October 2023 Meeting Minutes

Full public meeting minutes for our club meeting held on 10/12/2023

STLDGC October Meeting 10/12/23

Next Meeting: 11/15/23 or 11/16/23 pending Sports Cafe

Board Members: Taylor Thomas, Hayley Elam, Brett Elam, Joe Jaegers, Jeff Irwin, Allen Hooper

Board Ambassadors: Charlie Akers

Other Attendees: James Ly, CJ Novak, JC

 

Review Action Items

Memberships

  • 2023 Memberships – 291 sold
  • Ace Pool: $252 (pays $189)
    • STLO Flexes: $562 + $52 – $460 = $154
    • STLO: $154 + $430 – $437 = $147
      BDO9: $147 + $105 = $252
    • Next eligible: Club Champs 10/14

Finances

Outstanding liabilities

  • Hillside Concrete Teepads
    • Quote to be ready early next week, then we vote on it immediately
    • Then it will be on Irwin, Hooper, and Parks department to coordinate and execute the work
  • Endicott Tee Signs
    • Board approved to move forward, down payment made
    • Ethan has ideas for new pins before we finalize tee sign art
  • Willmore Tee Signs – Hooper and Hellwig working it

General Discussion Items

  • 2024 STLO Dates Finalization – Brett to submit tomorrow
  • Dark Ace Putting League
    • Dark Ace will not be running it and asked if we are interested
    • We are interested – Taylor to be the main guy and the rest of us can fill in when needed
    • One format all season, added benefit to club members
  • St. Louis County Library – Intro to disc golf programs (Spring 2024)
    • Gateway Team has been doing a great job of these kinds of things
    • Jeff Irwin to reach out to Gateway and try to coordinate something here
  • Eric Peal wants to be a course captain at Sunset Lakes
    • Eric and Irwin to chat about it
  • By-Laws Rewrite
    • Irwin rewrote, Hayley reviewed and shared with board to review, Irwin to write again to reflect 2024 changes
  • Board Member Elections
    • Stepping Off Board: Jake, Hooper, Calvin
    • 1 President – Brett
    • 2 Vice – Irwin
    • 3 Membership – Charlie
    • 4 Secretary – Hayley
    • 5 Marketing – Robert
    • 6 Treasurer – Ray
    • 7 Asst. Treasurer / Filing Consultant – Joe
    • 8 Course Project Manager – Ethan
    • 9 Inventory – Bob
    • 10 Sponsorships – Willems
    • 11 Course/Event Coordinator – Taylor
    • Auxiliary Positions Opening 12/18: 3 Course Caretakers & 5 Board ambassadors
  • Course Captains – Develop list and application link to the public (Captain, Co-Captain, etc)
  • Business cards and flyers with QR codes with to the club membership link
  • Tax Form 990 items (Due November)
  • BDO future – $1 per player to BDO to purchase assets for BDO

Events

  • 9/14 – STLO Flex – Endicott – Jeremy – Flex C Tier
  • 9/14 – STLO Flex – Carrollton Blues – Ray – Flex C Tier
  • 9/15-9/17 – STLO – Various – Brett – A Tier
    • Retrospective Items
    • Some Numbers
  • 10/14 – STLDGC Club Championships – Sioux/Briscoe – Brett/Robert/Charlie – Club Event
    • $30 for tag, koozie, mini
    • 36 holes, shotgun start
  • 11/5 – Willmore Open – Willmore – Robert/Hooper – C Tier
    • Work with Gateway for glow discs? (Brett to reach out to Alex Seamon with Robert copied)
    • Irwin to order towels
  • 11/24 – Turkey Toss – JB/Bunker – Robert – C Tier
  • Next meeting bring any event ideas for next year