President's Message from Scott

January Past Business

The BOD held its annual retreat with Sahalee’s Leadership team. The focus was on long-term strategy including our approach to membership, which is a critical component of future success. The membership topic is a system with a lot of interconnected parts. Significant analysis and information were prepared before the retreat to enable a fact-based discussion surrounding adding value to the Proprietary members while possibly adding new membership categories. Because it is a complex system that touches many facets of Sahalee’s Committee governance, the BOD felt it was prudent to develop a comprehensive set of ideas that could then be shared with Committees The Committees will take this information as a starting point to explore and make independent recommendations back to the BOD.

The BOD approved recommendations for Committee Chairs and Board Liaisons for 2023. I want to thank all Sahalee’s volunteers, past and present, for dedicating so much time and passion to these endeavors. The Committee structure is vital to the Club’s future. These Committee Chairs play a vital role in representing all Sahalee Members.

The BOD approved updates to the 2023 Golf Calendar, filling a placeholder event on the calendar with a US Kids Junior Golf Tour event. We also added an outside event for KPMG (the company).Our expectation is that in addition to supporting the game of golf, Sahalee will use the kids’ event to introduce players and parents to the fantastic golf development programs Sahalee membership offers.

Future Business

The Board’s primary focus over the next two months will be reviewing Committee recommendations around membership strategy. Additionally, we will continue to move forward with bylaw changes based on received member feedback. Because these changes are complicated, we plan to host a member Open Forum to share the strategy and gather more input.

Additionally, the Board has given direction on our long-term strategy developed during our January retreat to David LaRocque, who chairs the Long-Range Planning Committee Over the coming months the LRPC will develop a draft strategy that will consider Sahalee’s position in the current market as well as how we compare with other top-tier clubs across the US. Throughout the year, the Sahalee 2030 Plan draft will be developed by the LRPC and Board. We look forward to creating this strategy and socializing it with Members for input before implementing it.

As always, feel free to reach out to me if you have any thoughts or questions.

Sincerely,

Scott Heydon Club President