Minutes of the Jacksonville Area Golf Association’s July 2004 Director’s Meeting

The format of this meeting was ‘golf before lunch and business’.  The meeting was held on July 20^th, 2004 at The Champions Club at Julington Creek and the business portion of the meeting was called to order at 1:30 PM by President Don Haws.  There were 40 directors, officers and guests in attendance. 

VP of Scholarships Tom Tierney introduced our guest; 5 new JAGA Scholarship Recipients who are Ryan Freel, Abigail Gulla, Margaret Manning, Ryan Porter, and Tim Lyons. 

Scholarship Fund donations: Gene Hughson presented a $500 check from the Magnolia Point MGA and another for $500 from Magnolia Point LLC.  Jerry Kay presented a check for $173 from the Champions Club Senior Group, the members of which donate a dollar each week to the fund.

The minutes of the June Directors meeting were accepted as published.  Treasurer Jerry Kay reported a general fund checking account balance of $9578.08 with all bills paid.  It was announced that next month’s meeting will be at Palatka Golf Club.  VP of Tournaments Lee Crowe reported progress on the 2^nd Annual Bill Black Golf Classic to be played at Ponte Vedra on September 13^th.  Don Haws reported results of the JAGA Amateur Qualifier and called for volunteers to help with the actual tournament to be played at Selva Marina and Queen’s Harbour July 22-25.  The director’s were asked to solicit players for the Junior Championship to be played at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club on August 14 & 15.  Frank Brough will soon start to work on the Two-Man Championship which will be played at Mill Cove on September 23 & 24 (NOT on the dates reported at the meeting).

Lee Crowe introduced our guest speaker, Peter (Pedro) Bragan Jr., Vice President and General manager of the Jacksonville Suns.  Pedro gave an interesting and informative talk about the state of professional baseball in general and the Jacksonville Suns in particular.  He urged us all to attend a few of the remaining 23 Suns’ home games and to come see our very own stadium, which he claims to be one of the best in baseball.  Pedro finish up with a recitation of Casey at the Bat, for which he received a nice ovation.

Don Haws took an informal vote to determine how well our ‘golf before lunch and meeting’ was received.  Everyone seemed to prefer that we try it again at future meetings.  The winners of the golf were announced and the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,