Town Hall Meeting Recap

A Town Hall Meeting was held to allow a venue for Members to voice comments and concerns, as well as hear from department heads and the board of directors to learn more about the current state of the Club. Here are some highlights:

• Everyone agreed the golf course is in fantastic shape - better than seen in many years, which is always a great accomplishment, but with required budget cuts is especially impressive. In order to keep it that way our Members and guests must be mindful to help take care of it by repairing ball marks and filling divots.


• The executive chef position has been replaced with Nick (who has been with Saugahatchee for some time, and worked with Patrick) and Justin, working together to make banquets and overall dining experiences what one would expect of a fine country club. Nick and his staff proved they are up to the task with the recent Music & Food Festival. He is doing a tremendous job and the transition has been seamless and very positive for the Club.


• More effort will be placed on creating additional golf tournaments next year, as well as making them bigger and better.


• Membership is up, and accounting for all gains and losses we are 14 Members above where we had originally projected we'd be at this time. A new Membership promotion will be in effect for the month of October, 2009 - called ROCKTOBER. It will allow those applying for membership, as well as referring Members, some nice discounts. It's all luck of the draw, but everyone participating wins. Please review the October Smoke Signal - or contact Kimberly - for details.


• There are only a few dates left in December for holiday parties - and only one Friday night - so if you plan to hold an event please call Harry as soon as possible. Harry also reported that he's been busy booking events for 2010 and several are non-member banquets. The important thing to remember is that our Members always come first regarding date selections (if two people wanted the same room on the same date) and that non-members are charged additional fees, such as room rentals, etc. that members are not charged.


• After cuts and careful monitoring in every department, financially we are now meeting budget in many areas - and even exceeding in a couple - and are on track to meet budget for end of year.


• The board acknowledged their pleasure in the hard work and accomplishments of the management staff, who has been asked to do more with less. With the dissolved relationship with PCA early this year - who served as an outsourced management company over the Club - Anita was acknowledged as having taken on a greater demand and role, of which she has done well.


• The Members thanked the board of directors for their governance and commitment.

Thank you very much to all those who attended and provided input. If you were not able to attend the meeting but would like to voice your opinion please know we are always open to suggestions and would appreciate hearing your thoughts.