Tennis Committee Meeting
Date: 12/9/15
Minutes by: Nancy Hecht
Attendees: Sean Eilers, Deborah Odier, Brendan Curry, Sue Turley, Nancy Hecht, Tom Akin, Kim Logie, Curtis Lew, Claudia Bressie & Nancy Shapiro
Guests: Diane Keenley, Kim Winterhalter, Becky Miller, Sue Terrell
Meeting called to order at: 6:15 p.m. by Sean Eilers
Minutes: Motion to approve the Minutes for the meeting held on October 14, 2015 made by Brendan Curry. Seconded by Sue Turley. Minutes voted on and approved.
Agenda for this meeting
USTA 40+ Teams and Captains
Womens -
We will have one 3.0, one 3.5 and one 4.0 team this season
3.0 - Captains Deborah Odier/Wendy Fraser
Teresa Toepel also volunteered but TC feels that she doesn’t know enough 3.0s to captain yet.
3.5 - Pam Bohner & Stacy Ford have volunteered. TC feels that Stacy should play at level to get to know more players before captaining a 3.5 team. Since there were two 3.5 teams last year and only one this year, we would like to get a representative from the other team to captain with Pam this season.
4.0 - Captain Dipanwita Reis. Possible co-captain Karrie Groves. Dipanwita just moved to 4.0 level but she knows all of the players already.
Mens –
Men will have two 3.5 teams, one 4.0 and one 4.5+ team this season
3.5 - Captains Mike Tierney& Dave Petrini
4.0– Matt Estes
4.5 – TBD
Lower Court Project Update
Lower court project submitted to town before Thanksgiving. Town can take up to 6 months to respond. Plan includes 2 more courts, resurfacing, lights, bathrooms, tennis office. Town wanted TPC to submit plans for tennis project and pool project simultaneously. However, lower court project has been approved by membership, pool project has not. So, TPC needs to keep them separate so lower court plans were submitted on their own.
Working with Romeos on moving memorial in order to make a social area/outdoor club with temporary possible bar on the upper courts.
Continued Discussion on Rates
At the last meeting, we discussed issues regarding multi-player lesson rates (3 & 4 people) & inconsistencies on member bills for lessons. An analysis of the situation including rates from other clubs, etc. was performed and a compromise solution was proposed by Brendan. The goal is to make members happy without reducing compensation to pros. It was proposed that the multi-player lesson rates will come down considerably and that there will be three tiers of single person lesson rates: $75, $85 and $95 (tennis director).
In the coming week, the proposed rates will be socialized with the pros, tennis committee, finance committee and board. If everyone is in agreement, the will be implemented soon.
Notes: The board should be approving any increase in prices. TC can make recommendations and board will approve.
TC needs to make sure financials are more transparent on the website
Court constraints
There will be problems with the court availability if El Nino happens. We all need to understand that on dry days the courts will be in high demand and we need to be considerate of each other and share the courts.
Reports
General Manager: Curtis Lew
Nothing to report
Tennis Director: Brendan Curry
Discussed lesson rates (above)
Junior program going well. Will discuss new ideas for the junior program at the next meeting. Anyone interested in participating in junior program discussions is encouraged to attend.
Ladies League update: Nancy Hecht
USTA Combo -
6.5 finished 5th out of 11 with a 5/5 record
7.5 currently in last place with 2 matches remaining
8.5 currently 2nd out of 5 with 3 matches remaining 5/2 record
Marin League –
A1 technically in 1st (highest match average) after 4 matches
A2 Blue – currently middle of the pack
A2 Gold – currently in last place – strong possibility of being moved back to A3
B1 –currently lower middle
B2 currently middle
SNMWTL –
Division 1 – currently 6th place out of 8
Division 3 – currently in last place by 1 point. Must get enough points in 2nd half of season to get out of last place to avoid moving back down to Divison 4
Mens League update: Sean Eilers
Everything going well
Jr. update: Sean Eilers
Josh & Campbellworking on new programs for juniors
(match days, travel team, social program in addition to clinics/lessons)
Social
No social event being planned until the new year.
Meeting adjourned 8:00 pm