CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA Sacramento, CA Chapter - American Singles Golf Association October 2014 SEVILLANO LINKS IN COMING, SEPTEMBER Our September outing was in Corning, which I get it, is a ways up the interstate. But an intrepid and adventurous six golfers made the trip. The Six Musketeers. We were not disappointed. Sevillano Links is located on rolling grassland in northern CA. Hardly a tree to get in your way. But there were hazards aplenty on the John Daly Signature, 18 hole champi- onship golf course. First off the Number 1 tee were Shirlee Cisneros, Jo Briggs and Warren Peacor. They were staring down a long, long fairway, 450 to 500 feet long with sand traps in the middle off the tee, dog-leg right, lined with environmentally sensitive grassland. Golf carts unwelcome. So the challenge was great. Not to be intimidated, Ernie Finkbeiner, Dwight Pattison and Sue Jeffery took their turn. Since the course was designed by John Daly, we certainly got our money s worth in terms of distance and strokes. Bronze tees were 6,214 feet and Olive tees were 5,364 feet. The John Daly fairways were 7,823 in length but we won t even go there. Since there were not the usual number of players, the Big Money was shelled out on Closest to the Pin which were on any of the Par 3 holes, of which there were five. Ernie F., Sue J., Dwight P. Shirlee C., Warren P., Jo B. Upcoming Events Include (see SinglesGolf.com/events) ASGA's Battle at the Beach - Charleston, SC, October 30-November 2 Play Coosaw Creek, Dunes West and optional rounds at Kiawah Island's Oak Point and The Links at Stono Ferry. Details at Singlesgolf.com/Battle ASGA's Western Caribbean Cruise - November 16-23, 2014. Sail out of Ft. Lauderdale for seven nights. Details at SinglesGolf.com/cruise ASGA National's (Belated) New Year's Event - Orlando Area - January 4-7, 2015. Details at www.singlesgolf.com/newyears Orlando's Sunshine Fling - March 12-15, 2015. Details released in the coming months. For more information, contact Barney Coomes at bcoomes@cfl.rr.com Office Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern) National Office: 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE Regular Meeting Date: First Tuesday of each month Next Meeting: October 7th, 2014 Meeting Location: CoCo's Restaurant, 1830 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA. Our Website: www.sactosinglesgolf.com Our Address: ASGA Sacramento, 9630 Bruceville Road, #106-222, Elk Grove, 95757 (See next page for list of officers and board members.) To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc., call National Hotline at left or go to www.singlesgolf.com/join
Sacramento Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association, Inc. President Paul Arquette theracketpaul@aim.com 530-219-0697 Vice President Warren Peacor wpeacor@comcast.net (916) 927-1116 Treasurer Dwight Pattison dwight@pattisonappraisals.com (916) 549-4259 Secretary Vacant Golf Chairperson Dwight Pattison dwight@pattisonappraisals.com (916) 549-4259 Social Chairperson Vacant Membership Chairperson Cathie Quade golfercat@frontiernet.net (916) 682-9836 Communications Chairperson Sue Jeffery glennda9212@sbcglobal.net (916) 369-0985 ASGA Sacramento 9630 Bruceville Road, #106-222 Elk Grove, 95757 Congratulations to Shirlee Cisneros and who split the $30 pot. Sevillano Links is located at Rolling Hills Casino so there are good eats right there. Shirlee, Jo, Dwight and Sue enjoyed late lunch at the restaurant. The food was great and a fine ending to a fun day. All agreed, it was worth the trip. FUTURE OUTINGS SCOTCH PARTNERS (Oct 11 th ) Our annual championship, it features two person teams, one man and one woman. You can pick your own partner. Play is by handicap so all have a chance. If you do not have a handicap, not to worry, we will assign you one and it s a team game. Paul Arquette and Valarie Fenton took the honors last year. So get a partner or just sign up and we will pair you up. We paired Paul with Valarie and look what happened. Cost to play is $50 and includes golf and cart. Winners will receive a commerative plaque as this year s champions. We have a few signed up already, both as partners and as people who need a partner. Play will be at Bartley Cavanaugh starting at 11 AM and DEADLINE to sign up is October 3 rd. Please see the list of PAST CHAMPIONS in this newsletter. NINE & DINE NINE & DINE is at Northridge on October 24 th. We played Northridge in August and it was really HOT. So we are going to try again. Harriet has been nice enough to set this up, so anyone wishing to play a nice country club, either nine or eighteen, this is your chance. Friday, October 24 th.we will stay and have dinner at the club following golf. A separate memo will go out right after our Scotch Partners to let you know the price and times. NOVEMBER & DECEMBER are not set up at this time as we will play it depending on the weather. Future sites for golf include local courses such as Ancil Hoffman, Cherry Island and River Oaks. Any other suggestions, give Dwight an email and suggest!! ASGA SCOTCH PARTNERS CHAMPIONSHIP PAST CHAMPIONS 2013 Valarie Fenton-Paul Arquette 2012 Connie Deblaquiere-Lou Lovotti 2011 Shirlee Cisneros-Mike Newby 2010 Connie Deblaquiere-Lou Lovotti 2009 Janice Van Gutman-Don Pavlich 2008 Sue Jeffery-Jim Lynch 2007 Sandra Hardy-Lou Lovotti 2006 Sandie Burns-Tom Klisz 2005 Frances Worth-Warren Peacor 2004 Patti McReynolds-Rich Fox 2003 Sandie Burns-Joe Nyiradi ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Happy Birthday to these members: Joanne Briggs - 10/10 Gilbert Hernandez - 10/06 Rosemary Penman - 10/21 George Shea - 10/19 These members are up for renewal: (date shown is last day of membership) Dagmar Hotel - 10/31/2014 Lou Lovotti - 10/31/2014 Cathie Quade - 10/31/2014 George Shea - 10/31/2014 Our chapter currently has 40 members. HELP GROW OUR CHAPTER! New Members Are Our Lifeblood. Please print-out the Single? Play Golf? sign and post it where our future members will see it. Sign is on the last page of this newsletter and remember to cut the tabs at the bottom. (Try to post one sign each month and use bright yellow or colored paper if you have it.)
Policies of the American Singles Golf Association (Per your application form, you have agreed to these policies.) These policies are posted at www.singlesgolf.com/policy but re-printed in newsletters periodically. The purpose of these policies is to provide uniformity amongst all chapters of the American Singles Golf Association (ASGA, Inc., hereinafter referred to as ASGA. ). ASGA provides opportunities for single persons to meet and enjoy each others company through regular golf outings, membership meetings, and other social events. This is done primarily through its local chapters, which ASGA charters. As with any organization, these policies are subject to change as ASGA grows. Upon approval by ASGA, all policies will be posted at SinglesGolf.com. (Note that these are policies that apply to the membership base in general. Other policies, such as how your bank account should be set-up, event cancellation policy, membership applications, etc., are addressed throughout this website in their respective areas.) ASGA Roster Policy (established February 1996) The ASGA roster is for chapter use only and shall not be used for private or commercial solicitations. ASGA shall not distribute member data to any entity outside of ASGA for any reason whatsoever. Individual members have the right to have certain information omitted from their chapter roster by notifying ASGA. ASGA Advertising Policy (established February 1996) Local chapters may use the ASGA name and emblem for the purpose of promoting locally sanctioned events. The ASGA name or American Singles Golf Association may never be used in conjunction with a private function or offering made not on behalf of the local chapter. Local/Chapter Policies (established February, 1996) Chapters may establish policies that are in their own interest. Such policies may include payment for golf outings, cancellation policy, use of email addresses, discounted golf fees for event coordinators and additional fees for non members to name a few. Policies should be discussed at the committee level and adopted through the board of directors. Each chapter should maintain a policy manual for local policies. That manual should be turned over the new board each year. Keeping the policies on the chapter s website is also encouraged. Multi-Chapter Events Policy (established September 2000, amended January, 2004 and April, 2005) Local chapters of 20 or more members are encouraged to host joint events with other chapters, however, they shall not sponsor or promote multichapter events (MCE's) that involve more than three (3) chapters without coordination with National Headquarters. Host chapters are expected to follow established guidelines and templates for an MCE. Payment Policy (established September 2001) All monies paid by members for local events shall be paid directly to the local chapter, otherwise these events shall be deemed as non-asga related events. Individuals making payments to other individuals within the chapter shall do so at their own risk. ASGA is not to be held responsible for loss of monies from events or operations generated by local chapters and vice versa. Disassociation Policy (established October, 2002) ASGA is an organization involved in establishing official chapters that provide opportunities for singles to meet, primarily through golf and social activities. In as such, it shall be against the policy of ASGA for such chapters to become disassociated with ASGA without going through a certain due process, herein established. No chapter may become disassociated with ASGA simply for reasons relating to their preference to keep all dues income for themselves. However, if a chapter, by two-thirds majority vote of its Board of Directors, seeks to disassociate from ASGA because it believes ASGA is not providing the services to its members and chapter as promised (as outlined at its website at www.singlesgolf.com), then the chapter may submit to ASGA, via certified mail - return receipt requested, a list of grievances. Said list shall be referred to a grievance committee established by ASGA, consisting of one member from the subject chapter, one member from ASGA national headquarters or its representative, and three (3) neutral members chosen from random chapters. Such neutral members shall have served, or are presently serving, as local chapter presidents. One of the neutral members shall serve as chairperson of the committee and coordinate all activities. The grievance committee shall receive a copy of such written grievance and review the grievance with the subject chapter. It shall then review the same grievances with ASGA. If it is found that the grievances are frivolous, the grievance committee shall notify subject chapter and ASGA of such and the committee shall dissolve itself. If the committee finds that there is merit to the chapter s grievance, committee shall notify chapter and ASGA of such. ASGA shall be allowed thirty (30) days to correct such grievance and report back to the committee, who in turn shall report its conclusion report back to the subject chapter. If, in the opinion of the grievance committee, ASGA has not corrected the grievances outlined within the thirty (30) day allocation period, subject chapter shall be allowed to become disassociated from ASGA with no consequence from ASGA. In the event additional grievances are expressed by the subject chapter in the future, the same procedure shall be undertaken, by the same grievance committee members, if available, or selected in the same fashion as previously selected if the members are unavailable. In the event subject chapter elects to disassociate from ASGA in violation of the due process outlined above, subject chapter shall pay an amount of money to ASGA equal to a projected amount of dues subject chapter would have collected (by comparing subject chapter s city to other cities the same size) had it continued as an ASGA chapter for the next ten (10) years or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), whichever is greater. Such payment shall be made within ten (10) days of such disassociation, whether formally announced or formally voted upon by the Board of Directors, or otherwise. If such payment is not made timely, the subject chapter s officers and/or Board of Directors shall be personally responsible for said payment. ASGA reserves the right to pursue all other remedies allowed under state and federal law. It is the policy of ASGA to keep the organization alive and well by continuing to service local chapters and continue to create new chapters. ASGA believes that it serves its members best by having chapters operate as part of the national association as opposed to splintered, individual clubs.
(Continued... ) Application Policy (established April, 2005) Applications for membership are automatically approved upon payment of dues assuming all criteria established on the application are met. In the instance payment is made and an application form is submitted without a signature, whether on a printed application, on-line (website) application, or application and/or renewal of dues over the phone or fax, the applier acknowledges and agrees to abide by the same terms and conditions set forth on the application form as if application form was actually signed and submitted. Appointment Policy (established September, 2006) Chapters are required to elect a new chapter president each year. If such election is not held in accordance with the chapter Bylaws, then ASGA National may appoint a chapter president upon consultation with the current chapter's Board of Director members and other members. (Additional policy established November, 2009:) Upon the establishment of a new chapter or upon the re-constitution of an existing chapter, the appointed chapter president may fill any local Board position by making appointments as necessary without holding elections. Guest Policy (established January, 2008) Guests are allowed to attend one event (meeting, social or golf outing) prior to joining, however, guests must become members in order to participate in any additional events. Chapters may not create additional tiers of membership such as "guest members," "temporary member," or "local members only." Membership, Equality, Marriage and Termination of Membership (established April, 2008) ASGA membership is open to any person, 21 years of age or older, who is unmarried (i.e. never married, divorced, legally separated or widowed) without regard to race, creed, gender or national origin. Any official event sponsored by the national organization or local chapters must be open to all members on an equal basis subject to space availability. Members who marry during the term of their dues period shall remain members until the end of their dues period. The national office has the right to decline or terminate any member's membership if the national office determines that such membership is not in the best interest of ASGA. In such cases, dues will be refunded on a prorata basis. National Officer Ex-Officio Member of All Chapter (established January, 2011) The currently serving national president of ASGA shall also be an ex-officio, non-voting member of all chapters. Dues are not owed nor shall they be paid. Dues Rebates to Local Chapters (established January, 2011) Receiving a local chapter's monthly newsletter is a stated benefit for the individual who pays to join ASGA. Effective with the May, 2011 newsletters, any chapter not submitting such monthly newsletter to the national office will forego its portion of the dues rebate for that month. Chapter Dissolution (established January, 2014) In the event a chapter dissolves for any reason, the National Office of ASGA may transfer current members into another chapter of its choosing. After such transfer, if there is sufficient interest by members living in the original chapter location to re-establish a chapter, members may transfer back to the newly established chapter. A minimum of ten (10) existing or new members must indicate their desire to do so by notifying the National Office of ASGA. Reunions (established August, 2014) In the spirit of connecting former members with current members, the National Association and Local Chapters shall be allowed to host up to two (2) events each calendar year whereby former members, whether married or not, may be invited to and participate in those events. The event must be publicized as a "reunion event," and current members are to be notified that former members who are married or in a partnership relationship may attend. Event administers shall, in some form or fashion, notate to others attending the event, either through nametags and/or attendee listings in the program, that said former members are not current members. Any former member may be charged up to an additional ten percent (10%) of the registration cost of the event. Comments? E-mail to: Tom Alsop, ASGA Founder and National President at GolfASGA@aol.com Local Bylaws: In addition to national policies, local chapters are governed by a set of bylaws and local policies administered by your chapter s Board of Directors. Each chapter elects and/or appoints a local Board in the Fall of each year and the new Board takes office January 1 of each year. Local policies should be posted on the chapters website. For a copy of your chapter bylaws, go to www.singlesgolf.com/bylaws
The Sacramento Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association WANTS YOU! We re 3,000 members in 75 cities and we re ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN! So if you re single (i.e. divorced, widowed, legally separated or never married) and enjoy meeting others through the game of golf, you re invited to inquire about membership by calling the American Singles Golf Association directly at 1-888-465-3628 (1-TRIPLE-EIGHT-GOLFMATE) or visit our website at SinglesGolf.com