Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 05/06/06

Present: Vic Shellenberg, Steve Pasadis, John Christenson, Gary Davis, Jim Gordon, Bob Andrews, Ralph Thomas, George Elbert, Mike Duggan, Dave Marquez, Tony Conrardy, Jeff Goering & Wayne Thompson

Absent: No one

Call to Order: 7:00 AM by Steve-Vic was late

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: We have $3,449.39in the CD and $41,817.65 in the checking account for a total of $45,267.04.

Publicity: Steve reported that there have been lots of hits.

NCGA: Bob was notified by the NCGA that our Club can take a pass on the mandatory meetings for the next 2 years, since we went to one recently.

The question of whether or not members can use handheld GPS devices during tournaments was introduced. The NCGA has basically kicked it back to the individual clubs for rulings. After some discussion, it was voted 9 to 4 to allow the members to use the devices.

Membership: We now have about 720 members.

Tournaments: The next tournament up is the President’s Cup. Tony and John will work Saturday and Jim and Jeff will work Sunday.

Jeff reported on his efforts to generate interest in inter-club play with other clubs in the area. He distributed a hand out in which he laid out some of his ideas for a framework for these events, including bracketing, qualifiers for the inter-club tournaments, home-and-home play and methods of elimination to determine the winning club. He reported good response from the clubs. This lead to a generally favorable discussion by the Board and ended with recommendations that Jeff can bring up in his further discussions with other clubs.

Bob brought up the necessity of doing something soon in order to plan for the annual Shotgun tournament in August. He will investigate the possibility of renting out the park for the barbeque but noted that there is enough room around the temporary pro shop to stage the event. After some discussion about the budget, it was decided that Bob will coordinate the particulars-caterer, place, etc.

It was announced that the new format for the Director’s Cup will be a 4 club-including a putter.

Old Business: Steve and Tony are working on the introduction of scratch flights for 2007.

New Business: Ralph reported on a Windsor men’s club conversation regarding a petition that one of its’ members-who is also a BV member-made to overrule an NCGA decision to lower his handicap index from 8.3 to 2.4. The member wants to higher index because of a medical condition. After much discussion, it was decided to table any action or recommendation, since this has not been brought before our Board officially.

Meeting adjourned at 8:12

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary