OFWW Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes
June 8, 2021
Present: Steve Hendricksen, Frank Richter, Edwin Goldman, Patrick Tourais, David Bradley, Frank Zampello, Bill Wells, Brent Johnston, Joe Blankenship
Absent: Tom Lyda
- Minutes of the May 18, 2021, meeting were accepted as submitted.
- Treasurer – Frank reported that he was still in the process of reconciling and reviewing the monthly statement from KCC. Will send out report when complete.
- Membership – Patrick reported membership now stands at 200 a decrease of 1 since our last meeting. Newsletter is in process and will be posted to the website when complete.
- Tournaments – Bill Wells
- The June 8 Bash had 65 participants.
- Next Bash is scheduled for July 13. Format is “Red, White & Blue” tentatively scheduled to be played on the Island.
- Vice President – Edwin Goldman
- No change in hole-in-one pot.; still stands at $265 with 53 members.
- Steve reported that KCC would be hosting a junior tournament and that Dick Smith would be looking for volunteers.
- Interclub – David Bradley & Joe Blankenship
- Lake team record is currently 7-5.
- Marsh team is currently in third place with zero losses and two ties.
- Discussion of the various items related to Interclub that are funded from the OFWW treasury. Items include annual league entry fee and prizes contributed by each team for the End of Year Interclub Bash. League captains have agreed for the home teams start providing donuts for each match. It was agreed that for 2022 participants in individual matches would be charged $6 for each match to cover the cost of donuts. Captains will receive reimbursement for donuts from the OFWW treasury.
- Statistics – Tom Lyda
- Tom reported that he was dealing with “lost data” but was hopeful it could be retrieved.
- Website – Brent Johnston
- Brent reported that as he continued to work with and understand the capabilities of Golf Genius that it was apparent that some of the data currently housed on the OFWW website will be migrated to Golf Genius.
- President – Steve Hendricksen
- MGA – Nothing new to report from the MGA meeting.
- Golf Committee
- Golf course conditions are good.
- Over the years some of the greens have decreased from their original sizes as edges of the greens have not been regularly trimmed and grass from the collars have invaded and have reduced the size of the putting surfaces. Maintenance staff will be working to recover these areas.
- Bylaw revision discussion
- Changes that need to be approved by the membership by electronic vote prior to the November Annual meeting include:
- The addition of a 9th member to the Board, with a description of the new position’s responsibilities.
- The modification of officers’ terms to two years from the current one year and the staggering of terms such that only one-half of the Board must be elected every year.
- Discussion of the Article III, Section 2f responsibilities of the Communications Coordinator. The Board agreed to move the new draft wording regarding developing a plan for social activities to the President’s responsibilities in Section 2a.
- Discussion of dues proration procedure under Article II, Section 2. The Board agreed to retain the current schedule of dues for new members joining during the year (January – April 100%, May – July 66%, August – December -33%).
- Sub committee appointed to develop 2022 budget for approval of the membership at the Annual meeting. Members are Frank Zampello, Brent Johnston, Steve Hendricksen and Bill Wells.
- The Board agreed that the responsibility for coordinating all Divot Days should remain with the President.
- A Nominating Committee needs to be appointed to recruit and recommend candidates for election to the 2022 Board. Positions to be filled include Vice President, Secretary, Communications Coordinator and Tournament Director.
- Steve presented a draft budget for social events and miscellaneous expenses for the remainder of 2021 and 2022 and proposed revenue streams required to support those activities.
- Changes that need to be approved by the membership by electronic vote prior to the November Annual meeting include:
- Meeting adjourned at 3:30 PM. Next meeting on July 13 after the Bash.