OFWW Board of Directors

Meeting Minutes

January 12, 2021

(Via Zoom)

 

Present:           Steve Hendricksen, Patrick Tourais, Brent Johnston, Frank Richter, Frank Zampello, David Bradley, Joe Blankenship, Bill Wells, Tom Lyda

Absent:            Edwin Goldman

  1. Minutes of the November 10, 2020 meeting were approved and accepted as submitted.
  2. Treasurer’s Report: Frank Zampello – Frank reported that the bank balance at the end of December was $1,618. In addition, OFWW has $833 of credits on our account with KCC for a total $2,451.  2021 dues billed to members accounts should be approximately $2,970 ($15 x 198 members). Frank also reported that he is not yet comfortable that all playday credits, net of payouts, have been credited to the OFWW account. He will continue to follow up.
  3. Communication / Membership: Patrick Tourais
    1. OFWW membership currently stands at 198.
    2. The Board discussed the criteria for OFWW membership as stated in the by-laws, particularly the requirement to be retired from full time employment.  Steve will reach out to Henry Blunt to see if he can gain some insight as to why “retirement” was included as a requirement. It was noted that a change would require an amendment to the by-laws, which would require a vote of the membership at either the annual meeting or a specially called meeting.
    3. Patrick is working on the newsletter but could always use additional input. Steve noted that we need to be conscious of the newsletter’s length.
  4. Interclub: Dave Bradley and Joe Blankenship
    1. Both teams are in the process of signing up players for the 2021 season. Dave reported that he has received 40 positive responses from 2020 Lake team players wanting to play in 2021.
    2. Steve suggested that team money should be set aside to reward teams to score 2 or more points in a match.  The captains will take the suggestion under consideration.
    3. Steve also pointed out that several opposing team’s home courses are being set up to play significantly shorter than other courses. In discussion it was pointed out that the league guideline for course length was “no more than 6,000 yards”. Joe and Dave will discuss and possibly suggest a minimum of 5,500 yards be adopted by the league at the next Captain’s meeting.
  5. Vice President:
    1. Hole in one pot operation has migrated to the cashless, online process as previously discussed.
    2. Course scheduling has been completed through February and confirmed with Tim.
    3. Pace of Play for playdays and Bashes seems to have improved.
    4. The Board discussed the criteria, if any, allowing a player to elect to play the Silver tees in a Playday or Bash. Some board members favored allowing a player to play from any set of tees they choose and trust the USGA handicap system would produce the necessary handicaps and adjustments for a fair competition. Others favored a continuation of the Rule of 95 or 90 (age + handicap) as the standard. As it stands now, players are indicating which tee they wish to play from in their signups for Playdays and Bashes without any restriction or verification of their qualification under the Rule of 90 or 95. The Board will continue to discuss and will develop firm guidelines to be communicated to the membership.
  6. Statistics: Tom Lyda – Tom shared a chart showing the number of players per flight and playday over the last few months. New flight groupings seem to be producing approximately equal size groups. There were only a couple of playdays where groups had to be combined because of low numbers and those were likely due to adverse weather conditions.
  7. President’s Report: Steve Hendricksen
    1. MGA Board meeting – younger members are being recruited and added to the MGA board. A handicap committee has been appointed and is expected to be active in monitoring handicaps.
    2. Golf Committee
      1. Dress code has been published and will be enforced for men and women.
      2. Scott will emphasize and enforce the dress code for outside events.
      3. Tee time policy will require “TBD” player reservations to be removed at least 48 hours before the tee time.
    3. Holiday Dinner – Steve raised the question “Should we have a holiday dinner in 2021?” The board concluded it was too early to make a firm decision due to continued uncertainty of COVID. Situation will continue to be discussed and monitored.
    4. Divot Day sign-ups are now available on the website.
    5. Steve wants ideas for awards for 2021.
    6. Board members planning to leave after 2021 need to start recruiting replacements.
  8. Tournaments: Bill Wells
    1. 37 players in today’s Bash.
    2. Next Bash is February 9.
    3. Brief discussion of possibly increasing entry fees for Bashes. Discussion to be continued.