Monday July 10, 2017

Meeting called to order at 7:10pm; Board members present Behnam Kazemi, Dennis Seisun, Steve McGrew, Perry Schwartzberg and Jorge Calderon. Absent: Borko Dragojlovic and Mario Lopez. Also present Pisa Ketthong, James Khan and Jenny Hoang.

Board Meeting minutes from June’s meeting were approved.

Pisa commented on some members being confused about who are the coaches in the club; at this time since Borko stopped coaching for health reasons, only Perry and Pisa are registered as club coaches and Yang Jang has started the application process.

Borko has resigned to the Board position and Jenny has agreed to step in until the new elections at the end of the year. Motion approved.

A tournament participant’s request for a refund was determined to be forwarded to the organizer, Atilla. Agreed by all members.

Steve and Perry indicated that (105) new  barriers were in, at a cost of $5,250. Some of the old barriers are in need of replacement of the rubber footings. The remaining old barriers will be offered/sold to club members wanting them.

The annual picnic will take place on Saturday Sept 9th at noon. Combination of pot luck and some catering by the club. James will be in charge. Advertising the picnic and providing some prizes was discussed, more to follow next month.

Steve reported he is working on ordering shirts with the Club’s Logo for sale to members, the approximate cost around $20. Agreed to order 50 shirts in different sizes.

Board members encouraged to remind players to fold tables and put barriers away after using them, mostly within last two hours of club’s operation, after 7 – 7:30 depending on the week day, and, when round robin is over on Thursdays.

It was agreed to recognize Borko for all the years he supported the club’s activities and held the Saturday Senior’s class for members, at no charge. A gift basket and a gift card for up to $1,000 was approved; Steve and Dennis will follow up. Also approved to get, two $50  gift cards for Facility members who stayed late both days during the past tournament, this should be ok’d by their supervisor.

Again, it was discussed the possibility of creating an informative video to be posted online linked to the club’s webpage as a way to welcome and provide basic orientation to new members. We will look for individuals to perform this task.

There is a need for three signatures on the Club’s Bank account. Jenny will take Borko;s place for this task.

With no further business, meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm.
Submitted by
Jorge “George” Calderon
SDTTA Secretary

June 12, 2017

Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm.
Members present : Behnam Kazemi, Steve McGrew, Dennis Seisun, Borko Dragojlovic,
Perry Schwarzberg, Mario Lopez and Jorge Calderon.
Also present Jenny Hoang

Behnam thanked the Board members who helped with the recent tournament, the event was a success.
Dennis reported a positive balance of $5,000 from thet tournament, close to the $5,200 used to purchase the new barriers for the club.

Behnam informed that the Baja Team had a great performance and took many of the prizes.

Main issue with the tournament related to the delay between games and events taking 12 and 13 hours each day. Consideration given to prevent this as much as possible when making the bid for next year.
A request to have a Women’s only event was discussed. Good idea but no volunteers to run it.

Steve is looking into ordering T-shirt for sale to club members, item mostly requested during the tournament, he also mentioned that new tables in storage will be assembled and older tables will be sold. (two at a time). Also suggested that older barriers be offered to members to pick up for free, and discard old damaged nets and other items piled up “in the corner”, welcome suggestion was agreed.

A motion to gift one of the used tables to the non-profit Mira Mesa club was approved.

A summer tournament was discussed as one of the new activities for the Club, Saturday seems to be the best day of the week, leaving some tables for open play.

Perry related his concern about “new people” coming to the club and not having designated member(s) greeting them, giving the instructions and showing them how to care for the club equipment.

A motion to create a position of “Club Pro” with a stipend of $200 a month was made by Perry,
motion was discussed but NOT approved. The possibility of creating an informational video to be posted online, linked to our web page was briefly discussed, plan to follow next meeting.

Perry informed he will be having coaching sessions for women on Fridays for the next 8 weeks,
With no further items, meeting was adjourned al 8.00pm

Submitted by
Jorge “George” Calderon
Secretary

On May 11th at 7:05 pm the SDTTA Board Meeting was called to order by the Chairperson Benham Kazemi. Board members present, Jenny Hoang, James Kahn, Dennis Seisun, Borko Dragojlovic and Jorge “George” Calderon. Absent, Mario Lopez. Invited guest Club member Emile Mihet Old Business :The Neil Smyth tournament this year will be held October 3-4, 2015 There may be some conflict with other events at other locations, but it seems to be the best week-end. Board members agreed to keep this dates. Much time was spent discussing how to make members more aware of the rule that: “All tables are open to be challenged by a member seeking a game.” Setting up a table does not mean ownership of the table for the evening. This applies especially when there are members and/or guests waiting for a game. Let’s make our club more ‘user friendly’ with more interchange of games and experience. Your thoughts on how to achieve this are welcome. Board members agreed to ask Dennis to send an email to the membership with a reminder of this Club Policy (Rule?) Emile requested to have handy the document indicating that the city allows the club a free weekend for the tournament. He also suggested to consider an outside equipment manufacturing company to sponsor the upcoming tournament. It was agreed to invite a representative of such company to our next meeting; Emile has a contact person. Also agreed to invte “Perry” to organize a, possibly, second tournament. There is a new T T Club in SD; they have 7 tables and a professional coach; the possibility of a league coming to our place on Friday nights was discussed. It was dicussed the option/need to reward/recognize people that voluntarily help with the tournament and upkeep of the club in general. Our calendar still shows “Open Play” for Memorial Day. DON’T GO. The facility will be closed on Memorial Day. Next board meeting Monday June 8. Jorge “George” Calderon Acting Secretary SDTTA

San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting

December 9th, 2014

Balboa Park Activity Center

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA. Call to order 7:00pm by James. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, Behnam Kazemi, John Anderson, Mark Adelman, James Kahn and Borko Dragojlovic. SDTTA Board Member(s) absent: Simon Lee. SDTTA Member(s) Present: None. Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. The motion was made to approve the SDTTA Board Member minutes for November 2014 by Mark and seconded by James. The Board carried the motion. Treasurer’s Report:  John Anderson passed out the Treasurer’s Report which has been reconciled through November 2014. The Club has a net income for the year of $5,530.11. Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling: No report. Membership Report: Our current paid membership count is. Equipment Report: Our current table count is 26 (1 broken) and 8 tables offsite with 36 nets. Action Items:

1. John ordered 500 2015 membership stickers(red). Borko also made 400 membership cards.
2. John brought up the possibility of accepting donations before December 31st, so that way the donors could write it off on the current tax year. We’ll look into more to see if this is feasible and legal.
3. D.J. Alto unable to have the Juniors program meet on Fridays due to work obligations. He’ll talk with the parents to come up with another day that will work for everyone. We also need to get an invoice from D.J. for services rendered so far. Bob will try to get in touch with him and have him submit an invoice to the Club.
4. Tabled the discussion of the 2015 Neal Smythe Tournament until the next Board meeting.
5. Discussed the possibility of absentee ballots for the upcoming Board election to be held on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd of December. The Board will talk to Phil about having absentee ballots.
6. Behnam has scheduled the Baja team to come to the Club on December 27th..
7. We would like to have a “Board Appreciation” dinner in the near future. No date has been set as of this time.
8. Borko and Bob took inventory on the Club’s shirts and here is the breakdown….. Stiga: 11 xs/s and 7 large. Joola: 9 x-small, 9 medium, 13 large and 8 x-large.

The motion to adjourn was made by Mark and seconded by James at 7:51pm.   The next meeting is January 13th at 7:00pm.   Respectfully Submitted,   Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary

San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting

November 18th, 2014

Balboa Park Activity Center

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA. Call to order 7:04pm by James. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, Behnam Kazemi, John Anderson, Mark Adelman and James Kahn. SDTTA Board Member(s) absent: Simon Lee and Borko Dragojlovic. SDTTA Member(s) Present: None. Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. The motion was made to approve the SDTTA Board Member minutes for October 2014 by James and seconded by John. The Board carried the motion. Treasurer’s Report:  John Anderson passed out the Treasurer’s Report which has been reconciled through October 2014. The Club has a net income for the year of $4,766.73. Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling: No report. Membership Report: Our current paid membership count is. Equipment Report: Our current table count is 27. Action Items:

1. We recently sold 3 tables which brought in a total of $1100.00.
2. James suggested that the Club look into other insurance companies to see if we can get a better rate than what we are currently paying.
3. John informed us that BPAC has approved our new hours and that the starting time during the weekdays will now all be at 4:00 pm.
4. A memorial for Jock Oubichon is scheduled for this Saturday, but the Club will be closed for a volleyball tournament. We will try to work with BPAC and see if the memorial can still be held on that day.
5. Club elections are coming up in December with James, Mark and Simon’s positions up for re-election. We will get with Phil, John and Suresh on forming a nominating committee to run the election.
6. The Board unanimously approved the new 2015 membership stickers to be red. John volunteered to order the new stickers.
7. Bob recently re-did the Club brochure using MS Word. John and Bob will go over the brochure and make any corrections/modifications before getting the Boards approval.
8. Discussed pro-rating membership dues as we get closer to the end of the year. It was decided to table the discussion until the new Board is elected and in place.
9. James brought up D.J. Alto’s Juniors Program and how the higher level kids just haven’t been coming to the club lately. It was suggested that maybe we should open the program up to all members of the club. We will look into this and see if this is a feasible option.
10. Behnam informed the Board that the Baja team will be at the Club on November 29th, and we’ll need to get a group of players together to challenge them.

The motion to adjourn was made by Mark and seconded by Behnam at 7:55pm.   The next meeting is December 9th at 7:00pm.   Respectfully Submitted,   Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary

San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting

October 10th, 2014

Balboa Park Activity Center

  This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA. Call to order 7:04pm by James. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, Behnam Kazemi, John Anderson, Borko Dragojlovic, Mark Adelman and James Kahn. SDTTA Board Member(s) absent: Simon Lee. SDTTA Member(s) Present: D.J. Alto, Jene, Lyndelle and Michele(BPAC rep) Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. The motion was made to approve the SDTTA Board Member minutes for August 2014 by Mark and seconded by James. The Board carried the motion. Treasurer’s Report:  None. Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling: No report. Membership Report: Our current paid membership count is. Equipment Report: Our current table count is 30. Action Items:

1. Jene discussed having a women’s training group with D.J. Alto. It was brought up by the Board that having D.J. Alto being the trainer would be overkill and maybe an intermediate-skilled player would suffice. Jene will spearhead the project and see how much interest there is.
2. D.J. Alto discussed the progress of the Juniors program and has a good core of 7 kids and as many as 10 have shown up.
3. D.J. Alto was requesting $100 per student for the Juniors group participation. Bob suggested that a flat group fee would work better than a per student rate. After much debate, the Board came up with a monthly compensational fee of $250, with the balance to be paid by the parents. Mark made a motion to set the monthly payment to D.J. Alto at $250 and James seconded the motion. It was passed by the Board with Borko and Behnam abstaining.
4. Michele addressed the Board on the future closing (2015) of the gym for 3 weeks in order for  the floor to be resurfaced. We suggested that the December holiday season would probably work the best for us. She agreed and will suggest this when the time comes to schedule the work.
5. Michele  talked to the Board about the requirements and insurance responsibilities of  anyone wanting to become an independent contractor. She gave all Board members a handout on the BPAC requirements for independent contractors.
6. The Board will submit to BPAC our proposal to have the Club hours change, so that the start time will be the same for all days, which will be 4:00pm. This will only affect Mondays and Fridays. The closing time will remain unchanged.
7. Borko requested that the Board meeting agenda be submitted at least 1 week in advance of the scheduled meeting. This will give members time to research any topic that will be brought up for discussion.

    The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by Mark at 9:15pm.   The next meeting is November 11th at 7:00pm.   Respectfully Submitted,   Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary