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Next SDGA Meeting: April 21, at the Season Ticket Boone and Howard |
SPOKANE DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARTER Since 2001 the mission of the Spokane Disc Golf Association has been to promote fair play and set high competitive standards for the game of disc golf. Further, the SDGA hosts several annual charitable, local, regional and nationally sanctioned events. Through the efforts of the SDGA in cooperation with civic authorities, further installations and maintenance of public disc golf facilities continues.MEMBERSHIP Membership in the SDGA is open to any individual or entity through the payment of annual dues. Current* members will be eligible to attend all open SDGA Board meetings, run for Board positions, nominate and vote in annual Board elections, vote on matters in open meetings and enjoy other membership privileges and discounts. The membership year runs from Jan 1st to Dec 31. THE BOARD The Board is made up of 6 elected officers. The Boards member’s term of office will be 2 years. If a Board position is vacated the remaining Board members will fill vacancies and the replacement’s term will expire at the end of the original terms. The election of officers will be staggered. After the initial election the Steward, Secretary and Facilities Coordinator positions will be elected in even numbered years and the Treasurer, Public Relation and Membership positions will be elected in the odd numbered years. The Steward’s vote will be the deciding factor in all tied Board decisions. A quorum will consist of 2/3’s of the Board. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD The Board will set the club agenda for its elected term. The Board reserves the right to approve or reject all measures presented to them. The Board will name or approve all committees. The Board will hold a minimum of 4 open meetings annually, with one meeting in the fall to nominate Board positions and one in Jan/Feb for elections. BOARD POSITIONS AND DEFINITIONS The Board’s 6 Positions are: STEWARD: Maka Johnson The chief officer and senior advisor, coordinate efforts of the Board. TREASURER: Gordy Crafts Maintain the SDGA bank account and assure the security of club funds. Collect SDGA revenues and make payments for club expenditures. Keep accurate records and report to membership at large at open meetings .SECRETARY: Jaymie Crafts Record the minutes at Board and open club meetings, work with PUBLIC RELATIONS officer to release news to members not in attendance at open meetings. PUBLIC RELATIONS: Lesli Younger Maintain communications with civic bodies and media. Direct press releases and make official communications online through appropriate channels. Will speak knowledgeably and professionally about the SDGA, its mission and its current and upcoming activities. MEMBERSHIP WHIP: Kevin Sakus Encourage and pursue new members and renewals. Set membership rates and define membership benefits with Board approval. Collect membership monies and pass them on to the treasurer, issue membership cards and keep accurate records. FACILITIES COORDINATOR: Christopher Re' Coordinate SDGA course maintenance. Identify and correct erosion and safety issues on SDGA courses. Work with PUBLIC RELATIONS to notify members of workdays. AMENDMENTS These bylaws may be changed or amended by a vote of current* members at an open meeting. Two-thirds of the vote will be considered the majority. *Current is defined as having paid dues for the current year. A member may renew or register at an open meeting and be eligible to vote immediately.
Version 1.2 Adopted Dec. 7, 2008
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Current Officers Steward;Maka Johnson, Treasurer; Gordy Crafts Secretary; Jaymie Crafts, Public Relations; Lesli Younger, Membership Whip; Kevin Sakus,
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ELECTION PROCEDURES A Board candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote to win the position. Where more than two candidates are running and none receives a majority the two with the most votes will be voted for in a run off election immediately following the first vote. The winner of the Steward Board position will be determined before all other Board positions. If there is a tie for the Steward position the outgoing Steward’s vote will be the tiebreaker. All other Board positions will be determined after the Steward is elected. If there is a tie for any of the other Board positions the incoming Steward’s vote will be the tiebreaker. Nominations for Board positions may be made up to and including Dec. 31, 2008. Noon will be the deadline for late nomination delivery. These late nominations must be in writing with the nominee and the person who nominated him both signing the nomination. These written nominations must be delivered to Bob Perrewe @ 1824 E. Wabash St., Spokane, WA. 99207. The vote for the 2009 SDGA Board positions will be held on January 11, 2009 at Gordy’s Sichuan Café, 501 E. 30th Ave., Spokane, WA. 99203 at 6:00 pm. For those who cannot attend the election, you may pick up your ballot from, vote and submit your ballot early to Bob Perrewe, please call first @ 991-1807. You will be able to get your ballot and vote early starting on January 5th, 2009. Early voting will close on January 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm. In case of a run off your early vote will be counted as a run off vote for the candidate for which you voted.
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SDGA MEETING NOTES SDGA NOTES 3-29-09 12 MEMBERS, 2 NON MEMBERS present OLD BUSINESS: Official communication sites: SDGA.us, Stimpiridge, NW Disc golf news ( motion passed) Downriver course changes: safety is primary, members concerned about changes- Shall we make small changes or work towards overhauling course? Small changes, will be club vote. Club vote in April on changes. Garbage issues: reiterate pack it in, pack it out philosophy, Chris will mock up prototype can for use at Downriver, install as a trial run. Sponsorship: Lesli distributed some examples, will provide a working prototype by April mtg. SDGA sponsored tourneys will include membership with $50 sponsorship, $250 sponsorship allows sponsor to enter player of their choice. (tabled, currently informal policy.) No new info on Highbridge, Chris Re will make some inquiries. NEW BUSINESS: The question of different levels of memberships, and what extra value incentives would be is discussed. How leftover merchandise is reused to generate income for the club is discussed. The use of weekly events to generate income is discussed, several events are already in place. The question of whether non members may run an event is discussed. It is generally acknowledged that events should be run by club members, but there may be exceptions. Treasurers Report: $4300 in club acct. Bob and Steve are both applying for use of funds for upcoming SDGA sponsored events. Bob submitted his proposal for LCO and is approved. New courses: The club advocated to go forward with a valley site.( need a contact person in the valley parks dept) Maka believes Chris should be our point man to the valley. Maka is concerned with the exclusionary nature of membership. The club/board reiterated that non members have no voting voice, but can bring up agenda items to any board member for consideration at the next meeting. Jeremy Thorton has a proposal involving schools. He was instructed to present a proposal for the board to consider. Meeting adjourned. Eboard mtg April 14th, club mtg April 21
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Feb 22 09 12 present Maka convened the meeting, held at Stadium Pizza, at 6:15 pm. The floor was turned over to Chris to discuss his proposal for play on a reconfigured Downriver course on Feb 28th. He also stated to the club the board’s decision to forward getting and maintaining garbage cans at DR. Chris also will renew Adopt-a-hole, plus every quarter give a small prize to the person he feels has contributed most to course maintenance, etc., the objective being a cleaner more neighborhood friendly course. Gordy brought up the need for locked, lidded, tamper resistant cans and extra bags, also a way to change out the bags. All felt that we could probably get the cans paid for by sponsorship, but club funds were o.k.’d for expenses. The Board members then outlined their duties to the membership at large, and Maka announced he and Lesli would be the Sponsorship Chairs. Gordy gave the treasurer’s report that the club currently has an acct balance of $ 4079.93. Steve Simmons brought up that running the club benefit tournaments is not worth the clubs or his time if it collects only a $1 a head instead of $2, and that the payout is too low. He suggested a return to the $10 amount. The board subsequently rescinded its previous motion of a $7 amount in view of the feedback. Kevin announced his desire to increase membership by providing a tangible benefit, and asked for suggestions. Lyle Parks replied that the North Idaho club is giving a disc with enrollment, and all discussed the possibilities of logoed and/or numbered discs, etc. Lyle also suggested that Kevin be in charge of lost & found, because it would give Kevin an opportunity to reach out to possible members. All were in favor. Lesli informs club how she proposes to release news, and discusses which vehicles are the best for disseminating info. She also states that she will release info for TDs for SDGA events. Lesli also proposes an online newsletter for club members. New Business: Steve Simmons announces that Sal Teresi has been approached by Moses Lake to host a 12 hole event April 11. Steve also requests use of the club leader boards for the DRO, plus a proposed budget of $1500, including sanctioning and insurance. Gordy requests an official proposal from Steve, to formalize club procedures for monetary requests. Gordy also notes that the club has always made back its money from Steve’s tournaments. It is believed by all that increased sponsorship will make funding of events easier. Maka requests an overview of how the club is reimbursed. Lesli then motions that Steve’s request be underwritten by the club. All in favor. Jim Caulfield asks about the possibility of clinics by pros being held with the tournaments, both as an educational tool and an encouragement to players to sign up for tournaments. Gordy announces the results for Icebowl, which delivered over 800 pounds of food and $1605 for Second Harvest food bank. Lyle Parks brings up the need for a temporary fix of some of the Highbridge tee boxes, and offers to take care of them, with Chris’ approval. Lesli brings up that Ladies Nite will recommence later this spring, to help encourage more participation by women. Old Business: Gordy reiterates that the pursuit of a valley course is a first objective. Steve Simmons believes Plante’s Ferry park is ready to go. Chris Re says other properties are also available. Maka requests the contact for the city of Spokane Valley. (Mike Stone) Maka feels he and Chris can approach the Valley about a course. Lesli brings up the need to talk to all parties who had contact or interest in a valley course, in order to get "ducks in a row". Maka states his belief that cleaning up our city courses will forward our progress with authorities, and that sponsorship of holes/course/equipment will help implement our plans. It is also brought up that the language of sponsorship must be careful, in no way construed as advertising. The next meeting will be March 29th at Season Ticket @ 6 pm. |
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DEC. 7, 2008 Roll Call - 18 Attendees Ron Thomas, Deron Van Soest, Gordy and Jaymie Crafts, Leslie Younger, Bob Perrewe, Jeremy Graves, Chris Re, Nancy Morgan, Steve Simmons, Maka Johnson, Kevin Sakus, Tim Nevins, Matt Vielle, Paul Pederson, Jeremy Thornton, Greg Kurtz and Brian Anders Minutes Gordy Crafts opened the meeting held at Steve Simmons house. He announced his resignation as steward effective Jan 09, and asked that all this and all future meeting be "dry". This was unanimously adopted. He then brought up the topic of adoption of the charter brought forth in the previous mtg. Chris Re brought up the need for advisors and another board position, that of a facility coordinator. Bylaws and amendments were pointed out, with the suggestion that all decisions can be revisited and/or revised. The membership decided that a facility co. was a necessary board position, in that the FC would be responsible for work parties, problem reporting/solving, course maintenance/revision, etc. It was further determined that adoption of a 6th board member means that all board decision ties must be broken by the Steward’s vote. The motion to adopt a charter with 6 board members, 4 of whom are needed to vote an issue at a board only meeting, carried unanimously. Old Business In old business, Steve S talked about the Highbridge update, telling members about his meeting the landscape architects with Jaymie C and Matt V. The architects catalogued and GPS’ed the existing course, plus an outline of the proposed expansion. Steve told the members that we believe Spokane Parks will go ahead with the project. It was brought up that we still do not have an Inland Series Co., no one has stepped forward and that the SDGA may or may not help take responsibility for the Inland Series. Jaymie C and Bob P announced the Ice Bowl ’09 date as Jan 31, and Steve S said he will put together a package of winter events for Downriver. Chris Re announced the installation of the Donation box at Downriver, except for some minor final touches. It was voted that the club will reimburse Chris R for any expenditures he needs to finish. New Business In new business, Bob P brought up the need to decide dates for events, especially as the Washington Series folks must put their calendar up soon. Many members expressed their interest in pursuing a Valley course. It was voted that a first piece of incoming business for the new Board will be to explore the possibilities and approach the right governmental agencies. Gordy C gave his Treasurer’s report, in which he stated that the club currently has $4233. It was brought up and voted to inquire about a year contract with Porto San to save money. It was also re iterated that the club needs to address the insurance issue on the Portapotties. It was also determined that there will be 2 signors on the checking acct. NOMINATIONS Deadline for nominations was determined to be Dec 31. To nominate someone, contact Bob P. There will be a runoff in the event of ties or non-majority votes. Nominees: Facilities Coordinator: Chris Re, Cory Davis Membership Whip: Steve Simmons, Mike Melkers, Kevin Sakus Public Relations: Leslie Younger, Jeremy Thornton Secretary: Jaymie Crafts, Eric Brown, Paul Pederson Treasurer: Bob Perrewe, Brian Anders, Gordy Crafts Steward: Maka Johnson, Cory Davis, Leslie Younger, Bob Perrewe Nominees Cory Davis, Maka Johnson and Mike Melkers were not present to accept or decline their nominations
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