Board Book 2023

General Manager/COO Report David Sheppard May, 2023

Clubhouse Operations: The kickoff to AAC’s 125 th Anniversary was a big hit, and all of the members and team members who attended the event at East Lake Golf Club had positive things to say about the experience and event. Chad Parker and his team did a wonderful job hosting us. In addition, May was a very busy month here at the Club. We had several large wedding receptions, followed by a successful Cigar and Bourbon Dinner and Mother Daughter Tea event. On Mother’s Day we served nearly 1000 members and guests, and the next day hosted the Northside Golf Outing with over 288 players and 100 volunteers. We also hosted the Annual Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Dinner on May 21 st , and we will end the month with the Memorial Day Weekend and official opening of the pool. The team did a great job, while being short staffed, and the managers really filled the gaps well to ensure everything ran smoothly. If you see Audra around the clubhouse, please take a moment to thank her and her team members for all their hard work executing these events in May. Chef DaRin has begun using the Kamato Joe Grill on Thursday and Friday evenings offering another dinner special that members can order. This has worked so far and is taking pressure off of the Troon Grill Kitchen on these busy nights. The Chef will also work on a new menu that will spread entrees across the cooking stations more equally based on recent items sales data. Also, beginning on Wednesday, May 24 th Audra and her team will begin serving lunch in the Ladies Locker Room, as we have been able to hire and train another team member to assist Geneva in the Ladies Locker Room. The beverage carts have now been repaired and we are using the two carts to roam 14 holes on each golf course, and utilizing a beverage station on hole #14 Highlands and #15 Riverside to serve golfers playing holes #12 – 16 on each course. The Halfway House will serve as the 2 nd stationary beverage option, so this plan should offer sufficient beverage coverage for our golfers. We continue to be busy in the Club’s dining rooms and expect the Aquatic Center to be busy this June as well if the weather cooperates. Culinary positions remain the most challenging positions to fill on a regular basis. Jimmy Cole continues to do a great job overseeing the transition of his role over to Kimberly Cole and Andy Bailey. We had the circuit board go out on the HVAC unit on Mother’s Day morning, which caused the motor to burn out. Andy Bailey came in and removed the bad motor and replaced it with a spare one we had in inventory and he had it running before the afternoon heat arrived.