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Grand Tennis Club General Meeting November 8th, 2017

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Start of Meeting Formalities (Skip Pavitt)

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— Establish quorum:

¡ Present: Skip Pavitt, Ron Beran, Bob Richman, Linda

Campanelli, and Sally Orr

¡ Absent: Bonnie Bjorkman, Ron Wagner (recovering from a

mild stroke)

¡ A majority of Board members are present ¡ Quorum reached

— Approve October 12th General Meeting minutes:

¡ Motion to approve? ¡ Seconded? ¡ All GTC Board members raise your hand to approve

Treasurer’s Report (Ron Wagner/Skip Pavitt)

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— To-date we have a total of 451

members

— 2017 Dues Status:

¡ Members paid: 450 ¡ Members unpaid: 1

— Account Balances: Savings - $10,001

and Checking - $4,154

New Members Since October 12th (Ron Wagner/Skip Pavitt)

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— Mike Campbell — Ben Hammett — Bill Wells — Terry Wells — Mindy Wolfe

Men’s Representative’s Report (Bob Richman)

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— Men’s Drop-in times:

Day Rating Level From To Tuesdays 3.5/4.0 8:00 10:00 2.5/3.0 10:00 12:00 Thursdays 2.5/3.0 8:00 10:00 3.5/4.0 10:00 12:00

Women’s Representative Report (Bonnie Bjorkman)

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¡ Women’s Drop-In Times:

Day Rating Level From To Mondays 3.5/4.0 8:00 10:00 2.5/3.0 10:00 12:00 Wednesdays 2.5/3.0 8:00 10:00 3.5/4.0 10:00 12:00

Other Mixed Doubles Drop-in Times (Bob Richman)

7 — Saturday Open Mixed Doubles:

¡ Session #1: 8:00 am to 10:00 am ¡ Session #2: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm ¡ Sign up at bulletin board (outside courts 2&3)

— Saturday 3.5 Mixed Doubles:

¡ 10:00 am to 12:00 pm ¡ Sign up at bulletin board (outside courts 2 & 3) ¡ Contact Dave Schaum

— Afternoon All-Levels Mixed Doubles:

¡ 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Monday through Friday) ¡ Contact Tom Parris ¡ Sign up on day of play at Sports Building (12:45)

Changes to Court Assignments Tourney Play (Bob Richman)

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— Men & Women tourney play will be supported on

SCG courts

— Court times must be scheduled at 12:00 noon or

after

— No practice court time will be reserved by the tennis

club

— Tourney play is limited to 2 or less teams per day — Effective immediately except for the already

scheduled women’s teams

2018 Nominating Committee (Donna Gropp)

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— We will conduct our 2018 Officer Election in this meeting — Candidates to date are:

¡ President: Dave Cowles (new candidate) ¡ Vice President: Ron Beran (will continue in 2018) ¡ Treasurer: Ron Wagner (will continue in 2018) ¡ Secretary: Sally Orr (will continue in 2018) ¡ Men’s Representative: Bob Richman (will continue in 2018) ¡ Women’s Representative: Sue Sabo (new candidate) ¡ Social Chairperson: Linda Campanelli (will continue in 2018)

2018 Nominating Committee (continued) (Donna Gropp)

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— All those in favor of electing the to-date candidates

for our 2018 Board please raise your hand

— We show a unanimous vote to elect the to-date

candidates for our 2018 Board

— Please note the results in our minutes

2018 Nominating Committee (Ron Beran/Sally Orr)

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— Social Chairperson Position Expansion for 2018:

¡ Adding Specific Volunteer Positions for: ÷ New Year’s Day Party (01-01-18) Chairperson (Donna Gropp) ÷ Valentine Day Party (02-11-18)Chairperson ÷ Going Away Party (04-08-18) Chairperson ÷ Welcome Back Party (10-28-18) Chairperson ÷ Holiday Party (12-16-18) Chairperson (Nancy Herr & Yolanda

Needler)

— This is not a Board position — The Social Chairperson will supervisor/oversee each

event

— We need VOLUNTEERS for these events

Social Events – (Linda Campanelli)

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— Recap of our Welcome Back Hootenanny,

October 29th:

¡ 63 tennis players ¡ 130 members enjoyed the meal served by Dillon's ¡ Special thanks to our organizers and volunteers: ÷ Linda Campanelli ÷ Dana & Bob Day ÷ Diane Kurt ÷ And the many helpers who volunteered for the event

Upcoming Social Event (Linda Campanelli)

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— Save the date: Sunday, December 3rd,

2017

— Holiday Party at Briarwood Country

Club

— Cash Bar and Dinner: 5:00 pm — Cost: $35 per person — Tickets are available at drop-in events

and at this meeting

Rating Sessions (Skip Pavitt)

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— Rating Sessions are held the second

Thursday of the month

— Rating Session Statistics:

¡ Rated 9 players in January 2017 ¡ Rated 7 players in February 2017 ¡ Rated 4 players in April 2017 ¡ Rated 7 players in November

Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament (Ray Yost)

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— Dates: Wednesday November 15 through Sunday,

November 19, 2017

— Volunteers needed:

¡ For daily court Maintenance - Contact is Ray Yost

— Tournament Web site: — http://shineinthesun.weebly.com/

Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament (Ray Yost)

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— Number of players signed up, 120, number of entries, 148 — There will be many fun events — Even if you are not signed up for the tournament, we hope you will

come to participate in the fun events and watch the matches

— Need a couple of volunteers for the court crew, just 2 hours each day

(see Ray after the meeting tonight for those hours we need to cover)

— Please go to the Tournament website for all times and information,

not the Grand Tennis Club

— Tournament website: http://shineinthesun.weebly.com/

Tennis Instruction at Sun City Grand (Skip Pavitt)

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— To-date in 2017, we have completed the following

tennis instruction statics:

¡ 86 Clinics ¡ Each clinic is for one hour ¡ 68 participants ¡ Every 2 months Ray will update his clinic website

page with times and dates for all upcoming clinics

SCG Tennis Instructional Programs w/USPTA Pro Ray Yost

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— Fall II Programs: November & December 2017 — Winter Programs: January & February will be posted

by December 10th

— Contact Ray at Rman50@aol.com or 814.450.0157 — All information in on his website:

https://shineinthesun.weebly.com/instruction--- nov---dec.html

Clinic Drills (Ray Yost)

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— For those interested in working on their strokes:

¡ Classes by ability levels ¡ Ball machine and live ball drills and instruction ¡ Perfect 4 basic fundamentals: ÷ Forehand ÷ Backhand ÷ Serve ÷ Net game ¡ And work on doubles skills ¡ Cost per class: 1 = $15, 2= $25, 3= $35, 4= $46, 5= $55, 6=

$65, 7= $75, 8 $85

¡ No more than 4 students per class

Contact Our Instructors For Lessons (Skip Pavitt)

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— We have three (3) qualified USPTA instructors — Contact them by phone or email and tell them what you

would like to learn:

¡ They can give you private instruction or help put together a group of

like players wanting the same skills improved

¡ You can take single lessons or a series of lessons

— It is recommended that you:

¡ Take a lesson ¡ Take the time to practice what you have been taught ¡ Then, take another lesson to review and fine tune what you have

been taught

Grand Tennis Club USPTA Instructors (Skip Pavitt)

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— Ray Yost:

¡ Phone No. 814-450-0157 ¡ Email Address: rman50@aol.com

— JR Lampley:

¡ Phone No. 602-769-2192 ¡ Email Address: jrlampley@q.com

— Vince LaRocca:

¡ Phone No. 623-377-1870 ¡ Email Address: vinlarocca@live.com

Communication Committee (Dave Cowles)

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— We are working on revamping the bulletin boards,

and we need your help

— We want to show everyone what a Grand Tennis

Club we have

— If you have pictures that you think would be good to

show off our club, please send them to Dave Cowles at:

¡ acrehab@aol.com

— Or place them in an envelope and put them in the

drop-box in the Sports Building

2017 Person of the Year Award (Donna Gropp)

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— Each year the Board selects a member that has gone

above and beyond to help the Grand Tennis Club

— This year the award goes to:

• Tom Parris

— For the past many years, Tom has volunteered to run our

Afternoon All Level Doubles Group during the non- summer months

— Thank you, Tom, we appreciate all you have done for this

club

Raffle Time (Sally Orr/Ron Beran)

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— RAFFLE TIME!

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Questions?

Other Items

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— Announcements?

— Adjourn meeting:

¡ Motion to adjourn? ¡ Second the motion? ¡ All those in favor of adjourning raise your

hand — Meeting is adjourned