H. SMITH RICHARDSON GOLF CLUB
SEPTEMBER 2024 MONTHLY MINUTES

 

The board of Governors for the H. Smith Richardson Golf Club met on September 4, 2024. Brian Daly called
the meeting to order at approx. 7:03 P.M. A quorum was established.

 

OFFICERS PRESENT
Brian G. Daly _________________________President
Joe Everard __________________________ Vice President
Mike Windels ________________________ Treasurer
Richard Battista_______________________ Secretary
ABSENT: Joe Wright (Past President)

 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
PRESENT: C. Curley; M. Broderick; D. DiMartino
ABSENT: C Flowers; Tim Dailey; R. Butera
ALSO PRESENT Jeff O’Connell

 

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
The Board approved the Meeting Notes of the August 5, 2024 meeting.

 

TREASURERS REPORT (M. Windels)  (Available Upon Request)
MOTION: Treasurers Report. APPROVED

 

FORECAST VS. BUDGET (Brian Daly)  (Available Upon Request)

 

MEMBERSHIP & Handicap COMMITTEE (M. Broderick)
o Mr. Broderick reported that through 9/4/24 there are a total of 446 members, 378 of which are renewals
(including 4 Jr Member) and 68 new members (including 11 Jr Members). There was a total of 2 new
members (including 2 Jr Members) and 1 renewal since the last meeting. Mr. Broderick read the names of the
new members.
MOTION: Approve new members. APPROVED
o Since Board approval of new members could take up to a month’s time given timing of the next board
meeting, Mr. Broderick recommended that he be able to apply for GHIN handicap for new members prior to
official Board approval of such new members so they can start to establish a handicap. If it turns out that for
some reason a new member is not approved by the Board, the Club would be out-of-pocket for the GHIN fee.
The Board agreed with this approach.
o Mr. Broderick reported that the Carl Dickman Par 3 Course may be added under the Men’s Club GHIN
account to facilitate members of the Carl Dickman clubs to maintain a handicap. Those clubs would be billed
by the Men’s Club for their share of the GHIN expense.

 

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE (C. Curley)
o Mr. Curley reported that all sixteen (16) Scholarship recipients have now confirmed enrollment and have been
paid their 2024 installment of their scholarship award.

 

TEE SIGNS COMMITTEE (C. Curley)
o Mr. Curley reported that invoices for the sixteen (16) tee sign sponsors have all been paid. He also noted that
he will need help in marketing the remaining two (2) tee signs and the additional two (2) tee signs that will
become available next year.
o Mr. Curley gave an update on the status of the possible replacement of the tee markers. No final determination
has been made yet by the town on the replacement.

 

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE (Brian Daly in the absence of John Brockett)
o Mr. Daly noted that a new date has been set for the Sr. Club Championship and that the Shoreline roster has
been established (based on Player of the Year points). There was a question raised the appropriateness of
having a maximum handicap cut off for the Sr. Club Championship given that there is a net winner in
addition to a gross winner.
o There was a general discussion regarding the use of handicaps, verses handicap indexes, for establishing
brackets for future Club Championship if no strokes are to be given. This should be taken up by the
Tournament committee.
o There was a discussion on whether a Jr. Golf members should qualify for prizes in Men’s Club events since
their Club membership fee has been waived. Mr. Daly recommended that this be voted on by the Board at the
next Board meeting.

 

JR GOLF COMMITTEE (Brian Daly in C. Flowers absence)
o It was noted that there were 46 contestants in the Jr. Golf tournament. Tom O’Donnell ran the event. The
second day was cancelled due to the weather. Terry Clancey’s brother contributed hats for the contestants.

 

RULES COMMITTEE (Craig Curley)
o Mr. Curley noted that the fairways have be aerated, so he recommended the Tournament Committee consider
lift, clean and place until the fairway conditions have improved.

 

GOLF COMMISSION (D. Martino and B. Daly)
o A report was provided for the August 12 th meeting. Minutes are available on the Town website. The next
Golf Committee Meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024.

 

CUPS AND PLAQUES (R. Butera)
o Nothing new to report.

 

TECHNOLOGY/WEBSITE COMMITTEE (Joe Everard /Jeff O’Connell)
o Mr. O’Connell reported that he’s made enhancements to the voting process and he will now be able to track
which members actually voted.

 

NOMINATING PROCESS SUBCOMMITTEE (Richard Battista)
o See new business below

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
o It was reported that the needed changes to the website to support posting the minutes have been completed so
arrangements can now be made to post the minutes.

 

NEW BUSINESS
o Mr. Daly noted that he would be reaching out to the Board members via email to get three names from each
Board member to be on the Nominating Committee.
o Mr. Daly noted that now that the recommendations from the Nominating Process Subcommittee have been
finalized, next step will be to determine what recommendations require changes to the Bylaws. Mr. Daly
asked Richard Battista to take the first crack at making necessary revisions to the Bylaws for Board
consideration.

 

There being no further business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned at 8:14 P.M.