Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 07/01/06

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

Absent: Tony Conrardy

Call to Order: 7:00 AM by Vic

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: We have $3,449.39 in the CD and $32,444.48 in the checking account for a total of $35,893.87. George, not having been present at the last meeting, questioned whether or not we had, in fact, budgeted the same amount of money for the annual barbeque as we had last year. In order to set the record straight, the Board voted unanimously to do so.

Publicity: There was no report.

NCGA: Bob reported that, once again, one of our members had been sanctioned again by the NCGA for posting tournament scores below his normal index. The member can, as before, appeal to the NCGA.

Membership: No report given.

Tournaments: The next tournament will be a 2 day event. Wayne and Jim will work the 1^st day and Mike and Jeff will do the 2^nd. The 4 Club tournament just passed was deemed an overall success and the pace of play was good.

Bob & Wayne, who worked the tournament, had several requests regarding the structure of our tournaments. The 1^st was to require all players to swap scorecards so that no one player is taking down his own score. The 2^nd would allow the Board members running the tournaments to have some form of means to deal with members who, for one reason or another, present problems to them. The 3^rd request was that all players involved in Senior events keep a scorecard separate from the main tournament. The 1^st and 3^rd requests were approved by the Board.

The 2^nd request generated considerable discussion. Apparently, a member, perhaps fueled by a bad bowl of Cheerios, became verbally abusive and semi combative with Bob and Wayne during the posting of the last tournament. As a reprimand, Gary has placed him and his foursome at the end of the next tournament. Further, it was discussed and voted upon that, should a situation like this happen in the future and both of the Board members running the tournament agree, the miscreant can be disqualified on the spot with the right of appeal at the next Board meeting. This was carried with some dissent.

Gary read the form letter that he uses for the no-shows, 8 of which occurred at the last tournament. We reiterated our policy of not allowing no-shows to play in the tournament until the fines are paid. The Board has received a request from Bob Borowitz for the Club to pass the no-show fines along to the Pro Shop. This was voted on and approved unanimously.

Old Business: None

New Business: Steve announced that he is working on a plan to include a scratch flight in 5 of the next year’s tournaments-the President’s Cup, Club Championship, 2 Man Best Ball, Dues Breakfast and the St. Patrick’s Day Tournaments. He will bring more detail to future meetings.

It was suggested that, at the next meeting, we discuss guest invites to our tournaments as a way to recruit lower handicapped players.

Meeting adjourned at 8:00

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary