MINUTES OF SDDTA EXECUTIVE MEETING MARCH 13, 2007

Next meeting is a General meeting on April 10, 2007 at 7:00pm, BTC Clubhouse

 

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by President Anne Podney.  Members present were: Mike Bauer, Rick Castiglia, Virginia Glass, Geoff Griffin, Roz King, Barbara Kingston, Jim Lackritz, Anne Podney, Ben Press, Bill Stack and Fran Wakefield

 

II.                MINUTES:  It was MSP to accept the minutes of January 19, 2006.

 

III.             PRESIDENTS REPORT: A discussion was held regarding incentives that could be given to tournament directors in order to qualify for the surcharge fee reimbursement that is given by the District to adult tournaments. It was agreed that a list of requirements for tournaments would be developed and that reimbursement would be based on these requirements being met. This will be further discussed at the April meeting. There was a discussion on the benefits of the annual Tournament Directors’ meeting, even for seasoned directors. A meeting will be scheduled and a “Best Practices” list will be developed to send to all Tournament Directors.

 

Anne mentioned that the cost of the annual dinner might need to be increased next yeat to cover rising costs. After some discussion, it was agreed that the price would remain the same to the participants and the District would underwrite the remaining expense. There was also discussion regarding the increasing cost of the yearbook, particularly if we want more color pages. It was agreed not to raise advertisers’ rates this year and not to increase the number of color pages, unless advertising income warrants.

 

IV.              TREASURER’S REPORT:  Treasurer’s report was MSP. It was also MSP to send the Treasurer’s report to Directors via e-mail for review before each meeting. There was discussion regarding areas of the budget that needed to be increased and/or decreased. It was MSP to approve $10,000 for the Tennis Council without any carryover. It was MSP to approve the budget with discussed changes.

 

V.                 COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

A.        Activities: Banquet went well. The 2008 banquet is scheduled for the 3^rd Friday of January. Barbara is to confirm with Richard Lederer his commitment to speak in 2008.

 

B.         Tennis Fest: Committee is meeting every two weeks. Nothing new to report.

 

C.        Hall of Fame: The new members of the selection committee are in place. They will be announced at the next meeting.

 

D.        Community Tennis: Multi-cultural events planned for 2007 include the April 28^th Linda Vista Street Fair. There are also two Family Tennis Day events planned for the near future.

 

E.         Newsletter: Need to change some of the formatting and the reproduction needs to be improved. A better quality paper will be used in the next newsletter and a two column format used on all pages that currently have a one-column format.

 

F.         Rankings: The Ranking Committee met on Feb. 27 and came up with some changes to requirements for ranking. Please see the attached Ranking Committee Minutes for details. The Committee’s recommendations were discussed and approved. MSP. The requirements will be listed on the website and in the next newsletter. It was suggested that tournament directors not ONLY use the autoseed function of TDM but get feedback from the District Ranking Committee members. Rick Castiglia is the new Chairman for this committee. 

 

G.        Tournament Evaluations: Ten evaluations have been completed.

 

VI.              OLD BUSINESS: none

 

VII.           NEW BUSINESS: A discussion on how the District can support the U.S.Open Wheelchair Tournament.

 

VIII.   ADJOURMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

                                                       

 

Barbara Kingston, Recording Secretary                         Anne Podney, President          

 

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