COMMITTEE MEETING NOTES MARCH 1, 2021
2.) 5/17 and 8/30 will remain as OPEN dates for now.
3.) The rate will still be $30 for 2021 and we will plan on 6 man groups per hole this year.
4.) 2 committeemen will work with the host course each week setting up the playing teams:
4a.) Don and Eric will work with their contact courses plus Emerald Hill.
4b.) Dave and Rich will do their contact courses plus Lost Nation.
4c.) Vaughn and Roger will do their contact courses plus Rock River.
****5.) Friday at 5:00 pm is the cutoff for signing up to play on Monday, unless we need 1 or 2 players to make full teams...anyone who calls in after Friday should leave their phone number so we can call them back to let them know if we were able to put them on a team for Monday.****
6.) We will try a revision to the 3 drive rule for the first few weeks of the season and have a full membership vote on May 10 @ Lake Carroll, to approve or disapprove the change listed below:
6a.) The A player must use a minimum of 3 drives and move back one tee after 2 drives are used.
6b.) The B and C players must use a minimum of 6 drives between them...the B player must use at least 3 and the C player at least 1 of the 6...the other 2 drives can be used by either B or C...the B player moves back one tee after 4 drives and the C player moves back after 6 drives unless they are 80 years old.
8.) Courses which may be added on a Thursday in 2021 or a Monday in 2022 include Port Byron, Galena, Timber Creek and Rochelle.
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9/8/21 COMMITTEE MEETING - Froggy's Rock Falls, IL
6 Committee Members Present;
Don Groharing, Vaughn Zimmerman, Dave Porzel, Roger Frison, Eric Trager, Bill Doering
1) Because some of our courses have asked about receiving more money from us and our rate has been the same for 9 or 10 years, the committee voted to pay the courses $25 next year instead of the present $20.
2) At our next election on 9/20 at Deer Valley, we will have a vote from all members of our league on whether to raise our overall fee from $30 to $35 each week OR keep the rate at $30 and reduce the amount of money we pay out in prizes.
3) We will have 3 positions up for election and 2 current board members will run for re-election. Dave Porzel & Vaughn Zimmerman are re-running for their spots on the Committee. Don Groharing is not running again, if your interested in being on the board, let a board member know and we will get your name on the ballet.
4) We have dropped Rock River from the 2022 schedule.
5) We are adding Prairieview back on the schedule for 2 dates and Byron Hills for 2 dates.
6) Windy Acres requested to give up their date in May.
7) We will keep May 16 and August 29 as open dates for rainouts.
8) We discussed possibly permitting an automatic 2 putt maximum per hole on days when there is threatening weather that we are trying to finish ahead of.
ONLINE COMMITTEE MEETING - OCTOBER 14 &15, 2024
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE - VAUGHN, RICH, KEITH, MIKE, BILL, DAVE, ROGER
1.) WE FOUND OUT THAT SANDBURR RUN IS GOING TO RAISE GREEN FEES TO $30.00 IN 2025, DISCUSSED GIVING THEM AN ULTIMATIUM TO KEEPING IT AT $25 FOR OUR LEAGUE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF GOLFERS WE BRING THERE ON A GIVEN MONDAY 50 TO 60 GOLFERS PLUS DRINKS AND FOOD SALES.
2.) THE COMMITTEE FOUND OUT THAT SANDBURR WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM RAISING THE GREEN FEES TO $30.00 FOR THE SEASON IN 2025. COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE DECIDED TO DROP SANDBURR RUN GOING FORWARD.
3.) ROGER TO REVAMP THE SCHEDULE TAKING SANDBURR'S TWO OUTINGS OFF AND MOVING SILVER RIDGE, STAGECOACH, AND MENDOTA FROM EARLY DATES TO BETTER DATES DURING THE SEASON. STAGECOACH GOT ONE OF SANDBURR'S DATES AND IS PAIRED WITH PRESTON VALLEY. (DONE 11.16.2024)
4.) THE GOLF COURSE IN MONROE, WISCONSIN RECEIVED TWO DATES 3/31.25 & 10/27.25. (THEY TOOK ONE OF SANDBURR'S DATES) (DONE 11.16.2024)
5.) ROGER FRISON TO FINALIZE THE SCHEDULE AND GET IT TO BILL TO POST FOR THE 2025 SEASON, THE 9 HOLE COURSE NAMES WILL BE ADDED BEFORE THE 2025 SEASON STARTS. (DONE 11.17.2024)
6.) BILL TO PUT OUT AN EXPLANATION ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT WHY SANDBURR RUN WAS DROPPED FOR 2025 AND GOING FORWARD. (DONE)
7.) THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO MEET IN FEB OR MARCH 2025 BEFORE SEASON STARTS AND BRING IN TOD MCCOLLOUGH & BOB NOLAN. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE COMMITTEE AND SET-UP THE COURSES THAT THEY WILL BE TAKING CARE OF DURING THEIR TERM.
8.) THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELECTED IN 2025 WILL SERVE 3 YEARS, 2025, 2026, & 2027 BEFORE BEING UP FOR RE-ELECTION.
9.) THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO DAVE PORZEL AND VAUGHN ZIMMERMAN FOR SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE THESE PAST YEARS, YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN A BIG ASSET TO THE COMMITTEE OVER YOUR TERMS.
COMMITTEE MEETING - TUESDAY 9.10.2024
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE - VAUGHN, RICH, KEITH, MIKE, BILL, & ROGER
1.) TALKED ABOUT CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE THAT ROGER HAD ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER, RE-ARRANGED A FEW COURSES THAT HAD A CONFLICT.
2.) TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR 2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS VAUGHN AND DAVE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO RE-RUN FOR THE COMMITTEE. MIKE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP HIS COMMITTEE SEAT.
2A.) TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND ELECTED AT DEER VALLEY BEFORE THE 3 - FLIGHT OUTING. BOB NOLAN & TOD MCCOLLOUGH, MIKE ANDERSON WILL KEEP HIS COMMITTEE SEAT FOR 3 MORE YEARS.
3.) IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS CONTACT THEIR COURSES TO BE SURE THAT THE DATES ON THE SCHEDULE ARE RIGHT AND FINALIZED. CONTACT ROGER TO LET HIM KNOW THAT YOUR COURSES ARE ON BOARD FOR THE 2025 SEASON. (ALL COURSES ARE FINALIZED FOR 2025)
4.) DISCUSSED HAVING THE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS AT SHADY OAKS INSTEAD OF WAITING TO WOODBINE, THE COMMITTEE WILL TALK TO A FEW GOLFERS THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST. BILL TO CALL TOD MCCULLOUGH ABOUT BEING ON THE COMMITTEE. (DONE) HE ACCEPTED!! (NOTE 2A ABOVE)
COMMITTEE MEETING - WEDNESDAY 2.21.2024
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE - VAUGHN, BILL, KEITH, RICH, ROGER, & MIKE
1.) WE VOTED TO ADD THE 70 & OVER RULE TO #8 RULE THAT WE HAD ADOPTED LAST YEAR. RULE READS: ANY "A" PLAYER 70 AND OVER CAN HAVE FOUR OF THEIR DRIVES USED FROM THE FORWARD TEES, BEFORE MOVING BACK TO THE NEXT DESIGNATED TEEBOX.
2.)WE DECIDED TO MOVE THE 9:30A.M. START TIME TO OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR INSTEAD OF CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, BILL TO CHANGE ON THE SCHEDULE ON THE WEBSITE. (DONE)
3.) WE DISCUSSED LOST NATION AND THEY HAVE NEW OWNERS AND NOW HAVE 45 CARTS AND CAN TAKE UP TO 90 GOLFERS PER OUTING.
4.) WE TALKED ABOUT, "IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE COURSES THAT WE DROPPED THIS YEAR, YOU STILL CALL IN FROM THAT COURSE, AND NOT CALL IN AS A PHANTOM." EXAMPLE (PV, EH, & WA)
5.) WE DISCUSSED ABOUT PARK HILLS, AND TO BE SURE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY GOLFERS THEY CAN TAKE EACH OUTING THIS YEAR. 72 GOLFERS WERE DISCUSSED. THERE WAS A PROBLEM LAST YEAR AND WE ONLY HAD 42 GOLFERS. GOLFERS WERE TURNED AWAY WHEN THEY CALLED TO GET INTO TO THE OUTING IN 2023.
COMMITTEE MEETING - WED 9.20.2023
ALL COMMITTE MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE - DAVE PORZEL, ROGER FRISON, KEITH GLOVER, VAUGHN ZIMMERMAN, MIKE ANDERSON, BILL DOERING, RICH TOMS
1.) WE DISCUSSED THE SCHEDULE FOR 2024. WE ARE LOSING 3 COURSES, EMERALD HILL, PRAIRIEVIEW, AND WINDY ACRES. WE ADDED WEST LAKE, PARK HILLS, AND TIMBER CREEK.
2.) WE DISCUSSED WHEN TO HAVE ELECTIONS, (WOODBINE BEND-OCT 16) RICH TOMS & BILL DOERING'S SEATS ON THE BOARD ARE UP THIS YEAR AND BOTH WOULD LIKE TO BE RE-ELECTED.
3.) WE DISCUSSED PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE RULES ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SKINS GAME (WHEN THERE IS ONE) IF THERE ARE NO OUTRIGHT SKINS.
4.) WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER CONTACT THE COURSES THEY TAKE CARE OF TO BE SURE THE DATES WE HAVE FOR THEM ARE OK. BILL WILL PUT THE NEW SCHEDULE ON WHEN ALL THE COURSES HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR THEIR DATES.
5.) WE DISCUSSED THAT THE 4 DRIVE RULE FOR THE A PLAYERS OVER 70 HAS BEEN WORKING OUT WELL.
6.) WHEN THE BOARD MEETS NEXT YEAR THE "NEW RULES OR UPDATES" WILL BE ADDED TO THE RULES PAGE.
7.) ROGER IS LOSING TWO OF HIS COURSES EMERALD HILL AND PRAIRIEVIEW AND WILL PICK UP WEST LAKE VILLAGE (LYNX), KEITH WILL PICK UP TIMBER CREEK AS ONE OF HIS COURSES. VAUGHN IS LOSING WINDY ACRES.
8.) WE DISCUSSED THAT IF YOU PLAY OUT OF ONE OF THE COURSES THAT WE ARE LOSING FOR 2024, YOU SHOULD STILL CALL IN FROM THAT COURSE, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE PHANTOM GOLFERS.
9.) WE TABLED A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AS "THOUGHTS" TILL WE MEET NEXT YEAR AND MAKE AN OFFICIAL DECISION ON THEM.
10.) WE DISCUSSED MAKING SURE THAT EACH TIME WE POST WHERE WE ARE PLAYING THAT WE HAVE WHICH COLOR OF TEE WE WILL HIT FROM ON THE WEBSITE FOR THAT COURSE.
10.) WE DECIDED TO MEET NEXT FEB OR MARCH 2024 BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS TO GET EVERY FINALIZED FOR THE 2024 SEASON.
COMMITTEE MEETING - MARCH 16, 2023
IN ATTENDANCE DAVE PORZEL, VAUGHN ZIMMERMAN, ROGER FRISON, BILL DOERING, RICH TOMS, MIKE ANDERSON FROM THE COMMITTEE, ERIC TRAGER WAS AT THE MEETING TOO.
1. All committee members need to call their courses and remind them of their dates for 2023.
2. Timber Creek wants to host our group the committee will decide what to do in a month or two when we get a report about the condition of the course.
3. The committee needs to decide when to give Lost Nation another date to make up for their missed date on 3/20/2023.
4. We discussed how to handle the date at Park Hills in Freeport....we will have to make up teams, handle the scoring and the money, etc. since they do not have anyone available to do it.
5. Bill has a new batch of business cards for anyone who wants to hand some out to their friends.
6. We discussed the possibility of buying a defibrillator to take to all of our events and decided it would be too expensive and also a possible liability risk for the group.
COMMITTEE MEETING ON 12/7/22
1.) In attendance: Eric Trager, Bill Doering, Dave Porzel, Mike Anderson, Rich Toms, Keith Glover and Roger Frison
2.) Vaughn was unable to be there and asked that Keith vote for him.
3.) The first thing we discussed was to stress each day before we tee off that both teams should keep both teams’ scores and compare after the round to check for errors.
4.) We also discussed having any A player 70 or older stay on the front tee until he gets 3 drives in before moving back.
(It was voted down)
5.) We discussed increasing the first-place money to $35 and paying 1 less place each week. We feel the prize money payout is related to the $10.00 we pay in, rather than the overall fee for the day which is now $35. We also wanted to keep the number of places we pay the same. (We voted down any change to the first-place money)
6.) We had a discussion about a player who is playing for both teams and whether he needs to hit 2 balls on a par 3 hole that is not a “closest to the pin” hole. (We made no change to this rule)
7.) Our final piece of business was to revise contact courses for 2023, since Eric is leaving the committee and Keith is joining the Committee, these changes will be put on the home page of our website. (12/10/2022 - changes are done)
CONTACT COURSES
RICH - SR, DV, LE, BH
DAVE - LC, WB, MEN, PRK PRK= PARK HILLS
MIKE - SS, VO, PST
ROGER - PV, WH, EH, FUL
KEITH - LN, SO, PH
VAUGHN - WA, SC, SBR, PAL
CONTACT CHANGES 2023
8.) We thanked Eric for many years of service on the committee.
9.) Set a date to meet in March 2023 before we start playing the golf outings for 2023.
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Committee Meeting Notes 1/13/2022 6 Members met at Froggy's in Rock Falls, IL.
Eric, Mike, Bill, Vaughn, Roger, & Rich were in attendance
Vaughn-WA,SC and PH
2 Two committeemen teams are Eric and Mike; Dave and Rich; and Vaughn and Roger. They will work with their host courses each week to create or approve playing teams, help with the scoring, etc.
3 We will try to mix up starting holes so the best A player’s team doesn’t always start on hole #1
4 We will also try to mix up opponents so the best A doesn’t always play against the second best A
5 2022 Rules will be updated to show the $35 rate, new rule 8, etc.
6 The committee will start working on the 2023 schedule in May or June of 2022.
7 Each committeeman will re-confirm all of his 2022 dates as soon as possible this spring.