My name is Behnam Kazemi.  I have been a member of the SDTTA club for over thirty years during which time I have served on the board in different capacities.

I have served as the club’s president, Vice President and Public Relations Director. 

I would like to continue promoting our sport by attracting more players, and providing existing members an environment conducive to elevating everyone’s level of play from youngsters   to seniors.   I am always ready to listen to and implement suggestions from our members. 

I retired last year as a business owner so I will be able to dedicate more time to the club. This year we had several challenges . Parking fee will be implemented by the city soon. I, as SDTTA representative and other sports have attended and been involved in presenting our case to the city. I will make every effort to keep membership fees at current level of $50/year to help offset additional parking fees. We had the flood problem in San Diego 2 years ago and our club was used as shelter for homeless. I and other members were involve and spent many hours resolving the issue We also spent many hours dealing with discrimination claim by one of our members. This issue is resolved by Municipal Judge. I hope who ever gets picked by the members realizes being on the board is not just showing up once a week. It involves many hour of work behind the scene. This year we were able to have a very successful San Diego Open tournament with great participation and well-run tournament. We have been able to have three coaches that provide free group practice sessions weekly and twice weekly tournaments free of charge to our members. We are going to have member appreciation tournament on Oct 19, 2025 with cash prizes. Close liaison with Mexico table tennis and Mexico open tournament in Tijuana in February 2026 (I will provide more information when available).

I appreciate your vote and look forwards to serving you for another term.