated 29th August to 1st November - Open discussion with new threads by topic, followed by vote on any proposed change that has legs for the ORFFA "Rules" for the new season. 29th August to 9th September - Call for nominations for Commish, and the time for anyone to state their interest, or new lack of interest for any of the many vital roles that make the league tick. 10th to 17th September - Commissioner Election 1st October - Official Presentation of trophy and flag to 2022 Premier. 15th October - Announcement of office bearers and tasks for 2023 24th Feb 2023 11:59pm Delistment Deadline 1 March 2023 7.00pm Start Preseason Draft - Wednesday night... for the party animals, only to try and take advantage of any pre season stuff to eyeball what 's I am going to recruit 14th March 2023 List finalisation for 16th March season opening 30 May 2023 MSD Trade period opens 2 June 2023 - Teams finalised for State of Origin competition 10 June 2023 9:00pm Delist deadline 12 June 2023 7:00pm MSD starts 28 June 2023 Lists final for 2023 season pt 2
Not entirely comfortable: 1. Mad Monday should be a club affair not a league affair, in my opinion. The runners up in the Chelsea lookalike comp have plans for most of the Waikik team in place already. Sorry Josh you just did not cut it mate; nothing worse than a soft Carlton defender. 2. The appearance of skanky tarts on ORFFA official pages should stop forthwith. Melon vendors' assistants are fine but tired ex strippers are not. Well done otherwise TiB, a firm hand on the tiller with experience of the real world is appreciated.
You can relax chels. Monday remains a club affair. It just had to be included in the calendar so that all would know we will not get any sense out of the chook on that date and to remind said chook that it is his shout.
I personally feel that skanky tarts of the ex stripper kind cop enough bad press that placing them here amongst all this wholesome discussion has to be seen as community service.. And, I am good with the rest of the plan also
I've already started Mad Monday. Some players are already drunk. I mean, Tucky only got 150 this week, Selwood was a no show. Broughton left a flaming bag of poop on Ross Lyin's doorstep. We're just lucky no team showed up to play us this week.
So the boys have already embarked on their end of season trip to Inghams in sunny QLD. Just to keep everyone up to date, I am gradually reading through all our major threads, noting down things that need to be done or issues to be cleared up. It is time consuming. Following that I will have a deeper look at the ORFFL rules and then (particularly for Born to Trade Fitzy) will add trade/draft periods to the calendar.
<blockquote>Quote from Lenh191 on August 24, 2012, 21:35 I personally feel that skanky tarts of the ex stripper kind cop enough bad press that placing them here amongst all this wholesome discussion has to be seen as community service.. And, I am good with the rest of the plan also </blockquote> If they are good enough for Harry, they ought to be alright for a bunch of outa regionals.
Me again, sorry about that... Are we agreed that the teams belong to the league, not the individual owner, ie a licence issue system. We have two types of absence to cover for, temporary, & permanent Permanent: I planned to raise this initially as it seems we may complete this season with an abandoned team or two, and due to life, this could happen in any season. Should that happen, for the good of the league, we need a way of revitalising that/those teams, probably by appointing a new manager. (I assume this is possible with Walesy's help re passwords etc?) We need to have a stipulated time frame for this, preferably by decree. Temporary: Clearly someone who can't get online for a few weeks for good reason should be protected, not disadvantaged, but the rest of the managers shouldn't be penalised either. Getting a legup by playing against 0 point teams is not desirable, esp if your nearest competitor was beaten by them the week before. There is a case to be made for a team being auto fielded for a certain # of weeks. Additionally; Leadership, if it isn’t front and square it isn’t leading. We need a genuine in place backup system so that the league flourishes, not dies through lack of direction. Regardless of why Xeno hasn’t been around lately I am calling for a leadership spill, Keating style, per Terry’s post nominations open on the 3rd close on the 7th, and we vote, following that vote the sanctioned commissioner nominated and empowers a 2IC. I have got more enjoyment and involvement from this league than I have from SC by a multiplying factor, by hook or by crook I intend to see that continue..
Like the absence rules, just need a defined period for temporary Has someone actually tried to reach out to X via email etc? I think the guy should be given a chance to front before we knife him. If he has not shown by seasons end then yes, we need to do something about it... but I think we should at least drop the guy a message or 10 before the 3rd.
Pretty sure Terry has tried a few times Bandit, correct me if I am wrong. But total lack of even checking in is a bit of a worry. He was away a bit with work but I would think at least a heads up 'gonna be MIA for 4 weeks' would have been nice. Agree with dirty leather clad strippers having a place in ORFFA and especially anywhere around the Iron Knob. Agree with voting for a leadership group, new commish, 2ic, whatever is in the best interests of the league. The teams going MIA is a bit of a concern. Each manager who has been fielding zeros should get a polite email from newly elected leadership group asking WTF (in a nice way) and do they have interest in continuing, and not just in 2013 but in the offseason when its vital that teams are cared for as far as delistments, trades etc
I think I have found the new commish <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PaAipF_k5FU/T3UOFODbYhI/AAAAAAAABGA/ErQrHoLqdOE/s1600/Internet-wtf.jpg" />
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but I wanted to bring something up with the other club presidents. We all agree it isn't good when coaches don't submit a team and stuff a round up. A bigger problem here I feel is the end of season draft and the order. If a team hasn't been submitted 3 or 4 times they slide down the ladder therefore getting a better draft pick while us guys that have been submitting a team ever week are getting disadvantaged. I think personally next year is the real first year of the competition when we have finals etc, this year was thrown together pretty quickly to make a start of it and with the draft order being affected by non team entries I feel this affects the integrity of it. Not sure how we can fix it, maybe going through every round and for each non entry you get penalised 1 draft spot. Just a though and would like to discuss.
This was supposed to be a calendar. Oh well. I like it that there is at least half a dozen coaches who are fired up (club presidents!!! you wear a tie bama?). This is something to build on to make the league strong. We started out under a divisional cloud and opted for our own league, 99.99% full of enthusiasm. That OTHER league will now be watching. Not in any "I told you so way", well, maybe a few, but in a concerned way. I am reasonably sure most would like to see 10 such STRONG leagues battling it out under a future TS. Our major weakness is that we knobbled this thing together without any thought to reserve coaches or a waiting list of hopeful franchises. When you have a bird in hand you can play Fidel to anyone not putting in. This is something we need to fix and, the preferred method would be mates of mates etc., already on TS. In the meantime, if you are with me, I would be happy that we nurse a couple of franchises through next year, until we can find good owners for them. That means a couple of coaches would run two teams on a temporary basis. Not desirable I admit, but I don't want us to be in a situation where we have no clear idea if someone is coming or going and I don't want us handicapped by having to go cap in hand to ask people to put a team in. So, yeah, bama and I are thinking very much alike on the penalty front. Anyone else?
I think the first point of call is to contact all the coaches and find out who is committed for next year. Then we can work out whether or not we need to find new coaches or double up on teams. TiB, no I don't wear a tie but I thought this was serious business and a little over the head of the coaches!
I am comfortable with the idea of some "penalty" for non-entry as the time needed to log on and insert is so tiny. As a fail safe I would like to investigate whether an automatic carry over of last round's team rather than a blank screen is possible. Especially as if you amend during the week the last entered team appears, not the blank. I fear that if asked everyone might commit but then, as we have perhaps seen, talk is cheap. If a team becomes even weaker it becomes less attractive. I wondered out loud on the weekly thread whether (a) we should look at home and away and not have finals; and (b) whether 18 teams is in fact the optimum number right now. Thoughts please. IMO more strict modding so that a thread simply covers one topic would also help. Am with you TiB, I reckon the ORRFL guys have an interest in making sure ORFFA succeeds. Perhaps the banter with Hornsy could be left to the H v TiB thread and we focus on business here, while accepting and reflecting on input irrespective of where it comes from.
I think we need finals, if we have 17 teams then we do not need to play through the bye rounds next year, which would be ideal I think personally? But then we need to kick a team off. Worth seeing if there is anyone else on TS that is intrested in taking over a team. Just thinking out loud here