BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA MINUTES
Panorama Room 2521
Eldorado Resort Casino June 11th, 2023 1:00PM
Present: Eric Lippert, TJ Duncan, Andrew Workman, Jim Stewart, Ashley Wood, Dan Garner, Justin Saragueta, Pat Jones, Mark Naylor, John Hermans, Greg Iskander
Virtual: Nick Bailey, Scott Kirkwood, John Hermans
Regrets: Dede Moriarty, Jeff Wilson, Andrew Larkin, Sam Frick, Derek Zachman, Ted Mattila, Jeremy Ostrom
Guests/Staff Present: Len Dumas, Caitlyn Doyle, Mike Ray, Shawn McEntee
I. Call the meeting to order at 1:00 PM by President Lippert
II. Invocation – Director Jim Stewart performed the invocation.
III. Roll Call – Attendance noted above, quorum established
IV. Past President’s Comments
Past President/Executive Director Dumas thanked everyone for attending, the veterans speaking from PGA HOPE, and the committee engagement
V. Action Items
Board Meeting Minute Approval- Motion by Stewart to approve the April 10, 2023, Board minutes/ second by Naylor/ motion carried
NCPGA Committee Reports Approval
i. Mentoring
Chair Jones talked about how to get your dream job by creating a plan to get it by networking, creating a brand, and figuring out who your resources are
ii. Strategic Planning
Creating process for PGA Member Professional Path. They are scheduling a talk with Todd Sammons of PGA of America
Education Department about PGA PGM 3.1
iii. Education
Talked about the program cost of interns and keeping up with housing cost, intern expectations, and value added by interns
Caitlyn Doyle said to start looking for interns by September
iv. Teaching and Coaching
Focus on getting more committee members with different experiences
Also looking at working with Jamie Mulligan and California Teacher Coaching Summit
v. Tournament
Looking at how to get top facilities for our events
Consent Agenda
i. NCPGA Chapter Reports-
1. Submitted- North Coast, Sierra Nevada
2. Not Submitted- Bay Area, Monterey Bay Area, North State, San Joaquin
ii. Motion by Stewart to accept reports as submitted/ second by Workman/ motion carried
VI. President’s Report – Eric Lippert, PGA
105 professionals have signed up for deferred compensation. There also needs to be a push to get more pros to complete the compensation survey
In light of the events on June 6th, there must be an effort to explain the difference between the PGA of America and the PGA Tour and communicate this to our PGA HOPE veterans
Michael Merritt has been selected to be the New Assistant Executive Director
Bylaw Change- Starting the process to reduce the size of the board by removing the Chapter Presidents. The vote will happen at the Annual Meeting in December
Officer Terms have been extended to give TJ a full two years as Secretary
VII. Vice President’s Report – Nick Bailey, PGA
Report accepted as submitted
Financial Statements, April 30, 2023 – Results for the period ending 4/30/2023 reflect a net operating loss of $17,975 versus a budgeted loss of $14,226 for a variance of $3,749.
VIII. Secretary’s Report – TJ Duncan, PGA
Membership Report – Members 865 (up by 5 since last Board Meeting); Associates 187 (up by 11); New Members in last two months 3; New Associates in last two months 7; Transfer in 9; Transfer out 8; Class F 54; Reserve 23; ADM Certified 219.
IX. Executive Director/COO Report – Len Dumas, PGA CCM
Assistant Executive Director – Michael Merritt has been hired as the Assistant Executive Director and the staff is full for the first time in a while
Dumas discussed conversation with COO Craig Kessler in three areas:
1. Q. What should the PGA keep doing? A. Continue member facing objectives
2. Q. What should the PGA stop doing? A. Break the silos that exist which serve to delay and fracture communication and relationships
3. Q. What should the PGA continue to do? A. .Maintain one voice. One voice is critical as to respect of the initiatives discussed.
X. NCPGA Foundation Report –Tim Burr, PGA
As submitted
XI. PGA of America Reports
Accepted as submitted
XII. Section Reports
Accepted as submitted
XIII. Unfinished Business
None
XIV. New Business None
XV. Adjourn 2:41 PM