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Tennis Association General Meeting

November 13, 2009

Present: Bruce Chambers, Carol Holbrook, Linda Smith, Don Larsen, Petra Stimmel, and Les Easton.

Enough Tennis Association members were present for a quorum.

President Bruce Chambers called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m. He welcomed the attending members and introduced the Executive Board Members. Bruce thanked them for their hard work and acknowledged the three Board Members who were leaving. He also thanked the many volunteers including Ed Cantrell and the court schedulers, Tony Holbrook for court maintenance, Jack Baytos for the emails, Jeff White for the website, Nancy Williams for Fun Day and Linda Smith and Petra Stimmel for arranging the Pot Luck Dinner-Dance tonight.

The minutes of the last TA General Meeting of March 18, 2009 were read by Carol Holbrook and approved after a question from a TA member regarding the posted TA Executive Board minutes of November 9, 2009. The question concerned Kings Point and their possible use of CA tennis courts. On that date the Executive Board voted not to bring this issue before the General Membership on November 13, 2009.

Membership Report: Donna Waikel was not present; therefore Bruce Chambers announced that the TA currently has 232 members 11 of whom are social members.

Treasurer’s Report: Don Larsen presented the budget. The TA estimated cash position, as of 12/31/10 would be $45, 900.00. Two TA members requested lowering the $75.00 a year dues. Several TA members explained reasons for not lowering dues due to future needs for this money. The concern was dropped with no vote necessary. The membership voted to accept the TA budget.

Social Report: Linda Smith reported that everything was ready for tonight’s Pot Luck Dinner, and she thanked co-chair Petra Stimmel and the numerous volunteers for their help. Petra explained why the T-Shirt sale at Fun Fest lost money. She was given junior sizes instead of women’s sizes. The company refused to give the money back to the TA. She has reported this company to the CA and the Better Business Bureau. The TA decided to give the T-shirts to a local elementary school. Bruce thanked Linda for her contributions to the Executive Board. Nancy Williams reminded everyone to participate in our 6^th Fun Day Tournament on November 21, 2009. She thanked her numerous helpers.

Facilities Report: Bruce Chambers announced that the tennis courts would be closed for scheduled maintenance early in December. An exact schedule is not yet known. Tony Holbrook proposed an upgrade to the tennis lights on courts 3 & 4 including a timer. An upgrade proposal will be present at the next members meeting in March.

President’s Report: Bruce Chambers announced that the money for our 5-year maintenance agreement with the CA is being paid. This agreement will be renegotiated at the conclusion of the 5-year agreement that concludes on 2011. Bruce requested that TA members contribute aluminum cans to the Horseshoe Club. Also, additional parking is available in the back of the TA clubhouse. The Softball Club will utilize this parking.

General Business: An election was held to replace the TA members leaving the Executive Board. The members leaving are Les Easton, Linda Smith and Carol Holbrook. The newly elected TA board members are John Paulhus, Dan Miglino, and Del Ingwerson. They will take office December 1, 2009.

A TA member paid tribute to departing Board Member Les Eason and past president Roger Detrick for knowing TA rules, and abiding by them, and their leadership during a difficult time.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Carol Holbrook

Secretary

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