QCPC
Board Meeting
August
8, 2016
1:00
pm
Kino
Conference Room
Present: David Kikel, President; Board Members
John Hughes, Pam Martin, Ruth Maki, Jo-Anna Kikel, Rich Pokorski, Marie Still
POA Representative: Phil
Opdenbrouw
Members: Michael
Abruzzo, Jean Bustard, Lenny Friedman, Ron Granz, George Mynatt, Sandy Veydt
1.
The meeting was called to order at 12:59.
2.
The minutes of the April 4th meeting were
approved.
3.
Pam Martin, Treasurer, reported that we are close to budget
so far. Our biggest expense item is ball purchases and we are just
slightly over budget on that. We have
fewer members than projected so dues income is under budget. But we have received $325 in donations for
balls by non-Quail Creek residents so that offsets the shortfall somewhat. We have $10,819.50 in our bank account.
4.
Committee Reports
a.
Marie Still, Membership Chair, reported that we have 296
members, 88 of whom were new in 2016.
b.
Communications/Website Chair, Jo-Anna Kikel, reported that
Donna Hoshide is going to help with the bulletin board and Bill Maki is going
to help with the website. Jo-Anna will
send out a newsletter next week.
5.
Court Management Chair, Rich Pokorski, thanked Bob Horn and
Larry Hyde for maintaining the courts and announced that Michael Abruzzo will
help Larry in the future. The ice
machine is working well now; the problem in the winter was that the input line
freezes up. A suggestion was made to
insulate that and Rich said he would look into that. Rich has just purchased two boxes of Onix 503
balls, the type that we have been using.
There was a discussion of whether to purchase the new Onix Pure 2 balls,
which are more expensive but are supposed to last longer. After some discussion, it was decided to
purchase 100 of these new balls in October to try them out. The Court Management committee will decide
where to place these balls and how to determine if they last longer than the Onix
503 balls. Lenny Friedman suggested
buying them from an Onix dealer because the cost would be less. Rich will look into that.
6.
Plans for Fall play
a.
Although David has had some reports that open play is getting
“cliquey,” frequent players suggested that it is working well as is for now.
b.
Lenny Friedman will be giving some “Introduction to
Pickleball” sessions this month and those could produce people interested in
Assisted Play. It was decided to start
Assisted Play in September, assuming those who organize it are willing.
c.
George Myatt will again organize
Round Robins for intermediate players on Wednesdays, beginning on October 5th. There will be separate events for women and
men, but there will be no rating categories in the beginning. If there are enough players, the Round Robins
can be split into A and B groups later.
d.
George will not organize Thursday
advanced play next season. Rich and
Cindy Pokorski will continue to organize Saturday advanced play for mixed
doubles. Men must be USAPA rated at 4.0 or above and women must be rated at 3.5
or above to play. Quail Creek residents
are given first priority and then non-residents fill in. Rich and Cindy may also organize men’s and
women’s advanced play on another day, beginning in November.
7.
Our capital improvement money for 2016 was diverted to fixing
a tennis court, so we won’t be buying anything this year. David has put in requests for the shade
awnings, a shed, and a new ice machine for 2017. Mike Taylor, David, and George Mynatt met
with a contractor to come up with a design and estimated cost for the shade
awnings, but he hasn’t yet given us a bid.
The storage shed would cost about $2500 and a new ice machine would cost
$7,000.
8.
Future events
a.
The only event that is presently planned is our Birthday
Party in December. It was suggested that
we could have events in the other months that would be more informal with
players bringing drinks and desserts or appetizers. We hope to get a lot of volunteers to help
out with social events at our November membership meeting.
b.
Rich has been meeting with others from Robson communities to
plan monthly inter-community league play.
The plan is have Round Robin rated play at one of the communities each
month. Quail Creek would host this twice
a year. Players would need to have USAPA
ratings (although Rich is trying to get them to accept Club ratings). The Board agreed that we would host these if we
get volunteers who will organize these events.
9.
The Board looked at the Policy & Procedures Manual and
made some editorial suggestions, mostly involving the removal of specific times
for different types of play.
10.
We will need a Nominating Committee to identify candidates
for President, Treasurer, Communications Chair, Membership Chair, and Court
Management Chair. No one volunteered,
but David will put together a committee.
11.
New Business
The issue of having an Education Coordinator was raised. We need people to teach courses at the
Beginner and Intermediate levels. Rich indicated that there are a number of
people who could teach such classes.
A member asked about getting a backboard to practice
shots. David indicated that we have
looked into this and found that the backboard at GVR is too large for our
situation. Sandy Veydt agreed to follow
up on this and see if she can find one that would work for us.
Another member asked if the water in the ice machine could be
filtered. David said we will try to have
this taken into consideration when purchasing a new ice machine. She also asked about water pressure in the
rest room sinks. Rich
said he would approach Mike Taylor about this issue.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:58 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth
Maki, Secretary
12.
Date and time of next
board meeting –September 6—1:30, Kino Room.
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