DATE: December 2007 [PDF]
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State of The Club Address
Firstly, the club is in good shape financially - enough so that the Board felt
it unnecessary to raise your dues this year. The court reserve, emergency reserve,
and property tax reserve are all well funded. Thanks to the initiative of Treasurer
Bob Custer, the reserve funds have been invested with Vanguard, where a better
rate of return is enjoyed, as compared with that received from Citizens Bank.
We continue to chip away at the long-term debt. Membership is steady.
Secondly, the club is well staffed. Hunter's instructional programs are well
attended, especially the youth classes. Gary has extended tennis activities
into the Parks & Recreation program and the Boys & Girls Club, and they
have also been involved with the push to complete tennis courts for Corvallis
High and Philomath High School. Both Hunter and Becky have been busy with private
lessons. In our performance review (which is not yet completed), member comments
regarding staff have been positive, almost without exception.
Thirdly, several maintenance issues have been taken care of, and minor improvements
have been made. Nets have been replaced, courts power washed, courtside benches
have been replaced, etc. The garage door onto court two has been enlarged to
allow entrance of equipment that will make changing light bulbs and cleaning
easier. A plan is in the works to deal with the roof leaks on courts 1-3, see
report later in this newsletter. A settlement was reached with the prior roofer,
and we are now dealing with a different company. One major disappointment was
the failure to carry out the plan to apply a coat of sprayfoam to the building
housing courts 4-6. The cost to meet the city's requirement to fireproof the
sprayfoam proved to be too much.
I would like to thank all the members who have donated time and effort to special
events, which have taken place during the past year. We are a member owned club,
and it's up to us to decide what activities and facility changes or improvements
are worthwhile. Stay involved, and make your thoughts known.
Wayne Phillips, TTC President
WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Congratulations to the freshman class of the TTC Board of Directors. Elected
to fill the four open spots are Melissa Pohl, Randy Willard, Warner Evans and
Robert Rice. All have diverse backgrounds and should represent you well. Remember
that without our Board TTC does not function well. The Board looks at long term
items make ruling and precedents when it comes to club matters. They will serve
for two years and attend our monthly meetings on Monday evenings. Welcome and
the staff looks forward to working with you to make TTC the best it can be.
SKYLIGHTS LEAKING OVER COURTS #1-3
Our Maintenance committee and Board have made some recommendations on the path
for the skylight fixes. We received a bid for just over $16,000 to put a membrane
over all the existing skylights. That would be a temporary fix (maximum five
year lifespan). The committee was very hesitant to spend that kind of money
on a short-term fix. We could replace about 1/3 of the existing skylights for
that price.
The plan of attack will be to get up and try to spray over all the bolts and
seams in the skylights and try to slow down the leaks this winter. In the meantime
this winter we will get bids and some engineering plans to replace the skylights
properly. We thought we could replace four of the skylights the summer of 2008
and then make sure that they hold out the winter rains. If they work as planned
to replace the remaining skylights during the summer of 2009. We are looking
at a long-term plan that we hope will work and keep the courts dry. This winter
we will probably still have some leakage and we hope that it will not inconvenience
us too much.
Thanks for all your patience is this complicated problem.
2008 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
We are starting to put together the annual membership directory. We will have
a draft copy sitting on the clubhouse round table. Please check your name and
listing to make sure we are up to date with your address, telephone numbers
and e-mail address. If you want something changed, deleted, or added just make
the changes on the draft copy. We are doing more e-mail announcements so if
you have an e-mail address and want to get announcements, newsletters, etc.
make sure that you give us your e-mail address. We will take the directory to
print around the fist of the year and have them available to members by the
second week of January.
NEW YORK NEW YEAR'S PARTY
We will have a unique New Years Eve party this year. We are having a New York
New Year's Eve party. The plan is to start the event at 6:30pm and have snacks,
desserts and BYOB if you want. We will watch the Time Square ball drop at 9:00pm
and bring in the New Year at 9:00 instead of 12:00pm. The activities will end
around 9:30pm and you may stay and continue to play, go to another New Year's
Eve Party or go home and sleep off the party. There will be some organized tennis
as well as camaraderie, fun and lots of food and drink. Look for a sigh-up sheet
in the clubhouse.
Put this great new activity on your calendar.
DEC. 31 MONDAY NIGHT FROM 6:30-9:30PM!!
2008 USA ADULT LEAGUE
The 2008 USA Adult League Season is just around the corner. Timberhill has an
open sign-up for teams. Just sign-up on the bulleting board for your level of
play and make sure you put the team meeting date and time on your calendar.
We meet with all teams to discuss make up of team, chose captains, and how team
philosophy will be carried out. This is an important meeting to attend, so make
sure you come to it.
Here are the levels and dates and time:
Women's 2.5 December 18 at 6:30pm
Women's 3.0 December 19 at 6:30pm
Women's 3.5 December 19 at 7:30pm
Women's 4.0 December 20 at 6:30pm
Women's 4.5 December 19 at 8:30pm
Men's 3.0 December 18 at 7:30pm
Men's 3.5 December 20 at 7:30pm
Men's 4.0 December 18 at 8:30pm
Men's 4.5 December 20 at 8:30pm
Key dates pertaining to USA League tennis.
Registration for teams will begin early December and will end January 11, 2008.
League play begins February 15, 2008
League play finishes May 25, 2008
League playoffs will be held May 31-June 1 and hosted in Medford.
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Welcome New Members! Looking for new players to try out your skills? Please feel free to call any of these new members and line up some tennis matches.
Japhet Stevens 750-9798, Japhet is a 3.0 level player that can play
evenings and weekends. He likes singles or doubles.
Hank Wright 929-5707:Hank has just moved here from South Carolina and
plays at the 4.0-4.5 level. Hank is looking for some workout partners and has
some flexibility in his schedule.
Christina Jamros 754-9165: Christina rejoins us here at TTC after going
to school she now works in the area and has taken tennis back up. She is a 3.0
level player and can play weekends and evenings. Both can play weekends and
evenings and like single, doubles or mied doubles.
Charles Knight & Samantha Hill 207-3265: Charles plays at the 3.0
level and Samantha is about a 2.5 level player.
Bob & Lori Dodds 745-1000: Bob is a 2.5 level player and Lori is
returning to tennis after an injury put her out a few years ago. The also have
children who are learning the game. Lori has more flexibility and Bob is more
evenings and weekends.
With many new members this is a great time to expand your tennis horizons and
give some of these new members a call to play. They would welcome a call to
play. Remember that if you want to get some other players call Gary at the club
and I can help you get networked with other Timberhill members.