Men's Committee Meeting Minutes
July 5, 2011
In attendance: Kevin
McKee,
The meeting was
called to order at 6:15 p.m. by Chairman, Kevin McKee.
Treasurers Report
Treasurer Bill
Panzino, like Russell Crowe in Master and
Commander was valiantly trying to commandeer a ship off the coast of
Secretary's Report
Secretary Bill McPhee
previously submitted his minutes from the June 2, 2011 meeting via e-mail. It
was VOTED unanimously that the
Committee accept the minutes.
Greens
Doug Clay reported
that he had a teleconference with the Superintendent. The looming and seeding
to the left of the 8Th hole will begin shortly. The right side of
the 3rd hole will be addressed shortly. The bunker edging and repair
is ongoing. The right side of the 13th
hole will be continued to be treated as “under repair” where it is marked. It
was suggested by members that the brook down 1 and 2 be cleared out or weed
whacked to speed up play and Doug will mention it to Ed. It was VOTED unanimously that the
Committee accept the report.
Handicaps
Jack (The Ayatollah)
McCarty reported that everything was fine with handicaps. It was VOTED unanimously to accept the
report.
Tournaments
Barry reported that tournaments
have been well attended and very successful. There was a discussion about the
Memorial Tournament and specifically the breakdown of the handicap fights.
There were legitimate concerns about all the potential variations of where to
split the flights and it was agreed to discuss it again before next year’s
Memorial Cup. The flights were discussed for the upcoming Club Championship. It
was agreed that the breakdown would be as follows: Championship Flight 0-7 (8’s
and 9’s could elect to play in The Championship Flight but would be excluded
from The First Flight); First Flight 8-12; Second Flight 13-17; Third Flight
18-above. It was VOTED
unanimously to accept the report.
Pro Shop
Bob reported that things were going quite well in the Pro Shop. The feedback on Bob’s new assistant, Joe, all seems to be quite positive. The Peck Open (a Pro Shop event) was enthusiastically received and the reports were the membership enjoyed the tournament. The CCH Match Play Tournament is under way and 32 players signed up to participate very quickly. If there is continued interest next year Bob said he would consider expanding the field to 64. This is another Pro Shop Tournament. An issue was raised that some members might have expressed a concern that the Pro Shop is running these two events. The Pro Shop also runs the Wednesday and Thursday night leagues. The Men’s Committee does not have exclusivity on conducting tournaments. Tournaments can be conducted by The Pro Shop, the Women’s Committee, the Executive Committee, or the Men’s Committee. It was VOTED that this Committee acknowledges, supports, and has complete confidence in Bob Giusti’s conducting these two tournaments and the leagues as well as any other tournament, league, or program where there is membership support.
House Committee
Believe it or not,
there was no House Committee meeting. There is still nothing to report.
Remember the good old days when I was on The House Committee and Paul Barnes
and I would meet every month and argue about French fries. Who would have
thought we would have longed for the good old days and the return of Paul
Barnes…just kidding Paul we all love you.
Executive Committee
Kevin McKee reported
that he met with the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee brought up a
couple of issues that were discussed and addressed in The Pro Shop and
Tournament section of these minutes.
New Business
Jack McCarty proposed
changing the net vs. gross payout for chits in future tournaments. Voluntary
(non-chits) pools should have separate gross and net prizes. Within the last
two years we changed the net vs. gross from 60/40 to 70/30. Jack proposed
changing it to 80/20. The votes in favor were McCarty, McKee, and Clay. The
votes opposed were Tucker, Sullivan, and McPhee. This motion was defeated. Bill
McPhee then proposed changing it to 75/25. The votes in favor were McPhee,
McKee, Clay, and Sullivan. The votes opposed were McCarty and Tucker. This
motion passed and in the future this will be the split. There was no additional
new business to discuss. Any other suggestions, comments or complaints are
welcome. We want to know what you think. Please forward them to
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:30 P.M. The next meeting is to be conducted on August 8, 2011 at
6:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Bill McPhee