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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

Meeting Minutes: 02-16-2010

February 16th, 2010
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San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting

February 16, 2010

7:00 PM

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA

Call to order was made by Mark Adelman and seconded by Shelley Hardy. SDTTA Board Members Present:  Bill Chang, Bill Cooper, Mark Adelman, Scott Roberts, James Caan, Borko Dragojlovic, and Shelley Hardy SDTTA Members present (not the full meeting): Angie Bengtsson and Daryl Sterling The approval of January 19, 2010 minutes was made by Bill Cooper and approved by Scott Roberts. Communications not on the agenda have a limit of 3 minutes. Treasurer’s Report: A correction from the last minutes stating that the SDTTA account was transferred is incorrect.  As of this meeting the transfer from of the SDTTA account at Union Bank has not been transferred to Wells Fargo yet.  The amount in the SDTTA’s account can be viewed on our website. Action Items:
  1. The winner’s names of our SDTTA tournament have been put on the plaque which can be seen on the SDTTA board at the Balboa Park Activity Center.
  2. Update on Pro Pay Electronic Device to process memberships was reviewed.  To operate, press the button on top of device and the light will turn green.   Then, with a credit card strip facing left pass it through the machine.  When the device blinks twice the card is read.  Inside our cabinet we can find the form to fill the information for Mark to input the data. The cost for pro pay is $110/year, a charge of.035%/gross transaction plus a .35 fee is added.
  3. A discussion followed with Bill Chang suggesting that next year that everyone does it online.  To have a timely sign up by members, it was suggested as an incentive would be a lottery with the winner getting a free membership.
  4. Changes needed for League Play.  Mark discussed with Misha about not charging for League Play.  The all of the board agreed that participants need to commit to the team and come every time or make the time up.  One incentive is to return the $20 fee if a player completes league night 100% which includes the player to make up if ill. James made the motion to return fee and Bill Cooper seconded it.  Due to BPAC being closed, league play has been changed to April 30.  Mark made the motion to have league play starting April 30 and it was seconded.
  5. Tournaments:  The NATTA has moved their tournament to another place.  The BPAC still has the dates April 24 and 25 reserved for a table tennis tournament under SDTTA.  We will be charged for those days so a decision needs to be made quickly if we want to host a tournament.  Bill Cooper is going to look into the matter to see what and who can help with a tournament.
  6. Membership Renewal Report:  Daryl needs to input a few more members to complete the report.  Mark said that he was available to input new member data when necessary.
Discuss Round Robin Options:  There was some discussion on trying a couple of ways to spice up Thursday nights tournaments such as having a handicap night.  The board wants input from Phil who has done an excellent job with the most participated tournament event at our club. Equipment report by Bill Cooper: Our equipment is in good standing.  There is a big list for people who want to buy our available for sale tables.  There is a hold on these tables pending on loaning our tables to satellite places.  Bill is looking into putting the nets in boxes to protect them and not attach them to the folded tables where they get broken. Executive Director’s Report: James Caan wanted to know what his role/report as director entailed.  Bill Cooper read the by- laws explaining his role. When we have a tournament, James will check on company sponsorships. Coaching:  The StellanAngie Agreement. The club has been subsidizing the coaching done by Stellan and Angie in the amount of $350 monthly for coaching our juniors who are paid members.   We also pay for their room at the tournaments for which they submit a receipt to the treasurer.  Bill Cooper made a motion to continue subsidizing Stellan and Angie for coaching the juniors and paying for their hotel room at tournaments.  It was seconded by Scott Roberts.  We owe them for the month of January and February 2010.  The treasurer will be issuing a check to them for those months. Webmaster’s Report:  Daryl reported that there are only 5 or 6 people left to input.  We are able to pull up on website list of members who have and have not paid. Mark made a motion to send a bouquet of flowers to Jerry Harris and his family for the loss of his mother for the amount of $100 or less and it was seconded by Scott. The next meeting of the SDTTA board will be March 21, 2010. James made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Bill at 8:45 Respectfully Submitted, Shelley Hardy

California State Games

February 4th, 2010
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Meeting Minutes: 01-19-2010

January 19th, 2010
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San Diego Table Tennis Association

Board Meeting

January 19, 2010

7:00 PM

Balboa Park Activity Center Board Room

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA

Call to Order. SDTTA Board Members Present:  Bill Chang, Bill Cooper, Mark Adelman, Scott Roberts, James Caan, Borko Dragojlovic, Shelley Hardy. SDTTA Members Present (not the full meeting):  Angie Bengtsson, Daryl Sterling, & Branna. Approval of Minutes for November 17, 2009 needs an additional note that Gil Simons received a plaque for founder of our club. The SDTTA account has been transferred to Wells Fargo. The subject was brought up that the winners of our SDTTA tournament names need to be placed on name plates and put on our plaque.  James Caan is now aware of the need. Treasurer’s Report: Report placed on hold until the next board meeting on February 16 due to illness. Action Items:
  1. Pro Pay Electronic Device account is setup and active.  Mark Adelman showed us the device and how to use it.  Mark gave Bill Chang the pro pay credit card to access the acct and to make transactions.
  2. League Play-next league. James Caan invited Brianna and Earl to discuss plan and date for league play.  Tentatively the board voted to have league play on Fridays, with an entry fee of $20, and for it to start the first week of March.   Branna came to the meeting and stated that she would get together with Earl and come up with a plan by our next board meeting.
  3. Rules:  Multi Ball Location.  The board discussed that due to disruption to players when playing games that they are being disrupted by too many multi balls coming in to the space.  Therefore, the board member Bill Cooper made a motion and  it was seconded by James Caan to remind coaches of the guideline is for them to use tall back stops to catch the balls and to use the last two rows of our floor for multi ball coaches.  This guideline is to be put on the website.
  4. Tournaments:  The Recovery Tournament is set for February 6, 9 – 1 pm.  It is sponsored by the San Diego Recreational Center and Connie Hegley will be in charge of registering the participants.  SDDTA has the responsibility of running the tournament.  It is a double elimination tournament for recovery people.  Connie and an assistant will run the woman and beginners.  The SDTTA two members who will be Bill Cooper and his assistant will run the advanced players.
  5. Membership Renewal Report:  The total amount collected as of this meeting is $3,162. 37.  Some people who are experiencing hardship were discussed.  The agreement was reached that a board member was to take the partial payment and give receipt with the date and inform the board by e-mail and the chairman.
  6. Table Assignment for Membership renewals.  Due to a difference of opinion a new schedule was made for the board members to sign up members during the week.  Until the end of the month the following people volunteered to be at the assigned table to renew membership, sign up new members and collect for daily play:  Sunday – Mark, Monday – James, Tuesday – Mark,  Thursday – Bill Cooper, Friday – Borko, Saturday – Bill Chang.
The Chairperson’s report regarding Special Use Permit was submitted and he is waiting for the city’s response. The equipment report was given by Bill Cooper.  He stated that the nets that were purported to be the best ones are not the quality as thought.  Twenty National League Butterfly nets have been ordered at a good savings and will meet our needs for quality and long lasting nets.  We have a total of 18 new tall back stops in boxes.  The discussion to have satellite table tennis sites to loan our tables is placed on hold. Executive Director had no report. The discussion regarding the Stellan/Angie agreement with the SDTTA subsidizing the youth program which the club has been doing in the past was table until the next meeting because the discussion was going to take up too much time. Daryl gave the Webmaster’s report and said the running list of the members is available now.  The email address is SDTTA.org and Balboa Park is the password. The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Bill Cooper and seconded by James Caan at 8:50 pm.

ABC News: Bay Area a hotbed for table tennis

December 31st, 2009
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Rajul Sheth and the ICC Table Tennis Center has made the news yet again! ABC News just aired a segment on Rajul’s center in Milpitas, CA. You may have seen many of the club’s juniors at San Diego tournaments, or at the US Nationals, with “ICC” printed on their backs. This facility, which is just for table tennis, not only has its own training camps with world class coaches (like our own Stellan Bengtsson) but has tournaments that are broadcasted live over the internet!

If that weren’t enough, as a promotional tool for Rajul’s last tournament, he made a commercial which was played in Bay Area movie theaters advertising the tournament! How’s that for exposure?