i. Minute Approval: April 12, 2022, Meeting- pp

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES April 12, 2022 10:00 AM

Present: Eric Lippert, Mark Naylor, TJ Duncan, John Hughes, Jim Stewart, Pat Jones, Devin Meheen

Virtual: Ashley Wood, Dede Moriarty, Andrew Workman, Ted Mattila, Ryan Lancaster, Nick Bailey, Tim Sands, John Crater, John McNair

Regrets: Scott Kirkwood, Willie Toney Jr., Derek Zachman, Greg Iskander

Guest (s): Junko Harkins

Staff Present: Len Dumas, Shelby Zell, Shawn McEntee, Caitlyn Doyle

I. Meeting called to order at 10:01 AM by President Lippert

II. Invocation-

III. Past President’s Comments

IV. Action Items

a. Consent Agenda--- Motion to approved by Devin Meheen, second by TJ Duncan, motion carried

i. Minute Approval: February 21, 2022- Motion to approve by Mark Naylor, Second

TJ Duncan, motion carried ii. NCPGA Chapter Reports 1. Submitted- Bay Area, Monterey Bay Area, North Coast, North State, San Joaquín, Sierra Nevada NCPGA Core Committee Task Force & Division Reports- pp. 19-24 2. Submitted- Bylaw, Education, Member & Associate Mentoring, Teaching & Coaching, Tournament 3. Non-Submitted- Diversity & Inclusion

V. President’s Report – Eric Lippert, PGA

a. Welcomes everyone to the meeting. Reviews the Google Docs for the Committees to help keep track of tasks and to keep up the excellent work with the charting so far. Shares with everyone how to use the forms and what it looks like. Thanks to Director Meheen, for helping create the Google Docs and tells everyone this will keep the Committees accountable, and we can help each other out as needed. b. Summarized the deferred compensation plan great benefit for all, especially our younger professionals. PGA of America will need a full year to analyze eligible activities and the

“value” of tasks and recipients. This will roll out in 2023. States this is still in the works and no recent changes. c. Discusses his experience being able to attend the Drive, Chip, and Putt Finals in Augusta and how nice it was to see a Champion from Northern California. d. President Lippert discussed the candidates for PGA of America National Secretary and the trip to the Super Regional with Directors Bailey, Meheen and Executive Director Dumas, who they thought would be best for the position. States when they decide who the best would be the

Section will send in a Letter of Support. e. Speaks about the ADP funding we will be getting this year. f. States our District 11 Meeting in coming up in July in Hawaii.

VI. Vice President’s Report – Nick Bailey, PGA

a. States financial reports are submitted b. Talks about in the processes of hiring a new team member in the Section office c. States the new Dues amount will roll out on May 1st, and we will be letting people know to do provide their member change form if needed before then. d. Executive Director Dumas states recent changes to Workday have helped with the financial process

VII. Secretary’s Report – Devin Meheen, PGA

a. Membership Report – Submitted in packet b. Speaks about the number of transfers out but we have a respectable number of new Associates coming in

VIII. Honorary President Report – Dede Moriarty, PGA

a. States the Hall of Fame Committee met in March, and it consists of all Past Presidents. The Hall of Fame Inductees will be, Sue Fiscoe, PGA, John Fry, PGA, Mike Rawitser, and Shim LaGoy, PGA. b. Would like to revamp the criteria of the Hall of Fame Inductees going forward c. States they are working on the Inductees Bios

IX. Executive Director/COO Report – Len Dumas, PGA CCM

a. Had Three (3) interviews for the Assistant Executive Director position but did not end up with a person to fill position. We have need to hire a Player Development position and will be adding two (2) Foundation Fellows soon. b. Assembly Bill 672 has become AB 1910 was pulled this week from the CA Legislature and that is good news. c. Partnerships for tournaments are going great and trying to combine Sections and Foundations Partnerships together. We are getting better at creating the contracts and asking for greater funding and contributions. d. Our Drive Chip and Putt season is upon us. We have close to 1200 players signed up along with a few new facilities doing Qualifiers this year.

X. NCPGA Foundation Report –Suzy Schneider

a. Foundation Report – Submitted in packet b. Pressing need for more PGA Hope instructors and explains the incentives for being an instructor c. Speaks about Patriot Golf Day

XI. PGA of America Reports

a. Career Services – Caitlyn Doyle, PGA- Doyle summarizes the upcoming job searches she and the team have coming up and what positions are open currently. Shares the new member orientation packet and how it will help. b. Asks everyone to fill out the compensation survey c. States upcoming webinars she and Junko will be facilitating. d. District 11 Director –John McNair, PGA – Submitted in packet e. Player Development -Junko Suzuki Harkins, PGA- Submitted report in packet

XII. Section Reports

a. Tournament Director – Shawn McEntee, PGA -submitted in packet b. Appreciates assistance of Board of Directors in discussing facility fees c. Recognizes Don Winter, PGA to represent the NCPGA in the 2022 Senior PGA Championship

XIII. Committees

a. Bylaws – John Hughes states bylaws changes will need to be approved to submit for approval at Semi-Annual Meeting. Discussion for how many meetings a Board of Directors member can be absent and subsequent consequences. States two (2) absent meetings by a Director will be deemed as their resignation, and they have to the next Board of Directors Meeting to submit an appeal. Motion to approve by Mark Naylor, seconded by Devin Meheen. Discussion that this will be for a 12-month rolling period or what timeframe would be best. Decide to a 12-month rolling period of the Board of Director’s term. Motion to approve by TJ Duncan, seconded by Mark Naylor, Motion approved. This will be submitted at Semi-Annual Meeting. b. Tournaments – Director Duncan talks about the first upcoming meeting they will be having and his ideas on rotation locations for certain tournaments. Speaks about how participation is a crucial factor in the locations. c. Education – Director Workman discusses the MSR % met so far and discusses the plans for upcoming education webinars/seminars before the MSR Cycle ending. d. Member & Associate Mentoring – Discusses their first meeting and committee members they had added. States the mission statement changed slightly and are trying to get useful resources before asking to have mentors for the future menti-mentor program. e. Teaching and Coaching – States creating the mission statement and what is the best way to move forward with the committee.

XIV. Unfinished Business-

-None

XV. New Business-

-None

XVI. Adjourn- Motion to adjourn by TJ Duncan seconded by Director Naylor, motion carried– Meeting adjourned at 12:08PM by President Lippert