Once again we are ready to embark on a new year of golf. As your president I hope each of you are as excited as I am to start the new year.
It has been a long and cold winter for all members even the members who spend the winter down south. This past week has allowed us to get our on the course and fine tune our game. April 12th will be here before we know it.
It is always exciting to see old and new faces and to play with as many old members as well as the new ones. We welcome the new people and look forward to meeting them.
As most of you know Gio Capurro passed away. He was our Web Master and did an excellent job. He will be missed dearly. He donated his time to the Par Hopers.
Jim Myers has graciously agreed to take over the web site. I appreciate all of his hard work. We are in good hands. Thank you Jim.
We are looking forward to having a great and fun year. The best way to make this happen is for you to come out each Monday and Friday morning for friendship and play golf. So clean off the old clubs, dust off your shoes, and put on your favorite hat and come with us.
Please feel free to contact me or any board members with any questions or concerns.
Tedd Adams,
President
GREETINGS....PRESIDENT ADAMS OPENED THE MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11TH AT REEVES.....THE MINUTES OF 7/14 WERE READ. APPROVAL CAME AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, INCLUDING DISAGREEMENTS, REGARDING MATCH PLAY, LOW NET AND AVERAGES. THE AVERAGE LOW NET GOLFER REFERENCE WAS MENTIONED TWICE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES: SPRINGMEIER AND NEUZEL, WHICH ARE THE TWO TOP TROPHIES IN MEMORIES OF 2 EARLY MEMBERS. IT WAS MENTIONED AGAIN IN ANOTHER MINUTES SENTENCE REGARDING THE LATE REV. DR. L.H. MAYFIELD, A PRESIDENT OF THIS CLUB TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. SO, A MOTION BY PETE PIERCE-JONES WITH A SECOND BY DON PERRY THAT $200 BE AWARDED TO THE MAYFIELD WINNER AND $100 FOR SECOND PLACE RESULTED IN AN 8-0 VOTE. DIRECTOR BUD HAYNES WAS ABSENT. MRS. MAYFIELD WILL BE INVITED TO THE BANQUET. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS ELIMINATING THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TO A LOW GROSS CATEGORY AND ELIMINATING THE SPRINGMEIER AND NEUZEL AWARDS. AS A RESULT, THE FIRST PRIZE WOULD BE $200 PLUS $50 EACH FOR THE NEXT THREE FINALISTS.....NEXT UP, RON JOHNSON SAID ROBERT DOMINIQUE, JIM THOMAS, HERMAN TOLLE AND AL VEID HAVE AGREED TO BE CANDIDATES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF TWO DIRECTORS. THE VOTING WILL BEGIN AT OUR STARTERS' TABLE FRIDAY SEPT. 3,, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE OCTOBER BANQUET. (THE BANQUET DATE TBA.) THEIR PHOTOS WILL BE ON A PLACARD NEXT TO BALLOT BOX. GOING OFF THE BOARD IN OCTOBER ARE RON JOHNSON AND JOE GERACI WHOM WE THANK FOR A-1 SERVICE....JOE SPOKE NEXT TO SAY HE HAS CONTACTED JACK ROUSE (EX-PREZ) REGARDING JACK MAKING A HIGH BASE ON WHICH TO SET THE BEST GOLFER TROPHY. JOE ALSO MENTIONED THE PRICES FOR 4 PLAQUES. THEN CAME PETE'S MOTION WITH A SECOND FROM RON THAT CALLED FOR A $750 MAXIMUM ON SPENDING. IT PASSED 8-0.....BILL NORDYKE DISTRIBUTED HIS TREASURER'S REPORT WHICH SHOWS A $1901.O5 NET TO DATE. (WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE NICKEL?)....THE NEXT MEETING DATE TBA.......DAVE EVANS, secy.
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010 PRESIDENT TEDD ADAMS OPENED THE MEETING IN REEVES CLUBHOUSE AT 10..
....NORB KAESTLE TOLD THE BOARD---6 WERE PRESENT AND 4 ABSENT---THAT HE CONTACTED NEW MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS YEAR PLUS THOSE WHO HAVE PLAYED ONLY ONCE. SOME SAID THEY WOULD PLAY SOON, ONE DIDN'T ANSWER, AND ANOTHER RESIGNED AFTER JOINING A COUNTRY CLUB....NEXT, THE DIRECTORS WERE TOLD THE PICNIC PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND THAT REEVES WILL BE REMINDED TO SET UP THE TABLES IN THE SHELTER.....TREASURER BILL NORDYKE SAID THERE IS $3558 IN THE PH BANK ACCOUNT....PRIZES FOR THE SUPER SENIORS CONTEST JUNE 7TH AND 11TH WILL BE $30 GREENS FEE FOR WINNER AND A $15 GIFT CARD FOR SECOND TO BE AWARDED AT THE FALL BANQUET. THE AWARDS AT THE JUNE 14TH PICNIC WILL BE ONE FREE ROUND OF GOLF TO EACH OF THE WINNING SCRAMBLE FOURSOME....THEN DON PERRY, RELAYING A REQUEST FROM PETE PIERCE-JONES, SAID OUR MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN NEEDS ANOTHER $100 TO CONTINUE HIS RECRUITING WORK. QUESTIONS REGARDING A MID-SEASON DISCOUNT AND BRINGING A GUEST TO THE PICNIC WERE DISCUSSED AND DISMISSED.....A MOTION BY DON WITH A SECOND BY NORB TO REMOVE THE STABLEFORD EVENT FROM THE SCHEDULE WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY....NEXT, THE DIRECTORS DISCUSSED A MAJOR PROBLEM ARISING ABOUT VETERAN MEMBER STEW MCHUGH'S HEALTH INTERFERING WITH HIS CHIEF STARTER DUTIES. HE HAS BEEN AT THE STARTER DESK AT 7 A.M. ALL SEASON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HOW MANY YEARS WE DON'T REMEMBER. THE SUBJECT WAS TABLED BUT NOT BEFORE SEVERAL IDEAS POPPED UP THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED WHEN MORE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. MEANWHILE, THE CLUB WILL CONTINUE WITH THE 2-MAN STARTER DESK IN STEW'S ABSENCE. STEW SAYS HE HAS TROUBLE WALKING AND BREATHING. OUR SINCEREST BEST WISHES TO THE MAN WHO DOESN'T NEED A MICROPHONE..................RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DAVE EVANS, secy.
PRESIDENT TEDD ADAMS OPENED THE MEETING AT REEVES ON JUNE 28, 2010. ABSENT WERE TREASURER BILL NORDYKE AND DIRECTORS STEWART MCHUGH AND BUD HAYNES......THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS CONCERNED LOWERING THE MEMBERSHIP-ENTRY AGE TO 60. THE PROPOSAL WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS TIME A MOTION WAS MADE BY DON PERRY AND SECONDED BY VICE-PRESIDENT RON JOHNSON. THE VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS WAS 6 YES AND 1 NO. ALSO REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP DISCUSSION, THE CHAIRMAN PETE PIERCE-JONES SAID HE WILL ASK RECENT NEW MEMBERS WHAT BROUGHT THEIR ATTENTION TO THE PAR HOPERS. WAS IT NEWSPAPER ADS, FRIENDS, ETC.? PETE SAID THERE ARE 18 NEW MEMBERS, 2 OF WHICH HAVE NOT PLAYED; 12 HAVE PLAYED TWICE AND 4 THREE TIMES......NEXT, THE TOPIC TURNED TO THE JUNE 14TH PICNIC. THE TICKET COST IS $10 AND GOLF WILL BE A SHOTGUN START/4-MAN SCRAMBLE BEGINNING AT 8 SHARP. THERE HAS BEEN NO OK YET FROM REEVES FOR RESERVING THE PLAYGROUND SHELTER ALTHOUGH OUR CLUB'S BANK CHECK HAS BEEN CASHED. THE REEVES PRO WAS CONTACTED AFTER THE MEETING. THE PICNIC TICKET MONEY WILL START BEING COLLECTED ON MAY 14TH.......OUR STATS DIRECTOR NORB KAESTLE SAID THERE ARE 16 LIFE MEMBERS, 14 OF WHOM DO NOT PLAY. (FYI TO NEW BOARD MEMBERS: A LIFE MEMBER DOES NOT PAY DUES AND IS ELIGIBLE AT AGE 85.)......SPEAKING OF LONGTIME MEMBERS, CLYDE JACOBS DIED LAST MONTH AT AGE 80......ENJOY THE PICNIC, DAVE EVANS, SECY.
MINUTES OF PAR HOPERS GOLF CLUB MARCH 10, 2002
PRESIDENT TEDD ADAMS OPENED THE MEETING AT 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, AT REEVES GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE.
THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS TO CONDUCT.
THE NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSED: --
PETE PIERCE-JONES, MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN, SAID THAT ADVERTISING HAS BEEN OR WILL BE PURCHASED IN DIFFERENT CIRCULATIONS INCLUDING THE CLERMONT SUN, EAST SIDE READER AND THE ENQUIRER. HE ASKED DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS TO ASSIST IN POSTING CIRCULARS. NEXT DISCUSSED WAS THE TABLED PROPOSAL REGARDING CHANGING MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING AGE AND GENDER AND NOT NECESSARY TO BE RETIRED. IT WAS DECIDED TO TAKE THIS PROPOSAL TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AT THE APRIL 1ST BANQUET WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VOTING AT THE PICNIC JUNE 14TH REGARDING CHANGING THE CLUB'S CONSTITUTION. OUR CONSTITUTION STATES THAT ONE-HALF THE MEMBERSHIP PRESENT, AND TWO-THIRDS OF THAT NUMBER VOTING FOR A CHANGE IS REQUIRED ...... TEDD REPORTED THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH OUR 'WEBSITE. A NEW MESSAGE FROM HIM WILL BE POSTED SOON. ANY NEW ARTICLES SHOULD BE SENT TO JIM MYERS, OUR NEW WEBMASTER EX-PRESIDENT GEORGE DOSTIE WILL BE SENDING PHOTOS TO HIM FOR A SLiDESHOW ...... TEDD SAID CHINATOWN BUFFET NEEDS A COUNT FOR THE BANQUET IN APRIL. HE WILL HAVE LETTERS SENT TO ALL MEMBERS WHO DO NOT'HAVE AWEB ADDRESS. ALSO, ALL MEMBERS WILL BE CALLED 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE BANQUET TO SEE HOW MANY EXPECT TO ATTEND. RESULTS ARE TO BE CALLED IN TO TEDDADAMS OR RON JOHNSON BY MARCH 23 ...... ALSO,
OUR STATISTICIAN NORB KAESTLE PASSED OUT NEW PHONE-CALL SHEETS FOR EACH DIRECTOR TO USE. {NORB DOES ALL THE HANDICAPS EACH WEEK.) ...... DISCUSSED NEXT CONCERNED NEW-MEMBERS PARTICIPATION. JOE GERACI WILL WORK ON A SURVEY TO FIND OUT WHYTHEY MIGHT NOT HAVE CONTINUED TO PLAY, PLAYED ONLY A FEW TIMES, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASONS TO HELP US GET MORE MEMBERS OUT TO PLAY ...... IN CLOSING, STEW (NOT STU) MCHUGH ASKED THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT FINDING SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER FROM HIM AS CHIEF STARTER DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS. {STEW WHO JOINED THE CLUB IN 1992 HAS BEEN OUR MAIN STARTER FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS.) MY THANKS TO RON JOHNSON FOR COMPILlNC5 THE MINUTES IN MY ABSENCE SEE YOU APRIL FOOLS DAY,
DAVE EVANS, SECY.
3/18/2010