GCTA Board Meeting Minutes
September 22, 2005
In Attendance
Paul Ghidotti, Rita Brown, Jake Will, Jr., Howard Humphrey, Deena Snapp, Kelly Hoffman, Art Haus, Geri Schlegel, Doug Snapp, Shirley Neibauer, Harvey Beahm, Andy Alexander, Carol Alexander, Sadhaf Pervez, Janet Craycraft, Vince Solomon, Terri Jones, Chris Garner, Jim Flower, Denica Bruce
Annual Meeting
1. Nominating Committee Report
Carol Alexander, Dan Witteman, Janet Craycraft, Erin Ortman, and Jane McMeekin were able to attend the committee meeting, chaired by Geri Schlegel. Special thanks was indicated to Dan Witteman who provided a number of suggestions. The committee replaced Board Members Jean Shaw, Brooks Naffziger, and Shawn Walton. Rebecca Stanchin will take Jean's spot, Mark Anderson with replace Shawn, John Campbell will replace Brooks. There was a motion, a second and the motion passed.
2. Budget Committee Report
Janet chaired the committee meeting. She thanked Jake Will, Jr., Doug Snapp, Shirley Neibauer and Rita Brown. Jake went line by line through the proposed budget. Even though the final amount was in the red by $820, it was felt that there are often parts of the budget that go unspent--$5,576 from the 2004-2005 budget was not spent. There was a motion to approve and a second; the motion passed.
3. Adjournment of the Annual Meeting
Janet asked for a motion to adjourn the Annual Meeting. Such a motion was made, seconded, and passed.
Regular Quarterly Meeting
1. Approval of Minutes
Janet called the quarterly meeting to order and asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the July meeting. A motion was made, seconded, and passed.
2. Treasurer’s Report
Jake Will, Jr., gave the report. As of August 31st the checking account had $571, the flex fund had $76,575, the junior fund had $5,411, and the Mansfield fund had $1,478. This was a total of $84,035. Jake indicated that there would be more bills to come in but expected the amount on-hand in January to be around $72,000. A motion was made to accept his report; there was a second and the motion passed.
ITA Event
Janet introduced Sadhaf Pervez and Chris Garner, assistant coaches for the OSU women's and men's varsity tennis teams. They gave information regarding the upcoming ITA event. Ohio State will be the host school and the even will take place at the Racquet Club. The dates are November 3rd through the 6th. The event is the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. It is the most important college event for the fall. It is very fortunate that OSU is able to host the event for two years. There was discussion as to what OSU would like from the GCTA. Sadhaf said that volunteers were needed to man the hospitality room and do other things during the tournament. There was both positive and negative discussion with regard to supporting the event. The negative discussion centered mainly around the idea of the GCTA giving any money to support the event. It was felt that volunteers could be recruited to do any of the things that needed to be done. After further discussion, a motion was made that not more than $1,000 be contributed to support the hospitality room. There was a second, and after additional discussion, the motion passed. There was discussion as to getting volunteers to assist with whatever was needed. Rebecca Stanchin will be in charge of this aspect.
3. Women’s Leagues and Champion of Champions
Rita Brown said that there had been a successful season. The Women's Board had held final meeting. A meeting to discuss recommended rules changes was scheduled for October 14th at the Upper Arlington Municipal building. Erin Ortman and Shirley Neibauer had run a successful Champ of Champs. Rita also shared that Erin Ortman will be the Women's Chair for the coming year. Rita was pleased with the number of participants in the Women's League. She made special thanks to those clubs that had donated court time: New Albany, the Lakes, and Worthington Hills. Janet thanked Rita for her efforts.
4. Men’s Leagues and Champion of Champions
Doug Snapp shared that there were few controversies in the Men's Leagues. The Champ of Champs was played at Champions. Involvement was low but no lower than recent years. He thanked John Campbell and Charlie Weis for the help in running the tournament. Janet shared that Gary Alexander will step down as the Men's Chair--we need a replacement.
5. USTA League
Terri Jones reported that over 600 players participated. Columbus had several winter teams that qualified to the USTA Nationals. We also had a summer junior team qualify. Paul Ghidotti was present to give a request for financial support for the team he captains. Discussion followed. Rita Brown made a motion that $1,500 be given to the team. Geri Schlegel seconded. There was additional discussion. There was a call for a vote and the motion passed.
6. OVTA
Harvey shared a number of items. He reaffirmed that a junior team from New Albany would be going to the USTA Nationals. The OVTA is finalizing the junior points per round ranking levels; these will go into effect in January of 2006. He said that a 5.0 women's team captained by Kelly Story and a 5.5 men's team captained by Paul Ghidotti won the Sectional Championships and advanced to the USTA Nationals. The OVTA Junior Davis and Junior Wightman teams performed well at the Sectional Championships. The girls finished first and the boys finished second. For the first time, there were 14-and-under and 12-and-under teams; those teams consisted of boys and girls. The 14-and-under team finished first and the 12-and-under team finished second. Harvey reminded all of the OVTA Annual meeting in November. The GCTA should make nominations regarding awards. All USTA members are welcome to attend the meeting. Lastly, Harvey reminded us that our very own Les Varnado is the new President of the Midwest Section of the USTA.
7. Parks and Recreation
Denica Bruce gave a final report on participation for Columbus Recreation and Parks.
These numbers show an increase. She handed out sheets with the numbers, as well as a sheet with the
goals for the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department 2006 tennis programs.
Click to see the first page of the 05 participation numbers--in pdf format.
Click to see the second page of the 05 participation numbers--in pdf format.
Click to see the CRPD tennis goals for 2006--in pdf format.
She continued that Champions did really well: 45 paid members, which is doubled from what it was last year. CRPD again had a well-attended tennis camp. They have received a $1000 grant for wheelchair tennis. CRPD has applied for an award with the OVTA. Denica said that they received free tickets for ATP tournament in Cincinnati; they took about 30 kids to the tournament. She said they would like to involve more juniors and seniors.
8. USTA Junior Team Tennis
Rebecca Stanchin said that the New Albany is going to the USTA Nationals. She was pleased with the results from this year but indicated that some clubs had not participated in the program.
9. Awards Ceremony
Deena Snapp shared that the event is ready to go. She has received all the awards and has heard from all of the award winners. This year, the bios will be in the programs.
10. Umpires
Vince Solomon indicated that the umpires did have some new officials. He indicated the guidelines for officials as their local organized group sees them. Art Haus said that Vince and his group do not represent the feelings of all of the local umpires.
11. Old Business
Janet shared that the GCTA banners should be ready soon.
12. New Business
Janet gave the meeting dates for 2006: 1/19/06, 4/20/06, 7/20/06 and 9/21/06.
Kelly Hoffman indicated that Champions would like to host Champ of Champs again in 2006.
13. Adjournment
A motion was made to adjourn. It was seconded and passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Doug Snapp
GCTA Secretary