February 2024 Meeting Minutes

STLDGC February Meeting 2/22/24

Next Meeting: 3/18/24

Board Members: Jeff Irwrin, Charlie Akers, Ray Vuichard, Bob Waidmann, Taylor Thomas, Hayley Elam, Brett Elam, Robert Eich

Board Ambassadors: Amar Besirevic, James Ly, Eric Sisco, Jeremy Muehling

Other Attendees: Eric Peal

Memberships

• 2024 Memberships – 259 sold
• Ace Pool: $885 (pays $500)
  • BDO 1/26: $630 + $124 = $754
  • BDO 2/19: $754 + $131 = $885
  • Next eligible: Noodle Arm on 2/24

Finances

Outstanding liabilities

• Hillside Benches
  • All sold (plaques through Kyle Potter), Willems ensuring payments all collected
• Endicott Tee Signs
  • Sponsorships all claimed for these at $150 and sent to Ryan to add to teesign art
  • Willems ensuring payments all collected, need to turn artwork into physical signs next
• Willmore Tee Signs
  • Hooper and Hellwig working it

General Discussion Items

• Board Ambassadors and Course Caretakers Introduction
  • Each person assigned a board member for questions/etc
  • Google Drive
• Community Service Person: Course Prep or Volunteering at events
• St. Louis County Recap / Follow Up Meeting
• Mellow and STLDGC Apparel
  • 10 square feet and we purchase rack, banner and assemble
  • Pull inventory from trailer for stock and maybe order more
  • Targeting March 1 for a written agreement (Ray doing and main POC)
  • Can also host lost discs and membership tag-bundles
• Using STLDGC Facebook “page” for posts to “group” (share from public page to private group) instead of using personal accounts for official STLDGC announcements
• JB Teepad Resurfacing OR Redo OR/AND Bridges redone on hole 10 (extra long)
  • Get quote and go from there
• Boy Scouts
  • Event on 4/20 we can present at
  • Golf merit badge can be earned through DG and we could have an approved counselor on the board
• PDGA Insurance and Non-PDGA Events (PDGA insurance covers all year)
• Documentation
  • By-Laws Rewrite
  • Role execution documents for board positions

• Course Captains
  • Develop complete list (can see on spreadsheet here – Drive Link)
  • Potential course captain pairing for JB

Events

• 4 Hands Putting League
• Tag Shuffles: Eric Peal – Thursdays Monthly at JB
• 1/20 – Ice Box – Endicott – Hooper – Club Event
  • Event Report
• 1/26 – BDO – Hudson – Brett – Flex C Tier
  • Event Report
  • Free entry to the event for coordinator / course caretakers (future out of jurisdiction) 
• 2/19 – BDO – Carrollton – Brett – Flex C Tier
  • Event Report
• 2/24 – Noodle Arm – Carrollton – Jeremy – Flex C Tier
  • Jeremy to coordinate with Elams for stuff
• 3/22 – BDO – Lakeside – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 3/23-3/24 – Killer Bs – Sioux/Creve Complexes – Taylor/Robert – B Tiers
  • The Passage / Creve Coeur Classic
  • Course preparation and volunteers
  • Tee sponsor signs
  • Discmania and DryBagz for player pack ordered
  • Zucas for raffle: Red Compact Cart and Jen Allen Trekker Cart
  • SkyHyzer to film
  • Sioux/Briscoe to be painted before
• 4/20 – Maramec Meltdown – Willmore/Unger – Eric Peal – C Tier
• 9/20-9/22 – STLO – Multiple – Brett – A Tier
  • Player Pack
  • Subcommittee in March
  • Sponsor for added cash: Tournament name – “Company presents STLO sponsored by MVP”

Courses

North

Sioux Passage – Coaches – Freddie Schaljo

• Maintenance: Fix damaged pins, few small tweaks
• Projects: Tee signs eventually (Daniel Doss)

Briscoe Woods – Coaches – Paul Schnieder

• Maintenance: Parks to maintain hole 8 prairie (less than promised but after discussion they have trimmed back), widen hole 10, stone drop zones (Joe can help make)
• Projects: Concrete pads holes 12 and 13, hole 11 retaining wall behind tee pad or extend tee pad, hole 17 retaining solution in front of tee pad, official tee signs, remove hole 12(?) teepad form

Carrollton – Coaches – Ethan Livaudais, Alex Seamon

• Maintenance: 
• Projects: Concrete pads (short 1, new 2 to come back to “3” and remove 14, long 3, long 8, short 11, short 13, long 18), Irwin to update teesigns (limited changes), resurface teepads of holes 1-3, more tree planting in the winter

Endicott – Ray Vuichard

• Maintenance: Replace damaged pins and locks (we have new sleeves and locks)
• Projects: Replace teesigns (Ryan Koster for new design), retaining wall redo on hole 9, hole 13 cleanup (don’t flip)

West

Creve Coeur Hillside – Mike Fritz, Jeff Irwin

• Maintenance: 
• Projects: Benches

Sunset Lakes – Eric Peal

• Maintenance: 
• Projects: Different tee posts (red, white, and blues)

Creve Coeur Lakeside – Jim McGowan, Mike Fritz, Jeff Irwin

• Maintenance: 
• Projects: Fixing up the OB areas, repairing the benches gradually

Logan – Jeff Irwin

• Maintenance: Last scheduled dive was after STLO
• Projects: Tree planting to replace downed trees

South

Jefferson Barracks Park – Aaron Walther

• Maintenance: Parks has rotomillings they are willing to drop off throughout the course, cleaning up hole 16
• Projects: Bridges and benches, create a drainage solution on holes 3 and 4 with parks, resurfacing of teepads

Jefferson Barracks Bunker – Allen Hooper, Taylor Thomas, Scott Houska

• Maintenance: Cleanup of trees/honeysuckle, rock additions gradually, large tree removal, damaged pin repair
• Projects:

Unger – Dan Adams, Joe Jaegers

• Maintenance: 

• Projects: Expansion near hole 10 (at least a year out), greenway 2024 (holes 4, 6, and 8 will have to go away) – construction start 2025

Willmore – John Hellwig, Allen Hooper, Dan Riddle 

• Maintenance: Repair old and add new pin positions, damaged pin repair

• Projects: Retaining wall, tee signs eventually