Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 03/03/07

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

Absent: Dave Marquez & George Elbert

Call to Order: 7:05 AM by Vic

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: No report given.

Publicity: Steve had no report, but Wayne brought the Board’s attention to the ESPN Golf Challenge. This was done at Derrick’s behest. For an additional fee, our members can take part in the ESPN tournament. It would be administered from the Pro Shop. The format is 2 Man Best Ball and it could be played congruent to any of our tournaments played between April 1 and July 15. After some discussion, the Board voted unanimously to provide this opportunity to the membership during the April 14^th NCGA 2 Man tournament (this tournament was flopped with the NCGA Net Amateur due to the capricious manner in which the NCGA assigns closing dates for their qualifiers).

NCGA: No report given by Bob. The question arose, however, if we could solicit a long term calendar of events from the NCGA in order to clarify matters (see above).

Membership: We have 565 members signed up.

Tournaments: The 2 Man Scramble is scheduled for the next week. Dave & Mike will be working. There are 136 players signed up and the tee times go from 7:30 to 12:15. The 4 Man Scramble, cancelled last month, has been rescheduled for March 24^th with an 8:30 start. Bob and Wayne will be working.

Old Business: The Budget subcommittee, made up of George, Vic, Ralph and Steve, submitted their spreadsheet detailing the projected income and expenditures for the coming year. They based the budget generally on the number of members and amount of expenses from last year with the only difference in expenses being the addition of a scratch flight to 5 of our tournaments (the President’s Cup, the Directors’ Cup, the 2-Man Best Ball, the Club Championship and the Dues Breakfast). Steve did re-work the payouts for the handicap flights, raising the 1^st place money to $75 and establishing a $20 minimum for the 8^th place. Everything in between was tweaked a bit. Only the top 3 in the scratch flight will be awarded payouts, which, as an attraction, were higher than the prizes for the handicapped flights, unless there are less than 5 in the flight. In that case, half the flight would receive the prizes.

Steve also noted that the Grand Prix points for the scratch flight had similarly been weighted. This provoked some debate as to how much incentive to scratch players the Board actually had in mind when the matter first came up for discussion last year. After a well reasoned discussion of both sides of the question, a motion was made to accept the budget as presented, with the addition of the higher cash payouts for the winners in the scratch flights, but leaving the Grand Prix point allocation for the winners in the scratch flight the same as the handicapped flight. After more discussion, the motion was passed 6-4.

New Business: Margo Zatkovich, the Events Coordinator for the new course restaurant, to be called “the Clubhouse at Bennett Valley” visited the meeting in order to introduce herself and to inform the Board of the plan that the new owners were going to put in place once the clubhouse opens. She passed around the proposed tournament menus and answered the questions that the Board presented. The Board, for its’ part, let her know that we were very interested her ability to provide services for the Shotgun Tournament to be held August 11^th, as well as the Dues’ Breakfast later in the year. Although there is no final commitment on a date from the builder to the new tenants on an actual Certificate of Occupancy, Margo felt that, if things go as planned, she would be able to accommodate the Board’s request for catering the Shotgun event. The Board also noted its’ relief of finally having an appropriate facility operating at the course.

Meeting adjourned at 8:25

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary