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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