Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2023 RBIMGC Board of Directors
March 16, 2023
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the RBIMGC was held on March 16, 2023 in the RBI Veranda Sports Bar. In attendance were Gregg Gattuso, John Kersey, Norm Blades, Joe Walkington, Roger Smith, Johnny Watson, Scott Hamelin, Jerry Canning, Jeff Bondesson and David Schwartz.
Tom Christopher was absent.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00AM by President Gregg Gattuso. In the absence of Secretary Tom Christopher, board member David Schwartz was asked to take the minutes of the meeting.
Director of Golf Report- Matt Loflen substituting for Evan Biundo:
Matt reported that the bunkers will be rototilled sometime in the near future, but no further repairs will be done on them. Matt also reported that a date for the setting of the club’s memorial bench has not been set, but that it will be placed on hole number one near the hedge of the white tee box. He also reported that the closet to the pin equipment had been found.
Secretary’s Report- David Schwartz for Tom Christopher:
David noted that the minutes of the February 16, 2023, Board of Directors meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. MSUA.
Treasurer’s Report- John Kersey:
John discussed in detail the Treasurer’s report for the one month period of time ending March 16, 2023. He reported that the Club is financially sound.
Membership Report- Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported that the Club added two new members since the last Board meeting. There were 10 full members who renewed their membership since the last meeting, two members who did not renew and three members who renewals are due next month. Jerry also reported that there are two new applicants waiting to play their evaluation rounds. The total membership on March 16, 2023 is 173, 166 full members and seven Courtesy members.
A discussion was had regarding the awarding of a free round to members who refer a past member of the club. A motion was made and seconded that a former member who seeks to re-join the Club will be considered as “new” member if he has been gone for 12 months or more and the referring member is therefore entitled to a free round. MSUA.
Handicap Chairman Report-Norm Blades:
Nothing to report.
Tournament Chairman Report-Joe Walkington:
Joe discussed the current Lift, Clean and Place (LCP) rules now in effect, specifically, when they should be discontinued. It was decided to continue using the LCP and review its use monthly.
Joe also discussed Board members willingness to purchase rounds of golf as necessary to subsidize cash prizes. The members of the Board are to contact Joe to inform him whether or not they will take part in this.
Joe reported that the President’s Cup will go back to recognizing eight(8) qualifiers from each of the two flights rather than twelve (12).
Joe also discussed lowering the qualifying points for the Anniversary Cup from fifty (50) points to thirty (30). It was agreed that it be lowered for this year due to the lower number of members playing weekly and the playing conditions. It will be reviewed again for next year’s Cup.
Rules Committee- David Schwartz and Joe Walkington:
David discussed a clarification of the current LCP rules regarding moving the ball one club length to a different condition. After some discussion a motion was made and seconded to clarify the LCP rule to “ a player is allowed to LCP his ball to the nearest point of relief within the same condition”. This rule is effective immediately and should be clearly stated on the tournament instructions. The motion was passed with one Nay vote.
There was also some discussion regarding the Out of Bounds stakes on hole number 7 left of the cart path. There is some confusion as to where exactly the Out of Bounds line is. The rules committee will review this with the head pro of RBI and report back to the Board.
Web Site- Scott Hamelin:
Scott reported that the Web Site is updated.
Open Discussion:
A discussion took place regarding the placing of the memorial bench and having a small ceremony at the unveiling. It was agreed that this should take place once the Inn has given us a date for the permanent placement of the bench.
Gregg discussed the rising costs associated with having a member/guest tournament. A motion was made and seconded to discontinue the event based on the exorbitant prices being requested by the RBI. MSUA.
There was a discussion regarding some yearly budget issues. After the discussion it was determined that the Club’s financial condition is sound.
There was also discussion regarding some members taking baskets and range balls home with them from the driving range. The Board is to instruct anyone doing this to please cease and desist. The Country Club of Rancho Bernardo has also asked us to please have members move their cars from their parking lot if they are asked to do so.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:45 AM.
Respectfully Submitted on behalf of Secretary Tom Christopher,
David Schwartz
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2023 RBIMGC Board of Directors
February 16, 2023
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the RBIMGC was held on February 16, 2023 in the RBI Veranda Sports Bar. In attendance were Gregg Gattuso, John Kersey, Norm Blades, Joe Walkington, Roger Smith, Johnny Watson, Scott Hamelin and Jerry Canning.
Jeff Bondesson, David Schwartz and Tom Christopher were absent.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Gregg Gattuso. In the absence of Secretary Tom Christopher, Vice President Jerry Canning was asked to take the minutes of the meeting.
Director Of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo:
Evan reported that the golf course continues to improve and the recent rains have benefited the entire course. The spring aerification of the greens is scheduled to be performed on March 6 and 7th. This will require the Club play the back nine twice on March 6th at a reduced rate. Green fees will be discounted for the following week and then return to the normal rate. A JC corporate decision was made to delay by a year the renovation of the sand bunkers, but the grounds crew will attempt some improvements to specific bunkers as time and money allows in the coming months. Evan announced that the course will lift it’s cart-path-only restrictions on Friday February 17. However, the usual restrictions will remain in place for holes #1 and #16 and the par-3 holes.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso for Tom Christopher:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the January 19, 2023 Board of Directors meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Gregg asked for a motion to approve the minutes. MSUA.
Treasurer’s Report- John Kersey:
John Kersey discussed the Treasurer’s report for the month. As of February 15, 2023, the Club had an operating cash balance of $12,861.73 and estimated available cash of $12,560.76.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported that the Club added two new members since the last Board meeting. There were 14 non-December 31 members who renewed their membership since the last meeting. Three members did not renew their membership since the last meeting and 6 members of the Club are due to renew their memberships by the March meeting. There are 4 prospective new members in the pipeline. Total membership on February 16, 2023 is 173, comprised of 166 Full members and 7 Comped and Courtesy-Comped members.
A discussion took place regarding the membership approval of one specific applicant. After a lengthy discussion, the Board instructed Jerry to contact the applicant and request additional information to augment his application for membership.
Handicap Chairman – Norm Blades:
Norm reported that the two newest members of the Club have well-established handicaps which will allow them to participate in the Club’s tournament prize pools. The Club still has one member who has not posted enough scores in order to be eligible to win prizes for his play in the Club’s tournaments.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe presented a report on the YTD attendance at the Club’s tournaments. Cart-Path-Only restrictions and weather have had the largest negative impacts on tournament attendance so far in 2023. It was agreed that a mail announcing the lifting of CPO restrictions should be sent to all members.
Rules Committee – Joe Walkington and David Schwartz:
Nothing to report.
Web Site – Scott Hamelin:
Scott announced that he has been trained to perform the management and maintenance of the web site during Tom Christopher’s absence. Scott will also become responsible to manage and maintain the Google Drive site on behalf of the Board of Directors while Tom Christopher is unavailable. Scott was reminded that former Board members still needed to be removed from having access to the Drive site.
Open Discussion:
A discussion took place regarding the treatment of a ball that comes to rest amongst the bushes that lie along the fence of the course maintenance yard adjacent to the hole #4 tee box. After discussion, it was clarified that a ball that comes to rest within the course maintenance yard is considered to be out-of-bounds. A ball lying amongst the bushes lining the maintenance yard fence is to be played where it lies or a player may declare an unplayable lie and move the ball one club length, with one stroke penalty.
Gregg Gattuso presented the finished plaque be attached to the memorial bench, which will commemorate all former members of the Club who have since passed. John Kersey and Johnny Watson volunteered to attach the plaque to the bench so that the bench could then be installed by the course’s grounds crew near the tee box on the first hole.
A suggestion was made to hold the annual Anniversary Cup at a different time of the year. After discussion, the Board decided to continue to hold the Anniversary Cup on its traditional day in December.
A discussion regarding the “show of appreciation” to Pro Shop employees who assist with check-in and golf cart preparation before the start of our tournaments was tabled to be considered at a future meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:07 AM.
Respectfully Submitted on behalf of Secretary Tom Christopher,
Jerry Canning
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2023 RBIMGC Board of Directors
January 19, 2023
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were John Kersey, Gregg Gattuso, David Schwartz, Tom Christopher, Norm Blades, Roger Smith, and Jeff Bondesson, Joe Walkington and Johnny Watson.
Jerry Canning and Scott Hamelin, were absent.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Gregg Gattuso.
Director of Golf’s Report –Evan Biundo
Evan is back from his paternity leave. Congratulations were given on the birth of his daughter Brooklyn. He reported that we got over 5 inches of rain. This bodes well for the course thru the summer. He noted that his team is pushing for bunker replacements for this year. Additionally, the wet area on hole 10 at the bottom of the hill near the right-side bunker is proposed for a drainage ditch to be put in across the fairway to help with the wetness in that area. There is discussion of putting water and ice machines in a couple of locations near the two restrooms. But the water stations on 7 and 13 have been replaced and are presently working.
Evan noted that the JC rates have increased but the men’s club rates will remain the same for this year.
Secretary’s Report – Tom Christopher:
Tom noted that the Organizational minutes of the December 15, 2022, Board of Directors meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Tom asked for a motion to approve the minutes. MSUA.
Treasurer’s Report – John Kersey:
John discussed the Treasurer’s report for the month. As of January 19, 2023, the Club has an operating cash balance of $18,983.33 and estimated available cash of $13,637.76. There was a review of the annual budget.
Membership Report –Johnny Watson/Jerry Canning:
There is one new members since the last Board meeting, Jeff Baz as a courtesy Comp member.
There have been 6 non-December 31 membership renewals since the last meeting.
For the December 31 renewals, out of 92 members (includes 5 comp members) 81 members (88%) renewed for 2023. 11 full members did not renew. The loss of 12% from his group of renewals is within the typical average range of losses we’ve experienced with December 31 renewing members.
10 Full members will come up for renewal by our next Board meeting.
There are 2 new applicants in the pipeline.
Total membership is at 174, comprised of 167 Full Members and 7 Comped and Courtesy members.
Handicap Chairman – Norm Blades:
Nothing to report.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe is working on next year’s tournament schedule. He also noted that we will be playing the anniversary cup on February 20th. The tournament was postponed due to inclement weather.
Rules Committee – Joe Walkington/ Dave Schwartz:
Discussion of the area between the bathroom on Hole 4 and the drop zone. Dave will check with Evan and come to the next board meeting with a proposal.
Web site –Tom Christopher:
New administrative password to be sent out by Tom Christopher. Noted that Scott Hamelin is the “owner” of the Google Drive and should be contacted by the board members for any access issues etc. Also noted is that the Google Drive site needs to be reviewed to add/remove new board members and old board members respectively.
The RBIMGC.com site has been updated with new board information and update to “Past Presidents”.
Open Discussion:
Pinehurst dinner planning. February 9th was confirmed at Carvers.
It was noted that the CTP markers were in disrepair. Gregg Gattuso worked with the Pro Shop to split the cost of three new CTP markers. They are in and will be in use going forward.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:05 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Christopher, Secretary