Minutes of HIMGA Meeting December 14, 2011
President Bob Parks opened the meeting at 9 a.m. In attendance were:
Bob
Parks
Lyn
Westling
Ray
Johnson
Larry
LaFargue
Dave
Deschane
Wally
Kratzer
The
first item discussed was allowing our golfers the option of selecting the tee
they will play from in 2012. Larry mentioned several guidelines the board should
note at the 2012 spring meeting. The guidelines are as follows:
The
ultimate decision in up to the golfer;
Golfers
with handicaps 0-to-25 should use the white tees;
Golfers
with handicaps >25 should use the gold tees;
Handicaps will be adjusted to the tee selected;
Lyn
asked that the Texas Scramble be defined going forward for 2012. Bob agreed to
give Lyn the definitions used by the Old Coots.
Wally
asked about setting a date to blow leaves. It was agreed to set a date in
January.
Wally
said he would be visiting HIMGA’s sponsors in January, adding that Bear Creek
Nursery is already on board for 2012. Ray said he would bring up sponsorship at
the next Community Bank Board meeting.
Dave
mentioned the $500 set aside in the budget for the tee box dinner should be set
at $350. The dinner has been costing about $300-$350 for the last two years.
Wally
noted that we should tell the members at the spring breakfast that on cart path
only days the event scheduled for the 18 holers for that day will be played. In
the past on cart path only days scrambles had replaced the scheduled event.
Larry
asked that the HIMGA-HILGA 2012 fun date be changed to August 23. It was agreed
to do so. The board also agreed to drop the lunch on that fun day as we already
have two free breakfasts and a free lunch on the HIMGA fun day.
Bob
scheduled the next meeting for 9 a.m. on February 22.
Bob
moved that the meeting be adjourned and it was so moved. The meeting closed at
9:30 a.m.
Minutes of HIMGA Meeting
Meeting called to order at
Present were Wally Kratzer,
Gerry Potter, Ron Blasucci, Dave Deschane, Lyn Westling, Ray Johnson, Larry
LaFargue and Bob Parks. Absent, Tom Wheatley
Main purpose of this meeting
was to decide the responsibilities of the new Board of Directors for the 2012
season. After much discussion the
following was decided;
Bob Parks, President
Tom Wheatley, Vice President
Ron Blasucci, Secretary
Gerry Potter, Treasurer
Wally Kratzer, Social
Dave Deschane,
Beautification
Lyn Westling, Tournament
Committee
Ray Johnson, Tournament
Committee
Larry LaFargue, Tournament
Committee
Gerry will update the
website and distribute the new HIMGA officers list.
The 2012 Season Invitation
will be mailed the last week in January.
To accomplish this Gerry needs the 2012 Play Schedule and any rules
revisions from the tournament committee no later than January 5, 2012.
Gerry will provide all board
members a copy of the “itemized categories” (detailed income and expenses) from
2011. Members will review so we can
discuss the 2012 budget at our next meeting in December.
Gerry requested permission
to purchase an update to our Quicken computer program.
The board agreed to proceed with the purchase, approximately $75.
Wally will be responsible
for soliciting sponsorships for the 2012 season.
Bob Parks presented a $75 check from Island Car Wash & Lube for one-half
of their 2012 sponsorship. Their
logo will be added to the HIMGA website ASAP.
Clint has some supplies to
support Social Committee activities.
Wally will obtain.
Our final meeting for 2011
will be December 14th at 9:00 am to discuss budget.
Meeting adjourned at
Ron Blasucci
Secretary
Minutes of Fall HIMGA
Meeting,
Meeting called to order at
There were about 90 HIMGA
members present.
Marv Emmons delivered the
invocation and a moment of silence was made for our deceased members;
Jim
Redmond
John Rauber
Bill Dettwiller
Gerald Adams
New board members Bob Parks,
Tom Wheatley and Ray Johnson were introduced. Our departing board members Bob
Parks, Don Shafer, Clint Miller and Truett Thomas were presented plaques for
their participation on the board.
Wally asked Kevin Crossen,
District Manager, Barry Storie, Head Golf Professional and Mark Mowery, Golf
Course Superintendent to speak.
Kevin thanked HIMGA for supporting the golf courses during these difficult
financial times.
Barry said that the check-in procedures went well this year and will continue
for the upcoming year. The clubhouse will continue to serve lunch 7 days a week
during the winter. Breakfast will be served only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Barry also mentioned he will be building a wall down the hill next to the 17th
green to prevent balls from rolling into the woods.
Mark said he is developing a volunteer program to help with course maintenance.
He needs 10 volunteers for the 18 hole course and 4 for the 9 hole course.
Contact Mark to volunteer. Mark also said he has $10,000 for cart path
replacement for both the 18 hole and 9 hole courses. He will start repairs this
fall which will also include bridge repair on the 9 hole course.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurers report –
Gerry Potter
We started the year with a
reserve balance of $4,250 +/- and will end the year up approximately $500 to
$4,750 +/-. At the spring meeting
$1,000 was budgeted to help with the new deck cover if needed.
The cover was completed without need for this contribution.
Gerry explained our income
sources and highlighted some of our expenditures.
The improvement fund, flowerboxes, had $2,030 income and expended $1,813.
The general fund had $5,809 income and will end the year with
approximately $5,550 expended. During the
year HIMGA expended approximately $3,000 for events with meals (spring
breakfast, fall breakfast, fun day and HIMGA/HILGA event).
$1,280 for prizes in HIMGA sponsored events.
Other expenses are $600 for HISID golf course maintenance and club house
employee gifts, $330 for plaques and trophies and approximately $300 for score
cards and miscellaneous supplies.
Social – Clint
Miller
Clint asked that members inform him
or a board member of death
or sickness of HIMGA members so he
can send a card. Need
specifics of sickness so an
appropriate card can be sent.
Beautification –
Dave DeSchane
Need volunteers to take care of
gardens on the 14th and 16th tee
boxes. Contact Dave if you can
help.
Handicap/Tournament
– Don Shafer, Lyn Westling, Larry LaFargue
Presented trophies to the special
events winners for 2011 as
follows;
Match Play
Championship 1. Jim Rader
2. Bruce Larson
3. Paul Bott
9-hole
Shootout
1. Tom Wheatley
2. Dale Eis
3. Bob Maple
18-hole Shootout
1. Bruce Lumley
16 & above
2. Truett Thomas
handicap
3. Joe Martucci
18-hole Shootout
1. Dick Smith
15 & below
2. Dick Clopton
handicap
3. Lyn Westling
18-Hole Club
Championship 1. Lyn
Westling
Low Net
2. Tie- Glenn Beatty
& Don Shafer
18 –Hole Club Champion
1. Larry LaFargue
Low Gross
Don Shafer brought up that
the 9 holers wanted hole 14 to be played as a par 4 instead of a par 5 and that
the tee off would be from the red tees. Don asked the 9 holers to vote on this
change and it was passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Changes Article IV - Board of Directors
OLD - The governing body for HIMGA shall be nine (9) directors elected by the
members, designated as the Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the
BOARD) each member of which has full voting power. Any vacancy on the BOARD may
be filled by the BOARD until the next annual election.
No director shall serve more than
three consecutive years. Each BOARD member going out of office will not be
eligible for re-election for one full three year term. The BOARD shall
appoint all committees necessary for conducting the affairs of HIMGA.
NEW - The governing body for
HIMGA shall be nine (9) directors elected by the members, designated as the
Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the BOARD) each member of which
has full voting power. Any vacancy on the BOARD may be filled by the BOARD until
the next annual election.
Directors may serve more than one
consecutive three-year term, but must run for
re-election at the end of each three-year term. After leaving office a BOARD
member will be eligible for re-election after one full year. The BOARD
shall appoint all committees necessary for conducting the affairs of HIMGA.
The change to
Article IV- Board of Directors was voted on and passed unanimously.
2. HIMGA/HILGA event - (1)
keep the event as is; (2) keep the event with free golf, but eliminate the lunch
following. HILGA is discussing paying part of the costs even when they're not
hosting the event.
After much
discussion it was decided to table this until the Spring meeting to see if HILGA
can afford to contribute to this event
3. Hold more individual scoring events for the 18-hole golfers. In
the past the tournament committee has schedule scrambles on cart path only
outings. In the future if an individual scoring event is scheduled on a cart
path only day, the event will go on as scheduled.
It was decided
that the 18 hole golfers will play the scheduled scoring event even if its a
cart path only day.
4. Poll members on why HIMGA
membership is declining. For example, should members be able to choose the tees
they play from?
There was
much discussion on this topic. Reasons
ranged from cost of golf activity card, one time cost of HIMGA membership $100,
annual $35 HIMGA membership fee, declining popularity of golf, aging population
of Holiday Island residents and the feeling that HIMGA is mainly a competitive
league and opposed to social.
The
only thing decided was that the 9 holers will play
Meeting adjourned at
Ron Blasucci