PDG MEN’S GOLF CLUB

 

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES FOR:  May 16, 2017

 

Call to Order: Vice President Rick Yeo called the meeting to order at: 9:00 am

 

Pledge of Allegiance was led by Dennis Hanks

 

Roll Call by Secretary John Whitney

 

President: Doug Hodson, VP: Rick Yeo, Secretary: John Whitney, Treasurer: Gary Druckrey, Club Liason: Bob Larsen, Member at Large: John Coyle, Member at Large: Tony Tilt.

 

Committee Chairmen:

 Handicap/SCGA: Clint Jay:  Membership:  Brian Duckworth, Tournaments: Orest Kruhlak, Publicity: Dennis Hanks, Hearts & Flowers: David Shaw, Hole-in-One: Ken Gordon, Social: Howard Hudson, Rules: Byron Harvie, AM Sweeps: Ken Gordon, PM Sweeps: Bob Bridenbach (Temporary), Past Pres: John Coyle, Parliamentarian: Dale Erickson, Canadian Delegate: Chris Marshall, Webmaster: John Fox.

 

Not Present:  Doug Hodson, Orest Kruhlak, Chris Marshall, John Coyle, Dale Erickson, Tony Tilt, David Shaw, Byron Harvie, John Fox.

 

Minutes:  Without objection, the minutes of the April 18, 2017 General Membership Meeting will be approved by unanimous consent.

 

Treasurer – Gary Druckrey:  Financial Report as of April,2017.  Balance Forwarded: $14,584.80, Deposits: $4852, Expenses: $7905.67, Register Balance: $11,532.13, Tournament Fund: -0-, Current Men’s Balance: $10,821.13.  The report is posted on the bulletin board.

 

Officers Comments/Reports

 

President – Doug Hodson:  Rick Yeo reported for Doug that we received a Thank You for the $1500 donation towards the Tree Fund.  New Trees were planted on number’s 8, 10 and 12.  Another tree was planted on number 2, close to Mike and Gay Hogan’s home, donated by Gay’s Ma Jong group.

We also received a Thank You for our $200 donation to the Employee Day event.

 

VP – Rick Yeo: N/R

 

Secretary – John Whitney: N/R

 

Treasurer – Gary Druckrey: (See Financial report above)

 

Club Liaison – Bob Larsen:   Mario was reminded to rebuild the drop area on number 9. The slow green speeds were discussed and Mario will see that the process is improved.  The initial attempt resulted in too much sand on the greens and the mowers would not cut the greens low enough to increase ball speed.  Mario told Bob that they changed reels on the mowers to improve cutting and results seem favorable.   That program will continue.

As per a request from the PDG Men’s Club Board of Directors, Bob asked that the balls on the practice area be washed more often to minimize golf clubs having black marks on the face.  We will monitor this situation to see how it goes.

The green repair team is depleted due to summer trips back to home bases.  Some volunteers have stepped up and we will try to fill in the voids as best we can.  Please repair ball marks as you play, both yours and a couple of others.

Bob was asked if new sand is planned for any of the traps.  Bob has not heard anything along those lines but will make a note to follow up.

 

Member at Large – John Coyle: N/R

 

Member at Large – Tony Tilt: N/R

 

Handicap – Clint Jay:   Post your scores, posting has been sporadic.

 

Membership – Brian Duckworth: Renewals are coming in for next season.  Checks were given to Gary Druckrey.

 

Tournaments – Orest Kruhlak: N/R

 

Publicity – Dennis Hanks: N/R

 

Hearts & Flowers – David Shaw: N/R

 

Hole in One: Ken Gordon:  There are four members who have made a hole-in-one this season and payment will be made at the end of this month.  Any Ace’s between now and then will also be paid by the end of the month.

 

Social – Howard Hudson: N/R

 

SCGA – Clint Jay: N/R

 

Rules – Byron Harvie: N/R

 

AM Sweeps – Ken Gordon:  N/R

 

PM Sweeps – Bob Bridenbach (temporary): N/R

 

Past President – John Coyle:  N/R

 

Parliamentarian – Dale Erickson: N/R

 

Canadian Representative – Chris Marshall:  N/R

 

Website Management – John Fox: N/R

 

OLD BUSINESS:  A motion was made and seconded to purchase the Dry Erase Boards for posting tournament results, etc.  Motion passed.

An observation by one of the attending members was that our players are not complying with the stated policy to park golf carts on the cart path when putting.  Not only that but members are not complying with the rule to keep carts at least 30 feet from the greens.  The question was raised again as to how we can enforce those rules.  As we have brought up before, taking down a license number of the cart or taking a picture of each offender and turning it in to Bob in the Club House is a solution.  The overall feeling of those at the meeting is that players just don’t care.

Numerous names have been turned in but nothing seems to be corrected.  Bob Larsen has approached the Golf Committee about this situation but nothing seems to get done.

 

NEW BUSINESS:  None

 

Closing Remarks:

Have a great summer, see you next season.  The next General Membership meeting will be October 17^th in the PALM ROOM. The Ballroom will not be available.

 

Adjournment:  Meeting adjourned at 9:25 am by Vice President Rick Yeo