Adminintration

Div 3 VP Changes – Craig Carothers Retiring – Gary Maule Replacing

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Craig Carothers Retires as Division 3 VP

After many years of service to the Board of Governors and as VP of Division 3, Craig Carothers has decided to retire to spend more time “improving” his golf game.

Craig has been a very important contributor to the league and active in many roles over the years.  In past years he chaired the Handicap Committee and helped establish much of the system we have now.  Recently he has served as Division 3 VP to keep it running smoothly.  His Division 3 Mentoring is a model for helping get new members engaged.  He suggested and implemented many of the operational changes that make things better.

Craig has also been a key contributor in developing our website communications, especially in the last year.  He will be continuing to help with the website as one of our administrators.  For the present, Craig will also continue to support Metro St. Louis Seniors golf thought the OurGolfStats.com website where all of our statistical and handicap information is stored.

So – now that Criag as some “free time”, play with him and see if he really is improving.

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Gary Maule – New Division 3 VP

Gary Maule, effective immediately, is the new Division 3 VP and member of the Board of Governors as approved at the Board meeting of June 14, 2016.

Gary is a quick study and with support from Craig and the Board will hit the ground running.

Be sure to meet and wish Gary well at the coming Weekly and Special Event Tournaments.

 

We do have openings on committees and will need board member replacements for each upcoming year.  Please volunteer to help.

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New Signup and Payment Methods for Special Events

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UPDATE – 1-2-2016 – Online Special Events Registration Now Available

CLICK HERE for the latest Information on Special Events Registration.

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Reservations and Payment for Special Event Tournaments are changing!

President Rick Hines has lead an effort to move the Association to faster, easier, and more accurate management of our Special Events Registration.  This will be more electronic in communication and payment. More of the effort will be automated making it easier for our volunteers.

The Executive Committee and the Finance Committee have reviewed the systems and agreed to move forward on electronic systems (registrations online) and payment (credit and debit cards).  This starts in 2016 with the Special Events Tournaments.

SPECIAL EVENT REGISTRATION – Paper or Plastic?

  • Paper Form – Checks
    • Electronic Form online will be available to complete with email submission
      • Print and send check to complete registration
      • Dated Online form will hold registration for 2 weeks until payment is received
    • Printable blank PDF form will be available for print out on the new website
    • Paper form will be available in the Membership Book at The March 2016 Meeting
    • Complete the form for all desired Special Events, send in a single check for the total amount
    • Registration dated when form and payment received for reservation and wait list
  • Online Website Registration – Credit of Debit Card Payment (Online)
    • Complete the Online Registration Form
    • Click Credit Payment
    • Complete Credit Card payment using our secured credit/debit card service.

SPECIAL EVENT REGISTRATION STARTS  – January 1, 2016

We will have all the parts working and ready to go by the end of  2015.  We will begin accepting registrations on January 1, 2016.

More information will be posted here shortly.  Check back soon.

2016 Communications Survey Results

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First of all, I do apologize to our members in Division 9 and to members without email.  The survey was online so the survey was limited to members with email.  For Division 9 members, I did not have a current email list and with time pressures, simply did not include you.   I think you needs are important, and will look at getting your responses in a followup survey.

Division 9 Members and all non-email members will have the opportunity to pick up a Member Book and a directory at the General Meeting (and at the course later).

NOW THE RESULTS

Download (PDF, 80KB)

Some Changes for 2016 – Board Meeting Summary

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BOARD MEETING RESULTS

1/26/2016

Hi, this is Bob Zaruba, current President of MSLSGA. One of the new things in we are going to do in 2016 is to inform you of the decisions of the Board or new items during their meetings, so here are the high level results of the January 26th meeting:

Rainouts

Last November we had decided to change the rainout rule from 40 finishing players to 25% of the TOTAL golfers in the division as of the beginning of the season. In the meeting, it was voted to decrease this number to 20%. This will definitely lessen the required number of players finishing the round from what it has been in the past; the number will vary by division. NOTE: A player not finishing the round is STILL eligible for a closest-to-the-pin award or a Hole- in-One prize.

Closest-to-the-pin Markers

In order to limit the confusion of which CTTPs are regular and which are forward, they will be multi-colored. Current guess is that the Regular Tees will be Yellow and the Forward Tees will be Red.

Prize Money

To stay within our budget, we try to keep the weekly tournament prize money to about $26,000 each year. We are aware that there might be a large disparity of members per division, so we will determine a cutoff number of members. If your division is above that number, you would probably get six places per flight and perhaps differing dollar amounts per place. If your division is below that number, your division will probably get five places and perhaps less money per place. Again, the goal is to keep the total money at the $26,000 range.

Directory Changes

We have talked about a streamlined or on-line directory for years to keep the cost minimized. A survey was taken to get members responses to what it is they use from the directory. The results are:

  • New Members – a new book/pamphlet with rules, directions, instructions to help them get going
  • Member Book (everyone) – schedules, tee locations, special events info/sign-up, references for websites,
  • Member Roster as of March (separate, by division)

All information will also be available on the GOLFSTLSENIORS.ORG website as well.

Discount Cards

We will have a Discount Card this year instead of the Coupon Book. We have contracted with over 30 courses and golf stores to give you discounts equivalent to or better than the Coupon Book. This will be a plastic card (to be handed out in the March Meeting or from your Division VP) that you can easily carry in your wallet. You will only get one card, so don’t lose it! It will have to be signed on the back.

Raffle

There will be a 50-50 raffle to provide Member benefits. Ticket sales will start at the March Meeting and prizes will be awarded at an event later in the year. You do not have to be present to win.

Golf Show

We will again have a booth at the golf show February 12-14. If you would like to work one of the shifts, please contact Kevin Deschler at 314-262-9690 or kades52@yahoo.com.

Minutes of the Meeting

Complete minutes from our meetings will be available on the website in a few weeks. Please be aware that they are not the approved minutes (there may be a small error) until the following meeting.

Special Events

All Special Events will be 7:30 shotgun starts

New Members

New members can now hit from the Forward Tees in their first three rounds – if they prefer. They will not be competing for prize money in a flight until they are playing their fourth round. If after three rounds they are in A Flight, they must hit from the Regular Tees.

GolfSTLSeniors.org Website

This website now has a Forum, where any Metro Seniors Member can propose ideas and exchange ideas with other members. All can read the Forum, but to place a topic or reply to a topic, you have to be given your own personal ID and Password.