October, 2023 Board Minutes

PAGC Board Minutes – October 7th 2023

Attendance – Doug Marinkovich, Andrew Clausen, Nick Williams, Chris Dierkes, Franco Montes, Chuck

Pickett, Jim Cowie, Rafa Carmona, James Kaku

• Closed session discussion on disciplinary action for problem member. Discussion was around

process for possible expulsion from club. Bylaws states clear steps, including 10-day notice of

board meeting where a member discipline is scheduled to be discussed. No action taken at this

time. If member signs up for next event or membership renewal, we will take the issue up again

in a future meeting.

• 2024 Board Members – Doug, Andrew, and James are scheduled to come off the board. If

needed, bylaws allow for Doug to continue 1 more year if a new president cannot be

determined. Franco is interested in being on the board. Nick Williams has a couple people who

are interested. Secretary will set up electronic vote for the board at next meeting.

• Honorary Members for 2024 – 5 current honorary members will continue for next year. David

Hall moved away, so we need can give one new membership to a Baylands employees. Doug will

discuss with Kevin Springer. Also, Doug would like to extend new honorary memberships to

James Kaku, Trevor Heathorn, and Ed Barkley for service to the club over the years. Vote to be

held next board meeting.

• Live in Peace – Doug contacted organization to do a club drive at one of our events, maybe the

new member at beginning of the year. They also need volunteers for kid’s events. We got a

couple volunteers for the FirstTee program in the summer.

• Schedule for 2024 – Possibility to add San Juan Oaks once it re-opens in the Spring. Everything

finally locked down. Went with Half Moon Bay – old course, since they lowered the deposit

percent. Discussion of Del Monte having low attendance, but lots of board members like the

course, and it is still a good deal.

• Communications – Franco made some updates of newsletter, which had a 73% open rate. 64-

67% clicked a link in the most recent newsletters. People enjoy the winner’s quotes. Hoping this

will get more responses in the future. Banner added to the website to remind people about

renewal.

• Membership Renewal – about 290 members will renew automatically on 1/1/24. Rest will need

to renew manually.

• Two more events until the ToC. Chuck will organize this event, moving down the list until 36

players are signed up. At Corica Park North, the course is not rated. James has a plan for getting

stroke allocation and playing the course twice. Nick will give details of how his other group does

this.

• Handicap – 29 golfers are capped right now, but everyone is 2-4 shots from their max. 5

exceptional scores, including 1 in the stroke play.

• Finances – some recent tournaments were expensive. Current projected balance at end of year

is $5800 down from $6300. $5200 in deposits are out for 2024 (all but 2 events need deposits).