Bennett Valley Golf Club

Meeting 12/01/07

 

 

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

Absent: Vic Shellenberg, George Elbert & Ralph Thomas

Call to Order: 7:00 AM by Steve

Minutes: Were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: No report, although it was noted by Steve that all the software pertaining to the Treasurer’s position will be transferred to Dave before the end of the year.

Publicity: Jeff volunteered to take the mailing materials to the printer.

Since the mailing will be put out online next year, Steve proposed 2 different approaches to the traditional get together. One way would be to have all Board members, past and present, attend a party. This would come from the Club’s budget. The second options would be to have a general meeting/awards dinner for the membership as a whole. This would be paid for by the attendees. The proposals will be taken up at a later date, after review.

NCGA: No report.

Membership: No report, although Bob noted that we are beginning to need information based on our membership rolls so that we can prepare the upcoming budget.

Tournaments: The Ham Shoot next week will tee off from 8:00 to 10:07.

Gary asked that the Board members sign up along with the prepays for the tournaments for next year with their respective groups so that he can have a better handle on who’s playing when. The Board need not pay in advance, just commit to the tournament.

There was a discussion with Jim Knego regarding the change in the Club Championship for next year from a 3 or 4 day tournament to a 2 day one as approved by the Board previously. Jim will juggle other tournaments to accommodate this change.

The ongoing problem of the pro shop injecting players into our tournaments at the last minute was brought to the table. Representatives of the Board will meet with Bob and Derrick over this issue.

Old Business: Jeff researched the Club Championship trophy situation. He proposed 2 ways to go forward: update the existing trophy or replace it with a presentation board with plaques honoring the winners. After discussion, it was decided to maintain the existing one.

There was also much discussion on trying to alleviate the load on the present Tournament Directors, who presently have to oversee 5 tournaments each. Various proposals were aired, from the Officers taking over some of the responsibilities, to adding more directors, to having single directors work the tournaments. Nothing having been resolved, there will be further discussions on this.

New Business: Steve made the suggestion that the Board start to consider a mentoring program for the members in order to prepare for possible transitions of some of the positions on the Board that carry more responsibility, should the need arise. This was treated as a good idea and one that we should pursue in the future.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:20

 

Respectfully Submitted,

John Christenson, Secretary