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Minutes, Golden Boys’ Annual Meeting Wednesday, 3 March 2010
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Call to order:
President Jim Cadieu welcomed the members and called the meeting to
order at 8:20 AM
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Owner/Golf Pro Comments:
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Lyn Young briefed on the progress in
upgrading the course. He discussed the unusual cold winter and challenges
with new greens and protection measures. He indicated that a push would be
made this year to improve sand traps and in some cases change to grass
bunkers on the back nine of Creekside. He explained why bathrooms were shut
down during freezing periods to prevent in-wall pipes from bursting as
happened at the Linkside half way house last year. He thanked the Golden
Boys for their support and welcomed suggestions from us for course
improvement.
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Bradley Hughes
complimented the Golden Boys on our self sufficiency and pledged to support
our programs, particularly regular golf day play.
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Secretary’s report:
Gene Witherspoon offered to read the minutes of the 2009 annual
meeting which were available at each table but a motion was made and
seconded to forgo reading and accept the minutes. The motion passed.
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Treasurer’s report:
Bob Arnold briefed the members on the 2009 year-end financial report
and particularly the surplus to be addressed by the President under new
business. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report was seconded and
approved by the membership.
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Golf Chairman’s report:
Ron Teevan briefed on the interclub schedule and particularly the
elimination of home-and-home with Etowah Valley at their request. Ron
described a new policy to ensure sufficient players for home matches
(Carolina interclub, Mountain interclub and Cummings Cove) which will give
priority for away matches to those who play at home.
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Dine Around Chairman’s report:
Curt Irish briefed on the dine a-round schedule and indicated that it
is going well.
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Social Chairman’s report:
Dave Postlewaite announced the establishment of a Golden Boys library
of golf books and magazines that might be helpful and of interest to the
members. The first books were donated by Dennis Barbare and others may want
to contribute? Dave also briefed on availability of physical therapist
Lance Owens after golf on 7 April to discuss various stretching exercises to
prevent injury to us old folks. Lance works with several of the tour pros
who make Thornblade their home course. Finally, Dave announced that he is
planning a wine & cheese party at the Clubhouse Grille in July, a month when
there is no dine a-round.
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Old Business:
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Ron Teevan
discussed the interclub sign up procedure and need to submit checks to him
or Dave Postlewaite 72 hours in advance of date of play to preclude
replacement by an alternate.
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Jim Cadieu
welcomed new members who were present: Rocky Sponseller, Perk Perkins,
Marvin Andersen and Jay Gaskin.
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New Business:
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Black Tees:
Dave Postlewaite announced that Lyn Young had agreed to support
establishment of separate black tees on both courses. The new black tee
locations have been marked by Chuck Hite and Marvin Andersen, and stone
markers placed which are to be buried soon. The yardage reduction from
white tees’ distance is about 500 yards on both courses. Black tees can now
be played but, until they are rated by the USGA, scores posted may not
reflect a true handicap. Golden Boys will no longer be allowed to use red
tees which will not be rated for men.
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Member-Guest Tournament:
Gene Witherspoon briefed the details of this years’ Member-Guest
tournament and introduced the committee members (Merv Moeller, Conde
Sargent, Chuck Hite, Larry Clee, Stan Berry, Dick Davis, Don Stewart and Len
Lipowicz). He discussed changes from last year which are use of full
handicap (instead of 90%), credit toward entry fee reduction for every sign
sold and assignment of nearest the pin holes by flight with some reserved
for guests. Stan Berry passed out sign sales’ folders to those who sold
last year and additional folders for those who want to participate.
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Reduction of Treasury Surplus:
Jim Cadieu briefed on the Board’s decision to reduce the treasury
surplus which has built up over the last four years and was over $5,800 at
the end of 2009. The first step was free breakfast today which will cost
approximately $700. The Board also decided to further subsidize the
Christmas party this year by reducing the per person attendance fee. The
total additional subsidy will depend on attendance. The Board considered
several suggestions from the membership and decided to go with two of them.
First, we will purchase a portable PA set to be used at functions such as
the annual meeting and at interclub events. This will cost about $400.
Finally, Bob Siddens suggested that we buy a bulletin board to replace the
one he built many years ago. We will spend about $800 to purchase an
aluminum framed, sliding-door bulletin board later this year.
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Adjournment:
There being no further business, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn
which was approved at about 9:20 AM.
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The memorial service to celebrate the life of Erika Riddiford will be held at Mackey Mortuary on Saturday, March 6, at 10:00am.
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Click to view up-to-date roster with 111 active members (and 13 socials).
2010
Golden Boys Board of Directors
Jim Cadieu Ron Teevan
Gene Witherspoon Curt Irish
Bob Arnold Dave Postlewaite
Daylight Savings Starts March 14
10 am Shotguns Will
Continue until FRIDAY, April 2 (then 9 am starts)
March Wednesday Games
March 3rd – 4-man Par Quota
March 10th – 4-man, 2 Best Balls, BND
March 17th – 2-man flighted, 1 Best Ball --(“Shooting for the
Green”) Note: Clubhouse Grille having St. Patrick celebration, with
draft beer $1.00 all day, plus
BEER CHEESE SOUP, CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE W/POTATOES
& CORN BREAD, LAMB STEW, GRILLED SAUSAGE PLATTER, AND FISH AND CHIPS
March 24th
– 4-man, Modified Net Stableford
March 31st – 4-man, Captain's Choice
March Birthdays
Jim Griffin
03/04/1927
Ralph Bell
03/09/1931
Edward Brown 03/09/1930
Bill Jaeger
03/11/1948
George Vanik
03/11/1948
Dennis Reilly
03/23/1947
Arthur McMaster 03/25/1944
Dick Boothroyd 03/28/1938
IMPORTANT STUFF'
BELOW. PLEASE READ
It's a new year and our directors are laying 2010 out for us. Do your part and meet the deadlines. Treasurer Bob Arnold lays it out plainly in this item. Click here for more info.
All Golden Boys,
Have you recently had to wait to hit virtually every shot but were kind enough
to give the group immediately in front the benefit of the doubt: “The fours
ome
in front of them must be holding them up?” Then you finally get to the 11th tee
on Linkside and not only wait as usual to tee off but notice there is no group
to be seen on either 11 or 12 other than the foursome in front of you!
Or have you had to wait more than an hour in the clubhouse before the slowest group reports their score! If so, you should be willing to help in an effort over several weeks to reduce the time it takes us to finish our regular Mon-Wed-Fri competition rounds.
Even though a foursome may have one or more players who are more deliberate (i.e. slower) than others in preparing for a shot, there are common sense actions the group can take to minimize the overall time it takes to complete play on each hole. Our goal is to announce winners no later than 4 and a half hours after shotgun start on regular Mon-Wed-Fri competition rounds.
To this end, the Board will institute a program of “training and encouragement” which we believe will improve the pace of play for slower groups and decrease the frustration of those who would prefer to play faster and get home in less than five hours after tee time. (See the GB web for minutes of August Board meeting concerning this decision.) Larry Clee has also agreed to have his marshals roam our field of play to alert groups who are falling more than a half of a hole behind.
We have compiled a preliminary list of “faster play tips” (click to see list). Beginning Friday, 21 August, we will begin working our way through this list emphasizing one of the tips each day when teams are announced before play for that day. If you have additional constructive suggestions, please pass them on to me or another board member.
Since none of us are going to improve our lifestyle from Golden Boys’ golf winnings, the primary goal for virtually all of us is “to have fun.” We trust most will agree that a reasonable pace of play will enhance our golf experience and give a better chance of “having fun” than having to wait on every hole and/or wait a long time in the clubhouse before we can find out if our group is in the money. We will therefore appreciate your cooperation in this worthwhile effort.