Meeting came to order at 6:20 PM.

Board Members Present; Al Cusson, Kevin Anderson, Paul Restarits, Kieran Curtis, Rick Frechette, Fred Moffa, Bob Steben, Ray Solomson, Rick Owen, Phil Richards, Casey Morris (Topstone Pro)

Motion to approve minutes: Voted unanimously.

Topstone’s new pro, Casey Morris was introduced to the board. He comes to Topstone from Blackledge and seems excited about his opportunity.

Member Correspondence: - There was a discussion of 1 member with Health concerns and may need to postpone/forego membershipfor 2006. The board wanted to set a precedent for all future situations like this.

There was a motion made to defer membership for up to one year and grant returning status the following year if the member submits the request in writing. Motion was made by Kieran Curtis and was passed unanimously by the board.

Membership Report Update: To date, we have about 282 members paid including 32 NEW Members. This puts us about 14 behind last year at this time. Rick Owens will be distributing a list of non renewing members for the board to call on. The intent is to find out why they are not renewing and hopefully get some to get back on board. Paul mentioned that 2006 is the tenth anniversary of Topstone opening and of course, the men’s club. He will call the Journal Inquirer to print an article.

Handicap & Rules: Rangefinders are now legal for play and is subject to the policies of each club. There was discussion on whether or not rangefinders will negatively affect the pace of play. After further discussion, Fred Moffa made a motion to allow GPS Systems but not rangefinders. Decision was made to bring info to banquet for membership and the board will discuss this at a later date.

Tournament Committee: Discussion on Member Guest Tournament Last year’s tournament was the best one to date. For this year, 9/29/06 is First choice and 9/22/06 is second choice. To be discussed later. Payout system – Paul displayed spreadsheet on projector and gave a detailed explanation. The board concurred that this was the most fair Payout – all agreed.

Rick Frechette will call CSGA to determine whether or not there are any Updates in the TPP Database.

Advertising: Our ad appeared in the SW Lifestyles. We are running for March, April and May. Kieran Curtis had to resubmit order for bag tags as Original order was lost. He will try to get these by the banquet. If this is not possible, they will be at the pro shop for members to pick up.

Treasurer’s Report: Ray Solomson says were are at same place financially as last month. The budget needs to be fine tuned as we get more due monies in. Ray made a motion that we move $10,000. to account for payouts. Phil Richards seconded the motion and this was unanimously approve by the Board.

Web Page: Phil will work with Casey for posting scores & Times on the Web site. Tee times will be posted by Thursday morning each week. Kieran mentioned that web site should be updated by March 15. Fred Moffa agreed to take reservations for the banquet by E-Mail.

Old Business: None.

New Business: None.

Next Meeting: April 5, 2006 at 6pm Room 207

Meeting Adjourned: 8:30