Minutes for January 10 Board Meeting
Start 7:05 P.M.

All board members present with June Lim, Danny Williams, Behnam Kazemi, and Perry Schwartzberg in person. Ruben Guilloty, Jean Shi, and Thu Tran coming in remotely.

Also present is Dennis Seisun to welcome the new board and hand over stickers and membership cards.

First order of business is to pick positions for the board.

June Lim – Chairman
Danny Williams – Vice Chairman
Ruben Guilloty – Treasurer
Perry Schwartzberg – Secretary
Jean Shi – Member Relations Director
Thu Tran – Executive Director
Behnam Kazemi – Public Relations Director

New business:

June: Would like to increase membership dues for the coming year to $70. His idea is to use the money to support schools for table tennis activities and build a better relationship with entities like the fire and police departments. All think that the idea bears serious merit but also the consensus is that in these times many are having hardships and it would not be the moment to do so. All think that this idea should be considered perhaps later in the year. Voted down 6-1.

June: Has the idea to run a Saturday morning tournament that would be similar to Phil’s Sunday tournament and to do it weekly. He wants to give out prizes (Nittaku Premium 40+ balls) and perhaps to have doubles as well. All agree that this would be good for the club and agree to support the endeavor.

June: Has the idea to increase the quality of the membership card and make it more presentable. All agree and the decision is made to do more research to find the best quality item at a good price point.

June: Mentions that the SDTTA website is outdated and needs to be addressed. It has unreliable information and that makes it difficult for members and others to trust the information on it.

Thu: Mentions that Maurizio has software that may benefit the club’s website so to help players find partners and perhaps find a way for people to more easily join the club on the website. All agree that much needs to be done to increase the websites visibility and to make it more of a universal place for communication of our members.

Ruben: Gives the financial report.

Perry: Talks a bit about the status of the upcoming May tournament. There are various ideas as to who can be tournament director. Perry makes sure to let everyone know that this year’s event will be somewhat different than the past events as Attila Malek has moved out of state and no longer will be able to attend to the front end of the tournament. All agree that this is an important part of the event and will need to be addressed by the determined tournament director or others.

Meeting closes 8:18 p.m.

Meeting closes at 8:00