BOD Meeting Minutes 1/7/2026

Wed January 7 BOD Meeting Minutes

BOD Meeting Minutes

Wednesday January 7 after the round 3:30ish Dave Miller’s

1.     Call the meeting to order  – Bessonette, Laurin, Miller, Perry, Davis, Corwin, Showquist, Erickson, Paul P.

2.     Approve minutes from October meeting- Passed

3.     President’s Report

a.      Fall Classic Trophies? No

b.     Fred Duysings health update – Stage 4 prostate cancer

c.      Ron/Kevin Meeting  Meeting scheduled for Friday, 1/9/26

                                                  i.      Course conditions

                                               ii.      New Carts

                                             iii.      Men’s club gift 2026?

                                             iv.      Course plans for 2026

                                                v.      Costs for 2026

                                             vi.      ECMC website

                                          vii.      Online Handicap Process

d.     Club Photographer Need to find one, any suggestions?

e.      Winter Tournament

4.     Treasurer-Dave

a.      2026 Budget  On track for $9,050

5.     Advisory/Communications Committee-Curt

a.      Should we do a survey? Hold off until March

b.     Spring Newsletter April

6.     Rules/Handicap Committee-Joe – OGA to go online and pay for GHIN by April

7.     Membership Committee Golf Committee  –  33 members signed up to date.  8 new members coming on board this month.  Tee times start April 1.

a.      2026 Schedule Process

b.     Tournament Committee Members-(excludes Fall Classic) Corwin, Cox, Bessonette, Erickson, Causey

8.     Event Manager Report-Eric – H&H included on points system.

a.      Niblicks Cup Review Use the tournament committee

                                                  i.      Include Resort Cup and Home and homes?

                                               ii.      Add stroke improvement to EOY awards as well as %.

                                             iii.      Pay 40% or Arround 40% Voted around 40%

9.     Should we break ties and what method. Ties will not be broken and the payout will be the sum of those places and divided evenly.  In competitions when just two places are being awarded the payout will be 65%, 35%.

10.                        Website-Paul  WordPress: our website up and running

a.      Roll out next week

b.     Security?

c.      Long term plan for the website

11.                        Any other business?

12.                        Next meeting: March? Scheduled for March 4.

13.                        Adjourn meeting