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GolfCommission | 2010-12-15 | 8 | want to be the saviors of the Mif, that they want to run the Mif, and that it's all about them, their plan to try to shove down your throats, the junior golf throats, the City's throats. I frankly resent that implication. Joe and Tony, as you all know, have full time jobs. Joe has devoted an enormous time to this; Tony has devoted a lot of time to this. They don't need this additional burden. They're not in it for themselves. And Jane, though she doesn't have a full time job, she is a full time golfer and has various roles with the Women's golf club here, with the PWGA and various things, she doesn't need this additional burden either and to the extent that there's someone out there that thinks this three people are doing what they have done or are willing to do for some personal interest, I will say, and Patti you can quote me, "They can kiss my ass". Commissioner Gaul stated: "In the event that they have an Executive Director beyond Jane, and assuming she's taking $1.00 a year, is there some salary you're going to have to arrive at for a professional to come in here and do this? Has there been any consideration or brought up about this?" Chair Sullwold: "Well, that's why the consideration initially you get somebody like me who's willing to do it for a $1.00 a year. And maybe you continue to get volunteers to do that. Mrs. Arnerich: "Now that we're going to start the non-profit, the spin-off of another non-profit, and having a Board now proceed from there." Chair Sullwold: "The thing is, I think, the finances in the business plan are tight enough absent a big growth in the play on the renovated Mif course, we're not going to have money to pay somebody a big salary, even a small salary. And so, at least in the first startup years, we would envision, I think, volunteer services from the community, and that's Joe, although, he's not able to be on a day to day basis, he's willing to devote a fair amount of time to it, as is Tony and others. But, I do need to throw out that it's been my experience in my involvement with golf in the East Bay since 1993, that whenever you renovate a course or improve the conditions at that course, you automatically generate an increase in play, because people get curious. My opinion is, if we do the $400,000-$500,000 renovation that Wadsworth's architect, Bob Loehmann, has drawn up for us, that we're going to get more people coming out there and playing, because it will be more interesting and it will be in better condition. It will have better tees and better greens, which are the primary thing. It will be set up in a more logical way to allow not just kids learning the game and seniors to play, but also people who want to practice their short game. It will be a better place for that, and I think it will get increased play. Now, maybe I'm just naïve, but, that's what I've seen in this Northern California market since I started playing out here regularly. Callippe comes up and all of a sudden there's a surge of interest in Callippe. Metropolitan opens because it's renovated and all of a sudden they've gotten a lot of play. They put a fairly minimal amount of money into Lake Chabot, and Lake Chabot is just doing landmark business. They've increased play and revenue, I believe, every year for the last three years. So, I believe that the Mif will do that, and if it does, then we can talk about having money to hire somebody to do something. On the other hand, we're bouncing up against an economy that has not improved. The employment rate is just awful, and I suspect people have given up golf because they can't afford it anymore." - 8 - Golf Commission Minutes - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | GolfCommission/2010-12-15.pdf |