"Barb's Corner"
March 2010
Holy Cow! Something is working. I am finding it difficult to find topics to talk about in my monthly editorials. You’re right there was no February editorial!
I need your input. At any time, please feel free to send me an e-mail with any concerns or issues you’d like to see discussed and shared with the membership.
An on-going Par-Tee issue has been providing a mechanism for members who would like to get players to golf with on any day of the week. Many of you may remember that Sunday Golf was cancelled last year because of lack of participation.
We have learned that some of you would like to have some sort of means available to you to set up tee-times and offer a slot in your foursome to members who would like to join you. These slots would be first come first serve.
We are offering the use the newsletter as a conduit for members to use to share their tee-time and recruit golfers for the day they choose to golf.
In order to get your venue to the membership you should allow two weeks notice. I.E. You want to play a course two weeks from today. You would secure the venue tee-time, provide the cost including all the pertinent details and send the information to Iris via e-mail. The subject line of the e-mail should read:
Par-Tee Member Tee-Time for date, place and time.
In the body of your e-mail you will give your name and contact information. Please also add the note below to the body of your e-mail:
All interested players are to contact you only.
Januay 2010
Happy New Year Everyone! It’s time to put away our Christmas decorations and look forward to and plan a great assortment of activities for 2010.
Our social chairs are busy with after golf tournament venues, monthly TGIFS, enhancing our championship tournament, and hosting our yearly Christmas dinner/dance.
I would like to invite each of you to get involved and host additional events for Par-Tee members. The different events hosted by non-board members that we enjoyed last year were lots of fun. To be able to share more activities during the year is a wonderful way to spend time together, get to know each other better, and enjoy activities of common interest. It’s also fun to provide a variety of activities. Extra activities during the year do not have to be related to golf.
Some of you have expressed an interest in hosting additional activities for us. I will pass that information along to our social chairs so that they can contact you.
"Barb's Corner"
When I decided to write monthly editorials for Par-Tees I wanted to write about on-going issues and provide information so that we can all be informed. This morning I started working on 2010 information.
I’d like to address what has been and continues to be a Par-Tee Singles Golf Club on-going issue.
Through the years the board has received complaints such as: the club has too many couples in it; there are not enough single people on the board; married people should not hold board positions.
I’ve served on the board nearly 10 years before assuming my current position. I can assure you that finding unattached volunteers who are willing to fill board positions can be nearly impossible at times. I am very grateful to the couples that have volunteered through the years to keep the club afloat.
Married couples belong to Par-Tees because the club by-laws have mandated that “members who get married may remain as members and pay club and NCGA dues as individuals”.
According to our by-laws, Par-Tee Singles Golf Club is primarily a golf club organized for single adults “to promote and foster among its members a closer bond for their mutual benefit and to promote and conserve the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions”. Simply put: Par-Tees provides a forum for single adults to meet and socialize with other singles who enjoy golf.
I don’t think the complaints referred to above can be “fixed” by a board of directors. I think that we all need to participate in fixing this issue by bringing new members into the club. As you know, we are offering a recruiting incentive for our members. Each member who recruits two new Par-Tee members will receive a $35.00 credit toward the event of their choice.
We encourage our members to give us feedback, get involved, and volunteer to coordinate different events dear to their hearts.
Through the years I have learned that Par-Tee Singles Golf Club members are a special group of people. Words of wisdom I have heard and come to believe over the years are: get involved in an activity you enjoy so that you can meet people you are compatible with! Historically, single people participating in the club have met significant others and become couples. Approximately 80% of our current membership consists of single adults.
Some food for thought is that maybe the club really is working.
The benefits of being an NCGA member:
When I have had questions or issues to deal with I have found the NCGA to be very responsive. You can contact them via e-mail at the address above or call them at (831) 625-0150.
