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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:

1. 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.
2. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. SoCal College Tournament Nov 17 – Adam Barbrow. Adam has asked to reserve three rows for their tournament.  The SDTTA board has agreed.
4. 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. Click here to make a suggestion! 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  

There are lots of closures this coming month for the BPAC. Check to make sure your normal visiting hours to the club are still possible by checking the club calendar!

San Diego Table Tennis Association            

Board Meeting

August 21, 2012

Balboa Park Activity Center

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.

Call to order 7:24 pm by Ron.

SDTTA Board Members Present:  Ron Spencer, Borko Dragojlovic, Shelley Hardy, and Frederick Cheung

SDTTA Board Members Absent:  James Kahn, Bill Chang and Shariq Ansari

SDTTA Members Present:  Daryl

The approval of July 2012 minutes was made by Ron and seconded by Frederick.

Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.

Action Items:

Frederick brought up an idea of the club starting tier memberships.  This idea was not favored by the majority of the SDTTA board and was tabled.

Frederick explained that our club can use the Square Up system to accept membership dues by using credit cards through the smart phone.  Bill Chang will be in charge of designating board members/financial team who have the smart phones and want to sign up members through this system.

New t-shirts are being looked into.  Juic is a possibility.  Borko presented the cost and availability for each shirt model.  Frederick recommended a possible new logo for SDTTA.  The company, 99 design works with us and our ideas and their artists compete for our own logo.  The cost is $500 which includes logo and digital rights.  A motion was made and passed to go with this company to get a new logo by the board.  The board will discuss what type of logo we would like at the next Board Meeting.

The SDTTA picnic is scheduled for Sept. 15th (it will be rescheduled due to BPAC closed to table tennis).

Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – No report.

Juic Team Report- no report.

Treasurer’s Report.  Bill Chang passed out the Treasurer’s report that is reconciled through July 31, 2012.

Membership Report:  Borko stated that as of today the total membership is 263.

Equipment Report:  There are 30 tables (2 are at a San Diego Senior Center, 28 are at BPAC).  There are 13 blue and 19 green tables.  The club needs new nets especially because of the upcoming USTTA sanctioned tournament we are having in November.  It is believed that the Europa nets hold up better than the Butterfly National League model.  It has been voted on to order one dozen new nets.  We will discuss ordering more at the next Board Meeting for a total of 25.

Tournament Update:

The Neil Smythe Memorial Tournament will be a 2 star sanctioned tournament.

The head referee hired is Mike Myer who just moved to San Diego and he is USTTA certified.

Fund raising was brought and some people to ask if they will donate are Mark Gleicher and Stell/Angie Bengsston.

Kevin Ross and Ali Mahroun have been chosen/volunteered to run and schedule the tournament.

Ron has committed himself to attend the BPAC October meeting to represent SDTTA.

The motion to adjourn was made by Shelley and seconded by Frederick.

The next meeting is September 18, 2012.

Respectfully Submitted,

Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary