Board Notes

Written By Murray Pounds

CASINO BUILDING, ROOM 112, 10:30am

In Attendance:  Mary Kline, Karen Figeroa, Bill Carmichael, Murray Pounds, Susan Geeslin, Suzi Hassel, Theresa Ellis

Guests:  Teresa Peeples (North Glynn Pickleball), Mike McKinney (local Parkinson’s group- Glynn County Parkinson’s Support Group Organization), Ian Ward (The Club)

I. CALL TO ORDER by Murray at 10:30am

II. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 14, 2024 SPECIALMEETING MINUTES, Motion made by Suzi, seconded by Mary, unanimous approval

III. FINANCIAL REPORT, TREASURER BILL CARMICHAEL

    1. & c. $27,408.61 in bank (this total includes our new $15,000 in interest-bearing account)

    2. 176 members

IV. OCTOBER GOLDEN OLDIES SENIOR TOURNAMENT, Oct 12 & 13, North Glynn Courts

    1. Sponsors—19 Sponsors mostly obtained by Teresa Peeples. We’ll wait to give any money to the North Glynn Group until after the tournament. Chick-Fil-A (Brunswick) will send chicken box lunches on Saturday.

    2. Entries—There are 83 players right now. Might lose a few players due to not enough players in brackets. Locals vs Out of Towners—we don’t have that info yet. Mary and Teresa will send out more info on social media in hopes of getting more folks registered to play. Mike’s Parkinson’s group will be on Thursday and he’ll encourage attendance at both the dinner and tournament. Bill will send a letter to the Glynn County Finance Committee to ask for a court fees waiver.

    3. Beneficiary—Mike McKinney from Glynn County Parkinson’s Support Group Organization, said that folks had to go out of town to Jacksonville or Savannah for any Parkinson’s treatment prior to their nonprofit. Now there are 3 Physical Therapists that are trained for Parkinson’s treatment.  The Club and The YMCA started adaptive fitness programs through info from Jacksonville treatment.  50-70 come to the programs. Tuesday/Thursday 1pm at The Club. Parkinson’s Boxing and Chair Yoga Monday & Friday at 12pm at The YMCA. They have 300 active emails within their group. This is the only support group between Savannah and Jacksonville. Studies are finding out that many of the symptoms are triggered by the environmental conditions. There are 5 stages of Parkinson’s and their programs can handle up to Stage 4 at The Club and then folks can go to Chair Yoga at the Y. Their nonprofit will have a table at the tournament.

    4. Volunteers—Give out t-shirts & support pickleball gift, give out Saturday’s lunch tickets, we’ll have a 9am start time both mornings (setup 8am), no need for runners, need a lunch ticket taker, pull up court screens for viewing (will ask county to do), courts 6-12, parking in parking lot (not gravel road), signs for parking at entrance (Teresa P), Steve, Bob & David are handling the hotdogs on Sunday (Murray purchasing items as needed).

    5. Friday Night BBQ, 6pm—Social Committee has everything set for setup, dinner, and cleanup. There will be pickleball games after dinner that David Neville has planned. Need to let folks know to bring their paddles on Friday night. Folks need to Venmo Bill by Wed, Oct 9 for the Friday night BBQ.

    6. Logistics Checklist—see checklist

V. FUTURE TOURNAMENT(S)

    1. Possible Dates—discussion on hold until next meeting

    2. Locations

    3. Organizers

VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS

    1. Competition Committee—see above info regarding Golden Oldies Tournament

    2. Social Committee—Mini-Golf & Pizza on Jekyll 5pm, Thursday, October 10, Holiday Party Thursday, December 12 at LauraLynn’s house (with Laura helping) in the plans/works, can accommodate up to 60 people.

    3. Social Media/Publicity Committee—Murray is working on October newsletter.

VII. OTHER MATTERS

    1. Logo Apparel—Bill will put out info for Caps /Visors for Holiday orders, Threadless account need to be promoted so folks can order shirts, individual shipping is expensive, might encourage folks to combine orders.

    2. Parks & Recreation Master Plan—Discussions with John Gentry, County doesn’t want to do anything regarding more courts at this time because they are getting ready to do a Park & Rec Master Plan.  Will be looking for public input—we need to be ready to give it. Bob Duncan, incoming GC Commissioners for the Islands, was in agreement of needing more pickleball courts on SSI.

    3. End of Year Meeting—5:30-6pm start time on Tuesday, December 3 at the room 108 at Casino Building.

VIII.  ADJOURNMENT,  by Murray at 11:50AM

Murray Pounds
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