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Sepulveda Seniors’ Golf Club

Board Meeting Minutes

March 17, 2025

Meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Ed Gooze. The minutes for February were approved.

Present at the meeting were Board members Ed Gooze, DeRon Jones, Dean Abston, Blane Goldwater, Harvey Goldsmith, Roger Cowan, Jan Bernard, Mike Camp, Steve Skinner, Steve Greenbaum, Bob Lieb, Larry Tash. Guests in attendance included: Mike Russo and Ruth Greenbaum.

President’s Message from Ed Gooze

With all of the course needs for improvement, why are they about to upgrade and improve the meeting room?
Compliments to Larry Tash and Harvey Goldsmith for all of the extra work that they do for the club

Treasurer Report by Harvey Goldsmith

Our current club balance is $12,487.97. The report prepared for members shows all expenses for the previous year as asked for by the Board.
Our projected after expenses balance should be approximately $3436 if everything remains the same.
Our current dues are $90 and we discussed if we should raise them for next year. It was questioned why we need to raise them and Ed Gooze asked what other senior clubs are charging. We will have a new $4400 bill if we choose to use all aspects of the Golf Genius system
Mike Camp explained that currently and we will continue to add $1 to each tournament entry fee to offset the cost of our use of the Golf Genius system. If we choose to allow members to pay for tournaments using credit cards through Golf Genius there is a charge of $1.50 per charge for that service. No decision on this yet. However, we may be able to have tournament players pay their own green and cart fees to the starter. We would only collect the costs for tournament pots and side pots.

Tournaments

The March 24 tournament will be run by Harvey Goldsmith and DeRon Jones.
Golf Genius worked perfectly for our second February tournament. Mike Camp with the assistance of Bob Lieb entered all of the scores for the tournament in about 30 minutes at the end of the day. Golf Genius then produces the tournament results immediately.
Golf Genius has solved the problem of players playing from different tee boxes but competing against each other.
For March 24 we currently have 75 players for our tournament, with one open spot as of this meeting. Future tournaments will be upgraded to 76 players. If we fall short, we can return the tee times to the course about one week before the tournament without charge. We had to change this tournament from Wilson to Balboa at the request of the City because a City Junior Tournament will be taking place on that day..
Question arose regarding Blind Draws. This topic is tied to the issue of having a gap of no more than ten strokes between team members when we play two player team events. This issue was clarified for the Board.

Handicap by Larry Tash

Data update: on February 24 we had 19 players score below their net par score. This was better than usual for our tournaments. We also had 24 members on March 1 with a Club Index less than their GHIN. This is a bigger number than usual. We had one member during February and March shoot an exceptional score (a score with a differential nine strokes or more below their GHIN handicap).
Larry asked if we should recalculate a player’s Club Index and GHIN if they shoot an Exceptional Score during a month. This was discussed.
We agreed that with Golf Genius we will use the players GHIN or Club Index (whichever is lower) as of the Sunday before the tournament as that is when Mike Camp will run the scorecards. Beginning in April, Larry will try to update the Club Index twice per month following each club tournament. A motion was presented and passed to do this.

Membership by Dean Abston

We currently have 195 regular members and 32 associate members for a total of 227 members
Our newest member is Grant Swanson who is joining as an associate member

GAC by Anthony Benenati

Not present, no report available.
Conal O’Herily will be taking on this position as our GAC representative

Niblick by Steve Greenbaum

Steve thanked those who provided articles and he welcomes new articles for the Niblick each month.
Mike Camp will provide Steve with tournament results in any format needed to make it easier to place in the newsletter.

Sunshine by Blane Goldwater

Cards and phone calls to a number of members and former members were provided to reach out to our families due to death or illness.
Banquet costs and deposit were agreed upon to save the December date which will again coincide with our golf tournament before the luncheon banquet.
This year the banquet cost will be $3430
Last year's banquet had costs including $2750 for trophies and $1440 for prizes. There was discussion about whether we should continue to give out trophies, and it was decided to table this discussion for now.

MGA by Bob Lieb

Bob will provide Jan with the rules for MGA this year to post on the website
First match, this Thursday, and the handicaps are determined on the Monday of the week the round of golf is played.
Bob will provide Steve Greenbaum the results to add into the Niblick each month.

Old Business;

Our old match play league was explained by Steve Skinner to the Board as Ed Gooze is making this a priority to try and reestablish Match Play this year. It requires one extra Monday each month of tee times to be able to do this.
Golf Genius update: it worked very well for our first fully run Golf Genius tournament.
A discussion about maintaining our domain name through Go Daddy which costs $70 per year. It was recommended to keep the website and move from Mulligan to Golf Genius for our website. Jan Bernard and Mike Camp shared with the Board and all members what our Golf Genius website will look like. Mike can capture everything that Jan includes on the current website. We should all look at the new website to be sure we are not missing anything in the transition.
It was agreed that in the future we will require a ten stroke maximum difference between players in two man tournament play. If there is more than ten strokes, then the higher handicap player will be brought down to ten strokes for team play. They will maintain their regular handicap for side games as this is able to be done by Golf Genius.
The Board liked the idea of random team play periodically. The random teams can be determined by Golf Genius. We hope that this builds greater sense of community and members make new friends by doing this.

New Business: No significant new business brought up

Adjourned at 2:35 p.m.

Next meeting: April 21, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Sepulveda Seniors’ Golf Club

Board Meeting Minutes

February 17, 2025

Meeting called to order by President Ed Gooze at 1;00 p.m. Minutes for our previous

meeting were approved.

Present were: Ed Gooze, Steve Greenbaum, Anthony Benenati, Mike Camp, Dean Abston,

Jan Bernard, DeRon Jones, Harvey Goldsmith, Roger Cowan, Bob Lieb, Larry Tash. Not

present: Steve Skinner, Blane Goldwater

President Report: Thanks to members for their contributions:

Thanks to Jan for all he has done over the years to make the club successful.

Appreciate as he works to transition our club events and web page to Golf

Genius

Thanks to Mike Camp to deciding to come onto the Board and accepting the

responsibility for learning and implementing Golf Genius.. Should be exciting

what we can do with the support of Golf Genius

Thanks to Larry Tash for taking on the task of preparing minutes for our

minutes this year

Thanks to Anthony Benenati for trying to be our representative to GAC

It is exciting that our February 24 tournament will be run completely using Golf

Genius

Treasurer’s Report by Harvey Goldsmith

Our current balance is $10,793.85. This includes the deposit for the end of year

banquet, reimbursement to Saul Isler for cost of trophies. Jan Bernard will be

depositing funds from last tournament this week.

Once deposits are included our balance will be approximately $12,400

Question was asked, "How much is a reasonable balance to maintain in our

account?" The current amount we tend to have seems excessive. Most agreed that

we should look for ways to benefit the entire membership if we are to reduce the

balance.

Harvey has been asked to prepare for the next meeting a summary of our yearly

income and expenditures to better discuss what is actually available for our use.

Tournaments Report by Jan Bernard

Mike Camp has “wired” Golf Genius and is ready to take on tournaments including

the February 24 tournament

Jan explained that the January 27 tournament was canceled early because there did

not appear any way that carts would be allowed out due to rain. If the course does

not let carts out we cancel tournaments. However, they did let carts out but the

course was very muddy and it would have been difficult to play. In the future if a

tournament needs to be canceled the decision will be made the morning of the

tournament, unless we hear from the Golf Division earlier

February 10 tournament had two players not pay to play, they just paid the cart

fee. The two players have been notified, and one person has sent in payment. We

are still waiting on the other member to pay or they cannot play in future events.

February 24 tournament has 74 players and will be run by Mike Camp and Harvey

Goldsmith using Golf Genius

March 10 event will be the first round of the President’s Cup and it will have Harvey

Goldsmith and Don Kihara as the Directors.

Question: “I didn’t know that the same person could win both net and gross in our

tournaments?” Jan explained that based on a member request, members when

playing team events, can pay to enter side bets for both low gross and low net. If

they are in the side bets, then they can win both. We have done this for several

months.

Jan updated us on the progress being made at Buenaventura.

Discussed using member volunteers to go out and mark off unplayable areas of the

course we will be playing. We will look into this in the future

Handicap Report by Larry Tash:

In our last tournament, eight players shot lower than their GHIN Index

Larry noticed there are less gaps of over 10 strokes in the recent tournaments.

Larry asked Jan about using Blind Draws, Is the blind draw from a player in the

same flight as the person needing the blind draw. Jan noted that at this time, the

blind draw could be anyone, but if we agree to the ten stroke difference, then blind

draws will be from those in the same flight as the person requiring the blind draw. A

decision on the ten strokes has not been finalized yet.

Membership Chair Report by Dean Abston:

We currently have 192 regular members and 43 associate members for a total

membership of 235.

Dean will follow up by contacting Philip Butch to be sure he is reminded that his

renewal is due if he wishes to play in the next tournament.

GAC Report by Anthony Benenati:

Anthony attended the GAC last meeting, but cannot be our representative because

he is a City employee. Ed Gooze may have found a member who would be

interested in taking on that position.

Anthony gained a lot of new “to us” information regarding funding and planning for

course improvements.

Sepulveda Golf Courses are the second highest grossing golf courses in the

City. Not including golf carts or the driving range, the course brings in about

$1.8M to the City this past year

There are plans for capital improvements for the course such as replacing the

irrigation system, but this is part of a ten year plan.

He has not been given information, yet, about where the $2 per tee time

funds will be spent in the near future

The Sepulveda Basin Plan changes everything that has been planned, as this

plan was approved. Our courses will remain two full 18 hole courses, but

changes will be made to the courses over the coming years.

We learned that we can and will do walk throughs around the course with the

maintenance supervisor and give the City in writing our prioritized

recommendations for improvements. Anthony will lead this effort.

Niblick Report by Steve Greenbaum:

He appreciates the items shared with him last month and is looking for additional

stories to include in the Niblick this month.

Old Business:

MGA will be led by Bob Lieb and he has a list of players of all handicap levels that

will be rotated throughout the season.

Matches will include five partner best ball match play along with ten singles

matches

Bob will send Jan and Steve Greenbaum the list of rules to place on the

website and in the Niblick

Golf Genius was explained by Michael Camp.

With Golf Genius we can run tournaments and split tees which we cannot do

with Mulligan.

With our current version of Golf Genius, we can sign people up for

tournaments, but we will need the premium version in order to have payment

online and personal selection of tee times and pairings.

A committee including Mike Camp, Jan Bernard, Bob Lieb, Harvey Goldsmith,

Anthony Benenati, and Steve Skinner was formed to work out the logistic

details for future use of Golf Genius and they will provide the full Board with

their recommendations.

A formal motion was passed by the Board to approve the expenditure of

purchasing the premium package of Golf Genius, but we will practice first with

our basic version. The full version will cost $3900 per year, plus a first year

start up fee of $399. This will allow the committee to know what they have

flexibility to do as we grow into the use of Golf Genius this year.

Refreshing Players on the Rules of Golf

Recommendations were made about this.

It was suggested that we focus on a few rules and a way to resolve rules

disputes. This discussion will be continued.

New Business

We will make an effort to have more tournaments where members are in mixed

teams to create greater social opportunities within the club.

Using this with a 1-2-3 tournament would be a good option.

Our current cost for Mulligan is $1 per player in each tournament. On average we

have 72 players per tournament, so that comes to approximately $144 per

month. Once we finish using Mulligan, we will not have to pay for tournament play

to Mulligan, but we will also convert to the Golf Genius website.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm.

Next meeting is scheduled for March 17, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Sepulveda Seniors’ Golf Club

Board Meeting Minutes

January 20, 2025

Bob Lieb, President, opened the final meeting of our 2024 Board by thanking members and

reviewing some items that led to our excellence for the year including:

Increased membershipIncreased number of members participating in club events

Increased number of members who attended the end of year banquet

Thanked those on the Board that took important roles in each event

Bob announced that he will lead our MGA team for the coming year and provided

schedules of play

Several suggestions were made on how to improve the banquet for next year including:

Increase the number of Razzle Dazzle winners

Shorten the program time

Think about how much the club subsidizes the banquet

Minutes from our last meeting were approved as written.