BOARD TALK
Introducing Board Talk - an opportunity for the Omokoroa Golf Club Board of Management to communicate to members, about decisions being made, ideas and initiatives being considered and generally keeping members more up to date and better informed about Board matters.
First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to the many members who volunteer their time, energy, skills and abundant goodwill to Omokoroa Golf Club. More recently, the club has organised and/or hosted some large events , along with adding real value to our Club by making significant upgrades to the course itself. The Board wishes to especially recognise the efforts of all of those members who offered and continue to offer their support.
The Board would like to warmly welcome Deborah. She has certainly ‘hit the ground running’ and has made a smooth transition into her new role as our club’s Administrative Manager.
Financially the Club is in a very sound and healthy position, which gives us the ability to plan for the future.
As you might be aware, the Club has more recently experienced some vandalism and inappropriate behaviour around the Clubhouse. In this respect, in consultation with Roy Hyland (Guild and Spence), we have agreed to improve upon our Club security by placing security cameras in a range of strategic locations. This will require the purchase and installation of a CCTV System16 Channel Receiver (with 4TB hard drive) with the capacity to record 24/7, including times and dates. Signs informing people of the cameras, will be made most visible.
Rob Mitford-Burgess (the Board’s link to Nathan and the Greenkeeping staff) has been very busy, developing a 3 Year Course Maintenance programme. The programme identifies the various projects and tasks that need to be done and stipulates appropriate timing. The Board also wishes to acknowledge Nathan and his team for the excellent work they do to keep our course in some great shape. With an increasing number of players over summer and with the recent tournaments, the Greenkeeping staff have been extra busy. We do thank members for their patience if they happen to find their games being held up a little by the ongoing tasks being performed by our Greenkeepers.
You will be pleased to know that there are plans afoot to clean up and resow the area currently used for dumping vegetation waste. In the future, branches and the like will be mulched. This summer has been particularly bad for paspalum growth and this is being currently managed by spot spraying. Nathan is also giving consideration to start morning mowing at 6:30 am rather than the current 7 am.
As per usual, our Club President….John Marsh (Swampy) has been busy with a number of projects in and around the course, including the cleaning and repainting of Tee signs; replacing spouting on starters office; tiling WCs etc. Thank you Swampy.
There are currently some Health and Safety concerns that Deb and the Board would like to bring to your attention. It is vital that admin are made aware of who is playing/going around on the course at any particular time. As things tighten up in the security and H&S world of NZ clubs we carry a responsibility to know who is in attendance when. This is so in worst-case scenario of catastrophic incidence or a health event like covid we can show due care and not be closed down. In this respect, we ask that our members especially keep their bookings and start times accurate.
If you are running an event/team with non-playing members or volunteers we will be needing to create a sign-in system (like if you went to a gym if you go in the door members swipe a card even if not working out). If you are booking a group tee-time online, please provide the names of your guests or if you add them as a ‘visitor’, please make sure that our office staff are aware of their names on arrival at the club. The office can show you how to load a visitor if you need assistance.
Is your ride-on golf cart/scooter or bike registered at the club? We legally need an up to date list of all motorised (not trundlers) vehicles used on the property. This applies to visitors also. There will be a register developing at the office so please check-in and register with Deb as she presently does not have an easy way to access this information.
Alan Winter is the Board’s ‘go-to’ guy for sponsorship. Alan is currently negotiating a key sponsorship package for the Club and he’s also keen to hear of anyone who would be interested in being a sponsor for a hole….what a great way to promote your business.
In the past, there have been complaints directed at the Club staff. This is no longer acceptable and therefore any and all complaints must be directed to the Board in writing. Our staff are there to serve us, not to be complained to. This must be respected.