Willamette Disc Golf Club Monthly Meeting.  Monday, 3/5/2012

Present: Greg Alpert, Brianna Anderson-Greg, Craig Banner, Bob Burton, Kelly 
Christianson, Sean Delohery, Bryce Downey, Mike Gibson, Greg Johnson, Bear 
Judge, Everett Kaser (Presiding), Allyson Lickman, Dave Pittman, Nate Sexton,
Eric Smith, Jesse Lamb, Jon Lebsack, Connor Smith.

Treasurer’s Report   (Greg) current status of checking account: 3800 dollars; 
he adds that this is enough for the signs at Willamette and new tee pads for 
Adair.  

Willamette Open (Nate) Nate reminds us that he is requiring someone to do 
the player’s conferences and Greg volunteers.  Everett Kaser, Roy Albert 
and Mike Key  had already volunteered at the February meeting to help with
the day-of running of the tournament.  Until the flights are laid out, however,
it's hard to tell whether (even with the addition of Greg Johnson) whether 
that will be enough people to cover both courses or whether we'll still need
more volunteers. We may need someone to do the other tournament site player 
meeting.  Nate intends to do all reporting and filing with PDGA.

Disc Sales (Dave) Blizzard Champion discs are in.  The Mamba is a new disc 
in which is the “flippiest fast disc”.  (Also champion king cobra is coming,
from an old mold)

Adair (Nate) The trees have been removed on 7.  The leaner on 9 needs to go 
and is expected to be cut down soon as it is dangerous and adds nothing.  
On 6 there is a broken cherry tree 40 feet short of basket that could be 
removed, but sentiment was to see if it will survive.  There is a walk-thru 
planned with the Parks people with multiple proposals to be made to them  
(including more par 4 holes, concrete tees, path improvement, more stairs, 
longer berm position at 5, basket position in log on 3, basket on stump 
beyond 12,) The proposed new short position on 4 was argued back and forth,
with some feeling it was dull.   A par 4 position to left of current left 
position on 8 was also proposed.  A second practice basket 35 feet from the
first would be nice and we’ll try to get that too.

WDGC Invitational  (Greg Johnson) Apr 28th.  Greg is cleaning up fairways at 
his Blodgett Course.  There will be a Blodgett work party and practice 
opportunity, date in April TBD, consisting of 1) Hole 3 trail work,  
2) Building more stairs on short holes 15/16, 3) Some teepad leveling 
and matt installations.  As was the mode last year, one of two rounds will
be one disc only (with an identical spare for use in event of lost disc) 
and there will be a separate mini round the same day.    

Willamette Park (Greg Alpert).  A new design by Abe Downey for tee signage 
for the park has been done and his expert work doing the construction of 
the metal signs generously offered.   The tee signs will be powder coated,
and will have distance info about the hole.  They will be made of ¼ inch 
steel plate. They will be tentatively be ready by end of May.  We would 
furnish concrete, 4x4s, bolts etc.  It would cost us around 500 dollars 
for the costs Abe incur.   The City wants to have the ability to attach 
little sponsor ads on the tee signs.  Re-measuring hole distances for Abe
was suggested and Nate volunteered to do this.   Greg has gotten 14 yards
of bark chips donated and spread to hole 1 tee and hole 18.   Greg has 
plans to have Fraternity help next Saturday to spread chips or gravel.  
He also has ordered trees and shrubs to fill in where trees have gone down
on hole 1.  Plans are to increase options by installing a second tee pad 
on #2 for a longer hole when the soil is drier so a readi-mix truck can get in.
Holes 15 and 13 need new tabs and we are likely to get this done soon when 
Jay Sexton retires. 

President’s Report: (Everett) The City of Adair Village is going to put in 
a new storm sewer line which will run through the woods from the drain at 
the “aerodrome” in an uncertain route to the sewage treatment plant that 
will disrupt some of the woods holes.  At present Adair Village lacks the
liquidity to pursue this however.   Parks is reputedly ready to let us have
concrete tees, and maybe some other things as they begin to see the staying
power of the “disc golf craze”.   Mike Gibson notes that Corvallis Parks 
is doing a survey on park development priorities.  This is an opportunity to
be heard on the subject of prioritizing disc golf in the parks.  Take the 
open survey online: www.ci.corvallis.or.us/pr.  

Direct Email Announcements: Bob Burton volunteered to do direct emailing of 
announcements of work-parties, tournaments, and club minutes.  This would 
involve the submission to him of copy ready for distribution without editing 
by those in charge, i.e. greenskeepers, T.D.s or the takers of WDGC minutes.  
Bob would keep an email address list of club members and friends of the WDGC 
who wish to receive such information, and pass it on .  Any questions or needed
clarifications would go to the originator of the announcement directly.  The 
function would solely be to distribute announcements promptly. 

OSU Club- V.P Sean Delohery introduced himself and talked about his fundraiser 
discs to help raise club funds.  The club hopes to take a team to the National
Collegiate Tournament back east. He also answered a question from last month 
stating that he has laid out a conceptual target course on campus with a map 
available at OSU Beavers Facebook Page

NOTE: next month’s meeting will begin at 7 PM

Respectfully submitted, Bob Burton, secy.