Bennett Valley Golf Club

  Meeting 02/04/06

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

Absent: Steve Pasadis & Mike Duggan

Call to Order: 7:11 AM by Vic

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: We have $3,449.39 in the CD and $28,993.23 in the checking account for a total of $32,442.62. George reported that the NCGA dues ($14,621) were paid for this year.

Publicity: There was no report but Steve has sent his best. He still will be involved with the Club and expects to go back to work around 3/1.

NCGA: No new business.

Membership: We now have 595 members.

Tournaments: The list for the Directors working the various tournaments was distributed. Next Saturday, the first tee time is at 8:00 AM Wayne and Dave are working this one.

We need to give out vouchers for the Skins Game that was cancelled last month. Members, as always, can get a refund if they send George a self addressed stamped envelope.

There was some discussion on changing the format for the Directors’ Cup from the Stableford to something else (alternate shot, stroke play, etc.). It was decided to survey the membership in the Mulligan on this issue.

Old Business: Tony brought up the weekly Skins’ Game topic, again. He thought that with a $25 buy-in, $20 could go to the Skins, $4 to the greens and $1 to Junior Golf. There would still have to be a weekly call to assure tee times. Tony was advised to put an article in the Mulligan to gauge the interest.

The Club received a thank you letter from the Red Cross for our donation to the Katrina Relief.

Jeff asked about the possibility of having tournaments with other Clubs in the area. This was greeted positively by the Board, because we had done the same in the past and it was generally a fun thing to do. It just needs a lot of organizing. Jeff will pursue this further.

George and Ralph distributed the results of the budget review that they undertook. As it turns out, we are doing an excellent job of balancing the income and outgo. Our differential from last year was only $195, which is pretty much as good as it gets. It also points out that, if we want to make increased expenditures from years’ past, we need to adjust income accordingly.

New Business: None

Meeting adjourned at 8:30

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary