Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 11/03/07

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

Absent: Ralph Thomas

Call to Order: 7:00 AM by Vic

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: We have $3,502.30 in the CD and $18,073.40 in the checking account for total of $21,575.70.

George has obtained the certificates for the Turkey and Ham Shoots-getting a volume discount in the process.

There will be 132 players for the Dues Breakfast. George was authorized to reserve 144 meals for the tournament in order to cover the Pro Shop and any member who shows up to pay the dues but not play in the tournament.

Publicity: The mailings are ready to go out. Steve proposed that the stuffing event be held this year on 12/12 at 6:30 at his house. He also floated the idea of going on-line next year with the mailing. There was a generally favorable discussion about this with the resolution to be determined at the next meeting. Steve also wanted to move the site to a commercial ISP (Sonic) for about $20/month. This was passed unanimously.

Jeff brought up the idea of resuming the tradition of recognizing the Club Champion via engravings on the trophy or the like. He was appointed to investigate.

NCGA: Bob reported that the course had been re-rated down to 120. Also, the scoring postings default on the computer will now be taken from the white tees.

Membership: No report.

Tournaments: Vic and Dave will be working the Dues Breakfast. Tee times will be from 7:30 through 12:15.

The Turkey Shoot on the following Saturday will be from 7:30 through 9:45.

Gary passed out the current iteration of the tournament rules in order to refresh memories. They will also be included in the mailing.

Gary also asked the Board to clarify the current policy for maximum number of players per tournament. As it stands, on all tournaments, 144 is the maximum with the exception of the NCGA tournament, which will accommodate as many as the Pro Shop will allow. After some discussion, this policy was reinforced by voice vote. There are nuances attendant to this policy which were tabled until next month’s meeting.

As a general note, Mike said that posting the tournament scores by the players will now be more difficult, since the computer is in a different building than the scores’ table. Bob pointed out that, in his capacity as NCGA/Handicap Chairman, it’s his responsibility to make sure that players scores are posted and that, after spot checks, he hasn’t seen any problems with the process.

Old Business: None

New Business: John Cullen sat in on the meeting this morning with an interest in perhaps joining the Board. He was encouraged to do so for the coming year by Bob.

Also pertaining to the coming year, Vic asked the Board to entertain suggestions for his replacement as President.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary