San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting, 2011

December 13, 2011

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA. Call to order by Ron at 7:07 pm. SDTTA Board Members Present:     Mark, James, Borko, Ron Spencer, Bill, Earl and Shelley SDTTA Member Present:  Sungil, Phil Vanderlin, and Emilion SDTTA Board Member minutes for the month of November, 2011 were passed.  The motion to pass was made by Mark and seconded by Borko Treasurers Report:  Bill passed out the treasurer’s report which is reconciled through November 30, 2011. Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. Current Items:

Congratulations to the newly elected board members for the years 2012 & 21013.  Bill Chang, Shelley Hardy, Borko and Shariq Ansari were elected.  It was decided to vote on positions at January’s meeting.

New Business: Ron invited SDTTA members who have experience with running tournaments to give input on hosting a 3 to 4 star Neil Smythe Memorial Tournament.  The intention is to host this tournament annually.  Sungil explained that we can explore different avenues to center the tournament around such as:  a national champion invitational, honoring veterans, or a charity event. The discussion included trying to determine how big of a tournament did we want.  The range included a 4 star through to a 2 star. Earl Alto was elected by the board to be Tournament Director.  The motion to nominate Earl was made by Shelley and seconded by Mark. The tournament committee needed to support Earl volunteered are:

Angie Bengston

Mark Adelman – help

Phil Van der phil – help

Emilion – promotion

Ron Spencer-sponsorship

Cameron

All SDTTA members are invited to help and are needed to help make this tournament a success.

1. Equipment/membership report:  Borko stated that the current membership is around 300.
2. Webmaster Report/Daryl Sterling:  no report
3. Pewee/Jr Report/Angie- Brana-Earl.  No report.
4. Executive Director’s report:  No report.

The next meeting is January 10, 2012. The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mark and seconded by James. Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

Our very own Andre Scott, member of the 2011 United States Parapan Am team, just came back from Guadalajara, Mexico. He was there competing in the 2011 Parapan Am Games and won two medals! First, he clinched the silver in the singles event, and a few days later captured the bronze medal in the team event! Be sure to congratulate our club super star when you see him! You can read more details on the Team USA website by clicking here!

San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting, 2011

November 8, 2011

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

  This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA. Call to order by Ron at 7:15 pm. SDTTA Board Members Present:     Mark, James, Borko, Ron Spencer, Bill, and Shelley SDTTA Member Present:  Mickey and Earl Alto SDTTA Board Member minutes for the month of September and October, 2011 were passed.  The motion to pass was made by Borko and seconded by James. Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. Current Items:

1. Jock sent an email out to all board members that due to family and work issues that he needed to resign from the SDTTA board.  The first topic of the evening began with Shelley nominating Earl Alto to take his place and finish his term (which is through 2012).  The motion to approve was made by Mark and seconded by James.  The vote was unanimous among the board members.  The board welcomed Earl and thanked him for taking Jock’s place.
2. Treasurer’s Report:  Bill passed out the treasurer’s report which is reconciled through October 31, 2011.  Bill has purchased the 2012 membership stickers and will pass them out to the board members.
3. Equipment/membership report:  Borko stated that the current membership is at 298 and he will be adding two more persons. Membership drive for 2012 will start in December with the same fees as last year.  Borko has purchased six more tables for the club.  The board has decided not to purchase any more new Butterfly tables as there is a concern about how well these tables will hold up.  The board has decided that we will not be selling the green tables until we have found the quality of tables needed for our club.
4. Webmaster Report/Daryl Sterling:  no report
5. Pewee/Jr Report/Angie- Brana-Earl.  No report.
6. Executive Director’s report:  No report.

Old Business:  

1. Picnic expenses.  Ron reminded members to turn in their receipts to be reimbursed for the purchases made for the picnic and give these to Mark.
2. Election preparations:  The board discussed who will be running for the 4 open positions.  Christian Lillieroos submitted his name for the election.  Shariq Ansari introduced himself as running for the upcoming election.

  New Business:

1. Thursday night tournament issues.  A formal complaint has been issued in writing regarding conduct of a member and people standing in the play area while the players are playing their match.  These issues were discussed and submitted for review.  The board members will investigate these complaints.
2. Neil Smythe’s passing:  The SDTTA sent flowers to his memorial service.  Borko made a motion to honor Neil with calling our Thursday night round robin tournament the Neil Smythe Round Robin Tournament.  The motions was seconded by Mark and passed by the board unanimously.   Mark made a motion that our next SDTTA tournament be called the Neil Smythe Memorial Tournament.  The motion was seconded by Borko and passed by the board unanimously.
3. Earl Alto volunteered to run the Neil Smythe Memorial Tournament.  He will present to us his committee of members who will help with this tournament which we will be discussing at the next Board Meeting.

The next meeting is December 13, 2011. The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mark and seconded by James. Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

We regret to inform you that our dear friend and club member Neil Cornelius Smyth passed away last night around midnight on November 1st, 2011. More details will be posted here when they become available.  (You may click on the photo to enlarge it.) Click here to view Neil’s USATT Hall of Fame induction article. There will be a service on Monday in San Diego, and another later in the week in Las Vegas. This link contains the information, and a guest book to sign: Neil’s Guestbook & Funeral Service Info (Info from Carl Danner)

The 2011 SDTTA Picnic was a success! Click on the pictures to zoom in and re-live the memories!

From ITTF.com… It is with great sadness that the death is announced of Kjell Johansson He passed away on Monday 24th October 2011 in Eksjö, Sweden after a period of illness; he was 65 years old. The word legend, the description of being one of the greats is often misused; in the case of Kjell Gunnar Johansson it is correct. Nicknamed the “Hammer” owing the way he held the racket to unleash one of the most powerful forehands in the history of table tennis, he was one of the all-time greats of table tennis.  (Read More on ITTF.com by clicking here.)