QCPC
Board Meeting
October
10, 2016
1:30
pm
Kino
Conference Room
Present: David Kikel, President; Board Members
Pam Martin, Ruth Maki, Marie Still (John Hughes, Jo-Anna Kikel, and Rich
Pokorski were unable to attend)
Members: Joan
Fava, Denny Meyers, Kathy Meyers, Jean
Bustard, Lenny Friedman, Ron Granz, Larry Hyde, Sandy Veydt, Linda von Felden, and
Brian Liekhus
1.
The meeting was called to order at 1:30.
2.
The minutes of the September 6 meeting were approved.
3.
Pam Martin, Treasurer, reported September was a slow month in
terms of income and spending. We have $10,487.39 in our bank account.
4.
Committee Reports
a.
Marie Still, Membership Chair, reported that we have 324
members, 123 of whom were new in 2016.
She commented that new members are instructed to look at the website,
but the information there is not always correct. In addition, new members want to have a
Beginner’s lesson, so they can attend Assisted Play sessions.
b.
Communications/Website Chair, Jo-Anna Kikel, was not present,
but the Board suggested that she work with Bill Maki who has agreed to take
over the website. Out of date
information should be updated. It was
also suggested that we add an obvious link to a website describing the basics
of pickleball and the rules.
c.
Court Management Chair, Rick Pokorski was not present but
others suggested that we need a new flag or windsock for the upper courts. There may be one in the closet and, if so, it
will be installed. Otherwise, we will
buy two windsocks. In terms of balls,
the present supply will be used up before putting out new balls. However, David is concerned that we may need
to back-order balls, so he asked Lenny Friedman to buy 100 or 200 of the new
Onix Pure 2 balls, whichever seems most economical. Court Management can decide where to put the
new balls once we start using them. The filter in the ice machine has been
replaced so the water and ice should have a better taste.
5.
Fall Organized Play
a.
Assisted Play is off to a great start. The volunteers running that have been encouraging
“graduates” of assisted play to move up to Open Club Play and to participate in
the Round Robins. Linda von Felden asked
that we request more volunteers, so that those who have been running Assisted
Play can step down. She also said that
it would be nice to have Assisted Play for intermediates, which would involve
more advanced players offering suggestions to intermediate players.
b.
Lenny Friedman said that his beginner lessons have gone very
well. David asked him when the next
lesson will be, and Lenny decided to offer a lesson on Oct. 26 from 6-7:30
PM. This will be advertised in this
week’s newsletter.
c.
George Mynatt conducted the first
Round Robin for intermediate players on October 5th. There were 14 women and 12 men. Other Round Robins will be on October 12 and
26. George has several volunteers who
are helping him.
6.
Although David did not know about the status of our capital
improvement request at the meeting, he e-mailed the board the next day with the
following information. Our requests for
funding for a storage shed and ice machine have been approved, but our shade
awning request was denied--apparently the new minimum wage costs have put a
pinch on the budget. The shade awning project was not rejected on the
merits--we were encouraged to apply again next year for shade awnings for 2018.
7.
Backboard
Status- Sandy Veydt did a lot of research on pickleball backboards and selected
one that seems to be most suitable for our purposes. David wrote to General Manager Mike Taylor to
ask if there are any problems with Robson concerning backboards. Mike wrote back and indicated that the
concerns were aesthetics, maintenance, and low usage after the first
month. David asked if we buy it
ourselves, would the POA staff install it.
The answer was “no,” we would have to buy it, install it, and maintain
it. Installation would require pouring
concrete and dropping support posts into it.
Few people in the Club have used a backboard, but advanced players
indicated that it is very difficult for a beginner to get the ball to come back
rather than dropping. The Board decided
to give a presentation at the Membership meeting giving the pros and cons of a
backboard and asking for interest both in obtaining a backboard and in
installing it.
8.
Future events
a.
The Halloween party will be from 6-8 PM on October 19. An announcement and sign-up request have
already gone out to the Membership.
b.
The 3rd Birthday Party for the Pickleball Courts will be on December
14. The Board requested that a newsletter go out with a “Save the Date” for
this party.
c.
The Green Valley Fire Department wants to have a pickleball
tournament again. David suggested that
they do it late March or early April.
The Board approved use of our courts for this tournament.
9.
Lenny Friedman talked about progress in bringing in a
professional pickleball player to give clinics and lessons. He suggested that we invite Mark Renneson on
Nov. 2-3. Our Member Meeting is on the
morning of Nov. 2, so the Board said that the clinics could be in the afternoon
and evening of Nov. 2 and also on Nov. 3 (this is the date of the Rally for the
Cure event, which involves many women, but they could participate on Nov. 2).
It was suggested that we have our Member Meeting at the Ramada and that Mark
play a demonstration game. The Board
decided to have a short meeting in the Clubhouse Ballroom and then to either
have Mark give a 30-minute talk or to play a demonstration game on the
courts. If Mark gives a talk or plays a
game, the Board will give him an honorarium of $75. Lenny will work out the details with
Mark.
10.
Linda von Felden reported for the Nominating Committee. They have identified a candidate for each
elected position: President- Jean
Bustard; Treasurer- Karen Morse; Secretary- Linda von Felden (1 year to fill
present term). A notification will be
sent out to the members on Oct. 15th identifying this slate, as
required by the Bylaws. Ruth Maki will
resign her position as secretary to become the Communications Chair. The Committee has also identified an
individual for Membership Chair, but has not yet identified anyone for Court
Management Chair.
11.
The Annual Membership Meeting will be in the Clubhouse
Ballroom on Nov. 2, beginning at 10 AM.
12.
New Business
The Nominating Committee raised the question of whether we
should add a statement in the Bylaws that those holding elected offices should
be full-time residents. The Board felt
that this would limit possible candidates and decided not to pursue this Bylaw
change at this time.
The question of visitors using courts was raised. Quail Creek residents can reserve several
courts and bring non-resident visitors.
David indicated that the POA policy is that any resident can invite
guests to play on our courts. The Club
has no control over the courts, except during our scheduled events. Only Club Members can participate in events,
such as Club Open Play or Assisted Play.
The Club has priority in reserving courts of events, but there is not
much we can do about residents bringing in guests.
13. The next QCPC
Board meeting is November 2 at 1:30 PM in the Kino Center Boardroom.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth
Maki, Secretary
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