President - Al Peters

• Call Meeting to Order-- All present except Emily Van Vleet, Ken Steiner, and Linda Hague
• Approve Minutes
• Open Forum
• Chaz Stumpfel to ask about RTC efforts to secure contact information.
  • Chaz Stumpfel is a member of RTC and the Pres. of the Physics Club who spoke at length of his great concern about the level of security with our website. He has received many unsolicited e mails and spam mail as the president of a club. 

Vice President - Emily Van Vleet

• No report

Secretary - Barbara Landberg

• Len Cook was very appreciative of receiving a hand-painted thank you card and a $100. gift card for all of his work as the grilling maestro and repair man.
• A condolence card was sent to Patricia Richardson on the passing of her sister.

Treasurer - Ken Steiner

• No report

Tournaments - Iekuni "Ike" Ichikawa

Need volunteers to help with tournaments --Terry suggested an email blast

Ike wants to have a Tournament of Champions from this year and he needs names of winners

Someone left a box of 23 cans of tennis balls and they were not claimed,so they will be used for tournaments

Some people have requested tournaments on Sunday instead of Saturday

Should we consider 6 rounds instead of 7? Ike prefers that we stick with 7. 

Social - Laura Townsend

• The BBQs have not been very successful except when we have free food or drinks
• August 26th Becky Reiss and Linda Davis will be hosting an Aloha Party at 6 with Mai Tais.
• Also Len Cook will not be continuing as our grill master after this season

Membership - Terry Quinlan

• 224 members
• 78 Ball Machine Users

Facilities - Jerry Quinlan

• July--   1,788 players or about 58 per day
• A very generous anonymous donor is donating money for awnings on courts 1,3,and 5
• We would like GRF to purchase and install them and attach them to the fences
• The BBQ area has been used by different clubs for social gatherings but garbage has been left overflowing

Publicity - Linda Hague

• We are searching for more topics for newspaper articles and it was suggested that perhaps interviews would be of interest'

Information Technology - Chris Slee

• Dave Blanchard reported that there was a final training session regarding moving from the old web page to the new and things are rolling along well. Padma will take over as project manager.

Old Business

• Starting time for Ball Machine on weekends. A sign will be put at the kiosk that Ball Machines can be used starting at 8 am if there are not matches scheduled. Courts are available for play during daylight hours.
• Conversation with Kelly Berto of the Activities Council 
• Conversations about getting GRF to get involved with an overall web design for all the clubs does not seem to be making much progress.
• Update on Wild Apricot implementation
• Ann Mottola is on vacation until August 22nd

New Business

• Sunday Drop-In 
• Roger and Jane Emanuel, Marc Parham and Gina Injayan have started a Sunday Drop In and they are requesting that courts 3 and 4 be set aside for Sunday drop ins. They would like the time from 8:30- 10:00 to be reserved and put on the website.
• It was discussed and agreed to do it as an experiment but on courts 1 and 2. RTC was not ready to post it on the web until they see if it continues to draw enough people. Many players come out on Sundays and want to get courts.
• Loc Barnes not available to do Sneakers&Spikes/Golf Tournament on September 8.  She should cancel the Dollar Picnic area reservation. 
• Authorized a hat to be donated to The Tomato Festival
• There will be a New Members Party on Oct. 19th for new members, board members, and Eugenio Ovalle and Sherry Endicott, and team captains. Mary Benin, Carol Pillsbury, Laura Rosenzweig, and Bernie Wolf.
• The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 PM.

Next Meeting ... Monday, September 18th at 1:30 in the Creekside Bunker room