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J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 64
3/9/20
Trinity Links, Lockport, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:02pm

Members Present:
Eric Bassett
Thor Batchelor
David Garb
Kacie Glade
Dave Hopkins
Shawn McCarthy
Ismael Ochoa
Jason Poole

1.   Financials (see attached)
●   63 Members
●   $2,664.44 available for course projects
●   Approved 3-0
 
2.   Greater Joliet Bag Tags (Saturdays)
●   1/4-3/7 Session has been submitted to the PDGA and paid
●   $586 Ace pot to roll over to the fall ($300 main, $286 reserve)

3.   Putting League
●   Avg 24 per week attendance.
●   3/9 last week/awards

4.   2020 J-Town Ice Bowl Recap
●   34 Players
●   Donated $821 and 100 lbs of food.

5.   2020 Discontinuum Club Challenge
●   4/11/20, Mike Craig- captain.
●   Ratings from 3/1 will be used to determine team and to place members into pools.
●   Still need a few A pool (945+) and D pool (<885) to commit.

6.   2020 J-Town Club Invitational
●   Date: Ismael will get a date
●   Location: Highland
●   TD- Ismael
●   ATD- Jason

7.   Joliet Tournament
●   Date: 9/12/20
●   Ismael to head subcommittee for this event.

8.   Handicap League (Tuesdays)
•   3 Sessions (March/April/May, June/July, August/September)
•   1st session starts on 3/31 and has been sanctioned with the PDGA
•   Jason Poole TD, Looking for an Assistant TD
•   Upper division will continue as it has been popular amongst those that know about it and understand its reasoning.  More advertising/ education is needed for it to draw more players.

9.   Team J-Town
●   Members who qualified for the team at Tryouts on 3/7/20

Division		PDGA		JTownID		First		Last
Pro		25345		30		Allen		Hermosillo
Pro		25183		3		Ray		Hill
MA1		68568		108		Justin		Teller
MA1		26199		53		Eric		Bassett
MA2		106490		461		Colin		Houston
MA2		93061		549		Andrew		Lund
MA3		24008		543		Michael		Apostolou IV
MA4		103397		544		Tyler		Howell
MA4		125612		541		Michael		McGarry
W		62262		231		Kristi		McCarthy

●   Options for 2 unfilled spots (1 MA3, 1 W)
○   Leave them vacant.  Motion fails 0-3.
○   Fill them using J-Town Handicap Singles as the tryout platform.  Best round ratings with a bonus of 1 rating point per additional league attendance for the 1st Session (3/31-4/28). Motion passes 3-0.
○   Another single day tryout.  Motion fails 0-3.
●   Team Tryout improvements for next year
○   Fill the team using our Winter Bag tags league.
○   Avg top 2 rated rounds.
○   Bonus of 1 rating point for each additional week of attendance. (10 week season)

10.   Elections
a.   Timeline
●   Nominations: 3/9/20-4/13/20
●   Voting: 4/14/20-5/11/20
●   Ballets to be counted at the 5/11/20 Club Meeting

b.   Nominations
●   President:  Ismael Ochoa (A), David Garb (D), Thor (D)
●   Vice President:  Shawn McCarthy (D), Jesse Saenz (?), David Garb (A)
●   Treasurer: Jason Poole (A), Thor (D)
●   Secretary:  Kristi McCarthy (?), Kacie Glade (A)
●   Member Advocate:  David Garb (D), Kevin Macuiba (?), Mike Craig (?), Eric Bassett (A)

11.   Media Manager
•   Andrew Poly has decided he does not have the time necessary to dedicate to the position.
•   Thor volunteered to lead a subcommittee to handle media.

12.   Course Projects
●    Highland hole 5 long tee was discussed.
●   Tee signs for Round Barn were discussed with the option of having stencils made to paint the signs onto the tees at an approximate cost of $30 each.  Thor will present a project request form.

13.   Open Q&A
●    Discussed meeting more often and decided there was not enough to discuss to warrant more frequent meetings at this time.

Meeting adjourned: 6:40pm

Nominations will be accepted through 4/13/20

Nominations Listed Below (A=accepted, D=declined)

1.   President
Thor Batchelor (D)
Sean Callahan (A)
David Garb (D)
Ismael Ochoa (A)

2.   Vice-President
Leo Borowski (A)
David Garb (A)
Shawn McCarthy (D)
Jesse Saenz (D)

3.   Secretary
Kacie Glade (A)
Kristi McCarthy (D)

4.   Treasurer
Thor Batchelor (D)
Jason Poole (A)

5.   Member Advocate
Eric Bassett (A)
Mike Craig (D)
David Garb (D)
Kevin Macuiba (A)

J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 64
3/9/20 5:00 PM
Trinity Links, Lockport, IL

1. Financials
2. Greater Joliet Bag Tags (Saturdays)
3. Putting League
4. 2020 J-Town Ice Bowl Recap
5. 2020 Discontinuum Club Challenge
6. 2020 J-Town Club Invitational
7. Joliet Tournament
8. Handicap League
9. Team J-Town
10. Elections
   a. Timeline
   b. Nominations
11. Media Manager
12. Course Projects
13. Open Q&A

Where: Lemon Lake County Park, Crown Point, IN
When: 8/2/20
Check-in will be 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM.  Tee-off will be right around 9:45 AM (Subject to change)
Cost: Free (J-Town Disc Golf Club will cover any gate fees for J-Town players)
Who: Clubs will include  Basket Cases, Birdbrain, Discontinuum, Fox Valley Metro, Disc Golfer's Union, Skulls, and J-Town. Circle-One will be included as an exhibition club.

If you are interested in playing for team J Town, please post your PDGA # and rating on this post. I would like to have our team roster ready by the end of March at the latest. The highest rated players for each pool will be selected. However, there will be captain picks for each pool. The board members need to discuss this part. Please read all of the info below. You must be a current 2020 J-Town club member. We will have memberships to sell that day, but please try to become a member before the day of the event. Also, please check your schedules to make sure you can play. Every year several players state that they are coming, and then back out a week or two before. A full team is needed to be successful at this challenge, and scrambling to fill spots is a headache I'd rather not deal with.

J-Town Disc Golf Club is looking for club members to commit to this event.  Format will be 2 rounds of singles.  Members will be divided into 4 division (A:945+, B:920-944, C:885-919, and D:<885).  Best 4 finishing positions for each division per round will count towards the club total.  Lowest club total wins.

Field limited to 9 members for each division from each club.  J-Town will decide our roster based on the following: 7 spots will go to the highest rated sign-ups, the other 2 spots in each division will be Captain's choice.

Please reply to this post (PDGA #, Name, and Rating) if you want to represent the J-Town Disc Golf Club.  I will periodically update this post with our roster.  You will need to be a club member to play (we will have memberships available at the event).


A 945+

PDGA		Name		Rating
60925		Steve Rachan		986
26199		Eric Bassett		973
54018		Anthony Rodriguez		973
54050		David Garb		963
96023		Caleb Algire		959
105248		Quentin Thorsen		953
37511		Kevin Macuiba		946
		Current _Cut- 2 Picks Remaining		945

B 920-944

PDGA		Name		Rating
42268		Patrick Haaker		944
70850		Skoozie Cassidy		941
46532		Adam Brkovic		935
61408		Roger    PhotoGuy Tranowski		935
75406		Kory Seddon		934
72459		Matt Ryan		932
76739		Tom Gronski		930
		Current _Cut- 2 Picks Remaining		929
106490		Colin Houston		928
109596		P.J. McMann		928
60632		Kurtis Simonich		928
41317		Ryan Barcas		921

C 885-919   

PDGA		Name		Rating
119918		Donald Neumann		919
58856		Shawn Story		917
77353		Andrew Tidwell		916
88522		Pete Wilson		908
105222		Mitch DePirro		906
94992		Tyler Wollenberg		905
37270		Mike Zivanovic		905
		Current _Cut- 2 Picks Remaining		904
19774		Jason Poole		902
85384		Phillip Ash		896
101032		Mike Craig		888
30214		Geoffrey Bowman		887

D <885

PDGA		Name		Rating
104120		Raymond Patrick		884
76624		Kacie Glade		883
98085		James Cheever		881
24008		Michael Apostolou IV		880
55576		Ryan Fancher		879
106297		Ryan Anderson		876
93691		Dakota O'Brien		868
		Current _Cut- 2 Picks Remaining		867
58140		Micheal Flynn		856
125936		Ed Radakovitz		853
69103		Joe Lozano		850
		Sean Cunningham		0

J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 62
11/11/19
Trinity Links, Lockport, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:02pm

Members Present:
Ray Hill
Dave Hopkins
Kristi McCarthy
Shawn McCarthy
Ismael Ochoa
Andrew Polykandriotis
Jason Poole

1.   Financials (see attached)
●   137 Members
●   $2489.44 available for course projects
●   Approved 5-0
 
2.   Greater Joliet Bag Tags (Saturdays)
•   15 players for first week
•   Clubs include: Basket Cases, Disc Golf Chicago, and J-Town
•   Course specific: Dellwood, Trinity
 
3.   Putting League
•   Shawn McCarthy will be running the league.
•   Started 11/5 at Arrowhead Ales in New Lenox
•   Tuesdays at 7pm

4.   2020 Ice Bowl
•    2/15, Trinity, bring your own partner, 1 round combined score, 1 round best shot
•   Ismael will TD, Jason will ATD
•   Salvation Army will be the charity.

5.   Media Manager
•   Andrew Polykandriotis has accepted the position.
•   Motion to give Andrew a $50 social media advertisement allotment passes 5-0

6.   Open Q&A
•   Discussion on holding a special tournament this year and possibly make it the Club Invitational.

Meeting adjourned, 6:02pm

J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 61
9/16/19
The Canyons, Dellwood Park, Lockport, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:00PM

Members Present:
Ray Hill
Ismael Ochoa
Jason Poole

1.   Financials (see attached)
●   137 Members
●   $2458.44 available for course projects
●   Approved 3-0

2.   Handicap League
•   Avg 12 per week
•   2nd Session Report has been turned in to the PDGA and paid.

a. Awards
o   $346 Available, estimate $366
o   3 Spots
o   Budget: $110 party, $10 perpetual, $30 plaques, $210 Prizes (80/70/60)
 
3.   Greater Joliet Bag Tags (Saturdays)
•   Will contact other involved clubs to see if they are interested in working together again this year.
•   Every other week to be held at Dellwood.
•   Start date will be 11/9.
•   Ismael will invite Disc Golf Chicago to participate.
 
4.   2020 Ice Bowl
•    2/15, Trinity, bring your own partner, 1 round combined score, 1 round best shot
•   Ismael will TD, Jason will ATD
•   Salvation Army will be the charity.

5.   2020 Bag Tags
a. Order
o    200 Tags (1-199, extra 1), $1.75 ea
o   $15 Shipping
o   $365 from General Fund
o   Approved 3-0

b. Distribution
o    1/4/19 at Greater Joliet Bag Tags

6.   Putting League
•   Ray will contact Mike Flynn and Shawn McCarthy about running this league again this year.

7.   Media Manager
•   Ray will write up a job posting which Ismael will post on Facebook.
•   We will let the ad run for a month.

8.   Open Q&A
•   Nothing presented.

Meeting adjourned, 5:37PM

J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 60
7/15/19
The Canyons, Dellwood Park, Lockport, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:02pm
Members Present:
Ray Hill
Dave Hopkins
Kristi McCarthy
Ismael Ochoa
Jason Poole

1.   Financials (see attached)
●   116 Members
●   $2312.44 available for course projects
●   Approved 4-0

2.   Handicap League
•   1st session report has been turned in and paid for.
•   Looking for an assistant TD
•   Ace pot will be capped at $300 until 2 backup pots of $300 each are built, after which, the main pot will grow until hit.

3.   2019 J-Town Club Invitational
•   Date:  7/27
•   Location: Highland Park, Joliet, IL
•   Ismael Ochoa TD, Jason Poole ATD
•   Jason has contacted Ryan Fancher to see about having 3 trophies made.
•   Ismael will post the event on facebook.

4.   IL Hall of Fame Donation
•   Tom McManus asked if we would be willing to donate $100 to the IL Hall of Fame they are starting up.
•   Online only presence.
•   Ray will contact Mike K, to see if they still are looking for donations.

5.   Open Q&A
•   Dave Hopkins proposed looking at putting in long tees on a few more holes at Highland, Ismael and Dave said they would do some scouting for those tees.
•   A Media Manager position was discussed to keep everyone more informed about the club.  Ray suggested putting it out to club members to see if anyone was interested in doing it before assigning it to a board member.

Meeting adjourned, 5:51pm