PHGA
Board Meeting Thursday June 10, 2010
Members
not in attendance:
Scott
Feldmiller
Rick
Hapanowicz
John
Helpap
Mark
Schranz
Dave
Thompson
Jim
Toth
Meeting
called to order at 7:04PM by Bob Bem
Bill
Knudsen read the minutes from the May 13th meeting for Scott Feldmiller. Bob Bem had a correction on the minutes stating that Joe Saccomanno sent a fax to PayPal to resolve the current
issue. Larry Niemczyk
moved to accept the revised minutes and Mike Oster
second, all approved.
Treasurers
Report (PayPal Status) Joe Saccomanno read the
report which showed one new member bringing the membership for 2010 to
148. There was a slight discrepancy in
the Thursday outing funds due to the incoming funds from the participants but
Joe assured everything would be in order by the event. Additionally Joe paid for the Memorial Day and the 4th of July
gift cards. Mike Rodriguez and Mark
Dugan both non PHGA members have been paying the $10.00 pot fee every week so
their pot game money needed to be refunded to balance the funds. Larry Niemczyk
motioned to accept the minutes, Jim Jessongne second
and the group approved the report.
Park
District (Golf Course Liaison Report) - Bob Mathieson
reported on the Park District. There
will be a meeting the 22nd of June at the Palatine senior center at
7:00PM. The golf course consultant will
present several ideas to the board for consideration to eliminate flooding at
the course. Several Board members will
attend the meeting and report back next month on the plans presented. Bob Alexander said Commissioner Sayer, Helms, and Schultz wanted to thank Raul for the
great job he did on the Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing.
Scorekeeper
Report (Website, Handicap Committee) Rick Hapanowicz
is out of town on business.
Gem
Committee - Bob Mathieson said everything was A
OK. Ed Neuman
wanted a ruling on players playing Black vs. Blue tees. The ruling was they can switch back and forth
so long as they note the tees played on their card. However GEM players must play the tee
assigned through the GEM program.
Playing the wrong tees would result in disqualification for the days
play.
New
Members Liaison Report Ed Neuman suggested that
someone on the board should check with new members to see how they like the
club and find out any feedback they may have.
Jim Jessogne will check to see when the new
members are playing. There was a
discussion of where all the members from last year went, Larry Niemczyk went
over the nonpaid members list and it was determined that several members have
moved away, some lost employment, a couple have passed on and some we were not
sure of. Jim Jessogne
plans to call the new members and non paying members to check on their status
and will report at the next meeting.
June
Travel Report (Bartlett Hills) Bob Bem reported they
were full with 24 members and hoping for a good day for golf.
Memorial
Day Golf Currently 23 players are signed up for Monday play.
John
Dempster (Memorial fund update) John Helpap was absent so it was moved to the July meeting.
Dick
Semelsberger (Memorial Fund Update) Larry Niemczyk has collected $177.00 to date and he is holding on
to it. Larry has been looking into the
possibility of having an area near the Takahashi memorial that will be for PHGA
players; there we could purchase bricks (7 x 3 paver bricks) with the members
name, a golfer symbol and other pertinent information. Larry thinks the bricks could be purchased
for $35.00 each and made up for past and future members. The board agreed to think about it till the
July meeting. Larry said he would talk
to the individual that that does the etching to see if he could get a photo of
an example.
Commemorative
Gifts - Bob Mathieson suggested four options for the
members:
1. A PHGA Logo Ball that states 40 years
of fun $350.00 cost for the members.
2. Jim Jessogne
suggested 2 items: a cake at a cost of $150.00 which he offered to pay for.
a. A cake from the Cake Box Bakery that
states 40 years with a picture of our founder Jim Takahashi
b. Ask Jim Cook from the Daily Herald to
do an article in the paper on our organization.
3. Bill Horton suggested a brochure in 4
colors that we could hand out to new members. It would have all the events that
the PHGA does throughout the year. For a
1,000 brochures the cost would be $350.00.
The art/layout cost would be $80.00/hr.
4. Larry Niemczyk
is looking into bringing back the dinner/dance banquet for members and their
significant other at a proposed cost of $30.00/per person (dinner) $15.00/per
person open bar. He is trying to get
some solid pricing by the next meeting in July.
Match
Play Bob Mathieson stated the weather has not been
cooperating so Bob is sending an e-mail with updates and extensions for
matches. A discussion on members not
understanding the rules concerning where match play can take place and
particular rules so he will send out an e-mail affirming the rules of play.
Membership
Survey Dave Thompson is away on business but he provided a sample ballot that
he wants to send to membership. The
board suggested we table the discussion until Dave returns in July.
Joe
Saccomanno had two concerns about last weeks play:
1. There was no horn or ranger telling
people to get off the course.
2. The course has no cleat cleaners on
each hole and asked if we could speak to Raul about adding some. The Palatine Park District Liaison said that
he would speak with Raul.
Joe
moved to adjourn at 8:22PM, Mike Oster second, the
group agreed.