Adminintration

Financial Audits for 2019 and 2020

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The detailed financial Audits for 2019 and 2020 have been posted.

The Board and Officers all have a fiduciary responsibility to manage your money while bringing you opportunities to enjoy golf with your Metro Seniors friends. We must account for your money completely, fairly and accurately. Proper financial controls and documents are critical.

The Audits or 2019 and 2020 identified significant problems and made recommendations to resolve these. These included inadequate control, approval and documentation for course contracts, prize distribution, and budget control.

Most of the current problems have centered on Metro Plus management. However, similar issues are included in a variety budgeted items in administration for all of Metro Seniors.

The Board and Treasurer have not been provided with proper documentation, review, approval, and use of course contracts for comparison to invoices or receipts. Further, terms and conditions – minimum guarantees, cancellation terms, deposit terms and details ae unknown. As a result, all of Metro Seniors may be exposed to significant liabilities.

We had similar issues several years ago with Special Events. With changes in leadership and financial controls the issues were resolved quickly. Now Special Events operations are a model of good governance, excellent financial control, and transparency and efficiency for prize payments and refunds.

The same management and financial control must be implemented for Metro Plus.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

Events Calendar Updated

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The Events Calendar has be revised for the opening of our golf season in June.

Weekly Tournaments for June have been rescheduled for Missouri courses. All but one date for Division 1 have been confirmed for June. We are confirming new schedules each month as conditions change. July reschedules are expected in mid-June.

Special Events have been canceled for April, May and June. We are hopeful to play the remaining schedule, but must reconfirm in June.

Metro Plus events are rescheduled through June with later dates awaiting input from courses and states.

Division 9 Tournaments will resume in June. Details on signup and play are being developed for each Wednesday with Riverside Golf Club.

Most important requirements for health distancing have required changes in our operations. Please watch for updates on the website and from you Division VP for information you will need each week.

  • Health (social) distancing is required everywhere
  • Only one player allowed per cart
  • Advance reservations for tee times is required each week
  • Players limited for weekly tournaments by carts available from a low of 56 up to 100
  • Some play rules have changed

Impact of Social Distancing

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COVID-19 transmission based on rational mathematical simulations: https://lnkd.in/eiEJ5Hf

Social Distancing or reducing personal contacts or “personal isolation” is the most important way to reduce spread of disease like COVID-19. Trying to quarantine just a small hot spot or just people infected will not work. Quarantine borders are impossible to close completely.

Metro Seniors’ postponement of the season eliminates potentially thousands of prolonged direct, in-person contact interactions of our members – 4 hours in a golf cart or 2 hours as Starter / Scorer.

Want to stay “connected” with your golf buddies with social distance? Give them a call or SKYPE them. Send an email or text. Tell them a joke. Share your stories with them. Use the weekly golf hours to connect with family or friends. Set up a video conferencing happy hour with your foursome via ZOOM.

Share your stories with all of us at Metro Seniors via comments on the website. What are you doing while in “isolation”?

The Executive Committee, Board, and Committees will be working to make Metro Seniors Golf better, easier to run, more resilient for the future. Volunteer to help.

Read this article and try the simulations to see how it works. Pass it on to your network so others understand, too.

This is a great article on COVID-19 transmission based on rational mathematical simulations: https://lnkd.in/eiEJ5Hf

General Membership Meeting

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All members are encouraged to attend the General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2019.  The meeting will start at 1:00 PM at the Kirkwood Community Center on Geyer Road.

Come to meet, thank and confirm your leadership (officers and committee members).  In addition:

  • Bring a SMILE – Craig Carothers is taking pictures for the online roster.
  • Visit with golf buddies and find a new foursome
  • Bring a friend to join
  • 2019 Year End Report
    • Organization Status
    • Membership and Participation
    • Finances
  • Celebrate our Winners
    • Championship Flight Winners
    • Metro Plus Flight Winners
  • 2020 Preview
    • Volunteer for Committee or possible Board / Officer Positions
    • New rules and procedures for 2020

Metro Plus 2019 – Information

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Starting in 2019 Metro Seniors will have a new “Premium League” called Metro Plus. This division for Metro Senior members, will be played at upscale public,semi private public, and private country clubs. For 2019 there will be 8 golfing events on various Monday’s or Tuesday’s. starting in April. Metro Plus will differ from Metro Seniors rules and provide a“premium choice” for members if they choose to join this league.

For$40.00 Metro Senior members may join this league starting January 1st,by signing up using the credit card/print version on the Metro Seniors website. For a complete email on the “new” Metro Plus league and rules, send a request to Larry Roth, Metro Seniors VP at larry@lgr-sri.com

The initial response to join has been overwhelming and we will only take the first 140 Metro Seniors members who sign up and pay $40.00 starting January 1st,so if this sounds like your league you have been looking for, sign upstarting January 1st at www.golfstlseniors.org

This is the schedule for 2019:

TimeDateDayCourseFormatFee
07:30 AM4/30TuesdayTapawingoSplit Tee$45
08:00 AM5/28TuesdayAnnbriarSplit Tee$33
08:00 AM6/25TuesdayPevely FarmsSplit Tee$35
08:30 AM7/22MondayWinghavenShotgun$63
07:00 AM8/12MondayOld HickoryShotgun$58
08:00 AM8/26MondayFox CreekSplit Tee$25
08:30 AM9/30MondayBogey HillsSplit Tee$65
08:30 AM10/15TuesdayWhitmoorShotgun$49

Larry Roth

Metro Seniors VP

2019 Membership Renewal Now Open

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CLICK HERE for Renewal Forms

Membership Renewal for 2019 season is open from November 1 through December 31, 2018.  If you want to renew, stay in your current division, and keep you handicap history intact fr the 2019 season you must renew BEFORE Dec 31, 2018.

Why the time limit to Dec 31 for renewals?

We limit each division membership to about 160.  This puts about 90 to 120 people on our courses each week.  More people overcrowd the course giving 5 hour plus rounds.  Pace of play at or near 4:30 is important.  This stops overcrowding.

We have a number of golfers (non-members) who wish to join, but we give current members priority up to Dec 31.   After that new golfers may join with the same priority as renewing members. Our Thursday divisions (3, 4, and 5) at usually at the limit.  If you delay past Dec 31, you just might not get back into your regular division.

We open registration for Special Events and Metro-Plus events only to members properly registered (renewing or new) on Jan 1, 2019 but.  If you wait to renew later than Dec 31, you may not be able to register for Special or Plus.  These usually fill up fast.

Don’t hesitate.  Do it now.  December 31 is coming fast!

CLICK HERE for Renewal Forms

Add Division 9 for FREE

If you are a member of Division 1-5 you can join Division 9 FREE.  You can play in Division 9 (9 hole tournament at Riverside, Wednesday mornings, mid-March through mid-November.  Play is fast, cheap (as little as $12 a round), easy, and fun.  It is great warm-up or practice for Thursday or Friday tournaments.

Division 9 – Add an 18 Hole Division for only $45

Also – Division 9 only members – join one of our 18 hole divisions for only $45 more than your Division 9 membership of $20.  You play only the events you want.  20 to 30 D1-5 members already play on Wednesday too.   Join them on Thursday or Friday.  Sign up as a NEW MEMBER for Division 1-5.  If you have already renewal for Division 9 for 2019, your $20 fee will be refunded once confirmed.

Weekly 18 Hole Tournament Schedules Now Available

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WEEKLY SCHEDULES for 2019

First VP, Larry Roth has completed the schedules for the 2019 Weekly Tournaments for Divisions 1 – 5. This is a big effort to schedule 26 weeks for 5 divisions.  THANK YOU LARRY!

  • Schedules have been updated on the website (CLICK HERE).
  • We have also added a new EVENTS calendar (see EVENTS menu item above) or CLICK HERE

CHANGES FOR 2019

  • We have one more week of fun – 26 weeks are in the schedule for 2019
  • Each week will have a different course – 26 courses total
    • 3 “new” courses
      • Lockhaven
      • Woodlands
      • Columbia Bridges
    • 2 “dropped” courses
      • Emerald Greens (closed by the St. Louis Zoo purchase)
      • Prairies of Cahokia
  • Limited to six (6) shotgun starts for each division
  • First Tee start times are a little later (Perhaps you can sleep a little longer?)

MORE ON EVENT CALENDAR

The EVENT calendar can really be a value to many members.

  • It is SEARCHABLE – the FIND EVENTS allows you to search for text in events
  • It is LISTABLE – changing the view to LIST will list the next 20 events starting with the month selected
  • It is EXPORTABLE – you can EXPORT the data to a “ics” file that can be imported into your GOOGLE or Iphone calendar.
  • It has DATA – all the information needed for events including GOOGLE MAP links for the venue.

CLICK HERE for more information including information on exporting our calendar to your calendar.  We have already done the work of typing the information.

Events Calendar Added to Website

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Try this out.  Make your comments and suggestions.  We have some time to add more features before the 2019 season.

There is a new EVENTS menu added to the Metro Seniors Website.  This is a searchable and downloadable calendar of events that currently includes:

  • Weekly Tournaments information for all Division 1 – 5 for 2019
  • Special Events Scheduled for 2019
  • General and Board Meetings
  • Notices for registration opening for Special Events

Information on each event includes:

  • Title (example – D1 Wk 2  Course Name, or SE – event Course Name)
  • Description – summary information on the event
  • Venue information
    • Name, Address
    • Cost
    • Link to Google Maps
    • Organizer or leader where appropriate

The staring view is the current full month calendar.  To see other months simply click the next or previous month.  The events will show on the date with their Title.  Click on the event Title for full details of each event.

You can change the view to LIST to see the events in the current and following months.

Really powerful – the calendar is Searchable.  Click FIND and put in a keyword to search all calendar events.  For example, typing in Annbriar, will show all events at Annbriar (5 weekly tournaments).    Type in Shotgun to see all shotgun starts listed (30 total) plus all the Special Events. D1 will find all Division 1 weekly events, D2 – Division  2 and so on.

Use quotes to search for items with spaces – example “Wk 18” will find only the events listed for Week 18 – 5 events D1 – D5.   “D1 Wk18” will find only the event for Division 1 in Week 18.

In  MONTH View you will see the calendar for that specific month with the searched items.  In LIST View you will see the next 20 items starting with the month you selected in the Calendar.  Plus you can forward to the next 20, and next 20 and so on.

The Calendar is downloadable to GOOGLE Calendars.

Having a calendar of events on your website is great. Wouldn’t it be super awesome if you could get those events into a personal calendar as well?

How to Export Events

You’re in luck. The Events Calendar PRO includes a nifty option for you to export the events on your calendar in a flash. Visit your calendar and you’ll notice a button at the bottom.

Export Events Button

Click that button and it will download the events listed on the page as an .ics file.

If you’re wondering what the heck an .ics file is, it allows you to import events into a calendar application, like Apple’s iCal or Google Calendar. For example, here are the step-by-step instructions for importing an .ics file into a Google Calendar.