Rossmoor Tennis Club - April 16, 2018

Your home for tennis at Rossmoor

Walnut Creek
CA 94595

Bernie asked for and received approval of last month's General Meeting minutes
Bernie provided an update on the RTC Ball Machine Clinic. This event is proceeding very well with considerable help from (in no particular order) Bill Van Wagoner, Sherry Endicott, Dave Sperry, Ron Wyman, Chris Slee, Bernie Wolf, and others.
Bernie led a discussion about a possible backboard installation. Eugenio Ovalle augmented the discussion with handouts, prices, and other details. Discussion of possible location concluded that the fence dividing courts 1 and 2 would allow errant balls to be readily retrieved from a court rather than bushes, a creek bed, or the golf course.
Eugenio and Ron will pursue further for a presentation to the board at next month's board meeting. We need to look at cost, club member's interest and how much they might be willing to contribute to this project. Then we can present to GRF at December meeting for approval for 2019 budget
Bernie will arrange for an email reminder later this year regarding a reduced ball machine usage fee for those signing up late in the year.

Les explained some difficulty we're having using Google's online photo hosting of RTC photos and that we're now transferring approximately 600 historical photos to our website hosting servers.

Bernie and others provided an update on our recent Villages tournament. Special recognition and appreciation were offered to Chris and Rowena Slee.

Cinnamon provided an update on our upcoming Kentucky Derby Party that is being co-hosted with 2 other clubs.
Carol Pillsbury noted that our participation in the Kentucky Derby Party is different from the other two clubs' participation in that we have assured that the RTC has no financial loss exposure
Carol Pillsbury noted that changing Rossmoor demographics and over-saturation with Rossmoor social opportunities have been and continue to be the reasons for our offering fewer social events than in prior years

Larry provided an update of latest club and ball machine numbers
A discussion about RTC membership new signups and renewals is addressed below under New Business

Bill provided update on Buckeye court gates and drinking fountains. More assistance will be requested from GRF Maintenance.
Bill led a discussion on renovating and moving one or perhaps two bleacher structures to better locations. Many agreed that more seating during inter-club tournaments would be beneficial. Bill will follow up with GRF and report at next month's meeting.

Dave's updating of slideshow content is going well and will accommodate the improving quality and volume of writing and photography being provided to him by team captains.
Dave briefly discussed the possibility of adding more RTC membership outreach content in articles being sent to the Rossmoor News including links to website
Dave will put in Rossmoor News something about reduced membership and ball machine fees after 9/1/2018 (to be published in August 2018)

The RTC Information Technology Committee will meet this coming month
Les explained that communication about events is more and more centered on our website. He urged those responsible for tennis and social events to provide information early and with frequent updates as more becomes known during the planning of these events.

Les reintroduced the need for enhanced membership outreach efforts at the board level. The idea of having a standing RTC Membership Outreach Committee was discussed. He suggested that such a committee: hold regular meetings, assign themselves specific tasks, seek help from RTC members as appropriate, and measure the success of their efforts against membership metrics. This would be a permanent standing RTC committee.
The board discussed who would supervise such a committee. No board member volunteered to be responsible for forming and supervising such a committee "at this time".
Further discussion of this issue was deferred to next month's meeting.

Location Bunker Room