Rossmoor Tennis Club

located in Walnut Creek, California

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RTC Board Meeting
Monday, November 16, 2020, 01:30pm - 03:00pm
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President - Dave Blanchard

Correction to October minutes: decision to roll over membership fees for 2021 was tabled not approved

correction was noted and made. Motion to approve October minutes APPROVED as amended

2021 RTC Meeting room and facilities reservations were submitted to GRF. Request refund of fees paid for facilities unused in 2020 due to Covid.  refund should be expected.

Sent email to members asking for additional 2021 Board nominations. None received.

Pillsbury’s nominating committee named Chris Slee and Al Peters for 2021 Board elections. Motion to approve nominations approved

Discussed need of signage to bring attention to proper Tennis Court usage, Stating other activities should be excluded as well as use of proper shoes and "no dogs". Jerry Quinlan will design for approval. Also larger "no guest " sign discussed

Vice President - Larry Barclay

  • No Report

Secretary - Joyce Decker

  • No Report

Treasurer - Ken Steiner

  • Report was sent to all Board members via email

Tournaments - Chris Slee

  • Made a tentative list of 2021 activities

Social - Dave Hickey

  • Received negative feedback from one new member at our New Members Zoom meeting. We should welcome new members first letting them introduce themselves before board members introduce themselves and their programs
  • 2021 budget in progress
  • Will confirm refund of 2020 recreation fees

Memb20ship - Terry Quinlan

  • 193 members 2 new members in October (fees waived)
  • Can renters join tennis club? discussed
  • membership fee for 2021 discussed. Motion to waive membership fees for current members for 2021, The 2 new members will pay the $30 fee and one late member who paid $10 fee will pay the balance of $20. APPROVED! Dave to send email notice to members regarding this and Amy will post in Rossmoor News
  • new 2021 applications discussed. Terry and Chris will prepare 

Facilities - Jerry Quinlan

  • Debris left on court 8 was cleaned up by Jerry
  • Need for new squeegees to remove rain water discussed. Will inventory old equipment to see what is needed and ask GRF for help with replacements
  • tree support not complete
  • Dave sent Backboard contract  to Jeff Matheson
  • Found all weather aluminum 12 x 12 signs; $150 for 8 signs

Publicity - Amy Bollinger

  • Published first Rossmoor News article with 2 more to be published, one more in Nov and one in Dec.  Ideal target is one per month and any topic suggestions are welcome.
  • Suggest the possible addition of supplying borrowed rackets and new balls for a “New to the Game” Drop In format to encourage new players to try the sport. Favorably discussed but not at this time due to Covid 19 restrictions. Larry volunteered with Dave's help to start program when county opens group play

Information Technology - Chris Slee

  • Has a voting-by-email method set up for getting membership input on decisions. Didn't need for board election

Old Business

  •  Report

    Submitted Position Paper to Jeff Matheson opposing conversion of Buckeye Courts to PickleBall

  • Jeff added our Papers to docs for review by Policy Committee at 12 Nov meeting

  • Dave briefed Policy Committee at 12 Nov meeting supporting our position on PB court upgrade

  • Capital Improvements List to be reviewed and prioritized at 3 Dec CI meeting

     

New Business

Much discussion on pickleballs misinformation regarding tennis club and court take over. Chris Slee, Terry Quinlan, and Amy Bollinger will convene to find ideas of how to best represent  RTC's position

Dave will check with GRF regarding Dec. meeting and our ability of representation

Shari Wiseman would be willing to represent us on PB's recommended RTC/PB solution search committee as a goodwill initiative. 

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