[Rideout]

For the record, I am not a board member. I am an active member of the club and the info I am posting is the way I understand things to be. The only thing that the club requested I post on this site is the date and time of the upcoming election. I feel that it is also important to fill people in on why the election dates have changed and why they might not have known about the original elections to begin with.

Quoting myself-
“Anybody can be nominated for any of the five board positions before the elections on Feb 6th.”

It actually has to be a club member who has been current for (I think) 90 days.


Quoting myself-
“Today’s failed elections were a victory in the clubs process of becoming a more legitimately run organization.”

I certainly don’t mean to imply that the club has been acting illegitimately.


Everything happened on a much smaller scale a few years back. This is a club with a lot of history and there is a very old-school mentality within a lot of the players who have been around a while. This old mentality is slowly evolving into something more structured which should help us deal with the increasing number of members we continue to get and the growing number of details that must be addressed with the county.


Mark Kilmer and Rob Dean (and others) took on a huge task to push the club forward when few others would. The fact that they are both motivated to improve the club and the course shows with the improvements made to tee signs, course prep (especially for upcoming tourneys), new lease agreements with the county (which should give us a little more freedom with the courses), and a set of procedural guidelines that we (as a club) are adjusting to. Some of their ideas have been great and some have been really bad, but most importantly Mark and Rob (and others) continued developing the club through this transitional time and created a foundation the club is ready to continue building on.

Thank you Mark and Rob for your services. It wouldn’t be so bad if you were both re-elected.

Mike

(still working on getting that list of nominees)