April 2024 Meeting Minutes

STLDGC April Meeting 4/24/24

Next Meeting (SC, HH, Virtual Rotation): 5/22/24

Board Members: Hayley Elam, Brett Elam, Joe Jaegers, Ray Vuichard, Robert Eich, Charlie Akers, Jeff Irwin, Jeff Willems

Board Ambassadors / Course Caretakers: Eric Sisco, CJ Novak, James Ly, Amar Besirevic, Jeremy Muehling, Allen Hooper

Review Action Items

Memberships

• 2024 Memberships – 287 sold
  • 2023 total was 292
  • Spreadsheet and Disc Golf Scene
  • Elams have 311-400 from Kyle
  • Membership incentive ideas
• Ace Pool: $1075 (pays $500 – single person cap)
  • BDO Lakeside: $1089 + $134 = $1223
  • Passage: $1223 + $140 – $500 = $863
  • Creve Classic: $863 + $141 = $1004
  • Meramec Meltdown: $1004 + $71 = $1075
  • Next eligible event: BDO JB 5/17

Finances

• Old credit card holders canceled, new card holders added

Outstanding liabilities

• Food bank donation
• Hillside Benches
  • All sold (plaques through Kyle Potter), Willems ensuring payments all collected
• Endicott Tee Signs
  • Willems ensuring payments all collected
  • Tee signs have been installed
• Willmore Tee Signs
  • Hooper and Hellwig working it

General Discussion Items

• Charity/Community Committee
  • Boy Scouts
  • Girl Scouts
  • Library Kits for checkout (small bag, couple discs, information sheet, rules mini from Gateway) – multiple libraries interested
• Vending/Sponsorship formalization
• Mellow and STLDGC partnership update
  • Interest in carrying club stamp discs
  • Lost and found – calling numbers and donating others after some time
  • Host unclaimed raffle prizes in the future as well?
• Inventory of club owned equipment
  • Ray inventory through Slack and make asset list
  • Bring items to the storage unit day
• New course captain for JB OG?
• AJ isn’t over JB anymore – he’s over the West now and we have a temporary contact
• JB Teepad Resurfacing OR Redo OR/AND extra long bridges redone on hole 10
  • Quote for all 18 pads
  • Resurfacing best on hot/sunny day
  • 3 really bad pads, 9 total pads not great, rest are alright
  • Bunker Tee Pads
• Succession planning revisit
  • Board position responsibilities – 2021 Document

Upcoming Events

• Tag Shuffles – Eric Peal – Club
  • Low turnout, talking about simply adding tag shuffles to existing events
• 3/22 – BDO – Lakeside – Brett – Flex C Tier
  • Event Report
• 3/23-3/24 – Killer Bs – Sioux/Creve Complexes – Taylor/Robert/Charlie – B Tiers
  • Event Report

• 4/20 – Maramec Meltdown – Willmore/Unger – Eric Peal – C Tier

• • Event Report

• 5/17 – BDO – JB – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 5/25 – Logan Memorial – Logan – Irwin/Charlie – Flex C Tier
• 5/27 – BDO – La Vista – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 6/1 – Rock Road Rumble – Endicott/Carrollton – Robert/Amar – C Tier
• 6/22 – Ironman – North Courses – Jeremy/Charlie – Club
  • Endicott, Dunegant, Hudson, Briscoe, Sioux, White Birch
  • Need club coolers
• 6/29 – Fenton Fling – Unger – Hayley/Amar/Jeremy – Women’s C Tier
• 7/14 – Trilogy Challenge – Unger – Eric – Club
• 7/20 – JB Open – JB/Bunker – Willems/Ray – C Tier
• 9/20-9/22 – STLO – Multiple – Brett – A Tier
  • Registration currently set to open 5-15 – push back to 6-1
  • Player Pack
  • Subcommittee: Brett, Eric, Irwin, Hayley, Charlie, Willems – Wednesdays
    • Finalize player pack and registration opening
  • More permanent signage for tournaments (check in/player packs, raffle, inventory purchase, etc)
  • “Crane Insurance presents the 19th Annual St. Louis Open sponsored by MVP”

Courses