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EWMGA BOARD MEETING
OCTOBER
13, 2010
The Eagle Watch Men’s Golf Association (EWMGA) Board meeting
was started at 6:05 pm in the Eagle Watch Hearth
restaurant. All Board members were present at this meeting
except Frank Peters, Bob Smith, Bruce Worthington and Al
Whitten. There were no guests or visitors in attendance.
Erik presented the Treasurer’s Report indicating a current
bank balance of $13,979.52 with expenses still to be paid
from Member/Guest tournament.
The completed Member/Guest tournament (October 2nd
and 3rd) was reviewed with very favorable
comments received on the format from many participants.
Thirty-four two-man teams participated and discussion
continued regarding next year’s event and how to increase
participation. Ideas for tournament improvement
consideration included (1) a different Death Flight format,
(2) beef-up of the rules committee, (3) use of increased
number of spotters during the shootout event, (4)
participation by Bentwater players who join the EWMGA, and
(5) reviewing the number of flights for the event. The
originally planned budget vs. actual expenses incurred was
also covered.
Discussion continued regarding future EWMGA-sponsored
Member/Guest tournament eligibility requirements for our
members. The existing rule, adopted on February 11, 2009,
requires members to participate in a minimum of three (3)
EWMGA-sponsored tournaments during the year in order to
participate in the Member/Guest event for that year. The
Board, if this requirement does not occur can allow, at its
discretion, participation for a member with the assessment
of an additional fee. Following review of various
alternatives, the Board decided to revise this requirement
to two (2) tournaments make sure it is well publicized to
our membership. It was also decided that each Tournament
Chairman will provide the Erik Rosengren with a list of all
participants in their tournament. Erik will maintain a
Master Participation List for determining member eligibility
in the Member/Guest tournament.
Future plans for next years Thursday Night Golf League
were discussed with the objective to increase the number of
players involved in this event. No final decisions were
reached and this will be a subject for future Board
consideration.
The upcoming Club-sponsored Member/Member tournament
(October 23rd and 24th) was reviewed
regarding the Friday night (October 22nd) Team
Auction to be handled by the EWMGA. The actual auction will
be conducted by Tony Jones and Billy Morrow with Erik
handling the financial matters. The 2009 Rules were
reviewed and discussion included potential changes for this
event. Board decisions reached included (1) the team
starting bid amount will be $200.00 with desired increments
of $25.00 or more thereafter, (2) there again will not be a
pre-team buyout provision, (3) there will not be a
restriction from allowing non-participants bidding and
buying a team, and (4) the payout will be 90% of monies
collected with 10% retained to cover EWMGA fees. Otherwise,
the 2009 Rules will be utilized for the 2010 tournament. It
was also decided that the EWMGA will conduct a gross and net
team Skins event covering Saturday and Sunday play. The
cost will be $10 each for gross and nets ($20 total) each
day. Bob Smith will chair this Skins activity.
Discussion was not held regarding the upcoming 2011 Board
member elections. Gary Janos (President) has the
requirement to appoint a three person (not restricted to
Board members) Nominating Committee to begin solicitation of
candidates. Incumbents with terms expiring are Gary Janos,
Erik Rosengren, Mark Dickson, Frank Peters, Sergio Silva and
Alan Whitten. Our Constitution requires ballots to be
distributed by December 1st with voting completed
by December 20th.
There was no other new business presented for discussion.
This meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm. The next scheduled
Board meeting is November 9th starting at
6:00 pm.
Respectively
submitted: David Scott - Secretary
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