II.                 Secretary’s Report

Upon motion by Doris McLaughlin, seconded by Olive Larson and carried unanimously, it was

Moved:  that the minutes of the January 6, 2010 meetings be  approved.

III.              Treasurer’s Report

Jan Henson presented the Treasurer’s Report for the year ending 2009.  The League was on budget but dues income from the 121 members was below expenses.  There is a reserve being held over of $1238 from Member-Guest, and reserves for Hole–in –One and Ringers.

IV.              2010 Committees

A.     Tournament Committee

Mickie Underhill thanked her Committee for all their hard work.  The Ringers Tournament in March was very successful and thanks go to Karen McCloskey and Susan Carano.  The Member/Member Tournament has 26 teams and slots for 2 additional teams.  Pam Bank, Lorraine Crosby and Carol Milnichuk are directors for this event .   Member/Guest is July 12, 8:30 AM shotgun start.  Patsy Mays is Chairing the committee.  Sixteen teams are playing President’s Cup.  Ladybirds is holding an event April 14 at the Lakes.  The next Ladybird’s is at St. James in May.

B.      Directory

Ginny Alger reported that the Directory printing went easily using Home Depot.  She apologized for any inadvertent errors.  Peggy thanked the committee for the professional results   both this year and in previous years.

C.      Publicity

Doris McLaughlin reported that she, Guy Giancarlo and Michelle Sherwood have been reporting results to the Newspapers and have gotten good press.

D.     Handicap

Ann Turner requested that members please post their away rounds scores

E.      By-Laws

There was no report.  Peggy said that the League is now three times the size so there is  a need to look at the By Laws.

F.       Local Rules

Derek Reed will be holding a Rules clinic April 20^th.  Questions have been submitted which he will address

G.     Hospitality

Pam thanked   Jan Cameron and  Doris McLaughlin for their assistance.  

Peggy thanked Carol Dunham and Diane Wright for the  excellent  holiday luncheon and its smooth execution.

H.     Member-Guest

Patsy Mays reported that a Sunday Cocktail Party will be held at the Plantation Club July 11, 2010.  Tee times for practice rounds on Sunday will be available for $45.  Members must arrange their own tee times.  The event will be held on Lion’s Paw at 8:30 AM July 12.  Registration and continental breakfast will be at 7:30 AM  The theme is  MonTee Carlo Madness and entry fee is $110. Kathy Giancarlo displayed a golf bag from Lori’s Golf Shop that will be raffled for 3/$5 or 7/$10.  There will be a 50/50 raffle and one for a round on Leopard’s  Chase .

I.        Rally for the Cure

The Rally for the Cure will be held Sept 13 on Panther’s Run.  Sally Duffy announced that Phyllis O’Connor will be her Co- Chair. The Brunswick County Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program will be the beneficiary again this year.  Flags will be sold.

J.        Welcome Committee

Nancy MacDonald acknowledged members the committee had welcomed:  Carol Russo, Kathy Stewart and Phyllis O’Connor.  Pictures should be on the Web site soon.

K.      Web Page Committee

Karen McCloskey reported that Lorraine Crosby has joined the committee and thanked her and Ginny Alger.  Lynn Kelly has been up -dating the calendar and much thanks is extended to her.  Most of the glitches experienced during the transition have be fixed and she thanked the members for their input.  The My Sign-Up is an independent site that is not controlled by ORLGA.  My Sign-up is archived after the sign up date and can not be retrieved, so she reminded anyone who needs the list after the close date to copy or print a hard copy prior to closing.  Pete Seelos’s expenses are $20/month for the GEM program.  It was suggested that both the Men’s and Women’s Leagues reimburse him $100 each.

Charity Committee

Ruth Ray reported that $316 was donated to Hospice to help with the building of a new 7 bed facility planned near the new Brunswick Hospital.  She thanked Carol Schuster for introducing new golfers to the charity events.

Christmas in July is planned for Shallotte Assisted Living.  Beach items and clothes will be collected.  A list of requested items will be posted at a later date for collection in June.

L.       Club 25 and Grand Strand

Peggy reported that the Club 25 this month will be held at Carolina National. Grand Strand had no report.

M.   Interclub

Peggy reported that the first Interclub event April conflicts with ORLGA member/member tournament

V.                Unfinished Business

A.     Budget

Jan Henson presented the 2010 Budget.  There is a projected increase in Direct Expenses.  A miscellaneous category has been added, the Christmas lunch for maintenance workers was added, the Welcome Committee budget was increased to $30 and the charity budget was reduced as only 2 Scrambles will be held this year rather than four.  $100 each was included for both Pete Seelos for the web and Hope Harbor.    Upon motion by Patsy Mays, seconded by Doris McLaughlin and passed unanimously it was 

Moved:  to approve the 2010 Budget as presented.

B.      Bylaws

The Bylaws Committee had drafted some recommendations regarding Ringers and the requirement for number of rounds to be eligible for most improved golfer.

1.      Ringers

Members pay into a separate fund to participate in Ringers.  Currently, League play and President’ Cup play have only been used for Ringers.   A discussion followed as to what categories of play should be used to constitute Ringer’s statistics:  league play. or league play and casual play if played during league time The card to be put in box should have equitable score after 13 holes of play.  The Ringer’s card should only indicate holes played

After much discussion a vote was taken by the members.  By majority vote it was determined that:

Casual play will not be included in Ringer’s scores.  Ringer’s will consist of scores in League events including Monday/ Wednesday games, Member/ Guest scores, and President’s Cup if the hole has been completed by the player.  The player can not concede the hole to partner and take equitable score.

                        A vote will be taken at the July meeting reflecting this bylaws change.                        

2 Required number of rounds of play.

Currently 20 rounds of golf, between November 1 and October 31. are required to be played during league events to qualify for Most Improved Golfer Award.  A discussion was held about what should constitute a round of play.  After much input was received from the membership, a vote was taken.  By majority vote it was agree upon that

Play will be counted as a round to determine MIP only if participating in league events, not as a casual player. If the round is started and later play is suspended,  the round will be counted.  If all play is suspended before play begins the rounds will not count.

A vote will be taken at the July meeting reflecting this bylaws change.

     VI. New Business

There was no New Business

VI.              Adjournment

Upon a motion made by Pam McCafferty, seconded by Linda Buck, and carried unanimously, it was

Moved: to adjourned the   meeting  at 10:50 AM

 Respectfully Submitted,

Gwen Fitzgerald

Secretary,  ORLGA