Meeting Minutes

EWMGA BOARD MEETING

JUNE 22, 2010

The Eagle Watch Men’s Golf Association (EWMGA) Board meeting was started at 6:00 pm in the Eagle Watch Hearth restaurant.  Board members in attendance were Gary Janos, Jim Gould, David Scott, Erik Rosengren, Mark Dickson, Sergio Silva, Bob Smith, Alan Whitten and Bruce Worthington.  Guests attending were Scott Szymoniak, Rick Sandle, Phil Suiter and Dave Johnson of the Canongate/Eagle Watch staff and Joel Greene.  Board members absent were Frank Peters and Mike Smithson.

Scott introduced Dave Johnson as the new Eagle Watch Course Superintendent who then led a discussion regarding the course conditions.  These comments included:

  1. The planned greens were sprigged three weeks ago and their current condition appears to be about one week ahead of plan.  The staff is currently anticipating

reopening the full course about August 1st if the weather continues to cooperate.

  1. The grounds crews are stripping and installing new grass sod on a number of

tee boxes.

  1. Work on the front nine cart paths and the Hole #17 bridge will begin after July 4th.

this will include additional trees being removed and cart path straightening.  The

back cart paths will still be done in next year’s budget.

  1. Work continues on the driving range with irrigation systems and re-sodding of the

tee area.

  1. The staff is still hoping for availability of the new golf carts and GPS systems by

the re-opening of the full course.

Erik presented the Treasurer’s Report indicating a current bank balance of $3,411.52.  There are no debts pending payment at this time.  The EWMGA released net income of $1,091 from the Pig Roast event.  Compliments were given to Rick Sandle and Bruce Worthington for their handling of this event.

Erik also reported that there are still 98 current 2010 EWMGA members.

Gary led the scheduling discussion on the remaining EWMGA-sponsored tournaments for 2010 based on the anticipated re-opening of the full course approximately August 1st.  Phil Suiter advised that the club has rescheduled its Club Championship tournaments to August 25-29 and the Member/Member tournament to October 16-17.

It was decided that the EWMGA-sponsored tournaments will be scheduled as follows:

DATE TOURNAMENT DESCRIPTION
August 21 (To Be Named)

This will be a course re-opening kick-off event (8:00 am shotgun) which will include a BBQ and beer.  Registration will be $40.  Tournament Chairman will be Mark with Bob and Sergio assisting.

September 2 Steak n’ Cigar

This will be held on a Thursday night at 6:00 pm.  Tournament Chairman will be Gary with Sergio and Frank assisting.

September 19 Big Kahuna

This will be an 8:00 am shotgun event.  Tournament Chairman will be Gary with Dave assisting.

October 2 & 3 Member/Guest

This event will remain as originally scheduled with the format yet to be established.  Discussion was held regarding formats with a decision to be made at a later board meeting.  It was decided that the event will be limited to the first 48 teams registering.  Tournament Chairman will be Gary with Jim and Erik assisting.

No new business was presented for discussion and this meeting was adjourned at 7:05 pm.  The next scheduled Board meeting will be at 6:00 pm on Tuesday (July 13, 2010).

 Respectively submitted:  David Scott - Secretary 

 

POSTSCRIPT:  We were asked if the EWMGA wanted to handle a Calcutta event as part of the club-sponsored Member/Member tournament on October 16-17 and we responded affirmatively. 

 

 

   
   

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