TDGPA Elections ***February 6, 10am***

[REDFIVE]

Originally Posted by olydiscgolf

I nominate Ryan Deroche for Vice President of TDGPA.

Chris Gilberts

2nd

[olydiscgolf]

Originally Posted by REDFIVE

2nd

We need an official 2nd for the nomionation of Ryan DeRoche to the position of Vice President. According to Mark Kilmer and Rob Dean, Chris Waugh is not a current member of TDGPA. Therefore, unable to vote.

[REDFIVE]

Originally Posted by olydiscgolf

We need an official 2nd for the nomionation of Ryan DeRoche to the position of Vice President. According to Mark Kilmer and Rob Dean, Chris Waugh is not a current member of TDGPA. Therefore, unable to vote.

Yeah, I guess I'm a fraud. Time to make myself valid again.

[olydiscgolf]

According to Rob Dean, somebody seconded the nomination of Ryan Deroche as Vice President. So its official.

[Rideout]

The vote will continue on Feb 6th but it has changed a bit. I had long discussions today with Mark Kilmer and Rob Dean both before and after they had a meeting about the future of the club. I think they came up with an efficient agreement that will greatly benefit the TDGPA over the next year.

A lot of the guidelines and legal agreements the club has have expired and the club keeps running into kinks that hold us up from trying to progress out of this problem. So, Mark and Rob are going to keep their positions as president and vice president until October. Bill Winkler and Ryan DeRoche voluntarily withdrew their nominations for this cause. Their primary goal over the next several months is to work with the board members that are elected on Feb 6th to enact a new set of guidelines and achieve non-profit status for the club.

In August there should be an official announcement for nominations for the board positions of president and vice president. With elections to follow in October. There should be a fully instated set of guidelines and non-profit status for the club. The next president and vice president should be set up with a club built on a solid foundation.

Nominations for the remaining board positions will be accepted until Sunday, January 17th at 9pm. Nominations can be made either on this thread or by contacting Mark or Rob. Rob has set up an online vote with a company that should be emailing out the instructions of the procedure on Feb 1st. If you want to vote in person, that will still take place at the Fort Steilacoom disc golf course between 10 and 11 am. You must be a current club member to vote.

Board positions (with current nominees) still up for nominations until Jan 17th at 9pm and election on Feb 6th are:

Secretary...Briana Schumacher
Maintenance.....Jim Brassfield
Riverside Rep....Todd Bates


This should all be official.

Mike Rideout

[Ode]

Originally Posted by Rideout

The vote will continue on Feb 6th but it has changed a bit. I had long discussions today with Mark Kilmer and Rob Dean both before and after they had a meeting about the future of the club. I think they came up with an efficient agreement that will greatly benefit the TDGPA over the next year.

A lot of the guidelines and legal agreements the club has have expired and the club keeps running into kinks that hold us up from trying to progress out of this problem. So, Mark and Rob are going to keep their positions as president and vice president until October. Bill Winkler and Ryan DeRoche voluntarily withdrew their nominations for this cause. Their primary goal over the next several months is to work with the board members that are elected on Feb 6th to enact a new set of guidelines and achieve non-profit status for the club.

In August there should be an official announcement for nominations for the board positions of president and vice president. With elections to follow in October. There should be a fully instated set of guidelines and non-profit status for the club. The next president and vice president should be set up with a club built on a solid foundation.

Nominations for the remaining board positions will be accepted until Sunday, January 17th at 9pm. Nominations can be made either on this thread or by contacting Mark or Rob. Rob has set up an online vote with a company that should be emailing out the instructions of the procedure on Feb 1st. If you want to vote in person, that will still take place at the Fort Steilacoom disc golf course between 10 and 11 am. You must be a current club member to vote.

Board positions (with current nominees) still up for nominations until Jan 17th at 9pm and election on Feb 6th are:

Secretary...Briana Schumacher
Maintenance.....Jim Brassfield
Riverside Rep....Todd Bates


This should all be official.

Mike Rideout

not trying to complicate things but ive heard differently as recently as today. COME TO THE MEETING AND VOTE! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

[Rideout]

Hey Chase

What did you hear?

From who?


I have been in direct contact with the powers that be and I would be very surprised if things changed.

If we don't make things clear now, things won't progress.

Mike Rideout

[DMAILMAN]

Mike is correct. Its complicated but Mike did a great job of trying to explain alot in a small amount of space. Give me a call Chase.

[LJ Jubner]

So are there really elections going on or was this just a rouse to get people to renew?

[DMAILMAN]

Rest assured that our members renew their memberships because they they support both the aims and goals of the TDGPA and the promotion of the sport of disc golf as a whole in the Puget Sound region and not because we are having an election.

Really it comes as no surprise to our current members. Association members whos annual dues have been brought current are notified via e-mail of all major event issues that face the club. This year marks the final year of a five year plan to bring the club into the new millennium.

We have made leaps and bounds of progress and need only finish the work of bringing current the all paper works that make an association strong. For example, The TDGPAs current by-laws were drafted in time when the internet was in its infancy and computers could only be found in the office place. The redrafting and adoption of these,"new", bylaws will be a top priority of the 2010 Board of Directors.

When our Bylaws were written there were not that many golfers to take advantage of our beautiful course. Thats 30 years ago! Much has changed since then but those pesky old bylaws are still here so they have got to be updated. It is the wording of the bylaws regarding elections that has proven to be an issue.

After the election, a general meeting of the association will be held to discuss the 2010 goals. This meeting will be an informational session to bring our members up to speed on all the changes that are coming including the huge club vote on the adoption of the new bylaws. There will be more info posted on this site as well as our own website. We are currently upgrading the way we communicate with our members too! This means our website also. We are dedicated to to improving the way we communicate with our members!

Finally, it is anticipated that the 2011 elections (to be held in October 2010) will offer to the newly elected directors a stable platform to conduct business on. Its been a challenge to complete the goals that were set five years ago but I remain hopeful and vigilant that they will all be completed on time.

I will begin updating this thread with news as it becomes available. The newsletters located at the club website offer a wealth of information on the happenings of the association.

[Rideout]

Were there any more nominations that came in or is there only going to be one individual that is running for each of the three positions on the board up for election?

Mike

[DMAILMAN]

[quote=Rideout;49297]Were there any more nominations that came in or is there only going to be one individual that is running for each of the three positions on the board up for election?

No other nominations have been recieved yet but the role is still open until 1/31/10. We had a couple people nominated that were not aware of the nomination but declined for personal reasons.

[DMAILMAN]

Please remember that when you nominate someone you should inform them of the nomination. All nominees are verified before they are put on the roles.


Go Team Steili!

[Rideout]

Quoting myself, “Nominations for the remaining board positions will be accepted until Sunday, January 17th at 9pm.”

Rob, I was under the impression that the deadline you have posted for Jan 31st was no longer valid and that the new deadline for nominations was set for Feb 17th at 9pm.

So, right now there are two deadlines for nominations posted. In writing in the Fort Steilacoom course kiosk and on one of my more recent posts, the deadline for nominations is set for Jan 17th. On Rob’s original post and on Rob’s most recent post, the deadline for nominations is set for Jan 31st.

I was under the impression the Jan 17th deadline for nominations was agreed upon (agreed upon by Mark & Rob) and that’s why I printed it.

We need to be clear.

Which is it?

Mike Rideout

[DMAILMAN]

Mark wasnt sure how much time it would take to verify a nominee. At this time I am currently able to process within 48 hours of recieving the nomination. So I believe January 31st is still OK. So if you know someone who would like to participate in the elections, please send information to robd@discgolftacoma.com

A test page was sent out to all members who's memberships are current and have also provided a valid email address. If you havent recieved this test page your membership has lapsed. For information regarding membership please contact me at the address listed above.

[Rideout]

Rob, have you made the change in the courses’ kiosk? If you haven't, there are still two different dates for these nominations.

Here on the forum you have re-extended the nominations to the 31st. At the course, what does it say?

Mike

[DMAILMAN]

I will update the flier in the kiosk today. Thanks Mike. I am not expecting more nominations at this point It is always good to have the bases covered.

Thanks Mike

[DMAILMAN]

2010 Board of Directors Meets to Discuss Goals

February 10th was the first meeting of our Board of Directors. This meeting was crucial for setting the direction the Board of Directors will take the club. With the agenda set, board members sat down and finalized the goals for 2010.

The agenda for this meeting was as follows; this was the first opportunity for the sitting board members to meet and welcome the newest board members. We wanted to hear from each of the board members so that we begin to learn the strengths and weaknesses of our position. We now know and have a working plan to get the course opened up and back to providing a place for the local disc golf community to practice their craft.

February 10th,2010 Agenda
1. Meet and greet new Board of Directors.
2. Discuss our current web presence.
a. Presentation by Greg Zart regarding what we can do to increase revenues utilizing an updated and revamped web site.
b. How our web site currently serves the club and how it can be used as a powerful tool to communicate with our members.
As a result of this presentation, it was agreed by the Board to appoint Greg Zart as “Internet technologies” specialist. He will be working closely with the Board to design a web presence that will combine our needs as a club with the needs of the countless people who travel to our web site for information about our courses. An online store will also be added to the web site.
3. Discuss equipment security
a. Tony Beckett has utilized his working relationships with a vendor to provide us with 50 new barrel locks at a cost of 582.00. There is a two week back order on the locks but they have been ordered.
b. Basket hardware is still in the shop being welded to the pipes. Should all be done within the next two weeks.
c. Security sleeves to protect the locks and tabs will be completed once the locks are received. This will be the last step to the completion of securing our equipment.
4. Discuss adoption of new By-Laws (Phase 1)
a. All board members received an updated copy of our new by-laws. It was agreed that the board will review these by-laws and adopt final changes at the next Board meeting.
b. It was agreed that the President and Vice President will form a committee to expedite the process of implementing the new by-laws once they are adopted.
c. It was agreed to by the Board of Directors that the by-laws will be implemented in a timely manner so that the next phase can be begun.
d. Discussion about changing our club name. To give our club a broader presence, it is agreed that a name change should be considered. At this point only one name has been presented. “Pierce County Disc Golf”. The concept will be tabled at the next meeting.
5. Discuss Non Profit status. (Phase 2)
a. It is agreed that we move forward with attaining our own 501 c3 non profit status.
b. The By-Laws must be completed before filing the paper work for the 501 c3 status.
c. Discussion on the benefits of a non profit status vs. 501c3 non profit status.
6. Discuss individual goals within each of the positions.
a. It was agreed that each Board Member will present to the Board at the next meeting, a mission statement that describes what they as Directors hope to achieve in the coming year.
7. Discussion about Riverside (Presented by Todd Bates)
a. Discussion on improvements to the course. Primarily new tee signs.
b. It was agreed that the Saturday Doubles will alternate between Ft Steilacoom and Riverside until we switch back to Thursday Doubles in March.
c. It is agreed that Todd will be running the doubles events at Riverside. He was given all the paperwork that must be filled out each week that he runs doubles.
d. Partial discussion about expanding the course to include areas adjacent to the BMX area.
8. Discussion about full elections in October
a. Full elections will be held in October 2010.

Overall, we had a very productive meeting. It was great to meet our newest Board members. I am sure that we can achieve all of our 2010 goals. We must continue to meet regularly so that we stay on track for completing our goals

The agenda for the March 10th meeting has not been finalized but we have some ideas.
1. Adoption of by laws by the Board.
2. Plan to present these by-laws the general membership for vote
3. Discussion about steps to completing phase 2, non profit status
4. Equipment security update
5. Riverside update
6. Spring Tournament update
Board member mission statements