BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
Castlewood Country Club
Pleasanton, CA
February 13, 2024 10:00 AM
Present: Nick Bailey, Jeff Wilson, Justin Saragueta, Greg Iskander
Virtual: TJ Duncan, Dede Moriarty, Chad Bennett, Dan Garner, Scott Kirkwood, Josh Ostler, Mark Naylor
Regrets: Eric Lippert, John McNair, Matt Jordan, Ashley Wood
Guests/Staff Present: Len Dumas, Michael Merritt, Shelby Zell, Jenna Andersen
I. Meeting Called to order at 10:03 AM by Vice President Bailey
II. Invocation – Director Naylor performed the invocation
III. Roll Call – Attendance noted above, quorum established
IV. Past President’s Comments
Past President Moriarty excited for the meeting and hope everyone has a good time at the NCGRA Show
Past President Dumas excited to be at Castlewood and everyone being at the NCGRA Show
V. Action Items
Approval 2024 NCPGA Operating Plan
i. Motion by Saragueta to open discussion/second by Naylor/motion carried
ii. Motion by Wilson to approve the 2024 Operating Plan/second by Iskander/motion carried
NCPGA Committee Reports
i. Business Development Committee
ii. Education/Mentoring Committee
iii. NCPGA Staff Tournament Report
iv. Teaching and Coaching Committee
v. Tournament Committee
vi. Motion by Wilson to accept reports as submitted/second by Iskander/motion carried
VI. President’s Report – Eric Lippert, PGA
Disappointed he could not attend but wished everyone his best
VII. Vice President’s Report – Nick Bailey, PGA – pp. 5-7
Discussed the 2024 Operating Plan. The operating plan has proposed an increase of dues by 4%. The raise in dues will put the Northern California PGA at top eight of dues levels. The raise in dues will offset the rise in increased costs that have been taken on by the Northern California PGA.
Year-end report is still being worked by the accountant and will be discussed at the next Board of Director’s Meeting
VIII. Secretary’s Report – TJ Duncan, PGA
Membership Report – Members 857 (down by 2 since the last Board Meeting); Associates 242 (up by 35); New Members in last two months 4; New Associates in the last two months 26; Transfer in 4; Transfer out 5; Class F 45; Reserve 27; ADM Certified 252
IX. Executive Director/COO Report – Len Dumas, PGA CCM
The question has arisen should we allow Board of Directors to serve on Chapter Boards and should we come up with a formalized policy.
Northern California PGA Team went to the Section Business Office Conference before the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL. There has been an update to the Regional Model and there will no longer be Regional Directors. Career and Player Engagement Consultants now report to their designated lead consultant which will now report to the head of the MSO. The staff was also in attendance learning best practices from other Sections across the country to help improve our organization.
The Northern California PGA Team also attended the PGA Show which was full and back to prepandemic levels. The show gave an opportunity to connect with current partners and meet new prospective partners we hope to be working with in 2024 and beyond
Staff , in particular, Joyce Epperly (Thank you Joyce) has been working on updating the history of the Northern California PGA since 2015. The focus has been to create a place for everything in one spot and creating a process to yearly update the history document instead of sporadically.
X. Assistant Executive Director Report, Michael Merritt, PGA
The Executive team met with three of the four candidates running for Secretary of the PGA this year. The candidates they met were Jared Barnes, PGA from the Utah Section, Eric Eshleman, PGA from the Alabama-NW Florida Section, and Derek Guiterrez, PGA from the Sun Country Section. They did not get a chance to meet Barry Howard, PGA from the South Central Section, who is also running for Secretary. They feel all the candidates did a great job and are looking forward to meeting them in Houston for Super Regionals at the end of February.
XI. NCPGA Foundation Report –Tim Burr, PGA
As Submitted
XII. PGA of America Reports
Accepted as submitted
XIII. Unfinished Business
XIV. New Business
XV. Adjourn 10:51 AM
Motion to adjourn by Bailey/second Wilson, Motion approved