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Jacksonville Area Golf Association President, Jim Andrews called the meeting to order at 10:30 A.M. with 70 Directors and guests present. The Directors introduced themselves and their guests. Jim Howard, Director of Golf, welcomed us and made some comments regarding the golf course. Secretary, Bob Streightiff’s minutes from the last meeting at Deerwood Country Club were approved as posted on the web site. Treasurer, Jerry Kay reported a treasury balance of $11,836.08. Vice President-Administration, Lee Crowe introduced Melanie White and she picked Joe Power’s number as the winner of August’s meeting fee to be paid by Bailey Publishing. Lee also reminded the Directors of the Bill Black Classic to be held on September 12, 2005 and the Two-Man Tournament to be held on October 3, 2005 and he urged participation. Lee also thanked the Golf News for all their support of JAGA. Vice President-Tournaments, Jim Edwards, asked for reports from the tournament chairs. Barney Poston reported on the Father’s Day Tournament. He indicated 104 players participated and $825.92 was contributed to the scholarship fund. Al Levene reported on the Juniors Tournament to held August 1 & 2 at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club. He only has 30 participants thus far due to a conflict with the FSGA Junior Tournament being held on the same days. The Two-Man tournament will be at San Jose CC on October 3, 2005. Don Haws reported that entries for the City Amateur to be held July 21-24 total 54. Frank Brough, Mixed Tourney chair, asked for interested Directors to meet with him prior to the next monthly meeting. Scholarship fund contributions were received from San Jose CC MGA ($1200.00), San Jose CC Ladies Nine Holers ($50.00), Deercreek CC ($205.00) and Selva Marina CC ($8,058.00. Selva Marina CC has contributed $50,689.00 over the last seven years to the fund. Old Business Earl Kelly reported on the progress of his book on the history of JAGA. He asked for help from anyone interested in reviewing newspapers at the library. Barney Poston reminded the Directors to keep their personal and club information on the web site current. New Business Jim Andrews spoke about JAGA’s efforts and all the organization does for golf in the area. He urged the Directors to be more active in JAGA endeavors and promote it at their golf clubs. Steve Wyand asked Jim to capture his comments in print for the Directors to use at their clubs. Jim also asked the Directors to look for corporate sponsors for our tournaments. Carl Arnold commented that the secretary’s minutes for the last year haven’t been comprehensive enough. The secretary isn’t capturing all that transpires at the meetings for historical purposes, according to him. Lee Crowe asked for input from the group and it was suggested that the directors give the secretary a note with information they report on such as scholarship contributions, tourney reports, etc. Also, should there be any errors or omissions in the minutes, Directors have the opportunity to correct them at the next monthly meeting. Barney Poston suggested someone from the executive committee follow up with the World golf Village membership in JAGA and the possibility of holding tournaments at the golf courses. He gave the name of David Shaffer as a contact. Pairings Coordinator, Ed Tormollen, once again for cooperation from the Directors regarding the Thursday deadline for signing up to play golf. It was decided that the Thursday prior to all monthly meetings would be the absolute deadline. No sign ups can be done via telephone after that day. The meeting adjourned at 11:35 A.M. Respectively submitted, Bob Streightiff, Secretary |
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