QCPC BOARD MEETING MINUTES
December 4, 2017
BOARD MEMBER ATETNDEES: Jean Bustard (President), John Hughes
(Vice-President), Cheryl Francis (Treasurer), Ruth Maki (Communications Chair),
Susan Jones (Membership). Linda von
Felden (Secretary) arrived late.
COMMITTEE CHAIR ATTENDEE: Karen
Morse (Education and Player Development)
ABSENT: Jeannie Iannacchino
(Court Management), Sandy Veydt (Social)
Guests: David Kikel (ex officio
Board Member); Steve Shapiro (incoming Vice President)
MINUTES
1.
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 PM by
President, Jean Bustard. Jean Bustard
reported that a main goal in 2017 was to provide QCPC members with more
educational opportunities and more playing opportunities at their skill
levels. She noted that this has been
accomplished. A major goal for 2018 is
to have as many players as possible participate in the educational ratings
program.
2.
Gift cards were given to Board members who are
exiting the Board: John Hughes and Sandy
Veydt. David Kikel, past President, was
also given a gift card for his service to the Board during the year.
3.
Minutes from the November meeting were approved
as submitted.
4.
Treasurer’s Report (Cheryl Francis)
·
We received $2,140.00 in dues and $53.00 in ball
donations during the month of November.
Our checking account now contains $15,909.2,8 with $3500 of that held in
reserve.
·
Jean Bustard suggested that we might ask the
members to approve funds to pay for some shade for the upper courts at the next
Member Meeting. A committee is working on
a plan for this.
·
The Membership Committee does a lot of printing
and has submitted a bill for that. The
Board agreed to pay $.05/page for printing from a personal printer. This will be filed under Office Supplies with
a sub-category for each Committee.
·
After the books close in 2017, we will have an
Audit Committee look at the books. The
same committee as last year (David Mungo and Andy Eckhardt) will be asked to do
the audit again.
5.
Committee Reports
a.
Membership (Susan Jones) -- We now have 391
members. Of these, 192 are men and 199
are women. 14 members are new since our
last meeting, and 135 are new since January 1, 2017. So far, we have 166 renewals for 2017.
b.
Communications Chair (Ruth Maki) -- Newsletter
is going out on Saturdays at 11 AM.
Sign-up Genius for the various drills and clinics opens for sign-ups at
the same time.
Linda has arrived, Ruth
is done!
c.
Court Management (Jean Bustard for Jeannie I.) –
Landscape trimming around the Courts 15 & 16 is finished. Electric sockets have been fixed so they
don’t short out when ball machine, etc. are plugged in. Electricity for shed is still on the list to
be completed.
d.
Socials – Jane Quirk has volunteered to
coordinate the December “Birthday Party” event, scheduled for December 20st. After-party will be at her house. Information and sign-ups will be in this
week’s Newsletter.
e.
Club Calendar (Steve Shapiro) – Steve will be
taking over Club Calendar from David Kikel.
Karen Morse will work with him for weekly updates before
publishing. Switching to Northstar
system has been pushed out to sometime in 2018.
f.
Landscape (Dave Mungo & Bill Vollink) – They
have volunteered to recommend options on how to spend the Club’s $4,000[CB1] .
g.
Club Gear – Anne Smith has volunteered to do this. Other vendors will be contacted for
competitive pricing. Susan Jones
volunteered to get with Linda Klaus (Pro Shop Merchandise Manager) to see about
ordering shirts, hats, etc. thru them.
6.
Player
Development & Organized Play (Karen Morse)
a.
A Committee meeting was held on 11/28, and it
was decided to divide the group into 2 sub-committees (Player Development and
Organized Play). Organized Play is made
up of members from all skill levels and consists of Jim Blank, Irene Payne,
Gary Quantz, Suzanne Sicardi. The Player
Development Committee is still being formed.
Organized Play has added Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for Open Play
(1:00-3:00, Courts 9-12).
b.
Karen Morse will be conducting an Orientation
Class in January. John Hughes has
volunteered to help. This class will be for
non-members and is designed to help individuals decide if they want to take up
and learn the game. Basic information on
the game will be provided, as well as a demonstration on how to play. Following this, a Beginner Class will be
scheduled with Karen as the instructor.
You must be a member to attend.
Basic skills will be demonstrated and attendees will practice on the
courts. Newbies will then go on to
Beginner 101, then Skill Level Drills.
Karen is in process of looking for volunteers to teach various
classes. Information for the Orientation
Class will be posted in “What’s Happening;” information on all other classes
will be posted in our Newsletter.
c.
As winter homeowners return to QC, the courts
are getting quite crowded. A process
(called paddle stacking) for rotating in will be incorporated starting in
January and only when 8 or more members are waiting for play time. A bungee cord will be hanging outside Court
11. When a game is finished, the first
group of 4 paddles will rotate in; the next group of 4 take the next court when
the game is finished. Players coming off
the courts will “stack” their paddles at the end.
d.
David Weinbach will be here December 12, 13,
& 14 conducting clinics and private lessons. He will be teaching a Beginner Class the
afternoon of the 12th on Courts 15 & 16. Clinics and private lessons will be held on
the 13th & 14th.
The Club currently handles sign-ups; in the future, David will be
responsible for registration and scheduling.
e.
Jean has started the process of having rating
clinics scheduled in January. Rif Rifknd
from IPTPA has agreed to conduct these.
Ratings will follow the IPTPA Guidelines. Information was announced in the last
Newsletter, with members being asked to click on the link if they have an
interest in being rated. A total of 23
members had expressed an interest on the first day.
7.
Upcoming
Tournaments
a. Firefighter’s
Tournament – February 10 & 11.
Sign-up and information is available thru a link in the Newsletter.
b. Southern
Arizona Senior Games – March 6, 7, & 8.
Dave & Merry Mungo will be coordination this event with GVR.
c. St.
Jude – March 24 & 25. Information
will be posted in Newsletter when it becomes available.
8.
Other Business
a. Migrating
Club reservations to North Star -- This will occur sometime later in 2018.
b. Guest
Waivers – Susan Jones will add an additional Associate Member Application for
visitors of Members. The QC waiver and
release to be signed by visitor is available on the website. Jean Bustard will email waiver to Board
Members.
c. Sahuarita
was having a town meeting on December 6th at 6:30pm, with the
subject of building pickleball courts as item #1 on the agenda. Jean Bustard was attending and encouraged
Board Members to attend if possible.
9.
Next Board Meeting – January 8th,
12:00-2:00pm, Kino Conference Room.
Schedule of 2018 Board Meetings was emailed and distributed at the
meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:46pm.
[CB1]Shade
awnings are separate from Landscape.