MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LIVELY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

DATE – March 18, 2008

 

ATTENDING:

Leo Flabiano               Gord Nicholls            Art Radyk      John Mullock

John Hastie               Bob Hreljac               Alan Holm       Chuck Connelly

Brent Hatton                         Jean-Luc Lacelle

 

ABSENT:       

Stuart McMillan        Doug Hamilton          Bonnie Ewing

           

 

1.0               Call to order at 7:45

 

2.0              Opening remarks – Gord

  • Changes to the board have brought new blood to move forward
  • Members have shown little interest in the strategic planning session, only 7 names on the list, mostly board members

 

3.0              APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 18th 2007

  • No changes noted Chuck Connelly moved to accept minutes, AL Holm seconded; carried.

 

4.0              OUTSTANDING BUSINESS

  • Annual Minutes reviewed – The minutes were approved as presented by Jean-Luc Lacelle and seconded by Art Radyk; carried.

Discussion – The minutes were approved today for distribution to the membership for communication purposes, the minutes will be officially approved at the next AGM.

 

5.0              GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT

  • The 2008 pricing for drive carts was presented as prepared by John M. and John H. As requested by high usage members a new category was added for an 80-9 hole coupon card for $700.
  • Green Fee pricing was presented – minimal changes were made to 2008 pricing. Prime time went up by $2, Mid day, Men’s night, Ladies and Pensioners went up by $1.
  • The revised board contact list was presented for corrections.
  • A local youth was caught sledding on the course. The police and Stuart were contacted and worked together in the apprehension on the offender. A letter is to be drafted by Gord and sent to the youth’s family.
  • The clubhouse kitchen downstairs is undergoing renovations as a result of the directive from the Fire Marshalls office to cease preparing hot food in the upstairs prep kitchen.

 

6.0              COURSE REPORT

NO report.

 

7.0              TREASURERS REPORT

  • A balance sheet and YTD summary were presented and discussed. Chuck Connelly moved to accept minutes, Brent Hatton seconded; carried.

 

8.0              CORRESPONDENCE

  • None

 

9.0              NEW BUSINESS

  • Memorial benches were discussed – Art Radyk is to  review and get back to the board.
  • VP Report – Chuck
    1. Championship Plaque – after a brief discussion it was agreed that the current championship plaque should be revised to include any information dating back to the start of the Club (1960). Gord and John H. will follow up on this project and present at the meeting in May. Al Holm will research past INCO Triangles for pertinent information.
    2. A question arose concerning the Northern Ladies Championship. It is our position that Cindy Watson was to solicit the appropriate committee and report back to Lively regarding hosting their event in 2010. John Mullock mentioned that Jim Black of the Idylwylde has approached us to host the Senior Men’s; some interest was noted also for 2010.
    3. Course marshalling, particularly on Saturday’s and Sunday’s is still a pressing issue. Chuck proposed that the members of the Board take turns; Gord suggested it would not be appropriate for the Board and that a sub committee of member volunteers interested in performing the task would be more suited to the task. Bob H. will be looking into volunteer committee’s and this may fit into one of his committee’s area of responsibility.
    4. Gord indicated his plans to submit a pre-season news letter and requested items from the various board embers for submission. A “Welcome Back” letter is to be included as well as a 1 page Member Events calendar.
    5. Our current Web Site provider has not been keeping information current as requested. Gord will be looking into taking back the responsibility of updating information by collecting user names and passwords for the site. Al Holm offer assistance as he has experience in Web Page Maintenance.
    6. The subject of having a 50th anniversary video prepared was reviewed. The cost was higher that the board was willing to accept.
    7. A suggestion to produce a Lively Golf Club flyer as an insert in the Sudbury Star was discussed. The cost could be covered by suppliers; Brent Hatton indicated he would get information.

 

10.0          ADJOURN

  • 1st Leo – 2nd Al

 

 

Next Meeting – Tuesday April 22, 2008