Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 10/06/07

 

 

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

Absent: Ralph Thomas & Jim Gordon

Call to Order: 7:07 AM by Vic

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: We have $3,502.30 in the CD and $20,228.19 in the checking account for total of $23,730.49.

George submitted the statements from B of A for the last 4 Septembers and they show that the Club has gone from slightly under $13K in 2004 to over $25K this year, with the biggest change being between 2005 and 2006. It would appear that we are in fairly decent shape.

We spent $315.18 toward the NCGA touring rating group during their visit. The Pro Shop picked up the cost of the carts and greens fees.

Dave Marquez was officially elected to be George’s replacement as Treasurer next year.

Publicity: Steve reported that the web page is current.

NCGA: Bob accompanied the NCGA group during their visit. There were 11 in the party, which was split into groups of 2-3. Each group was issued a 3 page criteria check sheet on which they noted their impressions of the course during their survey. Having completed that, they then played the course. Bob thinks that the new ratings will be out in about 20 days.

Membership: No Report.

Tournaments: Tony is the official Club Champion. His semifinalist opponent failed to show up for the final match and was officially disqualified. 9 players eventually played in the Championship Flight, in spite of the vote of the Board at the last meeting to close the flight per the rules one week prior to the tournament. It worked out well, however, due to the match play qualifier that was installed during the 1st day of the tournament. The increase in number of players in the scratch flight does show well that the idea is catching on, although we would like to see an increase in the number of new players.

Because of the situation revolving around this year’s Championship, there was a motion to require participation in a minimum of 3 of our tournaments (excluding the Ham & Turkey Shoot and Skins Game) for a Club member to be eligible to play in the Club Championship. The motion was seconded and, after discussion, passed 6 to 4.

A second motion  was made to make the Club Championship a 2 day affair (format TBD later), occurring on the 2nd weekend in September. This was passed after discussion by a 7 to 2 vote.

Their will be 39 foursome in the next tournament, the NCGA Zone, starting at 7:30. Jeff and Jim are working. Hopefully, the Board will marshall a bit.

The Dues Breakfast is set. George has negotiated a $7.95/head deal with Legends. Players will receive either a breakfast or a box lunch.

 

Old Business: None

 

New Business: None

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:05

 

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary