MINUTES OF SDDTA GENERAL BOARD MEETING October 13, 2009
Next meeting is an Executive Meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm, BTC Clubhouse
I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by President Geoff Griffin. Members present were: Mike Bauer, Larry Belinsky, Cassondra Caesar, Fred Circo, Andrew Cretella, Don Daniels, Geoff Griffin, M.A. Hillier, Carol Jory, Steve Kappes, Roz King, Barbara Kingston, Becky Kuba, Jim Lackritz, Fran McCloskey, Brenda Phillips, Anne Podney, Susan Delos Santos, Lesley Waite, and Tiffany Worst.
II. MINUTES: It was MSP to accept the minutes of August 11, 2009.
III. PRESIDENTS REPORT:
· Geoff attended the SCTA meeting. Much of the discussion was LA Men’s ATP event in July. Still no title sponsor which makes it difficult for the event organizers. Good news is that SOCAL is the 7th largest section in the country and membership is steady. There was also discussion regarding stats on tennis throughout the country. The number of players is increasing. However, the small businesses in tennis are hurting. Appears that the internet is the biggest reason for decline for small businesses.
· Ojai, CA took second place in the USTA contest to pick the best tennis city in country.
· Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Center was presented with the 2009 USTA Outstanding Facility Award by Lucy Garvin, USTA President.
· Other local folks received awards as well.
· Geoff mentioned the passing of several local influential folks in tennis, Jack Kramer, Bill Stack and Lesley Waite’s husband.
· Both the Tennis Council and SDDTA have contributed to an Umpire Chair that will be dedicated to Bill Stack at the Balboa Tennis Club.
· The La Costa Tournament is returning (taking the place of the Carson Tournament). The dates will be the same. Raquel Giscafre will be running the tournament.
· Geoff mentioned that Gretchen Magers has a tournament scheduled for November 7th, specifically for small colleges. The event is hosted by San Diego City College. Two of the teams are from San Diego. Geoff expressed an interest in having SDDTA support this event. It was MSP to give up to $200 to support this tournament.
· Geoff mentioned the Big Serve Website and recommended that folks visit the site.
IV. TREASURER’S REPORT:
· Mike reviewed the minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting.
· The committee decided to purchase a $30,000 State of California General obligation Bond maturing in 2013, at 3.75%; a $100,000 one year CD at 2% annual interest from San Diego National Bank; and a $50,000 Berwyn Income (BERIX) mutual fund.
· The committee briefly reviewed the 2010 budget. Committee chairs need to review their individual budgets, paying special attention to areas that can be cut.
· It was MSP to accept the treasurer’s report.
V. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a. Nominations: Jim shared background information on Nominee, Doug Purvis. MSP to accept Doug Purvis as a new board member. Anyone with other possible nominees should contact Jim.
b. Grant Committee: Grant committee will meet at 6:00pm before the December 15th General Meeting. Grants must be received by Dec. 5th to be considered. Any grant to be considered for funding between now and March should be presented for the December meeting.
c. Activities: Annual Dinner is January 15th. Larry will confirm date with speaker Brian Teacher. Barbara will contact Bill Kellogg regarding possible accommodations and ask him to speak a few minutes on the “state of SCTA”.
d. Awards: The recipients this year are:
Female Player: Ros Nideffer
Male Player: Bill Bethard
Community Service: Steve Kappes
Male Coach of the Year: Tom Hagedorn
Sportswoman: Grechen Magers
Sportsman: Londo Whittaker
Family: Schultz
Tournament of the Year: Peninsula Tennis Club
Club of the Year: Rivera Oaks Tennis Club
Female Pro of the Year: Patricia Tarabini
Sponsor of the Year: Graphic Interfaces, Inc.
Lifetime Appreciation Award: Jerry Magee
e. Finance: see report under Treasurer’s report
f. Newsletter: at the printer and will be in mailboxes soon.
g. Yearbook: Need more ads. The economy seems to have affected many of the smaller advertisers.
h. Leagues: Lesley shared a story about a 2.5 USTA League ladies team from Chula Vista getting a big write up on the USTA website about their team at the National Championships. Lesley also reported that Flex League has been very successful in San Diego. Out of 69 cities, San Diego was second largest in size.
i. District Tournament: The tournament was successful but extremely hot weather. The numbers were up about 10%. The tournament committee will need to meet soon as Jeff Anderson and Ralph Anderson will both be unavailable to run the tournament. Geoff will step in for next year but a longer term answer is needed for the future including who will Referee and will we require that Referee to be competent on TDM.
j. Tournament Evaluations: no report
k. Rankings: Committee is scheduled to meet next month. Rankings will be put out after the Thanksgiving Tournament run by Virginia Glass.
l. Community Tennis: The USTA recreational grant was denied. Family Tennis Day/Drop In Tennis class is planned for Riviera Oaks. Woodland Park and San Marcos also agreed.
m. Multicultural: Becky is working with Virginia on an after school program with the Barona Indian Reservation.
n. Tennis Fest: Geoff mentioned that they are always looking for more volunteers/committee members.
o. Tennis Council: Roz presented a report outlining the grants that have been given over the past five years. Roz also mentioned that they would like to add a member to the council.
VI. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Match Point Gala – after discussion regarding purchasing seat or underwriting the event, it was agreed after discussing with YTSD to use the budget amount whatever way YTSD preferred.
VII. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Intersectional travel increase – MSP to keep it at the current budgeted amount of $1500.
b. There was discussion regarding the practice of refunding a portion of the SCTA surcharges to tournaments in San Diego. The only Tournament Directors that request the refund are the ones that know about the practice. The original purpose of the refund (to receive the paperwork in a timely manner) is no longer an issue with the use of TDM. It was MSP to discontinue the practice of refunding a portion of the surcharges starting in 2010.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Kingston, Recording Secretary Geoff Griffin,
President
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