Meeting came to order at 6:10 PM.

Board Members Present; Al Cusson, Kevin Anderson, Paul Restarits, Kieran Curtis, Ed Murphy, Rick Frechette, Fred Moffa, Bob Steben, Mike Sepere, Ray Solomson

Motion to approve minutes: Voted unanimously.

Member Correspondence: Kieran E-Mailed correspondence to all

Members – received 3 responses.

Membership Report Update: Ray Solomson to Date has deposited 50 – 60

Applications and has about 30 more to deposit. He further stated we have had 9 new members applying. This activity has been roughly the same as last year at this time.

Kieran has been working on confirmation postcards to be sent to all the members when they pay their dues.

Tournament Committee: The committee met 1/5/06 to go over the proposed schedule for 2006. The Ryder Cup will be a 6-6-6 format this year.

The interclub tournaments at Blackledge and Quarry Ridge were discussed.

The Red-White-Blue tournament was changed from 4/22-4/23 to July 4th.

The was discussion regarding contacting the CSGA regarding software for the ringer’s tournament.

Motion was made to approve the 2006 tournament schedule by Ray Solomson, and it was seconded and approved with no dissenting motions.

Web Page Administration: Kieran went over updates to the Web site and suggested that it will continue to be a “work in process” throughout the winter. There was also discussion on the status of the hole in one pool being communicated via the Web.

Member communication plans/Ideas: Presently, Kieran has been using AOL Based communication for about 60.00 per year. He proposes to use a new server based E-Mail which would be more efficient at a lesser cost.

There was a motion to change to a server based E-Mail by Fred Moffa and it was unanimously approved by the board.

Spring Mailer: There was discussion on mailing out extra correspondence to new members. Suggestions included mailing out a new member packet containing a

• “Welcome to the club” letter
• Importance of establishing a new handicap or moving over a handicap from a previous club
• Pace of play
• Benefits of membership
• Payouts

Advertising: Kieran spoke with South Windsor Life and suggests we should be in the February issue. This was agreed by all. Al Cusson will E-Mail the Journal Inquirer to solicit memberships.

Mike Sepere volunteered to have phone calls directed to his house for any questions from aspiring or existing members while Topstone is closed. This was agreed on by the board.

Treasurer’s Report: Ray Solomson went over the financials including percentage of monies that go back to members thru tournament payouts. He further discussed budgeting for 2006.

New Business: Mike Frechette discussed the possibility of providing bag tags for all members. Questions included whether or not members would actually use these or would they wind up getting thrown away. It was decided to get estimates for a quantity of 500. This would cover this year and several in the future for new members. Kieran suggested that members need to post their “away scores” and can be done via the internet. Discussion followed.

Spring Banquet to be Wed, March 15, 2006 at Maneely’s. Fred Moffa to Talk to Ray Solomson about particulars.

PGA Professional Report: None

Next Meeting: February 1, 2006 at 6pm Room 207 (next room over)

Meeting Adjourned: 8:05

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