Meeting
Present: Steve Pasadis, Steve Orlick, John Christenson, Gary Davis, Wayne Thompson, Jim
Gordon, Bob Andrews, George Elbert & Stu Diamond
Absent:
Call to Order:
Minutes: Were read and approved.
Treasurer’s Report: The Club has $3,398.53 in
the CD and $37,225.01 in the checking account for a total of $40,623.54. George
also reported that the annual dues to the USGA had been submitted and that we
have in turn received the latest edition of Rules of Golf and the volume on the
decisions based upon the rules.
Publicity: Steve P. will be posting
the information on the web site concerning the upcoming sticker-less future. He
also noted that the site was getting more e-mails from the members asking more
specific questions, which he will forward on to the appropriate board member.
Also, he foresees a day in the future where he would like to contract an
internet provider to handle this increase in communication, rather than
handling it through his in-house server.
NCGA: The
stickers and sheets came out, again for what is certainly the last time. Steve
O. said that, once a member directly contacted the NCGA and submitted their
e-mail address, it is a simple matter to print out the monthly handicap
information.
The Club also received a letter reporting the
suspension of one of our members for consistently firing well below his posted
handicap in NCGA events. The member has also had his index reduced to a more
realistic level.
Steve also checked the postings on the last
tournament and found that, from the entire field, 8 failed to post and 32
posted incorrectly. This led to a discussion of delayed internet posting vs.
immediate posting on the computer at the course. The old policy was to allow
the members until the Sunday evening following a tournament to post via the
internet from their home. This is leading to some confusion and in order to
avoid that, it was passed unanimously that the players post at the course,
immediately after the round. Failure to do so would result in our sliding scale
of penalties. This change will also be broadly advertised.
Membership: We
have around 685, still.
Tournaments: The next tournament will be the President’s Cup on the 21-22. Mike and
John will work the first day and Stu and Vic will
work the second. Handicaps will be 100% NCGA, the blue tees will be used and we
have 123 players to date. This number may increase.
Steve O. marshaled the last
tournament and said that only one group was really out of position and, once
warned, tried-vainly-to catch up.
Old Business:
George, not having the benefit of last month’s discussion regarding the bag tags,
offered the suggestion that the Club donate an air compressor to the course in
order to clean shoes at the end of the round. This led to a discussion of
whether or not we wanted to donate something to the members or to the course at
large. Nothing was resolved; it was decided to draw up a list of potential
donations and submit it to the Board at next month’s meeting.
New Business:
Bob
bought up the topic of the barbeque for the upcoming shotgun tournament. After
recapping the rather disappointing way that last year’s barbeque was managed,
it was decided that Bob would again spearhead the organizing, starting with
discussion with Bob B and Dan and ironing out any issues beforehand, given
recent history. Bob will also go to the City for a permit for the park.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00
Respectfully Submitted,
John Christenson, Secretary