05-25-2011 Regular Meeting n
Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday,May 25,2011
Present: H. Spahn,E. Lowell, L. Mennes,M. Mennes,M. Gallo,R. Sandoval,
B. Brown,T. Allison,R. Sickelsmith,R. Strickland and A.Pozzi
A.Pozzi—Let minutes stand as read
A. Pozzi—
• Everyone received the letter about the golf course renovation and premier cards
• Made a deal with Premier to use the card for 4 months
• Have to sign a paper when they receive card
• We have 139 annual golf members
• June 12 the pro-shop closes
• After that the cards will be available upstairs
• Should take your golf bag with you
• We started to apply herbicide
• 2"d application on Monday and Tuesday
• 3Td on June 6 and 7`11
• 4'h on June 10`h for the final application
• Contractor to start June 13
• Middle of July will start planting
• Closing Tournament will be a fun event,inviting everyone
• We will have an opening tournament and we will invite the members and their guests
T. Allison—As of now we have 13 foursomes
M. Mennes—
• Ranger?
• GPS?
A. Pozzi—
• When we reopen we have effective rangers that are going to monitor the pace of play and traffic
• $60,000 to $70,000 a year for GPS system
B. Brown—
• When are the kitchen things changing?
• Same time as golf course closing?
A.Pozzi—
• Toward end of summer
• Two or three day period,we are not doing anything structural
New Business:
H. Spahn—Are you going to continue music on Thursdays?
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A. Pozzi—
• Will continue for another 3 weeks
• It is difficult to stop it and restart it
• Going to try to keep it going
H. Spahn—
• Sommelier Guild event was very well done,the best ever
• The event was very well received
• Chris very good
• The bridge players like the club a lot
A. Pozzi—
• Positive feedback from Westview
• Going to do some work on the Men's locker room,showers,bathrooms and carpet
E. Lowell—
• What about the women's locker room?
• Westview golf members are very happy
A.Pozzi—May do some painting in the ladies locker room
L. Mennes—
• Howie is redoing everything
• Painting office
• Getting new tennis screens
• Holding a clinic to help under privileged kids,had a 120 players
• Camps underway soon
M. Mennes—Happy
R. Sandoval—
• Greens got sprayed a little early
• Took down pine trees on#2—bad visual from#8
• Miami Country Day on 107`x'street are taking out all the Australian pines and they are funding the
whole project
M. Gallo—
• Thanks for having me
• The Club is the best kept secret ever
• Food&Beverage are great
• Trace is great
• Should get out in the community and advertise
• Need to market this place
• Best brunch in town
• Still hear people say that they don't know the Club is open to the public
A.Pozzi—Would love to listen to ideas
H. Spahn—Are the real estate people he��lppin
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A.Pozzi—
• Realtors changed
• They are struggling to sell houses
• Article from the Wall Street Journal on how to lure golfers back into the game—will email it to
everyone
R. Sickelsmith—
• Purchased new china
• Resa,Chris and myself are going to go around to local business to give them a lunch card and let
them know we are open to the public
R. Strickland—No Comments
With no further business,the meeting was adjourned
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