The October tournament was a big success with the results listed below. The tournament has
now moved to the 3rd Sunday of each month, with the next one being held on November 18th.
Hope to see you there!!

Oct. 9, 2018

Meeting called to order by  Chairperson at 7:02 p.m.

Members present: Steve McGrew, Behnam Kazemi,  Perry Schwartzberg, Bob Koch, and Jaxon Farris

Dennis Suisen and Phil Van De Wiele  absent

George Pisa in attendance.

Motion made to approve last minutes, motion carried 5-0.

Old Business

Steve: The sponsorship for up and coming players is going above the budget proposed. Might have to pull in the number of players or limit the amount that can be received from each sponsored player.

Jaxon: Perhaps only 4 tournaments for the year?

Bob: Let the sponsored players decide which 4 tournaments that they want to be sponsored?

Perry: Cap it at $1000 per player per year?

Behnam: At the last meeting, we spoke about putting a note on the website so that the sponsorship could be open to the membership.

Steve: We will take applications for a total of 4 sponsored players for next year.

Steve: It’s important that we get members to bring their card, and be able to show their card when asked. We need to do a mass mailing to the membership so that they know that they need to carry their card.

Steve: Any news from Omnipong?

Jaxon: I’ve contacted them multiple times but have heard nothing back.

Steve: We need to download the rules of Omnipong.

Perry: To run a tournament?

Steve: Yes, to run a small tournament and see if we are able to do it.

Steve: Any report on the broken equipment building up in the storage area?

Bob: Most of it is gone, this is no longer an issue.

New Business

Bob: Perhaps it would be a good idea to have a photo of the week on our website showing some of our members?

All agree this would be a great idea.

Behnam: Joola L.A. Open had two Japanese players attending. These two top ranked players would be interested in coming to our large tournament.

Bob: If we increase the prize money, more of the top ranked players may come.

Steve: We would also need  to obtain sponsorship money to bring players from overseas to our tournaments. This should be something that we can do.

Perry: Maybe we could have 1/2 price entry for SDTTA members to the large tournament? It would certainly help increase participation from our club.

All agree good idea.

Jaxon: Phil and I built one of the tables. We still have many more to go.

George: Looks like we could build 5 or 6 more before we start to run out of room.

Bob: Shirts, we need shirts.

Behnam: LA Open sold nice Joola shirts for $10.

All agree that would be great and needs more investigation.

Meeting closed at 7:38

Meeting adjourned 8:07

The September tournament was a big success with the results listed below. The tournament
has now moved to the 3rd Sunday of each month, with the next one being held on October 21st.
Hope to see you there!!

There are many people in our club that help out in many ways to develop our sport within and beyond SDTTA. I like to introduce you to Mr. Ruben Guilloty or just as we call him Ruben from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico . Once again he has shown his real generosity toward the future of table tennis  in giving all to the present. He has donated tens of rackets, balls, etc. to Mayaguez Club in Puerto Rico and the Baja Table Tennis club.
Pictures  show him with Puerto Rico Table Tennis Federation president Ivan Santos and Mayaguez Coach Edwin Figueroa as well as the Baja team Coach (I. Garcia) and the Kids at Mayaguez in Puerto Rico.
Special thanks to our Emil Mihet that provided much of the equipment. Thank you for the gifts.  You put a smile on future table tennis players.

In order to improve our members table tennis skills, we are going to invite top coaches to our club
to conduct one day clinics. We have asked  Jair Jimenez, with US National rating over 2525  and
winner of U-2500 in San Diego Open 2018,  to conduct a one day clinic/ training . Lower level
players can participate from 10-12 am and upper level players from 1-3 pm next Sunday 9/23/18.
This group training will be free for our members. We are accepting the first 10 members in each
category.
Please text your entry to Behnam at 6198894922.

Sept. 11, 2018

Meeting called to order by Vice Chairperson  at 7:03 p.m.

Members present: Behnam Kazemi, Dennis Seisun, Perry Schwartzberg   Bob Koch, Jaxon Farris, and Phil Van De Wiele.

Steve McGrew absent

Motion made to approve last minutes, motion carried.

Old Business

Jaxon: Additional tables need to be built from the new Butterfly shipment. Phil and Jaxon volunteer to help.

Jaxon: Need to talk about sponsorship of players.

– Much is discussed about the amount of money the club wants to put up for sponsorship, the number and qualifications of the players that the club will sponsor, and the need to put something on the website to alert all SDTTA members of the decision to sponsor some club members.

Bob: Perhaps we should sponsor 3 or 4 tournaments with a total budget of $4000.

Phil: We need to mention which tournaments we are sponsoring.

Perry: We are currently sponsoring these 4, U.S. Open and Closed, L.A. Open, and the large tournament we run in San Diego.

All agree that this is a good group.

Further discussion will be held with the newly elected board as only the U.S. Open in Florida is still left in this fiscal year.

Jaxon: We need to send out a bulk e-mail to make sure people bring their membership cards.

Bob: Will enforce the need to show a membership card before replacing a broken ball with a 3 star Nittaku Premium as is club policy.

Jaxon: We now need to bring in the tables every day and night after we are done playing. We can no longer leave them standing on the floor overnight.

Phil: We need to update the white board and notify members as best that we can.

Jaxon: Status of hosting a smaller tournament before our large one is being considered. Phil and I will use the Omnipong software.

Bob: Maybe we should just run the Memorial Day tournament?

Perry: It would be a good idea to run a smaller tournament if we are thinking of bringing the big one in-house.

Jaxon: Tried to contact Omnipong in order to get the software needed, so far, no response.

Jaxon: Status report on broken barriers, nets, etc.? General report.

Bob: There are items in the storage room that need to be repaired and removed. We have them separated and are in good shape.

Behnam: Maybe Jair Jimenez can coach for a day? $200 for 6 hours and that would include his brother Morgan to help with coaching and translation.

Approved by the board 4-0-2, Perry and Phil abstaining. Passed

Important dates for the next election to be voted on:

October 23 – Deadline for candidates

November 13 – Voting begins

November 20 – Final votes tallied

6-0 in favor. Passed

Behnam: 9-12 this Saturday, Sr. Tournament. Currently 16 participants, and will need 2 rows of tables.

All agree that this is fine.

Dennis: What is the status of the picnic?

No plans secured but all agree that a committee should get on it as the members do appreciate it.

Treasurers report submitted by Dennis.

Perry: Subsidized coaching went well, particularly among the up and coming lower level group.

Motion to renew subsidized coaching for Perry and Pisa for another 6 total sessions.

5-0-1 motion passed. Perry abstains

Phil: Second Sunday needs to be third Sunday in October and November. Need two tournaments with 3rd Sunday awards, not 2nd Sunday awards.  Total of 16 awards.

6-0 approved .

Meeting adjourned 8:07