LEADERSHIP
At the recent March 27th Board meeting committee rosters were approved for the summer season. Thank you to the many members who answered the call and submitted volunteer forms to serve on our committees for 2023. Knowing how busy our members are and how valuable their time is, it is always rewarding when we receive interest from the membership to serve in this volunteer capacity. Due to the number of volunteer forms received, we were not able to add everyone who volunteered to a committee this year. Member input and feedback is critical to the success of our operations and our future so if you were not selected to serve, we hope you will always feel welcome to participate in board and member meetings, surveys and other means of member communication so we can continue in our pursuit of constant improvement. The Association Rules, Information and Fees for 2023 were approved by the Board at the March 27 meeting and are available on the Member Website. Rule additions and changes were made to the following areas: 1.0 Introduction; 2.1 Code of Conduct; 3.10 Alarm Monitoring; 3.12 Service Requests & Key Sign Outs; 3.13 Access Control; 3.18 Pine Needle and Tree Limb Pickup; 4.6 On/ Off Premise Consumption; 4.8 Catering; 4.9 Ticket Disputes (new); 5.20 Advanced Tee Time Program; 5.21 Golf Shop Credit Book (new); 6.3 Kids Camp and Recreation Programs; 6.4 Before and After Care/Babysitting; 7.1 Association Fees; 7.2 Security Charges; 7.4 Recreation Charges. New Rules and changes within an existing Rule are noted with yellow highlighting to make them easy to find. See page 9 for a highlight of the Rule changes. Thank You Committee Volunteers! Thank you to the many members who answered the call and submitted volunteer forms to serve on our committees for 2023.
Dirck Iacobelli, Board President Patty Ashbrook, General Manager / COO
The Spring Equinox on March 20 officially signaled the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. After the winter we have had here in Northern AZ we are certainly looking forward to longer days and warmer temperatures and they can’t come soon enough. As of the date of this article (March 30) we are under another winter weather advisory with 3-5” of snow in the forecast. Currently the majority of our 80 acres of golf course turf still have 34”-46” of snow. Some ground is exposed but it remains very deep in the shadier areas of the courses. The snow is too deep to even get our tractor out to clear the cart paths so there are many areas on the course that we cannot yet access which means our maintenance crew cannot begin to perform the pre-season tasks necessary to ready the courses for play. We have no choice but to postpone our Golf Season Opening Day for the first time in our history. Until the arrival of consistent warmer weather the Board has established May 12 as an initial course opening date. We will need a minimum of 2 weeks once we can actually see the courses to determine what condition they are in, and we will certainly re-evaluate opening sooner if the weather cooperates. We will keep you updated via the weekly emails and text notifications. The arrival of the print version of the 2023-2024 Season Calendar of Events is anticipated to be in your mailboxes by next week. As in prior years, the Calendar is packed full of important information on the special events we have planned as well as specific deadlines for advance sign ups and reservations. The e-version of the Calendar is available now on the Member Central page of the website and reservations for special events will be available on the website Calendar as they are opened. Regardless of a delayed opening of the courses, apart from the snackbars, the operation of the clubhouses and all other facilities, activities and events will occur as shown in the Calendar. To assist in mitigating labor expense, we may modify some dining hours of operation based on how busy or not the facilities are in early May.
VOICE IN THE PINES | APRIL 2023 2
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