MINUTES OF SDDTA EXECUTIVE MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Next meeting is a General meeting on December 11, 2007 at 7:00pm, BTC Clubhouse

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm by President Anne Podney. Members present were: Mike Bauer, Rick Castiglia, Jim Lackritz, Barbara Kingston, Anne Podney, Ben Press and Lesley Waite.

 

II.                MINUTES: It was MSP to accept the minutes of October 9, 2007 with one correction. Item 6: change Men’s 3.5 league from “North County to National City”

 

III.             PRESIDENTS REPORT: Bernice Levie from Surf & Turf lost her home in the fires. One of the treasures lost is her Family of the Year Award. It was MSP to replace the award.

 

IV.              TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurer’s report was MSP. 

 

V.                 COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

A.        Yearbook: On schedule. Ads are going well. Lost some but gained a few new advertisers.

 

B.         Activities: Logan Jenkins is the speaker. Barbara is to touch base with him, make sure he knows that his wife is invited as a guest. Geoff and Jim will continue to be the presenters of the awards.

 

C.       Rankings/sanctions/scheduling: Final rankings should be in by the weekend following the Thanksgiving weekend.

 

D.       Community Tennis: No events currently scheduled. The USTA Community Grant has been completed and submitted. SCTA seems pleased with what the SDDTA has been doing for development of community tennis programs.

 

E.        Nominations: Discussion of procedures for elections and dismissal of Board members who have not met the meeting attendance requirements. Barbara is to review the minutes for attendance and report results to Anne with a copy to Jeff Anderson. Anne will also have Jeff verify which Board members with expiring terms would like to continue. Nomination committee will discuss and decide on methods to obtain new candidates, including sending out a mass District e-mail.

 

 VI.       NEW BUSINESS:

·        Bill Kellogg is requesting $7500 from the District to support a bid by LJB&TC for the Fed Cup which is scheduled for February 2008. It was MSP to give $5000, provided SCTA will match the amount.

·        There was also discussion regarding financial support of the US Open Wheelchair event.  It was MSP to give $5000 to this event, if Fed Cup is not approved for San Diego. If San Diego wins the Fed Cup bid, the District will give $3000 to the US Open Wheelchair event in 2008.

·        Jerry Magee’s column in the Tribune has been cancelled which means very little tennis news will be reported in the newspaper. Discussion regarding ways to get folks to let the newspaper know we want the column back. Anne will ask Jeff to send an e-mail out to USTA members to get them to write or call the newspaper.

 

VII.     OLD BUSINESS: 

·        Discussion regarding the request by the Tennis Council to fund court repairs at Mountain View Park in Escondido. This was previously voted on at the last meeting and no new information was submitted.

·        As reported last month, Geoff Griffin and Fran Wakefield retired from running the District Tournament. Ralph Anderson has agreed to be the tournament Referee, taking on the responsibility of the scheduling the tournament.

·        Discussion regarding the Grievance Committee procedures. Both Youth Tennis San Diego and the District need to make sure our local procedures are in line with SCTA.  Barbara is to check with the Umpire Association as well.

 

  VIII.    ADJOURMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm. It was noted that Anne will be out of town and the next meeting will be run by Lesley.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

                                                       

 

Barbara Kingston, Recording Secretary                         Anne Podney, President          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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