Grand Tennis Club General Meeting May 12 th , 2016 2 Treasurers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Grand Tennis Club General Meeting May 12th, 2016

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Treasurer’s Report (Ron Wagner)

• To-date we have a total of 441 members
• 2016 Dues Status:
• Members paid: 441
• Members unpaid: 0
• Account Balances: Savings - $10,028

and Checking - $5,703

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Men’s Representative’s Report (Bob Richman)

• Current Drop-in times:
• 2.5/3.0/3.5 Levels on Tuesdays from 8:00 to

10:00 and on Thursdays from 8:00 to 10:00 (Adobe)

• 4.0 Level on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 to

10:00 (Cimarron)

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Women’s Representative Report (Diane Vick)

• Current drop-in times:
• Going forward all Women’s Drop-in will be

scheduled at the Adobe courts.

• All Women’s Levels are playing at the same

time on Mondays and Wednesdays

• 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.0 Levels on Mondays from 8:00 to

10:00 and on Wednesdays 8:00 to 10:00

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Next Social Event – Summer Event (Linda

Campanelli)

• Plans are in the making to provide a

possible “Summer Club Event”

• The Social Chairperson, Linda

Campanelli, will be asking for input from

• ur membership
• The event will probably take place

sometime in July

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Rating System Revisions (Skip Pavitt)

Only new members desiring to be rated 3.5 or above must be rated

u All other new members can join the 2.5/3.0 Drop-in

group, the Afternoon Mixed Doubles Open group, or the Saturday Mixed Doubles Open group

u Anyone wanting to move up from their current rating

group must be rated in our monthly rating session

u Rating Sessions will be held on the last Friday of every

month at no charge to the member

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Cimarron Court Tennis Courts Conversion

(Dave Cowles)

• Going Forward – What We Can Expect:
• CAM to perform action plan and cost analysis
• CAM to perform noise abatement study with

Acoustifence

• CAM to suggest landscaping to hide Acoustifence
• CAM to obtain approvals for all noise abatement work
• CAM to present to the SCG Board as soon as possible

(October 2016)

• Residents may sue CAM over converting tennis courts

to pickleball courts and the increase in noise

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Cimarron Court Tennis Courts Conversion (continued) (Skip Pavitt)

• How will we accommodate Cimarron players:
• Currently, we do not think the drop-in groups will be

affected

• We will try to accommodate the two groups that we have in

Sun City Grand:

• Grand Tennis Club Drop-in groups - 63%
• Non-drop-in groups – 37% (well in excess of the CAM

25% open court rule)

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Sample Monday Usage for 2017

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Sample Tuesday Usage for 2017

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Sample Friday Usage for 2017

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Summary of 2016 vs. 2017 Usage

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Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament Update (Ray Yost)

• New Dates: Wednesday, November 16th to Sunday,

November 20th (CAM changed original dates)

• Major Sponsor: Scott Shull with Edward Jones

Investments

• Tournament Charity: Eve’s Place
• Tournament Events: Ages 45 and over for Men and

Women Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles

• Special Events:
• Exhibition Play
• Radar Court
• Racquet Demo Court
• Hit-To-Win Court (hit targets to win prizes)
• Advanced Doubles Drills Court

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Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament Update – continued (Ray Yost)

• Finding A Tournament Partner Session:
• Separate day the week before the tournament will be held
• Members without a partner for the tournament can play and find a

partner during this session

• All levels are invited can participate in this session
• Need Volunteers for Sponsorship Committee To Work On:
• Octoberfest raffle ticket sales
• Preparing gift baskets
• Raffle sales
• Silent Auction
• Helping to find additional sponsors and gift items
• Contact: Ray Yost at:
• Email: rman50@aol.com
• Phone No: 814 - 450 - 0157

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Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament Update – continued (Ray Yost)

• Change In Tournament Picnic Meal:
• In lieu of the Sunday after the event Player Picnic

( which half the people that sign up attend)

• And the Volunteer Picnic (again where only half the

people that sign up attend)

• And much money is wasted on both
• We will have on site picnics on both Thursday and

Saturday.

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Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament Update – continued (Ray Yost)

• The Tournament website is under construction and will

be up and running by August 1st.

• Online tournament entry forms will be ready by

September 1st.

• The website address is listed on our Grand Tennis Club

website.

• The tournament website address is

http://shineinthesun.weebly.com/

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Surprise Tennis Center Youth Tennis Camp Volunteers Needed

• Jason Jamison:
• How does the program work?
• What is the job of a “Camp Volunteer Assistant?
• Where will the tennis camp be held?
• How much time will be required of the “Camp

Volunteer Assistant”?

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Status of 2017 Nominating Committee

(Donna Gropp)

• Elaine Weber has volunteered to head the committee
• Need two more members to volunteer for the committee
• Status of 2017 Positions:
• President – vacant
• Vice President – vacant
• Ladies Representative – vacant
• Men’s Representative – Bob Richman willing to stay on
• Social Chairperson – Linda Campanelli willing to stay on
• Treasurer – Ron Wagner willing to stay on
• Past President – Skip Pavitt willing to accept this position if

needed

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Questions?

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Other Items

• Announcements?
• Adjourn

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