December Board Meeting

Registration is closed

The meeting was called to order at 1:30
Roll call all board members present except Laura who was busy working on the Party
Approval of minutes
After two and a half years, Sherry Edicott will no longer be doing the ball clinics
Barbara will send a thank you note for her outstanding service
Neil Fiori and Bill Schwartz can continue if they wish
We are grateful for the anonymous donor who paid for sunshades on courts 1,3, and 5
At the Holiday party Al will recognize the former members who have passed away--
Margaret Logwood, Angie Dometrovich, Eleanor Bang, Ralph Parton, Shin Kim, Colleen Scully, Barbara Schwartz, Joan Warner, & Laurel Strand
Board members were asked to write down 2 things that are true and 1 that is not true about themselves for the Party
Awards to outstanding volunteers -- Mary Kay

Reminder of 2024 Calendar Board meetings on the 3rd Monday of every month and general meetings for all in March, July, and November

Monthly report as of 12/17/2023
2024 Proposed Budget estimates that we will spend about $1000 more than we take in
It is estimated that we will have $8,600 at the end of the year and about $7,600. at the end of 2024
Next year we plan to charge for the Holiday Party and the Crab Fest

Richard thanked Larry, Al, Ike, and Takako for helping with the tournaments
Buying Penn balls in bulk is a saving
RTC authorized Richard to buy a printer since he will need one for running tournaments

We have had some good articles in the newspaper and Linda was grateful for Mary Benin and Roger Emanuel for sending articles all written.
Adding to a blog, summary news articles RENAME BY DATE

Old RossmoorTennis.com has been scaled back, renewed for one year, just in case
Summary of transition to RTC Wild Apricot
- Members were all transferred. As of 12/8, 136 logged in, about 90 have not
- Renewals -- tested with 10, 1st reminder 12/3, 2nd reminder 12/17
- About 85% of old content transferred
- Old history transferred, working on pre 2020 images
- Richard Schulman, Dave Blanchard, Judy Simon were very helpful
Holiday party -- 120+ Registrations, almost all self registered online, about 10 with issues, coaching. Set up new spreadsheet to print labels for events (works for future events)

3 training sessions for using Wild Apricot--The Board, Publicity, Events
January 3rd will be the first training session for the Board at 3:00 at Chris Slee's house--
(2932 Saklan Indian Dr.)
Emily and Al will work on getting the calendar on the website
Chris had a conversation with Bart Ostro about having a Walk-In Clinic in the Redwood Room for help with Wild Apricot when people bring their phone & password.
Think about using display cases in Gateway