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FWGA APRIL BOARD MEETING SUMMARY

 Board members in attendance: Liz Riddle, Cheryl Ramirez, Alleen Hodgkin, Joanne Larson, Shelly Kopp, Denise Qualls, Pat Charles, Betty McCabe   Excused: Joan McCarthy, Sally Panella

• The theme for this year’s annual on October 16 was voted on and approved.
• New member mixer is set for Saturday, May 14^th.  Breakfast at 9:00 – meet and greet.  Golf at 10:30 for those who are interested.
• EGG’s have their first clinic and golf on April 10^th – clinic on golf etiquette with April Kenyon. 9 holes at Dublin Ranch to follow.  Clinics are posted on the website and ready for members to sign up.
• Eagle Vines on April 2 was a huge success.  We had 42 players, prizes were awarded and several giveaways in celebration of our 20^th anniversary.  FWGA invitational tournament is April 30 and May 1 at Saddle Creek and Sequoia Woods – it is currently still open for registrations.  The Vintner’s 9 hole tournament had to be relocated as the course is aerating 3 days before the tournament.  Several locations are being looked into.
• Casual play is doing well.  Twilight is beginning the first week of April.
• Communications is collecting historical data and will archive the information so FWGA has the data available for the future.
• FWGA discussed creating an updated “tear” sheet that could be posted at various clubs on their posters to recruit new members.
• Charities has set a personal goal to raise $10,000 this year and is working on several ideas to raise funds for 2016.  First letters scheduled to go out in April.  Denise is looking for volunteers to help with the silent auction.
• FWGA is still looking for a volunteer to run the Club and Players championships in 2016
• Handicaps and Clinics have arranged all the clinics and posted them on the FWGA website.  There was an issue raised that some members were having a problem using their credit card to pay online.  Cheryl is going to check into this.
• New software will be needed to create a 2017 budget.  FWGA Pay It Foreward program is bringing in a good amount of money for our charities. Joanne is tracking the donations and charity amounts.

MARCH 2016 BOARD MEETING SUMMARY

  

 

·        Board members in attendance: Liz Riddle, Cheryl Ramirez, Alleen Hodgkin, Joanne Larson, Shelly Kopp, Denise Qualls, Sally Panella, Betty McCabe and Joan McCarthy.  Excused:  Pat Charles

 

·        Events: The General meeting held on Saturday, March 5 at Las Positas, Livermore was a great success.  There were 51 members present for brunch.  Guest speaker Chris Thompson, Phd was well received. He spoke about how to engage our brains while playing golf and provided some challenging games to play.  Vendor and logo wear was a success.

      Ideas were presented regarding the theme for this year’s Annual tournament October 16^th.

·         Charities:  Board selected The 1^st Tee of the East Bay and Shepherds Gate in Livermore as 2016 charities. Charities has set a goal to raise $10,000 this year and is working on several new ideas to raise funds for 2016.

   The “Pay it Forward”program that raises funds through donations for club logo wear has started.  Della Gutierrez will be handling the program.

·        Membership/Communications: Total is at 145 as of February 29.  New member mixed discussed and planned for May.  FWGA is working on placing an ad in the Sentinel advertising the club.

Information on the web site and publications are being updated. Historical information about the club will be archived on the web page for the future.

·        EGGS: The Kickoff brunch on February 21^st, hosted by Betty McCabe and Sally Panella was a huge success with 20 members present.  The clinics were announced and additional play days were scheduled.

 

·        Tournaments:  Updates were provided.  Eagle Vines on April 2 has 38 registered with only a couple of slots left available.  FWGA invitational tournament is April 30 and May 1 at Saddle Creek and Sequoia Woods – it is currently still open for registrations.

 

·         Casual Play:  Twilight will be starting on April 6^th at Redwood Canyon.  Everything is going well but the 18-hole weekend is still looking for volunteers to run play days, contact Terri Malatesta.

 

·         Handicaps and Clinics:  All the clinics are scheduled and posted on the FWGA website.

      A volunteer is needed to run the Club and Players championships for the 2016 season.

 

 

 

20th Anniversary Past Presidents Plaque

FEBRUARY 2016 BOARD MEETING-Revised

Board members in attendance: Liz Riddle, Cheryl Ramirez, Alleen Hodgkin, Joanne Larson, Shelly Kopp, Denise
Qualls, Pat Charles, Sally Panella and Joan McCarthy.  Excused: Pat White and Betty McCabe

• The General Meeting is on Saturday, March 5 at Las Positas Golf, Livermore.

• The Annual Golf and Awards function has been booked and confirmed for October 16 at
  Dublin Ranch

• Membership is 140 members as of January 31, 2016.

• Our charities for 2016 were proposed and approved. They will be announced at the
  General Meeting.

• EGG’s Kickoff brunch is scheduled for February 21st, hosted by Betty McCabe and Sally
  Panella.

• EGG’s clinics are in process of being booked for the 2016 season.

• All FWGA Tournaments are booked and entered in the GHIN website ready for sign ups.

• The first tournament of the year will be a celebration of FWGA’s 20th Anniversary.  Past
  members and presidents are being invited to come join this event at Eagle Vines in Napa on April
  2th.

• Casual play is a little low due to all the rain and cold weather.

• A postcard flyer will be mailed out this month with the first half of the season events.
  

2016 Board Elected

 

The results of the 2016 Board elections were announced in November.   With over half of the board leaving, some of the board and some past board members have volunteered to serve for one more year.  It  is through our members who volunteer their time that FWGA is able continue our casual play, tournaments, charity support and fun social events.   We would like to thank our out-going board members  Della,  Duayna, Wendy, Leta, and Judith, and April for their hard work and support these past two years. 

Liz Riddle	President
Cheryl Ramirez	Communication/Membership
Joanne Larson	Treasurer
Shelly Kopp	Secretary
Pat Charles	Events
Pat White	Casual Play
Betty Mc Cabe	Emerging Golf Group
Sally Panella	Emerging Golf Group
Denise Qualls	Charities
Alleen Hodgkin	Tournaments
Joan Mc Carthy	Handicap & Rules