Attendees: Behnam, Salam, Danny, Nancy, Remzi (added), Ruben

Pejman(absent)

1. Meeting was called to Order by Ruben at 7:10PM

2. Past Minutes – Reading and approval of previous meeting Minutes- Behnam

Behnam indicated that those Minutes had been approved by the previous Board and already posted on the website.

3. Officers Reports – Financial Report – Ruben (Treasurer) presented December and End of 2022 Financials with Summary of Income and Expenses for the year. The report was shared with the Board.

4. Unfinished Business

    a. Sunday Tournament – Need to decide if we continue to support the Sunday Tournament and the prizes. We voted unanimously (6 Yes, 1absent) to continue the Sunday Tournaments. Also voted on the Prizes and agreed to continue to offer Nittaku Balls as prizes for the winners (2 Balls for 1st Place and 1 ball for 2nd Place per category). The prpoposal was approved but the vote was divided; 4 votes Yes, 1 voted No (Danny) and 1 absent (PJ). The measure was approved as 4 Yes, 1 No and 1 Absent. Other tournament options will be discussed with the Board in the next meeting.

    b. Barriers – Need to assess quantity of damaged barriers to replace and decide on which Barrier Carts design to purchase. Unanimously agreed to purchase 12 short Barriers and 12 tall barriers. In addition agreed to purchase 12 new nets as we have had to replace damaged nets. Ruben will contact Thu for the information of the supplier and Issue a Purchase Order. Regarding gthe Cart, Danny volunteeres to talk to Amir to confirm the bast path forward to acquire carts for barriers.

5. New Business;

Thu Tran resigned from her post due to personal work related reasons. We thank Thu for her contributions to the Association and to the Board. We will miss her, but we are counting on her support and an active SDTTA Member. In order to replace Thu, the Board unanimously agreed to consider Remzi Kaval as he was in the elections ballot and he meets all the requirements to be a Board member. Vote was 5 Yes and 1 absent, 1 resigned (Thu)

Later on Remzi joined us in the meeting and he agreed to participate in the Board.

6. New 2023 Board Member Selection:

    a. Chair Person – Behnam Kazemi

    b. Vice Chair Person – Danny Williams

    c. Member Relations Director – Nancy Huynh

    d. Executive Director – Remzi Kaval

    e. Public Relations Director – Salam Seamaan

    f. Treasurer – Ruben Guilloty

    g. Secretary – Pedjam Adhami (PJ)

7.  SDTTA OPEN – Initiate discussions regarding the OPEN – A Committe was selected to lead the effort to organize the Open composed by (Behnam, Danny, Salam and Remzi). They will update the Board in every Board meeting to ensure continuity of their efforts.

8. Explain Membership collection process – We are currently accepting memberships although we do not have the 2023 stickers yet. However members can proceed to pay and we will provide them a receipt and we will hand them the sticker once they arriv e next week. We also have members paying through PayPal and they in turn have an electronic receipt and we will either give them cards or stickers once they arrive.

9. Member appreciation Tournament –  Details to be discussed at next meeting – Behnam

10. Monday Coaching – Mr. Javid will be out for a few weeks and Mr. Amir and Mr. Pisa will work together to support during those weeks. Also the Board approved for us to have another Official USATT Certified Coach in the Club. Mr.Pisa has volunteered to be certified as a Coach and the Association will help Pisa with the cost of Certification provided he conducts the Monday Coaching sessions with Javid for 1 year. Nancy will prepare an agreement to document the commitment between the SDTTA and Mr. Pisa

11. Collection of Membership Fees – Members identified the days of the week to support the member dues collections. The following are the days everyone volunteered:

Salam – Tuesday/Sunday

Nancy – Saturday

Remzi – Tuesday/ Thursday

Ruben – Monday/Tuesday

Behnam – Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday

Danny – Monday/Tuesday/Friday

PJ – To be determined

12. There was a proposal to recognize Jaxson for his continued contributions in leading the Thursday Round Robin Tournament and keeping track of Registration and Results. The decision by the Board was to either offer him a gift certificate or cover his membership dues for 2023. We are in the process of finalizing this as we speak with Jaxon.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:15PM

Kind Regards, 

Ruben Guilloty – SDTTA Treasurer