San Diego Table Tennis Association
Board Meeting
November 9, 2012
Balboa Park Activity Center
This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.
Call to order 7:10 pm by Ron.
SDTTA Board Members Present: Ron Spencer, Borko Dragojlovic, Shelley Hardy, James Kahn, Shariq Ansari and Bill Chang
SDTTA Board Member Absent: Frederick Cheung
SDTTA Member Present: Mike Meier
Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.
The approval of the SDTTA Board Member minutes for October was postponed and will wait for an email from board members to approve.
Treasurer’s Report. Bill Chang presented the Treasurer’s Report which is reconciled thru October 31, 2012.
Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – The SDTTA website is setup and accepting entries for the Neil Smythe Memorial Tournament.
Peewee/Jr Report/Ron and Borko – Ron has a few students right now.
Membership Report: Bill Chang has the 2013 green membership stickers ready. James brought up the subject of membership increase and the recommended that a committee be established to show the validity of needing an increase.
Equipment Report- The two tables from the San Diego Sr. Center have been returned to our stock for the tournament. The tournament balls have arrived.
Executive Director’s report – James was thinking about putting out SDTTA shirts for sale or donates to volunteers.
Old Business:
- Tournament Update: Mike Meiers will be our official referee/umpire for the tournament. He explained his duties to the board what his job will entail.
- SoCal College Tournament Nov 17 represented by Adam Barbrow – He is asking for SDTTA to pay for half the fee ($450) to rent the activity for their tournament that day. The SDTTA board members decided that we could loan them our tables and we are paying SDTTA hours during their tournament.
New Business: Bill Chang stated that when a financial decision was to be made by the SDTTA Board that all members should be present to vote on it or try to reach an absent member by phone. It was agreed to at this meeting.
The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by Shariq.
The next meeting is December 14, 2012.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary
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San Diego Table Tennis Association
Board Meeting
October 12, 2012
Balboa Park Activity Center
This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.
Call to order 7:05 pm by Ron.
SDTTA Board Members Present: Ron Spencer, Borko Dragojlovic, Shelley Hardy, James Kahn, Shariq Ansari and Frederick Cheung
SDTTA Member Present: Daryl Sterling and Andre Scot
Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.
The approval of the SDTTA Board Member minutes for August and September was made by James and seconded by Fred.
Treasurer’s Report. Bill Chang emailed the Treasurer’s report that is reconciled through Sept 30, 2012 and passed out to the board members.
Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – The SDTTA website is being setup to take the Neil Smyth tournament entries. There are a few adjustments to be made and Ron will give the final information to Daryl.
Juic Team Report- the Juic Team has moved to another location for training.
Peewee/Jr Report/Ron and Borko – Ron and Borko are starting over inviting young kids to the training held on Saturdays at 1 pm. Borko stated that the robots are broken and in the future we need to consider new ones. Shelley volunteered to contact Daryl about putting on the website a need for a donated robot.
Membership Report: No change. Borko stated that the club is low on membership cards. The board will wait as we still have some. Bill will order the 2013 membership stickers which will be green. There are 17 registered senior members attending the training program on Saturdays.
Equipment Report: Shelley will have 2 set of keys made for our equipment cabinets to give to board members.
Total usable tables currently at the club are 28 with 2 damaged and 2 broken. It is requested that the two tables from a San Diego Sr Center be brought back to be used for the Neil Smyth tournament. Ron will contact Stellan and make arrangements.
The club has in stock two Butterfly shirts, a medium and a small available for purchase.
Executive Director’s report: James sees a need to build the club membership back up. James will develop possible doubles tournaments on Fridays. A suggestion was made by a member that experienced members could at times volunteer a few minutes of their time to help new players with their strokes. This has been in practice for a long time at this club,
Old Business:
- SDTTA Logo status – Fred. The final round of 4 designers will be voted on by SDTTA members and Fred will email us know which one has been chosen.
- Tournament Update:
James will talk with Mark Adelman about inviting Neil Smyth’s wife to the tournament and possible have an article on Neil’s contribution to the table tennis community.
Borko will purchase 3-4 dozen Nittaku premium white balls for the tournament.
The flyers will be taken to Kinkos tomorrow to be printed and mailed out. Borko is sending a mass flyer out to people from LA to Nevada.
New Business:
- There are three board positions up for election for the 2013 year. Ron and James will be running again. Fred will not be able to due to his studies. Ron will ask the election committee to start the proceedings and advertise for members to join the 2013 SDTTA board.
- Andre has asked the board to reserve on November 24 and 25 the club tables from 9 to 11:30 so that US/International players may train at our club for the Mike Dempsey Memorial tournament held November 27 through December 2. The board is in favor of their training here. All members are invited to observe their training.
- SoCal College Tournament Nov 17 – Adam Barbrow. Adam has asked to reserve three rows for their tournament. The SDTTA board has agreed.
- In order for all SDTTA board members to attend the meeting, the date has been changed to the 2nd Friday of the month.
The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by Frederick.
The next meeting is November 9, 2012.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary
I want more members to use the club on Friday nights. We are half filled and could use more people with more energy. We are open to
suggestions as to how to make this night more popular. Everybody loves Thursday night tournaments. Let us see how we can make Fridays more active.
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James Kahn
San Diego Table Tennis Association
Board Meeting
September 18, 2012
Balboa Park Activity Center
This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.
Call to order 7:05 pm by Ron.
SDTTA Board Members Present: Ron Spencer, Borko Dragojlovic, Shelley Hardy, James Kahn, Shariq Ansari and Frederick Cheung
SDTTA Board Member Absent: Bill Chang
Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.
The approval of August 2012 minutes was postponed due to needed changes. They will be presented for approval at the board meeting in October.
Treasurer’s Report. Bill Chang emailed the Treasurer’s report that is reconciled through August 31, 2012.
Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – No report
Juic Team Report- no report
Membership Report: No change from last meeting.
Equipment Report: New nets were ordered. Bill Chang paid the bill.
Executive Director’s report: No report
Old Business:
The discussion concerning a new SDTTA T-shirt could not come to an agreement so it was tabled for now.
Frederick will go to Company 99 design with our past design and get started with their ideas. He will email the board with their designs. We can rate and pick out the designs we like.
Tournament Update:
Ron will send the tournament purse breakdown to Mr. Hashimoto who will then send us the mailing list. Ron will ask past members how to mail tournament post card out as a nonprofit organization.
The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by Frederick.
The next meeting is October 12, 2012.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary
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