Board Book 2023

VIII. House Committee – Laurie Ann Garrett: Laurie Ann Garrett reported that the Nelly golf tournament is sold out. She asked if we could not charge the juniors for meals. There are 8 participating. The Board approved. Mrs. Garrett said that members do not like being told they are not dressed properly. We hand out the courtesy cards, and report them to the Traditions Committee. Managers can make a determination if the dress code violation is egregious enough to warrant denying service. The Team Member Assistance Fund changes are being reviewed by Richard Grice. She then announced the upcoming member events. We did tweak the app so that members could not cancel within 72 hours. If more members wish to sign up within 72 hours and we have the space a message will pop up to call the concierge to register. We did sell 14 extra seats for the Luau this way. Members are happy about the wings offered on Thursdays. The 125 th Soiree has 170+ attending. We are seeing fewer numbers at this price point. There was more discussion about children being on the Interlachen patio. We will put additional signage that the patio is considered part of the bar and is adults only. This will be communicated in the Club Connections as well. Abe Doctor who worked for Redlands and Stoney River will meet with Audra and share his ideas about restaurant efficiencies. IX. Golf Committee – Jim Kiker: Mr. Kiker said the Golf Committee met on Tuesday and discussed stewardship and care of the courses. Every Monday, Lukus has 6 to 8 team members fill divots. One idea discussed was having members responsible for a hole. Juniors who walk should be required to carry sand. The cart path only status makes this worse as members don’t bring sand out with them. They a lso discussed having a club trophy that was the same for all tournaments. X. Grounds Committee – Andy Dunn: Andy Dunn noted the drainage project has had significant effect on Highlands. The seams will heal in about two months. There will be boxes for broken tees on the tee boxes. Mr. Dunn, David Sheppard and Lukus toured the courses and reviewed the GCM standards document. Please give David your feedback. The goal is to have this in place by May 1 and then send an email to the membership. An education session on a Saturday will be offered to members who wish to understand the standards better. Mr. Dunn then explained why the Poa is so bad this year on Riverside and proposed that we spend $54K to have a team pull the Poa and clean it up. The Board approved the budget. There was more discussion about yardage markers on the tee boxes and the rough. Both of these are design features. Mr. Costello asked that we look into the yardage markers more. XI. Heritage, Vision, 125 th Committees – Tim Bentsen: Mr. Bentsen said that Ansley Brackin did a phenomenal job with the Nat Thornton nomination packet and his nomination is now in to the GA Sports Hall of Fame. The next person we will try to induct is Jim Huber into the GA Golf Hall of Fame. The Decades Project has been very successful and each member of the Heritage Committee researched one decade each. Leigh Jackson and her team got us started with the infographic concept and Ansley has taken it to the