OPEN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
4:00 P.M. SPRINGS CARD ROOM
The following Executive Committee members were in attendance:
W. Dale Miller, President
Mike Darr, Vice-President
Mavis Carver, Secretary
Cindy Geiser, Treasurer
John Berger, Member at Large
Twenty SSV Tennis Club members present.
W. Dale Miller called the meeting to order at 4 P.M.
Minutes of the January 25, 2012 meeting were previously emailed. There were no additions or corrections to the minutes. John Berger moved to accept the minutes. Mike Darr seconded the motion and it passed.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Cindy Geiser gave a brief report on expenses and income pertaining to the SSV Tournament. Farnsworth has given $2750.00 toward the SSV Tournament.
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion was held on new and old coffee pots. Dale will check out the present coffee pots to be certain that they are in good working order.
NEW BUSINESS
Dale is looking into purchasing a commercial slicer for slicing onions, etc. possibility sharing ownership with the softball teams.
The board has selected Dick Branson; Barta Berger; Bernetta Burstyn; Mike Gonzalez; Cathy Itso; Gene Lutter; Dwayne Moon and FredVollherbst; for the Use of Facilities Committee. Dale Miller will chair the committee. John Lippert has received many letters from SSV residents regarding the use of the new courts.
Mike Darr gave a report on the Challenge Committee. There have been 14 challenges; 8 moving up and 5 did not make the challenge. There are a few more challenges before the March 10 deadline. Mike thanked the Challenge Committee for organizing players and dates for the challenges.
Bill Smaha and Galen Anderson reported on the SSV Tournament. All entries are in and all levels are filled. They will be doing the draw next week. Tents will be delivered on Friday March 16. Bill and Galen are requesting help to set up for the tournament on Saturday March 17. Janet gave us permission to use some of the HOA tables. Purchasing our own tent was discussed.
Social tennis is going well. All Play on Saturdays will now be from 8:30 – 10:00 A.M. There will no longer be 10:00 – 11:30 session. Terry Garrett will prepare the signup sheets for summer hours for round robin for all levels. All Captains are to let Terry know how many courts they will need each week. Remember that in the event of rain during SVE and SSV Tournaments we will share courts if need be.
Dale thanked all the teams for not starting their scheduled practice until all league matches were finished.
All Captains need to send information to Dale before the end of March regarding court 1 players. Information on court 1 players: move up; move down and challenges will be given to EVSTL.
Dale thanked Roger Stein, Cindy Geiser, John Berger, Linda and Terry Garrett for hosting the Tuesday morning coffee.
Car Show and Sock Hop is March 17. The sales office will need tennis people to help with preparing hot dogs and helping people safely cross the street on March 17. Ron Allan is organizing the car show. A dance will follow that evening.
Dale noted that someone has been writing negative things on the board next to a name. If that person is caught, they will not be able to play tennis for one year.
Captains are needed for several levels. Please contact Dale if you are interested in becoming a Captain for the 2012 – 2013 season.
Bernetta Burstyn presented a booklet she made for all of her 1.5 team members to Dale to be used for future 1.5 teams. Our club thanks Bernetta for serving as Captain for the 1.5 team. A copy of 1.5’s moving up is needed by March 1, 2012.
Baskets of balls are to be used by social and practice teams, before they are used by anyone for lessons. Ball sweep goes with the ball machine.
Light switch on court 1 will be repaired soon. Doug Korver has gotten the parts needed.
Bids for resurfacing courts 1 and 2 were discussed.
New courts are coming along well. Fence posts are up and gates are being worked on. The fence will be galvanized, not black as previously reported. The lights will be lower.
General Meeting will be March 7, 2012 at 3:30 P.M.
Team selection will be March 28, 2012
Selecting Captain’s for each level was discussed.
A motion was made by John Berger to adjourn the meeting at 5:00 P.M. Mike Darr seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Mavis Carver