TPC Tennis Committee
Meeting Minutes
December 13, 2005
In attendance: Committee members Sophie Carrel, Ed Worth, Laura Fennema, Claudia
Bressie, Cris Schonefeld, Roberta Masson and Barbara Winters. Tennis Director, Steve
Jackson, and General Manager, Chris Horne were also present.
Excused was board member, Susan Jack.
The meeting was called to order by Sophie Carrel.
Discussion:
Member concern explained by Cris Schonefeld:
Tennis Pro’s offering non members lessons before members.
Steve Jackson addressed this. Non members are not getting lessons and also stated that
the tennis department is capacity constrained. Steve is investigating ways to improve the
tennis program given the restraints of number of courts and three full time staff. Steve
has also expressed concern regarding the quality and consistency of the pros. Brandon
has been added as a full time staff member of TPC.
Roberta Masson suggested limiting the number of member lessons by quarter so that
more members could be accommodated. Laura Fennema suggested employing a strong
software system to better utilize the capacity of the courts. Ed Worth suggested going to
a second shift---i.e. 3pm to 9pm. Kenny Kahn suggested exploring raising the rates of
the lessons. The latter was rejected by the TC. Action Item—Steve to present ways to
accommodate more member lessons at next meeting.
TC must come up with creative ways to generate revenues for the tennis department.
Chris Horne stated that the club subsidizes the tennis program by about $100,000 per
year. Action Item---TC members to make suggestions at next meeting as to how we
could increase tennis revenue while keeping the integrity of the program in tact.
New Ladies League Representatives---Claudia Bressie and Laura Fennema will handle.
Action Item—Movement criteria and contacting past USTA captains
General Managers Report—Chris Horne
Chris updated the TC on the renovation. In addition, he explained some of the financial
and budgeting issues as it relates to the tennis program. The renovation is a $7 million
project. The specific number devoted to tennis was not stated. Action Item---Get exact
amount being spent on tennis. Barbara Winter suggested taking a survey to determine
which services people use and thus to allocate renovation dollars accordingly.
Next Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 31st at 12:15pm. Location TBD.