Sun City Center Tennis Association
Executive Board Special Meeting
Present: Bruce Chambers, Les Easton, Petra Stimmel, Don Larsen, Linda Smith, and Carol Holbrook.
President Bruce Chambers called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M.
General Business: This meeting was called following a meeting on February 10, 2009 which was called by the Community Association President Ed Barnes and the Competitive Tennis Club President Nancy Williams regarding a change in Wednesday and Saturday court usage and the number of courts requested by the CTC. Present at this meeting were Board Members of the CTC and their president Nancy Williams, TA Board Members and their president Bruce Chambers, President of the CA Ed Barnes, and
Ann Marie LeBlanc, CA Club Liaison. CA Board Member Al Alderman was also present. At that time the CA President and the CTC President agreed to the changes. The changes involved three courts at 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday and two courts at 10:30 A.M. and on Saturday three courts at 9:00 A.M. and two courts at 10:30 A.M. This was a reduction in number and times of needed courts from the previous agreement.
Larry Messick and Dave Curtis attended the February 20th Executive Board Meeting and distributed the first attachment (see attachments). Larry requested that a mail-in-vote be allowed at the next General TA Meeting, but it was determined that RobertŐs Rules of Order does not allow proxy vote except when required by law. A motion was made to wait for a General Meeting of the TA members to vote on this issue. It was seconded and then voted down by the Executive Board 4-2 on the grounds that the CTC is a separate club, which is negotiating with the CA. A lengthy discussion followed with President Bruce Chambers explaining the points made by Ed Barnes justifying the existence of the CTC and their rights to share in the use of the CA tennis courts. A motion was made and seconded for the Executive Board to sign the attached agreement (see second attachment). This motion was passed 4-2 by the Executive Board. Following the vote Larry Messick distributed another attached statement (see third attachment). Bruce Chambers agreed that this situation would be addressed at the next General Members Meeting. A separate General Members meeting would have to be called immediately after the General Members Meeting on March 18, 2009.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Holbrook
Secretary