Minutes for the Monday, March 7, 2022, LTM Meeting 5:30, Odell Weeks
The meeting was held indoors at OW. In attendance were members of the Leadership, George Carr, Ben Stevens and Harve Mobley. Also in attendance were player reps, Marian Garcia , Cheryl Breidenbach , Tanya Hoffman, Leslie McCowen, Bob Fogle, Heidi Abele, Froggie Rappoport,Jay Wilson, John McCowen, Nelson Swartzentruber, Linda Blake, Faith Loeb. Also in attendance were Joyce Noland, Mo Garcia, Ron Nelson, Beth Eberhardt and Lee Fox.
Meeting called to order by Harve. Minutes were taken by Cheryl. The items discussed in the meeting were:
I. Player Representative Input
Jay stated that someone is not very positive during Open Play at OW and wanted to know how to handle the negativity because it is turning people off and even causing others to not play. To remedy the situation Ben thought getting him involved with the LTM might help and has invited him to the meeting; however, he has not attended. Ben will again talk to him and try to help curb the attitude.
II. Old Business
February Communications-Ben stated that these are the emails that went out this month.
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Call for Refs
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Black Net Usage
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Bob’s shirt Sale
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Volunteers for March Gladness-Leadership team
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March Gladness 2.5 Women’s RR Added
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Aiken Pickleball Planning Survey
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Designated Court FAQ
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Gregg Park March Schedule
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Home Show Canceled- March OW Schedule
Net Maintenance and Parts-Mo
Mo showed replacement parts. Maintenance needs to be aware of these and then tell Mo when they get low on parts so new ones can be made and put on the shelf. He states that the design is not bad. The part is getting ruined by people taking the nets down carelessly. He is keen on the $5 option that he sent around the room for us to observe. Froggie brought up possible concern. Before addressing this we will just use the new prototype and see how it works.
III. New Business
A. Planning Survey Results-Ben
Results are online. Lee summarized. Ben will present or show it to anyone if desired. Most comments are positive. There were 88 responses.
B. Need Help-Ben, just letting us know not looking for conversation.
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Player Rep 3.0H
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LT Replacement for George in June
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Calendar/SUG Maintenance
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Manage Bulletin boards
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Social Activities Organizer
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Junior Tournament volunteers needed-Mo
Ben has suggested that with no person taking George’s spot that there will be no calendar….That means No Reserved Courts and it will be like the outside courts, first come first serve. Concern was shown by many.
C. New Aiken Pickleball Business Card-Ben
Ben has 100 cards. Contact him if you want any. We are not on the Aiken city website. Ben will work to get us on the city website. Possible places to drop off the cards are the Chamber of Commerce and Realestate agents….Ben will give cards to any one who wants.
D. Savannah Lakes Village Interclub Tournament Invitation (Bob Massey)-Ben
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Need Volunteer to Organize. Bob Massey will come here or we go there, McCormick, SC. Let Ben know if you are interested. If no one is interested by next week Ben will let Bob know no one is interested.
E. Skill Rating Update-Ron
Brian Eberhardt and Mike Howard will be helping out this month for the first time. We need 7 people for each time. Heidi Abele volunteered too. Evening and Weekend times are also needed to rate people who are not available Monday mornings.
F. Odell Weeks
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March Schedule M-F 9am-8pm, Saturday 9:30-4:30pm, Sunday 1:30-4:30pm
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NPC Saturday March 19- Ben Lacy
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NPP TBD Linda and Faith
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Mo lessons Fridays 11 and 18th
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Ben Lacy lessons Wednesdays 15, 22, 29th
G. Smith Hazel
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Little Mo-Wednesdays March 2, 9, 16
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Skill Rating session is Monday March 21, 6/6 slots full
H. Gregg Park
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March schedule T/Th-9:30-1 pm, Wednesday 530-830pm; Friday 5:30-7:45pm (Courts 1,2,3), Saturday 9-12:30pm
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NPC Wed March 23 6-8pm
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NPP Sat April 2 11-12:30pm
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Mo Building barriers for curtain edges.
I. Financial Report-Ron/Tonya
$1199 is the balance. New Acct was created today by Tonya. Joyce will get with Tonya about RR expenses/payments.
J. Gregg Park RR March 5-Joyce
Went well. 69 participated. The 2.5 scramble was added. Faith and Linda were invaluable. Survey comments were very positive. People liked that there wasn’t time between playing. Didn’t have to sit for long! Constructive criticism…people were too close to courts. Will monitor this next year. News article written by Ben will be on the website later this week. PB Brackets software used for the first time. It was efficient.
K. 2022 City Challenge June 11-Joyce
A lot of positive responses from other cities (6). Aiken is a little slower. There are no age brackets. Can play in two events.
L. Palmetto Tournament-Bob
Next meeting is Thursday. Working on the user guide for the tournament. He put a whole bunch of documents into one guide. Right now it is 56 pages.
There was a question of what to do with the raffle proceeds. Beth Eberhard talked about where these funds (from 2021) may go. Lorie Seacrest, at Aiken Intermediate, is PE Teacher and a coordinator for all PE teachers. The money could be used for her to get PB started at her school. Mo asked her to be the coordinator for the junior tournament. Since she is involved with the whole county Lorie could help decide who the next recipient is.
There was discussion on the money raised for the Palmetto and where it goes. The city gets the proceeds. $6000 was approximate net amt. Mo states that this is a good relationship with the city for letting us use OW.
M. Social- Chili cook off was canceled due to it getting hot outside.
Future events-Pat Smith/Ben Lacy. Perhaps next month. Ben is taking it over from Pat Smith. Sandwiches were done last time from Pat’s. This may be an option for next month.
N. Player Development-Mo
Nothing to report.
O. Ambassador Report-Mo
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SC Senior Games. City tried to host it in the past. Trying to get 9 events for the district. PB was one of the 9.
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Aiken District Update. Nothing to report.
Final Comments
Ben Lacy will do the next NP clinic.
Faith had a question of exactly what is needed for calendar and SUG. She wants to tell the people she knows about it. Ben explained in detail what is needed. John McGowan is volunteering for the job. Others, Jay Wilson and Lee Fox may be backups.
No comments from anyone. Next meeting is April 4, 5:30. OW. Meeting adjourned at 6:40 pm.