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.
A SDTTA committee formed to make this tournament a success.
Find a host tournament hotel for out of town players.
Contact the widow of Neil Smyth and his family and ask if they would like to be a sponsor.
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.
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
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.
