Meeting Minutes

Call to order at 1:00pm on June 9, 2014

A meeting of the Grand Haven Croquet Club Board of Directors was held at Creekside on 5/12/14.
Attendees included Cassandra Gaisor, Tony Dos Santos, Bill Todd, Naomi Mass, Rich Burns, John
Fitterman.
Approval of minutes
The Minutes of the May 12, 2014 Board meeting were approved.
Reports
Treasurer - Bill Todd
Opening balance was $13,016.27 and closing balance as of 6/9/14 is $13,172.32. The increase was the
result of the addition of new members. The Treasurers report was approved.
President - Cassandra Gaisor
The reconstruction of the Croquet Courts should begin mid July and take approximately 2 weeks
to complete, with possible use in early September.
An ad hoc oversight committee for the duration of the court reconstruction was established
consisting of Jim Pagano, Rich Burns and Greg Brown.
Vice President - Tony Dos Santos
By Laws - Nothing to report.
Grounds & Equipment - Nothing to report.
Nominations Committee - Nobi Koop has been added as the third member of this committee
Logo Wear - Linda Dos Santos has placed orders and delivery of this order is expected within 2
weeks.
Sunshine - A sympathy card was sent to Tom Shelko for the passing of his mother, and a get well
card was sent to Barry Naus who had open heart surgery.
Membership - John Fitterman
Total membership as of 6/9/14 is 87.
Play Pal - setting up a plan to extend to new members.




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Tournament - Rich Burns
Ready to proceed with plans for the Invitational Tournament (10/23/14). The formation of the
committees will be in place by the July 14th Board meeting.
Cassandra Gaisor has offered her home for the welcome cocktail party.

Old Business
Honorary Membership - was discussed and discarded as too difficult to implement.
Immediate Past Presidents - their possible attendance at board meetings was tabled.
Handicap adjustment matches - a partial survey indicated that the level of interest in having
these matches was much less than needed to proceed.
Motion
Vote on addition to the Standing Rules: The following wording was approved to be added to the
Standing Rules. "The Nominating Committee shall be considered a Standing Committee but its
function is limited to the annual selection and election of officers as described by the bylaws".
Vote on addition to Standing Rules: The following wording was approved to be added to the
Standing Rules. "Only an authorized member of the Board shall send out blast type e-mails to
the general membership and all postings on the website shall first have the approval of the Club
President".
Social Membership: Following a discussion, a vote was taken to consider allowing social
membership. It failed to pass.
New Business
Hammock Dunes Play Day: Only 12 members from Grand Haven can be accommodated. A
decision was made to give preference to those who did not play in the previous Play Day at
Hammock Dunes with the rest based on promptness of response.
Next social or special event: Nothing to report.
New wickets: Six new wickets have been ordered to round out two (2) complete sets, allowing
one full set (12 wickets) to be sent out for powder coating and repainting.
Village Center Court: During the time that the Creekside Court is under reconstruction, it was
discussed and suggested that we comply with CDD rules that reservations be made in order to
avoid any conflict in the event that there were more users than court space.
Adjournment
There being no further business, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 2:20pm.


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Secretary Date of approval