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Meeting Minutes: 07-20-2010

July 20th, 2010
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San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting, 2010

July 20, 2010

7:03 PM

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA

Call to order by Mark. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bill Cooper, Bill Chang, James Kahn, Borko Dragojlovic, Mark Adelman, Shelley Hardy, and Scott Roberts The approval of May 18, 2010 minutes was made by Bill Cooper and seconded by Borko Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. Treasurer’s Report:  Bill Chang passed out the Treasurer’s Report that has reconciled us through June 30, 2010. Bill Chang brought up a recommendation to close our open Union Bank account because he felt that it was no longer necessary and more work for the Treasurer.  A motion was made to close the account by Shelley Hardy and seconded by James Cooper.  The motion was approved by all board members. Action Items:
  1. August 7 – 8 San Diego Closed Tournament report.  Phil Van De Weil passed out to board members copies of how, when, where and what was needed for the tournament to take place.  It was recommended that we ask the junior players to help monitor the entrance to the tournament due to no food or drink be allowed in the tournament area.  Set up for the tournament will be the night before which has been reserved.  Volunteer board members to help set up are:  Mark, Shelley, Scott, James, Robert, Bill Cooper, and Bill Chang.  Volunteer board members to help clean up are:  Mark, Shelley and James.
  2. Membership Renewal Report.  James stated that it was easier to get the membership fee of $50 which includes people who come for the summer and short timers.
    A suggestion was made to post a sign in front so that new people can read the sign stating our daily fee or membership fee.  A portable sign was a possible solution and we asked Phil to ask John Trentor if he could put one together for us.
  1. League result report.  The board discussed that the league play event was not a good event.  The problems were that people who signed up did not play or quit.  The board is not sure that people want to have this event in the future.
  2. Club Shirt Report.  Mark began discussing that the interest in a SDTTA club shirt is to be pursued.  Mark will talk with Stellan and other people with Scott to bring ideas to the club about a club shirt.  James knows some people who might be able to help the club with shirts at a good price.  A club shirt committee was suggested and Mark, Scot and Daryl are to present ideas to the SDTTA Board.
  3. Pee Wee coaching.  The idea of charging a low monthly fee to coaching the Pee Wee participant was put forth by Angie.  Angie also stated that the juniors’ group under Stellan and Angie will help coach the pee wees.  Further discussion was tabled until Angie can come.
Equipment report by Bill Cooper:  One table was assembled out of four.  Discussion was brought up to assemble another one on Thursday.  There are new nets available to replace damaged ones. Executive Director’s Report:  Same as the Membership renewal notes. Web masters’ Report: Daryl stated that the Senior Olympics information is on our SDTTA website.  The recent tournaments where our SDTTA members won will be posted as soon as we get pictures.  Scott Roberts recommended the one click side area be set up on the SDTTA website for easier use. Next meeting is August 27, 2010. Bill Cooper made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by James. Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

2010 CASG Open Results

July 19th, 2010
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Here are the results for the 2010 California State Games:

Event Player Medal
Women’s Open Brana Vlasic
Women’s Open Angel Luo
Women’s Open Shannon Ryan
Men’s Open Don Alto
Men’s Open Earl James Alto
Men’s Open Javid Khazaeli
Check out the entire result list by clicking here.

The CA State Games male player of the year: Earl Alto

The CA State Games female player of the year: Angel Luo

Meeting Minutes: 04-20-2010

April 20th, 2010
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San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting, 2010

April 20, 2010

7:05 PM

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA

Call to order by Mark. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bill Cooper, Bill Chang, James Kahn, Borko Dragojlovic, Mark Adelman, Shelley Hardy, and Scott Roberts The approval of February 16, 2010 minutes was made by Borko and seconded by James Kahn. Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. Treasurer’s Report:  Bill Chang passed out the Treasurer’s Report that has reconciled us through March 31, 2010 to all Board Members. Action Items:
  1. League Play.  There is a need to promote it.  Many of the higher rated players have not signed up yet.  Bill Cooper will have a signup sheet on Thurs night for players to sign up.  There is a $20 deposit fee.  We need at least 40 people.  Due to lack of players we may post pone League Play.
  2. Tournaments:  National Collegiate Championship bid is put off until next year.
  1. Membership Renewal Report:  Board members opened up the need to discuss membership for hardship cases.  Borko made a motion that issuance of hardship of membership will be at the discretion of a board member on a case by case basis.  The vote was six ayes and one no.
  1. Discuss club etiquette:  The board members want to remind members about club etiquette by having the SDTTA etiquette rules posted on the front page of our website.
  1. Tournaments:  We need to let NATT know that our facility is available for next year’s tournament insane Diego.  Bill Cooper stated that it will cost the club $3,000 to run a sanctioned USTTA tournament.   It helps us as a club to subsidize with $1,000 NATTT.   Also Mike Rodriquez is president of the Recreational Council.  We need to work with him to get BPAC to help sponsor our future tournaments.
Mark went to the Recreational Council meeting.  He recommended that we join with the badminton club to ask the Recreational Council meeting to spread out the dates the Balboa Park Activity Center is closed so that it isn’t all lumped in one particular month. Scot Roberts brought up the subject of a SDTTA T-shirt with our logo.  The interest is there.  Finding a way of funding and cost at this time prevented further discussion. Equipment report by Bill Cooper:  There are three new tables still in their boxes.  Two tables are loaned out to a Senior Center under Stellan’s name.  We have a total of 27 tables (1 handicap).   No change in equipment. Executive Director’s Report:  Advertising in the media has been started by Scott Roberts putting an ad in the Reader. Webmaster’s Report was tabled until next meeting. Next meeting is May 18, 2010. Bill Cooper made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Borko. Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

Homenetmen Ararat Open

March 29th, 2010
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Date: April 18th, 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Entry Form: Click here Description: Homenetmen Ararat Thurd Annual Table Tennis Tournament: A USATT 2-Star sanctioned tournament.

Meeting Minutes: 03-16-2010

March 26th, 2010
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San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting

March 16, 2010

7:05 PM

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA

Call to order by Mark. SDTTA Board Members Present: Bill Cooper, Bill Chang, James Kahn, Borko Dragojlovic, Mark Adelman, Shelley Hardy, and Scott Roberts SDTTA Members present (not the full meeting):   Daryl Sterling The approval of February 16, 2010 minutes was made by Borko and seconded by Bill Cooper. Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. One of our previous members of the SDTTA board, Sungil, addressed our board to give us encouragement and show support for us as board members.  He stated a big stress factor for us as SDTTA board members is our large membership which means that we will always have people disagreeing with our voted on decisions.   He thanked us for our hard work and willingness to represent the SDTTA.  Sungil stated that he would be available to help or give advice to us in our goal to promote our SDTTA. Treasurer’s Report:  Bill Chang passed out the Treasurer’s Report that has reconciled us through February 2010. Bill Chang wanted to know how often the SDTTA was paying for hours to BPAC.  No one knew the answer.  Mark is going to find out for us. Bill Chang wanted to know if the Stellans were paid for their coaching the juniors so far.  If not, then they will be paid tonight. Bill Chang, Bill Cooper and Mark will e-mail one another when to meet and sign the forms for bank signatures. James Kahn wanted to inform the club:
  1. That a Danish National table tennis player will be here the week of April 4-8.  He will talk to Stellan about the possibility of an exhibition for our club on one of these days.
  2. That Stellan offered to have a free clinic for interested members at the end of the month (?) with a limit of 25 people (which means first come, first serve).
  3. James suggested that we call former members and invite back.
We have a member link on the SDTTA website now to see all our members who have and have not paid. Mark brought up the idea of creating a newsletter to keep our members aware of the greater good the club is doing by supporting all that is happening at our club which includes how proud we are of our junior players and that we are privileged to have a World Class table tennis coach.  We want to do our part as a club to help develop future players. Mark stated that he could put all the ideas put forth by SDTTA board and members.  This included: Coming Events Membership Training League tournament coming up National Danish Table Tennis Player coming in April Prorated Dues Action Items:
  1. League Play.  James Kahn will post a sign- up sheet for members to play in the league.
  2. Tournaments:  The tournament scheduled in April was taken off the calendar.  Mark scheduled a San Diego Table Tennis Tournament for a date in August with BPAC.  We will host a one day (Saturday) SDTTA tournament.  The city parks and recreation will help us with this tournament.  The Tournament Committee is Phil and Sungil.
Bill Cooper spoke with NATTA spokesperson Allen Williams who said that they had problems with Michelle Garcia the representative for BPAC which could not be resolved.   Allen felt that they were lied to.   Mark stated that he spoke to Andy from BPAC and was told another side to what went down.   NATTA pulled out and will not host another tournament here. Scott brought a sample copy of an ad to advertise for the SDTTA tournament in August. There is a need for a meeting to determine goal and the cost for this tournament with the tournament committee.
  1. Membership Renewal Report:  Borko stated that we had 156 members.  Any board member can now sign up a new member on the website.  Mark suggested that we as board members introduce ourselves to a player we don’t know and if they’re not a paid member to give them the two options.
Equipment report by Bill Cooper:  There are three new tables still in their boxes.  Two tables for loaned out to a Senior Center under Stellan’s name.  We have a total of 25 tables.  No change in equipment.  Mark brought up the broken knobs on the nets are sharp and can hurt us.  These nets need to be put on the desk in the table tennis storage room for repair.  Daryl stated that we are two nets short.  Bill Cooper said we have them. Executive Director’s Report:  James Kahn gave his report earlier with upcoming happenings. Webmaster’s Report:  Everything going as planned.  Discussed putting newsletter on website with Daryl and for the Secretary to send the minutes to Mark and he’ll forward the newsletter back to Daryl. The next meeting of the SDTTA board will be April 20. Bill Cooper made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by James. Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy, SDTTA Secretary

Alex Kahng Wins San Diego Spelling Bee!

March 25th, 2010
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Hi Alex: Congratulations on your victory in winning the Spelling Bee for San Diego County. You should be very proud of yourself. We at the SDTTA are also proud to call you a member. We will be watching your progress in Washington D.C. Good luck from all of us at the club. Sincerely, Mark Adelman Chairman SDTTA

LATTA Open

March 17th, 2010
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Title: LATTA Open Location: El Monte, CA LATTA Website Description:

I’d like to declare our next upcoming USATT sanctioned tournament is on April 24-25. I hope that many of you will be brave and take the opportunity to test your skills against other competitors during “real pressure time.”

Date: April 24th-25th, 2010