Arizona Croquet Club
FOUNDED 1975
Minutes:
Minutes of the ACC board on April 24, 2004
The board of the Arizona Croquet Club met at Ren Kraft's court.
Present: Stan Patmor (President, Treasurer), Rory Kelley
(V.President), Paul Bennett (Secretary), Ren Kraft (court owner)
Absent: John Fournier (member at large), Carter Crane (member at large)
Meeting was called to order at 10:02 AM
Minutes were read from last meeting (Nov 8).
MOTION by Rory to accept minutes as read. (2nd by Ren;
passed)
New business:
1. Rory talked about a pro-am. The date was set for May 2.
There will be 4 teams.
2. MOTION: Set the date of the annual meeting for June 12th at Kraft's court at 10:00AM
The secretary is accepting nominations for officers.
(MOTION by Paul; 2nd by Ren; passed)
3. Membership update by treasurer.
a. Ray Hamm and Carter Crane have dropped out.
b. Rory will talk with the Johnstons to ask about changing to family membership.
Family membership allows multiple members, one vote per family, one Calendar
subscription, all members able to join USCA, play in club tournaments and
attend all functions and events.
c. There are 3 new interested members.
4. Reviewed expenses of AZ Open and bank balance. Mission Hills has been paid $1000
plus $500 for opening cocktail party. There is still between $1500 and $2000 outstanding
to Mission Hills. No other outstanding debt is known.
Old business:
1. The court rebuilding/renovation plan was reviewed. The chemical treatment will start 1 week
prior to the earth work. The court will be tilled down about 14 inches and releveled.
The chemical treatment will help correct the PH, destroy the perlscale, treat the fungus, and
promote the health of the grass. The estimated cost is $1500 but could increase slightly
because the labor cost has increased 40% above the original estimate. The date for the tractor
work is Wednesday, May 19th to best coincide with treating the perlscale disease.
Officer reports:
Secretary:
The website is up and running fulltime. http://www.azcroquet.org
Treasurer:
The treasurer likes this job and would like to get rid of the other job (president).
The bank balance is $4784.27 as of April 17, 2004.
$1500 owed to Mission Hills.
$150 4th Q dues payable
$155 1st Q dues payable
$315 2nd Q dues payable
Vice-president:
Proam is May 2.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 AM
Respectively submitted,
Paul Bennett Secretary of the Arizona Croquet Club
Annual Club Meeting - June 12, 2004
Minutes of Annual Meeting of June 12, 2004
Present:
Stan Patmor (Pres and Treasurer)
Rory Kelley (V. Pres)
Paul Bennett (Secretary)
John Fournier (Member at Large)
Ren Kraft (Court Owner)
Jay Murphy
Doug and Joy Whitneybell
Jacques Fournier
Roger Strand
Absent:
Steve and Pam Johnston, Patty Dole, Don Fournier, Jim Hermann, Tom Ross, Fife Symington
The meeting was called to order at 10:15 AM
A quorum was established by counting 9 standing members (7 required).
The Secretary read the minutes from the past meeting, June 2002, and they were accepted.
The Vice-President's report, short, was accepted.
The Treasurer reported that the checking account has been moved to Compass Bank
which was more economical and includes an ATM card.
The bank balance is $1,836.22
no outstanding debt
$300 in receivables
and 3Q dues.
The treasurer's report was accepted.
The President's report, shorter, was accepted.
The Bisque committee had nothing to report and this report was accepted.
Roger Strand reported that his USCA bisque has been reduced from 20 to 17
after playing in the USCA National Golf Championship. Roger ended up in 3rd from
last position ahead of Joan Strand whom ended up in last place.
Congratulations to Joan and Roger for playing in a National event.
Joan's handicap has also been reduced to 17.
Ren Kraft reported that he won the USCA Nationals Doubles Championship.
The most improved player award was discussed. Several players were mentioned but
the bisque committee will have to meet and vote on the matter. No motions were
made concerning the MIP award.
Old Business:
The 2004 Arizona Open was held this year at Mission Hills and Indian Ridge country clubs.
Paul mentioned how nice the Open was last year at Mission Hills and Indian Ridge and
thanked MH and IR for their help and support they provided our club during the Open.
The club paid $7100 in expenses and received $7400 in revenue for the tournament.
Jim Butts defeated Britt Ruby in the Singles Championship.
Jim Houser and Britt Ruby beat Paul Bennett and Johnny Mitchell in the Doubles Championship.
The Arizona Open report was accepted.
The court rebuilding was evident to all present. The expenses to date are $2085
and we may spend another $300 for stollens. No other expenses are anticipated.
The CR report was accepted.
New Business:
The 2005 Arizona Open will be held in Arizona. Jacques agreed to work with the new owners of
the Fournier lawn to regain the use of that lawn for club tournaments like the AZ Open.
A suggestion to provide equipment and training was mentioned.
Jacques agreed to contact Mack Penwell to gain support from the lawn bowling community toward
the use of one of their lawns for the AZ Open. Potential areas include Awatukee, Sun City and
Venture Out.
The club directed the new Board to host the AZ Open in Arizona next year.
A tournament schedule was presented by Rory Kelley and approved by the club.
Election of Board of Directors:
The following slate of officers were nominated and accepted:
Jack Fournier (President)
Rory Kelley (Vice President)
Stan Patmor (Treasurer)
Paul Bennett (Secretary)
Ren Kraft (Court Owner)
Jay Murphy (Member at Large)
John Fournier (Member at Large)
No further nominations were made.
The Board of Directors were voted in by unanimity.
John agreed to contact Craig Fouhy from channel 15 concerning publicity of croquet
and getting television coverage of our local tournaments.
Jay made a motion to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded and accepted by all.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 PM.
Respectively submitted by Paul Bennett
Minutes:
Minutes of the ACC board on June 17, 2004
The board of the Arizona Croquet Club met at Catharine Fournier's.
Present: Jack Fournier (President), Rory Kelley
(V.President), Paul Bennett (Secretary), John Fournier (member at large),
Jay Murphy (member at large)
Absent: Stan Patmor (Treasurer and Past President),
Ren Kraft (court owner)
Meeting was called to order at 6:45 PM.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted (Apr 24).
A motion was made to hold the Board meetings in an informal manner
and amended to add that as necessary for order the word "Roberts"
could be mentioned to fall back to formal Roberts rules of order.
(John, 2nd by Paul; vote carried motion 4-1).
Ren's court:
The progress of the project to rebuild Ren's court was discussed. It
was decided to spend up to $450 on stollens to establish
the Bermuda lawn. Rory to contact Stan (and Ren) on this item.
Old Fournier court:
The Fournier court was sold to Chip Toleson whom may be interested in
croquet lessons. Jacques will approach him with the idea of golf croquet
in an informal social setting with the latest pro-am players. John
and Jay to
provide assistance and coaching. Rory to drop off the equipment for
the event.
The target date is a weekday night between the 12th and 16th of July.
Phoenician:
Rory will approach the management to ask for a better understanding of how
they would like to promote the game of croquet at their facility and
determine how the club can help them.
Catharine's social group:
Catherine has a list of 20 people who are interested in a social croquet
event.
These events would grow interest in the game through the use of golf croquet
with
a social atmosphere. Catharine's backyard is well suited for a croquet
court and is
60 x 80 feet.
Sun City Lawn Bowlers:
Jacques mentioned that there is a national lawn bowling officer at Pinehurst
and Mack
can help us make contact with him. This person may be helpful at making
contact with
Sun City and securing the use of one or two courts during the AZ Open.
Membership:
The Board decided to review the various types of membership, add a golf croquet
and
social membership, and drop the memberships which are not being used anymore
(associate and special). The secretary will draft the membership proposal,
revising the
existing membership descriptions, and send out for review and vote by email
by the board.
Currently we have 11 regular members, 2 family, 1 corresponding, 1 seasonal
and 4 founding fathers.
The golf croquet and social membership will cost $40 and last for 1 year
in duration.
It is to encourage an introduction to the sport, participation in social
parties, offer
coaching, supervision and the use of club facilities.
All memberships will be amended to include the option of receiving or declining
the National Croquet Calendar subscription and membership in the USCA.
For example ...
$150 per person per year for regular membership
$225 per family per year for family membership
$50 per person per year for corresponding membership
$100 per person per year for seasonal membership
$40 per person per year for golf croquet and social membership
$0 per founding fathers per year
+ $30 per year for National Croquet Calendar subscription
+ $45 per person per year for USCA membership
+ $25 per person per year for ACA membership (Stan is this still true?)
The tournament fees were set as follows:
$20 for regular and family members
$30 for corresponding members
$20 for golf croquet and social members
$20 for seasonal members
Voting privileges are granted only to founding fathers, regular and family
members.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 PM.
Respectively submitted,
Paul Bennett Secretary
of the Arizona Croquet Club
$20 for seasonal members
Voting privileges are granted only to founding fathers, regular and family
members.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 PM.
Respectively submitted,
Paul Bennett Secretary
of the Arizona Croquet Club