2010 COMMITTEE REPOR TS It was an exciting and busy 2010 for MAC committees.
The following reports provide an insight into how much work MAC’s committee volunteers do for all members.
2010 MAJOR COMMITTEE REPORTS ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
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AC athletes enjoyed another
banner year in 2010, bringing home one world champion- ship and roughly 40 national champi- onships, as well as numerous regional and state titles.
It was busy year for the Athletic Committee. Our 16
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members attended the monthly meetings of 22 sport committees as liaisons to help them continue to improve their programs. Monthly committee meetings reviewed all sport committee minutes, champion- ship funding and fundraiser requests, and applications for new athletic members and member coaches.
An ad-hoc committee (Diana Callaway, chair) was formed to address the board charge regarding sport team fees, which are charges assessed to members who compete on a coached, competitive team
or receive specialized athletic training. These programs overwhelmingly involve junior members in competitive programs. To address issues of equitability among these programs, the committee determined that sport team fees should be based on an adjusted market average for similar regional sport programs and should gener- ally have a target of 80 percent of market. The four standing subcommittees were also busier than normal in 2010, each accomplishing major tasks.
The athletic awards subcommittee (Carol Robertson, chair) reviewed numerous nominations for the Wall of Fame and Gallery of Champions, and selected the annual winners of the Joe Loprinzi Inspirational Award, the Mel Fox Amateur Athlete Award, and the President’s Award. They did a thorough job of reviewing the outstanding nomina- tions, selecting Anne Lazar for the Joe Loprinzi Award and Carson Brindle for the Mel Fox Award.
The athletic membership subcommittee (John Becker, chair) assessed new athletic
of Trustees, the Communications Committee eagerly devoted itself to another hefty research project this year. The charge for 2010 was to recommend a social media policy. This assignment grew out of the previous year’s
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t the request of the Board
member and member coach applicants and reviewed their performance regularly. Member coaches offer a tremendous value to club members by providing excellent coaching to MAC members at no direct cost. Some MAC programs would be prohibitively expensive without the service of these outstanding members. Athletic members augment the excellence of the club’s athletic programs, raising the bar and the level of member experience in a variety of sports.
The budget subcommittee (Callaway, chair) reviewed budget requests from each of the sport committees for capital, cham- pionship, developmental, committee and interclub funds. Notably, developmental funding was increased by 10 percent for 2011 mainly to provide funding for entry fees for competitive MAC athletes. Although the tennis viewing project was put on hold in 2010 due to spiraling costs and deferred again for 2011, major improvements have been approved for both singles and doubles squash courts.
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comprehensive review and assessment of specific communications tools currently used at the club. To arrive at a recommendation, the committee first sought the input of current or interested social media users among
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the members and staff. We also reviewed sample social media policies developed by other organizations and researched the adoption of social media communication by other social and athletic clubs. Industry watchers caution that intro- ducing and implementing social media communication within any organization is necessarily a long-term commitment and serious consideration should be given to the resources that will be required to manage its effectiveness on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the committee’s report to the board emphasized the devel- opment of a strategy for social media communication, with clearly articulated goals and objectives, as a priority next step for the board to consider. Other compo- nents of the report include a primer on
social media communications tools and suggested guidelines for social media use. The committee concludes the year with an examination of its own role within the club. Prior committees have explored this issue and we look forward to presenting the board with the outline of a proce- dures manual to guide the work of future Communications Committees.
My thanks to the hard work and dedica- tion of committee members Bill Cordano, Steve Gann, Steven Gann, Robert Graves, Kim Kopetz, Molly Moore, Dan Morris, Christena Romanaggi, Ronald Shoquist and Dennis Winkelman; board liaisons Bill June, Kim Sisul and John Carr; and staff liaisons Michole Jensen, Charlie Levenson and Karen Cumbers. WM
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