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
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