San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting

May 10, 2013

Balboa Park Activity Center

 

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.

 

Call to order 7:06 pm by James.

SDTTA Board Members Present: Shelley Hardy, James Kahn, Mark Adelman, Shariq Ansari and Bill Chang

SDTTA Board Member absent:  Kiet Tran

 

Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  Bill Chang presented the Treasurer’s Report, which is reconciled thru April 30, 2013. A check for $168 was written to pay for the rental van used to take SDTTA members to the Friendship tournament in Ensenada.  James will attend the BPAC board meeting to put to vote and request that BPAC sponsor and pay the rental fee for the Neil Smyth Memorial Tournament in October.  Bill and Kiet will coordinate with Attila for this tournament.

 

The motion to approve the March SDTTA board meeting minutes was made by James and seconded by Bill.  The board approved the minutes.

 

The motion to approve the April SDTTA board meeting minutes was made by Shariq and seconded by James.  The board approved the minutes.

 

Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – No report.

 

Membership Report – No report.

 

Equipment Report: Andre is out of the country so we will postpone our inquiries regarding the new tables until he gets back.  The board needs to gather more information about the best tables for the club.

SDTTA will sell four blue tables for $600.  James will go through the tables and pick the four out.  It has been proposed to sell 2 tables to Mira Mesa for $600 each by Mark and seconded by James.  The vote to approve was 4 and 1 no.  James will let the spokesperson for Mira Mesa of the SDTTA board’s decision.

 

Old Business:

1.    A conference call to Attila Malek was held during the meeting to discuss the upcoming Neil Smyth Memorial Table Tennis Tournament held in October.

1. A SDTTA committee formed to make this tournament a success.

2. Find a host tournament hotel for out of town players.

3. Contact the widow of Neil Smyth and his family and ask if they would like to be a sponsor.

4. It was recommended to invite top players to participate and not charge them the entry fee.  Attila will create an invitational letter to be sent to the top players.

5. The prize money is estimated to be $6,000.

2.     The SDTTA Board Member position will be voted on at the next board meeting.  Two possible candidates are Fernando Isaiza and Benham Kazemi.

 

New Business:  It has been noted by SDTTA members that overly aggressive behavior has been occurring at the club.  The SDTTA board members agree that a message posted and put on our website is necessary to remind players and members that overly aggressive conduct will not be tolerated in the future.  A warning will be forth coming from the SDTTA members to anyone displaying overly aggressive behavior/language as stated in the bylaws of SDTTA.  The player may lose their membership privileges and be banned from the club.

 

The motion to adjourn was made by Mark and seconded by Bill.

 

The next meeting is June 14, 2013.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

 

The SDTTA board has discussed increasing participation at the club. Especially on slow nights. Friday etc. If you don’t have a playing partner and don’t want to come to the club not knowing you can find someone to play with, then sign up here. Go to the comments section of this post and post your name and where you can be reached. Either email or phone. We encourage you to participate if you don’t have a regular playing partner.

SDTTA BOARD

The SDTTA is considering selling 5 or 6 of our tables for a price similar to what we have sold them in the past. Please add your name to the list if you would like to consider one of these tables. We will post the details very soon. The list will be prioritized according to who signs up first. Add your name under comments. Thanks for your support, San Diego Board

Here is a press release written for our club about us competing in the 2013 Friendship  Games versus the Baja, Mexico Club. To view or download it, click here.

San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting

March 29th 2013

This meeting is open to all members of SDTTA

Call to order by James at 7:05pm

SDTTA Board Members Present:  James Kahn, Mark Adelman, Bill Chang and Shariq Ansari

Communications not on agenda have limit of 3 minutes

Last month’s minutes:  could not be approved because Shelley Harding was absent

Financials: Main expenses:  a) renewing domain name $22, b) filing fee with SOS $20 c) keep the website for SDTTA up and running $178  d)  van rental for Mexico $168

Physical altercations: Discussed incidents of physical altercation and agreed that increased communal and club spirit can be fostered through team events and club social gatherings.

Ensenada Trip: Members present felt Ensenada trips are a wonderful opportunity to promote table tennis and camaraderie, but that we need to improve logistics of borders crossings

Upcoming team challenge: Board member Kiet to organize 3 team challenge scheduled for 9:30 am on the 2nd week of April. The participating clubs are to be 1) O.C. 2) Ensenada 3) SDTTA

Neil Smythe Tournament: We have to reserve a date for the tournament. A motion was passed unanimously approving Attila as the tournaments organizer. His past success in organizing tournaments with high participation and good profitability were cited as reasons

Upcoming Picnic: Will pick date for club picnic during next meeting

Need new member to fill treasure position: Board treasurer Bill Chang will be leaving in 2014 and we need someone to take his place. Anyone with the most basic skills involving quicken would be considered a suitable successor.

Equipment: Blue tables have proven to be a disaster. They do not fold /unfold easily and are frequently lopsided and uneven. We need to replace these with better tables, possibly Joola….Andre Scott our local Joola rep will be contacted.

Challenger Table: Implementing Challenger table concept proved unpractical. No enforcement procedure in place. Members rip off Challenger table placard attached to the side of challenger tables.

Professional Coaching: Talk to Barney and Christian and see if they are willing to offer pro coaching at the club. Currently nobody fills that capacity

Meeting Closed: Meeting Closed at 8:00pm: James motions, Bill 2nds.

 

A 12-man San Diego team traveled to Ensenada to play Club Baja on March 16, 2013 We were excellently hosted by Baja to a professional match with umpires and a referee for all games.  The “Friendship Games” were arranged to thank Baja for their very close and continued relationship with SDTTA.  They make us a better club and we them.    I hope to continue this special bond with reciprocal team matches here in San Diego very soon.  This, I hope, will be a regular event between our respective clubs. The matches were all superbly fought and compelling.  Pictures will follow.  I thank all the participants for being great Ambassadors and again I thank Baja for their generous hosting of this event. James Kahn, President SDTTA  

Please put tables away, Many players are just leaving their tables at the end of night and expect someone else to remove their table. Please make efforts to return your table to storage. Thursday night has been especially bad with people leaving tables out. Be helpful as a member of this club. Thank you, James Kahn, President SDTTA